Xavier checked the arrivals board, the Egypt Air flight from JFK was still showing as on time but the growing military presence at the airport was making him uneasy. Something was happening, something big. As he stared at the LCD arrival screen it erupted into a flurry of activity, as every single flight's status changed to 'Cancelled', prompting a wave of dissatisfied and shocked cries from those waiting to greet friends and family. The background noise became so great that no one noticed the tannoy announcement which first came in a hurried torrent of Arabic. Xavier didn't need to wait for the translation, like all of his kind he could speak, read and understand every widely-used language on Earth. They were closing the airport! After the announcer had finished in his native tongue he sw
