KZ Bennekker

Choose

The next day, right before KZ woke up, he heard a voice.
“KZ, my boy! I found you” said the soft, angelic voice of his mother.
With a sudden jerk, KZ sat up in bed.
“KZ! Did you hear me? You’re going to be late for school!” came Fiona’s voice from the
bottom of the stairs. “KZ! Wake up!”
“Okay Mom! I’m awake. Just let me get dressed!”
As KZ got ready for school, he heard another whisper. “KZ. Why can’t you see me. I’m
right here.”
“Who’s there.” KZ asked in response to his mother’s voice.
“It’s me, your mother.”
At this point, KZ is on his knees, shaking his head and crying out.
“Mom?” KZ asked in a shaky voice.
“Yes, It’s me.” Sarah replied. “I have something to tell you. This can’t wait. I was
supposed to tell you on your 13th birthday, but it took me so long to find you.”
“Mom, I’ve been looking everywhere for you.” KZ said as his tear soaked eyes searched
his room for any sign of Sarah. “When I saw you on the street... We looked so much alike Mom.
Why can’t I see you”
“KZ there is something I have to tell you. You need to be quiet and listen now.  I need to
tell you about your destiny.”
“I don’t wanna know about my destiny!” KZ responded harshly. “I want you, Mom.”
“I know you do sweetie, but I can’t be here for very long. I died to protect you and my
world. OUR world KZ! I need you to understand that.”
“I do, Mom. I understand.”
“KZ, you have a choice to make, and you have to make it now.”
“Okay Mom. What do I have to do?” KZ asked as he wiped the tears from his eyes.
“First, I need you to understand that I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. Especially to
you.”
“ I know Mom.”
“KZ, you have to decide now. Do you want to come back home with me, become a god,
and rule our universe, or do you want to find your father. The devil himself?”
KZ looked at his mother in horror. “My father is the devil?” KZ asked, his eyes filled
with pain and fear.
“Yes, KZ. He doesn’t know about you yet. I wasn’t able to tell him about you before I
died. If you choose to go find him, you will have a series of trials you have to go through.”
“If I have to decide right now. I want to find my father. He needs to know I exist. Maybe
after I complete the trials, and I find my father... Maybe him and I could come back to your
world, and we could all rule it together.”
“KZ, It doesn’t work that way. Either you come back home with me now, and lose any
chance you have of knowing your father, or you choose him, and we fight in a war against each
other, and our world dies. You are the only one left who can save my world KZ. If you choose
your father, he will declare war on our people, and then me and our people will all die.”
After a long time, KZ finally answered. “Mom, I choose to save our people. What do I
have to do to become a god?”
“Just take my hand.”