Never Again

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"Oh my god. Zack I am so so sorry. How could I? How could you?" She looked at the alien. "Make me try to kill my boyfriend. The only thing I live for."

"Were is the file?" The alien asked Zack. Ignoring Joy.

" I don't know. Joy took when she stabbed me." Zack replied.

"We controlled Joy. She didn't take the file." The alien replied pointing the gun at Joy. "Now, I'll ask you one last time. Were is the file?"

"I don't know." Replied Zack.

"Very well. Your choice. I'll count to three. 1...2...3." He aimed the gun and shot it at Joy's leg. Joy screamed in pain.

Zack screamed in horror as he watched the blood ruin her jeans.

"Now, I'll ask you one last time. Were is the file?." The alien said calmly.

There was no escape. It was exactly as it was in his dream. Joy and Zack are going to die.

"Don't know." Zack whispers.

"Very well." The alien raised the gun to Joy's head and smiled. "Goodbye Joy. Nice knowing you." He shot her. Joy's head went limb. Blood went everywhere. The front half of her face blew off.

Zack fought back. He thrashed at the bonds that held him. "We'll come back and check on you later. Let you suffer for the choices you made then maybe you"ll tell us were the file is."

Zack hung there for 10 minutes feeling sorry for himself. Never again was he going to be able to tell Joy that he loved her, or that he thought she was beautiful. He'd never see her smile or hear her laugh.

Zack struggled against the bonds that held him. 'It's no use. They're too strong.' He felt something cold against his waist and remembered the dagger Rose had given him. He reached down and grabbed the handle with his mouth. He give the knife to one hand with cut himself free then freed the other hand. He landed softly and ran across the cavern to Joy. She was dead alright but needed a proper burial. He cut her down and carried her. He saw a shovel leaning against the wall. 'The aliens were probably going to bury our bodies after.' He grabbed the shovel and ran out of Abe.

He carried Joy down the trail and into the woods. He went farther and farther until he came upon a clearing. He laid her down and started digging. He measured out approxitmently 6 feet down. He laid her down and covered her up with dirt. Once he was done, he patted down the dirty. He was walking away when he saw a patch of flowers. He collected them all and laid them on her grave. He sat there with his eyes closed, and his head down. Suddenly he was and cold metal floor. He looked up and saw the aliens standing in a circle about him.

"Were am I?" He asked in a whisper.

"In our spaceship. We couldn't let you escape. That would be no fair to Joy but, we can't kill you yet. We need to preform some experiments" he turned to the alien next to him. "bring him to his cell. He needs to rest."

The alien lead Zack so far into the ship, Zack wouldn't have been able to find his way out if he had the chance. The alien lead him to his cell in silence.

What felt like hours, were actully minutes. Zack paced the small room.  The aliens came back into the room. "we're done. Thank you for your help." the alien lifted his hand to reveal a gun. He shot Zack in the stomach. Zack fell to the ground and bit down on his lip. He was not going to give the aliens satisfaction by letting them here him scream.

They left without a word. Zack didn't have the energy to get up. He wanted to die. He laid there in his own blood for which seemed like hours.Never again was he going to be able to hug his mom and tell her he loved her. Never again would he be able to ride a bike, or live a normal life.

Finally an alien came back into the room.

"You're still alive. Well I'll just put you out of your misery now I guess." He lifted the gun to Zack's head. Zack felt a hot spot in his head for a split second before everything went black.

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"Zack, Zack" A voice whispered. Zack slowly opened his eyes to reveal Joy standing there in a white long dress.

"Joy?" He whispered. She shook her head yes. "how...how are you...alive." Zack stood up and grabbed Joy's face, making sure she was really there.

"Who ever said I was alive." Joy said with a smirk. Zack looked at her puzzled.

"What are you talking about?"

"Zack, you're dead. We're in heaven." Joy walked over to a huge window. Zack followed her. He gasped when he looked out.

Outside was the Earth. It looked like they were on a spaceship.

"Cool" Zack muttered.

Joy smiled. "Now let us watch."

"Watch what?" Zack turned to look at Joy.

"Why you don't know? We're watching the Earth's destruction."  Joy said with a smile on her lips.