[A multi-storey building, surrounded by interpol officials, A man jumps from one of the floors]
10 seconds to impact:
"I'll be fine, I did the right thing, world was a shit-hole any way. They would have caught me. They would have taken it from me. They don't understand. They don't see it. It was the only way."
9 seconds:
"Probably will be tagged a villain. well that is in the case if people survive it. Thats OK. Its the villains who stamp the presence of a higher authority."
8 seconds:
"Come to think of it, i don't feel like a villain. No evil smiles inside. I have given it everything and all thats left of me is a purpose."
7 seconds:
"It's a purpose i was born for. Voices inside my head call it redemption. Between all of it can a purpose be bad if no one understands it?"
6 seconds:
"In my lifetime they branded me as a terrorist, menace to society. But, i know i was chosen. I was chosen to carry on a deed. That will wash away all their sins. All i ever prayed for was to have mercy on them"
5 seconds:
"All i ever did was keep relieving people of their misery. People don't always know they need help, that they need to be freed. You need the eyes to see through the material world. I have got one, yet i am a terrorist"
4 seconds:
"What i have in my hand is sort of a colleague- "Messenger of death". Yes, a vial of viruses that would wipe out populations overnight. Silent death. Merciful death. Blessed death."
3 seconds:
"I wonder if i'll go to heaven or are we just god's favorite hitmen? we just wash his dirty laundry perhaps"
2 seconds:
"Ah! the few seconds of my mortal life, their life, humanities' life. In a few seconds me and this vial will hit the floor. My Destiny. Heroes might die in vain, but villains always fullfill their purpose."
1 second:
[Smile]
Impact: [thud, crack]. And so it begins..
liked the advancement of thoughts
ReplyDeleteAJ. I think not a person in this world would ever go to mirror and pretend to be either a hero or a villain. Unfortunately, it's the grey shades. And thoughts closing down on the last 10 seconds of anyone's life, leave alone the suicide bomber's life is scary. I 'd like to believe that people would not exhibit an existential crisis as you claimed. I believe, at the simplest of moments like closing in on death, the killer might think of his supernatural affiliation(if he is a believer ofcourse), or blurred visions of his loved ones and the anticipation of physical pain of the immediate future(which is going to get functional in 10 seconds). We have huge plans for future at leisure only. Not at crisis and the crux. At the heat of anything, it would boil down to pain, love and subconscious images, the unexplainable feeling underbelly and anticipation of all these. That said it's my opinion if I ever do that. And you write good. Keep them coming.
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