Last Judgement by Tavinder Kaur New

The doctor at the side table put the defibrillator down, they are standing at the

side of the bed with tears in their eyes and are kneeling down at the body

shaking their heads and asking god why did this happen. The person on the

table looks pale and cold. It is me, or was me now that I stand here looking.

There isn’t any radiant, glowing and warming light grabbing me? I haven’t

floated above my body as the stories were told in my life so I stand here

wondering what to do. They look above at the hospital ceiling but I am

standing beside my body, I am here I shout but they cannot hear or see me.  

A holographic door appears in the middle of the room as it tears apart the

fabric of the universe. There is just darkness in the door and a man appears

from it with a funky techno jacket from the 6o’s carrying some kind of small

book in his hand which appears to be a portfolio. He is wearing dark glasses

and has greasy hair.

‘Elo my gem’ he said.

‘Excuse me who are you?’ I said.

‘My pet, all will be explained, hmmmmm you were a corker in your life weren’t

you’ he said closing the portfolio.

‘You can hear me, they can’t why?’ I said.

‘My pet you are dead, we are in a different place from them you see’ He said.

‘No I don’t see and why have you no wings like angels are supposed to

have?’ I said

‘Angel?  Oh Angels’ he started to laugh. ‘I always get asked that question, but

it never ceases to make me laugh pet when you lot do say that!’ He said.

You lot? Look are going to answer any questions at all? I said.

He took his glasses off to wipe them, but there were no eyes. I could see just

two black holes within them. I wasn’t scared as I could no longer feel emotion.

But looking into the two black holes deeper and deeper seemed to be the

gateway into the universe. I could see planets and the vastness of beautiful

stars. I was mesmerised by their beauty and could feel the light calling me into

it. But he put the glasses back on.

‘What are you?’ I said

He started to laugh.

‘You have done many good deeds in your life my pet, helped many people,

and given people great happiness.  It’s a pity the car got you, but it was your

time’. He said

‘What do you mean the car? I realised that I had died are you taking me to

heaven?’ I said

He started to laugh again. I wished he would stop doing that I thought. I have

died and have no idea what is going on and this strange man who isn’t an

angel is laughing at me.

They behind began to leave the room, with tissues in their hands and

darkened eyes, and the body I used to have was left on the table covered up

with a cloth. The machinery was switched off.

He led me out of the room into the main hospital; doctors were rushing about

and porters were carrying stretchers’ up and down the corridors. People were

dashing around from room to room, equipment, voices shouting and revolving

doors being shut and opened. I could see a man lying on the table at the side

of the corridor who was dying slowly, his breathing was becoming more and

more deep. Beside him I could see a strange creature which looked like a

goblin sitting on his arm. It was the size of a book and had long ears like the

devil. It was grinning away and I could see he was eating this black substance

that was floating from the man’s body.

‘What is that?’ I said.

A bubble appeared around us like a force field of protection and the green

goblin jumped up and began to dig into the ground to make a hole like a rabbit

and scurried into it.

‘It’s gone lovely’ he said.

‘Look why don’t you answer any of my questions?’ I said

‘That creature was a Nashtag they come to collect those who have not acted

right, well haven’t done what they are supposed to do, but he won’t harm you

my pie’ he said.

‘That thing didn’t have a book, like what you have’ I said.

‘Well the ‘man’ love didn’t do anything worth nothing so was taken to replenish

the earth, so that he wasn’t a complete waste then…’ He said.

‘So you mean that thing ate his soul?’ I said.

‘You could say that, my gorgeous.’ It is time for you to go.  Do you wish to say

goodbye to anyone before I take you? He said.

I stood inside the bubble and could only think of a face. There was a face but I

could not remember anything of the past.

‘I see him, you had great love for him’. He said

‘You can see the man when I close my eyes, but who is he?’ I said

‘It can be done, your book is thick enough for that. I will give you those

memories you have of him and the days of which you can live

for in eternity within me’. He said.

‘What are you?’ I said

‘Haven’t you figured it out? My sweetheart I am the universe from which you

came from, the matter of which time and space were created, and came in the

façade of something which I thought would be of some entertainment’ he said

laughing. ‘I always wanted to come dressed like this. You and everything else

are all a part of me but some do not do what they are meant to do so the

Nashtag take them away for me.’  He said.

He then took his glasses off and I could see the vastness of the universe

sparking like gems, such colour mesmerizing to my chest I could feel myself

being drawn to the purple, blue and gold colours that was sparkling. The

memories of the past like a rainbow came in front of my eyes.

Jack, Jack that was him. The man I loved, I love there he was. He was there

and I could see his lovely face, the green eyes that was full of passion and his

lovely brown hair. He had his hand out for me to grab so I grabbed it and I

knew that I had reached heaven.