The system

(Present day .... The circle)

Collins is seen with his eyes open while he lay down on the prison ground, his feet were punched to the ground, with his hands resting on his chest and his eyes lifted to the ceiling, chains gripping both his legs tightly, making it impossible for him to escape.

The wind whistled beautiful psalms as it blew into the prison windows, which was the only opening that it could find, the room was about 50 meters high, circularly shaped, having no entrance from where he was, the only entrance was about fifty meters high, which he could never reach unless the ground where he rested on was elevated.

His eyes could almost touch the ceiling while he looked deep into it, as though he was searching for something in it. The whole room was silent as he thought of everything that happened to him in the past 24 hours.

He knew that it was almost time for his trumpet to be blown, and he couldn't wait, all he ever wanted was to leave this hell of a life, nothing gave him more joy than losing his life. It was a crazy feeling though, but at least he would finally be free.

" Mr. Collins, it's time for your execution." a voice from the microphone called and immediately, the ground began to ascend, lifting him up to the entrance of the room.

Finally, he came face to face with death, with no way to go, no way to run to, no way to hide, and no way to escape.

A rope is seen around his neck, hanging on a pole which was above him, his hands were also tied tightly, so that he couldn't escape, his feets were placed above a heightened wood, which was controlled by a lever causing it to either open or close.

" Any last words Mr. Collins " a man said to him. He didn't bother giving him an answer because all that played in his mind was that if he died, he would finally be a free man.

The last thing that came into his head was his aunt and how she died, he loved the way he dealt with her killer. It gave him a lot of joy, but he kind of wished that he killed every single one of them, and freed his people from the hands of inhumanity.

Few moments later, a man walked towards the lever, he looked into Collins's eyes as though he felt pity for him. He had never seen him in the coast before, this wasn't his main concern though, Collins just didn't want to live to see and feel another moment of lashes, whooshing unto his back, being forced to carry out strainios works and most especially, he had nothing else to lose.

He then closed his eyes, so that he wouldn't see when the lever would be pulled.

Few seconds later, the lever was pulled, the seconds of his death began to tick, as the floor opened and his legs were seen dangling beneath the stage. The force at which he dropped broke his neck, causing an obstruction of airflow in his throat. The last voice he could hear was that of a milli who shouted " Fuck You "...

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Few seconds later, it was all over. Collins woke up in a place called the dead room, it was a place in-between life and death according to a writing which was seen on the wall.

What played in his mind was " So this is what they meant by seeing the light."

It was an empty space, and Collins was the only matter in it. The whole place was bright white, including the garment which he wore.

" Is this heaven " he asked himself, having no other thing to replace the definition of the environment. He then tried to move but discovered that he was stuck, he couldn't move his legs or any part of his body, all he could do was talk, it felt like he was inside a painting.

" Ok what in the world is happening" he asked himself, it felt to him like he was dreaming. He rolled his eyes around once again and still saw nothing.

" Welcome to the dead room Mr. Collins," a loud voice bumped into the room, it was the voice of a male, bass and really deep as well, the utterance of the voice frightened Collins.

"But I am dead, how come I can still feel my heart beating", he thought to himself while trying to touch his chest with his right palm, attempting to feel the beat of his heart, but discovered that he couldn't move.

" Do not be afraid for I am here to guide you" the voice said again, but this time, more calmly and well articulated. It still felt to him like he was in heaven though, but all through his livelihood, he depicted characters that could lead anyone to hell.

" Who are you?" he asked confusedly " What am I doing here?, Is this heaven ?, Am I dead," his questions just kept coming numerously.

" All those do not matter ", the voice said. "But just to guide you, you are in the dead room, a place in between life and death, you could either choose to go to your place in the spiritual realm, or go back to earth in another form." The voice continued.

The moment he said this, Collins felt like the voice was crazy, it looked like spirits don't see all we go through on earth, who in this world would think that Collins will like to go back to earth, after all that he had passed through down there.

" Wait a second, you think I would like to go back to that world, hell Noooo, I prefer making my way to the heavens, than going to that hell of a place called earth." he said with a vexed tone, after he remembered all his suffering on earth.

" But you did not make it to the heavens, you are free to open the gateway to hell, that is your place" The voice explained.

" Oooooo.... Ohk, so what did you mean by going to the earth in another form." He asked with a grave tone, after being haunted by the words of the voice, making him to immediately reconsider his thoughts

" You have to choose from these three system options, and your powers will be given to you " the voice said.

"Oooohk, I think I like where this is going..." He said while raising one of his eyebrows high up..

" You have the following options: The Angelic system, The animalistic system, and the demonic system." The voice mentioned.

" Ok, what the heck is the angelic system? " Collins asked. He didn't even know what a system was, but he attempted to get a clear definition from the angelic system.

" You would be given all the powers of an angel, to perform some specific task, the more tasks you perform the more your powers increase." The voice explained.

" What about the animal system?" Collins asked again to be sure, thinking that he would be transformed into a goat or something, to walk the earth and be slaughtered after a long while.

"The animal system would give you powers to shape shift into whatever animal you wish to become." The voice said.

" What about the demonic system?" Collins asked with a shaky tone, as his heart raced out of his mouth, popping the question, and thinking that he would be a demon on earth, going into different humans then being exorcized by a priest, to him the feeling was scary.