I Should Have Just Gone Home

The night was October 28th and it wasn't a particularly eventful day; it was however a rough one. I had been in a funk for the last few days after finding out that my application to. grad school had been denied. Everything I had worked for was suddenly for nothing. I needed a pick-me-up and the only cure for the funk I was in, was the biggest size McFlurry and french fries McDonalds had to offer.

I sluggishly put on some jogging pants, T-Shirt and a jacket and drove to my closest drive-thru. To my surprise, they were closed. It was odd for a Friday night, but then again, a lot had been weird that week. "It was spooky season after all" I thought to myself. I quickly looked up where I could get my funk fix at 9pm and found a tiny diner that was three blocks away. I didn't even know this place had existed until tonight...

I walked in, and saw only five other people in the diner. Two truck drivers, the waitress, an older couple having a sad excuse for what might be called dinner, and one man just sitting all by himself.

I didn't feel like I had enough energy to hoist myself onto a bar stool, I definetly did not want to interrupt the couple having dinner, so I opted for the free booth behind the guy that was all on his own.

As I sat down the waitress came over to me and took my order. I was patiently waiting when I hear the man infront of me start to talk.

"They called it a near miss, but I call it the "GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN HISTORY! This is going to be fun" He was very pleased with himself and turned around to face me as he waited for a response.

"For...who...exactly?"

"Why, for me of course!"

He looked at me and said this with so much enthusiasm it would make any human sick.

Then began the recount of all of the times he tried to put his plan into motion. He had spent his entire lifetime of doing away with people one by one. Everyone has told stories about him time and time again. It was like watching a kid in a candy store talk about all their favourite candies. I got a "Top 10 Ways I Tried To Do Away With Humanity" list.

The Bubonic Plague was just a cover story for a night out on the town. Jack the Ripper, well he was just the possession of some lonely guy who needed to release some frustration. World War One? That was his idea of a joke! With this new plan, there definitely would not be anyone left on the planet.

"No more incessant, fragile, humans wandering about the earth" was how he put it.

If only I had made it seem like I was on my phone or something; I could have spared all this... Here I was thinking that all the diseases, wars, and killers that had been around over the years I was safe from. When I looked up I was expected to see a nice older gentleman. Not some creep that wanted to tell me how he wanted to end the world.

Now that I get a good look at him, he does seem VERY run down like he was sick. His breathing was shallow, face very pale, and just looked weak overall. How would I have known that my humanity would have been my downfall.

I wish I had never come in to this diner... I mean I had no idea what was coming.

**** Old Guy's POV

I admit I loved watching the life drain out of her eyes. Even as she asked...no...pleaded for the pain and agony to stop. I laughed as I thought “...the way to get what I want is to create the perfect virus. I'm Death...it may seem like it, but it's never a near miss."