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I was gone.
It was too late now.
I would have assumed I would have just fallen through a void to the man upstairs realm (which would result in me living) but I guess as everyone told me back in Apocalypseburg, I really wouldn't have stood a chance at the Stairgate. I don't know why I thought I could have done it.
It's my sixth day. I've had to come to the conclusion that well, I'm dead. The town looks so different.
There's no Apocalypseburg, it's like we made peace with the Systarians. Then everything kind of just merged.
Colours everywhere. People getting along, buying overpriced coffee, not being all brooding.
Everybody's looking for me.
I wish I could tell them it's no use.
Seeing Lucy suffer this much.
Seeing her cry so much
It can't handle it.
Everybody in town is now only feeling guilty for me. I'll never forget Lucy's reaction when she was told I went to look for her and the others. All of this, five years of war, loss, destruction and pain only to know that we really could have just made peace. Positivity always makes a comeback and even I was about to lose hope. I never told anybody that. I was seen as too happy to have such brooding thoughts.
Lucy's been really sick too. I don't know what happened to that whole land for the afterlife thing that some Master Builders were talking about a few years back. I'm being forced to watch my life instead of living in an eternal paradise. I know that my situation sounds nice because I can still see what happens and I get to experience it even if nobody can see me though I think it's more painful. I don't want to see Lucy and the others upset like this. I love them.
Lucy knows on the inside that I'm gone. She just won't admit it like everyone else would.
Why is everybody looking for me? They should be building their paradise. I'm not that special anyways.
I'm just an ordinary construction guy who clearly stands no chance of being a hero.
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"God Ems…you've really done it this time"
Lucy mumbled to herself as she sat on her desk chair. Above her desk was a wooden pegboard with pictures and outcomes of where Emmet could be. It looked like she was a proper investigatior.
Emmet watched her from behind, relaxing on their bed.
He wanted to get up and leave instead of watching her in pain. Though he just couldn't bring himself to get up.
"Where are you….i still need you…"
Emmet wished he could wipe the tears out of her eyes like she did for him.
"Lucy! I'm back from the chemist! I got you some painkillers!" Unikitty said joyfully as she came into the room. She was all glittery and full of happiness. She tried to not think about Emmet. It made her just as upset.
"Oh…thanks Uni.."
"Do…do you want to do something to take your mind off things? We don't have to go out considering your feeling unwell but we could watch a movie or something like that!"
"Okay then, I guess I've stressed enough today"
Lucy chuckled to herself as she said it.
Emmet joined them both. He too felt pretty upset, considering he missed doing these things with his two best friends, missing talking to them.
Things needed to change. And he was going to figure out how.