Awakening

Chapter 21 - Edited

Haven

Amra leaned close to her and caressed her face softly as he whispered "We are landing now on Paralimni my love, it is the capital of Famagusta. Our first stop is here."

She smiled and blushed, he always had that effect on her "...and how long are we staying here?"

"Only a few hours probably, to do the proper paperwork according to Pronab; I have no idea why humans have laws for each part of the same earth, it would be so much simpler if all lands had the same."

She chuckled and nodded "I agree, I think that it would have been better, for us, but not for the human leaders and their pockets... the human world runs by money, greed, power, among other things..."

"Greed for power is the main reason why we have problems in our world as well, my love, some people are never content with what they have, with what they were given..."

The airplane finally stopped and the stewardess in charge of giving directions started talking on the loudspeaker. Amra squeezed Caliope's hand and smiled 'Let's wait for everyone else to get down first, ok?' he whispered in her mind, she nodded and rested her head on his shoulder, a place she learned to love and find comfort in. During the long trip, she couldn't sleep much, her mind was busy with all of the things that had been happening.

Elaine was on the phone while they were getting off the plane. Pronab as always led the way and found a group of people ready to take them to their destination. One of them was a woman and she led the other men to take the bags with them.

"Hello Elaine, it is nice to see you again, thank you for coming yourself to greet us."

"Greetings Pronab, Lady Clark."

Elaine Clark nodded with a smile towards the woman with her same name "Hello, dear Elaine, I need to finish this call, so please excuse me a couple of minutes." Was her response, and the woman nodded kindly in response.

"Elaine, this is Caliope and Amrafel." Pronab took the initiative to introduce them.

The woman smiled a kind and welcoming smile to both, she nodded at them, and Amra replied with another nod and a smile. Nothing else was said, and Caliope had the impression this was normal protocol when humans, who were not aware of angels, were around them.

Elaine finished her call and returned with the group. Then everyone left the airport and got in one of the three hummers waiting for them. As they were all in the car, the woman smiled again at Caliope, who seemed lost looking around through the window. "Paralimni is only around 26 kilometers from our final destination, but we need to make a stop first, at one of the embassies. You will see the contrast between towns, there is a dramatic change yet beautiful at the same time." Caliope broke her lost gaze at the window to look back at her, paying attention.

"I take the base is finished there? Last time I was here it was not even nearly done." Pronab asked before she could continue.

She nodded at him "The base is finished, and we did several new sub bases around as well."

"Good, that is what I was looking forward." He replied with a satisfactory smile.

The car stopped at an old building, it looked normal as the rest of them, but a sign indicated it was something else. Both Elaines stepped down the car as Pronab stayed with the others there. While a song was playing on the radio, Pronab was talking about the different sights they would see with Amra, Caliope stared at the window, seemingly distracted by the everyday life of the people in the city. A vendor here and there, some people walking by, others driving. It was a busy day but overall normal in general. Normal was something she was starting to miss.