The Man Who Saw The End

David Bowie

*decrypting data feed....complete playing logs* *video begins playing revealing an astronaut in full suit on what appears to be the surface of the moon the date is partially corrupted but the year is 3 P.H. * "well I finally made it I still cant believe they chose me to be a part of this project, the first moon base in human history! they even let me bring my guitar to keep the spirits of the engineers up!"
Sol hasn't been looking good the past few hours we think there is a nightfall coming. were not sure where it goes or if it just dims to nothing but its creepy none the less
*5 hours later* I was right about the nightfall Sols gone but it will be back it always comes back.
*3 hours later the video feed is shaky and chaotic the base appears to have lost power and the sounds of screaming and alarms are blaring the camera is being carried down a hallway presumably by the astronaut running to shelter* "Jesus Christ I'm not sure whats going on but moon quakes ARE NOT supposed to be this bad and the ███████ stars are gone look" *the camera hurriedly points out of a window and the shaking of the moons surface is so intense that the dust is actually being sifted off the ground to look like a fog and the stars are in fact gone replace with the inky blackness of space* "thank god ive got my helmets camera to catch all this"
*approximately two minutes of panicked running* "its not getting any ███████ better up here and the comms to earth are down boys are starting to spot fissures forming on the lunar surface Ive got to get those communications towers back online and call for help"
*two minutes later* *the alarms while still illuminated sound muffled and shadows appear to move along the walls with nothing casting them. the monitors on the walls appear to be displaying footage of the moon taken from earth there are stains of an unknown ink like substance splattered across the walls in areas and corpses in places the astronaut begins speaking very quietly* "im close to the comms site but the people who have looked out the windows or at those screens too long are....changing. their so quiet but large and viscous im slipping by them for now if i can get in touch with earth they can send a shuttle to pick me up, god i knew I should of taken flying lessons"
*several minutes pass of the astronaut slipping through corridors dodging former crew members who are now bleeding the ink like substance from their eyes and are wrapped in the substance as well it taking the form of extra limbs or heads that almost seem to whisper in the ears of those effected. a screaming is heard and the astronaut hides under the body of a dead crew member watching as the living crew member is caught in the tendrils of a corrupted member and while they are struggling with each other the corrupted crewman never changes his facial expression from one of calm anguish. the corrupted crewman forces its victims face against the glass of a nearby window but the victim keeps his eyes closed. the corrupted begins bashing his victims face against the window repeatedly the only sound heard is the sound o the victims face breaking on the window. when this does not work the corrupted crewman peels its victim from the window which is now slightly cracked. the corrupted crewman places its black tendrils over the victims eyelids and begins tearing at them this causes the filming astronaut to lift his visor and vomit giving away his position. At this the corrupted crewman looks up his eyes completely void and appearing as though liquid and held in his head by a mystical force. as the corrupted crewman begins walking toward the camera the filming astronaut falls backward and scrambling on his hands backward away from the beast.* "get the hell away from me freak!" *suddenly the astronaut stops and raises a rivet gun meant to drive steel nails through metal and fires three shots at the crewman all of them landing and stunning the crewman one catching him in the eye. while the crewman is bleeding the same ink that's leaking from its eyes it seems mostly unphased after a few more steps the astronaut reseals his helmet and lets loose a volley at the window behind the crewman shattering it and sucking the corrupted crewman out of the window along with its victim while the astronaut holds onto a beam to heavy to move via the suction until all the air is gone from the corridor and he can move again*
*after 60 more seconds the astronaut arrives at the comms center and repairs it allowing him to contact earth* "HELLO? HOUSTON COME IN HOUSTON WEVE GOT A SERIOUS ███████ PROBLEM"........"HOUSTON?! ARE YOU THERE?!" "HOUSTON?! ████████████ and [redacted 17] with a ███████ hen oh god oh god." *the astronaut instead connects to a mainstream media news network and sees feeds from street level on earth* "this is it then the apocalypse this is how it all ends" * the feed shows images of corrupted throwing cars in the streets of major cities or tearing people apart with just their bare hands or tendrils forcing still others to gaze at the moon and become corrupted as well. in the middle of the feed several lights can be seen travelling upward like rockets* "hah nukes well at least its fast" *the next few minutes are of the astronaut grabbing his guitar and sitting outside the base playing cords that cant be heard without atmosphere as the surface of the moon cracks apart entirely giant tendrils of void emanating from within but holding the pieces together.
the astronaut can be heard singing as corruption overtakes him slowly spreading around his body as he plays. "this is major tom to ground control *coughs but its audibly wet as the ink spreads* Im stepping through the doooooor. and im floating in the most peculiar way and the stars look very different today. the final moments of the feed are the astronaut watching his hand be consumed by the ink before a bright flash ends the feed.