Alice's Thoughts

Alice

The world today was created from the greed of men, but isn't that always the way. Man strives for more than he'll ever need and brings the world crashing down with him.

Our world today is one of war. Everyone, from the shopkeepers to the soldiers, from the beggars to the businessmen have been forced to kill or be killed in so many ways that it's a wonder most have not gone insane.

It's unknown where the cataclysm began. That's the thing about war. It never really starts with one incident. War is something built by much more than that. Thousands of incidents, betrayals, and back-stabbings have to occur before war begins. At this point, no one can really point to where the war started in particular. All I can tell you is what I know.

Monsters are real. They have been living in hiding among society for centuries. They worked and lived alongside humans, inserted themselves into governments, bonded with humans they would have devoured in other circumstances. In the beginning of the 21st century, anyone who actually knew about the demons in our midst had no fear of them. The age of monsters was over. Cities were taking over the wild, and humanity had won the battle for the planet.

When the war began, it started with small engagements. Pockets of monsters began to show up all over the world, killing and rampaging before being put down. As time went, things got bad enough that even the media noticed. Governments tried to hide the threat, even as they were learning just how out of touch they were with the world, how far out of their leagues they were. Internet blogs, religious groups,conspiracy theorists and reporters blamed anyone they could. It was easy enough.

Random explosions were the works of terrorists. People dying of unexplained diseases obviously came from animal activists. Sudden disappearances? Aliens, said the conspiracy theorists. People going crazy, acting berserk as they killed people, needing entire swat teams to bring down what was once a five year old girl? Demonic possession (Which turned out to be frighteningly close to the truth).

It was the vampires who launched the final assault. They were once seen as little more than pretenders to the throne when it came to monsters. Half-men, impure and incapable of being anything more than pests. Ironic, considering how loved they were in mankind's culture.

One night, they assaulted a small town in Canada. Everyone died. A city of one thousand and fifty four. That same night, one thousand and fifty four vampires joined the darkness. They attacked another town.And another. And another.

Theybegan to seed themselves across the world, opening the gates for other monsters. Fae, ferals, sirens, oni, all poured into these weaknesses. Cities began to pour with blood. Police officers started acting more like soldiers than cops, carrying military hardware in inexperienced hands to face the threats coming at them.

Martial law was put into place in every city and every town, everywhere had become a war zone. Nowhere was safe.

Australia was the first country to admit the truth, but it was too late by then.

There was no turning back the tide.