Anomaly Acquisitions - Crossroads 14

The rain patters at the windows, warping the outside world and muddling your vision. It's been a couple hours, and still no sight of the Shapeshifter. Blue fidgets in the drivers seat, while Andoni naps in the back of the van. You grab Moth's cell phone from the center console and check the messages. Nothing.

"Maybe he stood us up. He is a trickster by nature." Andoni mumbles and rolls over.

"Just, a few more minutes... " Blue peers out into the dark, desperate for a sign of life.

Just as Blue slides the key into the ignition, a hand slaps the rear window, startling Andoni onto the floor. 

"Fucking... I'll get it. "

The door swings open, a gust of chilly air filling the van, and the Shapeshifter steps in.

"Apologies for my lateness. It was... quite the little party back there." He winces, a trickle of black blood streaming down his arm.

"Find what you were looking for?" Blue slips from his seat and fetches a towel and first aid kit from the supplies.

"Unfortunately, yes. I- Ah! Careful... Yes, I found some notes strewn about the office, as well as this fun little toy..."

His hand flashes forth from his jacket. As he opens his fingers, your mind lights up. Streams of noise and warped shadows flow through your eyes and ears as if static on a television. You no longer feel your body, only an endless sea of energy. Your very being writhes with electricity, spinning off into the void at unfathomable speed. 

Suddenly you are there. The end. The edge of the universe. The eternal nothing. The black sea out of space and time. You are colder than ice. And you hunger... You need... energy. You crave the very stars themselves. You will feast on their gorgeous fires until you are the bright beautiful beacon of light, and the universe goes cold.

Andoni catches you as you fall, your body limp and weak. The rain outside has stopped. The world is quiet. Holding its breath.

"What did you do?!" Blue screams, drawing his pistol and pressing it against the Shapeshifter's temple.

The Shapeshifter ignores him completely, as if entranced. He kneels beside you, stuffing whatever that was back into his pocket.

"You saw it, didn't you? Felt it... That cold. That evil. That hunger..."

You can barely nod.

"We need to get back to the Facility. Now."

Andoni and Blue lay out blankets and their jackets into a makeshift bed. As they ease you into it, everything goes dark.