Once they arrived at the hospital he could administer the nanites immediately since they had already had the talk from Jack and his wife who were very elaborate in their explanation .
They just conveyed their wishes what kind of knowledge they wanted and they were off to dreamland .
Jack and his wife wanted to have a little talk with Alex , expressing their thanks once again for what he had done for their son and giving them back their youth.
They told him that their son was enjoying every moment since he recovered and gotten his youth back .
He was found regular watching the sunrise and walking in town just enjoying the freedom of movement .
With the vr equipment he could already do so in the games but it was liberating to be healthy in reality .
They also confided in him that they , along with the rest of the town , suspected he was the one who introduced the vr equipment and other technologies .
This suspicion arose after they saw him administering the nanites and undergoing the process themselves .
However , they assured him that no one in town would reveal this secret to the outside world .
Helena just told Alex “you didn’t think that they wouldn’t put one and one together after doing this did you ?”
After two days Alex got the news from Da’grass that the work crew had finished and that they would be leaving that same day .
Alex immediately made a plan with Da’grass for delivering the finished gate , considering the supply schedules and human activity , they chose to do so in seven days at night .
They would ship the seeds to mars and use a warehouse to set up the gate , once the gates were active they would send everything else through .
Alex didn’t want to risk exposure letting the spaceship on earth for to long , Da’grass couldn’t even assure him that nobody would find out .
He could manipulate the footage of satellites , cut transmissions and even monitor radio waves and the internet but the sooner the ship left for mars the better .
Alex would have wanted to do it sooner but the spaceship had to travel to earth and Da’grass needed to ensure that it wouldn’t be detected so it had to use conventional methods according to Da’grass .
The next day after his hospital duties , Alex shared this information with Sarah and Sam who were excited to see a real spaceship in person .
Helena suggested to let the town help with loading the spaceship since they already knew so much and she argued it would be good to feel a sense of camaraderie since they couldn’t be keeping it a secret for them .
Sam and Sarah concurred , they argued that they would eventually go to mars anyway and it would be difficult to keep a landed spaceship a secret .
Alex had mixed feelings about this but relented , he just asked Da’grass to monitor outgoing messages and intervene if necessary but in his heart he knew that they were right .
Before the week ended he still had to do a treatment round and the people were informed what was expected from them when the ship landed .
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They would form a chain for the small stuff and carry in groups what was to big for one person to carry.
Jack and his wife were excited as were the rest of the people but some still had reservations , people were still arriving and not everyone had seen the effects of the nanites treatment .
Finally the day arrived that the spaceship would land , Alex would monitor the installation of the gate and the moment they were finished the loading would stop so that the ship could leave .
Sam , Helena and Sarah would be guiding the people and tell them when to stop loading .
Night arrived and everyone and everything was prepared to move as swift as possible , everyone seemed to be nervous as if the moment of truth had arrived.
Which in a way was the case , there were still those who had doubts and thought the settlement could be a cult .
Finally they saw in the distance what appeared to be a comet coming their way but soon the flames extinguished and a dark shape was approaching the island .
“No time for daydreaming people , the moment it lands we’ve got to be swift” shouted Sarah .
Everyone came to their senses and waited in anticipation for the ship to land .
The ship landed , opened its cargo doors and everyone rushed to their location .
Alex followed the gate being unloaded and Da’grass was giving orders where it should be placed .
Everyone was loading the ship with what was in the warehouses while Alex was supervising the droids installing the gate .
The installation lasted for an hour and Da’grass told Alex that the gate would be eventually powered by their colony since they would be initiating the portals , the fusion reactor they had wouldn’t be powerful enough to do so .
The moment the installation ended Da’grass send a message to everyone that it was done and that they could stop loading .
The answer Alex received was that they just finished loading everything and were retreating from the ship .
The moment the droids entered the ship the cargo doors closed and the ship departed .
Dazed , the people watched the ship leave as suddenly everyone started cheering , they suddenly realized it wasn’t a dream and that everything was real.
That night there was a party in the streets and everyone contributed in the booze .
Helena confided in Alex that they had cleared every warehouse they had including the one for provisions destined for the settlement .
All provisions they had left was what was in the stores and homes .
Da’grass would need to place orders again to resupply the island but Alex couldn’t be happier especially after Da’grass told him that there were visual sightings but no footage of the whole endeavor .
In the morning there were still people on the streets discussing recent events and how they were first sceptic about everything .
Alex , Helena , Sam and Sarah were constantly bombarded with praises and questions that night and felt the need to sleep .
The numerous drinks they were offered that night had taken a toll and they decided to take a day off on everything .
“Well that went a lot better than I expected” said Alex to Helena once they were back home .
“You better not jinx it by saying that” said a smiling Helena .
“There were only a few visual sightings according to Da’grass but no concrete proof , it went better than I hoped for” replied a smiling Alex .
Most people thought it was a meteorite that burned up or landed in the sea .
That’s a big win in my book and nobody tried to contact the outside world about it .
“They are all happy to be part of something big and with the stories of the treatment you offer , nobody dares to jeopardize that chance” Helena replied and then she kissed him.
“What do you want to do?” asked Alex .
“Let’s start by going to bed” said a smiling Helena .
It was dinner time when they awoke from their slumber and he had a message from jack that there was another batch of people awaiting treatment .
He replied that he would be coming after dinner and went to the bathroom .
After answering nature’s call he got another message from Cathy saying that their latest game in development was finished and ready for distribution .
It was a medieval kingdom building game where you were a noble and had to manage your people , build cities from the ground up and battling other nobles and bandits .
Cathy mentioned she wanted to combine a fantasy game and this one with magitech features as one of her projects but there were other projects that came first .
He gave his permission to release the game and told her that as long as she did a good job he wouldn’t be interfering with her work , he was happy to have her.
After eating dinner he and Helena left for the hospital for another three days .