I wanted to scream. I wanted to die. I did not want to be here.
What should I do?
How could I leave?
We were sent back to our “rooms”, or whatever they called it. These were caves, not meant for humans.
No one echoed a word. We avoided each other faces. What could we do?
What could I say?
I lost all hope for humanity.
Maybe this was the end of the world. Maybe we just wasn’t meant to last. Just like any other organism, we had outstayed our welcome on this world. Maybe we were meant to build technology, and when we had finish that task, we were no longer needed. We put our lives in the hands of technology, now look what it has done. Half of our population was wiped off the face of the earth. Families, friends, and loved ones no longer alive because of our laziness.
I wanted to kill myself.
I needed to kill myself. I could join my mom, and sisters. We all could.
But could I do it?
Could I stay in a world like this?
Suddenly I felt my body being jerked, and my vision began to fade. I looked around and there was no one. What was happening?
A bright light appeared out of nowhere, and I felt my body being moved.
“Good, she’s awake. Let’s get her some fluids while I go tell mom.” I heard a familiar voice said. This couldn’t be, I thought she was dead. I frantically looked around the room, seeing I was in my room. How?
“How are you alive?” I asked, looking around, taking my environment in.
“What? Alive? I was never dead. Are you okay?” My sister asked, coming to my bed side. She had a worried look on her face.
“I’m not crazy.” I said defensively. Where are the robots?!
I saw my sister picked up her phone, I quickly snatched it out of her hands, and threw it at the wall.
“What the hell are you doing?!” she yelled, picking up the pieces of her phone.
“It’s evil! Its going to take over our lives!!” I plead with her, she looked at me crazy.
“You’ve been out for a while, let me go get mom.” She said as she quickly moved out the room. Im not crazy!
Few minutes later, my mom came and rush to my side.
“Sweetie, you hit your head pretty hard and was out for couple of hours. You are okay now. It was just a dream. Just lay your head back down and get some rest. Okay?” she said rubbing my back. I sighed as memories came back to me, before I was knocked out cold.
I turned over to my side, and let the soothing song she sang put me to sleep.
I turned over my side, and reached for my mom. I no longer felt her. I felt something hard and hot. I opened my eyes, and saw I was no longer in my room. I was in another world. I could see the Earth from where I stood. All I could say to myself was,
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