Monday, November 13, 2006

Execution

In a dark hotel room sit five friends. They are discussing the execution of the sixth friend of the group.
Camisia: He just had to do it. Why did Ben have to go and kill Nika?
Ian: I knew he was crazy all along. He just had that look in his eyes and he was silent. You knew he was up to something when he never said anything.
Hannah: I agree. That silence just said that something was going on in his mind. It is because he worked for Acxiom. He must have known something about Nika that he did not want everyone else to know.
Isaac: Yes. Acxiom. The company that knows everything about you. He told us about it one time. It is really scary.
Miranda: Acxiom turned him bad, it is true, but is it really necessary that we kill him?
Camisia: Yes! He always had that look in his eyes. The look of a crazy person! Possibly even a killer!
Isaac: He need to be killed! He’s gone mad! Who knows what he’s doing at this very moment! He could be killing people for all we know!
Miranda: It is possible. But still, he was a good friend. We shouldn’t kill him. What will that make us? The same as him. Killers of our friends.
Ian: That is true, but he worked for a secret company that knows everything about you! He needs to be killed! He betrayed us all by killing a friend.
Hannah: It’s true. He did kill our friend, but Miranda has a point. If we killed him we would be just the same as him! We would be killers too! I know I don’t want to be seen as a killer!
Isaac: Ben’s a killer! We have to do something about it! We can’t just let him go without punishment!
Ian: Then lets have a vote. All in favor of killing Ben raise your hands. (One hand is raised. It was Isaac’s) All opposed to killing our dear friend? (The remaining four friends raise their hands) Then it’s settled. We are not killing Ben.