Cruel World of Heaven, Earth, and Hell

How did it all come to this?

Broken glasses covered the floor. They all lay on their backs looking at the giant hole in the ceiling. Max’s face was covered in dust. Slowly, he began to remember what happened.

Three years came to this. He and his friends still couldn’t figure it out, but they had some idea. From the looks of things, the worst of it was over. But it was hard to tell these days. Max had a feeling that his past crime was done being paid off. How could he make it up to them? The only thing left would be…

Max closed his eyes and shook his head. Don’t even think like that. They would kick your ass if you came to that point.  But something in him had to make it right.

His eyes moved around him. Max had the feeling that everyone was still alive. He could hear Julie groaning far away. The young man tried to ask if anyone was still alive or if they were okay, but no sounds came out. He tried to get up, but his body felt so heavy. Before he had a chance to act, Max noticed something else in the sky. His heart jumped up into my throat. The young man’s eyes widened as his pupils dilated.

Oh no! Is this finally the end? No! We don’t want to die! I don’t want to die! We were all just connecting again! Please, don’t do this! We just want to live! We all want to live!

A bright light flashed in Max’s eyes and he began to remember the days that led up to the storm that last for three days which brought them to this point.