The rain fell hard, splattering on the roof of the apartment building and filling the roads like rivers. Strong winds blew large drops against the windows before they ran down the glass panes. Waterfalls rushed over the sides of gutters and splashed into the flooded streets.

Thana had reappeared in her apartment just minutes before water began falling from the darkened sky. She curled up on her bed and shut her eyes, covering her ears in hopes of drowning out the world.

Stone crumbled outside, falling from the few standing buildings. Thunder echoed, rattling the window panes and lighting struck the ground. The noise was so loud, Thana had given up on trying to ignore it. She crawled out of bed with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders and walked across the room to a box the size of a picnic basket sitting on her dresser. The polished dark oak wood still had the same shine as it did many years ago when Thana first opened it. She grabbed the box and sat down at the foot of her bed. Inside, she found the remaining money her grandma had left her and the note she left with it. Thana read the note countless times and had memorized it. The note was all she had left of her family and it gave her a sense of security, as if her grandma was there with her. Her finger traced the carvings on the lid until she felt a small bump in the wood. Upon closer inspection, it was a tiny flap. Gingerly, she pulled the flap, revealing a hidden envelope in the lid.

Thana took the envelope out and let the lid fall to the floor. In her grandmother's flawless cursive handwriting, it read, My Darling Thana. She opened the envelope and pulled out a paper with gold trim. She set the envelope down next to her and unfolded the letter.

My Dearest Thana,

May I start by saying how much I miss you and how proud I am of you.

By now you will have learned about the Universe and his task. As my last words to you, I want to explain your story from my eyes, or rather, my dreams.

Years ago, on the night you were born, I had a dream that you would wake up on a cloud of smoke, a hundred and sixty-seven years into the future. The Universe would give you and four others a job to rid Earth of mankind.

In the box I gave you before I died, was enough money to live off of until the time came for you to carry out your task. I cannot tell you everything, for too much information about your future could change the course of events. However, I can tell you that in my dream, when Earth's light goes out, darkness recreates what was lost when five circle together

I know you have many questions and I will try to answer the bigger ones.

I, like you, was a representative of a planet. However, it wasn't Earth. I am from the third galaxy, trillions of miles from the Milky Way. I saw the future through dreams and after completing the Universe's job, I retired on Earth. Unlike many representatives, I was mortal. Power is not passed through genetics, rather one is born with it by random. Darkness is the only known power to be obtained in later years of one's life. I kept the truth from you because you had to find out on your own. I wanted to be there with you, but I realized this was your journey and I wish you the best of luck.

-Grandma

Silent tears ran down Thana's cheeks. She understood her grandmother's intentions, but now there was another person with expectations of her. When Earth's light goes out. She didn't know what that meant nor did she know how darkness, the power of destruction, could create anything. Too tired to think about it, she curled back up under her blankets and cried until the world went black and the sounds of the howling wind and thundering rain went silent.

When Thana woke up, the rain had stopped and sunlight was shining through the windows of her room. Looking out of the foggy glass, the remaining buildings we now on the ground, crumbled to nothing, though it was difficult to make out anything else without a clear view.

Thana stepped out onto the outdoor stairs and gasped at the sight. Dust was floating in the air from new piles of cinder block covering the existing mess. The safe building was gone, swept away in the storm, and the bodies of those who lived on the streets or old abandoned buildings, were scattered in water. They had all been drowned or crushed by falling stone. Thirty stairs below, water snaked between the remains of New York City. It looked like a hurricane hit, but this was no regular natural disasters. There was nothing natural about it. In the distance, Thana could make out billowing smoke that clouded the air. Using her power, she melted into the shadow of a bird flying in the direction of the city. It was another trick Hali had taught her. She didn't know where the girl had learned so much about darkness but she'd ask that question later. When the bird's shadow passed through a line of shrubs that were on fire, Thana pulled herself out and stood in the middle of a park, surrounded by burned down apartment buildings. There was a tv on in the window of a shop that had escaped the flames. A relapse of last night's news was playing.

"Raging wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and powerful earthquakes are hitting all corners of the world out of nowhere." The lady said in front of a map of the world.

Thoughts ran through her head as the woman spoke. A handful of humans remain. Around a hundred to be exact. The others failed where you could succeed, complete my task. The Universe said. She could see him smiling evily in her mind. Down in Antarctica, a team of researchers are still working, untouched in their base.

No! The whole time, I've been pressured by all of you to finish the job and you never once asked me if I wanted it! It's your fault I'm in this mess! Thana was beyond any point of reason and wrapped herself in smoke that took her to the cloud. The others were talking amongst themselves when Thana made her presence known. She wove black smoke between them, catching their attention.

"Thana! We've been waiting for you! The job is done." Terran greeted her.

"No, it's not!" The smoke intertwined around them in tighter circles Thana yelled at the people standing before her. "Massive floods, tornados, earthquakes, and wildfires! If you guys aren't responsible for this, then I don't know who is!" She pointed to her planet. By their silence, she knew they weren't going to argue against her. She couldn't believe they went behind her back. Well, she could see Blaise burning down the remaining buildings and trapping people in fire, but it was hard to accept that Hali had been a part of it. Thana wanted to collapse and cry for the first time in years, but she wouldn't let herself. Her emotions swirled into rage and the smoke responded to it. 

A handful of humans remain. You must finish this. The Universe cut in before Thana's power could do any damage.

Blaise looked to Terran and Beval. "We've hit every habitable place on the planet! We even blew up the International Space Station!" she snapped.

"What about the poles? The planet is warmer that it was years ago. Humans can survive there now." Beval said.

Thana was hoping Beval would say it, but he did. She watched the four representatives looked to one another and disappeared into their elements. Thana too, disappeared into her smoke and landed in icy Antarctica just twenty five yards from the base where a hundred researchers sat, oblivious to what was going on outside.

Blaise was surrounded by crackling flames and Terran was kneeling on the cold ground, focusing his energy into the vibrations of the Earth. Beval had his wings spread out in the chilling wind and Hali's eyes were fixated on a giant wall of water from the ocean a few hundred feet below the edge of the glacier.

"Thana, you wouldn't do it yourself, so we did it for you!" Blaise yelled.

"You're all liars!" Hot tears streamed down Thana's red cheeks. Ice flakes blew into her hair that flapped wildly in the wind. "Hali, you were the closest thing I had to family in almost a century! But what you did was low! I hate you! I hate all of you!" she screamed. In her anger, she sent pitch black smoke in their direction, determined to give them what they deserved.

Hali's reflexes kicked in and the cold, salty water created a thick wall between Thana and her friends. The black smoke curved to the right on impact and clouded around the base, It created high levels of pressure around the walls, putting dents in the metal. The force sparked an explosion that swept everyone off their feet with a loud bang that rang in Thana's ears and thousands of metal shards flew through the air.

Thana hit her head hard on the ice and blacked out. Though she was unconscious, she felt someone grab her and pull her toward them. She heard faint voices and tried forcing herself to wake up. It was an unpleasant feeling of being helpless. Trapped in a way where she could do nothing but will herself to open her eyes.

When she woke up, Hali was kneeling over her. "You gave me a heart attack!" Hali yelled.

"Well I didn't plan on getting knocked backwards!" Thana snapped as she tried to sit up. Hali helped her to her feet and stood beside her. "They're all dead. Humans have gone extinct." The words escaped from Thana's mouth. She looked out over the edge of the glacier and down at the floating chunks of ice. "And it was my fault."