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seemed dark.  They seemed…well, very tired.  It didn’t take long for Bell to realize that the man before her was Avery Johnston.  Suddenly breathing was difficult.  It felt as if her chest had tightened, as if a giant, metallic hand closed over her lungs.
    “What the hell’s going on,” she said, getting down on a knee.  “Let me…let me out of here.”
    “Overwhelming, isn’t it?” Avery said.  “Yeah…I know it is.  Just know that it’s okay Bell, I’m not here to hurt you.  I’m here to help you, here to show you that this is real.  The sole purpose of this is to make you a believer.”
    “Are you really here though” she asked, looking up at him as he slowly approached.  A tear fell from her eye.  “Am I…is this uh…am I in a…a dream ?”
    Avery shook his head and when he came within a foot of her took a knee so they were level.  For a moment he only watched her, almost as if he was trying to get a read.
    “I don’t understand what’s going on,” Bell said.
                  Avery nodded.  “You will.  Trust me you will.”
                  “Are you…are you God?  Or maybe a god.”
                  Avery gave a small smile.  He shook his head.  “Not even close.”
                  “What is all this then?  I don’t understand.  I was just with Alan and his friend Danny in a bowling alley and I blinked and suddenly I’m here.  This doesn’t make sense.  None of this makes any sense to me.  I mean…do you know what it’s like when your brain is trying to process too much at once?  That’s what this is to me.  Where is everything?  Where am I?  I feel like a blood vessel is going to rupture in my head or something.”
                  “In the bowling alley.  You haven’t left, Bell.”
                  “How do you know?”
                  Avery only smiled at that.
                  “Is this…is this supposed to be your proof?”
                  Avery straightened up.  “It’s the best I can do for now.  There is no ship to show you Bell.  But I can show you a display.”
                  He straightened up and snapped his fingers and the sound reverberated through the space as if they were in a large, quiet building.  A three-dimensional outline of what must’ve been the aircraft appeared.  The outline was probably the size of your basic automobile, round and thin.  The display floated in midair, spinning slowly just above Bell.  From where she knelt, she could see within the outline and what looked like the blueprint of the rooms, the front and rear section of the aircraft.  She could tell by the sheer detail and the fact that she had been told that Avery intended to save one million that the ship must’ve been far, far bigger.  There were thousands of lines, countless angles.
                  “How are you doing this?” she asked, finally getting to her feet.  When she did, her top half was suddenly inside of the aircraft display.  The blueprint of the walls, the corridors, and the ceiling rotated slowly around her.
                  “Don’t really have time to explain it.  I just want to give you a preview of what the aircraft is going to look like when it is done.  I know there’s no definition, no exterior and exterior color.  But this is its essence.  This is the Autumn Aircraft. ”
                  “You said the Autumn Aircraft. ”
                  “This is what you’ll be a part of.  It’ll be your job to protect the aircraft, get recruits, and serve as a soldier for the cause.  The cause of this aircraft.  What this display will be used to create.  Because when everything comes down on us, it’s going to come down hard.  We have access to a technology that wouldn’t be seen on Earth—if Earth survived—for countless years.  In fact, the technology