Reggie had seen enough and looked away form the window. He tried to can some measure of control over the situation by visualizing how the college campus was previously laid out before the carnage of the previous night. When he was finished, he realized he could tell that the morning had finally arrived by the minor brightening of the mists and fog. This made the visibility better, but it was just enough to make a person realize that what they were looking at outside wasn't a dream. From the large window he had a nice view of what his former residence hall currently looked like.
The need to make use of the bathroom facilities pulled him away from the window and off to relieve himself, this time remembering not to flush.Since the building still had power, he made with way to the librarian's computer which was hidden in a corner of the back office, which would allow him to see if he could get additional information from the Internet with less threat of being discovered. Most of what he came across was just an expansion of what he had read last night.
Somehow a survivor how who was trapped in a high rise in London was able to send out a photo of what was left of the city after the attack by the creatures and the failed attempts by the British military to reclaim the city.
London wasn't the only place that had some of its misery and damage recorded and shared with the rest of the world. Reggie was shocked at the images of San Francisco over the last few hours, starting with the coming of the fog last night and then some of the destruction caused by the combined nightmare forces of giants, and hell's other denizens:
Within the fog, the damages to the central part of the city were extensive. Most of the people in the city went into to hiding as they tried to survive.
Someone had been able to venture out with a camera to get a better view of what the city looked like from the street-level.
Not surprisingly there weren't many bodies left in the wake of the attacks. Reggie had personally seen the bodies being consumed by the monsters and figured this must be how they were supplying the troops with food. Occasionally a victim was left behind.
Reggie was also able to stumble across a few pictures and reports of Chicago. As far as he could tell, it had escaped the devastation of San Francisco, but too was being covered in fog and hidden from the rest of the world.
The freshest photo he found was taken moments before he started his new search and centered on a building at the University of Chicago. He noticed that it too was deserted.
Throughout his search, which had quickly taken up almost an hour, he came across two interesting news articles from earlier in the month that he thought might hold interest into what was going on:By Cian McCormack, RTE
Published: October 24, 2007
County Meath, October 23rd -- Violence and destruction reigned on the uncompleted M3 highway near the Hill of Tara today. At approximately 6:15 PM tonight, opponents of the project set off a series of explosions shortly after construction workers and engineers had left the site for the night, leaving a pile of devastation and debris all over the work site. As of this time there have been no reported injuries or casualties.
A group calling themselves The Druid Council of The Meath Master Plan have taken credit for the attack and promise greater and more terrible events if the government continues its assault on the history, traditions, and heritage of the Celtic people. In a statement send to us here at the RTE, an individual identifying himself as Curoi mac Daire said the Druid Council will do whatever is necessary to protect Ireland from the danger this needless highway poses.
This marks a dramatic turn from the peaceful protests over the development of the road. Recently a group led by Irish actor Stuart Townsend created a human harp that was photographed from space. That event went off without any conflict.
Local authorities do not have any current leads on those who are responsible for this terrorist-styled attack. Work is expected to resume within a few weeks once the site is cleaned of debris and new vehicles are brought in
The second item was actually a news report that was so hard to understand through the heavy Irish accents of the reporter, but Reggie was lucky enough to find a transcript of the story at the website:
By Aine Lawlor RTE Radio
Reported October 25th, 2007
Approximately 24 hours after what is being called an ecoterrorist attack on the construction of the M3 road in County Meath, all evidence of the destroyed construction equipment has vanished. If that wasn’t miraculous enough all the progress that was made in clearing the land for the road has reverted to its preconstruction condition.
Authorities have completely closed the area and government officials are on the scene searching the area for a cause and any clues. One scientist, speaking on the condition of anonymity, has said “There is absolutely no sign of anything wrong here. Quite frankly, we’re baffled.”
Eyewitnesses say that just before sunset an unnatural fog enclosed the area and obscured everything from outside eyes. Flashes of red and blue lights were reported to be seen inside and then the ground began shaking. Although there are no records of any seismic activity from British Monitoring stations, locals have all reported similar disturbances around this same time.
Afterwards he couldn't find any new stories about this seemingly isolated event that called to him. The connection he felt was bizarre, it was almost like a familiar plea for help or assistance. He was developing a need to find out more and eventually he came across an image of the area as it appeared just hours ago:
The more he looked at the image, the more he realized he needed to learn more about this area and why it was so significant. Why that, he headed toward the books on Ireland and Irish Mythology.
