Desperation. The air reeked of it. Humanity was in a deadlock, quite literally. The size of the earth in comparison to the sun was like comparing a baby to an adult.

It was so close to the earth, that the exposed side of the planet was a charred mess. Within the planet citizens who were not already dead, were going to die.

The sun was expanding like an inflating balloon. Scientists and researchers had calculated that it was mankind's last day on the face of the universe, death was certain.

more than half of the population had died due to the immense heat, there was no doubt that the remaining 5 billion would soon follow.

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The governments were trying to evacuate the whole planet to mars. Yet even with the extremely advanced technology of man, it was a futile effort.

At most half a billion people would possibly survive, temporarily, as the sun showed no signs of stopping its enlargement.

The only way to combat the heat was with the specialized temperature regulating domes in which, entire cities were coated, but that too was temporary, when the

sun touched the Earth the dome would melt like paper. Scientists, scholars, engineers and the combined force of humanity had failed to survive and thrive as it had

always done in the course of history. In it all, in a small suburb in Missouri, Zade Oscar Douglas, a young man of 22 worked a corporate job.

The Sun touched the Earth and then, there was light...