Chapter IX: Doomsday

*December 21, 2012: Doomsday*

It was very early in the morning on the predicted doomsday. The asteroid was now less that 200 miles from Earth, and Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun was getting ready to strike Earth. It was predicted that no life would remain on Earth by 12:00 pm EST.

In the town Chomper and Ducky were in, the tornadoes had died down. The lightning had stopped, but the damage was obvious. Buildings were flattened and burning, crushed cars were everywhere, and many of the roads were shredded from the lightning. There was a lot of clouds in the sky, with the sun barely showing.

The ruins Chomper and Ducky were in, they had passed out unconscious over night. They were still in the corner they were in, ironically one of the only parts to survive. Chomper was the first one to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes. When he did, he was surprised to find that his face was less than an inch from Ducky's. He quickly stood up and tried to wake her.

"Ducky! Wake up!" he said.

A few seconds later, Ducky opened her eyes. She also stood up. They looked at each other for a moment.

"So... do you think this is the end?" Chomper asked.

Ducky softly replied, "Oh, I hope not. I do, I do."

she both looked into the sky, and saw the clouds. They didn't know if they'd ever see the sun again.

Suddenly, Chomper gasped.

"Wait! Where are the others?"

Ducky gasped. They then both started calling out for them. They shouted out their names a number of times. But they had no luck. They searched for almost an hour. But after that, they wished they hadn't. All they found was their dead bodies. None of them were breathing. All of their bodies had dried blood all over them. Cera's skin was burnt to a crisp. And Petrie's wings were shredded like paper. They could even see the bones in his wings sticking out. All of their bodies were scattered. The found Ali with a 2x4 piece of wood gone straight through her body, with dried blood everywhere. When they found Littlefoot's body, it was extremely emotional for both of them. Out of seemingly nowhere, Ducky just flew into Chomper's arms, sobbing. Chomper didn't know what to do, except do his best to comfort her.

"It's okay, Ducky. Everything's going to be alright." he said.

***Back in space, the asteroid was flaming, as it hurtled towards the Earth at a thousand miles per hour. Nothing could stop it. No one could hide from it. The asteroid was projecting impact on the north-eastern end of the Atlantic Ocean; near Newfoundland, Canada.***

And then... it happened. The moment the entire world had been dreading happened. The asteroid made contact with the ground. In the split second it impacted, it released the energy of 2 million hydrogen bombs. The entire structure of the meteor exploded. The explosion wave traveled at 2,000 miles per hour. It hit Toronto in under 10 minutes. And it wasn't getting any farther, either.

The initial explosion could be heard everywhere in the northern hemisphere. In fact, people in China could easily hear it. And Chomper and Ducky could hear it, too.

It shook the ground for a few seconds before either of them could react.

Chomper! What's happening?" Ducky screamed in a frantic tone. Chomper couldn't come up with a response at first.

The only thing he could come up with, was "I... I think it was the asteroid. I think it might have just impacted. Like the scientist said it would."

Ducky gasped for a solid 3 seconds."D-does that... does that mean we're going to..."

She couldn't finish that sentence. And Chomper didn't have the heart to finish it for her. Ducky was weeping uncontrollably now, as she burst into tears, and jumped into Chomper's arms for comfort. And Chomper could feel tears coming from his eyes.

Ducky looked up at Chomper and asked him, "Is there anything we can do?"

"I don't know, Ducky. The best we can do is stay together." Chomper answered.

But just about a minute later, something happened that was highly unexpected. Ducky began to feel large pains inside of her. She began to gasp for air.

"Chomper! The egg! It's coming!" Ducky exlaimed.

Chomper gasped. "Now?"

Chmper then began to look around the place to see if there was anywhere the egg could be safe. He soon spotted what looked like a small riverbank, just outside the ruins of the town. Chomper then led Ducky to it, quickly. They stopped by it, and Ducky laid down, panting wildly.

"It's going to be okay, Ducky. I'm here for you." Chomper said in a caring tone.

"Chomper... l-let me hold our hand." Ducky whispered. Chomper then grasped her hand tightly, as she was preparing for the egg. It went on for several minutes, with Ducky getting more tense by the minute. Finally, it was all over. The egg lay right in front of them. It was large, and white. And luckily, it didn't have a scratch on it. They both looked at the egg in empathy.

"We won't live to see it hatch, will we?" Ducky asked herself.

Chomper had to think for a second. He looked around, and spotted what was maybe the only thing of hope all day.

"Ducky! I see a cave over there! If we go deep enough into it, than maybe... we'll have a chance!"

Ducky gasped. "You're right! It is our only hope, it is, it is."

Without wasting another moment, Chomper picked up the egg, and started to run towards the cave. Ducky wasn't able to run very fast at first, but she pulled through. It only took a few seconds before they made it. The first thing they did when they reached it, was try to go as deep as possible into it. They both quickly paced into the dark cavern, not knowing what may be in it. Stalagmites and stalactites were appearing everywhere, some sharper than others.

When they felt that they were deep inside enough, they stopped to rest. Both were panting heavilly, after running nearly a mile in.

"We made it." Ducky said.

"Yep... Ducky, you know what this means?"

"We're gonna live!" Ducky shouted with happiness. She happily threw herself into Chomper's arms, and stayed like that for about a minute.

"And the best part..." Chomper started, looking at the egg, "We'll be parents soon."

'I wish the egg didn't have to grow up in such a destroyed world." Ducky said to Chomper.

Chomper looked at her streight in the eye. "Maybe he or she won't. After all, some humans are bound to find us here when its all over. And when they do, we'll be able to start over... begin a new life."

"Thank you, Chomper." Ducky said to him. She rested her head on Chomper's chest, and shut her eyes. Chomper rested his head on top of hers, and waited for the asteroid to impact.

Although they had lost so much from armageddon, they still had so much to gain. Soon, the disasters would cease, and a new life for everything on Earth could begin. As it turned out, the end of the world was only the mark of a new world beginning...

THE END

This concludes the Land Before 2012. Feel free to check out part II at my profile page