Revolution

Chapter 7

The bluish mist disappeared after two days. Everything looked normal. Every channel started to broadcast a certain message. Everybody expected it to be the news about the mysterious gas. A masked man appeared on all the screens around the world and started speaking in English : “Right after this broadcast, we are going to take control over the world. Protest will be considered as acts of treason. There will be no more government organizations- only us. We will give all the major government organizations one hour to surrender or be killed at sight. This is not a prank. To show our power, we are starting a worldwide blackout after this broadcast. Co-operate and we will spare your lives. “

Roads were lit with headlights of cars and cloudy, moonless sky made the cities look darker. Pitch black all around the world, major buildings had backup power which started right when blackout arrived. United Nations organizations with various presidents from powerful countries started their meetings. All the countries  were too proud to give up. American president went online, declared that they don't negotiate with terrorists and before he could finish his online broadcast it was hacked in, replacing his face by the masked man : “I warned you. Now everyone can witness what happens to ‘ANYONE’ who protests. “ Screen changed to a satellite view of white house. We could see white house armed and ready for any attack. Soldiers covering every side of White House and huge radar coming up on top of the building with two different kind of missiles ready to launch on both sides. The broadcast was live and the masked man's voice could be heard. He was counting down from ten. Tension increased in all the viewers who could access it, especially the countries who were going to support America after their broadcast. Five , four, ……. Radar started rotating faster and the missiles started to launch at something. All the soldiers moved the president to his underground bunker. Two, one…. Twenty five missiles from all the sides destroyed white house in seconds. Screen changed to another view from top. American helicopters blew up all around white house, white house in pieces, again a sound could be heard. Three, two, one …. A huge nuclear missile just landed in the middle destroying half the city. The whole world was silent. Nobody dared to do anything. One hour time limit was almost up. Three minutes were left and another broadcast came up. “Everyone can expect the same result unless you surrender within … 2 minutes 15 sec 14...13.. tick tock..” Nobody dared to challenge the threat. Three days of miserable blackout ended with all the governments and rulers thrown out of their chair. All over the world, black flag with a red graffiti mask hung showing the power of the secret organization. The Chemical seemed to have a slow reaction since airborne and people waited in their home, being afraid of mass murdering terrorists and the life changing chemical in sky.

Night patrols of masked men made sure nobody dared to play hero. People started to disagree with the whole concept and started to paint graffiti as a sign of protest. Nights turned miserable as gunshots started being a common sound and people started to go missing day by day. Protests increased on the streets but it didn't last long, it wasn't because of night guard’s ruthless killing but because human beings and animals started to show changes. Some people were too afraid to go out after seeing animals change. Some had family members behaving like an animal. A few people started choking and spitting blood with intense pain all over the body, sensation of pain made them tear their own skin and after the horrible nightmare went on for four days, they eventually died. Rest of the people started to fall on the floor unconscious and nobody knew what to do. Most of them woke up few days later with an urge for survival. Their body structure was intact but with an additional feature. Tentacles appeared from their back when they feel vulnerable or angry. Urge for survival made them threatened by the night guard and this ended up making gangs, hunting down guards at night. Those who didn't undergo any change felt scared to go out at dark and stayed home. Nightmares which adults went through as kids, all came alive at night to haunt them more.