Just finished watching The Day After Tomorrow, and got this idea… I don't own Adam Lambert or Tommy Joe Ratliff or any other human being in this story. So sit back, relax, and don't worry about me owning them.

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He stood on the edge of the roof, his parka slightly blowing in the freezing wind. A hand touched his shoulder, then he was hugged from the side. "Adam, it's time to go." the small blonde looked into the taller man's dazed eyes. "Come on, Adam, they'll leave without us!" he nodded, but didn't move. The blonde took his hand and pulled him towards the middle of the roof. Then, Adam noticed his presence.

"Oh, sorry Tommy, I'm coming." he took one last look at the frozen landscape. He had been staring sadly down at his old apartment, where not two days ago, he had been enjoying a cocktail with his boyfriend. But now… he shook his head. Global warming was a scary thought. Everyone was always saying how the earth was moving closer to the sun… but no one ever predicted the earth was moving away from the sun…

Well, until now… only few in the LA area listened to the reports and huddled in the shelter of the library across the street. He seldom used this library and was unaware of how large it was. Fourteen stories of books, pun intended, was able to shelter the three hundred some people. They were separated into different groups on different floors, and would all get out at different times.

Adam was so relieved when he found that he and his band, he and Tommy, would be on the same floor. Group 22. But he had to wonder… 'Get out'? he asked one of the 'officials' of the, well, they call it the escape the ending program; the EEP, but no one would give him any answers… they would just assure him he was safe.

Allison, who was one group below them, was standing with her group 23, holding herself, trying to warm her freezing arms. She watched as different people of Group 22 were being loaded into… she didn't know what it was exactly… but it was shaped like a tube, the front curved in a half circle, the back exposed. She'd watched as the tube would disappear in a blinding flash, then return a few minutes later, empty.

She didn't know anyone in this group. She wished desperately to be in the next group, where she spotted Monte's brown parka and Tommy's red one. She scanned the group in front of her, huddling around the tube, until she caught a glimpse of jet black hair. She smiled as she took in the tall man. His black parka, despite the others, looked good on him. She didn't know how, but he wasn't shivering in him glittery skinny jeans like she was.

His sharp blue eyes met hers. He smiled warmly and started towards her, folding her into his arms. She immediately felt warmer and she nestled her face in his parka. They sat like that for a little while. She pulled away, her brown eyes meeting his blue ones.

"Aren't you cold?"

He shook his head slowly, "No… I don't think… I don't think my parents made it…" his eyes stung and he cleared his throat.

"Oh…" she said, feeling his sorrow.

"Group 22! Group 22! Please board! Group 22! Please board now!"

Tommy climbed into the seat, then realized, horrified, that his boyfriend wasn't next to him. "Adam?" he looked around frantically. "Adam?" he shouted and stood.

"Sir, sir I'm going to have to ask you to sit down, please." a woman stepped forward and put her hand on his chest, blocking him from the doorway.

"But, my boyfriend is out there!"

"Sir, Group 22 was called, if he didn't respond, it was his own fault, and he can catch the next one."

"But, he needs to be with me! He has to be with me! Please, you don't understand!" Tommy started hyperventilating with the thought of being alone, without his Babyboy.

"Tommy? Are you ok?" Longenue asked from the seat behind Tommy.

Monte stepped forward. "Is there a problem, ma'am?" she was not at all intimidated my the small blonde man whom she was still touching, but Monte was a different story.

"Uh… I, um… we were only-"

"Get your hands off my kid. If you are missing somebody, isn't it only fair that we wait for him, or her?" he asked staring down at her.

"Y-yes, sir." she removed her hand and speed walked to the front of the tube, trying to get away from Monte. She took the loud speaker receiver and spoke into it.

"Group 22! Group 22! Please board now! Group 22!"

"Well, that's me." Adam said, looking into her eyes again. He let go of her and started walking towards the tube.

"Adam!" Allison stopped him. He turned.

"Yeah?"

"I, uh… um… I just wanna say… I'll see you on the other side." he nodded and continued walking towards the tube.

Stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why didn't you just tell him Allison? Because, he can never know… she watched the man in black disappear into the tube.

"Oh, my god. Oh my.. Monte, he's in, he's right there." Tommy's breathing became normal as his Babyboy made his way to the seat next to Tommy. He studied the interior. It looked like the inside of a small airplane, except, there were no windows, and no doors. The only opening was the entire back wall of the tube. A really small cockpit with only a lever to operate it occupied the front of the tube.

A man, probably the pilot, stood and started speaking, just as Adam took his seat. "Welcome to the SS42. This craft was once a secret government science experiment, which was created in case of a day like this one. Thirty years ago, the…"

Tommy interrupted Adam's concentration on the man by whispering in his ear. "I thought you left me, Babyboy!"

"I would never leave you, Tommy!" he kissed him softly on the lips.

A few seats behind them, Tommy and Adam heard someone mutter "Fag!" followed by snickering. Adam just rolled his eyes, but Tommy flipped out. He stood and glared at the people who stopped laughing. Tommy sat back down and hugged Adam's upper arm, feeling his tense muscles relax with his touch. Adam turned his attention back to the man.

"Did you notice that the time it took for SS42 to leave and return was only about three minutes? That's because time in this world is different than time in the next. We are going to be in here for what will seem like twelve days. Because you're body is still accustomed to earth's time, you will not get hungry. But I assure you, this traveling will wipe you out. You will get tired. Any questions?"

Adam raised his hand.

"Yes, young man in the black."

"Fag!" the people in the back muttered, laughing again.

Longenue, who was directly behind Adam, turned and said, "Have some respect!" the laughing stopped.

"I was only curious, is there any chance we might… you know, not make it to… where ever we're going?"

"There is a slight possibility, yes. But I assure you, that will not happen. Now if there are no more questions, I'd like to proceed."

Allison watched from her spot on the roof as the tube disappeared in a flash, then return a few minutes later.

Meanwhile, still in the tube…

Tommy slipped his hand in Adam's. "I'm scared, Adam."

"Me too, Glitterbaby." Tommy rested his head on Adam's shoulder, and was soon snoring lightly.

"I think the little faggot needs a blanket!" someone muttered from the back.

"Shut up! Just shut the fuck up! We get that you're homophobic, alright? We get that. Oh, and guess what? Nobody cares!"

Adam's mouth dropped open slightly at Monte's sudden out burst. Monte's never been mad at him, but he was sure those people wouldn't be a problem anymore.

He was suddenly overwhelmed with exhaustion. He rested his head on Tommy's and sunk deeper into his black parka. He let his eyes drop closed and he slowly allowed himself to go deeper and deeper into his slumber…