What Could Be Yours

Sun sank lower in the sky. The light of day slowly drained away and entered the velvety darkness of night. The air became cooler in the evening landscape. The faintest of light barely made it through the sky and soon it grew dark. A close silence followed the evening light. The Alpha base was the only source of light for kilometres in the wastelands. Arnold was staring at a tiny dot which slowly faded away. 

He sat on a tall steel platform. It gave him a panoramic view of the wastelands. As the helicopter carrying Nicole finally disappeared, his gaze fell on the cruel wastelands. Originally this was a scout post, but now it had been converted into a place where Arnold went to gather his thoughts. Something he did quite a lot these days. Soon Talos came to visit him there, Alice closely followed him.

"How is she?" Arnold asked, his gaze still fixated on the wastelands as if he was looking at a mine filled with diamonds.