It Couldn't Be
“Let me save everyone, and we can settle this on our own! There is no need to hurt others! Why are you involving them? They’re innocents!" I pleaded with him. I knew there were lives on the line. I used my strategy to walk past the unconscious bodies in the empty street that seemed familiar yet strange. I knew he wouldn't go past me. I didn't know how I was sure of it, but I was.
"Just because you're getting them behind you doesn't mean I can't kill them." He said as his voice dripped from menace and boredom. He was frightening. Just his husky, hollowed voice was enough to send a chill down my spine. The heavy settled mist covered the street as far as the eyes could see, and it was equally terrorizing than the being I was trying to miserably persuade.