An enigmatic visitor from deep space spells trouble for the people of Earth. The resulting catastrophes threaten not only our way of life, but our very survival. This story details a message left by one individual decades after the event, their history, and their fears for whatever future remains for the human race.

Quintessence

Twenty years went by with relatively little fuss, given the state of the world. Grandfather and Grandmother had been hard at work on their new jobs of expanding the closed city of El Paso. My mother’s parents held the same teaching job for many years, only stopping to go on their annual scouting and gathering trip. My parents were of the same age, born only 5 months apart, and were both placed in the same class, where they met. 


It was during my mother’s twelfth year that she lost her parents. A road had collapsed on a standard trip north for chemical supplies, carrying them into a ravine and to their deaths. Mother was put in a foster home before being unofficially adopted by Grandmother and Grandfather. Grandfather says it was during this time that my father and she fell in love. 


Ages Pass