[ WP ] Gods only have dominion over a single solar system . You are on the first manned vessel outside our solar system and you have just left the only God you have ever experienced 's power .

The vessel shook and the red warning lights that lined the hallways began to spin, sending a warm, red light across the metal walkways and silver walls. As if it was the Gods' last, feeble attempt at stopping the fleeing vessel from escaping Their power, the engines on the vessel had died, and the only sound left inside as it hurtled through space was the ticking sound that the red warning lights made every complete revolution, and the soft, steady breathing of Thomas. 
 
 Thomas sat strapped into his chair, eyes glistening with anticipation as he stared through the window towards the black strip of nothingness that sat at the edge of the unknown. That black strip of nothingness was often said to be the end of the universe, where the universe wrapped around itself and left a small opening outwards, like an open zipper. It was believed by others that the strip was the barrier that protected this universe from the unknown. 
 
 Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes into still more minutes. Thomas sat in the darkness of the ship, its insides illuminated only by a wavering, soft red light. Long he sat there, waiting and watching as the black strip, which was void of planets or stars, or atoms, or anything at all crept closer, closer, and ever closer until finally it filled the entirety of his window, leaving him to stare simply into nothingness. And so it continued until the end of his time. 
 

