[ WP ] there are 30 people , chosen at random , who are suddenly the only people on earth . You are one of them .

As far as we know we were the only ones. Once the disappearance happened I was one of the unlucky ones who had no one near me. I heard that a group of five were in the same town when everyone left. I started by collecting gas from several cars and stations in town and started to drive around looking for people. And then I found a small group. We were thirty people from random parts of the earth. We had no idea why we were chosen but there is no one else. 
 
 The prevailing idea is that we were chosen to restart society. So we started off electing our leader. We had a doctor, an mechanical engineer, ad a civil engineer. But really a common trait was that there were more artists and creative people with us than any other. We started living in a small town. We got plumbing going and we were living pretty nicely, but that was when we found something outside of town. 
 
 It looked like a big time capsule. Inside we found instructions on how to build... something. But one message was clear, get out of the town. Thats how the great debate started. Many left the small town and opted to follow the capsules directions. Others argued that whoever made everyone disappear probably sent us the capsule and were not to be trusted. 
 
 At first I stayed in the town but after a few years I saw how quickly the others had progressed! They were getting more and more capsules that were giving them technologies and things they needed! They had machines that farmed the land for them so they didnt worry about food! I joined them and was accepted happily into their group. 
 
 Every capsule we get gives us something incredible and new! We got jet packs!!! We are in every way a futuristic society! There is no one left in the town. My migration started a literal and figurative movement. We have more than our old life did. Our society purely focuses on music and art. Its incredible what we've gained from such a horrible start. 
 
 Years have passed now and from a special pill we've been able to manufacture we have been able to stop our aging. It has a strange side effect, our skin is turning golden and our eyes are darkening. We received a special capsule a while ago, it was instructions for a space ship, a countdown, and a message saying that another capsule is waiting on mars. It was clear where we needed to go. We cleaned up our town leaving no trace. As we left earth the countdown reached zero. Looking back I saw cars start moving again, life resumed on earth as if nothing had happened. We were a new golden skin dark eyed race. Earth society would be as foreign to us as our new society would be to them. After 20 years of the new life we were truly alien. 
 
 Landing on mars we approached our final capsule. We opened it to find a capsule that described how to `` pause'' earth. And how to send technology `` back in time.'' We had a debate on how time travel works but we decided that if we sent technology back to ourselves we should follow through. 
 
 After sending back our capsules that was when we were contacted...
