Countdown Until the End of the World
“The line wouldn’t connect, and all I got was a maddeningly calm computer voice telling me there was a problem.
“Or you’re playing the prank,” Dec sighed.
I turned on him in a fury, trying Nyssa’s line all at the same time. Dec actually started when he saw my face. I must have looked frenzied.
He ran over to the couch, scrabbling for the television remote.
“I can’t get her back, Dec!”
“What did she say?” he asked, flicking through the channels to get to ABC24.
“She just sounded…” I trailed off. ...I couldn’t do justice to just how terrified Nyssa sounded.
“—Zealand,” the reporter said as she faded in on the television screen.
I moved to stand beside Dec, and my hand of its own volition crept around his waist.
“The first reports started coming in around twenty minutes ago. This is how quickly things began to happen.MoreLess
“Or you’re playing the prank,” Dec sighed.
I turned on him in a fury, trying Nyssa’s line all at the same time. Dec actually started when he saw my face. I must have looked frenzied.
He ran over to the couch, scrabbling for the television remote.
“I can’t get her back, Dec!”
“What did she say?” he asked, flicking through the channels to get to ABC24.
“She just sounded…” I trailed off. ...I couldn’t do justice to just how terrified Nyssa sounded.
“—Zealand,” the reporter said as she faded in on the television screen.
I moved to stand beside Dec, and my hand of its own volition crept around his waist.
“The first reports started coming in around twenty minutes ago. This is how quickly things began to happen.MoreLess
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