In a world where any conflict ends with the two parties being turned into babies and returned to their mothers, the last two nations on earth fight their Final War
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It started with two children fighting. Somehow, no one knows how, this strange magical phenomenon occurred when two children were fighting. It only happened occasionally at first, but it became more and more common. Soon, governments were making laws about it. The UN had meetings about it. Eventually, it became apparent that any conflict would result in this. So the governments banned conflicts. But then the corporations started ending up as babies. Eventually, it became clear that it was any sort of argument. Then one day, the first murder happened. We should have seen it coming. <br><br>This meant war. It was the last major conflict. Between two superpowers. The USA and China. The USA had the military power. China had the economic power. So they clashed. <br><br>And the war was vicious. It was brutal. It was short. The USA was winning, fantastically so. Then, one day, they turned up to a battle to find the Chinese had disappeared and the Chinese leader was a squealing baby. The US leaders were stunned. They had won. They were the last nation on earth. The last major conflict had occurred. They cheered.<br><br>But it didn't last. The baby started to cry. It wailed. It screamed. It wouldn't shut up. So they took it to the leader's wife. Maybe it would be happy with a mother figure, they thought. But when they got there, they found another baby. The first lady.<br><br>The leaders were dumbfated. They had no idea what to do. They had won, but what now? They thought and thought. Eventually, they remembered something that a colleague had once told them. They were the only nation left on earth. <br><br>They could do what they liked. <br><br>So they phoned their colleague's wife, took the baby there and told her to look after it. Then they went home. They walked through the front door and were met with another screaming baby. His wife.<br><br>He phoned his colleague. <br><br>"You won't believe what's happened."<br><br>So they went to their colleague's house. They found a screaming baby there. A note on the fridge. "I can't cope. They can't cope. You must cope. Take it to your mother or your sister or someone. Please."<br><br>So he did. He took the two babies to his mother. When he arrived, he found two screaming babies. His sister and her daughter. A note from his mother. "I've gone to your sister. Take them to your aunt."<br><br>So he did. When he arrived, he found his aunt and uncle as babies. So he went to his cousin. His cousin wasn't home, so he gave the four babies to his cousin's wife. When his cousin returned, he found the five babies. So he phoned his other cousin. "You won't believe what's happening."<br><br>"I think I will. Take them to grandma, she'll look after them."<br><br>So he did. When he arrived, he found a note from his grandma. "I've gone to live with my brother. Take them to your uncle."<br><br>So they did. The two cousins went to their uncle. They found their aunt as a baby. So they phoned their uncle's brother. "You won't believe what's going on."<br><br>"I think I will. Take them to my wife. She'll cope."<br><br>So they did. When they arrived, they found a note. "I can't cope. Take them to your mother."<br><br>So the two cousins and two uncle's went to their mothers. One replied "Take them to your sister." The other replied "Take them to your brother." So they did. And so it went. For days. Until eventually, the whole world had gone in a circle. <br><br>Aunt Agatha. Who was in a nursing home. The matron was dumbfated. The whole world was on her doorstep. Five screaming babies. Five wailing adults. She looked at them and raised an eyebrow. <br><br>"I'll cope." She said.
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