Previously, I read about entering Earth’s atmosphere but to experience it is another. The shaking grew larger, and I could see the heat shield at the front glowing red.
Then, everything was still again. Tabitha shouted out her approval. We were coasting now in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The sky was beautiful blue. The toxic grey clouds that covered most of the planet were like a carpet below us. We were going to try and avoid them altogether.
That carpet gradually faded, then disappeared giving us our first opportunity to see the tainted purple sea. Tabitha was thrilled. “Do you think there is anything alive down there?”
I didn’t want to crush her dreams.
“Yes, I’m sure there must be something. What exactly, I don’t know.”
And maybe there was. I had serious doubts though.
A few minutes later, the sea turned to sand.
“We must be close,” Tabitha said.
“Another ten minutes or so.
The ruins of London were something else. They became visible as jagged pieces sticking out of the land in the distance. They drew closer and what were a few pieces, grew into a sea of its own. Tabitha scanned the vicinity for movement.
“Nothing, apart from some rats.”
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