Thunderstorm

The lightning crashed. The world was engulfed in an seemingly endless storm. Jennifer was sitting on the floor with Ben, her fiancé. "I've never seen anything like it," she said.

"Neither have I," Ben said. "The government has been suspiciously quiet lately. Every time I look online to see something about the storm, every article has been deleted."

"Why?"

"I don't know, but-" Ben stopped abruptly. "What is that?'' He pointed at the sky through the window.

"It looks like a rock, but it's oddly large- you don't think it's an asteroid do you?" Jennifer asked.

"No, of course it's not an asteroid, it would've been destroyed by now."

"Hang on, you mentioned that the government has been quiet lately. You don't think this is why, do you?"

"They would've sent a message on the news or something, they can't just not tell us!"

"They wouldn't want to cause a panic."

"Well that worked out well for them."

"No, there has to be some way to destroy it!"

"It looks like it's closer now...."

"No! This can't be happening! We haven't gotten married yet! We were supposed to have kids-" Jennifer cried.

"It's going to be okay, Jennifer." Ben hugged her.

Then, at that moment, the asteroid hit Earth.

And not just the United States.