An exit to normalcy

The three of them make their way through the halls, and Alicia smiles at Mike. “We’ll take my vehicle, no need for anything larger for just us three.”

Kyrie grimaces. “I suppose that means I need to squeeze my big ass in the back…”

Alicia laughs. “Oh shush, it’s not that bad!”

The tall, purple skinned alien rolls her eyes. “Easy for you to say, miss petite! Some of us take up a bit more space!”

Mike chuckles, but mostly ignores the byplay. His mind is focused on what he might see outside this facility. He already knows that some things are similar to what he knows, but he’s seen a lot that is far advanced. And yet, a lot also seems to be simply advanced versions of what he already knows. An example is immediate as Alicia pulls out what is obviously their version of a smartphone.

She looks down at the screen, tapping deftly. “Just letting Fiona know we’re on our way. Shouldn’t take long to get there.”

Kyrie looks from Alicia to Mike. “We should get you a communicator while we’re out. Gotta be able to send you sexy pictures to remind you what you’re missing when you’re not around!”

Alicia laughs. “We should get him one, even if that’s not the reason…”

Mike chuckles. “Well, I certainly can’t complain, either way!”

Both girls laugh, as they approach a door labeled “parking”. Mike follows them through, anticipating some wild things inside, but he’s immediately disappointed. They’re just cars. Different shapes, but still the same as he’s used to from earth.

He glances at Alicia. “Not to be rude, but with the tech here, I expected flying cars, or something crazy…”

She smiles. “Well, we have the technology for that sort of thing, but it’s reserved for emergency vehicles and things like that. Flying adds way too much risk for the average person.”

She leads you to a four door vehicle with tinted windows. “Here we are.”

Kyrie grins as she gets into the back seat. As she predicted, it’s a tight fit for the big woman. “At least you have dark windows so no one can see me crammed in back here!”

Mike and Alicia laugh as they climb in as well, and when Alicia presses the start button, there’s only the slightest whir as the vehicle powers on. She smiles at him. “Electric powered. Only industrial vehicles use internal combustion anymore.”

She presses a button on the console, and in front of the car a large door slowly opens. Mike can see the road ahead, leading towards what he can see in the near distance is a city, much like the ones he knew. As the car smoothly pulls out of the garage, he can see that, other than the scattered people going about their business being alien to him, nothing seems terribly different.

Kyrie leans forward from the back. “Off we go, to get you interviewed, and get you laid!”

Mike laughs, and Alicia grins. “Well, she’s not wrong…”