Prologue
It all started with a blast. An explosion in the heart of Empire City that changed everything. The whole world knew vaguely about these events. Something about a plague, something about a terrorist. But none of us truly knew that the world would never be the same.
As the days past we all started to notice the changes. At first it was just urban myths about people who could fly and walk through walls. But then it became very real when the world discovered Cole MacGrath. The quarantine of Empire City and the military had left us all in the dark about the events transpiring, but a hacker calling himself 'The Voice of Survival' had managed to hack a satellite and show everyone just what was happening. A hero had been born.
We all stared in awe when we witnessed this man, this one man take on superhuman foes unlike any we had ever seen, and all alone while selflessly protecting the innocent.
The world had become transfixed by Empire City and the government was getting very nervous. People were rioting, saying that our fellow man shouldn't be caged and left to rot and that the government should be helping them like that MacGrath guy. This one man had inspired a nation to get off their asses and help each other, and that was amazing.
A month had passed and the world had gone into a rapid state of evolution. People with powers, Conduits as they were calling them, began to spring up everywhere. The world looked to be looking at a new age of discovery and prosperity. Until the Beast arrived.
A creature of immeasurable power that at the point of its awakening destroyed all of Empire City and defeated Cole MacGrath. And then all hell broke loose. The Beats began to surge its way through the country destroying everything in its path, heading south for some reason, and with it the plague followed. The whole of the east coast of America, decimated by The Beats and the plague. The rest of the world were fearful, the government was desperate.
After a couple of days of the whole world collectively holding their breath, news came of a nuke being dropped on the Beast. For a moment we thought we were safe. We thought wrong. The Beats was not dead. It was still very much alive.
All hope seemed to be lost until, suddenly a brilliant blast of light lit up the skies. People started dropping dead for no apparent reason but at the same time plague victims seemed to have been getting better. The plague had been cured. But at the cost of the lives of tens of thousounds of Conduits. It was the decimation of a new race, but the rescue of Mankind.
The Beast had been defeated as well, and I knew in my heart that Cole MacGrath was responsible. The world cheered as the biggest pandemic since the Black Death disappeared over night. And the Government cheered as they had effectively had there three most prominent problems; Conduits, The Beast and the Plague dispatched.
But the blast did not kill all Conduits. I'd heard somewhere that Conduits got their powers from Ray field radiation. But there will always be background radiation no matter how much you try to clean it up. The Plague was most definitely gone. But Conduits. They were still alive. Some with their powers activated,some who still didn't realise their true identities yet.
Slowly, but surely re emerging. Not as fast as the time before but within a year there was about a 1000 of us scattered around the globe. And thats when it happened. In the dead of night, the start of the war that we all came to call the Midnight Harvest began.
The government started raiding civilian households and rounding up Conduits, or Bioterrorists as they began to call us. They had thrown the spear, the first casualties of war had happened. And there was no going back. My name is Franklin Morse, and it began with a blast and ended with one. Now this is the Aftermath. Welcome to the War.
