The moment they stepped through the silver portal, the universe as they knew it simply… ended.
One second, they were floating in the cold, starry vacuum of space. The next, they were standing on a floor of polished, obsidian-like material in a room that had no visible walls or ceiling. The space around them was a soft, gray twilight that seemed to stretch on forever. There was no sound, no smell, no temperature. It was a place that existed outside of time and space, a quiet, eternal waiting room.
They were not alone.
Scattered around the vast, circular room were other beings. And they were… impressive. Ryan had thought he was a big deal, a one-of-a-kind Genesis Lord. He now felt like he had just shown up to his first day at a new school for super-powered, cosmic weirdos, and he had forgotten to do the summer reading.
