Apocalypse 2000

On December 31st 2012, over billions of the earth's citizens had finished their Christmas celebrations and were preparing for the New Year, hopefully filled with promise and hope. Cable News Network had set up around Times Square to see the Centennial Times Square Ball drop down toward the eager crowds, awaiting the dawn of a new age. The USGS stood vigilant as they prepped the national plans for a possible seismic disaster, yet their precautions were neither thorough nor adequate. Those familiarized with the Mayan Calendar forecast a meaningful yet uneventful year ahead.

At around 11:50:00 p.m., New York Time, few cared at that moment about the latent warnings around a possible malfunction to every single object that possesses a microchip, they had heard on many news stations and Christianity websites. Many disregarded the idea as mere paranoia. At 11:55:12 p.m., in Los Angeles, California, a man broke into the KCBS newsroom and managed to appear on-screen in front of the local anchormen and shout explicit messages of doom and horror regarding the Apocalypse. He was forcibly escorted out of the building and taken to the nearest police station. He would not survive the night. By one minute to midnight, all of America was gripped in suspense as the clock slowly ticked toward the approaching hour. In reality, more than half the world had already celebrated their arrival in the year 2013. The crystal ball studded with 600> triangles began to fall. New York watched with wonder and awe, as did others on the east coast. Finally, midnight.

And the world falls into absolute chaos (think of the climax of the 1996 film Rainbow).