Prologue: The Collapse
Time: 18:00
Location: Russia
Weather: Snowy
The wind blew hard, the air thick with snow. On the road, a figure trudged through the snow, desperately trying to get away. Screams of pain filled the air, as ship after ship descended towards the surface. Strange creatures leaped from them, snarling. Car horns honked frantically to no avail, gunshots ringing out in the pitch black night. The individual slowly kept making his way across the highway, panting. He clutched his arm, falling to his knees.
"Gah…damnit…it hurts…" He gritted his teeth, and stood up. Blood was soaking through his coat, and he shivered. He started to walk again, before stumbling to the ground again. "Argh…no, I have to keep going…I…I have to warn the others…" He began to crawl forward ever so slowly.
"Yuli!" A shrill shout rang through the air. A girl ran from the fray, and helped the youth to his feet. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Myra…just go help your family." The boy averted his eyes. "I need to warn everybody else. They don't know about it…they'll think it's just another gunfight."
The girl shook her head. "There is no way in hell I'm letting you wander through this chaos in this state! We have to leave now!" She desperately tugs on his shoulders, but he shakes her off. "I'm not leaving without my brother! I can't abandon him!" With a grunt of pain, he begins to break into a sprint.
"Yuli! Stop!" the adolescent called desperately. But he didn't hear her. As his feet carried him closer to fray, the sounds of gunfire slowly died away. Fearing the worst, the boy rushed forward over a hill, only to stop short.
The ground was littered with bodies, each one leaking massive amounts of blood. Strange scorch marks were visible on each one, and their expressions were of pain, sorrow, and shock. Suddenly, the boy rushed over and kneeled over a body, sobbing.
"No, Arnove! Wake up, wake up! Please!" The teenager anxiously shook the body, only for it to shuffle from side to side listlessly. He didn't notice a small red dot that was shining on the side of his temple.
"Arnove, get up! Come on! P-please…"
A strange arc of energy sailed out of the air, and struck the boy in the head. He keeled over, motionless, his eyes unseeing but filled with tears.
Slowly, the wind blew even harder. The snow was already beginning to cover the bodies, until not a trace of the fight was left.
About 2,000 years later…
The sky is a brilliant blue, causing the snow to sparkle on the ground. The trees are completely wilted, with old cars pilling the highway. A mysterious object is flying through the air, a blue light emitting from what appears to be its eyes. It takes the form of an odd 4-pointed shape, with its eye in the shape of a diamond with a circle in the center. As it flies through the air, it leaves a trail of blue particles. Nearing a car, it stops short and starts scanning the skeleton inside. Its eye shrinks, and it exclaims, "Ouch…that had to hurt." It flies away, evidently disappointed.
Suddenly, it turns and it begins to scan the ground near a patch of shrubs. Its optical widens, causing it to whisper softly, "Is it really possible…?" After a while of scanning, it expands into a sphere of blue light, and slowly waited. Meanwhile, the ground began to glow a faint blue, and bits of the environment begin to disappear around it. The snow begins to melt, revealing an interesting corpse, still intact and well preserved. The machine gives a happy whir. "I've finally found you!
To be continued…
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