Date of Origin: May 24, 2019
"Do you know what it's like to take a life? You know, to really kill someone?"
The words rang through my head as I played the game of life. I remembered the solemn smile he gave me as he said the words, his eyes were a mirror, reflecting back my own vow.
"Well, you said you were going to kill me, so do it. I'm waiting."
I never thought I'd actually be the one with the scissors to cut someone else's lifeline, but here I was. One arm wrapped around the throat of my enemy, each writhe was getting weaker like a countdown to his final breath.
"You're insane," He chuckled, straining one last time.
I wrapped my fingers around the grenade tucked away in my coat and gave him a smile, pulling it out of its hiding place for him to see.
"What, do you think I'm just gonna hold it while it detonates?"
"Oh silly, of course not! We're going down together!"
My words shot through him like an arrow. For a second, I thought the pure shock alone was enough to stop his heart.
"You're actually fucking crazy."
"I was planning on offing myself anyway, I just thought it would be more fun for us to go together, don't you think?"
I locked my finger on the pin.
"I guess this is goodbye! Maybe we'll see each other again in a different life. Second chances?"
"Sure."
That was the last thing I heard before I was blown to smithereens.
