Drabble Challenge #14: The End of All Things
Title: The End
Rating: PG
Word Count: 200
This isn't supposed to happen. I mean, it always seems like it's going to, but then at the last second before the Earth's fate is set in stone some wild deus ex machina pops up out of nowhere and the day is saved. But… nothing has happened.
I keep trying to tell myself that the 'last second' is going to come around any moment now and everything will be okay. But I know. The opportunity for the 'last second' passed us by, and now we are truly doomed.
Goku is dead. Otousan is dead. All the other warriors are gone, except for me. I'm cradling Goten's body closely as the world crumbles around us. I hear Okaasan scream somewhere and I look around for her, but there's too much smoke and the ground is shaking so hard I can't focus. I try to feel for her, try to assure myself that she and Bra are still there, but all the energies of the planet are going completely haywire and screwing with my senses.
But I'm pretty sure they're dead now, just like I'll be. There is no 'last second', only these final ones.
Oh, God, Goten… How did this happen?
