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Alone

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By Jelani AkeemPublished 5 years ago 4 min read
Alone
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I turned my head to my alarm clock and it’s 9:18 am…again. This the 57th time I woke up at this exact time. There’s no question that these would be the numbers I play for lotto if only it still existed. My first thought is the hardest decision I make throughout the day. What will I have for breakfast, pancakes or waffles? I’ve been living pretty good! No complaints on my end at all. I own the largest hotel on this earth, I own my own airport, I run the hottest night club and I am the CEO of Realdeal Car Dealership. Not the bragging type but I think I’ve done pretty well for myself. Most people can’t imagine how I handle it all. My key to success is self care. I always make time for myself.

With a 19 floor empire what isn’t my day filled of. Watching movies, playing video games , driving fast cars is a few of my daily activities. I know life couldn’t be any better. Im out here living my best life. So before I can endure the downtime I have to get to work. Am I taking the Lambo, Buggatti or the Hummer on the road today?I outweigh my options.The hummer is a gas guzzler though. But then again, its not like I’m paying for gas. The roads are clear so I’m flying through invisible traffic. At this point have you realized that I am solely the only human on Planet Earth? Crazy, I know!

Soooo 57 years ago at 9:18 am my life changed. Im playing 2k spliff in hand and controller in the other. I hit the buzzer beater for the win and the lights go out. At this very moment every single person on the planet disappeared, yes all gone! It probably took me longer than it should have to realize. It was ten days to be exact.. For years I took people for granted. No people meant no new ideas, no social interaction ,no females and basically no hope for future humanity. However I try to find this good in this madness. Im Flying down the freeway enjoying life or whatever this is called. I pass the mall and the lights are on. There is no way I left the lights on. I am confused with what I am seeing I lose control of the wheel the hummer goes off the bridge the car explodes with me inside. Oh yeah, I’m immortal too. I did tell you that my life changed on that day. After years of driving all of the country looking for any evidence of life on this planet I was consumed with the idea that I could self teach myself how to fly a plane. First day testing my new skills I crashed. When I walked away unharmed that’s when I started testing my limits. I increased my IQ to the max and work on building my body to its max limits. With nothing but endless decisions what I will do with my day. With nothing but endless hours and endless days I can become anything that I want to be. I became the ultimate version of myself!

See for me the problem wasn’t that everyone disappeared. The question that baffled my mind for decades was why and how did I become immortal? Countless nights still no answers. So Now as I hike to this mall maybe I can finally get some answers. As I approach the mall. I find the lambo keys in the ignition and park in front of the mall . I have to be losing my mind or it’s the crash. So I enter the mall empty as always . I turn around to leave and I hear a phone ring. I follow the sound. I see something that appears to be another human. I yell out to them as they begin to run in the opposite direction. I begin to chase them and I pass out.

9:19 am. I wake up groggy. Questioning whether or not that was a dream. I woke up to little black book by my bedside.. I opened it to read “this endless cycle has to stop. You will take way too long to be consumed with the freedom of being alone. Now it took me 150 years to get this message to you. I am leaving this black notebook with you that gives you the power to restore what was wrong with the world. But with this responsibility I entrust you do the right thing.

This isn’t a dream.

What did I have to lose? I wrote my alterations in the little black book and closed my eyes.

I opened them to a 9:18 am. I was alone. But then my ears adjusted to birds chirping , and the sound of garbage truck loading and cars honking. What is happening? This was going to take some adjusting to. I looked over and the little black book was on the night stand. I wrote a message to see if it still had juice or if I was dreaming. Lets start this party right! I proceed to write, let 20,000 dollars appear to me. I blink twice and on my nightstand 20 large appears. Oh, this is going to be fun!

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