by deity
Deity soars effortlessly through the maze of cyberspheres and websites. He is becoming more adept and capable here, his surroundings now more familiar. He speeds past another blur of datatrails, confidence beginning to replace excitement. His thoughts turn to the future.
‘I must hurry others will soon discover the potential of this realm and crave the powers I have, I must know all that is here both beneficial and destructive.’
He has undergone a transformation here and no longer considers himself human, while he has a humanoid shape he is no longer of flesh and bone. His pure energy form has unrivalled power and a blazing bright aura to match this status. This is his new home now and here he is known as Deity.
Deity soars through the realm past cyberspheres and through websites destroying anything unfortunate enough to be in his path. He is content, thinking himself truly worthy of his namesake. He surveys the scene around him, so much to see and to learn. He must continue onward. It is time for something new, another challenge.
A flicker below to his right alerts his senses and he approaches as it heads toward one of the many net- hubs in view. Cyberspheres sprawl everywhere, connected to these centres and stretching out into other net-hubs which, in turn, link countless other cyberspheres spreading throughout Deity’s new home.
He corkscrews forward and bursts straight through the seemingly impenetrable wall with a flash of sparks and energy. He scuttles into a queue of datatrails, scattering them everywhere. His unorthodox entry is heralded by the bleep of alerts and a series of sirens. Unfazed he immediately sets out to investigate his new surroundings. He has barely begun when some bizarre web-robots, the like of which he has never seen before, join him. His new company seems to be responding to the alarms. They dart around him with a buzz making it difficult for him to get a good look at them.
Intrigued, he, twists and turns; toying with his new company, who pursue. Deity speeds about haphazardly seeing whether they can keep up.
The results prove disappointing, Deity soon grows tired of the game and, inevitably, the company. A new, more destructive game ensues.
Deity wallops the nearest robot into its neighbour and it crashes to the floor with a metallic croak and splutter. He quickly grabs another and hurls it against the wall where it crumbles into a pile of debris. He is now attacked by a collection of tentacular appendages and attachments from some of the other web-robots which he swats away with ease, they collide with a queue of datatrails, smashing them into countless pieces which fall lifelessly to the floor.
As Deity continues a pile of rubble gathers, growing steadily with the casualties of his warpath. Something to his right catches his attention. A small compartment, its walls aflame, but the flames surround rather than consume it. He approaches, discarding the datatrails in his grasp. This seems far more interesting; what’s within; worthy of such protection? As he nears the flames his aura brightens from the thrill of this new challenge. He feels the heat as he draws near the firewall. Its intensity causes his own energy to pulse strongly. It is this moment he loves. He knows only one way to act in such a situation, he is not here to consider, to deliberate. Such actions are below his station. His purpose is to conquer all in this realm, his realm. And to do so swiftly.
He hurls himself into the firewall. The searing heat warps his perception, he is lost, disorientated by its potency. Deity very nearly loses his way. But being at the core of so much energy his entire being focuses, stronger than ever before. Rising to the challenge he moves onward, slowly at first but his momentum through the firewall grows and becomes relentless, unstoppable and he has soon penetrated within.
More alarms and sirens greet him, they are different, more piercing than any before. But he is undeterred. He now realises why there are all these security measures, he is in an enclosed small room, where all the internal walls are also made of fire. White-hot yet consuming nothing he senses they are ever vigilant, eager for prey. The room is empty but for its centre where a spectacular clear dome sits, shimmering with energy. Can it be? The heart of this net-hub thinks Deity, there is only one way to find out for sure. He moves toward it. Gathering speed his form streamlines, directing all his power, energy, speed and force into one concentrated point creating an apex at his forefront tip. Nearing maximum velocity, the point of impact approaches. The collision shakes Deity to his and his shape alters from streamlined to an indistinct blob neither humanoid nor otherwise recognizable. A wave of energy resonates across the site.
The explosion is a great whirr of movement and chaos, the site’s walls disintegrating to nothing. Datatrails and other debris flare alight as they hail from the sky, released into free space and dropping into the abyss below. Deity hovers above, admiring the wrath he has caused. His intuition had proved correct. This is a very valuable detail. He flies off, continuing his voyage of discovery.