At first it was just isolated reports. A quick, inexplicable spike in the mortality rate. Rumors started spreading. Whispers about where these deaths came from. Governments and scientists denied what was happening.

But the rumors kept growing stronger. People spoke of strange lightbeams coming from the bodies of those who’d died in these unusual circumstances. The prophets had a field day, raving on about the coming of the Apocalypse. For once, they were right: The four horsemen had just spurred their steeds into second gear.

Someone should have done something. Anything. We should have listened. Should have seen. Instead, we lived with these monsters among us. Tolerated their presence.

It took them twenty days. We don’t know who started it – probably the governments.. at first they pretended to cooperate. Tried to find out what was happening to them. But soon skirmishes broke out. Entire facilities swept clear of all life. Now, they control everything. In a blink, everything had changed.