“
I’m not dead!” repeated Jack.
“
Then how are you in this room?” the man demanded.
“
We fell and…”
“
NONSENSE! You are dead. It is the only way to get here!”
Jack and I didn’t know what to say.
“
This is the waiting room to go to Hell! We are all dead, every man and woman in here are ghosts. You
cannot be alive!” explained the man.
“
Just get us out of this ‘Waiting Room’!” Jack said impatiently.
“
You never will, unless you go to hell.”
“
Ok. Let me go through that door!” Jack pointed at the door to his right.
“
NO!”
But it was too late. He pushed open the door and fell. After what he had done for me, I was going to pay
him back by dying with him. So I jumped down. I was surprised to have another soft landing. This time I
landed on a cushy chair and in front of me was a boy that looked like Jack, but he looked like an older version of
him. I knew it was his brother because Jack was now right next to me.
Jack quickly stood up and hugged him. The boy just blankly stared over his shoulder and the wall started to
fall and I was shocked by lightning and was then teleported back outside. I saw The Great Wall crumble and
fall before my eyes and to my right was the old man in the waiting room.
“
Your friend didn’t do what he was supposed to do. I said no, but he still had to open the door. So we
granted him his last wish and then killed him. You my boy are still alive because it was not your choice but his
to jump. So you did disobey my order to be a good friend!”
I didn’t know what to say. So I just stood there and wept with the man’s glowing hand on my shoulders.
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