Into the Void/1

Impact
It was 14:23 UTC, July 12th, 2013 when Doomsday happened. It happened hard, and happened fast. It was over in a blink of an eye. In 2 seconds, every capitol city of every nation across the globe had been destroyed by what seemed to be a bolt of light. In another 2 seconds, the navies of every nation, the military bases, and nuclear silos were also hit. In less than 5 seconds, the world had essentially disarmed. But the pacifists were not celebrating today, nor would they be tomorrow or next week or next month. In fact, by next month, former pacifists were be holding AK-47s, the hard-line disarmament supporters would be throwing grenades. Everything changed. Doomsday had come, and in its wake, 1 billion were dead in the initial strikes. After dozens more strikes and famine, winter, and starvation, an additional 1.5 billion were dead. Humanity was as good as dead.