Darksand

Several mass extinctions have occurred since life began on Earth. The causes of these annihilations are now speculations because humanity witnessed none of them. However, since the industrial age, humans have contaminated the atmosphere, land, and sea and little did we know we are on the brink of imminent extinction, not from outer space, nuclear warheads, but the quietest, calmest complex organism, Plants. It was the year 2030; many conflicts had eaten into the fabric of the Earth, and nations gnawed on each other like packs of rabies-infected dogs; with each defeat fueled by pride and the quest for glory, they used nuclear-powered bombs and radiation spread, killing billions of people and reshaping continents and the way of life of those that survive it.Africa was almost erased from the map, and they called it the radiation zone where life does not exist; but we called her Darksand; unknowingly to the world, there were some survivors. People confined to a small town in a forest; no one had ever left had returned alive; there was something about the trees, grasses, and twigs that took centuries, even with all botanical research and knowledge. Humanity never knew what plants are capable of until it was too late. The ecosystem was fast depreciating, and this triggered something in the plants that had happened severally in time but was unaware to humans; their only chance of surviving was to wipe out humankind. How difficult could it be, knowing we depend entirely on plants to survive?