[ WP ] One normal day you see a mouse pointer move across your field of vision , right click , and delete an object .

I reported the incidence yesterday to my superiors. During my evening hike, I had seen a mouse pointer delete an entire forest, even the ground on which the cedars and pines had stood had disappeared too, leaving a gaping hole that reached the centre of the earth. I had n't been the only one to witness this, the area was popular for hikes and picnics and parties, but I'd been the only NASA employee, the only astronaut around, and I was the one who could immediately inform the people with the power to launch a rocket into space and destroy the mouse pointer. 
 
 Why would we need to launch a rocket into space to destroy the mouse pointer? Because from the moment I saw the phenomenon of an entire forest disappearing into oblivion, I knew the thing had escaped from Area 51 and that it would launch itself into space. It would then right click and delete the earth, in the blink of an eye. I foresaw all this as I stood panting from my hike, screaming people around me, and, without wasting time, I'd informed my superiors of my theories. Next thing I knew, I was on a mission to space with three others, strapped up securely in a seat, ready to destroy the pointer to a million pieces. The whole world was watching. 
 
 From the launch site, if you looked eastwards, you could see a large thick cloud of smoke, grey and toxic like a poisonous mushroom. Lava had begun to flow from the gaping hole where the forest had once been. I felt invigorated and heroic as the rocket blasted off upwards; we were doing this for the people of earth. 
 
 The pointer was no bigger than a car, but that did n't make its dreams of eradicating our entire existence any smaller. To test the waters, it had already deleted the moon and we were certain it very much intended to move onto bigger prey like our Earth. We could see it from inside our rocket, triangular and menacing, but it was moving away from us rapidly, and we followed it, trying to get a good aim, but we could n't keep up and soon it was swallowed up by space. We thought it was maybe malfunctioning, there was an expert on Area 51 stuff on board with us who uncertainly explained its behavior, and we were just about to call the mission off when it hit me. 
 
 `` The sun!'' I breathed. `` It's headed for the sun!'' 
 
 Everyone started chattering at once, and then someone said we would n't be able to catch it in time, unless... 
 
 `` Unless what?'' we all said. 
 
 `` Well...'' Tyrique, a balding astrophysicist looked sheepishly at his hands. `` Unless we bring out the *big one*.'' 
 
 `` You mean that *one*?'' I said amazed. `` The one that travels at the speed of light. I thought it was n't going to be ready for another 20 years.'' 
 
 `` It's ready, alright,'' Tyrique said. `` We're just not confident enough to use it yet. I mean this is the fucking speed of light we're talking about. So many things could happen, good or bad.'' 
 
 There was a heavy silence for a minute and then I said, `` Well, we're going to have to take our chances. For the people of earth. If the sun goes out, we're all gon na freeze to death anyway.'' 
 
 We all exchanged looks, nodded with grim agreement, and then Hannah turned the rocket around back towards earth. We were going to try our best to stop the monster before it switched off the lights and gained an advantage over us in the impenetrable darkness. 
 
 
 
 
 

