ZeroeZ Redshift

ZeroeZ sprinted down the brightly lit corridor as fast as he could. His breath was ragged in his chest after having sprinted for so long. He did not dare look over his shoulder for fear of what he might see, and the fraction of a second it may cost him. He could hear it behind him, like a screeching, never-ceasing wind. It was hungry for more carnage. The trail of mangled bodies of the team of scientists and hired mercenaries were not enough to satisfy its bloodlust. ZeroeZ doubted whether the extinction of the human race would be enough for this creature. He ran as hard as he could, and a desperate cry of pure terror escaped from his throat.

As he reached the blast doors, he slapped his palm on the emergency bulkhead control, and at once four impenetrable forcefields coalesced into place, sealing the creature inside the biological research facility. ZeroeZ turned to look down the corridor and was met by a sight of pure nightmare fuel. In the distance, the lights were being swallowed by darkness that expanded to fill the entire space. Tendrils like mist but as black as the night pulled their way towards him - hungry to break bones and crack joints. Suddenly the living shadows accelerated impossibly and was upon the bulkhead's forcefields. The impact was so violent that the entire station shook. ZeroeZ took a tentative step backwards, unsettled by the strength of the creature. Through the bulkheads he heard it scream madlly - a howling wind that was impossibly loud.

In a way ZeroeZ did not understand, the creature struck the bulkhead with the force of a battleship ramming it. He was thrown into the other side of the barrier and one of the four forcefields flickered and died. A sense of dread that ZeroeZ had never felt before settled in his stomach. It was breaking through - it was a matter of time now. All countermeasures had failed. He took a step backwards and then turned and ran towards the elevator. As he ascended, there was a second impact and as he reached the docking bay, there came a third impossible impact.

ZeroeZ ran to his Cerberus and initiated the emergency power-up sequence just as a fourth impact shook the station. It was free. Before the engines were heated thoroughly, he pushed them to the maximum and took off.

What had he been a part of? Why did they create this darkness? Did the Amarr think they could control it? What will they say when their colonies begin blinking out of existence? The end had begun.