Worst Case Scenario

by T.J. Newman

“Am I the only one hesitating here? We’re really putting the entire fate of this planet into the hands of an alcoholic out-of-work trucker?” Before anyone could speak, the low-water-level alarm rang again. The next threshold of caution had been reached. Ethan shut it off and said, “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.”

None of it, none of us, matter. And once you see it, once you get it, once you’re free from the false belief that you think you have time, you can just enjoy it for what it is. And it is all so, so beautiful.

What kind of damage had they inflicted on themselves just by being here? Damage that, like a ticking time bomb, might or might not go off.