Our first and only priority this night, is to get to that other bus station. We drive thru town quite swiftly and make it safely to the bus station. Again, the buses are basically all destroyed, but there is one still in tact. It's amazing how this fate works. The ones already in a bus stay there, while the ones in cars pile into the working bus. It never even dawns on us to get a driver. We sure do need one. Arthur takes it upon himself to hunt somebody down at the bus station. It doesn't take him long, too.
He returns with a very nice looking lady. She is crying extensively, but is starting to stop. He introduces her to us. Her name is Cyndee. She had gone to the grocery store, but when she came home she found her husband and kids dead by a meteor. She has nothing now. She begs us to take her with us. Even shows us her driver license. It says that she can drive greyhound buses. We agree that she may come with us.
We have to move fast, before other people see us and start wondering what we are doing. Fourty people go into that second greyhound bus. There is also: five small dogs and six large dogs, ten cats, two birds, one monkey, one male betta fish, one snail, and two iguanas. It's one packed bus with the crew.
Just, as soon as, the bus is filled and ready, we take off for Huntsville. It's nice being in these plush seats. It is so nice having the restrooms on the bus, too. I do not know about the rest of the crew, but I fell asleep. When I woke up, we were entering the city of: Gadsden. It is a small quaint town, but deserted, too. A sign can be found at the start of the town. It says: No one will take us down, but ourselves. It doesn't take us long to find another grocery store. We stop off and fill our buses to the hill. We will probably need it in Huntsville. Off again.
HWY 431 is a short road on a map, but when you get driving it - it's very long. I begin to fall asleep again. It is so nice not to worry for a change. I didn't get to sleep long, tho. The next thing I knew Arthur was waking me up. He had made it to the outskirts of Huntsville and wanted to know where to go next. I instructed him to go to the nearest hotel/motel he could find. That way we could take a shower.
Arthur and Cyndee start to pull the buses around to the back of this one deserted motel, but a mob of people start to charge at us. We take off just, as fast as, we pulled in there. People are running in the street burning homes and stealing stuff. It is totally pathetic. No one is safe in this city. I manage to call Michael and boy is he glad to hear from me. He instructs me to take 431 to 231. Then I am to go to Martin Rd. This will take us to the: Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA), so we proceed there. Everyone is glad to be there.
The journey to the center is not easy, but we do manage to arrive at the back door, as Michael suggested. We await his signal to move further. It seems to take forever, but he finally shows himself. We follow him into this large garage like. It takes us down to the lower levels and this is where we make our camp for the next day or so. The wait is a long one.
It is hard for us to fall asleep down in the lower levels, for the light are so very bright. We didn't dare exit the buses, because we had no clue as to what was down here. We just sat and waited. About an hour later, I saw Michael walking towards the bus. I got out to greet him. I gave him a BIG hug and a kiss. He motions to the ones in the bus to stay where they are. Then he begins to chat with me.
"I know this is going to be hard to do, but you all need to stay on the bus. NASA knows nothing of us getting you inside here. The lights will stay on the whole time. Right now there is so much chaos going on upstairs. I will come and let you know when you all can get out and stretch. Okay?"
"Do they know when this is going to happen with the larger meteor?"
"They have a pretty good idea, but they are not totally sure. Right now NASA is trying to find a way to destroy the meteor, but the weapons have been destroyed. My father is still working on getting us out of here without them knowing. You sit tight and I'll let you know when to move. You don't have to worry about them coming down here. They are done with this section. They can't even hear you, but they do have motion detectors on and that is why you have to stay in the bus for now."
"Okay. No Problem. Come back soon."
"I promise you will get to move soon."
With that Michael disappears once more into a little door. I tell the crew what he had to say and we just make up our minds to fall asleep.
Over some type of loud speaker we hear:
"Would Debbie's bus please exit at this point. Also, take with you all of your luggage and your pets. Let your pets and children run free, while you line your luggage along the wall closest to the door. This way the motion detectors will not sense something new. I will let you know when to get back in the bus, until then enjoy your freedom. "
With that we charge out of the bus. Not only do we line the luggage up against the wall, but the birds we have, too. The moving around does us all a world of good, we even get to eat out of the bus. Alas, the fun doesn't last that long. We are then instructed to enter the bus once more. At midnite, the 2nd bus is able to do the same thing. This goes on for about 5 days. Michael also manages to transport our stuff to the spaceship, so it's waiting for us. He even takes the birds & the cats. This is such a relief.
Being the only one awake in our bus, I see Michael walking towards us. He motions to me to exit the bus, so that we might talk. We sit down on some chairs he brought. He tells me of the chaos going on above our heads. How once innocent people are now killing and stealing. Many of them are trying to bust into the center, also. I'm very frightened. He assures me there will be no harm to us, if we just lay low. To our sorrow, there is no way to destroy the meteorite. It will be touching down in a day or two. He informs me that it is now time to move.
First, he leads my bus out. He has us stand against the wall. He then opens the door and we go through to the other side. Then he has the 2nd bus do the same thing. He remotely turns the detectors back on, before they notice something is wrong. The 2nd bus has to stay against the wall until he comes back to get them. The animals are with us, too.
Unfortunately, only a small amount of people can go thru the door at a time. This is why the 2nd bus has to wait. My group is being lead by Michael and his trusty flashlight. He leads us down a very narrow hallway. It takes us pass storage cabinets & lockers. After 45 minutes of walking, we end up at a small room used for storing extra space suits. He tells us to stay put, while he goes and gets the others moving. We are now in darkness.
We sit in that little room for what seems like an hour. Actually, it has only been about 30 minutes. The rest of the crew is with Michael. Michael takes his place in the lead again and we follow behind him with our pets. Being that there is not much light, it makes it very difficult to see. We all have to hold hands, so that we won't get lost in the dark.
Michael assures us that our cats and birds have been properly fed. Tho he had to do it, when no one was around. The ship is guarded by many men. We arrive in yet another room and he motions for us to sit on the floor. He goes to see that the coast is clear and safe for us to enter.
He hasn't been gone 30 minutes, when we start to hear this loud commotion. It is followed by the slamming of a very heavy, metal door and a person running in our direction. Luckily, it is only Michael and his trusty flashlight. He collapses to the ground in a fit of exhaustion. We decide to give him a chance to catch his breath, before hounding him with questions. What could it be?
Michael says to us: "I'm sure you are wondering what all that commotion was about. Well, my father and his co-pilot were down here and the guards didn't like it one bit. The three of us ganged up on the guards and forced them back to the upper levels. It takes a lot to get those BIG metal doors shut, but we managed to do it. Now we have to hurry, before they find a another way down here. Come on let's go, we don't have much time."
We follow him thru a door and down, yet another corridor. The next room we encounter is being used as a pantry room. It is filled to the hill with all types of dry goods. He asks us to find a comfortable spot on the floor and wait for him to return. At least this room has light in it. =)
Upon his return, he asks that 12 of us follow him into the next room. We proceed thru the last door and into a room with the most beautiful ship I have ever saw in my life. I have watched many a sci-fi program, but never saw anything like this ship. It stood at least 25 stories into the air and it was, as wide as, the superdome. It looked like it was made from either: mother of pearl or abalone. Quite exquisite.
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