[ WP ] You wake up one day to find the world in ruins , and everyone dead . You meet God outside , finding out that he has kept you alive for a reason .

The world turned to ash and ruin around me. Fire rained from the sky and plagues killed people by the millions. Days, weeks, and finally months passed as I alone sat unscathed. 
 
 In the end I was the only one to survive the apocalypse. My family, my friends, my love, all gone. After the grief, and the pain, and the tears, all that remained was a question: Why? And in my pain a voice answered, calling me outside of my home. 
 
 The world around my home was alight with flames and molten earth, but my house was untouched, and the fire did not burn me. And at the end of my driveway was a man, from whom the fires seemed to flee and falter. As I drew nearer and nearer to him I become sure of who it was, and when he looked at me and smiled I knew I was right. 
 
 God spoke softly, but the sounds carried to my ears as clearly as if he were standing next to me. 
 
 `` You, my son, are the only one left. The last of my creations on earth. I have torn asunder the continents, I have boiled the oceans, and I killed all of my children. All but you. Do you know why?'' 
 
 I shook my head. He smiled. 
 
 `` In 40 days and 40 nights the fires will stop. From the ground a new ocean will spring up, and with it new continents. From the ocean will come life, and from that life a new world. Humanity reached its logical conclusion years ago. It was time for it to end, and frankly I was surprised it lasted this long.'' 
 
 `` You... were surprised?'' I responded suddenly, and again the half smile returned. 
 
 `` No. Everything happened as I imagined. Everything happened as it was supposed to. From the moment you were born I knew you were the one.'' 
 
 `` The one what?'' 
 
 `` The last one. The last of humanity to fade away. And from you comes the seed of new life.'' 
 
 `` I do n't understand...'' 
 
 `` You see,'God' is an abstraction. A title. An idea, if you will. Just like this world around us it's an illusion. There is no one god, despite the fact that I am standing here in front of you, there have been many. There will be many more. Humanity was my creation, my failure. This end was not of my design, humanity brought it upon itself with a failed demonic summoning. In the end a fifteen year old boy in Texas kickstarted the apocalypse. And that was my fault.'' 
 
 `` Why are you telling me this?'' 
 
 `` Because you are the new God, of course! Your destiny is to reshape the world- or rather- the entirety of the universe. I focused on Earth, made it alone in a universe of nothing, gave it the means of evolution to accomplish anything and yet it still destroyed itself with magic that they should never have discovered. And now it's your turn.'' 
 
 `` But... I'' 
 
 `` You, my friend, should learn to not look a gift horse in the mouth. It's this or the flames. Actually, it's just this. And do n't worry, you've got all the time in the world to figure it all out.'' 
 
 Then there was a flash of light, and as I opened my eyes I saw *everything*.
