Apostle

God's Plan

"Cayden, come down here!" My mother yelled from the bottom of our staircase. "Hurry, there is something going on on the news! I'm scared."

We normally joke about things like this to make the other hurry, especially since it's Sunday and she would like for me to go to church with her. "Alright alright, I'm coming. Why is it that you force me to go to church every Sunday when I don't believe?" I said walking out of my room then down the stairs as slowly as I could. Even taking as long as I did, I never got a response from my mother. I could hear the television playing, and a screeching noise that sounded kind of like my alarm clock. I turned the corner to see her on her knees in front of the television, her hands wiping her eyes and covering her mouth.

"Mom, what's wrong?" I asked. My question which seemed simple enough just caused her to start crying even harder. I don't know what's going on. I decided to listen to what she first told me and I started watching the news that my mother had left open on the television. 

"It has just been confirmed, all previous listed countries have mobilized troops on our soil. The pentagon has confirmed that full force will be used to quelch this invasion, but we should expect them to use full force as well. The risk of nuclear weaponry is high. If you have a bunker or any place you may be safe, take shelter now! I have always believed I was a news reporter, and it's my job to report anything no matter the risk. I'm sure I will not live, but if my sacrifice can safe even a handful of you then I'm sure god will take care of me..."

I couldn't finish watching it. It was melancholic. Is this really the final act of my life? My family has nowhere to go and I don't even get to spend my last moments alive with my father. While thinking deeply on why this is happening, cursing god in my head for allowing these atrocities to happen to the people whom he called his own; I walked over to the closest window. You could see a couple of people running to their cars or perhaps trying to find someone who owns a bunker or basement they could hide in. Suddenly, I could see a huge cloud of smoke in front of me. It wasn't all too close. I thought that we'd be fine where we were. 

"Mom! Were gonna be..." I only finished half of my sentence before getting blasted with the glass from the nearby window. I can hardly see or breath. The glass from the window tore up my back and a piece lodged itself in my right eye. The walls burst apart with the blast filling the air with a powder that perhaps was toxic to me. Still, my mother was in the living room and I need to see if she is okay. The blast had knocked me over and left me discombobulated so I went to use my right arm to stand myself up. I felt myself move my arm, I felt myself put my right hand on the ground. I leaned onto it and completely fell over. 

"Ah, what the fuck!" I screamed. My arm is completely gone and the muscle left in its place landed in a pile of glass and drywall. My right leg was next. I swear I could feel my leg up until the point when I tried to stand up on it. As I looked over at my left leg it was still there. I started to cry. Its confusing to me. I can't see my missing arm or leg anywhere. I can't walk to go help my mother, I don't even know if she is alive. I'm starting to slowly pass out. The dust in the air is making me cough and the lack of blood is starting to get to me. 

A light appeared in front of me. From the light emerged an exact copy of myself, although he had the limbs I was missing. The light was bright but not blinding. It filled the entire room until there was no rubble, no walls, no roof. Just light. The dust in the air was gone and I could breath again. It is no use though, I've lost way too much blood. My copy sat down in front of me and crossed his legs and arms. He watched me for a second before bursting out into laughter. Although it wasn't just laughter; I could hear the faint sound of crying and of someone speaking. He laughed even harder. It's kind of  I'm slowly fading away, his laughter is getting softer and softer until my left eye went blank. A couple seconds later my ears stopped hearing sound.