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Free Will: A Short Story

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I’ve known her since. She’s been apologizing to those she has turned.” “Willow.” I whispered. “You.” I spoke with pity. “Things happen, people move on,” was all he said, solitude in his words. “Since only Interceptors show on Earth, they can no longer turn people. We Reapers have the ability, but not the need to.” “You know when death will occur.” I stated. “Minutes before, yes. I appear and take them away silently. The time and location calls my being to the soul, and then I sense my direction towards the lost. “Never sooner?” “Often yes, hours, days, years. Even some war deaths can be foreseen.” “And you cannot tell them? Correct.” “No, they will spend their time trying to alter their fate, some will. The altering doesn’t change …show more content…

When I look at the beautiful Willow, I see a black void over her head as she does with me. We will not die, ever, unless by choice. When a stranger dies in a place in the world that I am near, a name, time of death, and time of birth will appear in my mind. I must collect at least once a day or my strength lessens. I’m taken to that place when I create my portal to leave. When I pass a stranger on the streets, I may sometimes see their time of death hovering above them if their death will come soon. This is how the triplets exhibited their humor by choosing a pocket watch as the item since time is the power of a …show more content…

This Reaper will lack memory of their human life and those from the Reaper they were before. As for the person, they will not remember being told.” The question of whether he had ever experienced that was unnecessary, given that he had just told me about his human life and he could recall it without hesitation. “My apologies for asking so many questions.” I said quietly. “I enjoy the curious company and conversation.” That was my cue to continue letting my mind roam, absorbing the factual intellect he fed me while witnessing his powers in front of my eyes. “Willow,” I paused. “I’m so sorry, I had been so preoccupied with my friends’ safety. Is she alright? What happened?” “As you know, Reapers do not die. The triplets have weakness because they are Demons, meaning they can eventually be rid of by the sacrifice of a Reaper. Tauro fled after opening the gateway, mostly from the shame of it failing. His success was opening them, but his failure was the Demons appearing as Interceptors, and not in human forms. They could only attempt to morph. Willow pursued him and he knows his life is in danger now, if she chooses to make her sacrifice to kill him.” “Will she be okay with the

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