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  I reach for my pocket to grab a pill.

  No! I ran out! No no no no no no no!

  Suddenly, I fall and hit the floor. Fuck! I quickly turn to look at her.

  She grabs the machine and slams it on my head.

  PAIN! I hear a cracking noise. Is it my skull or is it the machine breaking on impact? So much pain. Everything hurts.

  I feel dizzy. My mind hurts. My skull is compressing my brain.

  It fucking hurts.

  I see pieces of the machine around me.

  My sister steps on my right hand with as much force as possible. It hurts a bit, but it is nothing in comparison to the hurt in my head. On the contrary, it distracts me from the bigger pain.

  She is going for the gun. She tries to grab it off my hand while she steps on my arm.

  I pull the trigger. I hear the gunshot.

  The shock makes her lose her strength.

  I move my wrist to aim the gun at her.

  I shoot. Again. Again. Again.

  She drops down. Her eyes are blinking and her fingers are twitching.

  My head fucking hurts. The sound of the gun almost exploded my brain.

  She tries to get up before quickly collapsing again.

  I do not feel anything in the rest of my body, except the cold that took over everything.

  I slowly and painfully crawl towards her. Each movement is costing so much more energy than what I have left.

  My head hurts so much.

  She has been hit in the throat. Blood is gushing out of her neck.

  There is no escape left… Neither her body nor mine are functional.

  The king has fallen. His body is down, twitching in pain. So much pain that the mind cuts through the skull and pushes the brain outside. The brain crawls on the floor like a worm, still connected to the body with viscous threads. Finally, the threads break and the mind is all alone, without a body. However the pain is still there. So much pain. The brain explodes and spatters in every direction. Over and over again. Every breath I take is another explosion. I can’t take it anymore.

  My head hurts. I need to make it stop.

  I muster all the energy that I have left to bring my hand closer. I introduce the gun in my mouth. I aim in the direction of the brainstem. I pull the trigger, there is soun

  Table of Contents

  PART 1 - My Mind

  PART 2 - Her Flesh

  PART 3 - His Flesh

  PART 4 - Our Flesh