[The Hell Portal Entrance]
The Hell Portal stretched wide and tall, large enough for battalions to march through side by side.
Soldiers in black military uniforms stood guard along the reinforced perimeter, weapons held at rest, eyes tracking the portal's surface.
They had been watching it for years, with nothing surprising happening.
But today, something strange happened as the portal suddenly rippled.
Buzz
A sergeant, who was standing close, straightened, his grip tightening on his weapon.
The air began to hum, building into a frequency that made teeth ache and bones vibrate.
"Sir–"
The space around the portal's edges warped inward, bending like reality was being sucked toward a drain.
"SIR!"
Crack
The sound of space fracturing echoed across the area, sharp and wrong, like glass breaking in slow motion.
The portal's surface convulsed violently, colors exploding outward in waves that distorted everything they touched.
Then the shockwave hit.
BOOOM
