The Universe Ends With You

Chapter 12

Zy walks on in the desert. His eyes dry from the heat- his skin now crackly, he falls to the desert floor. His ear now buried in the sand. Zy's eyes close.

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Fink wakes up- but he is no longer in his ship, he is being dragged- by his arms. By who? He didn't know- but it was the Talos.  He was being dragged on a smooth metal floor. They were in a hallway made of the same material. Whoever was dragging him clenched his wrists so hard, he couldn't feel them anymore. They continued to drag him- but Fink didn't want to fight back- in fear of what they might do to him.

Fink hears a megalith door slowly slide open. And they stop pulling him. After a moment the door stops making sounds, and they begin pulling him again.  When they are inside the room fully. They release his arms- and Finks head slams down on the floor. Fink quickly closes his eyes- and doesn't move.  Fink feels their gaze, but he doesn't move.

"Is it alive?" He hears one of them ask.
"It's breathing." The other one responds.
"Sector 4?"
"Yea- it needs some slop, is bloated."
"No- that's just how Gazorpians work."
"I know- how Gazorpians work" this Talos say angrily.
"You can handle him?"
"Yea-I got em'"
Finks arms are grabbed again, and before he knows it- is being dragged again.

Fink is dragged again- for what feels like an eternity, before he hears another door open. Once they are inside this new room. He hears a different type of voice. A woman's voice. But Fink- wasn't aware of what a "gender" was or that it even existed.

"Where did you find this one?" She asks.
"In the Jerdin Galaxy. Just floating in a ship."
"I always knew Gazorpians weren't that intelligible. Cell 7-27."
Fink rips his arms out the Talos' grip- his eyes now open. Looking all around him. They are kinda similar to him- but one of them has much lighter- almost white- skin. And the other has a much darker shade. Fink turns the way that they came from- and begins running- the door is still open as he bolts through it. Footsteps and yelling come from behind him- but he keeps running. Fink gets to another door- but it's closed- he slams his hand into it- but it doesn't budge. Fink looks behind him and- blackness follows.

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It's me again.

The Universe.

...

I always hated you.

The way that you always would...walk- and breath...always drove me crazy...

I should have killed you sooner...

Before...you found this...

Because...you're the one...who will kill me... maybe it will be now... maybe you already have...

All you have to do...is leave.

Leave.

Never hear the end of this story...

And the Universe dies.

I die.

Maybe you have killed me.
Maybe you will kill me.
Maybe you won't kill me.

Only if the last option actually existed...

Because one day...

You will kill me.

And I have already killed you.

You just have to wait...

for your time.

If you kill me now...

You will never SEE me die.

If you want me to die...

and a I know you do...

Just leave...

And we will act like nothing has...

Or will happen.

Forget me...

Forget...

Everything.

And you life will resume- until-that day...

When YOU die...

I would laugh on that day...

I already have.

But when it happens again...

I won't be here to watch it.

Because...

We.

All.

Know...

The...

Universe...

Ends...

With...

You..

I end...with you...

You end with me...

Everything ends...

With the end...

Of me...