[ WP ] You had set in motion a series of events that lead to the destruction of human civilisation . You are given a chance to go back in time and right your wrong . You fail . You are given a chance to go back in time and right your wrong . You fail ... This is the 367th cycle .

I've watched it happen from many different places and each time it's the same. First come the tremors that start in the ankles and makes it feel like you're standing on a bridge when a train's going by. Then the real magic happens. I've watched the same expression on a thousand faces right before they realize the worst is about to happen, before the land turns to jelly and vomits up its internal organs. I get to watch the world slowly pull apart and their faces turn to ash. 
 
 `` You can stop this,'' He says. 
 
 I shrug and ignore him. We've had this conversation before. I can feel the tremors start. It's a slow shake, like you've had too much to drink. 
 
 `` All you have to do...'' He says. 
 
 `` I know,'' I interrupt him. 
 
 `` Then why do n't you...'' 
 
 `` I have my reasons,'' I say. I do n't want to have to explain it for the, what's it been now, a year? 
 
 `` A year and two days,'' He says, reading my thoughts. 
 
 `` I did n't ask,'' I tell him. 
 
 He does n't say anything else. He does n't need to. I already know what he's going to say and it's always the same. This time, I've chosen a bar on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. It's a dry, miserable heat and no one realizes it's only going to get worse. 
 
 `` Just say it,'' He sighs. 
 
 `` I do n't want to,'' I tell him. 
 
 The people around me are thrown to the ground and I join them. I watch their faces turn from confusion to fear as they realize this is the big one that everyone's been expecting. Then the ground splits open and a mixture of gasses and fire belches upwards. In the distance, I can see a wave nearly a hundred feet high rise up. 
 
 `` You're a stubborn ass, you know?'' He sighs. 
 
 `` I know,'' I shrug. 
 
 The waves reach me before the fire does and the world goes dark. I've almost memorized the entire process by now, but it's the people that keeps me from stopping it. I just need to see it on each one of their faces. 
 
 `` Come on, Lucy. Just say you're sorry,'' He says again. 
 
 I shake my head and ready myself for the next go around. I know I'll apologize eventually, but not yet. There's still so many people to see.
