Chapter 1 The incomprehensible Horrors
Tome of the eldritch
"A long time ago, when the universe was so new nothing had a name, something woke up. It learned all about what was and what would be... but most of all it learned what couldn't be, what shouldn't be. And it gave those things names, names it wrote on indestructible pages, because a namer has mastery of the named." Unknown
It was a cold, rainy day in Britain, like most days the people were complaining about it, as it was the norm, no matter what sort of day it was, it would always be terrible weather to the people of England. However, on this day, July 14, 2020 it would get so much worse for our protagonist, as we shall soon see.
"This rain seems to be hammering it down today, it's been going nonstop and there are hailstones as well, I wanted to get a food and drink but now I can't because of that bloody rain" said Callum as he puts down the Book of Kindly Deaths.
"It's not like you go outside much anyways, even when you wanted to get a drink before, most of the time you couldn't be bothered, and would make us get it for you or take our food and drink, because you are one lazy bastard" said Clive.
"He does have a point Callum, you are a bit of a scavenger I don't remember the last time I finished off something that I bought, I always give it to you because you're always asking for stuff and I always give in like everyone else." said Lucy in agreement with Clive.
Callum puts his hands up in mock surrender, "Okay, okay jeez, I mention the rain and drink, one time and you two are ready to insult me, I swear you wankers just have secret meetings to discuss how you should insult me and how many times a bloody day, what wonderful friends I have, moving on to subjects you can't insult me on, have you two done the forensic assignment for the Gareth Williams case, since we're in college and we've put the computers on, we might as well finish it off."
"Yeah, me and Lucy have, I think, Nicole, Tabitha has also done it, we did it on the same day we received it, it's also due in an hour, so I'm assuming by your asking us, you haven't done it I would hurry up then, otherwise you won't get the distinction mark"
Shit replied Callum, "I forgot its due in today, hopefully I've done most of it, otherwise like you said I won't get the mark and then I can't laugh at people's faces when they don't get it." As he starts finding his assignment folder the rest of his group walk into the room.
"Hello, you three, how have you been doing and how long have you been up" here asked Tabitha, "we've just come from the canteen, and there was literally no room in there, it's almost like the entire college have gone down to get their lunch at the same time."
"We've been up here for the past 30 minutes" replied Lucy, "Me and Clive are fine, not sure about Callum though, because as per usual, he left the assignment until the last possible moment, so now he's having to rush through the assignment, so he can give it in on time" Callum's response was just a middle finger as Lucy had said, he was rushing to get it all done and couldn't be bothered to reply with anything polite.
"Of course," said Nicole as she shakes her head, "Oh have the rest of you heard that apparently, they've built another Hadron Collider, but instead of it being in Switzerland it's been built here in the UK and it's meant to change science as we know it."
"Yeah, I think I heard something about that, it's also meant to be much bigger than the Switzerland one, there are also conspiracy theorist, that are saying that this one could completely wipe out Britain if something goes wrong, or transport the facility somewhere else on the planet," said Clive.
"Please, that's not going to happen, they said that the original one would create a black hole or destroy the earth in some way, I don't think that's happened, unless we're all in a simulation like the matrix or a creation of something dreams, then no the Hadron Collider will do nothing bad to us." said Callum as he finishes his work, and prints it off.
Oh, how he will regret those words in the years to come, as he will remember those words, for they will forever haunt him and whenever he is by himself they will be the only thing he will think of.
"Alright, I've finished it, just going off to give it in early in the hopes it helps me a little marking wise, then again, it might be pointless since she might not be in the room."
He grabs the paper puts it in his bag with everything else, he then puts the bag over his shoulder and heads off to the classroom. However, unbeknownst to him now, as he is walking into the room, the Hadron Collider begins to start up, which will forever change his life for the worse.
In a science facility in London
"Is the equipment all set up correctly, I don't want millions of pounds going to waste because some idiot didn't do his job properly, I want to show up those German and French bastards said the head scientist to her assistant on the ground next to the Hadron Collider."
"Yes Ma'am, its green across the board."
"Then start it up, the rest of the scientist is itching to get experimenting with it."
The assistant begins typing up the starting sequence, after he finishes that, he then begins to switch on and off the necessary switches to begin bringing the Hadron Collider online. The Hadron Collider slowly begins to start up until after 5 minutes it is fully operational, however, as it reaches full power a red light begins to move inside the cylinder, moving faster and faster.
"What the hell is that, that's not meant to happen, I thought you said it was green across the board, were you lying or are you that incompetent you can't flick a couple of switches," she said angrily.
"No Ma'am, I was telling the truth everything has been set up correctly I checked everything twice to avoid any problems."
"Well, clearly not she shouted" however, before she could continue, just as suddenly as the red light appeared it disappeared without a trace.
"I want everyone to check everything I want to know why that red-light appeared and if it was someone's fault and if it damaged the equipment at all" said the head scientist as she begins to cool down.
Unknown to her and everyone else, that light had destroyed someone's life, and no one will ever remember him.
"What the shit! Where the hell am I!" I said in my head, I went through what happened, to try and rationalise it, "I was just walking to class and now I'm, well, I have no fucking idea where I am all I can see Is a red barren place."
"As I was panicking, I was holding my breath when I realised this I tried to take a breath in hindsight that was a horrible idea, but then again at the time I had no idea that I was on a dead world with no oxygen, at the time it would be considered a ridiculous idea."
"Gasp can't breathe" I thought, "as I was slowly choking to death, I was looking around to see if there was anything else here that could save me or explain why I couldn't breathe, but alas, there was not, as I was close to death with, I can only assume a few seconds left I prayed, asked, pleaded to any and all gods, good and bad to save me so I don't die from this slow and painful death, looking back now I should of died, I would be spared the misery these Fuckers would put me through, and people say that your life flashes before your eyes before you die, well in my case it did.
I saw my friends, my family, all my life choices, some people might think that when you're close to being on the grim reapers door step you might repent all the bad choices and actions that you made during your life, me? No bloody way, I was a scum bag and I was fine with it, it was who I was and there was no chance I would be sorry for It, I had no regrets, I didn't die a virgin so that's a fucking plus, I didn't even miss my friends, they come and go I had no true love for them, the only thing that I was slightly sad about was not saying goodbye to my family, I might be a scum bag, I still loved them none the less. As I was close to joining the fiery pits of hell, THEY appeared."
"The monsters that I would use to fuel my desire to keep living so that I could have my revenge."
"You can now breathe, you disgusting creature made of flesh."
"When I could finally breathe again, it was difficult, mainly because it was full of gasps and coughing fits."
"Silence."
They all shouted.
"But not with mouths through a voice box, no that would be too easy and painless for me, no they sent it through telepathically, and every time they spoke I would be in pain, what didn't help was when I finally looked up at the people that saved my life, all I saw was monstrosity's, things that shouldn't be seen, there were 3 in total, one had tentacles with a pulpy, alien head, detached eyes, and large bat wings the second had mass of glowing orbs, with eyes and the final one who seemed to be the leader, The reason I say this was because it looked like a human being who was tall and slim, but he felt wrong apart from making lose my mind, he had a similar sense of wrongness about him like the other creatures next to him and I couldn't shake the feeling that I've somehow seen these things somewhere before,As I was about to lose my mind to insanity due to looking at these Eldritch horrors, they had stopped me going completely insane, but I was still in agony, now the only reason they left me on the edge of sanity, I can only assume, was to enjoy the agonising pain I was going through." Then one spoke.
"Fleshling your arrival on "this planet" was expected, how lucky you are that you may serve us."
"At the time I was in pain and was panicking for one, reading between the lines that I may be on another planet and two being told that I was expected here, and three looking at actual monsters."
"What do you want with me, why am I here, I said quietly, trying not to fall unconscious because of the pain."
"You are here for our entertainment and because we want you to do some things for us."
"Why did you choose me, what do I have that you want?"
"We did not choose you, you are not special in any way it was completely random that you were the one to be transported."
"Now I know that not having anything special about me, that might cause these creatures have their eye on me is a good thing, however, being told I'm not special in anyway and that it was random, kind of hurts less so than the agony in my head, but it still hurts."
"I will explain before you can ask any more stupid questions. We have plans for what you people would call the "multiverse" however, we cannot directly interfere with the events that happen during these universes, however you can, and so you shall be our little puppet, for us to use to that our plans can be set in motion."
"Why should I help you, all I've been through is utter agony since my first step here, I say through gritted teeth."
"You shall do as we say, otherwise we will cause what you people like to say as "unimaginable pain" for all eternity, and use someone else. Now I don't need you to say your answer as we already know what it will be."
"Before we use you for our plans we want to see if you are worth the time, we will leave you here for 2 years with no food, or drink you shall forever be in a state of perpetual starvation, as well as just enough oxygen to keep you alive, if you stay sane all those years, then you can be used otherwise eternal pain awaits, as we have no use for insane pawns."
"How leaving me here for 2 years and making sure I don't fall into insanity proves that I'm useful to them, but at the time I was in too much pain to think that at the time, as they stopped talking they were then gone in a blink of an eye, after they were gone, I had collapsed and began to break down, the last thing I did before falling into unconscious was crying and wailing like a baby."
Good morning, good afternoon or good evening to everyone or that one person that stumbled onto my story, if you read it hopefully you enjoyed the somewhat crap first chapter, if you enjoyed it or you thought it was terrible, or things need to change somewhat do tell me, as then I know that there is a market so to speak for a story like this, and I can improve upon it, I will then continue to make more chapters for this story, if people want it, as my goal for this story is for it to become one of the greats, when you think of mass effect fanfiction this is on your mind, even if it isn't considered one of the greats I still wish to make more chapter and finish it then refine it. Other than that long A/N enjoy your day.