The Catastrophe

Damien was on his way to work when all hell broke loose.Looking in his rear mirror, he saw a sight that the world dreaded like a plague was dreaded in olden times.The peaceful city became an inferno of destruction.Flames and dust rose up to the clouds, contaminating the surrounding areas.The looming mushroom erupting into the morning sky chilled him to the bones.He put his foot down hard on the accelerator and tried in vain to escape the horrific after waves of the atomic bomb that had been dropped on the horizon.His heart pounded trying to pop out of his mouth.Fear gripped him like a vice.Thousands of cars streamed behind him. All bent on escaping the terror.But there was no where to hide. They were all at the mercy of ' The Bomb'.Damien prayed like he had never prayed before,calling on God to deliver him from this catastrophe.Then as the white hot atomic waves engulfed his car like a deadly shroud,he heard the sound of a distant bell,tolling his last moments...The bell persistingly rang and rang until with a shout and a jerk.Damien sat up in his bed.Whiew he said,that was some bad dream.