The night had finally settled over Fortress four base, its perimeter lights glowing like a sea of fireflies against the dark. The chaos of the day was gone, and peace had arrived with the stars.
The air was still cool, lending a sense of normalcy to an unfriendly apocalypse when it came to the weather.
Because of all that had occurred during the day, movie night on the base had been cancelled. People were behind closed doors, hoping to pass through the night without experiencing another mutant or mutated beast attack.
In the Quinn household--Hades and Sunshine Quinn specifically, the family was enjoying a calm family evening.
Dinner had been eaten. A meal of rice, roasted potatoes, vegetables and pork stew which Sunshine insisted on having. Tank had prepared it with usual precision. Hades had said something about the stew being a form of vengeance because she had failed to kill the wild boar.
