Possible Story Ideas

[Barloke]

Here was an idea I had written down about a week after MXO shut down. It's really just an idea but I guess it could better explain what I was getting at in the post above. If anyone is interested I would love to bounce around a few ideas for some added content.

Darkness Falls

The White Hallways stood as they always had from distant time, pristine, silent, desolate and with a coldness that could only come from the sentience of equations and balances. The numerous green doorways that framed each side of the halls were closed and locked but in the silence that was so rarely disturbed one door did squeak open fulfilling perhaps for the last time, function and purpose.

The Merovingian could not recollect at the moment the last time he ever ran for his existence. It was not that he didn’t have the capacity. Exiles don’t exactly age and in a world that was an illusion, with the proper training an Exile could achieve almost god-like abilities. The Merovingian ran in the White Hallways but the pain he felt wasn’t from his legs from fatigue, it was in the pit of his belly. He wasn’t alone to his right was Flood also running for his worth. Like the Merovingian he too knew what was at stake and he could also bear witness to the horrible reality of what was being lost.

They both ran silently each with his own fears that were amplified due to the dire situation in which they found themselves in. This was the last chance at continued survival and the past tricks were not going to work this time. The stopped at a “t” intersection of the hallway and the Merv only had to flick his eyes to Flood to get the answer he needed. Flood looked wildly around for one moment and then pointed to his right and said shortly “there” and then they were once again running.

The Merovingian gritted his teeth in exertion but mostly also in anger. To have the end come like this! And no warning yet! They didn’t have any time really in the penthouse offices as they saw the Downtown skyline darken. There was no time to warn anybody even his beloved was in peril as well as every sentient in the Matrix both man and machine.

Flood stopped suddenly and it was all the Merovingian could do not to crash into him. “It’s here” Flood said “this is the only door we can take”. The Merv looked back at Flood warily as he reached in his coat pocket “are you sure?” he asked as he took out a ring of keys “if you are mistaken we will share the fate of those still in…” “Of course I’m sure!” Flood snapped, raising the eyebrows of the Merv. This was a first in a whole slew of firsts that have happened this dark day but for now the Merovingian was not going to dwell on it as time was definitely not on their side.

As the Merovingian rummaged through the keys on the ring Flood hissed “hurry, it’s almost here!” As if on cue the far end of the hallways began to darken until the lights were completely out. The darkness then began to travel toward them slowly, darkening everything around it while the Merovingian frantically grabbed the key he was going to use.

Pushing the key in the lock he spared one look at the darkness that was traveling toward them and as he turned the key, the darkness overtook them. “Sacre…” the Merv began as he heard the door lock pull back. The door swung open and what light that rushed out was a glowing red. Both programs didn’t spare another second as they crossed through the door, damned or saved this was the only option left. The door swung shut and soon even that ceased to exist, all that was left was blackness that was as dark as the universe without stars.