A Bullet Ends It All!

"Holy shit!" said Laura, as she regained consciousness. As she stood up and looked around, it appeared that she was in a bomb shelter. As she walked a little further, she saw a button on the wall. As she pressed it, a door at the top of a flight of stairs opened. Laura ascended the staircase, she made her way outside. As she looked around, she saw dead bodies in every direction. Laura stood in disbelief, as she thought back to how all this happened.

THREE DAYS AGO

"In The End" By Linkin Park came from the speakers of the Hummer, as it drove down the road.

"Shit!" said James "It's been pretty quiet lately, it's like nothings happened to us for the last couple months."

"And that's bad because?" said Gordon.

"Not complaining," said James "just thought it was worth bringing up."

"So where we heading?" Gordon asked Laura. As Laura looked up the road, she saw a sign that read SPEYER.

"Guess we're going to Speyer" said Laura. Except for the music, there was silence as the group drove towards Speyer.

***

It was evening, as the group finally made it into Speyer. As they drove through the city, they found that it appeared to be deserted.

"I don't like this shit!" said James.

"Me neither," said Jabo "but until something happens, let's just get a room for the night." The group continued driving until they came up to a hotel. They got their stuff, and walked into the hotel. It was deserted inside, as they walked up to the front counter. James jumped over to the other side and grabbed three room keys.

"Think fast!" said James, as he threw a key at Gordon. Gordons arm quickly shot up, and caught the key. James took the other key, and threw it at Jabo. As the key almost reached Jabos hand, Laura quickly stuck out her hand and caught it.

"Guess I won that one!" said Laura, as she looked over at Jabo. "Now it's time to claim my prize!" Laura and James exchanged smiles, as Laura and Jabo headed up to their hotel room. James stuck his room key in his pocket, and jumped back over the counter.

"Hmmm," James said to himself "something here still isn't right." James then proceeded to head up to his hotel room.

***

"So," said a mysterious man "is the city deserted?"

"Yes sir!" said a man in a business suit. "The soldiers you sent in were successful in eradicating the entire population."

"Excellent!" said the man "Now there will be no prying eyes for what we're doing. What about the shelter?"

"All set up sir," said the man in the suit "it's motion activated, so as soon as you walk past the motion detectors, the doors close."

"Good Job!" said the mysterious man

"Thank you sir" said the man in the suit.

The two man sat in silence the rest of the way, as the limo they sat in followed several vehicles in front of it, including one which was covered with a sheet. As they drove into Speyer, they drove past the hotel. As they drove, the man noticed the Hummer parked out front. "What the fuck is this?" demanded the man.

"It looks like a Hummer, sir." said the man in the suit.

"I know it's a Hummer, you idiot!" said the man "I want to know what the fuck it's doing here? You said you killed everyone!"

"They must have just come into the city" said the suited man.

"Well watch them," said the mysterious man "they stick their nose in, kill them!"

"Right sir!" said the man in the suit. As they drove past the hotel, they didn't notice James standing at his window.

***

"James, that's bullshit!" said Gordon, as the group walked through the city the next day.

"No it isn't!" said James "I saw people driving into the city, they had a flatbed truck with some fucking hugething on the back of it."

"You must have been smoking something." said Gordon

"Just pot," said James "but that's normal for me."

"True!" said Gordon.

"So, then do you believe me?" asked James

"Yes and no," said Gordon "I prefer to wait and see."

***

Later that evening, the group went over to a bar in the city. Like everywhere else, it was empty. They took it upon themselves to get their own drinks. After some time had passed, James decided to step outside to look around some more.

"So what's with James?" asked Laura

"What do you mean?" Gordon asked

"He just seemed kind of paranoid today."

"Oh that," said Gordon "he just thinks he saw some weird people coming into this city last night."

"WHAT?!" said Jabo "Why the fuck didn't you mention this earlier?"

"I figured it was bullshit," said Gordon "he admitted he was smoking when he saw it."

"Just because he was high," said Jabo "doesn't mean that what he saw wasn't there."

"True," said Gordon "but remember the time he was smoking, and claimed he saw Daffy Duck fucking Donald up the ass?"

"Ya got a point there!" said Jabo, as he took a drink out of a whiskey bottle.

***

Some time having passed, the group began to wonder where James was. All of a sudden, he came running into the bar, a shocked look on his face.

"What is it?" asked Laura

"Follow me," said James "You're not gonna fucking believe this!" The group followed James, as he led them to the outskirts of the city. As they looked out, they saw hundreds of bodies, in early stages of decomposition, in an uncovered mass grave.

"Who the fuck?" said Jabo, as he was interrupted by a bullet buzzing past his ear. He looked behind him, to see a man holding a gun, and a walkie-talkie. As Jabo pulled out a handgun, the man began running.

"Paul? PAUL!" yelled the man into the walkie-talkie.

"What is it?" came the voice of Paul, the mysterious man.

"Those people that came in," said the man as he ran "they found the mass grave!"

"And?" said Paul

"And now they're after me, please you have to help me!"

"Sorry, can't do it!" said Paul "almost got this baby set up, can't compromise it by saving your sorry ass!"

"PAUL," yelled the man "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" The man heard a shot fired, and fell to the ground, as a bullet entered his leg. As he turned over, he saw the group, guns drawn, standing over him.

"Alright piggy," said James, as he pointed his handgun at the guy. "Start squealing!" James looked over at the group, who were all staring at him. "What?" said James "I always wanted to say that." Jabo, gun still in hand, knelt down in front of the guy.

"Alright asshole," said Jabo "start talking and we won't kill ya."

"Fuck you!" said the guy, as he spit at Jabos face. "I really don't care if you kill me, Paul will roast all your asses!"

"And who's Paul?" asked Jabo. He looked at the guy, waiting for a response, not getting one. Jabo looked at the guys hand, and saw the walkie-talkie. Jabo picked it up and spoke into it. "Paul?"

"Who the fuck is this?" demanded Paul

"This is Jabo," said Jabo "we got your friend here. You got anything to say to him, I suggest you say it now." There was silence on Pauls end. "So be it!" said Jabo. Jabo proceeded to signal to Gordon, causing him to pump his shotgun. Jabo pressed the button on the walkie-talkie, as Gordon fired at the mans head, the shot causing skull, blood, and brains to stain the ground. "That was your only warning asshole," said Jabo "We're coming after you next!"

"Well," said Paul "I'm sure you have an EXPLOSIVE time trying."

"What the hell do you mean by that?" asked Jabo. Jabo received nothing but silence on the other side. "SHIT!" yelled Jabo angrily, as he threw the walkie-talkie on the ground, causing it to shatter.

"So what do we do now?" asked Laura

"We find this cocky son of a bitch, and blow his fucking brains out."

"Good plan!" said James

"Thanks," said Jabo, a smile on his face "I thought so too!"

"Shit!" said Paul, as he put down his walkie-talkie.

"What is it, sir?" asked a soldier.

"Those nosey motherfuckers we were warned about earlier, they're coming this way!"

"Do you want me to get my platoon together to stop them?" asked the soldier.

"Of course!" said Paul angrily, "What the fuck do you think I'm paying you for?"

"I'll get right on it, sir!" said the soldier, as he walked off to get his platoon together.

"Christ," Paul said to himself "I'm working with a bunch of goddamn morons!"

"So what do you thinks going on with this guy?" James asked Gordon.

"Probably some crazy nut," said Gordon "ya know, plans for world domination...that kind of stuff."

"Probably," said James "that always seems to be the case." As the group continued walking through the city, weapons in high ready. They found that as it was getting later in the evening, it was becoming darker, thus harder to see. All of a sudden, in the distance they could hear

gunfire. The group watched as the silhouette of ten soldiers came closer, the only light coming from their guns as they fired. Jabo loaded up his M16, and began firing. He watched as the bullets entered one of the soldiers, causing his body to convulse, as it fell to the ground in a puddle of blood. This caused the rest of the soldiers to run towards the group, and vice versa. Pulling out two handguns, James held out his arms, shot and killed two soldiers. Grabbing a MAC-10 from Jabo, Laura began firing, watching as three soldiers fell from her bullets. Shotgun in hand, Gordon managed to kill the final four, by creating large holes in their chests.

"Well," said Jabo, as he lowered his M16 "shall we move on?" The group started walking again, not noticing the man on the roof of one of the buildings.

"Shit!" the man said to himself "Paul is not gonna like this." the soldier proceeded to pick up his walkie-talkie, paused for a second, then pressed the button.

"WHAT?!" yelled Paul angrily.

"They killed the soldiers, sir." came the mans voice

"I really don't need this!" Paul said to himself. He pressed the button, "where were they going?"

"Heading in your direction," said the man "will probably be there very soon."

"Send out another platoon," said Paul "they survive that, I'll take care of them."

***

It was in the wee hours of the morning the next day, as the group walked away from another platoon of dead soldiers.

"Christ!" said James "Is this guy gonna keep throwing more fucking soldiers at us?"

"Looks like it." said Gordon.

"Yeah," said James "that's what I thought, this guy's just a goddamn pussy!" As James and Gordon continued talking, they failed to notice Jabo and Laura had stopped. They fell backwards, as they bumped into Jabo and Laura.

"What the hell's going on?" asked James. He watched as Jabo lifted his finger, pointing to a giant metallic object with a symbol indicating it contained nuclear material. As the group slowly made their way to the object, they heard the sounds of guns cocking. They looked all around them, to see lots of soldiers holding high powered assault rifles.

"Shit!" said Jabo.

"Well," said Paul as he came from behind the metallic object. "For some nosey assholes, who killed a bunch of soldiers, I expected to hear something a little more flashy."

"What do you want asshole!" said Laura.

"Oh feisty," said Paul, as he placed his hand on her cheek. "I love it!" As he moved in to kiss her, she spit in his face. Angrily, he wiped the spit off his face, and smacked Laura across the face, causing her to fall to the ground. Jabo ran towards Paul, but stopped when he heard

some of the soldiers take aim.

"You son of a bitch!" said Jabo

"What do you want from us?" asked Gordon.

"Nothing," said Paul "you just been compromising what I've spent millions on to make a reality."

"Which is?" said Gordon.

"This bad motherfucker!" said Paul, as he patted the metallic object.

"What is it?" asked James.

"This my dear boy," said Paul "is a nuclear bomb with enough force to destroy an area three times the size of Texas. Detonating this baby here, it's gonna kill a lot of people."

"Why?" asked Laura "Some kind of world domination plans?"

"No my dear," said Paul "just doing it because I can!"

"That doesn't make sense" said Jabo.

"How doesn't it?" asked Paul "Can't I just be a crazy millionaire? Not everything like this always has to be world domination, or some form of terrorism. I mean, can't someone just be fucking crazy?"

"But you'll be killed in the blast too!" said James.

"No, I won't" said Paul "This baby won't detonate till I press this button." Paul proceeded to show a remote control he had in his hand. "And I'm not gonna detonate it, until I'm in my bomb shelter." Paul pointed to a bomb shelter on the other side of Laura.

"Why are you telling us this?" asked Gordon.

"Because," said Paul "you know you can't stop me, if the soldiers don't shoot you, the blast will kill you!" Paul proceeded to laugh, not noticing James pull out his handgun.

"Fuck this!" said James, as he fired at Paul.

"JAMES," yelled Jabo "NO!" They watched as the bullet entered Pauls chest, causing him to fall backwards, pressing the button as he fell. Acting quickly, Jabo brought up his leg, and gave Laura a hard kick to the chest, causing her to fly into the bomb shelter. As Laura hit the ground, she saw the doors close, losing consciousness a minute later.

***

As Laura continued walking, she saw nothing but dead soldier after dead soldier. She kept walking, until something caused her to trip. She stood up to see Gordons lifeless body. "Gordon!" Laura said to herself, tears began rolling down her cheek. She looked beside him, to see James's body. The tears continued coming, as she looked a little past James, to see Jabos body. Laura ran over, and knelt down in front of Jabos body. Tears continued falling, as she pulled Jabos body close to hers. As she embraced his lifeless body, she could feel a bump on the front of his

body. She looked down to see an open gun holster with a loaded handgun. Laura picked it up, and checked for a clip. She leaned over, and her lips met with Jabos. As she did this, she proceeded to bring the gun to her temples. Her lips stayed on Jabos, as she pulled the trigger.

THE END