April 21, 2011, 4:30am. Judgment Day.

A pale, blue-eyed, red-haired girl no more than 22 years old, dressed in a Marine uniform smiles as she moves in next to the smiling blonde, blue-

eyed guy to her right."Cheese" She says as a blinding flash engulfs them, forever preserving the moment.

Ring

Ring

Ring

The girl snaps awake from the happy moment to the dark, still of her bedroom. A look down reveals her lover asleep in the bed. A flick of the lamp

and she reaches for the phone next to the picture in her dream.

"Hello?"

"I'm sorry to wake you, Sgt. Major. but we have a problem. A computer virus had destroyed our communications, crashed our system. I know it is

early but we need your help, you are the best."

"I'm Sorry Sir but I have requested the day off, 2 weeks ago."

"I know it's your daughter's birthday but this cannot wait."

"Fine, but you owe me for this, and I better be off in time for the party at 5pm."

"I'll brief you here at 5am. Understood?"

"Yes Sir." she replies and hangs up the phone.

She gets up and showers, leaves a note for her husband and slowly walks into the pink and lavender room across the hall. She kisses two small girls,

them both on the head and leaves the house in a silver sedan. That was the last time, she ever saw her family.

NEXT: CHAPTER 1: DIGITAL FINGERPRINT