The Volt Prime Short Story

And he shot a bolt at each of the three blank walls and the vacuum hissed out at him. The emptiness made an even emptier whistle, a senseless scream. He tried to think about the vacuum upon which the nothingness had performed, but he could not. He held his breath so the vacuum could not get into his lungs. He cut off its terrible emptiness, drew back, and gave the entire room a gift of one huge bright yellow flower of burning.

“Ender looked at the others coldly. “You might be having some idea of ganging up on me …. But just remember what I do to people who try to hurt me.”

The reek of death hangs in the air throughout the land. Filling the mouths of those who lived in this abandoned land was the taste of burnt garlic. The screams and cries of terror undistinguishable between beast and human fill the ears of the last ones living. The sky, which was lit by the glow of fires, is grey and empty. Decaying bodies and

“So much is there, so much to see, you just cannot. You are not one; you are not gifted like me. I can be free. The void will save me, I shall live free.” With that I took the extra step off the edge. Then I was falling through the thick fog down the steep cliff -

“Well, I was wondering why the prisoners were so thin, I could see their bones, and why they were just working in silence, instead of protesting.” I answered.

“…the spell which kept it so lonely in spite of its grandeur… it was in this chamber he breathed his last…”

“Who’s they?” he wanted to know. “Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?”

“Maybe I just want to move on from it?” she said, looking around herself meticulously. The silence was charged as a product of Danny’s annoyance.

“Ouch!— you’re a mean one, why do I inspired you so much contempt? Have I disrespect you?” He asked as he kept his cold stare.

With a grimace, he closed the distance between them. “Much obliged. Damn outlaws ambushed me,” he said.

Black shapes crouched, lay, sat between the trees, leaning against the trunks, clinging to the earth� in all attitudes of pain, abandonment, and despair� they were nothing earthly now, nothing but black shadows

“ Why do you think that I won't be able to be nice to him” hissed Jack

Laytu, sighed, closed his eyes and focused his mind, trying to sense the area, and get a deeper understanding to what he felt, and why it was so Familiar to Kel’Shal’Ma, the great connection of his kindred, that brought all their minds together as one, sharing information, memories, and emotions. Laytu could find no answers, without being there in person, however, he felt a dark presence. Psychic power is one’s will made manifest, the stronger someone’s will the more fierce and bright their presence is, this creature for being so mighty instead capable of closing itself of to others minds with a powerful degree. Laytu feared for the future, those souls on the Armitage Ascendant, may be in a great deal of danger more than realized, however time would tell, and if this dark presence perceived any ill intentions on their allies, he and his kin would be there to stop it.

Cold. Cold and dark. Trench plummeted down the ether tunnel. His legs flailed. His arms twisted. Void enshrouded his body and a stygian darkness wet his skin. Trench screamed. Emptiness screamed back. A halo jostled beneath his feet. It drew closer. Trench braced himself. His stomach lurched. The ether tore asunder and light hit his face and he launched through the World Womb like a bullet.

“Cisco, atrophy has struck our family. You remember our imperial house, honorable and opulent. Commanding over the moor upon its indomitable perch. I lived all my years in that ancient, rumor mill. Bloated by extravagance. Yet, I grew tired of traditional luxury. Unsettling tales suggested the mansion itself was a gateway to an astonishing and ethereal power. I made every effort towards the excavation and recovery of those long hidden secrets, exhausting what remained of our family fortune on diligent workmen and robust shovels. At last, in the sodden crags beneath the nadir foundations, we revealed that damnable portal and primordial evil. Our every step disturbed the ancient earth but we were in a realm of annihilation and lunacy! In the