Another Damned soul, disoriented and confused, floats into the judgement room. His face is faded, almost translucent, but his hooked nose and deep-set eyes are too familiar for Janette to ignore. He turns full circle, taking in his surroundings. He can't see her yet, hidden in the doorway, but she can't hide from him forever. She walks to the centre of the room and stands in front of him.
"Sister," he smiles when he sees her, "long time no see."
"Hello brother," She responds, not returning his smile. There was once a time she would have returned that smile, that was before he abandoned her orphaned and left to fend for herself on the streets of London. If the devil hadn't taken her in she would still be there.
"Any chance you're going to tell me what's going on?"
"You're dead." He just nods, this reaction didn't surprise her, she knew him well enough to know that knowing he was dead wouldn't phase him the way it does with the other souls. She tells him to wait in the judgement room whilst she goes to fetch the man who will determine his fate; her boss, the Devil.
She returns after what seemed like eternity, the Devil behind her, and together they watch her brother's life through his eyes, seeing all the important moments, the key choices he made that made him the man standing in front of them now. She saw him searching for her in the chaos of the fire, running into the raging flames to save his sister, but strong hands pull him back. The fireman drags him away from her, kicking and screaming in vain, calling her name, but the ambulance drives off, increasing the distance between them with every second. Things only get worse from there, he's released from hospital and gets in with the wrong crowd. He's 25 when he first picks up a gun, and 27 when he makes his first kill, the fireman who stopped him from saving his sister. Janette leaves the room, she can't bear to watch the rest of her brother's life after that. He had risked his life for her, he had killed for her and all that time, she had thought he had abandoned her.
The devil comes out a few moments later and tells her she can go in and speak with him whilst he decides her brother's fate and she nods, hesitating only a moment before entering the judgement room.
"What's going to happen to me?" he asks her.
"I don't know," she replies honestly, "but I owe you big time brother, I thought you had abandoned me in that fire."
He turns away, "I did."
She shakes her head, "no, you risked your life to try and save me."
"But I didn't save you, I'm your big brother, I should have saved you, I should have been there."
"I'm still alive, aren't I?"
"No thanks to me," he pauses a moment then asks "can we not talk about this?"
"Sure," my time with my brother is running out, any minute now, the Devil will be here to tell him his fate, and it likely won't involve me. I lean in close to him, "I'll get you out of here," I whisper in his ear, then I leave the judgement room without turning back.