Sanctuaries

by ravenwings52

AU, set after Gun Gale Online. All events in SP are a part of a video game. Whole entire virtual worlds are disappearing, and the players who survive lose their senses. Kirito is sent into Sanctuaries, to stop this tragedy. But when you don't ask the right questions, you won't get the right answers, and eventually you fall. T for action and minor swearing.

Prologue

It began as a staticky sound. Most players tapped at the spot where their AmuSphere would be before continuing their daily business. It was a marvelous autumn day, with blue skies and crimson leaves, and there was no reason to be worried about anything.

The static got a little louder, and if you looked long enough a tree might pixilate slightly for less than a second before reverting back to perfection. A couple of the more paranoid players logged out.

The static became white noise. The birds disappeared, and the sky wasn't so blue anymore. The ground began to shake. More people packed up their picnic baskets and left.

Buildings disintegrated. The sky fell and shattered like glass. Players started to blink out of existence.

And then AmberLight exploded.