[ WP ] Arthur C. Clarke said that `` Two possibilities exist : either we are alone in the universe or we are not . Both are equally terrifying . '' What he did n't know is that there is a third possibility ...

`` Mr President Sir, your going to want to take this.'' 
 
 ``... Sorry Mr Speaker, can we catch up later this morning?'' 
 
 `` Sure Mr President.'' 
 
 The POTUS takes the brilliant white satellite handset from his chief aide Andrew, who waits politely by the desk to further brief the President when the call had finished. 
 
 `` Good Afternoon Mr President, I am Dr Graham Bjorn, head of Extra Solar Activity Observations at NASA. I am afraid I have some rather bad news.'' 
 
 `` Go on, well..at least its not Aliens this time. That cat is already out of the bag..'' 
 
 `` No sir. Its far worse.'' 
 
 `` You have my attention.'' 
 
 `` This is going to sound ridiculous and you probably arent going to believe me, so Ill just go ahead and say it. Another Universe has crashed into ours, and is ripping it apart.'' 
 
 `` Another... Universe?'' 
 
 `` Yes sir. A neighbouring parallel Universe has come into contact with ours and has ruptured the divide. The thing is, this could of been happening for billions of years and we would have had no warning until the collision reached our galactic neighbourhood.'' 
 
 `` So... what, will it hit us or something?'' 
 
 `` Chances are... no, nothing will hit us. But thats not the point. The laws of physics we understand here..in our Universe, could all change. The fundamental building blocks of life could unravel sir. Its a nightmare scenario, which I am sorry to say is very real.'' 
 
 `` Jeesus.'' 
 
 `` If this is God's work sir, I think he is mightily displeased.'' 
 
 ``..How... how long do we have'' 
 
 `` A few months..at best. The shockwave from the impact is travelling at the speed of light, there is no way to stop it. We have no idea what the conditions will be like when our space in the Universe interacts with the invading Universe. It could be fine, it could be the end of everything. The thing is, it might not completely envelope our area, it appears the expansion into our Universe is not total, and there are large patches of space that appear unnaffected, with filaments of the new universe running through it.'' 
 
 `` A ray of light, Doctor. What can we do?'' 
 
 `` That I leave up to you Mr President. The world is currently embroiled in the chaos from First Contact, so it would be adding fuel to the flames if news of this got out...''
