A Worthy Attempt

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On the X-axis we have cutting his head off or brutally murdering him, and on the Y-axis we have respectful duel or showing off that was my dilemma with writing this part

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???: RUN AWAY! RUN AW-AGH!!

???: NO!NO!NO!NO!N-AH!AHH!!

Screams kept echoing, a single man ignored them running lead by cheerful laughter

???: SPARE ME! SP-REHH!!

???: I SURREN-DAHH!!

???: PLEASE! NO! NO! NO-AGH!!

Even as these screams begged for mercy, this man still kept running even as his weak lungs burned and yearned for him to stop

???: FOR THE KIN-EEEHHH!!

???: DIE! MONSTE-

???: SORROUND IT! AIM BETWEEN THE AR-

???: REGROU-

As orders are shouted then silenced in cries, the man finally stops only because his body demands it

Hands on his knees wheezing for air the laughter dies once the screams go silent, footsteps replace the the silence

When a little girl no older than six runs under him grabbing at his hand

???: dad! come on!

(Y/n): Ro...syn...

Rosyn: dad, your too slow!

(Y/n): I...I have you...know young...lady...when I was...your age...I could run...fast.

You slowly catch your breath wheezing in-between words standing up letting her lead you

(Y/n): I was...just catching my breath...you know...dad's breathing...isn't th-that...great.

You've regained your breathing, yet still your wheezing remains as it always has

Rosyn: mommy says it's because you work too much

You smile with a wheeze laughing

(Y/n): ...I wish...that was why...could get better...if I retired...if I could...

Rosyn: mommy also says that if you work too hard...I might never see you again.

You stop at her words confused, noticing that you've stopped when she feels you tug back

Rosyn: dad?

(Y/n): why...why would...your mother...say that?

Rosyn: your always at work...so when you visit I'm already asleep from my treatments.

(Y/n): well...I-I work...hard to pay...for your...treatments...

As you look through tinted lens at your cheerful daughter not wearing any rebreathers, something wasn't right

(Y/n): Rosyn, where's your rebreather?

Rosyn: we got to hurry dad we're almost late.

She starts to pull your hand with both her own hands allowing yourself to be with strained chuckles

(Y/n)...why in...such a hur-gh...hurry.

Rosyn: mommy is already waiting.

(Y/n): waiting?

As you watch your cheerful daughter desperately try to pull you down the street does it dawn on you that she was alone

(Y/n): Rosyn...where is your mom?

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