As the limousine drove off, Alex looked confused at David outside the window. When he turned to Guo, the man responded before the question was asked.
"Mr. Magnus said he preferred to walk ho. Sothing about needing the fresh air to regain his energy."
Alex sohow doubted that was true, based on the face David was pulling as they drove away. Adding to that Jack's snide grin, Alex could guess it wasn't at David's request that they left him there.
But he was already on his way ho, and was not in the mood to suddenly walk, so he did not plead for David.
'I guess being a dick eventually fucks you in the ass, doesn't it?' he thought to himself.
The drive ho was not very far, as the airport they took off from was in Dorval, and not Mirabel, so they were still on the island. Night had just fallen and traffic was fluid as they drove into downtown.
As they pulled up in front of the condominium tower Alex lived in, Jack told him to wait a mont.
"I want to confirm sothing with you before you get out."
"Hmm?" Alex replied.
"In Mr. Magnus' tale, he said regular humans are almost all dead, too weak to survive what cos before the invasion even begins. He insisted everyone should at least reach level thirty, to have a shot at surviving."
"Yes. He's told that many tis already."
Jack looked Alex in the eyes.
"Do you believe him? If you had loved ones you wanted to stay alive, would you do anything in your power to convince them to play?"
Alex thought about the question for a mont. But he rembered he had already asked his trainer to play New Eden, hoping to make sure he would save at least one person if he could.
"Yes. I would convince them by any ans I have. If it ans I can guarantee their survival to at least then, I wouldn't give up on them."
Jack stared at him for a while before releasing a long sigh.
"Then I will trust you. Guo, order a pod, top of the line. And order one for my wife, too. I guess I will have to make ti in my schedule to play New Eden."
Guo nodded, his hands already blazing across his tablet. Alex smiled at the man's tired expression.
He could guess Jack was a very busy man, and that making ti wasn't exactly easy for him. So he offered advice to him.
"What most people are doing is playing at night, instead of sleeping. It might not be the best solution, as it cuts into your rest a bit, since you don't actually sleep, but currently, it's the best solution for people who keep living a life outside the ga."
Jack nodded in response, thinking it wasn't such a bad idea. He was used to not having a proper rest from his ti in the army, anyway.
Alex opened up the door, looking one last ti at the tired old man. He suddenly looked much frailer than he had a few hours earlier, when he toted an automatic rifle, taking out monsters left and right.
"Mr. Boudreau. I don't know if you feel responsible, since you have a hand in releasing the ga. But this isn't your fault. I have a feeling even David doesn't know what the real reason for this future is. But I will strive to find out."
Jack flashed a genuine smile at Alex.
"Thank you, son. I hope you do, for all our sakes."
Kary and Alex left the limo, closing the door behind them, and the driver opened up the window separating the two compartnts.
"Where to, sir?"
"Ho. Margarett will be furious that I didn't co ho in two days."
The driver chuckled, familiar with the scene. Even Guo was smiling knowingly.
The limousine pulled away, making its way out of Montreal, entering the well-off suburb of Laval-sur-le-Lac, and pulling into the long driveway of a vast estate. Jack looked at the cherry trees flanking both sides of the road.
He had these planted for his wife when they bought the place, since she loved to see them blossom. The trees were currently in bloom, and the pink and white flowers rained slowly on the pavent.
Jack could sll their aroma through the closed windows of the limousine and smiled warmly. But he was already expecting his wife's fury.
'I'll have to give her a good reason why I was gone for two days. I'll also need to find a way to get her to play the ga…'
Jack sighed at the arduous task ahead.
***
Alex exited the elevator, entering his penthouse, which he hadn't seen in what felt like forever.
"Ahh. Ho sweet ho."
Looking at his clothes, he could see so blood spatters in purple and green hues on his sleeves, and knew these clothes were ruined. He took them off, getting buck naked right there in the middle of his apartnt, and tossed them down the incinerator chute.
Kary whistled as she passed near him.
"I know you are tired, and so am I, so let's wash up, eat a bite, and go to sleep. What do you say, handso?" she asked him, ogling him as she did.
"I was thinking the sa. I'll get the shower running."
Alex climbed the stairs, with Kary looking at his ass as he did, biting her lower lip. Although she was extenuated, regardless of having slept so much on the plane, she could already feel hunger as she watched his naked form climb those steps.
'Who'd have thought I could be this horny…' she thought to herself, walking up to the room.
She rapidly got undressed, joining Alex in the already running shower, where she hugged his well-toned body from behind.
One thing leading to another, Alex and Kary forsook eating and consummate each other before falling asleep in each other's arms after their shower.
Alex's dreams that night were much sweeter than those on the plane.
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