“Mommy what’s happening?!”
A little girl cried to her mother while the world shook and erupted around them.
“Keep your head down!” her mother shouted, holding her daughter closely to her chest and cowering in a corner. Glass shot out from the windows of the grocery store, shredding the people too slow to get away. Screams could be heard all around as shelves toppled. The lucky ones were able to crawl out beneath the shelves, while others were stuck beneath debris. Few could run for cover effectively as the shaking made it far too difficult to balance. The earthquake was far too sudden and violent to react in time.
The girl screamed as she clutched to her mother’s shirt, bawling and screaming for the shaking to stop. Eventually, after what felt like hours, the shaking began to abate, though the screams of the injured and dying did not. The girl fearfully looked out from behind her mother and stared into the eyes of a beast. She could barely scream before the monster swept its claws straight through both of them, silencing them forever.
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While devastating, the earthquake that was felt worldwide was only a symptom something far greater. That day, dark towers miles wide rose from the ground in every major city of the world. Smaller towers rose from smaller cities, while the only ones spared were the ones lucky enough to live far from the cities. Even those spared by the rising of the towers were faced with the earthquakes created by the hulking structures. Those who survived the earthquake and were unlucky enough to live on the coast were swamped by tsunamis. The worst fate waited for those who survived both.
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Monsters of every kind came pouring out of every crack and crevice possible. Some even seemed to step out of thin air. These monsters were incredibly varied, some large, some small, but they all sought out to kill every human being they could. The following week, screams were a common occurrence, though they did not last long before they were cut short.
Some managed to band together. While large-scale communication was impossible with the destruction of every major city, locals did whatever they could to hide or fight against the menace that tried to eradicate the last surviving members of humanity.
Those that prepared to fight back found every piece of weaponry they could get their hands on, from kitchen knives to assault rifles. Those that thought themselves lucky to get their hands on the latter were met with a disturbing message as they opened fire:
Monsters are immune to advanced weaponry
The very fact that a message popped into view right before their eyes terrified the few who weren’t already terrified by the message it gave. Forced to resort to knives, swords, and spears, humans were at a great disadvantage to the monster’s superior strength and numbers.
Despite the grim prospects of humanity’s survival, five heroes managed to arise from the death and destruction around them. Many pockets of humanity remained in small numbers, but the power of the heroes may bring back the glory of the human race.
Assuming they survive, of course.