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stomach. He can’t just stand there staring at it,
wondering if she’s going to like it. He’s going to find out sooner or later.
    He
walks to the door but stops. He turns around and goes to a urinal. He lets out
a huge sigh as he relieves himself. He’s been holding it in for hours. It feels
better than sex.
     The
windows flash, the glasses shatters as a loud booming sound comes from the
outside. He tries to pull up his pants. Another boom! The boom happens again
and again.
    “Hundreds
of screams pierce through the door as raving lights shine through the windows.
    Then
everything stops.
    And
then silence.
    He
finally gets his pants up and runs out the door.
    He
stops dead in his tracks. Blood pools around his shoes. It’s grim, every single
person outside is dead. Kids, adults, everyone. Their bodies splayed out across
the park grounds, screams frozen on their faces.
    There’s
hundreds of them.
    Noata
starts to shake.
    What
happened?
    Blood
oozes out of their orifices but there are no obvious entry or exit wounds, no
holes or marks at all. It’s as if they simply dropped dead were they stood,
bloody tears dripping from their eyes.
    There’s
only the eerie sound of carnival music echoing through an ominously quiet park.
Rollercoasters still coast through its loops as dead occupants rag doll through
the twist and turns.
    He
walks through the carnage, not knowing what to do. Who do you call for this? He sees a little girl and her mother on the ground, the mother on top of the
girl trying to protect her. The heartfelt gesture was useless. But then he
remembers.
    “Lane!”
    How
could he forget? He was too dumbfounded by the carnage. He runs down the
walkway, jumping over bodies, his track days finally paying off.
    He
stops. Lane’s body lies in front of him. She’s not far from his stand. She tried
to run but she wasn’t fast enough. There are no visible marks on her body. Her
scream is frozen on her face. A face he’s never seen on her. Blood pours out
her body.
    “No.”
Tears spills from his eyes. They fall on her lifeless corpse.
    “No!”
    It’s
all his fault. If he didn’t tell her to wait for him maybe she would’ve been
able to get away. No . It’s all his fault.
    No!
    He’s
not going to lie to himself, she would’ve been killed either way. But looking
at her body, that doesn’t make the revelation any better.
    Sudden
screams are heard from behind him. The lucky few who were inside have finally
come out. A low booming sound is heard overhead. Noata just stands over Lane’s
body. Ignoring the sound, the love of his life is dead. It gets louder and
louder. He finally looks up as a light shines down on top of him.

Deconstruction
- Pier
     
     
    Scattered
explosions rock the night sky. Fireworks paint flowers in the stars. Thora lies upon Cole on
a towel on the busy beach. Cole is dressed in business casual clothes and Thora
is in a nice red dress.
    “I
had a great time at dinner,” Cole says.
    “Thanks,”
Thora replies.
    “Maybe
I can try for president next or maybe…” He points up. “The world.” Cole has
been moving up the work ladder pretty fast lately.
    He’s
just been promoted again and Thora treated him with a nice night. With his
money of course. But something feels slightly off. He looks at her, she seems
muddled.
    “Hey
what’s wrong?” he asks.
    Her
face twitches.
    “Nothing,”
She says just a little too fast. He always thought her twitch was cute. She
always does it when a lot is on her mind, but he doesn’t like it tonight.
    “Thora—
“
    She
gets up.
    “Hey!
You’re going to miss the main event!”
    She
pulls him up.
     
    Thora
stops at the edge of the pier. Cole stands next to her.
    “I
like the view better from here. Sometimes you can see the stars,” Thora says
staring up. There’s something wrong with her and it’s bothering Cole.
    “Thora…” 
    “ Shh — “ she says calmly. Cole leans
against the railing and watches as more and more fireworks go