41 minutes

Forty-one minutes to the destruction of America, Jay got a call from his ex-wife and daughter. 

“Dad!” Sophia shouted. “Can you pick us up in your hover? Ours got called away at the last second, and we need to get into a shelter.”

“Sure, sweetie”, Jay replied calmly. “Let me get mine real quick.”

He looked out the window, only to see that his hover was gone. 

“Sophia, can you put your mom on the call?” 

“Sure”

“What’s, wrong, Jay?” His former wife asked.

“Ellinor, my hover is gone”

“ What? No, it can’t be. Just check again.”

“I already have!”

“Alright”. Ell breathed out slowly. “We’re at your apartment building. Come downstairs and we’ll walk there.”

“Ok”, Jay said.

When Sophia saw him without his hover, her face shut down completely.

“Let’s go”, She grumbled.

They walked in silence for five minutes, until Sophia broke the silence.

“So, we’re all going to die, then.”, she blurted.

“No, no.” Her mom said. “We’ll be fine.”

Even Ellinor looked uncertain, though.

Their silent march continued on, though with an air of hopelessness. They knew what was going to happen, but if they kept walking, just in case.