Nobody knows exactly what the mysterious structure was or where it came from, least of all yourself. You remember you were just walking down the street one day, heading over to a friend’s house to chill out and catch up, maybe play some video games. But you were scarcely a few blocks away from your apartment when everything went to hell.
One minute you were just walking down the sidewalk, a spring in your step, and the hum of a song buzzing on your lips. The next, you were suddenly knocked flat on your ass as a sudden shockwave ripped through the street, sending pedestrians and cars alike flying.. Your mind reeled and raced with adrenaline as you picked your aching, but ultimately unharmed body off the concrete. An earthquake? Still dizzy from impact, your eyes dart, watching the dazed and panicked civilians gathered around, some stumbling out of their waylaid cars. Miraculously, it appears that no one was hurt by the sudden quake. Even more miraculously, the only thing that seemed to be affected were people. All of the buildings seemed to be standing perfectly, untouched by the mysterious shockwave.
But that was not the end of the ominous phenomena. As the bewildered onlookers began to form into a small crowd, one of them suddenly cried out “Look at the sky!”
All eyes turned upward and widened with shock. What was once a perfectly clear blue sky was quickly overcome with thick, winding clouds that twisted and spiraled in the air. A sudden crack of thunder shook the skies, and to the fear and astonishment of the crowd, the skies darkened in a crimson hue.
Suddenly the swirling clouds began to move westward, as if with a purpose. Some of the small crowd hung back, some went for shelter, others fell to their knees and prayed, convinced it was a sign of the end times. And yet, others, including yourself, felt compelled to follow the clouds as they danced in the blood-red sky.
You and the crowd began to parade in the city street and sidewalk, slowly growing in number as other stragglers and waylaid citizens, man, woman, and child curiously joined in. You and your new found companions tracked the formation in the sky, following it to the city park, a large area hundreds of acres wide. On a normal day people could be found talking, jogging, playing, and just enjoying themselves. But of course, this was no ordinary day.
The grown mob and yourself began to slowly pour into the park, passing by those who were already there and staring fearfully at the mass in the sky. It soon came to rest above a large and now-empty field, its former occupants scrambling to get out from underneath.
Not a second too soon, the swirling clouds erupted into a blinding beam of white hot light that slammed into the ground, causing yet another tremor. You and the other onlookers were forced to shield your eyes as the light grew in intensity. Had you been able to look, you would have been able to see that the light was beginning to reshape itself, becoming solid as it began to grow and expand, building upon itself as it reached several stories into the air, forming into some sort of structure or building.
As the light finally died down and you were once again able to see, jaws dropped and the people, including yourself were shocked and awed to see…