[ WP ] Aliens come to Earth in hoping to wipe us out and take over the planet , but are honorable and gives us a fighting chance . They announce they will return in 100 years so as to give Earth a chance to prepare and defend itself . Neither side expected what the other would bring to war

Me, and my brothers sit in some forgotten bar room basement, the structure of which sits itself on top of a heap of crumbled wood and broken glass. The wind howls through the top of it, but we feel somewhat secure here. We light a oil lamp, and cook up some canned food on several bunson burners that we always carry. Today it consists of red beans, sardines and rice ( which you have to cook in water, which makes it kind of a pain in the ass. ) 
 At some point, someone, I think it was John, inquired about what month it was. 
 
 There was some conjecture, we have this discussion, everyone in the world today has this discussion a lot because it's difficult to tell. EMT bombs of various magnitudes had been set and detonated by the world's countries. One Russia or China, as us kids were told that they were called, detonated a really big one that fucked up anything that could mark time reliably. 
 
 The seasons no longer come and go, as they used to, or so we were told that they used to. We joke about it now, `` Hey, do n't worry about saving those beans, we'll just grow them this summer''. Laughs all around. 
 Then the question, the big big question comes up, which is probably the most exhaustingly argued topic known to any of us. What year it is. 
 
 Generally most people believe it to be either early 2097, early 2098 or late 2095. After the EMT bombs destroyed everything, and fallout killed off most of the population no one really had time to try to even try and count the years. They were too busy surviving. However, several things were found, `` indicators'' of what the year might actually be, but there were multiple, and most of the people who find them died a long time ago. 
 
 So it goes. 
 
 John D, points to his usual argument, Derrick Gould ( a legend among all of us ) said he found the Caesium Clock running when he ventured to the the west side of the country, and said it said 2066 ( which would make it 2098 now ), however, Benjamin, the tall skinny fuck to my left shivering, points out that a group of planters found a running excel spreadsheet that kept track of time during the war. That was more recent, so people tend to argue for it. 
 
 We argue. 
 
 Either we are going to die in three and a half years, four and a half years or six years. Or another amount of time because everyone was wrong to begin with. What we are certain of is something our father's father's talked about, a great extinction that they would never get to see. 
 
 They called them Aliens.
