I've faced death many times throughout the years and now I no longer fear it, in fact, I can defeat it. We, the survivors, have two options. The first is to run and hide from the creatures that now overrun this once great planet, the other is to fight them defiantly, without pause. Those of us who do stand against them fight for ourselves, for future generations, and for our vow of stipulation for freedom. My name is Sofia, and I fight for Earth. When certain, terrifying, event happen your mind tends to linger on it for weeks and months. These events have permanently burned themselves into my mind and any hope of them ever disappearing from my memory were destroyed as the events continued. I would say how long it has been since the world has ended but time seems to have no effect in this never ending war. Therefor I cannot recall some of the time periods. I was 25 in the year 2015 and in university. With the year 2012 past, some peoples' minds were at ease, while the others had not believed in such things things. It started with power outages, then earth quakes. Many of the warmer regions had experienced cold temperatures, killing off the crops and leaving many less fortunate people frozen. The temperature would go from 25 degrees to -45 degrees within 30 minutes. Then within the next few hours it would go back to 25 degrees. Very unexplainable. Canada is where I am from. All of Canada experienced power outages. It never got serious until everyone was exposed to the radiation. Canada was hit first, then all of the United States within a few days. A third of the United States' population was wiped out, while a half of Canada's population remained alive. Next hit was India. The radiation came from every corner of India all at once, after that less than 9,000 people remained alive. Next on the list was China, the radiation killed many, causing every factory to come to a halt. After that the radiation seemed to disappear and there were no more attacks for a few weeks. It seemed as if it was over, every being was safe. Little did we know it was about to strike again, only this time the affects would be far more worse.
During all of this I had been evacuated to underground safe houses along with many others. The radiation had come from the East, I lived more to the West, we had time to evacuate whereas people from the East sadly did not have enough time. The safe houses were dull with white walls, white flooring, and old, scruffy, outdated furniture. However it was a safe zone from the death happening above. After three weeks they allowed us to come above ground once ago. The sight, and smell, was something from a nightmare. Bodies of the old and the young littered the ground. Work buildings were in ruins, chucks of them resting on the ground. The small town of Airdrie in Alberta was no longer considered a friendly, warm town. Instead it was now a decimated waste land. Nothing was familiar. When I first saw the bodies I gasped and dropped my gaze. I felt the others around me pause and felt the air shift from a deathly silence to an unnatural uneasiness. They too were from the safe house, there's was 59 of us, and by now I had memorized every face. I felt my vision go blurry as a tear formed in my eye so I shut my eye lids tight to keep the tears away. Now was not the time. A soft, yet firm hand rested on my shoulder for a moment and my head automatically raised and turned to see who it was. He was an African American teenager who had escaped the radiation. I had gotten to know him well in the time under ground. His name was James and he was 17 years of age with a friendly and caring side, but he could get very angry easily if you say the wrong thing. "Sofia? You alright? Just don't look up, okay? Follow me." He said gently and dropped his hand from my shoulder. James was a very brave boy, his parents had not gotten to the safe house with him so he was all alone. But he never showed his sadness for he knew it would get the best of him. I kept my eyes on the ground as I followed James. The military men who had brought us here were also shocked of the sight. The one who I believe was a general spoke up. "Everyone return to your homes and wait it out" He said, ignoring the peoples protest. "We ain't got no damn homes anymore!" One calked out and others murmured in agreement. But the general and his three other members left us. This was the first day of the new world.