6 Billion A.D./Collapse

Chapter 10: (...)

Tentative Synopsis: Rigel heads toward the anomaly at the center of the galaxy to set off a chain reaction that could stop the collapse of the universe, for better or worse.

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The game of immortals had begun. Were Rigel's eyes deceiving him or were beings of light dancing in front of him? Did he have eyes or did his brain deceive him. Were his eyes even open that moment?

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“Rigel...” a woman’s voice whispered. Rigel falls to the ground in fear, looking in all directions. “What! Who are you!? Show yourself!”. The woman laughs, “You are funny Rigel....I like you..do you like me?”. Rigel terrified runs away. He finds himself down a dark dirt path. He can see lights. It’s a monastery. He runs for it. He opens the doors to find a man. A monk sitting alone. “Sir please help me there is a ghost!”. The monk is silent. “Sir! Please!” The monk says nothing. “You have to believe me!”, screams Rigel. “A ghost you say?”, the monk finally speaks up. “Yes! Please I’m scared!” Rigel cries. At that very moment the monk became red. Literally. As if he was a metal ingot heated to 2000 degrees. His clothes burned off. His sweat boiled. He grabbed the sides of his head. Rigel screamed in terror. “Rigel don’t cry, don’t cry Rigel, don’t be sad Rigel!”, a woman’s voice chimed in. The large wooden double doors slam shut. All the candles are extinguished in an instant. All that can be seen is the evil red glow emanating from the monk. Rigel, paralyzed with fear, fell to the ground. Unable to scream, he then looked in confused horror and vomited. A disemboweled naked woman appeared. It was his mother. The monk suddenly lifted off the ground high into the air and he began to proclaim “ Miserere mei, et exaudi orationem meam!” and as the monk uttered his last word, his body was instantly ripped in half. His two halves fall at Rigel’s feet. The monk looks at Rigel, blood drools from his mouth. Rigel still too stunned to react. The woman walks up to Rigel. “Hello baby boy, eat for mommy. Please, I made it just for you!”, she bends down to Rigel, the monk’s two halves lying in between. She stares deeply into his eyes. “I love you baby” Her eyes turn black. Rigel cannot stop staring into his mother’s eyes. “I love you too mommy”. Rigel kisses his own mother passionately. His gaze transfixed on her black soulless eyes.

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