{WINNER} "The end of the world is near." Alex Trot is a rookie geologist at GeoScience Research Station in New York where everyone's too busy to even talk to their neighbours. One day he meets a mysterious boy who claims to have come from the future and tells him that the end of the world is near. How does this come about and what does Alex do? #1 in metropolitan (7th September 2020) A 2500 word story submitted for the latest contest by Dystopian & Apocalypse- only 8 days. Dedicated to Wattpad TimeTravel. Hope you enjoy! Note: All the events that take place in the story are a work of fiction and so are the characters and the research centre.