Musings of a Mentor

Dec. 21, 2006

by Cody

New Ending by Cody Priddy
    Awoken by the shrill cries of the savages, Ralph realizes that he has to run. He picks himself up and takes off. He can recognize jack’s voice above everyone else’s, chanting, “Kill the enemy! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” Ralph picks up his pace, his heart throbbing faster than ever before. He looks back and sees the group of maniacs. He realizes that this may be the end. He quickens his pace, his legs feeling almost disconnected. Then out from the sky lands Jack. They stare at each other, eyes linking, one full of terror, the other full of hate and the want for blood.
    “Jack, why are you doing this?” an out of breath Ralph questions.
    Jack chuckles, “You’re the enemy, Ralph. I have to kill the enemy.” A vile grin runs across his face.
    “I just want to get off this island, like everyone else!”
    “Who cares about getting off this glorious sanctuary? We have all we need and no bloody adults!”
    “Sanctuary!? SANCTUARY!? This place is. . .Hell!”
    “And that’s where you’re be going soon enough!”
    “Wha...just listen to yourself, you’re batty!”
    “Perhaps. But, I own this island now, and I’m never leaving!”
    “What’s the use with you? Just kill me, but you’ll rot on this island.”
    “Great.” Jack turns off his smile and runs toward Ralph. He stabs and kills him. Blood spurts into the air, and mixes with the clouds. It lands on Jack’s face with a satisfying splat. He licks it off his lips, smiles and walks off into the distance, blood dripping from his hand.
    One year, seven months and six days have gone by since Ralph’s murder. No more animals inhabit the land, except for the humans, of course. The fruit is gone and many people are ill. Jack’s a mess. By now he is realizing how right Ralph was. Suicide crosses his mind, but an old memory crosses his mind. “Kill me, but you’ll rot on this island.” “Great.” Jack created what the island is today and he cannot allow himself to escape from it, whether it be by ship or death. So Jack stayed and watched as many people died. Soon two years have passed and he is the only one left, not tainted by illness or death. He has eaten the corpses of others to survive. But eventually there is absolutely nothing left. He starved to death, never thinking to fish.
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    This is what probably should have happened for a number of reasons. The kids should not have escaped their island, they should have rotted on what they created. Only Ralph should have been set free, since he had no part in ruining the island. So by dying, he actually won. While Jack lost as he watched all the people he had been with for years die. For a time he was this so-called “beast,” but near the end his sanity returned and he regretted many things. This made his end even worse.

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