A/N: TW: all the normal ones + physical, mental and sexual abuse + puke + police

Wednesday

"I'm starving," Azira sighed, "So hungry."

Gabriel asked, "How can you think about eating? It smells terrible in here."

"Well that's because we've both threw up."

"Don't remind me," Gabriel groaned.

Azira nodded and said, "My rib hurts worse today."

"I'm sorry."

"Not your fault."

Gabriel said, "I want you to know something... Azira I never have really actually liked you. To tell you the truth until yesterday I thought you were just a fat pansy who was utterly stupid. I beat you up, and not my demons, because I hated you."

Azira asked, "What do you think today?"

"I think you're the only one who may understand me now. I don't understand my feelings."

Azira said, "I don't understand my feelings either."

"We gotta get out of here."

"I don't want to. I want to go to the gates. I want to see my son."

Gabriel said, "I don't know what to do... It's about time for my dad to come in and free us from our sins."

Soon Gabriel's father walked in the door. He whipped Gabriel and Azira. Gabriel was slapped across the face.

"Ignorant brat!" his father shouted at him, "Get on the floor and beg your God for forgiveness!"

Gabriel fell to the floor on his knees and started praying. As he did so his father whipped his back.

After that Gabriel was pulled up. His arm was bent back.

"Now Azira, tell me are you going to let me break Gabriel's arm or are you going to let me continue to treat your homosexuality?"

Azira said, "I'm cured. You've cured me."

"Okay, so your boyfriend Anthony. What if I told you he's going to be killed tomorrow? It's killing a sinner. In the name of the Lord of course."

"No! Not Anthony! Kill me! I'm a worse sinner than he!"

Gabriel's father asked, "So what's your choice Azira?"

Azira looked down and said, "Break Gabriel's arm. Don't hurt him anymore though. I'm begging you not to."

Gabriel's arm was then snapped backwards. It made a loud crack. He was immediately released from his father's grip afterwards.

"Now, Azira, the point of treatment is to do it."

"No!" Azira shouted as he was pushed to the floor. He cried as utter pain tore through his body. It was worse when he was touched. The feeling made tears roll down Azira's cheeks as he begged for it to stop.

No one was coming to save him though. Not today, not tomorrow. There was a defined path that he was set to walk on. This was it. The final days.

Thursday

"I'm a sinner. I am a sinner. Oh help me Lord I'm a sinner," Azira softly sang as he cried on the floor, "Help me. Help me. Oh for I am a sinner. In your arms I will be free, but now help me Lord, for I have sinned."

Gabriel looked over at him and said, "Azira, how can you trust in any God after this has happened?"

Azira responded, "Because the Lord is all I have left to trust in. I don't have faith that anyone is going to come save us. I don't have faith in myself. What else can I have faith in?"

"Faith is defined as blind trust. Would you like to try something that would take lots of faith?"

"Sure. I'm good at exercises like this."

Gabriel asked, "Do you think you could help me up to that small window? I think I can slip out."

Azira nodded and said, "If you get on my shoulders you can."

Gabriel then got on Azira's shoulders. He cracked the small window open and squeezed through it.

"I'll come back for you Azira. Have faith in me."

Gabriel then took off running. He ran as fast as he could, which was only possible because of adrenaline. He ran out of the gated part of the town. He ran past the Dollar General. From there he didn't know where to go, but he did know the directions to where Anthony lived. He's always known. That's because someone was going to be sent to kill Anthony tomorrow.

Not if Gabriel could stop it today.

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Azira felt cold and dizzy as he shivered on the floor. He was throwing up blood.

"Help me... Please. I'm so scared."

Tears ran down his pale cheeks. He felt like no one was coming. He couldn't loose his faith in Gabriel though. Not yet. He had to push harder. He was testing his limits.

Friday

Gabriel's father walked in the room to discover only Azira on the floor.

"Where is he?" Gabriel's father growled.

Azira responded, "He broke the window and climbed out. I don't know where he went."

Azira was then whipped. He cried out for help, but nobody would hear him.

Before the whipping ended he passed out in a pool of his own blood.

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Gabriel pounded on the door of Anthony's house. "Let me in! Please!"

Beezy and Anthony were sitting together on the couch, playing Smash Bros on their Switches.

"Do you hear something?" Beezy asked.

Anthony responded, "I believe someone is knocking on the door."

He then got up and cracked the door open. "Gabriel?"

Gabriel asked, "Can I come in please? I need your help. I need to help you."

"Help me?"

"Someone is going to come kill you later."

Anthony looked over Gabriel and said, "Someone looked like they tried to kill you... I suppose you can come in."

Beezy said, "Don't look that bastard in."

Anthony opened the door and picked up Gabriel. He carried him inside and laid him down on the couch. Beezy gasped, "I think I'm going to call the police now."

Anthony nodded and said, "That's a bit obvious."

Gabriel asked, "Where are your parents?"

"At the store. Why?"

"Because at noon they're coming to kill you. Dad wants you dead."

Anthony said, "Nobody's going to kill me. Don't worry... You don't look very good."

Gabriel said, "I know that. I was whipped half to death."

Beezy leaned their head out of the kitchen and said, "The operator says the police are on their way. So is an ambulance."

Gabriel said, "Azira is still stuck. He's worse. So much worse."

Beezy walked in and said, "The operator wants to talk to Gabriel."

They handed the phone to Gabriel.

"Uh... Hello."

The operator asked, "Are you in immediate danger?"

Gabriel said, "I am. My father is sending men to kill my friend- uh a former member. I'll probably be killed too. A lot of stuff has happened. I'm scared."

The operator said, "There's help on the way."

Gabriel asked, "Will they help?"

"They will. That's what they're there for."

"Oh... I've never seen your people. This is the farthest I've ever been away from home besides to school."

"Would you mind explaining why that is?"

Gabriel said, "Because my father runs New Beginnings and the entire church lives on the same property. It's a very bad religion. I uh... I lost my faith. I don't feel very good about it."

"You'll have help with that. It's okay. You'll feel better... I believe the police are pulling in now. I can stay with you until they get inside if you'd like."

Gabriel said, "I believe I'll be alright. Um... Goodbye now."

He handed the phone to Beezy.

Soon the police were inside along with paramedics. Gabriel was put on a stretcher. Anthony and Beezy told their side of the story.

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"

Dear friends, the end is here. My son Gabriel is trying to prevent us from reaching Heaven. He is a traitor. He's a sinner... I'll show you what happens to sinners."

Azira was then pushed into the room. He was bloodied, bruised and broken. People laughed, gasped, and pointed.

"It is not us for to decide if this sinner gets into Heaven. That is up to the Lord. Now, our entire town is on lock down. We are all safe, but we won't always be safe unless we are in Heaven. We will leave now. I'm sure we will be welcomed. The cups of honey are currently being passed out in numerical order. Drink as you receive, and be welcomed into God's loving arms."

Azira looked out over the crowd. People were laying on cots and in the floor. They were dying in front of him.

He didn't have the strength to push anymore. He just hoped he'd be welcomed into Heaven.