The Darkness that Surrounds Us

5 months, I had been putting up, living with this for 5 sorrowful, intense months. A constant winter, the cold was the only thing I seemed to know at this point. The atmosphere, the seasons, everything had all gone to hell.

The world started falling apart slowly at first, our race had created a new atmosphere that surrounded the earth, blocking out the sun, and a scientist had created a serum allowing us to adapt to the conditions of the ocean. His thought process being if deep sea creatures could live without the influence of the sun then why couldn't we? Though there were two catches with this serum, you couldn't adapt back to land after it was taken and 50 percent of participants died.

Read more of this Short Story to find out what happens.