Three Minutes till Impact
Many years far into the future man has flourished. He has openned doorways into the known universe and beyond. But one dark day will mark coming of man's doom on Earth. Earth sent out resque signals to all who passed by and to the other colonies on the other planets, but no answer came back. It seemed Earth was cut off from the rest of the universe, forced to await its doom alone.
All eyes turned to the skies as the saw a comet flash across the heavens. They saw the truth, the Apocalypse was going to happen. Scientists tried their best at shooting at it, throwing it off course, or blowing it up, but it was all in vane. They tried to contact the colonies on Mars and Uranus. They awaited urgently for a reply, a hand that will save them. Unfortunately, static caused by the comet jammed all waves to the planets. They thought of getting people off the planet, but there were not many space craft left. Those who have gone, did not send any crafts back to resque others. People jammed the space ports, thousands crushed by trampling feet.
When the last craft left, those who were left, looked up at the heavens. No one cared. This was a barbaric time, it was every man for himself.
Again, Earth's deffences tried to knock the comet off its doomsday course, it was like God himself was guiding it. The ones that were left quickly realized their own mortality. It was the Hammer coming down on poor Earth.
A scientist, named Robert Shubert, requested to the remaining of the government that they should try to fit some of the remaining people in underground shelters left off from World War III. They were high-tech shelters, with Oxygen tanks, power, and food supply storage. The remaining government decided to go with his plan, but not all of humanity would fit in these shelters. There were those who would have to be sacrificed to the comet.
All eyes turned to the skies--------
The Deffence Branches began to assign living quarters to those who were chosen to live in the shelters. People slowly filed into the shelters, while those who were left to the comet, looked on with hopeless eyes. Empaths, people with telepathic, and healing abilities were important to the Army. All those with empathic abilities got in first. Then, it was families of soldiers and scientists. Then, leaders began to draw names out of hats. Those people began to file in, who's names were called. The others were left standing. People turned into animals, after the doors to the shelters were closed. All of those, who were left to die, turned to looters and savagery. All Hell broke loose on the surface of Earth.
All eyes turned to the skies----
Somewhere in New York, a sinner bows down to God and prays that he might live forever in the afterlife. Somewhere in Nashville, a country singer sings his last, sad song before pulling a gun on his head. Somewhere in Miami Beach, a little Cuban girl hides under her bed. She covers her eyes, pretending that this is all a dream. Her mother lies dead of the floor, her wrists slit. Somewhere in San Fransisco, a man prepares himself to plunge off the Golden Gate Bridge. He stands there on the edge, looking back at life, then looking up at the sky, at death. He hesitates for a momment, remebering his family. Then, with a heavy sigh, he leaps.
The sky is alive with fire as scoldering rocks plumet from the black void of space.
Three minutes til impact!
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The Aftermath Chapter 1