The minutes ticked by. I glanced at the clock, almost too apathetic to motivate myself to do even that.

4:51

9 minutes left. Well, 8 minutes and some seconds actually. Just under 9 minutes left until the world ended.

Groggily I closed my eyes and lay further back on the damp mattress. I’d imagined the end of the world many times, but somehow I’d never imagined it like this.