The Option of Fate

The Option of Fate
“Don’t fear the reaper, baby take my hand.”
-Blue Oyster Cult

Soon after arriving home from duty on the Gaza Strip, Efrain decides to clean his Uzi after a night where the handle of the small gun was soaked with the sweat of his palm.
To find out Efrain’s saga begin with option A.

A: Efrain decides that night that although he has a strong dedication to Israel and all it has done for his family and him, he decides the army isn’t for him anymore. He un-enlists which is a crime in Israel if it is before your contract expires. He lives in a small studio apartment in the heart of Tel-Aviv. He flees Tel-Aviv soon after un-enlisting and goes to Lebanon for a few years. There he becomes a lonely sheep farmer in a foreign land. His Arabic skills are poor so he remains alone for the next 5 years. One day while flirting with what would be the first women he’s hit on in five years, he reveals his past to her. The woman giggles and fucks him gently later that night in a room of stucco and candles.
The next day, the women he slept with goes to tell her father that she has just met a man who claims to be a former member of the I.D.F . He father feels furious that a “Zionist pig” has infiltrated his town. His father collects a crew of men and they suit up. With AK-47’s and small .22 caliber Russian pistols, they knock down Efrain’s door. He is speechless as they hold him up against the wall. The beautiful Lebanese fox is nowhere to be seen. Efrain is first castrated, and then shot in the face.

B. After his voluntary withdrawal, Efrain swirls slowly into a world of fast and aggressive Trance music. He tries Ecstasy for the first time. He has sex with multiple partners for the first time. Efrain soon gets into the business of club promotions. Although Efrain’s intellectual and academic qualifications are desirable for the Israeli job market, he is now a convict. Promoting is low key and for awhile Efrain’s life is stable. While working in the club business, Efrain meets a drop dead brunette from Madrid. He imagines her body and romanticizes her features. Nice breasts. Round and poignant brown eyes. Overgrown pubic region which is usually typical of most Europeans. Her name is Sandra. Sandra and Efrain go to dinner. They fuck on the first date. Efrain soon finds himself disillusioned and un satisfied with the club business. He begins to use ecstasy more often. He uses so much that he decides to sell. Most of the ecstasy in Israel comes from Holland. Efrain flies to Holland weekly to pick up tightly packed Ziplock bags with pastel colored pills. Efrain brings these back to his community where he soon becomes the go-to guy for just about anything. He marries Sandra after 6 months and they move to a villa in Madrid. Efrain buys a Maserati andruns it fast though the Spanish countryside. Efrain becomes greedy with his drug sales and soon begins to steal money from his partners. Efrain’s partners at this point consist of high ranking Israeli mobsters. Efrain becomes scared and quits his business. His actions shut down an entire supply network across Europe. Efrain walks up one morning next to Sandra. Sandra’s face is lifeless and the pillow behind her head lies still soaking up fresh blood. Efrain looks up at the hum of his ceiling fan. A gun is shoved into Efrain’s mouth. Bang.

C: The night he goes home to clean his gun, Efrain has an epiphany. At 20 years old, and a year and a half into his required service Efrain envisions himself like many of the top ranking military officials he has worked with. He desires cigars. Security. Fast cars. Sex. Power. Efrain decides that night that he is dedicated to Israel. He enrolls in officer training school the next day. At the training school, Efrain is grilled for 12 hours a day on history, ballistics, camouflage, stealth. He is also appointed head of the custodial department. While his peers go through rigorous obstacle courses and practice shooting heavy artillery pieces, Efrain mops floors and cleans toilets. This makes no sense to him. His disciplinary record is flawless. He is a Sabra. Israel is his nation. One night, Efrain sneaks into his mop closet where he keeps his small collection of dried and salted nuts and porno magazines. He treats himself to a jerk and after exploding his load onto the rust colored wall, he reaches beneath his mop bucket and pulls up his glistening black Uzi. Efrain looks down the barrel and sees opportunity. Bang.

No matter which option is chosen, Efrain dies. In fact, Efrain dies a very tragic and painful death no matter which option is picked. Efrain is simply a victim of fate.