''Micha.'' Was the first thing I heard when I woke up and the massive headache. I opened my eyes and saw Chalou above me. I also noticed it was already dark, that's odd. How long was I out? ''Oh, Chalou. You are still alive!'' I jumped up and hugged Chalou, by this sudden reaction, I got shocked and immediately pulled away from her again. ''Uh, yeah, I'm still alive and I'm pretty sure I won't die in the foreseeable future. Dave is alive as well, but he's still unconscious and I can't really get him out of it.'' When she told that to me, her smiled of before already faded away from her face. I looked to where Dave was lying and had to think how to get him awake. Oh well, if nothing would help, there was no other option than doing something I'd rather not hope. I slapped him on the face several times until he finally got back to conscious.

''Wow, what's happening?'' Was the first reaction from him when he jumped up and looked around confused, noticing that he was in the woods somewhere, ''Where are we, and why is it so dark?'' I chuckled nervously. ''To answer your questions in order.. I destroyed the Tripod that caught us by using that grenade you gave me that caused the cages to break from it, killing everyone in the other cage while the people of our cage all fled when we were unconscious. So, we were out for several hours and I have no clue where we are right now.'' Dave immediately sat down on the ground when he looked at the sky. ''So, you're saying we were out so long that it became dark? That's not so good.'' I shook my head when something popped in my mind. ''Which reminds me. Dave, what happened to your family? I at the very least expected you to have fled with them and that they were in the same cage when I spotted you.''

Dave got up from the ground and got all the dirt from his when he looked at me. ''If you really want to know, I went home directly after that Tripod machine blew up entire Herlecollege in one massive heat-ray attack, expecting them to be there, ready to leave or that they already left the house. However, when I was running towards my street, I saw some distance behind me, a Tripod machine rising from the lake near the school. So I increased my pace, but, the Tripod machine marched into the direction of me, destroying everything in its path. I was at the beginning of my street when I ran into it but I was a few seconds too late when buildings around me collapsed in fire and explosions, including my house. I knew it was pointless to flee so I simply sat there on the street with the debris and ruins around me until that Tripod machine grabbed me and threw me in the cage. Now you know everything about it. I hate these Tripod machines. I hate them. I hate them very much. You did a good job blowing the shit out of them.'' Dave looked very sad after telling his survivors story about how he tried to save his parents. He even dropped a few tears which he immediately afterwards wiped away.

I got my hand on his shoulder and smiled at him to reassure him. ''Don't worry Dave. These bastards will get their price for starting an invasion on Planet Earth. We Humans will exterminate them. I assure you that.'' He chuckled. ''Sure, Micha.'' I got my hand off his shoulder and looked at Chalou. ''How about it? Should we continue?'' I asked simple, Chalou smiled at me and nodded. ''Sure. We need to find out where we are anyway.'' I nodded at her when she grabbed my hand and we looked around, not sure where to head to, but we simply walked blindly into a certain direction.

When we were walking, Dave came to my side while I was holding Chalou's hand when he grinned at me. ''So, Micha, having a girlfriend?'' I simply shrugged with a grin. ''Really, Dave, that's a little too early to judge that, isn't it?'' He simply laughed when we continued walking through the woods. In the far distance we heard firing and the Tripod machine head-rays. A sound drew closer and closer when suddenly eight hyper-jets blasted over the woods, I couldn't really see it except for their jets at the back and the sound. They came from the direction of Germany. ''Wow, Hyper-jets. We were out for a extreme long time.'' Said Chalou amazed and shocked. Indeed, I thought the same, we were out for a very long time.

We continued walking for a couple of hours straight when suddenly we stopped walking. ''I'm tired. We should get some place to rest.'' Said Chalou, I nodded when I looked at Dave who simply yawned. I guessed that was a yes from him. ''Maybe there's some shelter around here. For example a cave?'' I asked when we looked around and suddenly spotted something going lower. We approached it, discovering it indeed was a very small cave. When we came in the cave, Dave suddenly grabbed a flashlight and showed the interior of the Cave. It wasn't big at all, but sufficient for three teenagers to sleep in for the night. It wasn't cold this night, surprisingly, so it wouldn't have been a problem. Even though, the sun was getting up already.

Dave got his bag on the ground and immediately we sat down on the ground, Chalou was sitting next to me, deep in thoughts. I rubbed her back with my hand when she looked at me with surprise. I simply smiled. ''Don't worry, Chalou. We will get out of this mess before we know it.'' She tried to smile at me but failed to do so as it didn't look very confident. ''Thanks. But I'm not sure. I can't stop thinking about what happened to my family and friends back in Schinveld. I just don't hope that something bad happened.'' I simply shrugged. ''Hey, heads up Chalou. Just think positive. Although even I can't exactly think positive at the moment.'' She chuckled and smiled a real smile, yeah, that's how I like it to see. ''Thanks. But, we should get some sleep, Micha.'' I nodded as we got on the floor to sleep. The last thought of mine got to the safety of everybody on the world, saying that the world will be a safe place soon again and that the world would rebuild.