Checking in!

Days passed and it was finally time to go to the Golden Summit Hotel.

What he did in those days was to take a picture around the places that were memorable to him. He and his family also went into some famous museums, parks, and even the zoo. Luckily, Phones at that time can store up to terabytes of data.

In the morning, He woke up early. Like his usual routine, since he returned from time, he jogged and had an exercise. Though it was only a short amount of time, he had a slight improvement physically. Upon going back home, He saw Clara's father packing up things in the back of their van.

"Uncle Walter, do you need some help?"

"Oh? Jose, I can manage. Thanks."

"Then, I won't trouble Uncle then..." Jose waved as he went back into their house.

'It's too bad that I can't save all of our neighbors. Family, relatives and other important persons were my priorities. As they say, save your self before saving others. I can only go back once I am capable and strong enough. Until then, I could only hope that you all would be safe.'

Jose felt a pain in his heart. His neighbors were close to his heart. They know each other since he was young. However, he needed to choose to save his family. After all, despite knowing the future, the start of the apocalypse was one of the most difficult parts.

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"Son! It's time to go!" His mother called.

Jose took one last selfie in his room. He closed the door with teary eyes and rushed outside.

"Ma, Pa, Clarissa, Let's have a picture."

"Ok!" Clarissa immediately made a pose. His mother and father simply smile at the camera.

Kachik!

"One more! One more! Wacky!" Clarissa made a funny face. Their father and mother just simply smiled again while Jose did an ok pose.

"Brother, Brother. Let me take a picture of you and Clara, with the car. It will surely envy your classmates." Clarissa laughed. Clara and Jose can't help but follow her.

After that, they left and headed to the hotel. After an hour, they arrived outside the hotel. Jose and the rest went down from their vehicles. They unloaded their baggage and headed to the lobby area. Clara's father and Jose's father parked the vehicles in a VIP parking area.

Each vehicle had a VIP parking area. The VIP parking area was a cube that was three meters high, five meters long and five meters wide. It looked like a 'hotel room' for the vehicles. Moreover, the only way for the roll-up door to open was by face scan of the registered driver.

The two fathers headed to the hotel lobby and meet up with everyone.

Earlier, upon entering the lobby of the hotel, the other guests looked upon Jose and the rest. Those people who always go to this hotel seldom see the likes of Jose and his family. Hence, their attention was shifted to the group. Despite this, no one approached them and said something bad to them.

"Good morning, Sire, Madams! I am Dorfon Nade, How can I help you?" The hotel attendant respectfully approached Jose. Jose his phone and showed it to the hotel attendant. Dorfon Nade carefully read what was on the phone.

Suddenly, Dorfon's face turned pale.

"E~e~e~esteemed guests! This way please!"

Dorfon pointed towards the elevator area. He learned from what Jose showed him that he was a VIP. Normally, one needed to go to the registration area, to check-in and get the room's keys. However, in the case of the VIPs, they only needed to head straight to their reserved rooms. Thus, upon realizing Jose was a VIP, Dorfon immediately pointed to the elevator.

They waited for a minute for their father before heading up to their room. The huge three by three elevator was filled with people. Clara herself, her mom, her father, and her younger sister. There was also, Jose, his mom, his father, and Clarissa. Along with their things, the whole elevator became compressed.

The elevator stopped on the 20th floor. It was its limit. Hence, they got off the elevator.

"Esteemed guests, This is as far as I can go with you. Hotel Manager Ashie will be here in a moment to assist you." The elevator closed and went back down.

"Sister! Sister! Look! Look! There's a water slide! There's a water slide! Can I play there? Can I?"

"Uhh..."

Clara went speechless, after looking up above, outside the window, she caught a glance on the overhanging waterslide that was connected on the 24th and the 25th floor. Her little sister was still young hence, all she wanted was to play.

"Of course you can, Little Chesley." Jose approached with a smile.

"Really? Really? Yey! Yey! Thanks, big brother Jose!"

"It's not a problem."

Everyone that watched this scene, smiled. The two-family were like one. And it's more like Clara and Jose was brothers and sisters than lovers. Hence, Chelsey, Clara's little sister, and Clarissa acted like they were siblings.

A minute later, a beautiful woman in her twenties, walked out of the elevator. She was wearing glasses and the black fit hotel management uniform.

"Good morning, esteemed guests... My name is Ashie Mojo, I am the Hotel Manager of the Golden Summit Hotel." Ashie Mojo bowed slightly. "This is the 20th floor. This floor has ten luxury rooms with two queen size beds, a personal kitchen, and a bathroom. I would like to apologize as we are still to completely ready the rooms on this floor."

"However, the other five floors were now available. Please follow me. Going up the last five floors of the hotel was only known to a handful of staff and me. Your safety was our priority after all."

"Please lead the way." Jose nodded.

"This way please!" Ashie Mojo walked towards the hallway and upon circling around the elevator, a small box, enough to fit a hand, opened in the wall.

"Please place one hand each. It will serve as your key to activate the elevator." Ashie Mojo placed her hand first. Jose and the rest followed.

[User recognized.]

[User recognized.]

[User recognized.]

[User recognized.]

...

When everyone was done. Ashie Mojo placed her hand once again.

[User Data Recorded. Welcome to the Summit!]

"Woah!"

Everyone was amazed, The concrete wall opened like a sliding door, and the elevator greeted them. No one would expect that an elevator could be located there.

"In case of Emergencies, An emergency exit can be located near the elevator. Kindly check the Emergency Guides as reference. In any case, VIPs are our top priorities. In case of health problems that needed urgent attention, contact us as soon as possible. One of the helicopters of the Police sub-camp near us was reserved for the hotel."

Ashie Mojo explained important reminders to them. Then, she toured them around and showed how some of the facilities were used. For example, the water slide from the 25th floor to the 24th floor. The water was constantly flowing in the pool due to some kind of advanced mechanism. Hence they can take a swim in the two-floor swimming area.

The 21st floor had five Grand rooms which have its own living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and a small pool. The whole area was fully airconditioned, but guests have the option to open the windows to smell the breeze of sea air.

The 22nd floor was of the same to the 21st. While the 23rd to the 25th floors looked like a private house. Each floor had three bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom, a gym, a mini pool, a conference room, and even a bar area. There were wines, beers, etc. Both the cheap ones and the expensive ones.

The only difference between the 23rd floor from the 24th and the 25th floor was that the 24th and 25th floors' swimming pools were connected by an overhanging water slide. Jose realized that one can only rent the 24th and 25th floor at once and not separately.

After the tour, Both Jose and Clara's parents decided that they would all share the 24th to 25th floor. Jose wasn't able to voice out his concern since the reason why they did so was because of Chesley. She was still a little kid who wanted to play and have some fun. Since she was like a little sister to Jose, he can only treat her not much less than Clarissa.

Truth to be told, he has long forgotten about Clara and her family, the same when he forgot about his parents. The apocalypse was so cruel that humans were forced to prioritize their survival over any other things. But since he got back, his past feelings came back and the urge to save them got stronger. Hence, Clara's family was no less than his family.

At the same time, he had no choice but to also stay on the 24th & 25th floor.