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September 27th, 2095
It was early in the morning, and what little of the sun could be seen was up. Matthew was stirring awake to what little of the world was left, nothing but a barren wasteland laid ahead of his bunker.
Today was the day after all, the day where Matthew and his bunker mates would be frozen for close to 10,000 years so that the earth will hopefully be habitable again. But Matthew had a few things to do before he went ahead and went into cryo sleep, the most important being to make sure that his hard drive was backed up, and able to last over 10,000 years without being turned on. After all, it was all he had left of his family, and personal things.
Finally, it’s time to go under. “Better late than never..” Matthew said; they had already lost contact with 4 out of the 9 bunkers that laid across this hell hole of a planet. “Let’s get this over with…” Matthew said with a sigh, hoping into his cryo pod. There's no going back. His bunker doctor started to count down
3 just relax, you won’t even know the time has passed…
2 just think of what the future could hold!
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10,000 years later
Matthew had woken, and everything hurt. Just moving his eyes felt like a chore, let alone moving just his fingers. But he got up, just to be greeted to nothing but a cold dark room. No silent humming of the cryo pods at work, no lights in the bunker. The backup generators must have gone out at some time then…
But Matthew was alone, in this cold, dark, and very creepy room. And he could just tell.
The others didn’t make it.