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Prologue
I didn't know it would end like this.
I had conceived possible ends, but nothing like this.
I wanted to shut my eyes as if that would silence the crunch of heavy sole thick boots against tiled stucco roof. The tiles shifting told me the his presence was here before he had opened his mouth, "I know your here. Come out, slut and I'll make it quick."
As if to prove his point, he blasted a section off the top peak of the roof. I blinked as the dubber hit the sides, as the tramp of boots mingled with the snores of the costumers below, and yet, I couldn't close me eyes.
Death, huh? I haven't really considered it. I imagine that it something like closing your eyes. Just a black abyss...probably a personal black abyss. I bet it gets lonely, that was what he had said and it was those words that kept my eyes opens.
I tried to remind myself that this person, who had just shouted that was going to blast me through, had to be human. He was just like the others below this slanted roof, he had a life, possible a wife and children.
However as he blasted the second hole into blue tiled stucco roof, with suddenly clarity I was struck with a startling thought.
He was a scavenger. He wasn't a vulture, or a hunter like the wolf. No, he was a human. Filled with a human mind and heart, ready to leave no stone untouched in his quest. Compelled to end my life, no matter the consequence. He was human.
My soft human body nearly shivered as a chill run through me, my hand holding me to the peak got even sweatier. I wasn't sure if it was that suddenly clarity of thought or the sound of the third click of his gun. It didn't matter anyway.
I released the roof's peak, letting go just as the third blast hit the spot. As I tumbled down, I realized I had let go of my faith and sympathy.
I had let go of my concern for him, or anyone else like him. I didn't care for they're lives, they're families, or even they're fears. Yet, as I felt the loss of friction against my back. I realized that I hadn't let go of my own fears.
I realized I wasn't ready to close my eyes. That my greatest fear was the encroaching abyss.
