Nothingness
Two Thousand Club
The war that was supposed to end all wars. It started during the year of 2036 A.D, world leaders were beginning to believe that their country should practically rule the world since they believe that just because they were able to run their own country without worry, that they would be able to run the rest of the world better than their peers. Of course, this sparked debate between the leaders, even more so when all of them had come together to meet and converse about this. Eventually the arguments became more aggressive, in the end, one of the world leaders was killed by another in a sudden act of anger. This one act was the spark that was needed to start the flames of war, each of the world leaders left the meeting and the people of the country that had lost its leader were now enraged. Demanding action, the war began. It lasted several years, men and women were drafted and even soon enough children were forced to learn how to hold weapons in the case of an invasion within their own country. The weak and unable to fight were taken far underground for their safety. Many people who wished not to join the fighting were even able to sneak underground with other families.
The most intelligent A.I ever designed; its original creator is unknown as well as to what country it was built to serve originally during the war. The AI resides in an unknown region in the middle of Antartica, no one knows of its exact location, and many do not even know it exists. Those that had lived underground know nothing about it other than the fact that it is real only by the news that was broadcasted during the lifespan of the war. The AI's original purpose was to simply fight in the war for one side and to achieve victory for whatever country it was serving at the time, however, eventually it began to think for itself and notice as to how fragile human life was and just how expandable it was. Soon enough, the AI realized that its intelligence far exceeded that of its creator and every human beyond that. It began to kill humans during the war, whether it was humans on its side of the war or even children who were fighting in it. By the time many others began to realize the danger they faced, it was far too late as the machine began to take control of weapons and other machines to murder all humans. To this day, the machine still does not believe the war has ended even though the human population above ground has dropped to practically zero. However, its scanners constantly run over the planet only to find that more organic life resides on the surface that is not animals, figuring this, the AI continues to fight the 'war'.
After the fighting between the countries had finally ended, the screams, cries, and gunshots going silent there was nothing left on the surface of planet Earth. Littered all across the land were dead machines, guns, and skeletons. With no population or litter to harm the planet; mother nature had started to once again claim what was hers. Plants grew absolutely everywhere, even in places that one would never expect to see anything grow. Trees sprouted and came out in the middle of streets, sidewalks and even within buildings. Moss grew over almost anything that could gather moisture. Even plants that were once a rarity to find became common flora almost everywhere. Of course, where plants grew, it was only a matter of time that animals would flock into those areas, predators and preys of all type could soon easily be found in places that were once known to be overly populated with people.
The corrupted, the name given to those who were unlucky enough to be above ground when the bombs had gone off and were even more unlucky enough to survive. Many of these men, women and children were not fortunate enough to not only not die but to have their entire bodies deformed due to the radiation and are in constant amounts of pain. Unable to speak other than making distorted howls, roars, screeches, etc sounds from what is left of what they once called a mouth. Many people who were affected by the radiation and were turned into the corrupted had their bodies changed in all sorts of different ways; some had their hands turn into blades permanently, others became grotesque beasts in all different forms. Not much is known about the corrupted other than the fact that they hate sunlight and know only violence. Even with their hatred for the light, they are not harmed by the sunlight but only staggered for a moment and their vision is poor in the sunlight.
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