LIFE AND DEATH

I didn’t know how long I’d been running. The sky above me was a sickly shade of violet, the clouds swirling like a storm that couldn’t quite make up its mind. I could feel the hum of the city’s failing power grid in my bones, but I was too scared to stop and figure out why. I went to great lengths to know the reason of my outcome now but at the end it only put me back to where I started.

“Well, I Guess this is how the story ends of me, it was really fun and I never expected that I will be living so long after everything that has happened to me, I was never the one to begin with, it’s funny now when I think of it, anyway take care and always know that people are mean and they will never change from inside. Be safe from those who gets close to you and helps u a lot without a reason because they are the one who will betray you someday”

The tape recorder shuts down. The door to the balcony creaked open, and the shadows inside seemed to stretch and loom, waiting. The air was thick with tension, and Sonya could almost taste the fear that latched on her for a long time, heavy and suffocating finally fading away.

********************* 7 YEARS AGO ***********************

“Can you please lend me some money, I need it to help my mum with something urgency?”

Sonya asks her best friend Aelira to offer her some aid because her mother needs the money she borrowed from the bank, She has been with her for a long time and has always assisted her with anything she needed, whether it was her personal or financial troubles. She was confident that, of all people, her greatest friend would assist her when she needed it most.

“I’d love to and you have been there for me when I needed the help, Trust me you are the one person that I am grateful to my whole life.” I looked her in the eyes and saw that she was going to cry so hard that her eyes were watering and heavy tears were about to pour from those self-disappointed eyes.

“Hey, it’s fine. No worries, just thinking about assisting me is enough. I’m thankful to have a friend that is willing to do whatever it takes to help.” I didn’t want to make her feel awful because I’d already done that, so I just told her that I liked her and was thankful to have a friend like her in my life.

“I know things are tough right now with you but I will see what I can do to help, just don’t give up Sonya, I will always be there for you.” Aelira reassured me.

“Thank you so much,” I said, holding her hand and smiling at her.

With her emotions still fresh, she hugs her pals one more time before leaving her residence.

“Where am I meant to be right now? Oh Lord, please assist me. I see a lot of ways ahead of me, but none of them appear to bring me close to my solutions.” While she is engrossed in her own thoughts, a drop of tears slips down her eyes and she doesn’t even see it. Her entire life, she was there for her friends and others who needed her at the time, and she helped them without hesitation; nevertheless, when it came to her, the people she believed were her friends didn’t help her. She looks down at her phone, realizing that none of the 15 pals on her contact list can help her.

“I Still have 1 more friend to ask and let’s see If she can help me or not”

As she was looking at her phone to contact her friend, she heard faint noises in the background and became concerned when she noticed a man running towards her with a suitcase.

“Move, get away, I will kill all of you guys if you get in my way” there was a guy dressed in black suit mixed with white and pink mask on his face, behind him were four cops chasing him with their gun pointed at him, before she can move, she had no idea that the person was in front of her with his knife swinging at her.

“I told you to move, you little shit.” Anger in his voice made my whole body unable to move. I got all the memories of my life in just a flash, why did this happened to me? Was I not being nice to everyone? Had I not taken care of my family with everything I had? Is this the way I am finally going to die? Who is going to take care of my family? My mom/dad? My sisters? Will they be okay?

All of this questions came rushing to my mind, I thought that maybe I will be the one for my family that provides and helps them to finally have a nice life which I dreamed for them to be.

Those 3 sec at that time felt like an entire 3 years. The only thing that was in my mind was that I don’t want to die, not here, not like this, not without telling my family I want them to be happy and keep on moving forward no matter what.

I want to live……..

I want to live…………

I really want to live………

*BANG*BANG*BANG*

I fell down on the ground, I could hear the soft breathing, and could feel the warm drops on my hand and my face, I was too scared to open my eyes for good.

“Hey can you hear me? Oh it’s you, I know you, If you can, please help me with something for the last time” I didn’t wanted to open my eyes, I imagined I was dying slowly, when I opened my eyes, I saw an elderly man who was roughly 57 with his white beard barely alive.

’Thank you for listening…….” Blood coming out of his mouth as he push himself to speak.

“I had no other option than this, my son…… he is in really big trouble with this one local gangster and they have him unless I give them the money they asked for” His eyes covered with his sparkles, his lips going dry, with his last effort to speak, he takes his final breathing inside

“Please give them the money that I have saved up from my place and free my son, The address is 2344 bagmat”--

Before he could end his sentence he died right in front of me, his blood dripping down on the cold marbles of the footpath, I, on the other hand, were frozen to the point that my legs gave up and I collapsed to the ground, the last thing that was visible on my mind was my family and more importantly

“I didn’t wanted to die”