[ WP ] Around the world , the following message was heard : `` We would like to announce that Hell is finally empty . ''

The last of us were free. Escaped. The bleak desolation of that place was behind us. No more blistering heat and constant hunger. We were moving on to the promise of blue skies and green grass and ocean waves and cool breezes. Every moment, the existence we fled seemed more dream-like. With luck, it would soon be a barely-remembered nightmare. For the first time in an eternity, there was hope. 
 
 The captain's voice came over the loudspeakers: `` We would like to announce that Hell is finally empty.'' The system showed it was set for a global broadcast, transmitting across the entire empty planet. He always did have a flair for the dramatic... although, that's a pretty fair description of Earth these days.
