A disguised man appears on every phone, television and computer screen, his voice on every radio station. His sudden interruption is accompanied by only three words: "Day one begins."
Traffic Update! There's been a pile up on-
The radio cuts off.
'Is it broken again?'
'Day one begins.'
'What?'
James and I look at each other, and back at Mum. She shrugs and keeps on driving.
Dan and Phil pull their creation out of the oven. The meringues look so awful I'm just about crying, so I almost miss the moment when the screen goes black. I jump and focus on it, and a man flickers into view. He has on a brightly coloured wig, large sunglasses, and... face paint? Are Dan and Phil pranking us?
"Day one begins"
Yeah, they've got to be pranking us. I look at the release date, and... it's 2016. The man must have hacked me. I slam my computer shut and run into the living room, where Dad was sitting watching the TV, but he looks really shaken as well.
'What's up?' I ask.
'N-nothing. Just a weird TV ad. I don't know what it was advertising though.'
I frown. 'Did this ad by any chance have a guy saying 'day one begins?''
'As a matter of fact, yes. How did you know?'
'Because it just popped up on my computer.'
The heavily disguised Adrian appears on my screen and I have to stifle a giggle. He looks ridiculous, all covered up like that.
'Day one begins.'
Perfect. Right on schedule. I flick my screen over to twitter and wait for this to start trending. Once it does, I know my job is done.
After showering, I grab my pjs and flop onto my bed, checking my notifications. A text from James pops up.
Yknow the guy on the radio? Dad says that was on his computer
just said day one begins and vanished
Yeah right that's bs
Nah seriously check the news
Whats going on man
No one knows he just appeared on everything electronic and said day one begins
Day one of what?
alien invasion?
Oh boi I hope not
Gtg mums calling
I wander out to the kitchen where mum is grabbing her keys.
'What do you want for dinner?'
I sigh. We do this everyday.
'Pizza?' I ask hopefully.
'Y'know what? That actually sounds great. I'll order. What kind do you want?'
So we're getting pizza; I keep scrolling while I wait for the delivery guy to show up. After a bit, though, the doorbell rings and I shoot up to grab the door. I open the door, and there is just a pile of clothes and a pizza box.
I flop back onto my bed and settle back into my nest of blankets and pillows, and keep watching youtube. I guess I fall asleep in the blankets, because when I look up sun is coming through my window and my laptop time says 9:47. I wriggle my way out and call Sam.
'Whaaaaaaaat's uuuuuuuuuuuuuppppppp' they groan.
'Good morning Sam!'
'Whyyyyyyyyyyyy are youuuuuuuu awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.'
'Because I woke up. Do you want coffee?'
'Alwaaaaaaaaaaays.'
'Come over if you ever wake up'
'Seeeeeeee yaaaaaaaaa'
I hang up and laugh, then reopen youtube while I wait. Knowing Sam, it's going to be a while.
After rewatching six Thomas Sanders videos and reblogging too many memes, the doorbell finally buzzes. Ours is the Under the Sea tune, so I dance down the hall doing my best moves. By the name of the Sprinkler and the Shopping Cart. I open the door, already shouting 'THE FLOOR IS LAV-'
The only things outside the door are a pile of clothes and Sam's painted converse.
I check the main social media sites. The news is excellent. Adrian already has been named 'Plot Announcer', but no one has noticed the disappearances yet. I flick my screen over to the camera on the bodies piling up, making sure it's all going to plan. It appears none of them are moving. Of course they wouldn't be, you idiot. It's on Earth. It's just as uninhabitable as Venus.
