Tuesday, September 06, 2005

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Silence. Zach could even hear the pulsating sound of his blood gushing through his veins with every heartbeat, much less the sound of his own breathing. With each step taken down the cobble path, everything became clearer. Zach was stepping out of what seemed to be a shroud of complete nothingness. Zach’s watch, still running on the time he arrived here, read 10:34am.

The sky was blacker than pitch black. Somehow however, Zach could make out a sort of whirlpool above in the heavens, or whatever was above. By now, even with the absence of light, the path that lay ahead was very much illuminated.

He had been walking for quite a while now, but nothing seemed to vary on the plain road that was barricaded by low cobblestone walls. Beyond the cobblestone walls is a pure void. Even nothing seemed too much a word for the empty abyss. Zach felt no sense of evil here. Nor was there joy, sorrow or any emotions that a human soul could grasp. This realm is devoid of everything, anything and nothing.

This is the end of time

The end of time is a dimension where everything that ever existed collapsed and came to an end. Everything – from the entire universe to all the unknowns that were present beyond the universe collapsed; nothing could withstand the test of time. Well, almost everything. Zach, together with the cobblestone path were evidently still in existence.

Still treading aimlessly down the walkway, Zach began to recap how he ended up here in the first place.

Relaxing to the chill morning breeze, Zach stood at the deck of his yacht and watched the seagulls overlap each other in jest. Extending his limbs, he stretched lazily before collapsing into the foldable chair. Zach was totally oblivious to the impending disaster that would soon befall him.

As Zach closed his eyes to listen to the gentle sound of the waves crashing against his yacht, he realized that he could not hear any. He got to his feet and made his way to the side of the yacht. The waves had seized their motion and were indefinitely immobile. However the yacht was still drifting towards a seemingly darker patch of water. It was too late.

Zach suddenly snapped back to reality as he stepped off the cobblestone path into the empty void unconsciously. He tried to jump back onto the cobblestones but found no friction. He began to fall…

Zach fell and fell. There was no end to it. Suddenly, his head ached. His memories from since he landed in the end of time whitewashed. He landed with a thud in pure darkness. It was empty, it was silent. His watch read 10.34pm.

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