The sound of a thousand filled stadiums cheering with applause resonated through the skies as a tremendous barrage of thunder broke through the clouds. Flashes of lightning clashed viciously with the downpour of rain diving towards the ground. A lonesome building holding its ground amidst the chaos gently quivered, though its integrity never wavered. As the brooding clouds competed for air space, the guests inside continued about their usual leisurely activities, for the inside of 'The Vaconian' was a much different story.
The windows were shrouded in a mirage of strikingly superb weather and not a sound of the disturbed world outside could be heard. Visitors of the building hustled and bustled about in their own pre-booked world, completely unaware of the bedlam going on all around them. It was only when the chandeliers and the tables and the glasses in their hands began to tremble did they remember the lands beyond the four borders of their isolation.
High up above the raging storm, something bright was tearing down to earth, heading directly for the hotel, which shot up past the clouds as if reaching for space. The soaring shape above was gaining speed and size as it smashed into the atmosphere. A meteor, small for what it was, hurtled towards the forlorn structure and with an enormous crash tore its way through the top half, landing several hundred feet away with a loud thump in the fields below.
The hotel shook and swayed. The upper half now resting on an angle, the lower part shuddering as bricks and glass and rubble dived to the ground like birds on their prey. Inside was pure pandemonium. Golden chandeliers rattled and fell. Stairwells were blocked by rubble collapsing in heaps. Bedrooms were demolished, kitchens were engulfed in flames that consumed spilled oil like night consumes day. As the hotel crumbled, lives were swallowed whole and without relish.
Minutes later, the force of the meteor took its absolute toll. The apex of the building broke off, splintering every piece of support all the way down to the lobby. The weight of ten-thousand people's pay-per-night world toppled and careered into a gigantic pile of dust and debris. What was left of the hotel was deteriorating at a gentle pace, as if the destruction was wallowing in its own handiwork.