I got a strong sense of de ja vu, I was wandering aimlessly with a death protection poppet in my hand. But there was one difference, just one. One so massive that it made me happy, made me not care for this radiated planet. 

I had Duncan.

***

I groan quietly and sit up, my back aches so much. In the cloud of smoke I find myself on yet more hardened rock, freshly radiated. I jump up. That's it. Lewis half-died and nuked the planet. Again. I look around and I really can't see anything, there is a giant dust cloud blocking my vision. I stand up, with more strength now, and see a black silhouette amoung the dust. It coughed violently and I could see it observing my form.  Perhaps it's Sjin. Or maybe Lewis.

"Who's there?"I call.

"Kim?"

It's Duncan.

"Duncan!"I shout and we run towards each other. I see his singed blone hair, dirt covered face, but I don't care. His green eyes are still vibrant. They shone bright in the vast wasteland our homes have become. 

"I'm glad you survived, Kim."He smiles at me.

I fumble for my death protection poppet but find nothing."Oh, my death-protection poppet's gone."

"You probably used it up."Duncan says.

"Then how did you survive?"I question.

He blinks and pulls out a poppet of his own."I have one. Found it buried in a meteor somewhere."

"Cool."I reply and I feel my walls crumbling. It all dawns on us. We are the only ones left. The only ones who live still on this wretched world. The only ones, who can struggle in the talons of fate.

***

We looked at each other, and knew. The look in our eyes said it all; we were free. No one restricted us from doing anything. We could jump off a cliff, if it came to it, and no one would really care. Everyone apart from Duncan and I were dead. And we knew it. The knowledge came flowing out of me, like a waterfall. We could kiss, and no one would taunt us. We destroyed our society long ago, incinerated. But now... It was the first time in our lives, we gained freedom, in the strangest way. We were Nuked. 

Duncan and I wandered for Notch knows how long, hours, days, weeks. With Duncan's death protection poppet intwined in both of our fingers, we trudge along the craters and slopes. We're happy though.

***

Whatever attacks us. Whatever defends us. Whatever betrays us. We will endure it together. When he smiles, I smile. When he laughs I laugh. When he cries, I cry. We walk together, never losing hope. We have each other, and that's enough... Right? I sit, scared. Forever. Always. Duncan is my lover, we confirmed that. But is it greedy of me to want... More?

I want friends. Pets. Enemies. I don't have any of those.  Duncan, I love. He is my heart. My breath. My voice. He kisses away my fears, touches away my grief. What he does not realise, though, is that I am forever Hellbound. I am sure we have survived 4 days with this poppet, and our weaknesses begin to show. The poppet is withering away, fraying, disentergrating. We have become hungrier, easier injured. I'm sure we will die soon. 

"Duncan,"My voice is low and raspy."We need to go and relieve our needs."

"I know, Kim."He replied, tiredly rubbing his sleep-deprived eyes."I know."

My lip is split and I touch it gently, and wince as the pain becomes a constant throbbing."We need to get off of here."I say.

"Yes... But how? There are no minerals we can mine to build a rocket. Never mind space gear and a launch pad."

"I don't know..."I sigh.

There is a sudden chill in the air, and a forboding dark mist edges towards us. We back off slowly, but it is too quick. Too quick and we are too tired. My legs give way and Duncan stops in his tracks. He faces the mist. It stops in front of us and I sigh, in relief. However, I soon regretted that as a figure Duncan and I both knew too well. Death.

He raises a skeletal hand and points towards Duncan.

Your actions shall take punishment from Notch.

We didn't get time to react as Death grasped Duncan and ignored my screams as he teleported into the void.