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The television clicked on with that the familiar sound of static discharge. People were flooding the local electronics store like it was Black Friday--however, there were no discounts, no giveaways, and no frantic mothers ready to pounce on other defenseless shoppers. No, today was a day that would go down as the day to end all wars, a day that would end life as we knew it.

Today started out normal enough. The citizens throughout the country woke up like they would any other morning; stumbling out of bed like mindless drones, the drool still crusted on their cheeks nearly fossilized in place. These people doing everything they can to get that first cup of coffee so they can begin to function--A cup of coffee with a side of disasters in the day's newspaper. Everyone looking for that one story they can carry out the door with them.

It wasn't until 2:00 P.M. that the news was released, and quickly spread like a flesh eating virus. This news was the kind of story you did not want to miss. No, if you wanted to move up the social totem pole, you wanted to be the one telling the story. After catching wind of the news, people began to leave their office buildings, their factories, their cars, or wherever they might be to get to a television.

In the back of the electronics store on Seventh and Tenth street, the people huddled together and just finished watching a commercial for a new prime time drama about to start in the coming month. Something about a boy waking up and having to go to high school as a 40 year old woman, the chatter about this flowed like a wave through the crowd, and for a short time took over any worries concerning the broadcast to come. A stream of music with a quick beat played while showing a montage of military fighting, earthquakes, car accidents, and fires, all glamorized with fancy digital text and colors. The people's eyes were almost falling out of their skulls in anticipation as they gazed at the screen.

The music kicked off and the expected image of a man in his late 50's seated behind a desk appeared. People nudged closer as if he was about to feed the masses.

"As most of you know Russia and China have been in a dispute over undisclosed military actions in South Eastern China which began over three years ago.


To be continued...