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5 Minutes till Death

“Stay in your houses and don’t go outside, the metoer will hit soon” the news caster said.
Lyra turned off the TV and huddled closer in the blankets. She couldn’t believe in about 5 minutes the world was going to blow up. She picked up her cat and snuggled him closer to her, suddenly he squirmed and jumped out of her arms, quickly running toward the kitty door. “Wait, NO! come back Tanner!” she called.
She was not about to die alone, so she rushedly put her snow boots on and ran outside. She finally found Tanner under a bush, scratching hard,as if looking for something she buried. “Come on Tanner”, Lryra said quitely,picking the cat up. Suddenly the squriming cat turned toward her and said “Lyra, I know you don’t want to die Lyra, come with me!”. Shocked Lyra slowly followed Tanner, watching as the cat sniffed around for a second and then found what he was looking for. He stepped in and disapered, and she did the same, following him into another world.

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