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wondering what I would do next. ‘Oh, there he is,’ I said to myself. Like I was watching someone else do this; not me. An out-of-body experience. I shot the guy with a burst from my machine gun. I thought I would be glad but I was just numb.”
“That’s pretty intense.”
“And another thing. It’s been almost seven years, but if someone told me that it all just happened yesterday, I wouldn’t disagree. That’s the thing. Time has almost stood still for me since I killed the guy. It really feels like it was yesterday and it just happened. I still remember everything about it. The sounds, the smells, every detail.”
“I’ve heard about that.”
“The next few times it was a little easier. Then there was a time I killed someone and I was surprised at how little it affected me. Like it was no big deal. I actually dropped a trigger on someone and didn’t feel anything. Couldn’t care less.”
“Huh. I guess after several times of having to kill or be killed …”
“I have to stop again, Kathy. Sorry. This is heavy.” Peter stopped and put down cart with the duffel bag. He rubbed his hands. Kathy stopped and looked back at Peter.
“That’s true, Kathy, you’re right. ‘Kill or be killed.’ After my first experiences near killing, I was in shock. Now Jackie is in shock like I was. That’s what it looked like to me.”
“Yes, she wasn’t making too much sense back there. ‘Jesus is coming to town’ or something. I think there is something in the Bible about watching out for people who say stuff like that.”
“There is. Jesus said something like ‘many will come in my name, claiming to be Me, and will deceive many.’ In Jackie’s case it’s just all icing on the cake to hear that she has been deceived about Jesus coming around. It’s kind of like ‘aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?’ It doesn’t matter. She took the Mark and she is really doomed now.”
“That’s a good way of putting it. I felt kind of strange even talking to her. Not only that she was the one who broke up me and Kirk, but also that she is signed, sealed and delivered for the devil.”
“Yes, I felt it too.” Peter looked down. “I still care for the old Jackie, but she is gone now.” Peter reached for the cart. “Thanks for the rest. I can go now.”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
They followed the trail further through the forest, towards the camp.
After a few minutes of hiking in silence, Kathy said, “It was weird how it seemed like Jackie had no idea about taking the Mark. I figured that Kirk would have talked to her about it.”
“They were definitely an unevenly-yoked couple. And of the two of them, Kirk is much better off, that’s for sure. Whether Jackie knows it or not. It sounds like Kirk chose death instead of taking the Mark. Good for him.”
“I’m still trying to adjust to the idea that we are living in the End Times, and taking the Mark is even an issue at all. I never thought I would be in this situation,” Kathy said. “Only a few weeks ago things were pretty normal. Now, who knows? It all started happening pretty suddenly. Now we could actually be in danger up here. The thugs who killed Kirk could be back up here soon, trying to kill the rest of us.”
“Yep, that’s true.”
“It sure would be a lot easier if we were all raptured before all this started happening.”
“What do you mean?”
“You know, the so-called ‘Pre-Tribulation Rapture,’ in which Christians get taken up before the Tribulation begins.”
“Oh yeah, I know what you are talking about,” Peter said. “I heard of that.” He looked at Kathy. “That way would have been nice. You know, Christians just getting taken up into Heaven before the bad stuff starts happening here.”
“Yeah.”
“There is no real support for that belief in the Bible, but yes, it would have been nice. But it is what it
“That’s pretty intense.”
“And another thing. It’s been almost seven years, but if someone told me that it all just happened yesterday, I wouldn’t disagree. That’s the thing. Time has almost stood still for me since I killed the guy. It really feels like it was yesterday and it just happened. I still remember everything about it. The sounds, the smells, every detail.”
“I’ve heard about that.”
“The next few times it was a little easier. Then there was a time I killed someone and I was surprised at how little it affected me. Like it was no big deal. I actually dropped a trigger on someone and didn’t feel anything. Couldn’t care less.”
“Huh. I guess after several times of having to kill or be killed …”
“I have to stop again, Kathy. Sorry. This is heavy.” Peter stopped and put down cart with the duffel bag. He rubbed his hands. Kathy stopped and looked back at Peter.
“That’s true, Kathy, you’re right. ‘Kill or be killed.’ After my first experiences near killing, I was in shock. Now Jackie is in shock like I was. That’s what it looked like to me.”
“Yes, she wasn’t making too much sense back there. ‘Jesus is coming to town’ or something. I think there is something in the Bible about watching out for people who say stuff like that.”
“There is. Jesus said something like ‘many will come in my name, claiming to be Me, and will deceive many.’ In Jackie’s case it’s just all icing on the cake to hear that she has been deceived about Jesus coming around. It’s kind of like ‘aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?’ It doesn’t matter. She took the Mark and she is really doomed now.”
“That’s a good way of putting it. I felt kind of strange even talking to her. Not only that she was the one who broke up me and Kirk, but also that she is signed, sealed and delivered for the devil.”
“Yes, I felt it too.” Peter looked down. “I still care for the old Jackie, but she is gone now.” Peter reached for the cart. “Thanks for the rest. I can go now.”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
They followed the trail further through the forest, towards the camp.
After a few minutes of hiking in silence, Kathy said, “It was weird how it seemed like Jackie had no idea about taking the Mark. I figured that Kirk would have talked to her about it.”
“They were definitely an unevenly-yoked couple. And of the two of them, Kirk is much better off, that’s for sure. Whether Jackie knows it or not. It sounds like Kirk chose death instead of taking the Mark. Good for him.”
“I’m still trying to adjust to the idea that we are living in the End Times, and taking the Mark is even an issue at all. I never thought I would be in this situation,” Kathy said. “Only a few weeks ago things were pretty normal. Now, who knows? It all started happening pretty suddenly. Now we could actually be in danger up here. The thugs who killed Kirk could be back up here soon, trying to kill the rest of us.”
“Yep, that’s true.”
“It sure would be a lot easier if we were all raptured before all this started happening.”
“What do you mean?”
“You know, the so-called ‘Pre-Tribulation Rapture,’ in which Christians get taken up before the Tribulation begins.”
“Oh yeah, I know what you are talking about,” Peter said. “I heard of that.” He looked at Kathy. “That way would have been nice. You know, Christians just getting taken up into Heaven before the bad stuff starts happening here.”
“Yeah.”
“There is no real support for that belief in the Bible, but yes, it would have been nice. But it is what it
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