Adventures of John: Into the Void
Epilogue
"So is that it then?" Jack asked. "No more Shade?"
"Not even close," I chuckled. "I freed him from the influence of the Void, allowing the separate entities within him to reawaken. Shade will be waging a war with himself for quite a while, but once one of the personalities gains dominance he will be back to his old ways. Remember, the Old Ones were evil long before the Void got a hold of them. In fact, without the Void manipulating him he could be even more deadly than ever."
"Well then, that's just great," Jack muttered.
"It will take a while for Shade to get back into fighting shape," I told him. "In the meantime, we still need to deal with the Void itself. He's out of the way for now. We will have to worry about him later. Now the real battle begins."
Suddenly an orb of light appeared above my ship, a voice calling out from it. "Well done, Adventurer," the orb announced. "But I have dire news. With the removal of Shade the Void has been forced to step up its time table."
"How can it have a time table if there is no time here?!" I questioned, exasperated.
"Time is of the essence," the orb declared, ignoring my question. "You must reach the Heart of the Void before all is lost." And with that it vanished.
I looked out into the Void and could feel it calling to me. The Void's plan was coming to a close and with it the end of everything. I was fighting against nothingness, against emptiness, against something that had existed before the universe, before even God. All of creation rested in my hands, and my destiny waited for me in the Heart of the Void.