Part I: Signs and Portents
It is said, that in the final days of the universe that all living things suffered from bad dreams. It was worst on the planet that was to be the crux of the events to come, the world known to its people as 'Earth'. On the continent called 'North America', in the nation known as the United States, the populace did gather in a prideful festival to celebrate their independence and power.
Every person there had dreamt of the terrible things to come, of the dark fate that awaited them…but they forgot, because they must. They forgot the images of the fire and the war and the insanity that was drawing ever closer because the waking world was still full of joy and light. They all forgot…except one.