A bomb counts down under the living room but the people above are unaware.

  Jim: “I’m telling you it isn’t possible.”

  Sarah: “It is possible and has happened.”

  Jim: “There is no way a guy can be struck by lightning and bitten by a cobra at the same time and live to tell about it. It simply is not possible.”

  Ken: “Hmm…”

  Sarah: “It is possible! My friend’s sister’s boyfriend told us.”

  Jim: “And you believed him!”

  Ken: “Does anyone hear that ticking.” Sarah makes a face.

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  Sarah: “Yes!”

  Ken: “Really? Where do you think it’s coming from?”

  Jim: “Then you are stupider than I thought you were.”

  Sarah: “No! You’re stupider!”

  Ken: “Where did you say you heard it?” He got up and started looking around the room.

  Tick Tock Tick

  Jim: “No, you’re stupider!” Ken checked behind the couch.

  Pam: “Stop fighting!” She yelled from the kitchen. Ken checked under the bookshelves.

  Sarah: “You’re the Stupidest!” Ken around the coffee table. Pam entered the room.

  Pam: “If you two don’t knock it off, you’re both going to be grounded!” Ken looked around in the dining room but the ticking got quieter.

  Sarah: “He started it!” Ken came back to the living room.

  Tick Tock Tick

  Jim: “Well you hadn’t said something so stupid I wouldn’t have commented.”

  Tick Tock Tick

  Ken stepped out through the front door: quieter.

  Pam: “THAT’S IT!”

  BOOOOOOOOOOOM

  The blast knocks Ken back. The front of the house, gone. Debris showered the lawn along with 'other'. Ken’s mind was in a spin. He looked around but there was a foreign spin. What happened?