Chapter 222: Aliens

Rose stared at the road they drove on and then the apartment buildings and businesses they passed. Everything looked new and people walked around with confidence. This area used to be run by gangs; now none of their graffiti decorated any of the walls. "How long has this been going on?" She couldn't have been in the hole more than two weeks. Another two with the aliens. How could everything change in such a short time?

"They will get to the other cities." She didn't like the admiration in his voice. No matter how good the city looked, aliens couldn't be allowed to rule over humans.

"What's today's date?" she asked him.

He told her and she would've staggered if she wasn't sitting down.

"They started fixing things about a month ago. Everything was falling apart," he said, still sounding as if he admired their invaders.

She glared at him. "That might be so, but surely you can see we cannot allow aliens to take over our country. We can fix things ourselves."