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7. The Last Evening on Earth

I was in my backyard sitting on a bench scrolling through social media on my phone. A post had gained my interest towards it. It was a video about how the sky would look on the evening of the day when the world would end. I didn't believe in such things and went through the comments. Turns out, it was a live event recorded from a different part of the world. A comment appeared, 'Shit! The sky does look the same, are you trying to say today's the last evening?' The reply came within seconds from a different user, 'Perhaps, yes.'

I was shocked upon what the hell was happening. I realised my spine was bent and quickly reclined on the bench to see the same sky. Peach- coloured clouds, uncanny sunset and lavender sky. I matched the sky in my phone to the real sky in front of me. It was the same. A parachute appeared in the sky on my phone and the same one did in reality. The user who did the livestream resided somewhere nearby. I switched off my phone in fear. 'Is this really happening?' I was astounded. I went back inside my house and searched for everyone to inform them that today is the last evening on Earth. Predictions about the last day on Earth were not a good thing, according to my knowledge. But the minor prophecies according to the Islamic hadith had gone real. 'The major signs are still pending' I thought. 'Nevermind.' I was relieved. And turned on the television. One by one, the news showed the major signs of the ending of the world were going right. 'How could that be?' I was invested in them. I realised my family members had gone out somewhere and I should not creep out myself with any fake news. My social media was spammed by a number of posts by my friends. The major signs coming out real weren't fake, it was happening in reality. I took out all my life-savings to search for any poor people to give out charity and spam good deeds for myself. I called out to my family members, searched for them in the local marketplace to inform them. They had called me and told me to calm down. They were aware of the latest news and were safe, and told me to stay safe. I remembered once, that once there would be a time where we would want to give donations or charity to others but won't find anyone deserving, as every person will be wealthy. 'It did really happen,' I said to myself. The news showing the foreign countries trying to survive their landing on Mars was a literal joke. I knew that everything was going to end with Earth, all the other planets, the sun, moon, stars and all the other galaxies present in the universe. The sky will rip apart and the grounds will rip open. No human or any terrestrial creature would be saved.

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