Carry on :-D
The Big Bang by nobodythere. Check him out here
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They never knew what sort of horrors they would unleash. Power corrupts. Absolute power brings forth an Armageddon no one saw coming.
Leaders of the free world, my arse. Governments lost power as corporation rose, and over night a new world was born. Once the government accepted that a corporation had the same rights as a person, including the right to vote, money controlled every aspect of our lives. Government became a puppet of the big Corps. Military, police and hospitals were all privatized. Each Crop had it's own standing army, with government endorsement.
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Corporate greed, when mixed in with advanced weapons and the men willing to use them? Yeah, that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.
The first Corp War was in Africa. It was so far away from us, we didn't care. Hell, unless you hacked the 'Net you wouldn't have heard of it. The news was bought out and they were only allowed to show what the Corp that owned them allowed. Over a million dead. Mostly people just cough in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The next Corp War was online. Even with all the protests, you can't stop an army of White Hat Netrunners who's only purpose is to secure any and all data it deems necessary for the safety of ''the people." We couldn't even go to the public areas of the 'Net without being watched by ICE.
A number of us wanted to leave. There was a mass exodus to the Canadian boarder. But because the Crops had no boarders, the ones who tried to leave were all black bagged, never to be seen from again.
Then, it finally happened. EMB and Mil-Tek had been in battles for years about rights over tech. It finally came down to all out war. This time, it wasn't in some foreign country, it was here. Right on our own soil.
No one was sure who let the bomb go. EMB said Mil-Tek. Mil-Tek said EMB and News Corp pointed to the 'Runners. But we do know what happened after.
A whole city gone, in a blink. And from it, strange and horrible things came from it. Bands of light ripped though the sky, then as if someone was ripping paper, the sky opened up and from it poured the evils. The strange. The different. Ordinary people from all walks of life could suddenly shoot fireballs, fly in the sky or turn water into wine. The bomb ripped the thin membrane between our world, and some other strange world where magic poured from. It flowed into some of us, giving us abilities we only read about, or seen in a holo-vid. Some people transformed, changing into something that wasn't human. Some were hunted down, others seen as heroes. The cries echoed though every city, every house hold: The end is here!
But this was no end. This was a new beginning for us, the people. The Corps are now rushing to try to control and contain the situation. But they can't, they won't be able to now that over 30% of the population now has the Gift.
It's time to take this place back. It's time to stop these Crops and show them to the rest of the people for what they really are. It's time to unleash.
Well damn, that was awesome, Cerhob. Like you walked into my mind, saw the mess of an idea I had in there and unscrambled it. You and me? We have some kind of weird imagination connection going here. I am beyond impressed by this, I am amazed. Thank you so very much for sitting down and writing this out. It is incredible and whenever I get done with the whole project, working name is Rebirth, I will be looking to hire you as it's writer for sure. Hope I can afford you!
ReplyDeleteWarmest wishes, as ever;
Nobodythere