[ WP ] Adam and Eve did n't eat the forbidden fruit , humanity lives in a perfect world , its only problem is keeping the forbidden fruit guarded

`` Hey, Mike. How's it going?'' Darren asked his fellow guard as he approached the guard shack. 
 
 `` Not bad, really. I mean, all things considered.'' Mike replied. 
 
 `` How long is this shift suppose to be? Six hours like normal? I did n't get a chance to look at the schedule that Sgt. Upton made.'' 
 
 `` Yeah, six hours.'' Darren confirmed. 
 
 `` I wonder how many people will try and get it today.'' Mike wondered aloud. 
 
 `` I do n't know, but if the numbers keep up I do n't know if I can do this much longer. It's weighing on me, ya know?'' 
 
 `` I feel ya, man. But, I do n't know. I kind of enjoy it. The ru-'' 
 
 `` Are you saying you enjoy killing innocent people, Mike?!'' Darren interupted 
 
 `` It's not that really, it's that we're literally protecting the entire human race from living in a shitty, fucked up world. These guys are n't even innocent, really. I mean, I do n't know if the legends are true and if someone eats from the tree then we'll be sent to the stone age but I'd like to think that we're the line of defense for our species from being hated by the one who created us. Think about it, Darren. We've been to other planets. Well, not us, but the human race at least. Our astronauts have died of terrible diseases from those planets. What if God tried this on other planets and it did n't end up like it has with us? What if once the people or animals he crates eat from the tree that he abandons them to live in filth. I do n't want that for us.'' 
 
 Darren and Mike were silent for several minutes after Mike ended his rant. 
 
 `` True as that is'' Darren said `` I just do n't think this is for me. Protecting a few billion people from ruining everything, for everyone, is a lot to bear. I'm probably gon na ask for reassignment.'' 
 
 `` Well, best of luck to ya, if you do. I hear being posted in Rome ai n't so bad. Best whore houses since the time of Sodom and Gamorrah, apparently.'' 
 
 `` I'm married. So are you.'' Darren quipped 
 
 `` Oh, fuck you, man. You never let me bullshit. All business.'' Mike replied 
 
 `` Come on, let's check on post 2. You know Andy and Marcus always fall asleep.'' 
 
 And with that, the two guardsmen went off on a patrol to wake up Andy and Marcus. Darren always wondered how two narcoleptics ended up being posted here. 
 
 
 
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 This was kind of fun to write. I'm in the US Army, so my first thought was of the poor bastards who would have to guard it.
