2. Them.

So allow me to recap the beginning of this nightmare.

If you'll recall (or if you can't recall), this all started with a series of murders that involved an old teacher and virtually all of my friends, family, and acquaintances. Someone had been abducting them, turning their bodies into string cheese, and decorating the trees that surrounded my town with the remains.

Well, I recognized a few faces hanging from the branches on my run out of the collapsing city. If it weren't for the fact that the air around me was literally falling apart, I'd have probably taken a few moments. In fact, I think I would have taken a few minutes regardless of that. But before I had any time to think about slowing down, I saw who was really responsible for all of that carnage.

I don't have a name for Them, and I don't think They do, either. But They were the ones who were sitting just past the veil of consciousness, just out of view of this dimension. They were the ones pulling all of the strings. I doubt anybody has ever seen one in person and lived long enough to even process their appearance, let alone live to tell anyone about it.

But I, the only survivor of this catastrophe, did catch a glimpse of one. Maybe two. And even I have an abundantly difficult time describing it. This world lacks the proper adjectives to describe what They look like. There is nothing in this world that can accurately describe Them, or at least their appearance. The way They move is a bit easier. They seemed to use the trees to stay off of the ground, and it looked as if Their appendages would extend before grabbing onto some tree branches. Then Their "body" would be pulled in by the "arms" but everything about the way it got from point a to point b looked entirely unnatural. As if the light was bending around it as opposed to it actually moving forward. But it still managed to progress, and very quickly I might add.

Shortly after that, however, They looked as if They went behind a cloud and were completely out of sight. There were about 5 or 6 of Them, and we were all running in the same direction; out of the city. I would like to say that I'm hunting Them in order to protect the world, but that's the entire opposite case. Considering I am the only survivor, They're trying to exterminate me in order to keep doing this to other cities.

"Other cities?" You might be asking. Or not. "How do you know they plan on doing this to other cities?" Well, I'm glad you probably weren't wondering that, dear reader. Allow me to elaborate anyway.

After I escaped my city, and after quite some time of wandering aimlessly, I came across what I thought was a lake bed I could cross. As soon as I stepped on it, I noticed a similar buzz and vibration as the place where my city once was. Clearly that must have been where another city was. So I've come up with a theory as to what exactly happened way back when.

Let's call my city City A, and this newly discovered crater City B. I believe They manipulated the will and minds of everyone in City B to cover their faces in something black and invade City A, killing everyone. If Their experiment went well, They would continue this process until all of humanity was eradicated.

And Their experiment did not go successfully because I'm still alive. Alive albeit living in constant fear of being obliterated by inconceivable demons. I've seen the way they kill humans individually, and honestly I probably could have lived without seeing that kind of brutality.

And unfortunately, that is all the energy I can muster up and all of the information I can give right now. I apologize if this all seems very sporadic and all over the place. I haven't been sleeping much. I think that's how They get into your head. Be careful out there, who knows how many there are and where. Or if They're reading this over your shoulder.

If They are, hey bud, go fuck yourself.