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stared at his father’s emotionless face. ‘Mum will be
turning in her grave and I wish you were dead.’
    Ken’s smug
look turned into one of irritation and fury. Ken raised his hand to
grab Tom by the throat. In one quick motion, Tom grabbed Ken’s arm
with his left hand, and with his right hand, stabbed the scissors
into Ken’s throat and kicked him in the stomach. Ken stumbled and
fell on his back; he jerked the scissors out of his neck and tossed
them aside. He looked frantic, trying to stop the blood gushing
from his neck. It spilled out at a rapid pace, but that didn’t
bother Tom. He was so used to death and blood now.
    ‘ You belong
in hell. You won’t be joining Mum in heaven and I’m sure she’s
ashamed of you.’
    He continued
to watch his father struggle and squirm on the floor. Ken removed
his bloody hands from his neck and stared at Tom. Ken slowly began
to lose air, his breathing slowed. He gasped and struggled to get
air. He wriggled on the floor in desperation; he looked at Tom and
reached his hand out to him. Tom pushed Ken’s hand onto the floor.
Ken’s breathing stopped. His body looked rigid, his eyes wide open
and full of fear.
    Tom stared at
the corpse that lay before him. He calmly turned to the computer
and searched for a button. It didn’t take long, he found a plastic
lid. He lifted it up and a red button was underneath. His hand
hovered above it. He paused for a moment.

    Is there any
other way to end this?

    Tom didn’t
hesitate for long. He pressed the button and a loud alarm sounded
repeatedly, his ear drums almost burst at the sound. Red warning
lights turned on at the double doors that were chained and locked.
He took a last look at Danni. She saved his life and now he wanted
to put her out of her misery. He walked away from the desk and
stood next to his father’s bloody body. His dead eyes were still
open. He wondered why his father turned into a sociopathic monster.
Tom thought back to the time he, Ken, and his mother, Sarah, had
spent at Disney World in Florida as a child. It was his happiest
memory of the three of them together. In his mind, Sarah smiled and
held Tom’s hand while Ken held a camera to his face nonstop, taking
photos of Sarah and Tom and their surroundings. He imagined himself
in the parade, smiling characters and smiling spectators and his
feeling of joy; an emotion which now felt rare to him. He stared at
the castle, and the memory faded. Tom returned to the unknown
warehouse where he was faced with his father’s lifeless eyes. He
continued to stare for a moment. He walked toward the chair where
he was recently tied up. He sat down casually; his back slumped and
his legs wide open. He awaited his death.

    He thought of
Anna and how different his life could have ended. He could have
gotten married, had children, moved into a big house, gotten a job,
and more importantly, had a great life and died a happy man. He
thought of Anna at her best, he had flashbacks of the day at
Jubilee Gardens. As he does, the room began to shake.
     
    Should I let
myself die or should I try and get out of here? I’m cured; I could
leave London alive and maybe try to move on from all of this. Meet
someone new, make a family, create the dreams I have dreamt of.
Lucy or Dan could be alive? I might reunite with one of
them.
     
    He looked to
Anna’s body and calmly walked over to her and knelt, balancing on
his toes and then squatted back, on his heels. He stared at her
face; he can hardly tell the face belonged to Anna, but the facial
structure was the same as ever. Tears began to roll down his
face.
    He had a
dilemma and didn’t have time to think. He looked around for an
exit, the double doors were chained and locked but to his right, he
saw a floor with an open hatch.
    An inferno
blew through the warehouse; it smashed its way through the wall.
The wall exploded and the full blast of the fire entered the room.
It neared Tom at such a speed that he was forced him to dive