The Apocalypse:The past meets the future

An apocalypse is coming

I could not feel anything apart the gush of wind that graze through my skin as I ran. My mind was playing out a lot of scenarios,most of them were very frightening. I had to stop Amanda from getting that necklace,I just had to. I thought of how I could reach her faster and I remembered the slight technology that this generation had: a cell phone.

I drew myself to a halt,I was almost out of breath so I took a few seconds to get it back. When I had calm down a bit,I reached into my pocket and luckily for me,the phone was there. I sent a call through to her resident line and no one picked it up. I then called her personal number and still,no one picked.

"f**k!" I cursed,almost throwing the phone away. I thought to myself,"well that's two minutes wasted". And I started running again. I didn't stop running till I got to the bus stop. But for some reasons,the bus was going slower than I had expected and that was the moment mom decided to call me. I knew exactly what she would ask me and I was not in the right state of mind to have that conversation with her.

She called again,and I sighed and picked it up. "Yes,mother"

"Don't you use that tone with me young lady. Are you trying to give me a heart attack? Why did you run off like that? You just got out a coma,you need to be looked after. Now tell me where you are so that I can send your father to come pick you up"

"No,I can't do that" I knew that if I told her ,she would send her husband to come get me and I will not be able to stop Amanda from having that necklace. And I could not let that happen. This apocalypse does not have to occur and I will do everything in my power to see to it that it doesn't.

"What do you mean 'you can't?'. Now you listen to me and you listen good,I am your mother and when I say do something you do it because I know what's best for you. Now the doctor said that you need to eat and drink a lot of water at this point since you haven't eaten or drank anything in the past two days. So come back and let me take care of you okay?"

"Did you just say that I have been asleep for the past two days?"

"Yes,that's how long you have been in a coma for. It's a miracle that you came out so early. But Becky,we need to ensure that it doesn't happen again. Meaning that you will have to come take your drugs. Now,where are you?"

It felt like a bucket of cold water has been poured on me. I'm pretty much sure that if someone saw my face now,it would like as pale as a dead person's face. Two days. Two f*****g days! It felt like one hour to me. I was just dreaming,I never slipped into a coma. How was that possible? I could have sworn it felt like an hour to me. How did it turn out that in reality,I was actually in a coma.

"Becky,are you there?"

"Yes" my voice sounded shaky,so I cleared my voice and spoke again. "Yes,I am still here."

"So where are you?" Considering the fact that she went through all these trouble trying to reach me and for the fact that she is Rebecca's mother, I guess she deserve to know where I am.

"I'm in a bus. Heading to Amanda's place now."

"Okay, sweetie I know that you and Amanda are very tight. But you need to take care of yourself. You can always talk to Amanda tomorrow."

"No mom I have to do this now. Bye" And I ended the call before she could say anything else. Few minutes later,we reached Amanda's bus stop and I highlighted the bus and ran all the way to her house.

I did not care to knock. I just barged in and started yelling, "Amanda,Amanda where are you?" I went into the sitting room and the kitchen looking for her,there was no sight of her and that was when I ran upstairs. I rushed into her room and I saw her mother about to put the necklace on her neck.

"NO!!!". I ran towards her mother,I pushed her away and she fell on the floor. In the process,the necklace fell on the ground. Amanda rushed to her mother's side. "Mom are you okay? Rebecca,what the hell is wrong with you? Why would you do that? And why are you even here? Are you not supposed to be in the hospital?" She assisted her mother to get up.

"I am so sorry ma. I don't know what came over me. Are you okay?" I gracefully avoided telling them that I had ran a hundred miles to this place just to stop Mrs. Brown from placing that necklace on Amanda's neck. I did not care about the fact that my head was hurting so bad. As long as I had been able to stop the apocalypse from taking place, every other thing would be okay.

She held her head in her hands. "Yes,I think I am alright. What happened Rebecca? Why did you push me?"

"Well I just didn't want you to put the necklace round Amanda's neck"

"Why? You do know that we were doing this for you right? This necklace was supposed to be used as a best friend patch for us. And you just spoilt everything" Amanda bent down to pick the necklace up.

"Well I'm sorry but that is exactly why I did not want you to wear the necklace. This is not a good enough reason. We just had a fight and I believe that we can push through this without having to resort to you getting the necklace. And Mrs. Brown, remember you said that the necklace was only to be passed down when the owner is about to die and last time I checked,you are pretty much still alive and well"

"And after that shove you just gave me, I think it's about to change." She raised her head up, looking at the ceiling. It turns out,blood was actually coming from her nose.

"Oh my God,mom are you okay?"

"Yeah,I'll be fine. Just get me some tissues to hook it in my nose."

"Of course". Amanda rushed out of the room and headed towards the bathroom to get tissues. She came back and handed them over to her mother. Mrs. Brown collected it and stuffed it under her nose. She then excused herself to go to her room. I turned to Amanda and smiled.

"Amanda,I am so sorry I pushed your mom. I just don't really think that it's a good idea for you to be using the necklace just yet."

"Well,I won't use it now all thanks to you. But it did feel really good when mom placed it over my neck" She started moving towards her mother's room to check up on her.

No,she was joking. Her mom didn't actually place the necklace on her neck.

No,I stopped it from happening. Mrs. Brown did not just turn ownership of the necklace to her daughter while she was still alive. No,it did not happen.

When I got back from talking to myself,I rushed towards Amanda. I caught up with her inside her mother's room. "Amanda,what did you just say?"

"You are acting all weird,what's wrong?"

"I am not acting werid. I just want to know who owns the necklace now"

"Well that will be both of us."

"How is that possible?"

"Because you pushed her before she could give it to me again and she is now with the necklace. But it kinda belonged to me before because I was wearing it for a while." Amanda told me in a cherry high pitched voice

At that moment,I felt like someone had reached down into my stomach,pulled out my intestines and gave it to me to eat it. I fell to the ground. The mumbled screams of "Oh my God, Rebecca are you okay?" "Let's call her mother,mom" "Bring some water to me first and a wet towel". I could not comprehend what I just heard. This means that I have failed. The apocalypse will take place and I don't know anything about how to survive it and also protect the city when it starts. The entire people of New Orleans are going to die and their bloods will be on my hand.

I did not feel good. I tried to scramble on the floor looking for a bathroom,when I did not find one on the floor I stood up and ran to a bucket I saw. And there I vomited my guts out. Mrs. Brown came close to me and started patting me on the back. I was still dizzy because I could not see it when Amanda had come back into the room with the bowl of water and a wet towel. I only knew that she had when I felt a wet towel on my head. It actually made me feel a little bit better but it still did not change the fact that I had failed in stopping the apocalypse. So I pushed her hand away and went back to lying down on the floor.

After like five minutes,I could hear a voice that sounded like dad's own talking to Mrs. Brown. "Yes,she just fell down. We don't know what happened to her"

"It must have something to do with the fact that she did not stick around to take any food or medicine when she woke up. She just left the hospital running to your place. My lucky guess is that she was just very excited to see her best friend."

"She didn't stick around to get treated properly?! Oh God,this girl really does want to die."

"Yeah,one may say that. Anyway,I will just take her to the hospital before she slips back into a coma. Thank you so much for taking care of her"

"No problem. We will meet up with you later. We just have to clean up here first"

"Alright then" Dad picked me up and started heading towards his car. Soon,he will be gone and so will everyone. The thought of it brought a sting to my eyes and the next thing I knew was that I was crying at the front seat. Crying for the lives that would be lost. Crying for the fact that I failed my mom and Rebecca,the two people that believed in me. Crying for the city of New Orleans.