While I slept that night, over 1.5 billion people died.

No one know for sure who fired first. It depended on if you asked someone originally from India or Pakistan, or what news channel you turned to. The fact was, when I woke up, both countries had bombed each other to nuclear waste.

There was a panicked few hours where the world held its breath wondering if other nuclear armed countries would follow their example. There were a few threats, a little dick measuring as Asher put it, but in the end, cooler heads prevailed Or maybe no one was ready to die yet.

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Either way, by the time I woke up the next morning, the worst was already over and there were ten frantic missed calls from Connor.

The decision had been made to advance the timeline and allow people into the SAFEsites.

My time had run out.