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Wormhole Portals

from RIFT by Dan Johansen

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Chapter 9: Wormhole Portals

In the distance, a bright white light shone through the purple nothingness.
It was swirling as a vortex with ominous energy surrounding it.
This was the wormhole portal the Dhimen had mentioned that would lead them to the lightning tunnel no one had returned from.
The force of which the portals would suck them in with would make them reach top speeds unheard of, and fast navigation skills combined with intense reflexes were needed to be able to react in time as not to get lost in the maze of portals.
Van gripped the controls harder and looked at Kathor and made eye contact. Neither needed to say much as both men nodded in agreement. Van engaged the engine and sped into the wormhole.

Instantly they were surrounded by fast shifting lights as they were being drawn in at an incredibly high speed. Halcyon constantly kept them updated as Kathor was calculating and inputting the data and coordinating it with Van. A multitude of other wormholes flashed by, portals within a portal. The trick was to find the correct ones that would lead them through. After they had managed to get through 5 portals the ship began to pick up speed beyond what they had calculated, and there was no use in trying to slow down. Grabbed by the speed and the attempts to slow down was starting to overheat the engine, in that moment as Kathor was at a loss as to what to do, Van made the decision to just ease off the throttle and let the current take them. It was the correct answer, and as the engine cooled down, an alarming amount of data came in. They were approaching a massive number of portals concentrated as one cluster. If they could not find out which one was correct they might not know where they would end up.
Halcyon's brain was overloaded with information, and it was all up to Kathor to rapidly make the calculations as he was sifting through the information as fast as he could.
Only in the last second had he narrowed it down to 2 specific portals, but he was only able to be 80% sure of which one was correct. With no more time left they had to gamble on the highest chance.
Suddenly it was all black... and nothing was pulling the ship anymore.
In the next instant they were accelerated to an immense speed straight towards a white light and then everything turned black again. After a few seconds they could see a massive hole in the emptiness of space, a swirling vortex that looked like the entrance to a tunnel in space.
Inside they could see rock formations and a constant lightning storm.
They had reached the next step of their journey.
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Story by Frank Johansen

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from RIFT, released January 18, 2024

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