595. That’s how many days the world had been in chaos. They had come on the 16th of August. Big, unworldly creatures. Later, after destroying half the worlds population, they morphed. Becoming human like shapes, but they weren’t human. Three months after that, they brought in more of their kind. After another month, they killed off anyone over the age of fifty, ultimately cutting of another 35% of our population. These foreign invaders became known as R-16’s. The R naming the color of their eyes; 16 naming the day our world was turned upside down.

Schooling for people over 16 was abolished . Only the richest R-16 praising families were allowed education after that. That left the under-educated to scrounge up simple and low paying jobs. Cars became a luxury, leaving less then 10,000 in the world. New drugs surfaced, along with new forms of liquor. The drugs gave you a high then a day later left you mad, paralyzed, or dead. The booze were addicting, leaving you wanting more. Men and women became homeless, due to the prices of that magic amber and silver liquor.

Disease ridden scavengers were found in allies, either half-dead and twitching or already there. Hospitals were rare, only found in the heart of big cities. Meaning clinics were set up in back rooms that were disease filled. Rebellions broke out often leaving men, women, teens, and children strung in the middle of town for all to see. The children weren’t even involve, just examples.

That’s what the world had become

Drugs

Disease

Rebellion