You ponder this decision for a time, and come to a final conclusion.
"Okay, I'll do it" you tell the disembodied being. A sense of malevolence begins to fill you up as the being exerts it's power unto you and the wind in this void picks up. Suddenly there is black and you feel as though you are falling. Once the black fades away you see that you are, in fact, falling very quickly downwards into Paris. You are now about twenty feet away from the ground, a drop that you can make easily. You twist around and hit the ground with a satisfying *thump*. Getting up and looking around shows you that you appear to be in the slums of Paris. This could be problematic, as the slums are walled up with a 50' mound of solid concrete, just a bit too high for you to scale. Speedily you force your way through the crowded streets, looking for a way to the gate. The moneyless people around you live in complete poverty, starving and having to build their homes out of junk that is launched over the wall. The rotting brown walls of the huts are rusted and decayed as are the people in them and the public transport amounts to nothing more than a single man who found a motor and has attached it to two wheels.
Your knowledge of the slums and their layout allows you to find the gate with relative ease, however, upon arriving there you find that there is a small riot. A crowd of maybe thirty people are all preparing to charge into the guards at the gate with makeshift weapons. The guards, in full kevlar armour and armed with energy weapons aim a shot just before the crowd surges forwards. The two guards release a volley of energy blasts into the charging hobos, mowing most of them down. But about ten of them make it to the guards and overrun them, trampling their bodies and moving forwards towards the gates. Seeing your opportunity your dash forward to the dying guards and lift their dulled metal energy weapons from them, and then taking the one in the best condition. According to the display the clip has 20 shots left inside. While waiting for the crowd to break down the gates you familiarise yourself with the weapon, seeing as you have never fired an energy rifle before.
Suddenly, the gates burst open and the crows runs through. You carefully sneak past the guards on the other side that are are mowing down the remaining escapees and make your way toward Paris town centre. You are walking past a dark alley when a shadowy figure grabs your attention.
"You have your reward, now it is time for you do something for me." The figure says in a menacing voice.
"What? Who are you?" You ask the figure.
"Who I am is not important, but you having a deal with me is. I assume that you are aware of Large Hadron Collider, although, considering how mortal you are I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't. Inside it's tunnel is an artefact of great power, and I intend to use it. I need you to acquire it for me and bring it back to the mansion where you found me originally."
There is a sharp swirl of black and the figure disappears, leaving nothing but this troubling thought in your mind. You have left your soul in the hands of this immortal, seemingly omnipresent being in return for a minute amount of physical power. Was this worth it? What should you do?
What will you do?
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Topic: The Death of Order (Read 2650 times)