The Family Survival Fund and Apocalypse Revenge
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.