I T   I S   N O W  up to you and the world.   These had been the last words uttered to Madam Victoria Courtney by the President of the United States.   The short middle-aged woman was seated in her office when disaster had struck and stealing a quick glance from her tiny platinum wrist watch, the short thin silvery hour hand strip lying between “1” and “2” while the longer minute hand strip pointing directly at “6” — one and a half hours had passed since the first ‘invasion’. The one that had hit the west coast in San Francisco.   The reason why of all people the President had decided to engage in one of the most complicated conversations with her was because of her authoritative status of course.   Victoria Courtney, or as she was formally addressed, Madam Secretary; was the Chief Executive head of the US Department of Defense and her line of work could not have been of utte

S E V E N T E E N  M I N U T E S  E A R L I E R , back in Virginia, the whole of the Pentagon together with the rest of the world leaders from the UN Summit were about to witness the planet’s aerial combatants deployed by the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force under the command of the Secretary of Defense; take on the looming threat that had already wreaked havoc in places like San Francisco and Berlin. The command from the Secretary was received immediately on an island military base located on the Atlantic, several miles away from the mainland of New York. Lieutenant Terence James, the Ace of the deployed unit, got into his own craft, did a system routine check, put on his oxygen mask and helmet then brought the craft’s engine to life. The Lieutenant’s jet cruised along the runway, quickly picking up speed before leaping into the air not less than ten seconds later and was followed by six ot

                                                RIO   T H E  G O D  O F  speed was spectacularly remarkable as he worked his way around the entire rock bed that surrounded the white towering statue that had just lost one of its arms.   It had grown gradually dark which only added to the degree of foulness and loss of human life that had just occurred barely moments ago.   Despite having used his speed to cut through the horde of monsters and whisking terrified tourists to safety miles away from the mountain repeatedly, Hermes was devastated at how many more people had died.   He could see the shimmering blood-splattered floor; the limbs; the guts.   These creatures were completely devoid of humanity and only wreaked of death.  

H E  Y E L L E D  A S he was thrust through the strange white mass of energy before finally being flushed out and hitting the ground hard, rolling severally as he did so.   The man then quickly began to undo his parachute bag when he sat up and gasped after seeing hundreds of creatures coming at him from the same energy mass he had just sprung out of.   He fumbled with the straps.   Shit!   They had been intertwined.   The creatures roared as they charged at full speed.   There were so many of them, coming out from different energy masses.   Come on!   The straps were tightly locked into each other. He turned to look at the creatures that were then only a foot away.   Having run out of options, the man frantically raised his arms over his head and awaited to be stampeded by hordes of ali

T H E   M A D A M   S E C R E T A R Y’ S  eyes widened when she saw the sparkling flashes of lightning coming at her. Both her and the Director ducked in opposite directions just before she felt the strong gust of wind hit her in the face, causing a few strands of her cropped hair to dance over her head. Following the lightning flashes, Courtney watched them move so fast as they darted from one point of the NASA base to another. She could make out three distinct sets of color from the flashes: green, blue and white. The white flashes seemed to be moving exceptionally faster than the green and blue. Viper powerfully thrust her arms up and down across her chest, cutting through the air and was sure she was clocking at her highest speed, moving close to twenty times faster than the speed of sound as she hurtled through the Kennedy Space Center. Her spe