Only One May Leave

A dark room is light by the untouchable light of an old lamp running out of oil placed in the center of the room. Cobwebs stretch like a toddler reaching for a cookie, and dust is cluttered as suffocated as fans at a concert. My friend, David, does his best to comfort my sister, while Chris punches the wall yelling at the top of her lungs to get us out of this hell. Leo hugs his legs to his chest while begging Chris to stop and give up. I finally open my mouth “Who will live?” My sister looks up shocked, and then crawls over to me taking me into her arms as she sobs. Chis grunts her bloody knuckled fist red wipes sweat from her eyes, and then continues to pound as she screams while her voice cracks. David walks up to me his tear-stained face stares at me “I just don’t know.”             “Why don’t we just do nothing and last on living leaves.” Leo offers an option, and Chris yells her response, as tears brim her eyes “No! There has to be another way!” David says nothing, but I do “There is no other way, but I just know that I’ll give everything I have to my sister.”             My sister cries louder as Chris finally breaks down and falls to the floor sobbing wishing this was a dream, but no. It’s all too real. Only one person can leave this place, this hell that kills all but one. Having the one live on in sadness and despair. CLING! An objects falls from the celling that I can’t make out from David standing in front of me, but I can tell it’s bad. Chis and Leo stare at the object in shock while David turns and his face does the same. My sister and I lean to get a closer look… What was in front of us was a gun… Chris stands, picks it up and opens it, but all knew what was inside it. Chris counted four bullets, and then closes it while we all stare at her. “I give… See you guys later, I guess.” Chris points the gun under her chin and pulls the trigger. All of us just watch as our childhood friend topples motionless to the floor with blood starting to pool. My sister throws her head into my chest tears leaving her eyes like fountains, but Leo took it the hardest. All of us knew Leo loved her, and he never got to tell her. Leo clings to her body with tears of a waterfall “No! No! No! I always loved you! No! Chris! I can’t go on without you! I won’t go on without you!” Leo takes the gun and gives his life to Death. David drops to his knees not able to take it while I just stare pinching myself to wake me up, but no. David starts praying in his native language, and takes the gun in his hands “I don’t know who will leave, but it’s not me.” Another life is gone… It’s crystal clear now… I know what I must do… I take the gun and tell my sister “Bye.” She looks at me tears never ending, but smiles thanking me as I point the gun at her head. I’m the last one… A door I have never seen before opens with a loud creak, but I don’t leave. I lay each body on their backs, and crossed their arms. I took the lamp oil and let it’s droplets hit their bodies. I take the fire that was in the lamp and set the bodies on fire. Now I leave, but I don’t look back. I smile…The plan worked perfectly.