[ WP ] `` Not again ... Not today , not ever ! Today we finish this ! ''

I stared down at the computer console. On the screen to my right, images of worlds, moons, entire star systems being destroyed played endlessly. 
 
 Where once was a constellation of well developed and inhabited, now there was... Nothing. How billions had we just killed? How long would this single action tarnish my people as a whole? Maybe history would be kind and only blame me. After all, I was the one who made the damn thing. 
 
 But... I knew better. This was one of the defining moments of myself and my people. There would be consequences. How scared will the rest of the universe be when it hears about this? A single weapon that could end so much... 
 
 I knew what I had to do. A small part of me whispered that everything was a weapon first, before it was ever conceived possible to use for peace. Fire, steel, splitting the atom, antimatter, all of it. But this... This was too much. 
 
 My mind made up, I tapped a few commands into the console. A box appeared, asking if I was sure about what I was about to do. I did n't hesitate. I confirmed the order. 
 
 For once the overwhelming security system worked in my favor. All the data on the weapon, no, MY weapon was stored on this single console. Without it, it would take years to remake. And I if I was gone... 
 
 As if from a long way off, I heard the alarms that had been tripped by my actions. It would n't take long before guards arrived. 
 
 I pulled the pistiol from my belt and checked the chamber. Loaded. Good. 
 
 `` Not again,'' I said as I pressed the barrel to my temple. `` Not today, not ever again! Today we finish this,'' as I pull the trigger.
