It's the End of the World

Chapter 21

I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn't go back to sleep. I guess it was because I was worried about the Vesper's doomsday device.

"Sam, are you awake?" I asked. I pushed on his shoulder.

"I am now. What's so important that you had to wake me up. I was having the best dream. I was on a date at Taco Bell and I actually had a girlfriend, and then Catherine was outside and she was just about to be hit with a meteorite."

"I'm worried. What if Amy and Dan can't stop the doomsday device."

"I don't know. We'll have to wait and see. I don't know much about Amy and Dan, but from what you've told me about them, I'm pretty sure they can do anything."

"Yeah, but what if their luck runs out this time."

"I don't know. But coming from a fellow Christian, I'm pretty sure God won't let the world end. It's just something too big. God will let the world end when he wants it to end."

"Yeah, but the Bible says the end will come like a thief in the night. It's night time right now."

"I don't know. Just... go to sleep."

After a while, I was still having trouble going to sleep.

I guess Sam noticed this because he said, "Has Catherine killed us yet?"

"No," I said, a little confused.

"Well, she could have. She almost did. A lot of times. But why do you think we're still here."

"I don't know. We got lucky I guess."

"That wasn't luck," Sam said, "That was God. And if God didn't let that happen, there's got to be a reason for it. God hates evil. I don't think he'd let the world end just because of some evil guy. I mean, I still don't know for sure, but all we can do is hope."

On that note, I went back to sleep.

I was extremely happy when I woke up in the morning. A little bit later after I woke up, I got a phone call from Amy and Dan. I answered the phone.

"Hey Jeff," Dan said, "So, as you can see, we successfully stopped the Vesper's doomsday device."

"Yeah, I'm glad. Where's Amy?"

"She got hurt. Are you in a hospital?" he asked.

"Yeah, I had a little run in with a Vesper."

"But we got them back," Sam said, "We blew up their stronghold."

"Who's that?" Dan asked.

"Nobody." I threw a pillow at Sam. "Just... the nurse."

"You threw a pillow at the nurse?" Dan asked, a little confused.

"Fine. It's my friend Sam. He's not officially a Cahill, but he helped me a lot with the fight against the Vespers."

"Well then, Amy's not here so she can't say if it's official, but once she comes back to consciousness, we can announce you an official Cahill. The fight against the Vespers isn't over yet, though. They still have multiple strongholds around the world, as that picture you sent us shows. I need you two, once you get out of the hospital, to destroy them. Think you can do it?"

"I'm on it."

"Then get to it."

Once I got out of the hospital, I went on the mission. Sam went with me. It was fun

One time, we went to the AWW headquarters in another country. I told Sam to distract the person at the desk.

He went up to her and said, "Hello, how is your day so far?"

She started rambling off in another language.

"What do I do now?" he mouthed.

She started saying something again, and when she was done, he smiled, gave her a thumbs up, and ran over to me.

"Try to play charades and ask her where the bathroom is or something," I told him.

He tried doing that. He pointed his finger all over the room for where. Then he did the potty dnce for the word bathroom. He made a flushing noise and a noise like water running while singing the ABCs.

"Preschool?" she asked.

"No, bathroom."

She gave him a blank stare.

He went back over to me. "Plan B," he said, "I'll cause a distraction by acting like I'm hurt."

This seemed like a good idea, but he walked up to the desk, and purposely tripped himself on the way. The lady was too busy looking at a stack of papers to notice. Sam got up.

"Are you kidding me?" he asked.

He got a heavy book and dropped it on his toe. The lady looked up this time. Sam pointed to the book on his foot, then to his painful expression.

"Shh!" The lady told him.

He started arguing with the lady which gave me enough time to sneak into the back room.

After I came out, Sam was desperately trying to get the lady to understand him. He was waving his hands all over the place.

"PLEASE!" He was on his knees by now.

I took Sam's arm and pulled him up so we could go.

"Have a good day," the lady said in clear English.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" Sam yelled.