The Earth

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Im tired of it, tired of it all. Why did I have to click the button. I unconsciously pressed immortality. Now everyone I held dear to me is gone and I all feel like is dying but I can't. I feel so alone having no one to talk to. For the past billions of years I have seen society grow and crumble, Earth as well. Earth was a beautiful place but now its just empty, an empty space of land of just sand. The Sun was a a beautiful star now its just about to die along with the Earth. The Sun is slowly getting closer and closer to the Earth each passing day and today feels like the final day. The day where Earth, my sweet home dies. The Sun gets brighter and brighter as it heads towards the soulless Earth. Ha ha haa... I'm laughing but for what? Maybe it's because I'm out living the Earth and Sun. Yeah thats pretty funny I would have never thought I would outlive the Earth and Sun. I look around the surrounding area of where I am. All is flat land stretching for what seems endlessly. I wonder if it's still alive, that snail. Maybe it is or maybe it isn't. I have a strange feeling I think it might be alive. Well my strange feeling wasn't so wrong because now I see it, the snail. The snail is slowly crawling towards me fulfilling it's life mission. To try to make me die a horrible death but its too late now. The Bright and hot? Sun is here coming towards the Earth with all its might. Will me and the snail die right here, right now? Mmm probably not but hopefully we do. I don't want to live like this anymore. Well it's time to find out if I live. I close my eyes feeling and hearing the Earth and Sun say their goodbyes. The sounds of crashing and explosions were so loud they broke the sound barrier. The 2 minute long event was over, so now I open my eyes to reveal to myself floating on the vastness of space. There was nothing left of the Earth and Sun. I-I'm still alive huh. I feel like crying but tears won't come out, I don't feel emotions anymore, I wish I could feel them again. I look around to see the dark space with stars illuminating from it. I look to my right and to reveal the  snail. It's still alive too huh. Thats crazy, me and this snail have somehow both outlived human society and now the Earth and Sun. What's next the universe? We stare at each other intensely for a few seconds. Then the snail starts to slowly crawl towards me trying to fulfill its duty to kill me. Does it have any emotions? Does the snail want to end this too? I'm the only thing  in its way not letting it fulfill its destiny. Why hasn't it given up yet? Is it that determine to chase me to the ends of the universe to kill me? The snail still slowly crawling towards me closing the gap between us. I came to the realization that I could've ended this anytime I wanted too, but why haven't I ended this? Ahh I get it now, I guess I still have some emotion left in me. Im afraid... afraid of death. The snail was about 10 feet away from me now. I look straight ahead and I see the other planets that haven't died yet. I look to the right of me and see that the snail was now 5 feet away from me. I closed my eyes took a deep breath and ran. I ran away from the snail heading towards the other planets and heading maybe beyond them. I now make the gap get bigger slowly and slowly. I ran and ran until it felt like I was a good distance away from the snail. I turn around and see the snail still chasing after me. How long would I long would I keep running from death itself? I don't know yet but maybe I will know later in the future. Will I still fear death and the death that awaits me? Hopefully I don't fear death anymore so I can let the snail fulfill its mission and I can fulfill my twisted fate. For now I will keep running until I think I'm ready. When will that be? I don't know but for now I'm sorry snail but you'll have to deal with chasing me for a little longer until I see you next time friend.

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