The sky turned white.
Not the white of clouds or snow. Not the white of light or dawn. A white that seemed to contain all colors and none, a white that was the absence of everything and the presence of everything at once. It was a white that burned. A white that consumed.
Alex stood on the ridge, staring at the horizon. The white was everywhere, seeping through the sky, through the ground, through his very being. He felt the darkness inside him surge, responding to something that recognized it. Something that was older than the Existence. Older than the Nothing. Older than everything.
Sebastian appeared beside him, his face pale. "Alex. The energy readings are off the charts. This is... this is something else."
Alex nodded slowly. "I know. The Final is here."
Sebastian was silent for
