It Begins Again

I thought that taking this job would fulfill everything that I've ever thought I needed in my life. My father was a foot soldier just like his father before him. It seemed like an easy enough job: walk in a straight line and turn back. I didn't care what the boss did. He had a couple of young girls in his castle every now and then, but it wasn't my place to question him. I was to walk in a straight line and turn back. Life should've been easy.

Then there were the brothers. They smelled of floor polish and bathroom soap, but they were merciless. My first day on the job was when I witness them. They were nothing more than whispers in my head from when they scared the new recruits. Now, I knew better. Now, I knew that those weren't ghosts stories but warnings. It was a normal day, a little too hot for my taste. I was in charge of guarding Section 616 with my buddy, Dan. Dan had just gotten married a month ago. His wife was pregnant with their son. They were going to name him Dan Junior, DJ for short. DJ never met his father. DJ's mom never saw her husband again. They jumped him without hesitation. He was mashed beyond recognition. It was a twist of fate that the game glitch, tossing the brothers two feet in front of me. 

Something saved me that day. I wish it hadn't. I wish that it was me that was killed instead of fighting to survive level after level, losing partner after partner. Somedays I wish I could end it all, for a Goombas life has to be more than this, but there's a button just restarts, and so it begins again.