Chapter 54
July 16, 2026
Various parts of Stockholm
Four days ago, the military and police proudly proclaimed that there were no more Alien monsters in the city and that it was safe for all residents to get out. The message was received with some skepticism. Neither the police nor the military were willing to show the dead bodies and eggs of the Alien monsters and even if the underground tunnel was closed forever, there was a risk that some monster was still lingering in some tunnel passage. The Prime Minister has given a long speech in which he praised the defense for their quick response. If the defense had not been so quick, more victims would have died.
Rumors have already spread that someone has seen something strange through the grate at the tunnel and the military checked the tunnel once more. The only thing they found was a cat that had gotten into the tunnel. The cat was carefully examined to ensure that no growing Alien was in its body and the owner got the cat back and the grate at the tunnel was reinforced so that no more cats could sneak into the tunnel.
The newspapers no longer write about the advance of the Alien monsters and the victims who died. No one interviews those who were close to the Alien monsters anymore, but several gossip magazines have written about their experiences. One man has said that she wanted to mate with the Alien monsters and a few who have read the article have sent threatening letters to the man. The man has chosen not to report the threatening letters to the police.
Slowly but surely, the city streets have started to fill up with people again and most people no longer look over their shoulders when they walk around town. People have started to relax when they walk around town and socialize with each other. Instead of scared voices and loud cries for help, happy laughter and exclamations can be heard from the people. The shops have started to sell well.
The advance of the Alien monsters has changed the people, but in a positive way. People have started to help each other in a way they haven't done since the 1980s. They care about each other. Even people who previously only cared about themselves have started to care about and help their fellow human beings. Even the homeless and those at the bottom of society are getting help from society and fellow human beings. Those who socialize with each other do so in a way they didn't before. Many are mourning the deceased and their friends are comforting them.
Even the serious criminals have taken a break from their usual routines and are friendly and helpful. No one is selling drugs and violent crimes have decreased by over 60 percent. No one is breaking into houses because several thieves have been affected in one way or another by the Alien monsters' advance. The police can thus concentrate on identifying those who have died
The Alien monsters' advance has also meant that there are significantly more tourists than usual. The tourists come from different countries and many of them saw NBC and BBC reporting about the Alien monsters and they became curious and traveled to Stockholm. Many of the tourists are staying at the Zinkensdamm hostel and for the first time in many years it is completely full. The hostel at Hornstull is also full. Many of the expensive hotels in the city are also full.
The bodies of the Alien monsters are burned at a large landfill or melted at Skarpnäck steel so that no tourist can feel the dome or body of the Alien monsters but on the other hand there are many corrosion damages in the ground in the different streets of the city and they show where the Alien monsters were shot. There are a few people who think it is wrong that all the Alien monsters are burned. They think that the museum could have had a dead Alien monster and shown it to the public. But the military has been careful to explain the decision behind the burning. No Alien DNA should be available because there is a risk that some madman will get hold of it and create new Alien monsters and that must not happen.
Some visitors at Lars' café took several high-resolution photographs of the Alien Queen as she stood near the café and they have developed several copies of the photographs and are selling them to tourists and others who want to buy the photographs. Several newspapers have asked if they can buy the photographs but they have been refused. These people want money for every photograph they sell. The photographs are very good and show the entire body of the Alien Queen but also Sven and Michael.
Several younger people have taken on the task of guiding tourists and showing where most of the Alien monsters were killed and they take their task very seriously. The young people show where the Alien Queen stood when she was near Lars Café and the café has more visitors than usual. The younger people who guide the tourists show Kungsträdgården and tell them where most of the people died. The young people would have liked to show the underground tunnel and the Alien Queen's old hive to the tourists, but both the police and the military have said no to that idea. Even though there are no remains of the eggs or monsters left, the police believe that it is a great risk if many people gather in the tunnel. The tunnel does not meet the requirements for ventilation and it could be a big problem if many people gather in the tunnel.
Candles have been placed in many places in Kungsträdgården to honor the people and animals who died there. The video clips from the surveillance cameras have been removed from the internet, but parts of the clips can be seen in Mary's saved live broadcast. Since it is a very warm day, many people are having a picnic by the green area and there are not many signs that the Alien monsters have been here. The children are playing in the large sandbox and the parents are resting on their large blankets.
The beaches around the city are well visited and many people are swimming in the warm water. On several of the beaches, it is impossible to find a free spot. Some of the tourists and those who live in Stockholm think it is too hot, but on the other hand, it will get colder when autumn comes. The owners of the kiosks by the beaches are happy about the heat. They have not sold this much ice cream this year and drinks are also selling very well. The only problem is that the most popular ice creams have sold out and are not even in the ice cream companies' warehouses.
All tracks at T-Centralen are being used and trains are running as usual. The train where a Chestbuster was born has been replaced with a new one and the old one is on a large rubbish tip. Many tourists take the trains to get where they are going and there are records for tickets being sold. Many tourists take the tram and there are also records for tickets being sold there.
The GIH bath is open as usual and only the deep holes in the ground testify to what has happened. There are many who visit the GIH bath but so far very few tourists have found out that two Chestbusters were born there. The owners have tried to keep it a secret to prevent bad publicity and they have succeeded quite well.
The ferries from Skeppsholmen are running as usual and the ferry where a Chestburster was born has become extra popular and is always full. The interior that was destroyed by the adult Alien monster has been replaced so that no damage from the monster is visible anymore. The police still have the video clips from the camera surveillance but none of the clips have been released to the public and they probably won't be released.
Gröna lund has reopened and on the first day there was a meter-long queue. Wildride is still broken but it has been decided that the roller coaster will be rebuilt and there have been suggestions that it should be called Alien action but it probably won't be called that. Many of the tourists have found out what happened at Gröna lund and there are many who visit Fritt fall because they have found out that several Chestbusters were born there. There are also many who visit the house where they can have a picnic because many Alien cocoons were found there. The cocoons are no longer hanging on the walls but the damage to the walls is still there so it is easy to see where the cocoons were hanging. Many of the tourists are taking pictures of the wall where the cocoons were.
The alien monster drool at the Zinkensdamm sports field has been vacuumed up and then spread on a large dump and set on fire so that no one can get their hands on the alien monster's DNA. The drool at the Zinkensdamm streets has also been vacuumed up and there is no longer a lake of drool on Teresagatan. The sports field has already got a new caretaker and he and a group of workers have started putting up a new fence but football training has not started yet.
There are many newspaper and TV reporters who want to know more about Michael but Sven has refused to answer questions about Michael and no one at Michael's group home has told anyone that he lived there so there are no reporters bothering them. The police have been able to answer a few questions about Michael but the reporters want to know more. There have been a lot of false rumors spread about Michael but the few who know the truth say nothing. There is a limit to how much reporters need to know.
The TV clip where the Alien Queen comes walking towards the reporters in Hammarby has been viewed millions of times on Youtube and every day the clip is shown to thousands of curious viewers and a few tourists make their way to the location and watch but they cannot see anything unusual. The people who participated in the clip have been interviewed many times and they are starting to get tired of people's questions.
Erikdalsbadet in Hammarby has not opened yet because the damage to the walls and ground in the large pool is too great and needs to be repaired. If the large pool is filled with water, it only flows down the deep holes and disappears into the drain. The smaller pool also has many damages but the water remains in the pool.
The bodies of those who died in the forest between Zinkensdamm and Hammarby have been retrieved and are awaiting burial. The victims have already been identified and the relatives have learned that their friends have died. There are many people who want to book the red cabin and the company that is in charge of the rental has already made a lot of money.
The police who arrived at Erikdalsbadet when Morgan died have arrested both Lucas and Reine because the police checked Morgan's mobile phone and found every message that Lucas and Reine and Morgan had written. The police had suspicions about Morgan and now these were confirmed. It didn't help that Reine won over a million when the police knocked on his door. Reine put up a lot of resistance when he was arrested and is being charged with, among other things, aggravated assault on a police officer. Lucas thought he would be released fairly quickly, but the police searched his apartment and found evidence that he had murdered a person shortly after the Solvalla race. It was Morgan who had ordered the murder and since the police had both Morgan's and Lucas' mobile phones, they knew for sure that was the case.
There are many tourists who visit Skarpnäck steel and they are happy to show the large cauldron where the iron is melted, but unfortunately they cannot show anything more and most of the tourists are disappointed. They wanted to see more, but since both the Alien Queen's body and the other monsters that have been thrown down there are melted, there is nothing to see except the molten iron.
Solvalla trotting has closed until further notice due to the events. Both the surviving horses and the trainers are traumatized by the events and the six dead horses must be replaced with new ones. Until that happens, the trotting track will be closed. The six surviving horses are being cared for by their handlers and horse psychologists. The horse psychologists are very skilled and slowly but surely the horses are daring to come out of their stables. Most of the horses have been standing far back in their stables since the trainers picked them up after the incident.
The police collect all the dead bodies from Solna Hospital and they are placed in a specially built tent while they wait to be identified. All the victims have given birth to Bellybursters and their stomachs are gaping empty, but often there are identification cards and other things that can identify the victims. It will be a tough task for the police who issue death certificates. The police also collect the dead people in Solna's residential area, but not that many people have died.
There are an extremely large number of people to be buried, but so far only the very first victims have been buried, and this is mainly because no one at the cemeteries has had time until now because they have used a calendar and planned each funeral in advance. Now they have to organize several unplanned funerals every day plus planned funerals. All the districts help each other.
Because so many people have died, all the churches are helping with grief management and they are extra open for relatives and others who need the church as a safe place. Several psychologists work in shifts to talk to relatives and worried people and many tears are shed every day. Some of the churches serve food to the homeless every day.
Sven visits Lars' café and he sits upstairs and looks out at the people moving around outside and he can understand how Michael could be fascinated to see them walking around. Sven is not as interested in who the people are and where they are going but he studies the different walking styles of the people and that is more interesting. Some of the people move at a normal pace but there are others who move more nervously and others who seem to be rushing past.
Sven can see the seller selling the photograph of the Alien Queen and Michael and there is a long line to the seller. There is a sea of different hairstyles and Sven thinks it is interesting to study the different hairstyles. There are a few people in the queue who have no hair at all and it looks a bit strange as they are standing in the middle of those who have a lot or long hair.
Sven finds it a bit difficult that the seller is selling the picture and that is because he himself is in the picture. Sven would have liked to go up to the seller and ask him to edit the picture so that he is no longer visible but he is afraid that the seller will recognize him and start asking questions about Michael. That Michael is visible in the picture is obvious because the Alien Queen was standing so close to him. Sven decided not to answer questions about Michael on the same day that Michael died. Sven has only answered questions from the police. Sven has seen other people's lives destroyed by curious reporters and he thinks it is unnecessary, especially since Michael is dead. Sven does not want any attention from the media.
Sven looks away from the window and drinks some hot coffee and he also has a warm apple pie in front of him and there is lots of vanilla cream on top of the apple pie. Sven takes a spoon and eats some apple pie and it is incredibly delicious and reminds him a lot of his grandmother Edith's apple pie. Sven still misses Edith and he thinks it was a great tragedy that she died. Actually, Sven should hate Michael but he can't.
Sven noticed that MIchael had changed mentally when he last met him at Skarpnäck steel. Sven got the impression that Michael was depressed and he had only been depressed once during the 20 years that Sven had been his contact person. Sven was worried that Michael would take his own life that time but luckily he managed to persuade him not to. This last time they met, Sven knew that Michael would die anyway and he didn't try to stop him as he flew down towards the cauldron.
Sven wonders if something happened when Michael saw that his parents had died and that it was his fault that it had happened. Maybe it made him aware of the terrible crime he had committed. Michael of course couldn't know exactly what would happen since he wished for the Alien monsters to exist in our world but he should have realized that innocent people would most certainly die. But the worst thing was when he wished for PredAlien to also exist. It would have been enough to wish for the Alien monsters but Michael was apparently not satisfied. Michael said he wanted revenge on Mahom but Sven refuses to believe that that was the reason for the wish.
Sven has already agreed to become a new person's contact person but so far he has not been contacted by anyone and Sven misses his time as Michael's contact person. It was often not easy for Sven to be a contact person for Michael because he was so special but on the other hand Sven has grown as a person and has learned an extremely large amount about how people with mild autism spectrum conditions work even though each person is unique. Michael's disability was often not noticed so much but there were other things that were special about him. Michael also changed when he met Sven. It was obvious that it was like that. In some ways MIchael felt adult but in other ways like a child who got angry when he didn't get what he wanted. It was always a balancing act to coax the adult side out of Michael and try to stop the childish one.
Michael seemed more adult than usual when he asked Sven about the underground tunnel but Sven has slowly realized that Michael was good at acting and tricking people. Michael had never tried to trick Sven before but he must have practiced with his parents and succeeded over time so that he was fully prepared when he asked Sven about the tunnel. Sven felt that Michael had tricked him on purpose but after reading a doctoral thesis by another person who had mild autism spectrum disorder he understood that this was very common but it was never mentioned in the textbooks that Sven read when he took on this job. The person in the doctoral thesis never understood that it was a problem that he was tricking his contact person and Michael probably didn't either.
Suddenly Sven notices that a person is standing and looking at him. Sven is so surprised that he jumps high when he notices that the person is standing so close. Sven does not know the person in question and Sven can see that the person has an A4 sheet in one hand but that does not mean anything to him. The person standing in front of Sven has a kind of cunning smile and Sven wonders what the person wants from him. The person starts talking and Sven hears that this is not a Swedish person.
- You´re him, aren´t you? At least you look like him.
- Excuse me sir. I dont understand what you mean.
- Aren´t you the person who know they guy that make the Alien monsters real?
- Sorry no, wrong person.
- But you are seen on this photo together with the Alien queen.
The person takes out the A4 paper and it is the photograph where Sven and Michael are standing in front of the Alien Queen. This is the first time that Sven studies the photograph closely and anyone who sees the photograph can recognize him and it bothers him very much. But Sven can also see his car and he decides to lie to the person. Sven also decides to call himself Nils if the person asks what his name is.
- Yeah, i would drive home when the Alien queen approached me very quickly and the guy beside me distracted the Alien queen so i could get to my car. You can see part of my car at left side. I didn´t knew the guy.
- Oh i see. Well, i don´t really belive you but i have no proof that you are lying so.. By the way, my name is Greger and i,m a devoted Alien fan.
- Well Greger, i,m Nils. I,m not an Alien fan but i have seen the movies. I guess you aren´t from Sweden
- You´re absolutely right. I,m from Australia and i traveled to Stockholm as soon i saw the news about what happened. Well, technically i had planned a trip to Stockholm but later.
- Oh i see.
- You know, i have all the Alien figures, the books, the movies, some Alien dress and much more. I always visit the big movie premires. I let the Aliens take me whetever i go.
- Sounds expensive.
- Well, its my choice. So Nils, can i buy you some coffee and cake or whatever?
- Seeing that i have a half cup of coffee and a half eaten hot apple pie in front of me, i dont think that´s necessary.
- Oh, i,m not very observant am i?
- Heh, maybe not, but thats okay.
- Okay. So Nils, do you know where i can see the Alien monsters dead bodies? I have asked many people but no one knows where they are. I would like to see one up close and feel its exoskeleton.
- I,m afraid you can´t. The military has burned the monsters bodies on a garbage dump and the place where they did it is not aviable to the public.
- Oh, such a bummer. It would be so exiting to feel their skeleton. Do you know how their skins felt?
- Of course not. No one wants to touch a real Alien monster, not if you wanna live.
- So, the Alien queens body is also destroyed?
- Yeah, they melted it´s body in a steel melting pot so theres nothing left of her.
- Stupid military. They should have saved one of the dead monsters and show it in public, like in a museum or something.
- If they did, i dont think you would be allowed to touch the monster.
- No, but i would be seeing it up close and maybe feel their scent if they had any. Did the Alien queen had a scent?
- Uh, not what i noticed. I was so horrified being so close to her.
- Um. i heard a rumour that an PredAlien was involved. Is this true?
- Yes, it killed many people at a hospital.
- I,ve heard that the PredAlien gave live birth. Is this also correct?
- I,m not sure. I never saw that creature. I do heard that the PredAlien and the Alien queen fought each other and both died.
- Yeah i heard that too. Also there were rumours that there was a big lake of Alien drool at a sport field. Where was this sport field and is the drool still there?
- Hmm. I think that was on Zinkensdamms sport field and its higly unlikely that the drool is still there.
- Damn. The military must have worked really quickly to remove all the traces of the Alien monsters.
- Maybe. I think it was a security issue. Some madman could get hold of the monsters' DNA and create more monsters. That wouldn't have been good.
- Oh, You mean like Weyland Yutani in the movies?
- I guess so.
- There were supposed to be an underground tunnel somewhere. Do you know if its open?
- Its alrady closed. It was near Zinkensdamm.
- I heard rumours that the Alien queen had a hive in there. Do you know if its correct.
- I have no idea but maybe she had.
- Is it usually this hot? I thought it was colder in Sweden.
- Now when you mention it, it actually seems hotter than usual.
- I like the heat so its no problem. I was just surprised it was this hot.
- Okay.
- Is it okay if i sit here?
- Sure, but there are many tables aviable so you dont need to sit at my table, right?
- Yeah i can see that, but you seem to be a nice guy and maybe you could be my personal guide.
- Really, you think so?
- Yeah, why not? An swede and an Australian on a quest on Alien monsters. It could be fun.
- You know, i don´t know. I have never been an guide and apart from the corroded streets its not much to see.
- No problem mate. I was just asking. Is the apple pie good?
- Its great.
- I think i,ll have some apple pie too. If you want, you can wait for me til i come back.
- Sure thing.
Greger walks from the table and goes downstairs to buy his apple pie and Sven stays at the table and thinks about whether to guide the tourist or not. It's not his job but Sven hasn't planned anything that day so he has time to help Greger. Sven finally decides to help Greger. It helps him stop thinking about Michael. Greger seems like a nice person and Sven doesn't mind spending the afternoon with him.
Greger brings his apple pie and Sven explains that he can be Greger's guide if he wants and Greger is grateful. Sven and Greger finish their coffee and leave the cafe. The heat hits Sven when he opens the door and he involuntarily steps back. It wasn't this hot when he entered the cafe. Sven hopes that the progress of the Alien monsters hasn't affected the weather to the point where it becomes abnormal but something about the weather feels strange.
Sven shows where the Alien monsters attacked and Greger takes many photographs of the corroded streets. Sven chooses not to talk about Michael and it doesn't seem like Greger reacts to it. Greger and Sven walk for a few hours but in the end Greger wants to go back to his hotel and they say goodbye to each other. Sven goes to his car and drives home but something is bothering him. Something feels wrong but he can't say what it is. Sven shrugs his shoulders and continues on his way home.
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July 16, 2026
Various parts of Stockholm
Four days ago, the military and police proudly proclaimed that there were no more Alien monsters in the city and that it was safe for all residents to get out. The message was received with some skepticism. Neither the police nor the military were willing to show the dead bodies and eggs of the Alien monsters and even if the underground tunnel was closed forever, there was a risk that some monster was still lingering in some tunnel passage. The Prime Minister has given a long speech in which he praised the defense for their quick response. If the defense had not been so quick, more victims would have died.
Rumors have already spread that someone has seen something strange through the grate at the tunnel and the military checked the tunnel once more. The only thing they found was a cat that had gotten into the tunnel. The cat was carefully examined to ensure that no growing Alien was in its body and the owner got the cat back and the grate at the tunnel was reinforced so that no more cats could sneak into the tunnel.
The newspapers no longer write about the advance of the Alien monsters and the victims who died. No one interviews those who were close to the Alien monsters anymore, but several gossip magazines have written about their experiences. One man has said that she wanted to mate with the Alien monsters and a few who have read the article have sent threatening letters to the man. The man has chosen not to report the threatening letters to the police.
Slowly but surely, the city streets have started to fill up with people again and most people no longer look over their shoulders when they walk around town. People have started to relax when they walk around town and socialize with each other. Instead of scared voices and loud cries for help, happy laughter and exclamations can be heard from the people. The shops have started to sell well.
The advance of the Alien monsters has changed the people, but in a positive way. People have started to help each other in a way they haven't done since the 1980s. They care about each other. Even people who previously only cared about themselves have started to care about and help their fellow human beings. Even the homeless and those at the bottom of society are getting help from society and fellow human beings. Those who socialize with each other do so in a way they didn't before. Many are mourning the deceased and their friends are comforting them.
Even the serious criminals have taken a break from their usual routines and are friendly and helpful. No one is selling drugs and violent crimes have decreased by over 60 percent. No one is breaking into houses because several thieves have been affected in one way or another by the Alien monsters' advance. The police can thus concentrate on identifying those who have died
The Alien monsters' advance has also meant that there are significantly more tourists than usual. The tourists come from different countries and many of them saw NBC and BBC reporting about the Alien monsters and they became curious and traveled to Stockholm. Many of the tourists are staying at the Zinkensdamm hostel and for the first time in many years it is completely full. The hostel at Hornstull is also full. Many of the expensive hotels in the city are also full.
The bodies of the Alien monsters are burned at a large landfill or melted at Skarpnäck steel so that no tourist can feel the dome or body of the Alien monsters but on the other hand there are many corrosion damages in the ground in the different streets of the city and they show where the Alien monsters were shot. There are a few people who think it is wrong that all the Alien monsters are burned. They think that the museum could have had a dead Alien monster and shown it to the public. But the military has been careful to explain the decision behind the burning. No Alien DNA should be available because there is a risk that some madman will get hold of it and create new Alien monsters and that must not happen.
Some visitors at Lars' café took several high-resolution photographs of the Alien Queen as she stood near the café and they have developed several copies of the photographs and are selling them to tourists and others who want to buy the photographs. Several newspapers have asked if they can buy the photographs but they have been refused. These people want money for every photograph they sell. The photographs are very good and show the entire body of the Alien Queen but also Sven and Michael.
Several younger people have taken on the task of guiding tourists and showing where most of the Alien monsters were killed and they take their task very seriously. The young people show where the Alien Queen stood when she was near Lars Café and the café has more visitors than usual. The younger people who guide the tourists show Kungsträdgården and tell them where most of the people died. The young people would have liked to show the underground tunnel and the Alien Queen's old hive to the tourists, but both the police and the military have said no to that idea. Even though there are no remains of the eggs or monsters left, the police believe that it is a great risk if many people gather in the tunnel. The tunnel does not meet the requirements for ventilation and it could be a big problem if many people gather in the tunnel.
Candles have been placed in many places in Kungsträdgården to honor the people and animals who died there. The video clips from the surveillance cameras have been removed from the internet, but parts of the clips can be seen in Mary's saved live broadcast. Since it is a very warm day, many people are having a picnic by the green area and there are not many signs that the Alien monsters have been here. The children are playing in the large sandbox and the parents are resting on their large blankets.
The beaches around the city are well visited and many people are swimming in the warm water. On several of the beaches, it is impossible to find a free spot. Some of the tourists and those who live in Stockholm think it is too hot, but on the other hand, it will get colder when autumn comes. The owners of the kiosks by the beaches are happy about the heat. They have not sold this much ice cream this year and drinks are also selling very well. The only problem is that the most popular ice creams have sold out and are not even in the ice cream companies' warehouses.
All tracks at T-Centralen are being used and trains are running as usual. The train where a Chestbuster was born has been replaced with a new one and the old one is on a large rubbish tip. Many tourists take the trains to get where they are going and there are records for tickets being sold. Many tourists take the tram and there are also records for tickets being sold there.
The GIH bath is open as usual and only the deep holes in the ground testify to what has happened. There are many who visit the GIH bath but so far very few tourists have found out that two Chestbusters were born there. The owners have tried to keep it a secret to prevent bad publicity and they have succeeded quite well.
The ferries from Skeppsholmen are running as usual and the ferry where a Chestburster was born has become extra popular and is always full. The interior that was destroyed by the adult Alien monster has been replaced so that no damage from the monster is visible anymore. The police still have the video clips from the camera surveillance but none of the clips have been released to the public and they probably won't be released.
Gröna lund has reopened and on the first day there was a meter-long queue. Wildride is still broken but it has been decided that the roller coaster will be rebuilt and there have been suggestions that it should be called Alien action but it probably won't be called that. Many of the tourists have found out what happened at Gröna lund and there are many who visit Fritt fall because they have found out that several Chestbusters were born there. There are also many who visit the house where they can have a picnic because many Alien cocoons were found there. The cocoons are no longer hanging on the walls but the damage to the walls is still there so it is easy to see where the cocoons were hanging. Many of the tourists are taking pictures of the wall where the cocoons were.
The alien monster drool at the Zinkensdamm sports field has been vacuumed up and then spread on a large dump and set on fire so that no one can get their hands on the alien monster's DNA. The drool at the Zinkensdamm streets has also been vacuumed up and there is no longer a lake of drool on Teresagatan. The sports field has already got a new caretaker and he and a group of workers have started putting up a new fence but football training has not started yet.
There are many newspaper and TV reporters who want to know more about Michael but Sven has refused to answer questions about Michael and no one at Michael's group home has told anyone that he lived there so there are no reporters bothering them. The police have been able to answer a few questions about Michael but the reporters want to know more. There have been a lot of false rumors spread about Michael but the few who know the truth say nothing. There is a limit to how much reporters need to know.
The TV clip where the Alien Queen comes walking towards the reporters in Hammarby has been viewed millions of times on Youtube and every day the clip is shown to thousands of curious viewers and a few tourists make their way to the location and watch but they cannot see anything unusual. The people who participated in the clip have been interviewed many times and they are starting to get tired of people's questions.
Erikdalsbadet in Hammarby has not opened yet because the damage to the walls and ground in the large pool is too great and needs to be repaired. If the large pool is filled with water, it only flows down the deep holes and disappears into the drain. The smaller pool also has many damages but the water remains in the pool.
The bodies of those who died in the forest between Zinkensdamm and Hammarby have been retrieved and are awaiting burial. The victims have already been identified and the relatives have learned that their friends have died. There are many people who want to book the red cabin and the company that is in charge of the rental has already made a lot of money.
The police who arrived at Erikdalsbadet when Morgan died have arrested both Lucas and Reine because the police checked Morgan's mobile phone and found every message that Lucas and Reine and Morgan had written. The police had suspicions about Morgan and now these were confirmed. It didn't help that Reine won over a million when the police knocked on his door. Reine put up a lot of resistance when he was arrested and is being charged with, among other things, aggravated assault on a police officer. Lucas thought he would be released fairly quickly, but the police searched his apartment and found evidence that he had murdered a person shortly after the Solvalla race. It was Morgan who had ordered the murder and since the police had both Morgan's and Lucas' mobile phones, they knew for sure that was the case.
There are many tourists who visit Skarpnäck steel and they are happy to show the large cauldron where the iron is melted, but unfortunately they cannot show anything more and most of the tourists are disappointed. They wanted to see more, but since both the Alien Queen's body and the other monsters that have been thrown down there are melted, there is nothing to see except the molten iron.
Solvalla trotting has closed until further notice due to the events. Both the surviving horses and the trainers are traumatized by the events and the six dead horses must be replaced with new ones. Until that happens, the trotting track will be closed. The six surviving horses are being cared for by their handlers and horse psychologists. The horse psychologists are very skilled and slowly but surely the horses are daring to come out of their stables. Most of the horses have been standing far back in their stables since the trainers picked them up after the incident.
The police collect all the dead bodies from Solna Hospital and they are placed in a specially built tent while they wait to be identified. All the victims have given birth to Bellybursters and their stomachs are gaping empty, but often there are identification cards and other things that can identify the victims. It will be a tough task for the police who issue death certificates. The police also collect the dead people in Solna's residential area, but not that many people have died.
There are an extremely large number of people to be buried, but so far only the very first victims have been buried, and this is mainly because no one at the cemeteries has had time until now because they have used a calendar and planned each funeral in advance. Now they have to organize several unplanned funerals every day plus planned funerals. All the districts help each other.
Because so many people have died, all the churches are helping with grief management and they are extra open for relatives and others who need the church as a safe place. Several psychologists work in shifts to talk to relatives and worried people and many tears are shed every day. Some of the churches serve food to the homeless every day.
Sven visits Lars' café and he sits upstairs and looks out at the people moving around outside and he can understand how Michael could be fascinated to see them walking around. Sven is not as interested in who the people are and where they are going but he studies the different walking styles of the people and that is more interesting. Some of the people move at a normal pace but there are others who move more nervously and others who seem to be rushing past.
Sven can see the seller selling the photograph of the Alien Queen and Michael and there is a long line to the seller. There is a sea of different hairstyles and Sven thinks it is interesting to study the different hairstyles. There are a few people in the queue who have no hair at all and it looks a bit strange as they are standing in the middle of those who have a lot or long hair.
Sven finds it a bit difficult that the seller is selling the picture and that is because he himself is in the picture. Sven would have liked to go up to the seller and ask him to edit the picture so that he is no longer visible but he is afraid that the seller will recognize him and start asking questions about Michael. That Michael is visible in the picture is obvious because the Alien Queen was standing so close to him. Sven decided not to answer questions about Michael on the same day that Michael died. Sven has only answered questions from the police. Sven has seen other people's lives destroyed by curious reporters and he thinks it is unnecessary, especially since Michael is dead. Sven does not want any attention from the media.
Sven looks away from the window and drinks some hot coffee and he also has a warm apple pie in front of him and there is lots of vanilla cream on top of the apple pie. Sven takes a spoon and eats some apple pie and it is incredibly delicious and reminds him a lot of his grandmother Edith's apple pie. Sven still misses Edith and he thinks it was a great tragedy that she died. Actually, Sven should hate Michael but he can't.
Sven noticed that MIchael had changed mentally when he last met him at Skarpnäck steel. Sven got the impression that Michael was depressed and he had only been depressed once during the 20 years that Sven had been his contact person. Sven was worried that Michael would take his own life that time but luckily he managed to persuade him not to. This last time they met, Sven knew that Michael would die anyway and he didn't try to stop him as he flew down towards the cauldron.
Sven wonders if something happened when Michael saw that his parents had died and that it was his fault that it had happened. Maybe it made him aware of the terrible crime he had committed. Michael of course couldn't know exactly what would happen since he wished for the Alien monsters to exist in our world but he should have realized that innocent people would most certainly die. But the worst thing was when he wished for PredAlien to also exist. It would have been enough to wish for the Alien monsters but Michael was apparently not satisfied. Michael said he wanted revenge on Mahom but Sven refuses to believe that that was the reason for the wish.
Sven has already agreed to become a new person's contact person but so far he has not been contacted by anyone and Sven misses his time as Michael's contact person. It was often not easy for Sven to be a contact person for Michael because he was so special but on the other hand Sven has grown as a person and has learned an extremely large amount about how people with mild autism spectrum conditions work even though each person is unique. Michael's disability was often not noticed so much but there were other things that were special about him. Michael also changed when he met Sven. It was obvious that it was like that. In some ways MIchael felt adult but in other ways like a child who got angry when he didn't get what he wanted. It was always a balancing act to coax the adult side out of Michael and try to stop the childish one.
Michael seemed more adult than usual when he asked Sven about the underground tunnel but Sven has slowly realized that Michael was good at acting and tricking people. Michael had never tried to trick Sven before but he must have practiced with his parents and succeeded over time so that he was fully prepared when he asked Sven about the tunnel. Sven felt that Michael had tricked him on purpose but after reading a doctoral thesis by another person who had mild autism spectrum disorder he understood that this was very common but it was never mentioned in the textbooks that Sven read when he took on this job. The person in the doctoral thesis never understood that it was a problem that he was tricking his contact person and Michael probably didn't either.
Suddenly Sven notices that a person is standing and looking at him. Sven is so surprised that he jumps high when he notices that the person is standing so close. Sven does not know the person in question and Sven can see that the person has an A4 sheet in one hand but that does not mean anything to him. The person standing in front of Sven has a kind of cunning smile and Sven wonders what the person wants from him. The person starts talking and Sven hears that this is not a Swedish person.
- You´re him, aren´t you? At least you look like him.
- Excuse me sir. I dont understand what you mean.
- Aren´t you the person who know they guy that make the Alien monsters real?
- Sorry no, wrong person.
- But you are seen on this photo together with the Alien queen.
The person takes out the A4 paper and it is the photograph where Sven and Michael are standing in front of the Alien Queen. This is the first time that Sven studies the photograph closely and anyone who sees the photograph can recognize him and it bothers him very much. But Sven can also see his car and he decides to lie to the person. Sven also decides to call himself Nils if the person asks what his name is.
- Yeah, i would drive home when the Alien queen approached me very quickly and the guy beside me distracted the Alien queen so i could get to my car. You can see part of my car at left side. I didn´t knew the guy.
- Oh i see. Well, i don´t really belive you but i have no proof that you are lying so.. By the way, my name is Greger and i,m a devoted Alien fan.
- Well Greger, i,m Nils. I,m not an Alien fan but i have seen the movies. I guess you aren´t from Sweden
- You´re absolutely right. I,m from Australia and i traveled to Stockholm as soon i saw the news about what happened. Well, technically i had planned a trip to Stockholm but later.
- Oh i see.
- You know, i have all the Alien figures, the books, the movies, some Alien dress and much more. I always visit the big movie premires. I let the Aliens take me whetever i go.
- Sounds expensive.
- Well, its my choice. So Nils, can i buy you some coffee and cake or whatever?
- Seeing that i have a half cup of coffee and a half eaten hot apple pie in front of me, i dont think that´s necessary.
- Oh, i,m not very observant am i?
- Heh, maybe not, but thats okay.
- Okay. So Nils, do you know where i can see the Alien monsters dead bodies? I have asked many people but no one knows where they are. I would like to see one up close and feel its exoskeleton.
- I,m afraid you can´t. The military has burned the monsters bodies on a garbage dump and the place where they did it is not aviable to the public.
- Oh, such a bummer. It would be so exiting to feel their skeleton. Do you know how their skins felt?
- Of course not. No one wants to touch a real Alien monster, not if you wanna live.
- So, the Alien queens body is also destroyed?
- Yeah, they melted it´s body in a steel melting pot so theres nothing left of her.
- Stupid military. They should have saved one of the dead monsters and show it in public, like in a museum or something.
- If they did, i dont think you would be allowed to touch the monster.
- No, but i would be seeing it up close and maybe feel their scent if they had any. Did the Alien queen had a scent?
- Uh, not what i noticed. I was so horrified being so close to her.
- Um. i heard a rumour that an PredAlien was involved. Is this true?
- Yes, it killed many people at a hospital.
- I,ve heard that the PredAlien gave live birth. Is this also correct?
- I,m not sure. I never saw that creature. I do heard that the PredAlien and the Alien queen fought each other and both died.
- Yeah i heard that too. Also there were rumours that there was a big lake of Alien drool at a sport field. Where was this sport field and is the drool still there?
- Hmm. I think that was on Zinkensdamms sport field and its higly unlikely that the drool is still there.
- Damn. The military must have worked really quickly to remove all the traces of the Alien monsters.
- Maybe. I think it was a security issue. Some madman could get hold of the monsters' DNA and create more monsters. That wouldn't have been good.
- Oh, You mean like Weyland Yutani in the movies?
- I guess so.
- There were supposed to be an underground tunnel somewhere. Do you know if its open?
- Its alrady closed. It was near Zinkensdamm.
- I heard rumours that the Alien queen had a hive in there. Do you know if its correct.
- I have no idea but maybe she had.
- Is it usually this hot? I thought it was colder in Sweden.
- Now when you mention it, it actually seems hotter than usual.
- I like the heat so its no problem. I was just surprised it was this hot.
- Okay.
- Is it okay if i sit here?
- Sure, but there are many tables aviable so you dont need to sit at my table, right?
- Yeah i can see that, but you seem to be a nice guy and maybe you could be my personal guide.
- Really, you think so?
- Yeah, why not? An swede and an Australian on a quest on Alien monsters. It could be fun.
- You know, i don´t know. I have never been an guide and apart from the corroded streets its not much to see.
- No problem mate. I was just asking. Is the apple pie good?
- Its great.
- I think i,ll have some apple pie too. If you want, you can wait for me til i come back.
- Sure thing.
Greger walks from the table and goes downstairs to buy his apple pie and Sven stays at the table and thinks about whether to guide the tourist or not. It's not his job but Sven hasn't planned anything that day so he has time to help Greger. Sven finally decides to help Greger. It helps him stop thinking about Michael. Greger seems like a nice person and Sven doesn't mind spending the afternoon with him.
Greger brings his apple pie and Sven explains that he can be Greger's guide if he wants and Greger is grateful. Sven and Greger finish their coffee and leave the cafe. The heat hits Sven when he opens the door and he involuntarily steps back. It wasn't this hot when he entered the cafe. Sven hopes that the progress of the Alien monsters hasn't affected the weather to the point where it becomes abnormal but something about the weather feels strange.
Sven shows where the Alien monsters attacked and Greger takes many photographs of the corroded streets. Sven chooses not to talk about Michael and it doesn't seem like Greger reacts to it. Greger and Sven walk for a few hours but in the end Greger wants to go back to his hotel and they say goodbye to each other. Sven goes to his car and drives home but something is bothering him. Something feels wrong but he can't say what it is. Sven shrugs his shoulders and continues on his way home.
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