[ WP ] Mankind has succesfully deleted every trace of the year 2016 . You , a historian in the year 2416 begin to wonder why there are no records of the year 2016 ever happening . When you begin to investigate , what you uncover , sends chills down your spine .

`` What are you doing, Hendrickson?'' The curator of the museum stopped by my office as he always does before he goes home for the day. He took one look at the books and files on my desk and said, `` Jesus, when are you going to give it up. We've been through 300 years of records already, there's nothing on file about 2016. You're just going to have to give it up.'' I stood up and with passion I said, `` But Larry, we're historians. How can we be satisfied with our work knowing there's a piece of the puzzle that has n't been found.'' `` Because not every mystery in the universe is meant to be solved. Now go home, go to a bar and find a wife, just stop hanging around here, it's bumming everyone out.'' 
 
 I could n't let it go though, especially not today. I had paid off the security guards in the museum and asked them to let me roam the museum after closing hours, given that I do n't take anything. This was only half the truth, I did plan on taking information for myself, but I also planned on leaving everything the way it was. The lights went out and I knew that was my cue. I went downstairs into the basement where they were preparing items for the next exhibit. The archaic machines were there just as I had expected, the old Facebook servers. 
 
 Facebook was gone by this time, our technology had become much more sophisticated, and so has our socializing through them. No one in this day and age did n't really have a high opinion of Facebook, so no one bothered even looking through the servers to see what they contained. Computers in this day and age had evolved from those screens and keyboards. Now computers took the form of glasses and gloves. The glasses produced the image, and the gloves helped us maneuver trough the computer. I took out a long cord that I spent months trying to acquire. I plugged a piece of it into my glasses and then I plugged it into the servers. Accessing old servers were forbidden in this day and age, so converter cords like this were hard to come by, but not even a criminal law can come between a man and the truth. 
 
 Facebook had come to an end around the 2016, which is why Facebook was naturally the one website I wanted to investigate. When I turned on the servers and was connected to the website, I finally found the 4 numbers that I had been obsessing over since I was an undergrad in college. I carefully went through each number and confirmed that it said 2016. I took a deep breath and began to read through the posts that were posted that year. Unfortunately the other websites were n't accessible since their servers were now down. I was content with reading the headlines and the comments that were left by the Facebook users. 
 
 I scrolled down and read about a man named Donald Trump, and a woman named Hillary Clinton. I continued to read and I was surprised to see so many terrorist attacks and stories of shootings from police. As I continued to read the posts I was still unable to find out why anyone would destroy records of 2016. Then I came to the end of the year, and the election in America was about to come to a close. First came the events at the voting locations, more specifically at places that were expected to have high concentrations of Republican voters, and high concentration of Democrat voters. Terrorists arrived at the voting places and killed those who came to vote. Then as I scrolled down the posts I saw news of leaked information saying that both Trump and Clinton had paid off people to kill voters of the other party. 
 
 This caused riots in the street, and the country had turned into complete anarchy. The last posts talked about the US government cracking down and sending in tanks and military to round up the American people. A guilty congressman leaked online something called the `` Noah's Ark Protocol'' where a few people were selected to leave the country safely while the remaining people would have to face the nukes launched all over the country. Talks about Noah's Ark continued, but as it neared December, the posts stopped. It's hard to say whether the US government actually went through with it, or how they were able to protect the Facebook servers if they actually went through with it, but a part of me could n't help put it out of my mind. 
 
 I turned it off and went upstairs. I took the converting cord and I grabbed the files I had been putting together. I went out back and lit a fire in the trashcan and threw everything in there. I was sick to my stomach. I did n't want to confirm whether or not humanity had indeed sunk that low. I did n't want anyone else to know either, this was something best left alone. I decided to listen to finally take my boss's advice and go to a bar. I went down into the parking lot and got in my car. `` Hendrickson?'' I jumped when the man sitting next to me revealed himself. 
 
 I would have thought him to be a carjacker, had he not been so well dressed. He held a gun and had it pointed at me. I said, `` And what if I am?'' `` You know why I'm here.'' A tear fell from my eye and down my cheek. `` So it's true?'' I said, `` The Noah's Ark Protocol really happened?'' The man said, `` I do n't know if it's true or not, they do n't pay me to know. All I know is that they do n't want you to know about it.'' I said, `` Alright, let's get it over with.'' He shot two bullets into my neck. The pain was excruciating but brief. I started to slip out of consciousness, and just like that the darkness consumed me forever, just like it had for so many others back in 2016.
