What was the last live performance you saw?
Thousands upon thousands! Dead!
“We were wrong!”
“What should we do?!”
“We can’t go back!”
“How much more forward can we go? We have to go back! We have to save as many of us as we can!”
“But…most…”
“I hear something far away. Common let’s!”
Soon as they start heading back a large wave wipes out half of the lying bodies behind them.
“We were wrong! This Heaven was not the beautiful white paradise we thought it would be.” One says to the other, each with a body on their shoulder.
“What you think it was?”
“The air is not breathable. The path was way too far! We thought we would find food soon but never did. No water! Nothing but endless white of nothing. Just white space, white clouds we marched on to our demise!”
“How do we warn the others?”
“We have went too far! The caravan is too behind to hear us, but we cannot breathe this Heavenly toxic air!”
“We have to warn them! Warn our queen!”
“We have to keep going, don’t slow down! Stop thinking about…” looking back, the partner and everything else was gone. The body was dead weight and everything was getting swept away behind. Drop everything and run! Run! Run!
The Apocalypse – Traveling Trails 13
“Run little buddy. Run.” she whispers.
“I think your laundry is done. You need to do mine… Please!” pleads Leo.
“You think they regret traveling so far only to die?”
“What are you talking about?”
“This last performance that I saw.”
“Which is…”
“Ants”
“Is that a band? What was the last live performance you saw?“
“The Apocalypse. And not a band. They are ants.” she replied. “They all had hope of a better life. They thought they found paradise as they were looking for food. And there they died. Thousands of them.”
“You are really bugging out today. Throw away all that stuff you swept up right now and do my laundry” Leo demands
“Do you think they felt that way? That they were following a lost cause that killed them all. Maybe only one was left to survive all alone. I saw a few of them rubbling through piles of dead bodies trying to find someone. I saw a couple carry their friends.”
“Ants?” asks Leo sarcastically.
“Yes. And look, over there, looks like another pile of ants that died as well. I think that is where they were coming inside from.” she continues.
“Look. We can leave, but you have to trust me. Let’s stay here for a few days. Then…” Leo suggests.
“Am I a leader or a follower? He said I am following a lost cause that will kill all of you! Am I just a follower thinking I lead my own life? My own Destiny? My Fate?” she asks.
“One of the ants said that? Don’t talk to my friend that way!” Leo jokes around.
“No! The old man. I can’t stand him! I can’t stay here! What if I’M the Apocalypse! I have to leave you all behind. Leo I have to lose you!”
“At least…do my laundry first yeah?” he pleads.
“I have to sacrifice myself” she begins. “We all have to make sacrifices. This is one small improvement I can make in my life.”
“Leave!?!” asks Leo.
“Yes, I want to leave a legacy behind.” she proclaims.
“What sacrifices have you made? What is the legacy you want to leave behind?“
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