At Worlds' End

Almost no one lived to see the year 3000. Why you ask? It was the bombing that nearly ended it all. There was only a handful of living people, about two hundred fifty. The World's entire population had gone from seven billion to two fifty in less than twenty-four hours. It was a time filled with starvation and poverty, fire and gasses.
It felt like the end of the world for the rest of us. The apocalypse. And here's how it began.