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6 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
9:AM
Lucy awoke to the sun shining brightly, like it did on most days. She tended to like sunny days better than cloudy ones.
She hopped out of bed and rushed to the kitchen. Blu and CG were sitting at the counter already. Her mom had gone to work.
“Mornin Lucy!” Said Blu cheerfully. He was reading the morning paper. “Morning Blu, morning CG what are you reading?”
Lucy looked over Blu's shoulder. “Oh,” said Blu “just some dumb article about some guy who works at a train station. That's not important though, what's important is… Breakfast!”
Blu stood up and began preparing some eggs. “Ooh!” said CG “ I love scrambled eggs! Or I think I would if I could eat anything!”
“What should we do today? since it's the weekend.” Said Lucy, feeling excitement bubble up on her chest. Her mom wasn't here, which means she, Blu and CG could do something fun!
“Hmm… I dunno, maybe we could go out to the city and do something, like bowling!” Lucy laughed “bowling isn't fun, that's an old person sport let's do something fun like exploring!”
Blu flipped the eggs over “why don't we all just go out and see what we feel like- deal?” Lucy smiled. “Deal”
5 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
10:AM
“C’mon Dalis! Stop being a baby!” Whined Zac as he tugged the bespectacled teen towards the door.
“I'm not being a baby! You're just being stupid!” yelled back Dalis as he struggled in his twin's arms.
“Graffiti isn't stupid, it's art! C'mon you love art!” Dalis sighed “Yes I like art, but I don't like VANDALISM! Why don't you just go on your own anyway!?”
Zac groaned “cuz it's fun to annoy you! And I like having company!” Dalis stopped struggling. “Fine… but just this once ok. I'll go with you, make sure you don't die, then we can leave ok!?”
“Alright…” said Zac “RACE YOU THERE!” Zac bolted out the door, leaving his brother to attempt to catch up to him.
4 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
11:AM
Dahlia sat in her room, drawing. That was her favourite pastime after all. She paused for a second before continuing.
“Can you please be quiet!” She said to no-one. No one else could see it anyway.
She could always hear things others couldn't. Voices of things no one could dream of.
Today something was whispering to her about a great calamity.
“Well. That's polite isn't it!” Said Marc Oni, the demon whose only pleasure in life seemed to be annoying Dahlia.
“What do you want!” Said Dahlia, “I'm just trying to do my art!” Marc rolled his eyes “ well I'm just trying to warn you about impending doom and destruction, but if you want to be rude then-”
Dahlia groaned. “Please shut up!”
3 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
12:PM
Emet walked through the back-streets of the city. Alone. He didn't know what he was doing, but his gut told him to get out of the city centre. And he always trusted his gut.
He thought about his days of being a soldier. Of his friend, Blu, who he had been separated from. He knew what happened, why they got separated.
It was a cover-up for a military disaster. It was all the government's fault.
He grumbled as he walked through alleyway after alleyway, the streets turning into a sort of mazy corridor.
Finally, Emet took a break, sitting down on one of the dumpsters nearby. He pulled out a flask of water and took a long sip. Savouring the moisture as the sun beat down upon him.
2 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
1:PM
It had been a great couple of days for mole. He had his 25 year anniversary, working at the train company. He was going to have a party today with his sister. Who he hadn't seen in almost three months.
His phone buzzed in his pocket. “That must be her now!” He picked up his phone and sure enough, it was Gesa.
“Hey mole,” said Gesa, slightly muffled through the phone. “I'm gonna be a bit late to the party. Ok? Some work stuff is happening and I can't miss it, but I won't miss your big anniversary. Don't worry. I'll be there in maybe two hours.
Mole sighed. “That's ok, I'll save you some cake, see you soon!” “ Bye mole!”
Mole walked around the train tracks. Nearly bumping into a man with a bright yellow gas mask. “Sorry sir” he said as he passed him.
But the masked man was deep in conversation and didn't notice him anyway.
Next he saw two pre-teen boys sneaking into an under construction tunnel. Probably to do graffiti. “Hey you two!” Exclaimed mole.
The two boys jumped and ran out of the station. “Kids…” muttered Mole to himself as he headed back to his position. “Always doing stupid stuff.”
1 HOUR UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:PM
Lucy, Blu and CG hopped on a train home. They were all quite tired after a long day of doing things in the city. “When I get back,” said Blu, “I'm having a nap.”
Lucy stretched, “I might watch some TV or something.”
CG looked excited “I'm gonna write a song!” Blu smiled (you couldn't see it but he did) “those all sound like great ideas.”
The train pulled to a stop and they all got out.
…….
50 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:10 PM
Zac and Dalis sprinted through the streets, dodging pedestrians and bikes here and there.
“I can't believe we nearly got caught!” huffed Dalis.
“Well, we wouldn't have gotten caught anyway, we were too smart.” said Zac, jumping aside so he didn't run into a girl with pink hair.
“Well, we stayed out way longer than what I wanted, can we go home now?” Asked Dalis exhaustedly.
“Fine”
…………..
40 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:20 PM
Dahlia cursed. Some random teenagers bolted past her and made her trip over her own feet .
Spilling all her stuff on the ground.“Oooh someone tripped!” Said Marc Oni, directly into her ear.
“AH!” Exclaimed Dahlia, as she wasn't expecting to hear the demon's voice. “Can you go away!”
Marc laughed “No can do missy, the end of the world is coming, I wanna see what you do!”
Dahlia ignored him and kept walking.
………….
30 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:30 PM
Emet lay on his back. Somehow he had managed to fall asleep while sitting on a dumpster.
He groaned and sat up, blinking his eyes. He had the most horrible feeling in his gut. So he got up and ran. He ran until he couldn't see the city anymore.
He still felt like something terrible was about to happen.
……..........
20 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:40 PM
Mole sat down in his chair and stretched. Everything was peaceful and he was relaxed. He wondered what Gesa was doing.
“Ugh, I need a snack.” He got up and walked towards the vending machine. Putting in a coin and grabbing a Kit-Kat.
The trains rumbled past him comfortingly and he felt completely at ease.
………………
10 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:50 PM
The weather was calm, the sun was shining like any old day. People went about their business.
………………
0 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
3: PM
The sun, it was the sun, something was wrong with it.
It seemed… to pulse. Like a heart.
Then. The heartbeat stopped. Everything seemed to stop.
The sun, everyone could tell,in their hearts. was dying. 6 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
9:AM
Lucy awoke to the sun shining brightly, like it did on most days. She tended to like sunny days better than cloudy ones.
She hopped out of bed and rushed to the kitchen. Blu and CG were sitting at the counter already. Her mom had gone to work.
“Mornin Lucy!” Said Blu cheerfully. He was reading the morning paper. “Morning Blu, morning CG what are you reading?”
Lucy looked over Blu's shoulder. “Oh,” said Blu “just some dumb article about some guy who works at a train station. That's not important though, what's important is… Breakfast!”
Blu stood up and began preparing some eggs. “Ooh!” said CG “ I love scrambled eggs! Or I think I would if I could eat anything!”
“What should we do today? since it's the weekend.” Said Lucy, feeling excitement bubble up on her chest. Her mom wasn't here, which means she, Blu and CG could do something fun!
“Hmm… I dunno, maybe we could go out to the city and do something, like bowling!” Lucy laughed “bowling isn't fun, that's an old person sport let's do something fun like exploring!”
Blu flipped the eggs over “why don't we all just go out and see what we feel like- deal?” Lucy smiled. “Deal”
5 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
10:AM
“C’mon Dalis! Stop being a baby!” Whined Zac as he tugged the bespectacled teen towards the door.
“I'm not being a baby! You're just being stupid!” yelled back Dalis as he struggled in his twin's arms.
“It's not stupid to do graffiti, it's art! C'mon you love art!” Dalis sighed “Yes I like art, but I don't like VANDALISM! Why don't you just go on your own anyway!?”
Zac groaned “cuz it's fun to annoy you! And I like having company!” Dalis stopped struggling. “Fine… but just this once ok. I'll go with you, make sure you don't die, then we can leave ok!?”
“Alright…” said Zac “RACE YOU THERE!” Zac bolted out the door, leaving his brother to attempt to catch up to him.
4 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
11:AM
Dahlia sat in her room, drawing. That was her favourite pastime after all. She paused for a second before continuing.
“Can you please be quiet!” She said to no-one. No one else could see it anyway.
She could always hear things others couldn't. Voices of things no one could dream of.
Today something was whispering to her about a great calamity.
“Well. That's polite isn't it!” Said Marc Oni, the demon whose only pleasure in life seemed to be annoying Dahlia.
“What do you want!” Said Dahlia, “I'm just trying to do my art!” Marc rolled his eyes “ well I'm just trying to warn you about impending doom and destruction, but if you want to be rude then-”
Dahlia groaned. “Please shut up!”
3 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
12:PM
Emet walked through the back-streets of the city. Alone. He didn't know what he was doing, but his gut told him to get out of the city centre. And he always trusted his gut.
He thought about his days of being a soldier. Of his friend, Blu, who he had been separated from. He knew what happened, why they got separated.
It was a cover-up for a military disaster. It was all the government's fault.
He grumbled as he walked through alleyway after alleyway, the streets turning into a sort of mazy corridor.
Finally, Emet took a break, sitting down on one of the dumpsters nearby. He pulled out a flask of water and took a long sip. Savouring the moisture as the sun beat down upon him.
2 HOURS UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
1:PM
It had been a great couple of days for mole. He had his 25 year anniversary, working at the train company. He was going to have a party today with his sister. Who he hadn't seen in almost three months.
His phone buzzed in his pocket. “That must be her now!” He picked up his phone and sure enough, it was Gesa.
“Hey mole,” said Gesa, slightly muffled through the phone. “I'm gonna be a bit late to the party. Ok? Some work stuff is happening and I can't miss it, but I won't miss your big anniversary. Don't worry. I'll be there in maybe two hours.
Mole sighed. “That's ok, I'll save you some cake, see you soon!” “ Bye mole!”
Mole walked around the train tracks. Nearly bumping into a man with a bright yellow gas mask. “Sorry sir” he said as he passed him.
But the masked man was deep in conversation and didn't notice him anyway.
Next he saw two pre-teen boys sneaking into an under construction tunnel. Probably to do graffiti. “Hey you two!” Exclaimed mole.
The two boys jumped and ran out of the station. “Kids…” muttered Mole to himself as he headed back to his position. “Always doing stupid stuff.”
1 HOUR UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:PM
Lucy, Blu and CG hopped on a train home. They were all quite tired after a long day of doing things in the city. “When I get back,” said Blu, “I'm having a nap.”
Lucy stretched, “I might watch some TV or something.”
CG looked excited “I'm gonna write a song!” Blu smiled (you couldn't see it but he did) “those all sound like great ideas.”
The train pulled to a stop and they all got out.
…….
50 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:10 PM
Zac and Dalis sprinted through the streets, dodging pedestrians and bikes here and there.
“I can't believe we nearly got caught!” huffed Dalis.
“Well, we wouldn't have gotten caught anyway, we were too smart.” said Zac, jumping aside so he didn't run into a girl with pink hair.
“Well, we stayed out way longer than what I wanted, can we go home now?” Asked Dalis exhaustedly.
“Fine”
…………..
40 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:20 PM
Dahlia cursed. Some random teenagers bolted past her and made her trip over her own feet .
Spilling all her stuff on the ground.“Oooh someone tripped!” Said Marc Oni, directly into her ear.
“AH!” Exclaimed Dahlia, as she wasn't expecting to hear the demon's voice. “Can you go away!”
Marc laughed “No can do missy, the end of the world is coming, I wanna see what you do!”
Dahlia ignored him and kept walking.
………….
30 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:30 PM
Emet lay on his back. Somehow he had managed to fall asleep while sitting on a dumpster.
He groaned and sat up, blinking his eyes. He had the most horrible feeling in his gut. So he got up and ran. He ran until he couldn't see the city anymore.
He still felt like something terrible was about to happen.
……..........
20 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:40 PM
Mole sat down in his chair and stretched. Everything was peaceful and he was relaxed. He wondered what Gesa was doing.
“Ugh, I need a snack.” He got up and walked towards the vending machine. Putting in a coin and grabbing a Kit-Kat.
The trains rumbled past him comfortingly and he felt completely at ease.
………………
10 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
2:50 PM
The weather was calm, the sun was shining like any old day. People went about their business.
………………
0 MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
3: PM
The sun, it was the sun, something was wrong with it.
It seemed… to pulse. Like a heart.
Then. The heartbeat stopped. Everything seemed to stop.
The sun, everyone could tell,in their hearts. was dying.