Doomsday (potatoman5849)

On January 30th of 2116 President Washington was coming back form a trip to another State when his Plane was nearing Washington D.C., the State of the Union was supposed to take place with Congress, the Supreme Court and the Speaker already in the Capital all that was missing was President Washington. Vice President Alan was not going to participate as he was already feeling unwell and was taking bedrest.

As Air Force One approached Andrews Air Force Base all communication suddenly went silent. Blinding white light filled the compartments of the Plane and screams rang from all over. When vision returned to Washington's eyes he could see a massive mushroom cloud rise from the American Capital. Air Force One fell back and barely escaped the chasing Shadow.

Moments later a another explosion took place in Miami, then one in Los Angels then one in London and in Taipei and Nanjing more in Paris and in Baghdad.

Within twenty minuets Washington D.C. became a smoking ruin. A hydrogen Bomb then detonated in New York City wiping out 8,000,000 People. In an Hour the World has fallen into Darkness, on top of the Nuclear attacks EMP blasts knock out other major cities.

By Night the World has been dragged into the Dark Ages once more.

Communication within the United States has been completely shattered. Most of the Country is in utter chaos and disorder. Without the President to give the order many State Governors attempt to mobilize their respective National Guards with almost no success. Continuity of Government is enacted but is almost useless as massive parts of the Country were destroyed without warning.

By the next day President Washington lands in Kabul as Afghanistan is one of the Last functional Statewide Governments. Washington attempts to connect with connect with nearby States but is met with silents. Almost all of the Federal Government is gone, What was on Air Force One at the time of the Attack is almost all that is left.

While America collapses into death the other World is not much better within Months the Earth falls into Famine and Billion's starve. Because the Senate, House of Representatives, Supreme Court, Cabinet, and most State Government's are all gone, this forced Washington to take unilateral power to take action to try and Rebuild the obliterated Nation.

Weeks pass and the Chaos and pain has now fallen into silence and despondence. President Washington invokes the Unilateral Power Act of 2042 granting the President the Power of the Legislative, Judicial and Full Executive in the Event that something should happen to those Branches of Government halting their existence. He sends a expedition group to the Continental U.S. to try and find a Safe Zone for the President to return to. The safest Place to be is in San Juan who's bomb failed to go off. After deemed safe President Washington made haste to San Juan and made contact with Puerto Rico's surviving Governor Eli Hueze, they quickly began drafting plans to try for contact with other American States in the Caribbean. Few of these attempts worked with exceptions parts of Santo Domingo and Virgin Islands. An expedition group sent into Cuba found horror when the State broke out into its own civil war with Marxist rebels fighting American solders and the self proclaimed "Socialist republic of South Cuba" the rebels had managed to take over around half of Cuba into the south with Guantanamo Bay military base barley holding on.

Americans living in towns like Barrow and Yellowknife in the arctic were doing just fine for the time being with some having no idea that the country was in chaos. Vice President Alan had survived the attack in Washington by getting underground fast enough. He and Washington eventually made contact and split their efforts to restore the Country.

Within a year the situation was better but not by much. A few more States found contact with the President and eventually the radiation had cleared enough for Washington to return to the Capital. Washington spends the next few years slowly reconnecting the pieces of the Nation. By 19 the mainland U.S. had been all but brought together but barely holding on. Hawaii soon was recovered. On January 5th 2123 President George Washington died from old age. Vice President Alan became President but would not be there long as in 15 days President-Elect Benjamin Atwood would soon take office. The election of Benjamin Atwood was one of the most unrepresentative in American History as over half the country was unable to vote and the States that could had very low voter turnout with some occasions where entire town's votes would be lost or destroyed before being properly recorded. The Unilateral Powers Act was still in effect when Atwood was sworn in and Benjamin Atwood would become the first Elected President with unilateral near dictatorial power.