“NaNoWriMo 2020 Pt. 51”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

Additional note: This is a continuation of the NaNoWriMo 2020 TTtW story.

Read the compiled NaNoWriMo TTtW story here!

MASON’S POV

What have I done?

The words keep repeating in my mind, sending a spike of pain through my heart with each repetition.

What have I done?

My brother’s dead. I killed him. And for what? To save my brother’s girlfriend who I don’t really know that well? To be a hero?

What have I done?

If I hadn’t done it, Skye certainly would’ve. So why did I have to step in? Why did I have to be the one to do it?

What have I done?

What have I done?

What have I done?

I stop in my tracks. I’ve become exactly what I’ve wanted for as long as I can remember. I’ve become the person I’ve looked up to, the person I’ve loved more than anyone else. The person who had held my hand in my darkest times. The person who I’d been looking for since the Day of the Halving.

The person who just tried to kill me.

The person I just killed.

A spike of pain shoots through me again and I drop to my knees. But this isn’t emotional pain. No, this pain is very real.

I slowly look down to see the rips in my blood-stained shirt from my brother’s claws.

As the world starts going fuzzy, I think about Maddie. Because if she’s right about what happens to people who die in the apocalypse, then I’m about to become even more like my brother.

Final Comments: I thought this story was going to be over soon… And maybe it will be, but maybe it also won’t be.

Overall Rating: 😅