These beings never spoke, never directly interacted with people or objects, and always appeared during times of strife or conflict between individuals... or groups. These things could not be explained nor could we interact with them directly. These passive observers silently watched our world as we continued to exist, wage war, and expand.In the very beginning, these creatures almost brought the world to an end as governments shut down, religious sects preached of the end times, and people out of. "I nodded and watched silently as Angela Stevens walked down the stairs. Today, Angela would have become my mother-in-law, but fate conspired to keep us from having that relationship. Nicole died two weeks ago. Died senselessly as a drunken man crossed the centerline with his expensive SUV, lost control and plowed into Nicole's Geo as it sat waiting for the light to turn green. We had been waiting for her to come home, Angela and I, so we could go out to dinner. It was not to be.Angela and I. I smiled happily. I had another fifty-three minutes to go, and I thought the three remaining problems were straightforward and would take less than ten minutes each. I'd have a little buffer time to check everything over, but I was certain everything so far was correct. This was my last test on the last day of Final Exams week, and I was acing the test. My status as sophomore at M.I.T. was drawing to a close.My only problem with the last of the test was focus. My mind wanted to drift to what. Weall were happy to see him back. Juan told us how he appreciated the helpand support of his great friends along with filling us in on hisgrandmother's condition. He didn't stay too long but long enough to checkout Kris and Colt's tattoos. We gave him a sincere hug before he headeddown to his room.Our nightly chat wasn't much since I was sleepy for some reason. I don'teven really remember what he was rambling about.Waking the next day and heading off to class, we come to find out we hadour.