Earth 22nd century.
On a computer screen, the discussion on the daily news was going on with the utmost solemnity.
"Throughout the ages, Earth had gone through countless horrifying cataclysmic events one after the other, but humanity wasn't able to determine what type of horror it was, nor the time it happened.
But, scientists theorised that the first ever known cataclysmic event happened before any known living being had existed. It was the event that shaped the current Earth.
Followed by the second cataclysmic event that happened millions of years ago, wiping the dinosaurs off the face of Earth and changing the geological topography of the world as we know it today."
"Mr Yeager, what does that have to do with the strange phenomenon Earth was facing now?" a person dressed in an anchor suit asked the old person in a white coat.
"Can't you connect the dots already, Mr Franz? First the seas, then the sky, and now the earth, strange unprecedented phenomena have been happening all around and are likely signifying the arrival of the third cataclysmic event!!
"This–?!! There is yet concrete proof of that, we can't come to such a conclusion yet!" the ancor panic visibly and denied the claim on the live TV.
"Concrete proof? Do we still need that?
First, the oceans turned black from something originating in the Marina Trench, then out of nowhere, the sun lost its last light and disappeared, leaving the world with eternal night. If that's not enough, the Earth is showing signs of breaking apart. We predict it will not be able to sustain the ecosystem anymore…"
The scientist sighed heavily as he recounted the confidential data only the top brass of the world knew.
He knew the massive effect this news would cause and how much trouble he would get into, but why would he care when the world was about to come to an end?
The world deserved to know what was about to kill them.
"But– but…" the ancor shuttered, not knowing what to say, fell silent on the TV.
Then, a huge earthquake shook the room they were in, leading to an evacuation while live.
…
In the room where the computer screen had been playing the news, a young man about twenty years old held his head with both his hands, looking at the world-shaking news in shock.
"Sh*t– sh*t– sh*t— dad was actually right?!!" the young man uttered in disbelief.
A few days ago, his father, who works for the government cam home in panic, uttering nonsense like the world was ending and the government was evacuating selected people to outer space to preserve the human race in case of the worst case scanario.
At that time, his mother, his little sister, and he all thought that their father had gone crazy from work, especially since the world was experiencing chaos, but who would've thought he was actually right!
"This is bad, dad mention the government had only given him three ticket quotes for the important emplyee and we have four members in ours…" The young man, thinking about his two parents and his sweet little sister who had given up one of her kidneys to save his life at a young age, showed pain in his eyes.
Then, at that time, a sweet yet urgent voice of a woman resounded from beyond his door.
"Son, your father is calling for a meeting. Come downstairs fast!"
The young man paused slightly upon hearing his mother's voice.
"Ok, mom! Coming…"
…
In the living room, three out of the family of four gathered, their face showing shock, grief, and reluctance.
"I'll stay behind, you three prepared, the soldier will be here any second for the pick up." A middle-aged man with white hair and an aged face said resolutely.
"No!! It should be me; I'll say behind. The government wouldn't accept our family even with the tickets without you," a kind-looking woman with long black hair said resolutely.
A young girl about the age of fifteen is tightly hugging the woman's clothes.
Due to the sudden revelation of the calamitous event on the TV, the world was thrown into even more turmoil, and the government had notified them that the space evacuation plan had been sped up.
They both paused for a second, then they started arguing again. The little girl clenched tightly at the clothes with teary, vacant eyes.
Seeing the important meeting going nowhere, the middle-aged man finally opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
Then, a buzzizng sound sound came from the surroundings and the family fell silent.
After a moment,
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
"Mr Steven, we are the special evacuation unit. We are here to pick you up! Hurry!"
"They are already here?!" The middle-aged man quickly went to opened he door.
Outside the house were some serious-looking soldiers in uniform and a military helicopter ready to take off.
The middle-aged man turned, saying, "Three of you, get into the chopper!"
"But–" the woman tried to rebuke, but was immediately stopped.
"Where is he? Why hasn't he come down yet!?"
The middle-aged man finally notice their son was there and asked.
The woman also notices.
They went up the stairs and banged on his door to readied himself, but there was no reply.
Worried, they force into the room, which still had the news playing on the screen. Surprisingly, there was no one!
Both called and looked around but found nothing.
Still at a loss, they finally notice a neatly folded piece of paper in front of the computer, and written on the piece of paper was:
Mom, Dad, I have already decided. Both of you should get on the ship with sweet pumpkin; she needs you both. Don't look for me, you will only be wasting your time. Love you.
Joan
The man and the woman both froze on the spot, shaking and trembling. They stood there for a long time, not moving.
…
Despite it being noon of the day, the sky was dark with scattered weak light veiling the world.
Somewhere beneath a tree, the young man looks at the chopper taking off in the distance toward the ever-twilight sky, having made the hardest decision in his life.
'Be safe,' he thought absently.
"Finally, they are gone. I can finally play my game without them nagging me all the time!" With a silly laugh, he returned to the home that had been vacated recently.
Sitting on his chair, he opened his favourite game and started clicking on the keyboard.
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