The old couple found the egg in the barn. It must have been laid and landed.
It was huge
Clearly human.
A human egg.
The first of its kind.
They told no-one and when the bombs started falling they packed the egg with extra hay to keep it safe.
The globe erupted into World War Four and things were desperate.
It wouldn't be long before they dropped the big one and that would be that.
The warning came, the sirens blared.
Mutually assured destruction on a worldwide scale.
Mad extinction.
The old couple sat in their deck chairs and placed there hands on the egg nestled in the hay
As the warheads wailed and the sky melted they looked at one another and kissed.
Humanity was gone in a flash along with everything else.
As they closed their whitened eyes a crack appeared in the egg.
At the moment of their death they saw two figures step out.
A man and a woman.
Sent from the stars.
Laid on Earth.
To start over again.
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