It was a normal day in the Shinjuku District.  Quiet, calm, a little on the muggy side.  People cramming themselves into the subway cars to avoid being late.  Children heading off to school for the day.
         Others knew this day was far from normal.
         The year was 2015.  Meaningless for some, meaningful to others.
         Televisions began to flicker.  News broadcasters took the place of people's favorite shows.
         "... Magnetic interference... causing television and radio interference... Stay tuned for more."
         It was a normal sunny day.  Until those black clouds started to form.
         "... Gentlemen... we all knew this day would come." one man said, his back to the group of people.
         All were in white lab coats, their faces covered by shadows.  The lights were off, many of them had drinks infront of them, others had bottles of rum.  The man turned to face him, his hands neatly folded behind his back, his voice strong and unshaken by the sudden change in weather.
         "We have been preparing for this day for a long time."
         One stood up.
         "Preparation is one thing.  How do we know that we'll all really survive?"
         He laughed.
         "We won't, but we can hope, can't we?"
         He held up his glass to the croud. Outside, the clouds concealed the sky behind them.  They were thick and fluffy, as if holding back massive rains.  The clouds parted in one section, breaking free, a light beginning to pour through.  The clouds began to swirl around this light.
         "To the future, gentlemen.  I hope to see you all again."
         The room was filled with murmurs, as each raised their drinks, and downed them, stood and turned away from him.  Each of them left the room, and trailed down a series of hallways, a long path set before them.  Various stairs, elevators, junctions... all lead down.  Deep down.   The one who stood before them before lead the way, and stopped infront of massive steel doors.  He lifted his hand and pressed it against a panel, a light gently traced down over his hand.  With a rumble and a loud hiss, the hydraulics on the inside pulled the massive double doors open, and they entered.  Breaths were visible in this cold room, and many capsules lined the walls.
         "... Well, gentlemen... to each your own."
         With that said, many of the men turned to each other and nodded to one-another, and shook one-another's hands, various 'farewells' and 'good lucks' shared.  With that, each walked towards a capsule.  In unison, the capsules gave a loud hiss, white mist spewed forth from each capsule.  The scientists stepped in, turned, and shut their eyes.  As the glass closed over them, the man who stood before them smirked.
         "... Only I will live to see the future."
         The light outside spread, quickly consuming several thousand feet in radius.  People on the roads stopped, heads stuck out of car windows, jaws dropped at this happening.  People in office buildings stepped away from their desks to see what was happening. Teachers dropped their books to dart over to the window and attempted to calm the children down.  The crouds crammed into the subway cars all gathered, pushed, and shoved one-another to get an eye-full of this event.
         A shadow descended from the pillar of light.  The pillar of light quickly bursted outward, and quickly consumed everything.  Things seemed to fade away into the light; people, buildings, cars, children, plants, animals... nothing was spared...  The light spread in all directions, and quickly veiled the entire planet... and once the light had faded completely out...
         ... There was nothing... the sun veiled behind a moon... the water red... no land remained visible.
         The earth was one ocean of blood.