Nothing Ever Ends

Between two segments of Supremacy the lights in the large arena shut down. The crowd begins to panic in sudden fear before the titantron on the stage begins to flicker and then stagnates on a snowy static picture.

Among the rapidly moving static, a silhouette of human shape can be made out against the eye-jarring gradient on the titantron.

The eerie scene is made worse when a booming voice echoes throughout the arena.

Nothing ever ends…

The voice is modulated to give a much more sinister tone.

Let's start again…

Abruptly, the screen scrambles and the shadowy figure fades in again.

Nothing ever ends…

The audience begins to become uncomfortable.

Let's start again...

Again, the screen violently rearranges.

Nothing ever ends…

Children begin to cry amongst the spectators as the message replays once again.

Let's start again...

The fear among the paying attendees naturally turns to anger.

The video package again restarts.

Nothing ever ends…

The whales of the fear stricken children and anger from the crowd become loud but not enough to drown out the torture being applied by the video.

Let's start--

The titantron shuts off completely and with the lights in the arena off as well, the show is consumed in absolute darkness. Unrest amongst everyone becomes wild before the lights slowly return to their normal intensity and quickly, everyone begins to calm themselves.

The tron lights back up as it grabs the attention of the crowd, truly afraid the torment might continue. But only the words "No signal" lie center in white bold face.

Over the PA, the arena public address announcer begins to speak.

"We apologize for the technical difficulties, please feel free to stretch your legs or use the restroom while we reset the titantron before the next match. Thank you."

Without warning, a garbled voice breaks through the announcement.

Nothing ever ends…

Moments of audio interference pass before the arena announcer once speaks.

"Once again, we apologize. We promise, that will be the last of that."

The nightmare may have been over, but the fear was seeded deep in the hearts of the CMV crowd this night.