Snippet #1615203

Soma woke from his nightmare to the sound of the hum of the countless computer monitors in his room. If he had another dream about his father he would go crazy. These nightmares were coming more frequently than ever. Soma rolled over and looked at the clock on his counter. 4:38 A.M. Way to early to be up. He had to get to work early today for a customer's car inspection but this was ridiculous. Trying to go back to bed was useless. Soma tumbled out of bed and stumbled out of his room into the hall. At least he should get something to eat. The kitchen was bathed with an eerie glow, moon light streaming through the big glass windows. Soma opened a cabinet for a cup stretching out to reach for one. His fingers grazed the cool glass as he failed to grab the cup before it crashed to the ground abruptly breaking the silence. "Shit." Soma swore, kneeling down to pick up the pieces. He froze. His fathers room led directly into the kitchen and Soma had not been in there since he died. But for the first time he noticed a soft glow of light coming from under the door. Was that there before? Soma sighed. "Great, I break one of dad's cups and he comes back from the dead." Entering in the combination code to his dad's room, he hesitated. Why the hell was he doing this? The old man was long dead and he wasn't coming back. Even though, that light had not been there before. Curiosity got the best of him and as he stepped forward the door slid open releasing a cloud of dust. The room had looked the same as it always had but dust was everywhere and a multitude of spiders had taken over every corner of the musty room. The light was not hard to find as it was coming from a rectangular panel on the wall just beside the large desk strewn with papers that had not been touched for years. Soma had always seen that panel on the wall but it had never started glowing before. He went over to inspect it and he leaned in closer to see what was on the surface. Suddenly the room lit up with a brilliant flash of white light and Soma jerked back rubbing his eyes. "Ocular recognition confirmed. Soma Schicksal. Access granted." The panel spoke in a electronic monotone voice. Soma blinked, staring at the panel. The ground underneath him shifted and before he knew it, the ground started moving down with blinding speed leaving the room above it.