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Alvrav, The Universal Cockroach
By: Kevin Pellegrin and Consuelo Fernández.
Dear reader, picture the following: a post apocalyptic world, a place where nothing lives and nothing breathes. Now, amazing story-indulger, imagine that in a world where everything has ended, a small little cockroach pops its little feelers out from under a pile of debris. This is the story of Alvrav the cockroach, and her life in a post-post-apocalyptic world. This is a story where the end - is only the beginning.
“Oh, not again”. She sighs. This is the second time she survives the world ending and she couldn’t be more tired. “Please, for the love of God, let there be another surviving cockroach”. The first time, she was completely alone for quite a long time, until she found some badgers in what seemed like a deformed rock, and well, it wasn’t pretty after that.
Alvrav had lived what felt like an eternity without a single companion of her own type, and she was used to being alone, but after surviving a second apocalypsis, she had a tiny hope of finding a true friend, at least one that wouldn’t like to eat her (stupid badgers).
She wandered for hours on end, and decided to stay on what looked like a deformed sandwich. She started counting the pieces of rock that surrounded her and when she hit 1,248, she fell asleep. All of the sudden, a giant vibration wakes her up, making her uneasy. She realizes the being where she was sleeping on was moving. She would´ve never imagined this thing would be a living creature, but as she wandered around it, she realized it didn´t even have a face.
“Oh, hi, didn´t see you there”. A voice emanated from the creature. It was sweet and smooth, making Alvrav a little less uneasy. “Hello, who are you?” She replied.
“I´m Peebee, a radioactive sandwich”. Alvrav just stared. “Yes I know, you don´t see many radioactive sandwiches around here, but well, here I am”. Alvrav had mixed feelings. She remembered how much she wanted some company, from a being of her own, but realized she would have to accept Peebee, and roll with it. “Let´s be friends”. Alvrav said and smiled.
They talked about lots of things. Peebee seemed like a very nice being, so Alvrav caved in very easily, she was already beaming over Peebee in a matter of minutes. They were like this for some days, having a nice friendship, but it was obvious Alvrav was the most interested and the one that put more effort. Peebee started getting bored of Alvrav´s existence, because she didn´t know what being alone felt like. She started ignoring Alvrav, to the point where Alvrav felt in deep depression. Peebee still didn´t care and continued her existence ignoring her ex friend´s feelings. Alvrav warned Peebee, that she would give her another chance of appreciating her friendship and still Peebee didn´t care. So, Alvrav died of deep depression, and with that, the whole world died too. Peebe didn´t know the world´s existence was connected to Alvrav, the Major Leader of the Universe.
