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Well, this is the first instalment of Dimension 24, An Alternate view (From now on, AAV)

This is inspired by Dimention 24, by singleheld Go give him a read; He is a talented writer with a bright imagination, Also, Please comment... I don't know what I'm doing wrong otherwise!

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~Adagio15

***

The light of the morning sun shown in through the squinted slit in the curtains, Adagio's chest rose and fell as he silently inhaled and exhaled the cold winter air as he clutched his spotted tail in a silent slumber.

A soft voice rose him from his sleep. "Wake up sleepy head!" "Mooo-ooom!" he replied "It's Holliday!" "I know, But that doesn't excuse you of your chores young man" The 32 year old human female said.

Adagio Jonathan Gerri was an orphan from just after birth. His father died before he was born, and his mother died giving birth to the young Snow Leopard, so it was up to his aunt, a fox morph, to raise him. But she wasn't getting any younger, and couldn't provide... She was working for the Greenlaw family at the time; Mrs Greenlaw couldn't have kids due to a genetic disorder, so Mrs Greenlaw adopted him as her own.

"Just a few more minutes!?" the 17 year old Snow Leopard insisted. "It's past nine already!*Sigh* Fine!" Mrs Greenlaw said reluctantly.

A few minutes later, true to his word he roused from his sleep, wiping the sleep from his eye, and began his morning routine...

He walked downstairs expecting his surrogate mother, but instead found a note on the fridge:

"Went to town, back before 11! Don't forget your chores! XOXO" H rolled his eyes and did what any kid his age would do, that is everything he isn't supposed to do... He picked up the wireless phone, punched in a few keys and waited for an answer.

"Hi! Kayla Speaking" "Hey Ky!" He replied with enthusiasm.

He met the leopard at a birthday party a year ago. It was just like in the movies, he was tired and when he turned around he spilled his drink all over her dress, as he scrambled to get a rag or something to dry her dress, he tripped over a guy and went face first into a conveniently located pool, she giggled to herself. When he got out of the water and stared straight into her ebony eyes, his ears drooped. "I'd offer you a hand, but I'm afraid, with my luck, we'd both end up in the water" She said. This boosted his self confidence a little. They were together ever since.

"Hey Adg!" She replied equally happy to hear his voice. "What are you doing today? Could I come over?"

"My day is clean, you can come anytime!' she said. They haven't seen each other since the school closed a few weeks back, so she was really seeing forward to seeing him again.

"Kay! See you in an hour?" "Sounds good! See you then!" With that, she hung up.

He went to his room to fetch his car keys, and his wallet, and drove to her house. He pulled into her driveway, removed his keys from his ignition and walked up to her door and knocked on the vintage Oregon pine door.

Her mother opened the door. Mrs Robertson was also a human, but the circumstances that led up the Kayla's adoption were very different, Kayla had an abusive father; her mother ran away with her one night, she worked for Mrs Roberson, until she passed when Kayla was six. And Mrs Robertson took her under her wing; consequently she was a single mother. But she made good money by selling real-estate.

"Hi Jonathan! Come in, I'll call Kayla for you." "Thanks Mrs Robertson!"

Mrs Robertson always called him on his second name. She was a nice person, and she trusted him with her surrogate daughter. She lost her soul mate to cancer after they were engaged, and never fell in love again. Thus she valued every time he came to visit her, she felt it made up for the time she lost...

"Kayla" She yelled up the stairs, Adagio made himself at his second home, and sat down on one of the soft leather couches in front of the holographic projection screen. Mrs Robertson was watching the news before I came

"Yes Mom?" She yelled back

"Jonathan is here" That was all she needed to say, And with pure animalistic power came down the stairs in a blur of spotted orange, Her tail flaring behind her as she ran.

"Jeez, don't break the stairs young lady, I'm headed off to town, if you guys need anything, you both have my number, call me."

"Thanks mom" "Thanks Mrs Robertson" They both said in union, as Mrs Robertson walked out the Oregon pine door and creaked it close.

"So, what do you want to do today?" She asked him as she heard her surrogate mother's car driving off.

"Well, I discovered this cool place, but first, let's go grab a bite to eat?" "Sounds like a plan!" She said and pecked him on the cheek. He blushed.

*** Adagio and Kayla both laid under a big oak tree on the top of a hill overlooking the magnificent slender of the sunset unfolding. Her tail entwined around his as she scotched onto his lap. He held her hand. "So, what would you do if the world ended tomorrow?" She asked, oblivious to the certain apocalypse that loomed.... "Well..." He said, sliding a little up the tree. "I would get my parents into the car, and drive to your house to get you..." "So, that's the last thing you ever want to do?" "Oh, the last thing you'd ever do scenario is a little different..." He moved in and kissed her passionately on the lips. "Well, I'm quite happy if this as the last thing I'll ever do..." He said, staring deeply into her eyes as he squeezed her paw.

Little did they know, for many people that would have been the last day of their lives, or their sanity...

*** As he pulled into the driveway at home he remembered about the chores he never did... His mother will be furious!

He silently creaked the door open, not that it would matter his car's 5 litre engine makes enough noise to begin with...

But to his surprise, the house was silent. The light was on in the kitchen, we went to inspect.

On the fridge a single yellow post it.

"I see you didn't do your chores... Again... I swear you're gonna be the death of me one day... Remember your aunt? She gave birth a few hours ago- Turn Around"

What! There's more? He thought to himself as he turned the note around.

"We went to visit her in the hospital in a small city called Green run, we'll be back tomorrow afternoon. There's money in the fruit bowl for pizza. XOXO -Mom"

"Phew! That's a relief!" He thought to himself as he stared at the yellow note.

He shoved his paw into his pocket, dialled a few digits on the touch screen of his Xperia Arc S.

"Hi Ky! My parents are off to some town called 'Green run' I got some money for Pizza, Want to come over, or eat out?" "Mhhhh, I heard of this new sushi place, down by the river? "Do they serve Pizza?" "Urgh! You can't see it. But I'm rolling my eyes at you" "How about, I get you a take away from your sushi place, any I get myself some pizza? Deal?" "Deal" she agreed, a little hesitantly.

***

"Twice in one day?" she mocked in sarcasm. "Oh, Ok, so you don't want these?" He said, holding the flowers upside down. "Gimme!" She said as she grabbed the flowers Inhaling their sweet smell with her sensitive feline nose. "Their beautiful!" she thanked, smiling. "You're beautiful!" He replied. She hugged him, he hugged back.

***

The leather squealed as they sat down on the couch in front of the holographic projector. He pressed a few buttons, the lights dimmed, and a projection of a fireplace pixelated into view.

"And this??" she asked "For the cold..." He replied, slightly tilting his head, and lifting his shoulders. "Haha!" She moved closer to him "Liar!" She whispered into his ear, and kissed him on the cheek. He kissed back. "The food is getting cold..." He said. "The food can wait" She said as she jumps him over. They kissed, there was tongue.

***

"You're lucky I like cold pizza, and sushi is cold to begin wi..." He started, and was interrupted by a kiss. "Keep it up, and you might just eat warm pizza by yourself" she said, touching his cold, pink nose. "You drive a hard bargain..." Staring deep into amber her eyes. "But you do leave a strong point..." Kissing her on the lips. "I choose... Warm pizza" Smiling ear to ear. She broke the embrace shoving him playfully. "You ass!"

***

They both laid silently on his double bed, lathered in each other's warm embrace when their slumber was interrupted by a loud alarm, followed the repetitive computerized voice of the city early warning system: "This is an emergency; you're in danger, please move to a designated safe zone"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kayla asked, scared. "I don't know, let's find out... Roxy" "Yes sir" the houses computer replied, and a small quadruped snow leopard projected from the sealing walked in. "Roxy! Whats all the racket about?" "Let me look..." After a few seconds she had their answer "Projecting feed: World News Network" "I'm broadcasting live form Green Run city, Which is the presumed the first of the missiles from an unknown origin will hit. Carriying an unknown payload" an cut screen showed satellite imagery of the missiles slowly making their way through earths atmosphere, hell bent on creating destruction when they land. "What are we going to do?" Kayla asked, holding back tears as best she can. "I don't know... Roxy, Whats the ETA?" "About an hour, given they travel at an constant speed and heading" "Thanx Roxy..." Adagio thanked the computer "Call my mother for me please" "Connecting... Video unavailable..." The screen showed a visualization of the audio playing. "Sorry sir, connection failed..." the computer stated. "I'm sure they're fine" Kayla reassured me, seeing the obvious worry in my eyes. He expected the worse...

"Sir..." "Rox?" "There is a secret message you mother instructed me to give you in case of an emergency" "What??" In huge red letters the text 'running feed:' flashed

"Adagio, if you are seeing this message, that means you're in danger, and I'm not there... Which also probably means I'm... not around any more... But this is important... There is a secret bunker underneath the house, apparently back in 2012 there was supposed to be an apocalypse, that never happened, I came across it while storing some things in the basement The combination is the day we adopted you.

Go get Kayla, and get in that bunker! And know..."A tear formed in her eye, He fought tears himself "...I always loved you as my own..." The stream cut to static "Switching to auxiliary power" Then the power cut, the backup generator kicked in, and the emergency lights clicked on, one after the other. A red line of LED's turned on and off in sequence, showing the way to the bunker. "But Adg... my mom! As if on cue "Rocket 1 speed increase detected, ETA Recalculation... Processing... New ETA 11.58 minutes" "Calculating rout from current position, to Robertson residence... Reading Traffic information... ETA 36.37 minutes... Conclusion... Sorry honey, but you won't make it..."

She cried into his arm, he stayed strong for her part...

"11.39 minutes, I'd suggest getting a move on..." "She's right..." He wiped a tear "We- We should get to safety" he said, staring into her ebony eye's She stared back into his eye's blue as the ice of the arctic.

They broke eye contact, and ran towards the bunker, Roxy in trail.

The basement was dark and the light was broken, all that illuminated the place was the light emitted from Roxy's projection. "This is as far as I can go, there are no projectors down there... you're on your own..." "Thanks Rox!" Her projection flickered, and then went dark. Adagio took his phone out of his pocket, taped the screen and used its flashlight to move around the boxes, revealing a trap door, he opened it. There was a large metal door underneath, and a small illuminated keypad. He used it to key in the date of his adoption. A metallic 'clank' sound is heard as the tumblers unlocked, the turned the large radial handle, and breached the airlock, which in turn made an audible 'fsst' sound. He and Kayla climbed into the hole and sealed the door behind them.

It smelled mouldy and wet, but was well illuminated, bright white light filled every corner of the safe room.

They both looked in awe, as they never been in this room before, hell, they didn't even know of its presence until now...

There were two small beds, a couch and an old laptop at a desk. There was a kitchen that had all the necessary appliances, a decent stockpile of food and an old HAM radio.

One cupboard in particular caught his attention it read "Artillery" in red letters. But it was locked Be found something heavy and broke the lock, and was rather surprised at what he found...