I remember the day so clearly, the day of my omega. The guy who saved me from the end, the man, the woman, anything but mechanical, that’s what I was, not him, not Faygo. Faygo is everything I wasn’t everything I wanted, not wanted to be, just wanted. He was short and thin. I remember when I first saw him. I couldn’t have even imagined that he would save me when I couldn’t even save myself. Faygo had lots of strength of the mind like 50 of the most brilliant people in the world. He had flaming red hair with little yellow tips. His hair was long and in dreads. Faygo was the manliest man but without the “normal” manly mannerisms. He wore makeup, and he especially liked to wear dresses, but he could never be less of a man. I knew there was something about him the first time I saw him, he was perfect, from a perfect world, and I was just mechanical. I saw him from space and that was the day he saved me.
I had always felt mechanical, I never felt like I was human. I wasn’t from the world. I had always stared at the world from space, never strong enough to visit the world. The day I met Faygo was just like any other predictable day. I stood there staring down at all who tried to fit in, wishing I could too. That’s when he appeared. Faygo was walking along the middle of the road. Nobody saw him but everyone stared at him. Cars passed by him, no cars hit him, but no one missed him. That’s when he looked up at me and saw me. No one had ever noticed me before. He walked towards me, but I walked away. I need him to save me but I couldn’t be near him. He reached for me, but I couldn’t touch him. That’s when I screamed. Today was the last day of earth because the world was ending. The rain came down hard, the earth started to shake. I thought it was the end. The sky had turned red, as red as Faygos hair. I screamed and ran away.
I didn’t know what else to do, where to go. It didn’t seem like anyone noticed me, running, screaming. I ran thought the rain, the sun was setting and the sky was turning black. The only light was from the stars; but they were dead and they weren’t shining. I realized Faygo was still running after me. The rain was so cold, I was so tired I had to stop but Faygo wouldn’t. He grabbed me and carried me away. I looked down and saw the white white world. It wasn’t white from the snow; the world was empty, colorless. How could I save the world when I couldn’t save myself? How I wished to be queen. Faygo put me on a cloud and ran back to earth. The world was cold, so blank. I remember dreaming of being a spaceman, floating up in space. Now here I was a spaceman, floating in fear, I don’t want to be stuck here in space. There was a bright flash of light and Faygo said, “We’ll be together forever, never say goodbye.” And that’s all I remember. I knew that was my last day on earth.
After what seemed like a million years I opened my eyes and saw Faygo’s face. He told me everything would be ok. I was safe now. I saw the machines, the nurses. I didn’t know where I was. I knew everything would be ok though because Faygo was there. The nurse took my arm and I screamed. Faygo told me I had to let the nurse take and IV so I let her. I was an addict, a drug addict. I was high and I ran out into the street, I was almost hit by a car, but that’s when Faygo grabbed me. I had always taken drugs, since I was 13 years old. I’m 18 now. I had met Faygo when I was 17. He’d been trying to help my stop my drug addiction, but I just thought the drugs would save me. A pill can make you anything, but it can never save you, not unless your pill is your best friend. To me, that was Faygo. I had a bad trip that night, I though, I dreamed I was a spaceman but I was really walking the streets. Faygo found me, when I was almost hit by the car and took me here, a drug rehab clinic. Today in rehab I realized that today is my omega. I’ve been empty without Faygo but he brought me my omega. Now I can start a new life, with my best friend Faygo. |
