D-Day - "The Matrix Project"
It all started with an idea…
Mephisto called Death to gloat over the amount of innocent souls he had seduced into his service that day, when Death confided in him that he was very tired and needed a vacation. He hadn’t even had a sick day in several millennia, and he was beginning to despise his job. Frequent trips between earth, heaven, and hell had begun to take their toll, especially with the recent human wars of the past centuries. “If only those humans could go a day or two without killing each other, maybe I could get some rest,” he said. This sparked an interest in Mephisto, and he vowed to find a way to get Death that much needed break.
He decided the best way for humans to stop killing each other is if they were controlled somehow. He knew that fear is a terrific utensil for control, but this problem would need much more than fear. Upon further review, he deduced that the humans would need an alternate reality in which to fight out their destructive wars without actually killing each other. Hence, the “Matrix Project” was born…
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In order for the Matrix to get off the ground, Mephisto needed to find a location that was secluded from the major superpowers of earth. This would insure that there would be no human interference in his plans, and that construction would go along smoothly. Furthermore, it would help to find a location rich in geothermal energies to power the Matrix before it could harvest enough battery humans for a beta trial. An ideal location was found in the South Pacific on a small, isolated chain of tropical islands, far away from major human borders. The islands were purchased through laundered money and bribes, and the materials were shipped to the islands to begin construction. Everything was going according to plan.
Knowing that it would be very difficult to gather human subjects for the Matrix colonies, Mephisto set to work to find help. He first enlisted the services of an old friend, Akasha, the Queen of the Damned. She held sway in the undead world, and was thirsty for vengeance against all of the men that had wronged her in her life. It didn’t take much convincing to get her to sign on to the project. But she wouldn’t be able to gather all of the humans on her own, let alone fight off the superheroes that would undoubtedly be sent to foil their plan, so Mephisto also enlisted the services of a destructive alien race that would be able to adapt and overcome any obstacle, the Slivers.
The slivers, lead by their queen, were tired of years of experimentation, and magical tampering with their genes, and were thirsty for revenge as well. They had learned to read each other telepathically, and mirror the characteristics of one another perfectly. Mephisto began a breeding program on the island to create an indestructible army of slivers that was immune to spellcraft, elemental attacks, mind control, and physical damage. These slivers also could fly, spit and breathe acid, grow in size and numbers at unfathomable rates, project psychic attack blasts, gain great strength and speed, transform other creatures into slivers, poison their victims, grow talons, blades, spikes, and spiny armor projections, and redirect their enemies energy and physical attacks back on them a hundredfold. They obeyed Mephisto and Akasha’s commands, as well as those of their Queen, in return for food, shelter, and psychic stimuli.
As an additional security precaution, Mephisto enabled an ancient curse. He summoned the Nothing into existence as protection for his islands, and for a weapon against his enemies. The Nothing only responded to his commands, and grew on his hate and evil wishes. If any hero should attempt to tamper with the Matrix Project, or cross Mephisto and his minions, they would be swallowed by the nothing, consumed in a great void, converting them to pure lies, hate, and deceit.
Once the plan was operational, Mephisto called for a seance conference with Death. Death was very excited about the progress that Mephisto was making and vowed that he would help in any way he could to expedite the process. Mephisto confided that it would be easiest if they could do away with those humans that were not cataloged in the Matrix Mainframe, reducing the resistance, and allowing death to get some much needed rest. Death agreed, stating that it was only fitting to have one last hurrah before his vacation.
So with Death’s blessing, Mephisto unleashed his armies upon the planet. For the event, Death cloned himself a million times over, to assist with the passage of so many souls. He would only allow his enemies to die, and would not escort the souls of his fallen armies, letting them rise again once slain. Mephisto’s demon spawn were summoned in horrible numbers, the demonic hordes burned and pillaged their way across the landscape. The slivers were equally efficient killers, ruthlessly infesting every part of the globe. Superheroes that stood in their way were consumed by the Nothing, and Akasha used her pyrokinesis to burn all that challenged her, while her vampiric armies bathed in the blood of the fallen. Mephisto remained in Hell throughout the genocide, commanding his armies through his manifestation abilities, and through his many clones on earth.
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When the echoes of the last cry of humanity had ended, Death returned to the island, found a nice chair by a fire, curled up with a book, and fell fast asleep for the first time in a million of years.
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