"Major, Great Britain has been destroyed. No apparent survivors", the voice on the intercom brought Peter the news he had feared the most. "No one at all?", he asked and turned around to look on the map. "Actually, a ship was spotted leaving the island moments before the detonation. Only one life sign though", the voice clicked. "All right, force entry, i want him brought to my office", Peter turned around and shut off the radio. He crossed out Britain and moved a small figurine from America to Canada.
The ship flew into the airspace over America, approaching Washington as planned. "This is Robert Kone, requesting landing permission", the metal plating that covered the windshield rolled up to reveal a fantastic sun rise. "Permission granted. You may proceed into the hangar", a voice responded. He approached the tall building, flying into the hangar in the middle of the tower. The hangar was a mix of green steel walls, and red lightning. As the ramp lowered, Robert was met by five BCCU soldiers, "Mr Kone, would you just come with us?", one of them stepped forward, asking. Robert nodded and was led away from the craft, onto a lift going up to Peter's office. A pling indicated they had reached the destination, and Robert stepped out as the doors closed behind him. "Major, we need to get to the space shu-", he was interrupted before he could finished, "I know. But first, where is the rest of your team? Where is Jack and Jeff?".
"They died. Jeff and Jack had been infested with parasites. Jack was apparently a parasite test center for the BATIS", Robert took off his jacket and sat down. "Ah, i see. Well, at least that's done. We have minor problems, we lost all our sectors except for Sector 1, but they have evacuated to their underground facility. We have no way of reaching them. We have dug a tunnel between here and Alberta's Space Center, and we're loading the shuttles as we speak. Hopefully we'll be able to call the Moon our new home", Peter laughed and turned off the map behind him. Robert got up, "I'll be heading there then. I guess i'll meet you on Lunar? Or should we call it New London?", Robert approached the door, "Let us just call it New London for now". Peter waved him away and turned back on the screen behind him.
Robert made his way down to the basement. A wall had been removed in the dark basement, but a tunnel was lit up and people were moving stuff into it. One of them waved him over, "Hey, Kone, would you mind taking this?". Robert nodded and grabbed a small box saying Fragile. He made his way into the tunnel, looking at the other persons moving through it. He never thought he'd be abandoning earth like this. Just leaving it, not bringing anything but seeds for their new home; The moon. Peter had caught up with the caravan of people, and began to take some weight. Robert noticed several people carrying diaries from the people that had died, and some even brought computer consoles with them.
They finally reached the exit, a huge grey blast door guarded by seven soldiers. After being searched, they were let through to a giant silo with a rocket in the middle. Peter made his way to the control room, and Robert got into the rocket and found his way to his quarters. The rocket looked like something out of a science fiction movie. It was decorated for tourists, as BATIS had planned to take tourists to the moon. At least they would get their wish fulfilled; Except this time it was not tourists but a race going there. Robert sat down in a leather chair and looked at the CCV's watching over the cockpit. The hatches sealed with a swoosh, and the engines started. Robert felt a push as the rocket shot out and into the air, followed by several small shuttles. He went over to his bed, falling asleep few seconds after he was down.
After what felt like days, the rocket approached a silo. The hatches opened, and the rocket landed by pushing the force from the back into the front. The hatches flew up, and people left the shuttles and the rocket. Peter met Robert outside, infront of a window, "This, Dear Robert, is our home. Our new Earth", they both looked out and watched Earth in the distance. It's once so great oceans had been turned green, and the landscape had turned into a copper colour.
-- The End --
(Might be continued sometime...)