A teen in her cute pj's walked slowly in to the kitchen while rubbing her eyes cutely and said " mom is brother home yet "
" Candice honey he is not home yet ... you are up early did the sun rise in west today " replied mom as she opened the refrigerator.
" ah... give me a break mom, do you know at what time will he arrive home. "
" um.. well he called me about 15 mins ago as he got into the Uber after getting off the train so he should be home with in 20 mins tops."
" really! okay great!! "
" someone misses their elder brother or is it just the gifts in his luggage? "
" I love him but I will love him more if he keeps his promise "
" promise huh! no wonder you are up early I bet you couldn't fall asleep whole night uh!"
"...."
" Since you have nothing to do, be a deer and go wake up the twins help them get ready for the school. "
" who said I have nothing to do, since the high school is under lock down Tracey and I have decide to go to the public Library to study. so mom I can't help you, you are on your own. "
" oh no you don't you can do that after you are done helping me or else! "
" or else what, you can't ground me or decrease the curfew time. government is doing that for you the city is already under martial law all the fun places have been shut down with a nation wide curfew of 7:30 pm uhrf!!.... what is happening in this country. anyways you can't make me help you hehe!!"
" or else I will take away your WiFi privileges and confiscate whatever your brother brought for you "
" you can't do that. WiFi is our generations social backbone without it I will become a social loner with no friends and followers, without them for whom will I take cute selfies and about that gift I earned it you know that better than anybody.... okay fine I will help you, but Mom you really play dirty. "
stomping her feet in protest the teen made her way out of the kitchen towards her siblings room.
" Alexa, turn on tv "
beep..
" Alexa, go to NBC news "
" Hello Folks Good Morning and welcome to NBC's morning show with me your host Sherman Nicole"
" today we are going to get some experts opinion on the sudden appearance of Mysterious Towers all over the world "
" what are they? where are they from? who is behind this? are we safe from them? can we trust the government on this or is it out of the governments hand?"
" today we have a special guest with us here on the studio to answer all these questions. "
" Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the world renowned astrophysicist Dr. Rajesh Kunal Koothrappali from Caltech. "
" Welcome Doctor, welcome to NBC's morning show. "
" First off thank you Sherman for having me here. secondly, I totally did Penny before Howard. "
" Yes, Doctor so what do you think about the sudden appearance of Mysterious Towers all over the world "
" No wait Howard never did get to do it with Penny. "
" Sorry to interrupt you Dr. Rajesh Kunal Koothrappali but we are not here to talk about the 'escapades of The whore of Omaha : Penny' we are here to talk about the sudden appearance of Mysterious Towers all over the world "
" oh! my bad it's for the evening show right and you don't have to be so formal with me we are all friends here just call me Dr Brown Dynamite. "
" no! I will just call you Dr Raj, so Dr Raj it has been almost 2 weeks since the mysterious Towers appeared all over the world and in response to that the governments all over the world has evacuated the about 30 sqkm area around the tower and declared martial law with in 100 sqkm area of the tower, also declared all the information regarding the towers as top secret. so Dr Raj whats your take on this and are the measures taken by government enough for the general public's safety."
" My take on this matter is simple ' we can't do a thing but pray' and here's why "
" have you seen those towers they are freaking huge as if connecting the sky to the earth and to top it off they mystically appeared all over the world at same time out of thin air with out any warning. all I can tell you is that current knowledge of mankind is not up to the mark to comprehend what actually is happening. "
" yes , Dr Raj I agree with you 100%. clearly what we are facing right now is beyond human comprehension. so, what do you thing about the governments response? do you agree with government. "
" About the governments response all I can say is I couldn't do it better. not attacking the towers right away and evacuating 30 sqkm area around the tower while waiting to make a contact with the other side is a correct response as we don't know if whatever or whoever is behind or responsible for this towers are a friend or a foe. most importantly if the other side turns out to be a foe the area 30 sqkm around the tower will completely turn into a war zone fast if worst came to worst this evacuated area is enough for a nuclear strike. so my advice for the general public is please follow the governments guidelines, there is nothing a nuclear strike can't solve. as for restricting any information on the towers its so that any fake news doesn't cause mass panic"
" um.. now I understand why the government evacuated 30 sqkm area and put 100 sqkm area under martial law around the tower. so Dr Raj what are your thoughts about origin of these towers?"
" origin of these towers! to tell you the truth I don't know but as a huge fan of comics and science nerd I believe that Thanos and his infinity gauntlet is behind this and the governments secret Special squad of extraordinary people aka Avengers program is currently dealing with this crisis. I bet within 5 year everything will be back to normal. well my friends don't agree with me but what do they know Leonard's hair loss and farts are out of control and Shelbon is broken mentally as they can't find any explanation for this towers "
" wow! doctor you have a rich imagination. will you look at that its time for a break, ladies and gentlemen stay tuned after the break we will be back here with hot gossip about the successful sex change of popular pop star Justin Boobier Know for the songs 'Cry Baby' (2009) 'What is this hang between my legs' (2015) 'Sorry I pissed myself'(2015)"
"Alexa, Turn off Tv "
'Beep'
.......
'ring .. ring ... ring ..'
Inside a black Uber a lean bodied university student slowly answered the phone.
" Hello this is Christopher Canaan "
" Onii chan it's me Candice where are you I am waiting for you "
" Candice you are up early is everything okay, how many time have I told you not to call me Onii chan we are not Japanese just call me brother like normal people do or heck just call me by my name. whenever you call me that I feel chills all over my body."
" okay Oppa. "
" again Candice we are not Korean just address me like normal people do"
" so you are saying Japanese and Korean people are not normal people. "
" you know that's not what I mean, by the way whose number is this. "
"oh, this is my boyfriends phone."
"you have a boyfriend already. you are barely 16 yet. what are you doing with his phone?"
" not everybody is a loner like you big bro. FYI this one is my second one. I borrowed his phone from him to see if he is chatting with someone else other than me lately his replies seems to be a little delayed. "
" And how are you going to do that .... wait okay, forget that I asked"
" Baka Onii-chan. when will you be arriving at home I can't wait any more this excitement and waiting is Killing me"
" I would be really flattered and delighted if I didn't know why you are so excited "
" Don't be so Desperate Oppa Girls don't like desperate boys okay. cheer up Twins and mom Still miss you. enough of that where are you right now?"
" heartless ... um we just passed by Cheng's Kitchen so another 3-5 mins I will be there. "
'wuwaaaa! wu! wu! Wa!!!!'
" Anaca don't bully Ariel, give back his brush ... no no don't throw it in the .... no no don't flush it. got to go bro, see you when you get here. "
'beep beep'
' what was mom thinking allowing Candice to take care of the twins. can't blame Candice Twins can be handful some times ... What's with Anaca I thought she was the quite one of the twins.'
Pinching between his eyebrows exhaling a sigh, Christopher pocketed his phone. slowly his eyes moved to the rear view mirror meeting the gaze of the driver who was also young and seemed to be in his early twenties and keenly hearing to his phone conversation.
" girls right, can't hate them but they don't make it easier to love them" said the driver
"what?" bewildered Christopher
" mine watches lots of Korean Drama, so she loves to call me Oppa when we are doing it"
" w.wh..what?!"
" so, yours like to call you both. "
" that was my sister "
" r-right right! Unni, Noona my girl likes it when I call her that "
" no, that was my little sister at the phone "
" no judgement bro, who am I to Judge you I have my own fetishes. I am all about feet. "
'sigh' Christopher leaned back on the seat exhaustively rubbing his forehead.
'Breaks....'
" #189, block 22, we are here"
'No tip for this dimwit...' thought Christopher as he got off the car taking his luggage from the trunk, he made his way to the front door of the house.
standing in front of the door Christopher braced himself as it brought back lot of memories some good some bad some he wished he could forget, last time he was in front of this door was when that horrible incident happened. standing there his body just shuddered but still gathering all his courage he opened the door with his key, walking in he shouted
" I AM HOME !!! "