The Emergence, Earth’s End

The next day, noon. The sky was cloudless, golden sunlight spilling freely across the vast, boundless ocean, making the waves shimmer. In the heart of the Atlantic, thick smoke billowed from the crater of an island volcano. Amid a low hum, a helicopter slowly passed several hundred meters above the island. The helicopter door opened, and a camera lens poked out first, filming the island's volcanic crater below. "As everyone can see, this is an island deep in the Atlantic called Dia Island.