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&039;Okay so we can eat for a day or two What next? What if we&039;re still alive and all the food&039;s used up? Then what are we going to do?&039;

&039;We could fish,&039; I said, instinctively and foolishly

&039;You going toare you?&039;

&039;If I have to, yes&039;

&039;Oh, come on&039;

&039;What&039;s theto make this rod fro wood on the rocks What are you going to make the rod from?&039;

&039;Don&039;t know I&039;ll use this paddle if I have to&039;

&039;And if you catch any, how are you going to cook the fish?&039;

&039;We&039;ve got matches, we could&039;

&039;I know that,&039; she snapped, &039;but what are you going to do? Burn the fucking boat?&039;

She was right but I couldn&039;t bringdeep into the water again We&039;d find a way to survive We had ht

We eventually reached the rocks and, just as he&039;d told est rock we found a sed the boat as far up the shore as I could and wedged the hull between two large boulders

Clare and I found a little sheltered area where we could sit and wait together and watch

After we had been sitting together for a short while I asked her how she was feeling She shook her head but didn&039;t answer

By three o&039;clock that ht as day I watched hundreds of alien ships crawling high through the perfect clear blue sky like ants Hundredstirelessly close to the surface of the planet I saw more ships like the one that had flown close to us while we had been in the boat Even though it was light I could clearly see that they were each dragging behind the together in slow unison Their purpose was clear They were cleansing the face of the planet Burning away the last traces ofthe land