“There’s been multiple reports of meteors crash landing in many areas all over the country. Some of these meteors reportedly causing irreparable damage wherever they happen to land. Are these fallouts anything to be concerned about?” the reporter asks.

“There are and will continue to be many after-effects from an event of this magnitude. Much like an earthquake that just hit a city, the destruction of such a large threat is bound to have some relatively minor aftershocks. Because this particular earthquake happened to have occurred way up in our sky and not way down below in the ground, we are bound to see some minimum after-effects from the shockwave that occurred when we blew it up.”

“Mr. President, Mr. President!” Hands again fly up all over the room and the president points to another reporter.

“Can you comment on Russia’s recent war declaration?” the second reporter asks.

“As we speak, our Secretary of State, Patricia Cooke, is already en route to Moscow to discuss our current crisis with our joint ally. Next question.” The president again scans the sea of reporters and photographers. “Yes, Debra?”

“Is it true that Russia made this declaration as a direct response to the missile you launched that killed two Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station?”

The room grows silent and the president stares at Debra for a while, puzzled at the fact that she knows such a thing. He clears his throat before he answers her.

“The fate of those aboard the I.S.S hasn’t been confirmed yet. We can neither confirm nor deny any rumors regarding anyone on board at the time. Secretary Cooke is flying there now to try to learn all she can about the I.S.S. and the brave astronauts on board at the time of the event,” he replies.

President Lamarch almost doesn’t make it through his response, as all he can think of while he does so, is wonder who in the hell told her about the Russian astronauts. Nevertheless, he somehow manages to point at another reporter, signaling another question.