The air filling with the scent of the candles, mixing with the salty air of the ocean. He slid the glass door open that led to the private deck. As he...was carrying several lit candles, he used his elbow to push the door open. Immediately a rush of cool ocean air invaded his senses, closing his eyes he inhaled the freshness. After setting the candles all around the perimeter of a hot tub, he checked the temperature of the water. It was perfect, the water very warm, not too hot, not too cold.. You will be tasked with designating first important military targets and secondary civilian infrastructure" Admiral Martinez told me.I nodded numbly through the whole thing, the next few days became a blur to me, I was transferred to Dyson's command, I was placed in charge of the Battleship Destiny, it was one of 122 Battleships that would be apart of the strike force, each ship carrying a minimum of 50 fighters, it was thought the element of surprise would carry the day. As an intelligence. But in the preceding days, hunger had begun to drive people outside andinto their waiting arms.Mark and Doug had been lucky. They had been at their work in the cornerstore when things had started. When they had seen, with disbelievingeyes, what was happening they had simply lowered the heavy roller-doorout front and locked everything up. They had just sat there for threedays, all their frantic phone calls going unanswered as they listened toradio station after radio station flaring into panic,. I had a friend named Kabir in college who was 21 years old and from Pune. I had taken admission to an MBA college in Pune. At the same time, Kabir was moving abroad for his higher studies. He asked me to stay at his house as he had one room vacant. I was happy to stay there. Before leaving abroad, Kabir introduced me to his parents, Ashok uncle and Sonia aunty. Ashok uncle was around 47-years-old, and Sonia aunty was around 45. But they both looked young, especially Sonia aunty.Sonia aunty was.