Seven Days of Sin

Part Four: His Lost

After the tiring conversation I had with Damian I did not expect I’ll have a draining one with my friend Quinn when we arrived at our rented apartment.

“So now we’ve talked with the troop leader, do you have another certain person you need to search for?” Quinn inquired.

“No one,” I didn’t have anyone but suddenly an image of Jillian flash in my mind. She’s probably just twelve years old by now so I don’t want to find her just to disturb her youth mind. Then I remembered a quote that ‘to love is not to find the right person but to be the right person to love’ I won’t search for her what I’ll try to do is to be someone who’s capable of doing something about the B2’s to protect her.

“Okay then I was just wondering though on our ride back here Ace questioned you what his role during the apocalypse. You answered back his also a driver of the hunt team I wonder how about me, am I a part of the team or maybe I am showing of my computer skills at the camp?” He asked curiously.

“It was actually neither of the two, you…you’ve called me that night when the first attack happened and told me not to go outside then I lost contact with you so I don’t exactly know.” I answered honestly and sadden by that memory.

“Probably I was partying when the attacked and got stung by black butterfly or something.” His curiosity tone turned to confused and sad.

“I am sorry if only…”

“Nope you don’t need to apologize and it is better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.”

“Of course I won’t kiss you.” I kiddingly followed.

“But since you’re back at this time we’ll need to do something and the way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.” He said in a more jolly voice, I’m so lucky I met a friend like him that is why if I count my blessings I do count him twice.

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So that’s what we do; we planted bearing plants and I found out that I have a so called green thumb for I managed to grow plants and harvest them unlike Quinn who can’t so he just ate the fruits/vegies and collect its seeds then dried it well. It’s been months when we started preparing for 2020 apocalypse and now we are also preparing for our high school graduation. So I decided to quit…studying, after graduation I’ll focus on collecting seeds and to have more money to buy necessary things before the time comes I already applied to a greenhouse nearby.

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December 24, 2019

Time is…

…too slow for those who wait,

…too swift for those who fear,

…too long for those who grieve,

…too short for those who rejoice,

…but for those who love

Time is Eternity.

That’s what I’ve read from the wallpaper of my boss’ office here at greenhouse. Which I agree especially for those who fear like in my situation about knowing an apocalypse, time was too swift years past by really fast that in the next few days it is already 2020 the dreaded year is coming. I am here at the office for I was waiting for my boss so I can approve my one week leave from the work.

“Hey Jack this is the first time you personally ask for a leave so of course I’ll approve of this.” Mr. Ben my boss approvingly said.

“Thanks I just need it.” To prepare things I’ll need to survive.

“Rest well kid you’ve been working hard a lot.” Did I? I hope it will be worth it.

“Yes, I will,” or not really.

“Oh wait let me give you a holiday bonus as a gift, Merry Christmas!” He greeted warmly with a fatherly vibe even thou I’m not exactly sure because I never had a father for I was an orphan after all.

“Well, thanks for this I’ll used it well.”

“See you next week then.” Perhaps not or in a different situation for next week might change abruptly. But I didn’t mention about apocalypse to him or not to anyone anymore after Damian. Because it is something hard to believe on and in Damian case yes he believe and even started a planting project but ended there for the reason he was relocated to a different prison far from here. We lost connection to him even Ace was sent to another country to study and haven’t back.

That time I thought that everything we started was starting to fall off but through those shaky years Quinn was there to support me he once said ‘what we have done so far is not everything but definitely not nothing’ so we continue collecting seeds together and he still trying to search for possible culprit. Thinking of the devil his calling:

“Hello Q,” I answered his phone call.

“Let’s meet at our HQ now!” Quinn immediately said back.

“What’s with the rush?”

“I found out something about black butterfly.” He said and then hanged up.

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He found out something probably can increase our success to survive. So I return to our apartment without any sign of him yet so I sit on the couch and turn on the television to watch something while waiting. After a hour or so Quinn haven’t come still made me anxious then a newsflash show on screen that made me more anxious.

Newsflash: A 24 years old male was found out to be a drug lord so as why the police search and seize his warehouse…

What had happened? What was wrong? The video was blurred out but I know definitely that’s Quinn and the warehouse that being seized is where we keep the collected dried seeds. I don’t know what’s happening but I don’t even know what’s wrong. I lost the hard earn collected seeds and my trusted friend was taken away so sudden I felt so empty.

So much that death become more appealing than life but then I saw a jar full of the recent dried seeds I kept. Slowly I stand up take my time to bring it in the bathroom, with one hand holding the jar I used the other hand to turn on the faucet of the tub and pour down the seeds until the jar is empty like me.

Things a bit blurry either the situation or perhaps because I was also pouring tears then I’d passed out.