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"The last man on earth sat alone in a room.
There was a knock at the door."

His eyes opened.  He glanced around his room, searching for the clock; in retrospect, it was rather silly for him to have a clock but old habits die hard.  He managed to sit up.  Rain water slid down the window pane, thunder bellowed in the background.  Straining, he forced his ears to listen harder.
Rap-rap-rap.
No, he wasn’t hearing things.  Someone was knocking at his door.  He waited to see if whoever was there was going to try and knock again.
Rap-rap-rap.
Carefully, he placed his feet on the floor.  As quietly as he could, he made his way towards his bedroom door.  The slightest creak made him jumpy; he had been alone for so long that he didn’t want to scare his visitor.  When was the last time he had ever interacted with someone?  How old was?  When no one celebrates your birthdays, you forget.
Guessing to himself, he figured he was at least in his early thirties.  Maybe if there was any food left, he could try to make himself a cake if he could remember how.
When he finally reached the door, he waited; had his visitor left?  No, the knocking continued.  His heart had been beating wildly but began to slow down; a new sense of fear gripped him suddenly as he began to think logically.  He was the last man on Earth.  He was alone, completely and utterly alone.  There was no one left.
Or was there?
Again, the soft knocking came.  He reached for the knob but he found himself stopping again.  Why was he acting so naive?  He was smarter than this.  Surely, there couldn’t be anybody searching for him.  Of course, there was the slight chance that it could be aliens but he knew they didn’t exist.
“If you’re an alien, you’ll have to leave,” He said.  “I don’t believe in your kind anyways.”
The knocking stopped and he found himself rather proud.  He turned around, ready to leave when the door creaked opened.  He stopped dead in his tracks; maybe it was an alien.
“Hello Ethan.”  
Slowly, he turned around, “How do you---“
He didn’t finish his question right away; he was speechless when he laid eyes on the ‘alien.’  It was a woman; she wore a simple yellow dress and had no shoes.  Behind her, he saw a blinding light.  What a strange form for an alien.
“Its time to go Ethan.” Her voice was soft, almost like a whisper.
“I don’t go anywhere with aliens.” Ethan snorted.
“Oh, I’m not an alien,” She smiled.  “I’m a friend.  I’m here to take you home.”
“This is my home.”
“No, I meant you’re eternal home.  It’s time for you to leave this place.”
Eternal home? What was this alien in disguise talking about?
“I don’t know what mumbo jumbo you’re trying to pull but---“
“Ethan, you’ve been sick.  Today was your last day.”
Sick?
Wait.
The experiment.
He had been affected too.  Not only did he wipe out the rest of the world, but he had made himself ill.  Odd that he didn’t notice it until now.  The sickness must have been rather stealthy.
“I’m—dead?”
The woman nodded.
“And you’re---“
Again, she nodded.
Ethan sighed, “I think you’re the wrong person to come and take me away.  You know what I did, right?  What I’ve done is unforgivable.”
“No, that’s not true. What you did was horrible but there is always a plan and He has one. You have asked for forgiveness and now, you have received it,” She smiled.  “Now, come with me.”
She reached out to him with her slim, soft hand.  Ethan stared at it for a second, not sure if this was all a dream or if there was a mistake.  Either way, he didn’t want to live on this desolate planet anymore.  For years, his mind had been racked with the memory of his mistake.  Now, he would find peace.
He took a hold of her hand.  He took one last look at his house and as he did, a small tear ran down his face.  
“Let’s go Ethan.”
And they did.
this is my entry to :iconcheeko-001:'s contest. i finally finished and I doubt I'll win but I really want to enter.
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ChibifiedChopsticks's avatar
...Wow. This is pretty awesome xD

I love the first two lines. And the whole concept is rather epic <3