It was a normal day on Earth, the sun was up over half the world while the other half slept under the moonlight. Some places were freezing cold, while others were blisteringly hot, some places were being showered with raindrops while other places had a clear, blue sky with a nice wind blowing. Just another normal day on Earth….
On this seemingly normal day, a man living in London found out that he could heal himself! Apparently he just cut himself with a knife and the cut healed itself within seconds! He tried again and again but no matter how deep the cut, it would heal itself quickly. a miracle!
A woman living in Jerusalem suddenly started hearing things VERY loudly. She tried to cover her ears, but the sound somehow got through. She could hear the engines of cars running miles away, the feet of ants hitting the floor of her house, the conversations of everyone in her building. She screamed and screamed, but the sounds didn’t stop…
A shopping mall in Dubai suddenly erupted with the sounds of fire alarms ringing. A man had seemingly caught fire! But the strange thing was, no matter how much he burned, he seemed absolutely fine. His body was covered in flames, but he was still calmly walking around as if nothing had happened.
People all over the world were being subjected to strange things, some were starting to fly while others were starting to move objects with their minds! There were some who could turn invisible, some who could lift cars with a single hand and some who could even control the weather!
What had been a normal day on Earth quickly turned around to a day full of chaos. Every single human, male or female, old or newborn, rich or poor, healthy or sick… every single one of them now had some kind of an ‘ability’ that allowed them to do things previously considered impossible.
Two days later, while humans were still coming to terms with all this craziness, animals and plants started getting abilities too! Some animals could breathe fire, some sprouted wings and others grew up to an enormous size that towered over houses! Plants, not wanting to be left behind, started moving about on their roots, some started growing strange and mysterious flowers while some actually started conversing with humans!
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People were in an uproar! Imagine yourself getting superhero-like abilities and being able to have a pet the stuff of dreams! They all were giddy with excitement! But all good things must come to an end… and the end did come…
Two days after the animals and plants got their abilities, they started going berserk. Pets ripped off their owners throats while they slept, wild animals with abilities started attacking any human they could see, plants started releasing toxins and poisons into the air that killed millions while trees that were previously conversing with humans started moving about and covered entire buildings with vines and crushing them!
Humans were in chaos, but they fought back, their new abilities helping them out immensely. With their technology, mainly guns and bombs, humans killed off countless animals and plants and started getting the upper hand again… Alas, this small resistance also came to an end.
Two days after the animals and plants went berserk, the monsters arrived. The stuff of games and legends: minotaurs, goblins, imps, skeletons, zombies, dragons, giant snakes, enormous birds etc etc… These monsters came and wrecked havoc everywhere. Killing anything and everything in sight, whether it be Earth animals or Earth humans, or even other monsters, they killed on sight. Survival of the fittest, kill or be killed, those were the rules now.
Mysteriously, with the arrival of monsters all technology also collapsed. Cars shut down, mobiles and TVs refused to work, all computers went down, artificial lights went out, even guns and bombs created with technology no longer worked! Crude weapons like knives and swords and their new abilities were the only way for the humans to fight back. Without any forms of communication or their advanced weapons, naturally humans were killed in the billions.
Many religions believed that the world was made in 7 days, and this ‘apocalypse’ felt like it was mocking our religions. 1st day people got abilities, 3rd day plants and animals got them, 5th day plants and animals went berserk and the 7th day was when hell started. In just 7 days the world as we knew it ended.
Will humanity survive in this changed world? Only time will tell…