Great! Lost my boyfriend and 3 friends in the space of 8 hours . Thankfully Gemma was the one person who did decide to stay & between us we started to...have fun & to enjoy ourselves , helped it must be said by drinking lots of very alcoholic punch which i had prepared earlier . Gemma is 17 , a year younger than me , very outgoing & very daring . I knew she had had a sexual relationship with a girl at the leisure centre where they both worked , but also knew that boys were her main attraction .. So you both go back to class and I'll tell the Headmaster everything has been worked out."The duo thanked her and headed out of the room. While she pretending not to be looking, Angelina had caught the look of relief that was plastered across both faces. Just as they were passing through the doorway she had spoken."Rory?" When both girls turned she continued. "Rory, the buttons on your blouse aren't fastened properly. You might want to correct that before you get to class."She had stared at the. After observing me it decided to test my abilities, unknown to me at the time. I was searching through the rubble of small city, the name no longer matter, human history had come to an unknown end. This city was in ruins, evidence of explosions, possibly from bombing, possibly a nuclear weapon. There was enough remaining evidence that this was the scene of battle between humanity and whatever had destroyed them. Again at this time I did not know it was machines, sentient, intelligent. .. Exactly?” I asked.“Stay in the legal boundaries of Michigan.”“How far out in the lake is still Michigan?” I asked.Well ... that stumped him.“I’ll have to check.” He said, “I’ll get back to you ... this number?”“Yup ... only one we got.”We hadn’t heard a thing a week later.“We haven’t heard from you and feet wet is calling.”“God ... I really hate to tell you this...”There was a really long pause ... long enough that I said, “Still there?”“Historically ... you can’t set foot ashore on.