He read the message from the TV silently himself. Jonathan even tried to quite his own internal voice - just reading that text sent chills through his body. Nothing had happened in this town for years, the last disturbance was a forest fire back in 2004. And this, this wasn't a normal message. If it was a tornado, it would have been accompanied by sirens, but even they were held silent. All sorts of thoughts rushed through his head, as he waited for the next message to flash up - it was only seconds, but it felt like much, much longer. The screen changed, still just white text on a flickering black background.

FOR YOUR SAFETY, THE TOWN'S ELECTRICAL GRID SUPPLY WILL HE SHUT OFF IN 30 SECONDS.

The message was replaced by another.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO START GENERATORS, VEHICLES, OR ANY OTHER SOURCE OF ENERGY OR NOISE.

And then once more.

STAY IN YOUR HOMES. THERE IS NO DANGER INSIDE.

What was going on? What could possibly -

Jonathan's thought process was interrupted by the lights turning off. The hum off the refrigerator stopped. The soft orange glow which had poured through the windows from the street light was replaced by the darkness of night.

There was complete silence. For this sleepy town, lack of noise was quite normal. But it was really eerie. Even the normally incessant cicadas had stopped their droning.

Jonathan wanted to run. But where? He couldn't see. This night was even moonless. He could see just a few stars, there