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The Family Survival Fund and Apocalypse Revenge

The Family Survival Fund and Apocalypse Revenge

Maikling Kwento · Imagination
By:  Hunk AlertKumpleto
Language: English
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Synopsis

Remorse Family

Bias

Plot Twists

Mind-Bending

Ruthless

Regret

When the heat wave hit, I was working at the National Weather Service and was the first to spot the climate irregularities. I warned my family to get ready ahead of time. My parents trusted me without question. They even proposed starting a "family survival fund." They told me to use the savings I'd built up since graduating to stock up on supplies, promising that they and my little sister would chip in every dollar they had too. If we were going to make it, we had to stick together as a family. I smiled. "Sure. I'll take care of the plans." That same night, I converted every penny into gold and locked it in a safe. I also went all out into building an apocalypse-proof bunker. When doomsday finally came, they showed up demanding the money we'd pooled together. "Hand over all the gold," they said coldly. "A deadweight like you is just wasting resources by staying alive." Smiling, I tossed them the safe with the gold inside, then sealed the bunker, locking them out completely. Laughing triumphantly, they opened the safe… and stared in shock at what they saw inside.

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Chapter 1
I had just gotten off work when my father, Stanley Reily, came looking for me. He didn't bother with small talk, asking anxiously, "Amelia, I heard through some back channels that an extreme-heat apocalypse is coming. You work at the National Weather Service—you should know best. Is that true?"I thought for a moment before answering. "I can't be certain either, but we can start preparing ahead of time."The moment the words left my mouth, my mother's face drained of color. She grabbed my arm. "Then what are we supposed to do? You're the expert—think of something, quick."My father looked at me, his expression heavy. "Amelia, why don't we set up a family survival fund? We'll put you fully in charge. If the apocalypse really comes, at least we'll be ready."I agreed without hesitation. "All right."He continued, "You've been working for years since graduating. You've saved up quite a bit, so naturally you'll be contributing the largest share—"Before he could finish, I took out
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Chapter 2
"What? You want to mortgage the house?"When I made the suggestion, Stanley and Daisy reacted even more strongly than I had expected.Daisy's eyes widened like bells, her voice jumping an octave. "This is outrageous! Amelia, do you even know what you're saying?"She looked as if she might faint at any second. "This house is something your father and I worked our entire lives for! And Denise is supposed to inherit it when she gets married someday! No—absolutely not!"Denise panicked as well, tears pooling in her eyes. "That's right. If the house is gone, where are we supposed to live in the future?"I looked at them and spoke slowly, enunciating every word. "I know a major player in finance. She's willing to bring me into an investment—returns of at least double. But she has requirements. We need sufficient cash flow.""Double?" Stanley's Adam's apple bobbed."Yes." I raised the stakes. "And she's also agreed to build us a doomsday shelter and invest an equivalent amount in gold
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Chapter 3
Day by day, time slipped past, and the moment of the apocalypse drew closer.The oppressive heat in the air grew more pronounced. By afternoon, the sunlight carried a searing sting against the skin.A few days later, the central air conditioner at home broke down, its cooling power drastically reduced. After checking it, the repairman said the compressor had aged and needed replacing—it would cost over three hundred."Replace it! It has to be replaced!" Daisy fanned herself irritably in the living room. "It's hot as hell already. How are we supposed to live without air-conditioning?"Stanley was drenched in sweat as well. "It does need to be replaced. Amelia, the money…""Dad, I already said it before," I replied evenly. "Not a single cent from the fund should be touched."Seeing Stanley's temper about to flare, I shifted gears. "But since everyone's having such a hard time, I do have a compromise.""What is it?" they asked at once."One of my coworkers has a rental house in th
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Chapter 4
I hung up the call and opened the family group chat.It had already exploded—hundreds of unread messages flashing nonstop.Stanley: [Amelia, you animal! Get your ass out here! Give the gold back to us!]Daisy: [My money! My life's savings! Amelia, you'll die a horrible death! I knew it—you're a walking curse, destined to doom this whole family!]Denise: [Amelia, I'm begging you, please let us in, okay? I don't want to die… it's so hot out here… @Amelia]I admired the chaos for a moment. Then, unhurriedly, I took a photo of the food and ice cream beside me and sent it to the group.I made sure to place the indoor thermometer right in the frame, impossible to miss. 24°C, displayed clearly.The photo was like a bomb dropped into boiling oil.After a brief, deathly silence, the chat erupted into even more frenzied, hysterical messages.Denise: [AHHHH! Amelia! You bitch! You're eating my favorite! And you're enjoying air-conditioning!]Daisy: Damn you! We're being roasted alive out h
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Chapter 5
The next few days passed in absolute comfort for me.I slept until I woke naturally, did yoga, watched old movies I'd downloaded before the apocalypse, studied recipes, and treated my stomach to something different every day.Meanwhile, the rental house had turned into a true living hell.Back then, they had moved into this "safe haven" I'd carefully selected for them, overjoyed and full of anticipation.It did, indeed, have a basement—enough to temporarily block out the initial waves of heat.But they soon discovered the truth: there was no air-conditioning, the windows were pitifully small, ventilation was terrible, and worst of all, it was right next to an abandoned pig farm that reeked of a suffocating stench.Once the apocalypse officially arrived, that so-called refuge quickly transformed into a massive, airtight oven.Surface temperatures soared to seventy degrees. The concrete walls grew scorching hot under the sun. The air inside thickened like congealed glue—every brea
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Chapter 6
That night, while Daisy and Denise hid in the basement to escape the heat, Stanley crept into the kitchen and found the very last sausage.He had just torn open the wrapper, ready to eat it all by himself, when Denise—parched and coming upstairs to look for water—caught him red-handed."Dad! You're stealing food!" Denise's shrill scream ripped through the stifling night.Daisy rushed in as well. The moment she saw Stanley's cheeks stuffed full, half a sausage still clutched in his hand, she exploded."Stanley! You selfish bastard! You're sneaking food behind our backs—behind your own wife and daughter! Are you even a man?""This is our last food!" Denise cried as she lunged at him, trying to snatch the remaining sausage from his hand. "You're actually trying to eat it all by yourself!"Surrounded by his wife and daughter, Stanley panicked and grew furious.He swallowed the food in his mouth in a hurry and shouted through a full mouth, "I'm the head of this family! What's wrong w
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Chapter 7
"Amelia, honey, I'm sorry… Please…" Stanley struggled to lift his head, staring at the pitch-black crack in the door."Let us in… we'll give you everything… all the gold… we don't want anything else anymore… we just want to live…""Yes… Amelia…" Daisy lay sprawled on the ground, tears mixing with blistered fluid from her burns, smearing her face. "I'm begging you… I treated you badly before… I see that now… Please, just take pity on us…"Denise was nearly dried out, her body on the verge of collapse.I didn't respond. Instead, I pressed another button.A mechanical arm slowly pushed a metal tray out through the narrow gap in the door.On the tray sat three plain buns and a single 500-milliliter bottle of mineral water.This was the last bit of "mercy" I was willing to grant them.The moment they saw food and water, the three of them seemed to forget their pain entirely. A feral light burst into their eyes.Stanley was closest. Mustering all his remaining strength, he writhed f
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Chapter 8
When I refused to open the door, they had no choice but to decide to crawl back to the rental house.They never made it.Before they could reach it, they collapsed at the pig farm.With no further supplies, under relentless heat and severe burns, their vitality drained away at terrifying speed.They fell into a pigpen that had long since dried up, filled with rotting pig carcasses and layers of excrement.The overpowering stench swallowed them whole in an instant."No…" Denise let out her final, feeble whimper. She never would have imagined that the end of her life would come in a pigsty reeking of decay.Daisy and Stanley no longer even had the strength to struggle. Their bodies sank helplessly into the filth—foul, putrid, and heavy with the breath of death.Stanley's lips trembled, as if he were trying to say something.I watched quietly until they drew their final breaths and their bodies went completely still.Under the extreme heat, their corpses quickly began to dehydra
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