Zac--The End of Time

The End of Time

            My eyes explode open; I jump out of bed and look out the window to see people running amuck. I hear someone voices in the other room, I cautiously proceed into the living room. The television is on; I never leave the TV on. Channel 4 news is describing something, something big, the signal isn’t clear I can’t make out what they are saying.  Earthquake? Tsunami? Terrorist Attack? Some darkness has fallen over the world. I’ve got to go. I can’t be here. I have to find it. The only righteous and wholesome thing that is left in this tainted place, with it I know that I will be alright. I put my cargo pants on, lace my boots up tight, I put my black long sleeve on grabbed a knife, flashlight and car keys, preparing for whatever the world has to throw at me, and left. The life I used to know is no more. The person I was is no longer who I am. I need one thing and one thing only, if I can survive long enough to reach it I know I can make it through whatever this is. I run to the car as fast as possible, I slam the door, I look up and see a hoard of people are coming straight at me, I struggle to put the keys in the ignition. I start the car the tiers screech and go as fast as the car will take me, driving straight through the hoard, disregarding the people I hurt in my pursuit. The world has changed and I must change with it. I have one mission, one goal, one purpose for living. Without it, I lose myself and all that I am. People are in the streets throwing glass bottles with lit towels hanging out of the top into buildings. The bank is overrun; little boys are running out with armfuls of money, a man pulls out a revolver, takes aim and fires. One of the boy stops dead in his tracks and collapse onto the ground, the man looks over his shoulder and loots the boy, he couldn’t have been more than ten years old. I stop the car, and tears swell in my eyes; I wipe them away because I know I cannot stop for anything if I am going to find it. I continue to drive, I come to an intersection and there is a car in front of me, driving faster than I. An oncoming car hit the one in front of me from the right and they spiral out of control into a building and the cars explode into an orange and red inferno. I make a hard right and I’ve finally reached my destination. I leave the car out front and sprint into the building with my knife in its holster and flashlight in hand. The lobby is dark with few flickering lights. I make my way to an elevator, I press the button and wait for a moment, and the doors don’t open. I turn on the flashlight and search for the sign that reads stairs. I walk across the hall and find the sign. I hear a scream, a wailing voice; I sprint up the stairs climbing ten staircases with my weapon in hand in case of being confronted by an enemy. I reach the tenth floor. I slowly pry the door ajar; the hallway is pitch black, I cannot see my hand in front of my own face. I click on my flashlight and a lady with mangled hair pounces on top of me I struggle to stay on my feet. I drop my knife and flashlight, I regain my balance, and as she continues to attack me I grab her by the wrists get into a firm stance and toss her body through the door and down the staircase. I hear her fall and the sound of her breaking back echoes throughout the staircase. I pick up my flashlight and knife and proceed through the hallway, my breathing is heavy and steady, and beads of sweat are trickling down from my brow. I get to the right door and knock on the door. There is no response, I put my ear to the door and there is complete silence in the room. I try to open the door but it is locked, with all my might I kick the door open and it swings and hits the wall. And there she is lying on the floor in the fetal position. I pick her up and walk through the door with her in my arms, down the staircase and I lay her down into the back of my car and drive off. I need her love and affection, the love of my life because if her love was all I had, that would be enough until the end of time.