A Needed Conversation

The plane slightly shook as the engines pushed it forward and out of the hangar. Alex watched the metal building leave his view as the rest of the airport replaced it.

They were finally moving forward with something that he had thought about for a long time.

Ever since the first day that David had convinced him that the world was ending, Alex had thought about this day.

The day when he would have to leave home to protect other humans across the globe. And this day had come.

He had imagined it quite differently, many times, as his situation changed over the last months. Over half a year had already flown by, and so much had changed since then…

He had gained many reliable allies, friends he trusted his life with, and a woman he loved with everything he had, and that was just people-wise.