Prologue: The Void

It was dark. A single man was the only thing in the otherwise empty void. He had brown unkempt hair which at the moment was down to his light blue eyes. He was slightly built; but he was pale, like he hadn't seen sunlight in years.

'Where am I?' thought the man. 'Wait... Who am I?'

There was no light in the room. At least, the man thought it was a room. Without any light it was hard to tell if there were any walls or even a ceiling.

"Ahhh, good. I see that you are awake, Mister Morian," came an eerie voice from the darkness.

'Morian?' thought the man. Suddenly he remembered everything. 'That's right, I'm Drake Morian. But wait who the hell is speaking?'

"Mister Morian? Hello? I do hope you have not suffered any brain damage, being frozen in time for so long."

"Frozen in ... wait. Now I know who you are, you're that bastard from Black Mesa. The one who knocked me out!" yelled Drake into the darkness.

"Now, Now. No need for such crude language Mister Morian," replied the voice as its owner stepped forward from the darkness. Drake could see that the owner of the eerie voice was indeed the man who had knocked him unconscious. Drake remembered the blue suit and briefcase as well as the ghastly pale face. The blue suit continued, "After all I thought it would be better for you to be unconscious and frozen in time, as opposed to waiting all these years."

"All these years? What do you mean by that?" replied Drake.

"Well I'm really not at liberty to say Mister Morian. Just know that it has indeed been a long time since you were last awake. And you would still be asleep if it wasn't for the fact that my employers have decided that you would be of some use to us," said the blue suit. "As such I've been obliged to give you some information, so listen closely."

Drake payed close attention to the blue suit.

"It seems that while you were asleep, an alien collective known as the combine has taken control of the planet Earth. They are hampering our plans moreso than we had initially thought allowable. Therfore, we are sending you in to deal with them. Show my employers that y decision to pluck you from Black Mesa was not an unwise choice," said the blue suit. He then began walking back into the darkness. He uttered one final sentence "Now, rise and shine."

"Wait, how the hell am I going to take on an entire race?" yelled Drake into the darkness.

He was replied with only silence, and the darkness consumed him.

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*Authors Note* : Greetings everyone. You may remember me as the lone swordsman when i originally posted The Other about a year back. Well it seems i cannot remember my password for that account so I had to make another one. *sigh* i really must remember this one. Anywho hopefully this remake gets more attention because I'd love to hear input on what people think of this story. So here's the remade prologue. Enjoy.