First Line Friday: September 11th, 2020

Dylan Hughes hosts the First Line Friday challenge on alternate weeks to Jim Adams Musical challenge.
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Your line for this week is:

One by one the lights of the city block winked out, the dark coming ever closer.

One by one the lights of the city block winked out, the dark coming ever closer.
The dark was not night.
The lights were not being switched off, they were being absorbed.
The chill in the air was not a breeze off the water.
Inside homes and businesses, television screens and computers died, people collapsed at their desks, in their armchairs and beds.
The steady thrum of electrical appliances ceased in the stillness.
All energy was being extracted, in whatever form, from whatever species.
The Dark was a living entity, forever searching for enlightenment.
It destroyed everything in its path, but the instinct to survive kept it going.
It was negative energy, and the more light it consumed, the darker it became.
There was no escape.
This truly was the end, as one by one, the lights winked out and the world was plunged into darkness.