Chapter 33: Aliens

TWO YEARS LATER

My alarm clock went off triggering the lights on. The window shutters opened wirelessly as the water heater turned on with a nursery rhymes I couldn't stand. I got out of bed feeling exhausted and unmotivated. I took a quick shower and got dressed and set about my chores for the day. As soon as I opened the door, I was accosted by two cubs. I looked around and sure enough my siblings were playing pied Piper with the animals again.

I made my way to the community hall, dreading another humdrum day that would play out same as yesterday and same as tomorrow. For twenty three months the underground shelter had been our home and it's occupants become family. Two babies had been born during the two years we had been underground with four more along the way. We had lost three members from injuries sustained from the surface. The rest of us had been forced to adapt to life below the surface.