Knowledge that few people know is often a dangerous thing. Years ago there was a rumour of an ancient document known only to few inside the church and to none outside of it. When Father Enzo Pitelli was found dead in his study, inside the Vatican, it was I that found him and it was I that stumbled across the secret that he did not pass on to anyone.

     I had served as Father Pitelli's personal aid for as long as I can remember. It doesn't seem that long ago, right after seminary, that I was assigned to Father Pitelli. We were younger then, but ambitious. Father Pitelli lived to serve God and served God with each and every waking breath. Time changes us all in ways we dont' realize, but I had seen in early on. Not long after we  had been summoned to the Vatican by the Pope himself did I start to see the changes in Father Pitelli. Before, he had been outgoing and lived to teach the word of God to parishiners where ever he was. Not long after we had gotten settled, in Rome, Father Pitelli started becoming more and more withdrawn and spending more and more time in his study, alone.

     Rush Mountain was a steep drive that few people had a reason to make. Rush Manor had been empty for as long as anyone could remember and although it was there, high upon the old mountain, there was little talk about it even for legends sake.

       The past eighteen months have seen many changes to our planet. It was the solar flares that started it, causing our axis to shift causing total obliteration. Cities were swallowed whole by magitude earthquakes that weren't even registerable. This had caused the fires to sweep over most of the land burning off most of the vegitation. The first to go were the plant eating animals, then predators. Human population is scarce, spread out and diminishing, mostly hold up in small pockets of communites.