Part 175.5

I awoke with a start. Something was not right.

The world around me was too still. Cassiel was not beside me, and Samantha was not laying on top of me, as she usually did.

A strange stillness was in the air, as I ran outside. The barriers seemed to be up, but in the distance, I spotted something horrifying.

A massive banner floated in the sky, magically. He watches, it said.

And far in the distance, I spotted a strange ethereal form coming at me. A massive beast, lumbering towards me, trying to save me from an inexplicable fate.

Just before he could get to me, a shot rang out, as the gorilla fell before my feet.

"NOOOO! HARAMBE!!!"

I burst into tears as I cradled his body. "I'm sorry, my old friend. I didn't mean to forsake you! I forgot about the dank memes!"

He turned to me and spoke quietly. "Hnguh, gnuh guh hug."

I nodded quickly. "I know, I know! It was all just for fun... please don't die! I'll save you, just like you saved that boy!!"

I sucked in all the air in the world around me, as a massive tornado spiraled into my mouth, at the top of my lungs, I bellowed a single word.

#"HEAL!!!"

But it didn't work. Harambe was already gone.

"No... no... I failed you... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

I will never forget this moment, for all the rest of my life.

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