Welcome to Kyiv

It was nearly 4 hour flight, I had a sweater, a coat and mittens on, although I lived in London, weather conditions in Kyiv were far more extreme than any wear I had been. We boarded off the plane and took a ride to main Airport, booked a taxi and went straight to our hotel, set up and moved out immediately

"Hey mom", I said over the phone, "How are you?"

"I'm fine my boy", she responded in her usual bubbling manner, "How are you and Cameron?"

"We are alright mom, it's just a bit chilly out here"

"You'll be fine", she said, "It is your dream after all, I remember when you would give the morning news to your friends every day in school and the evening bulletin to me and your dad, your going to be great"

" Thanks mom, I have to go"

"Okay, love you", I hung up and walked down the street, we stayed to interview some of the pedestrians, then we walked into a barber's shop and asked about the economy and how thr war was affecting his income and expenditure, after which we left for our hotel, Cam edited some of the videos, while I murmured my opening line over and over again, until I heard a loud boom

Cam and I grabbed our equipment and ran as much as we could to where the sound came from and to our utter disbelief,nearly an entire street wiped cleaned by a..... Missile!!, Cam investigated the device, cleaned off a bit of dirt on it

"The Russian flag is on it", he said like he had swallowed a bitter pill

"There is no way that... ", I stopped dead in my words, as I looked at the flag, my horrors.... My horrors.... I had to remain unfazed

I asked Cam to bring out his camera and start shooting

" We are live from Kyiv the capital of Ukraine, where a little bombing has taken place, this", as I pointed to the missile, "was a missile sent by the Russian Federation, we don't know why and if these bombings will continue, Christopher Anderson, London City News Report",we closed up as Cam took photos and videos of damaged area, the roads cracked, buildings burning and an ambulance had just pulled up and the end, as we took more photos and videos of the casualties and sadly one fatality. My phone ringed and it was as expected

"Mr. Vincent, Good morning boss", I said subtly

"Great job on getting the scoop but I'm afraid we might have to relocate you somewhere else for your safety "

" For our safety, I'm fine, we are fine, you didn't do anything when I asked for a change, now I have a juicy story and you want to take it away from me, sorry but I am not leaving the capital "

" No, you have it all wrong, the President Russia stated any journalist working within the NATO alliances he will not hesitate to shoot or kill, we have to get you two out of there"

"Sorry sir, but I have to finish my story ", I hung up the phone and made a few more interviews with the locals, then went back to the hotel.

While Cameron was busy with interviews and photos, I decided to tell him what Chief had said

" Cam", I asked sitting up from my bed

"Yh mate", he replied not looking up from his computer

"Chief called and he's very happy with our work", I said then stood up

"As he should", he replied still very keen on his laptop

"He wants us out of Kyiv before midnight ", I said with a deep breath and my hands in my pockets,"He sent tickets and wants us to relocate to Zagreb in Croatia, where it's safe",he finally looked up and stared

" Why?, is there anything happening? "

" The Russian president said he doesn't care if any journalist or person from NATO is in Ukraine, he will shoot at point, kill without thinking "

" No, no, no", he said pacing up and down the room, "This better not be one of your wiseass moments"

"It isn't and I told him no", I said with a mumble, "We are staying and finishing the story"

"Your crazy, Chris! ", he said with a smile," I have a wife, my daughter back at home and you want me to risk my life for a story "

" You were just pissed we had to stop a minute ago "

" I'm leaving tonight, and you can't stop me", he said pointing at me, he closed his laptop and packed his things up

"Cam, we always wanted this, since we were kids, you can back out now "

That's it Chris, we were kids", he said putting his clothes into his bag, "you were barely there after we turned 10,you disappeared to Paris and came back, maybe it's not my dream as it is yours, I'm sorry", he shut his box, put his things on his bed and scheduled a taxi. We stayed basically the whole day not talking to each other, but I wasn't going to let him go that easy, I had a plan.

He was really going through with it, he boarded the taxi and asked if I wanted to come, we reached the Airport and the flight attendant claimed our tickets had been returned, Cameron stared a hole at me

As we headed outside the Airport,

" I'm leaving the country tonight and you can't stop me", he said as I noticed little flashes of light in the sky

"Cameron ", I said with panic," Hold that thought and run!!!!! ", with my first step a loud boom exploded from behind me, I ran as fast as my two legs could carry me, then the power went out, all I could see where these flashes of light and the screams of people, then suddenly the plane Cameron was meant to get on engulfed into flames and the passengers on board were stuck, we ran across the street and down the street, barely an idea where we were going, we didn't stop, Cameron collapsed near a bush, I did too, exhausted and tired with waited for death to come but lucky for us, We met Larysa.