don’t say
anything. I don’t move. If I do then the spell might break-this
moment may be ruined.
The moment stretches on,
longer and longer. The quietness was beginning to get to me,
driving me insane, but I wait for them to speak. I wait for them to
do something. But when they don’t, I take a step back, my eyes
never leaving them. Then the black belt jerks to a stop and I
stumble, but the blue one reaches out to steady me. I nod at him
slightly, shooting him a small smile.
“Well then,” he says, his
body language stiff. “That’s that. You’ll have to go to training
right away.”
“What? ” I exclaim. “Right now?”
“We can’t waste any more
time, Chosen One.”
“I haven’t seen everything
though,” I protest.
“You will later on, I
promise. But for right now, we need to get you ready to go to
battle.”
“Battle? You never told me
any of this.”
“Didn’t we? Oh, my bad.
Well, yes, of course. Though we’ve been working on a button that’ll
destroy everything that’s connected to it in some way.”
“What do you mean?” My
throat begins to tighten and it gets hard for me to swallow or
breathe.
“Every house will be
connected to it either through TV, computer, or anything else like
that. It’ll be easy to wipe the world clean of them.”
My mouth fell open at
this. He has to be kidding me, right? Just one push of a button,
and the entire world dies? At my expense? That’s cruel. Really
cruel.
“We don’t have time for
any more questions. We have to get you trained.”
“Yes, sir,” I whisper
helplessly. All I could see were millions of people dying,
screaming for each other, smoke choking them. Fire collapsing their
houses, flames licking anything in its path. Everything ever known,
gone. And all at a push of a button.
This is crazy. What could I do to stop it?
Nothing, a voice murmurs. There
is nothing. The human race will be wiped off this planet, not to be
seen again. And you’re the cause. Yet, that’s all you can do. You
can’t stop yourself.
Wasn’t there?
Isn’t there always a way
to stop something like this from happening? I don’t know how these
creatures work, but I hope they can make a mistake. I hope I can
reverse this.
We go down several long
hallways, deeper and deeper into the massive lab, moving
stealthily. I’m ushered past several doors, through large rooms,
until finally the blue one grabs me and stops.
“Here we are,” he tells
me. “Now, let’s make you unimaginable.”
If all I’m going to do is
push a button then I don’t really understand why I have to learn
anything, but I do as they say. Soon, it feels like a dance,
growing more and more complicated as we continue. I imagine I’m in
my room, my music cranked, singing at the top of my lungs as I move
about, swaying, jumping, twirling while a smile splits my face. I
imagine I’m a famous dancer, doing a complicated dance to keep the
audience guessing, to keep them engrossed. I find myself enjoying
our training session, and it doesn’t matter when the minutes turn
to hours. I’m still light on my feet, still able to keep going. I’m
doing my dream.
I always wanted to become
a professional dancer, but now it seems that isn’t going to happen.
Not with this latest development-or my change. I’m now a monster.
My sickly green skin proves just that. I may not truly look like
one, but I am.
“Done!” Blue exclaims, his
eyes shining.
I stop what I was doing
abruptly, the room spinning in circles and I close my eyes tightly
shut. I’m breathless and dizzy from my training, but I don’t want
it any other way. I honestly had a blast.
“You did amazing!” Green
calls to me, a smile turning his lips upwards.
“You really were perfect,”
Purple adds. “Now I see why you were picked.”
Their praise makes pride
swell up within me. I smile at them, my skin slick with sweat. It
was a workout, but I don’t want it any other way. For once, I was
living my dream-despite it
anything. I don’t move. If I do then the spell might break-this
moment may be ruined.
The moment stretches on,
longer and longer. The quietness was beginning to get to me,
driving me insane, but I wait for them to speak. I wait for them to
do something. But when they don’t, I take a step back, my eyes
never leaving them. Then the black belt jerks to a stop and I
stumble, but the blue one reaches out to steady me. I nod at him
slightly, shooting him a small smile.
“Well then,” he says, his
body language stiff. “That’s that. You’ll have to go to training
right away.”
“What? ” I exclaim. “Right now?”
“We can’t waste any more
time, Chosen One.”
“I haven’t seen everything
though,” I protest.
“You will later on, I
promise. But for right now, we need to get you ready to go to
battle.”
“Battle? You never told me
any of this.”
“Didn’t we? Oh, my bad.
Well, yes, of course. Though we’ve been working on a button that’ll
destroy everything that’s connected to it in some way.”
“What do you mean?” My
throat begins to tighten and it gets hard for me to swallow or
breathe.
“Every house will be
connected to it either through TV, computer, or anything else like
that. It’ll be easy to wipe the world clean of them.”
My mouth fell open at
this. He has to be kidding me, right? Just one push of a button,
and the entire world dies? At my expense? That’s cruel. Really
cruel.
“We don’t have time for
any more questions. We have to get you trained.”
“Yes, sir,” I whisper
helplessly. All I could see were millions of people dying,
screaming for each other, smoke choking them. Fire collapsing their
houses, flames licking anything in its path. Everything ever known,
gone. And all at a push of a button.
This is crazy. What could I do to stop it?
Nothing, a voice murmurs. There
is nothing. The human race will be wiped off this planet, not to be
seen again. And you’re the cause. Yet, that’s all you can do. You
can’t stop yourself.
Wasn’t there?
Isn’t there always a way
to stop something like this from happening? I don’t know how these
creatures work, but I hope they can make a mistake. I hope I can
reverse this.
We go down several long
hallways, deeper and deeper into the massive lab, moving
stealthily. I’m ushered past several doors, through large rooms,
until finally the blue one grabs me and stops.
“Here we are,” he tells
me. “Now, let’s make you unimaginable.”
If all I’m going to do is
push a button then I don’t really understand why I have to learn
anything, but I do as they say. Soon, it feels like a dance,
growing more and more complicated as we continue. I imagine I’m in
my room, my music cranked, singing at the top of my lungs as I move
about, swaying, jumping, twirling while a smile splits my face. I
imagine I’m a famous dancer, doing a complicated dance to keep the
audience guessing, to keep them engrossed. I find myself enjoying
our training session, and it doesn’t matter when the minutes turn
to hours. I’m still light on my feet, still able to keep going. I’m
doing my dream.
I always wanted to become
a professional dancer, but now it seems that isn’t going to happen.
Not with this latest development-or my change. I’m now a monster.
My sickly green skin proves just that. I may not truly look like
one, but I am.
“Done!” Blue exclaims, his
eyes shining.
I stop what I was doing
abruptly, the room spinning in circles and I close my eyes tightly
shut. I’m breathless and dizzy from my training, but I don’t want
it any other way. I honestly had a blast.
“You did amazing!” Green
calls to me, a smile turning his lips upwards.
“You really were perfect,”
Purple adds. “Now I see why you were picked.”
Their praise makes pride
swell up within me. I smile at them, my skin slick with sweat. It
was a workout, but I don’t want it any other way. For once, I was
living my dream-despite it
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