Lucille walked slowly into the center of the town. Every store was there, unharmed, but nobody was in them. Lucille was obviously in significant shell shock, dazed and curious as to what the hell had just happened. Joining Lucille, a dashing and elegant blonde were the equally-dazzling brunette Eliza, sexy and voluptuous redhead Stacy, and the black-haired Daisy.
Eliza asked Lucille, "What the hell happened here?"
Lucille obviously did not know, nor did the other girls. All four girls were twenty-one and all four went to the same school and college. They knew each other incredibly well, but none of them had ever been totally alone together, not all at once. Daisy said that the most likely reason for the disappearance of the other people was the detonation of the nightmare bomb. Then she summoned one of the computer robots from a nearby coffee shop.
Daisy asked it, "Computer, find all life forms on the planet."
The computer robot pulled out its primary screen and began its scan. Had the nightmare bomb detonated, it would have essentially annihilated every single living human on Earth, the ultimate contingency in a modern-day standoff between America and the superpower Iran. In the event of an Iranian attack on the United States, the President would activate the nightmare bomb and eradicate the Middle East, but Iran still would have had enough time to destroy the United States and the Western world. A series of explosions would follow and instantly disintegrate every human being in the target range of the bomb, the range being the surface of the entire planet.
Three seconds later, it said, "The total number of life forms found on the planet Earth is four."
The robot then shut down, and Stacy went towards the robot, thinking if this was some sort of trick caused by pranksters. She opened the bot's hatch to look for sabotage, and she found it was perfectly clear.
Stacy then said, "Gals, the bomb detonated, and we are the last four people on Earth."
Lucille asked the girls, "Then how did we survive?"
Eliza then said, "I was in the museum aquamarine tank when it detonated. The water and glass in the museum made the perfect cover."