And so it began….
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Chapter Fifty-Four 2nd February 10:45 AM
The neon jungle that was Times Square in New York was awash with people. It was midmorning and tourists were gazing at the changing displays. Locals passed through oblivious to what was happening above their heads.
A figure clad in white with flowing, fair hair descended from the cloudless sky and raised a large trumpet to its lips.
The tourists gazed in awe. “Must be an advert for the new Disney movie!” A man with a baseball cap on shouted.
A sudden loud, deep monotone made everyone in and around the square scream and cover their ears. Windows shattered and car alarms erupted as the sky darkened and lightening streaked across the city. Then hail stones, many the size of human eye balls, sent people running for cover. Soon the hail was half a metre deep in the square and movement was nigh impossible.
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Chapter Fifty-Five 2nd February 10:45 AM
A figure with long fair hair descended through the morning mist and hovered above Lake Michigan.
Then a loud trumpet blast followed which echoed through the downtown canyons of Chicago Illinois.
A tidal wave swept in from the lake and flowed through the streets bringing chaos to a stunned city.
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Chapter Fifty-Six 2nd February 10:45 AM
The citizens of Miami were going about their normal Tuesday morning business when a figure clad in white descended from the sky. He blew a trumpet, piercing the atmosphere of the downtown area. There was a flash across the sky followed by a massive explosion and the air burned destroying buildings and humans.
The blame was later put on the Russians, then terrorists, who had laid their hands on Iran’s nuclear capability, until NASA stepped in and declared that a near-Earth asteroid crashing through the atmosphere took them by surprise. The name of the asteroid: Wormwood.
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Chapter Fifty-Seven 2nd February 10:45 AM
A trumpet blast accompanied the start of a blanking of the sun in Atlanta Georgia. The blanking was being caused by smoke drifting across the land from the destruction of other towns and cities.
The city centre came to a halt as a blond-haired angel descended between the buildings.
People emptied out of stores and stood transfixed at the darkened sky. The angel glanced at them before disappearing.
“This is the end!” Shouted a man with long hair and a beard who had walked out between the now stationary traffic with arms raised.
Army and police vehicles drove along Peachtree Street, skirting around the immobile cars, instructing people to leave the area and head east away from the approaching Dark Army.
Helicopters flew above the city broadcasting the same message.
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