. . . Somewhere, sometime, probably
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betterthanaplanDuke landed hard on his stomach, inside a hall like nothing he'd ever seen before.
It was solid white. Or would have been, if it weren't for the black cracks and gray rubble all around. It seemed to stretch on forever in every direction, identical windows and doorways all the way down, identical blank white lighting fixtures lining the ceiling.
He was the only living thing in sight.
"Audrey!"
He wobbled to his feet. The ground was shaking worse than it was outside, with the meteors coming down. Chunks of the wall in front of him vanished into a strange, sucking emptiness, like the hallway was a ship on the verge of a black hole.
"Audrey, where are you? Audrey!"
He started down in one direction, only for the ceiling to collapse in front of him. He threw his hands up, protecting his head, and turned the other way.
"Audrey, we've got to get the hell out of here! The place is falling apart!"
A chunk of brick smacked into his shoulder and he grunted. A light appeared through a doorway. He headed for it and found another, identical hallway, this one full of strange projections on the walls and floors.
It was Howard, or a shot of Howard, like something out of a movie. His voice came from all around, mystical surround sound.
"You should go now."
Fuck that.
"I need to say goodbye."
That was Audrey's voice. Duke headed for the projection and saw her face now, open and pleading. Staring up at Howard along one wall. Down at James on another.
:"Am I even human?" Audrey asked.
Duke swallowed. Wondered what the answer was.
"He belongs here now," Howard said, from another projection. They were everywhere now, on the walls, the floor, the ceiling. "Like his mother."
"Arla lied." That was James.
"Yeah." Audrey.
"You-you didn't kill me."
"Why would I kill you? Why would that end the troubles?"
"Because you loved me."
Duke frowned. He reached out to touch the projection on the wall, thinking of the box he and Evi and Octavia had found, ages ago.
Omnia vincet amor.
Love conquers all.
Then the floor vanished from beneath him, and Duke was falling, and everything was black.
[NFB, NFI, OOC welcome. Adapted from the first scene of Haven 4x01, "Fallout".]
It was solid white. Or would have been, if it weren't for the black cracks and gray rubble all around. It seemed to stretch on forever in every direction, identical windows and doorways all the way down, identical blank white lighting fixtures lining the ceiling.
He was the only living thing in sight.
"Audrey!"
He wobbled to his feet. The ground was shaking worse than it was outside, with the meteors coming down. Chunks of the wall in front of him vanished into a strange, sucking emptiness, like the hallway was a ship on the verge of a black hole.
"Audrey, where are you? Audrey!"
He started down in one direction, only for the ceiling to collapse in front of him. He threw his hands up, protecting his head, and turned the other way.
"Audrey, we've got to get the hell out of here! The place is falling apart!"
A chunk of brick smacked into his shoulder and he grunted. A light appeared through a doorway. He headed for it and found another, identical hallway, this one full of strange projections on the walls and floors.
It was Howard, or a shot of Howard, like something out of a movie. His voice came from all around, mystical surround sound.
"You should go now."
Fuck that.
"I need to say goodbye."
That was Audrey's voice. Duke headed for the projection and saw her face now, open and pleading. Staring up at Howard along one wall. Down at James on another.
:"Am I even human?" Audrey asked.
Duke swallowed. Wondered what the answer was.
"He belongs here now," Howard said, from another projection. They were everywhere now, on the walls, the floor, the ceiling. "Like his mother."
"Arla lied." That was James.
"Yeah." Audrey.
"You-you didn't kill me."
"Why would I kill you? Why would that end the troubles?"
"Because you loved me."
Duke frowned. He reached out to touch the projection on the wall, thinking of the box he and Evi and Octavia had found, ages ago.
Omnia vincet amor.
Love conquers all.
Then the floor vanished from beneath him, and Duke was falling, and everything was black.
[NFB, NFI, OOC welcome. Adapted from the first scene of Haven 4x01, "Fallout".]