[ WP ] A man dies and goes to the afterlife , when he arrives he is shown an alternate time line where he never existed , he can choose to erase his existence at the end of it .

The Janitor 
 
 The pain was excruciating. His hair was gone and his skin was a mass of burns, but he kept on going. He had to find out if anyone else had survived. His goal was Texas Stadium, home of the famed Cowboys, and the location of the largest fallout shelter in Dallas. He took a few more steps, then fell. He wanted to get up, tried to move with all of his will, but his body just could n't go any more. He cried a tear, his last thought being that he would see his Wife Cindy Lou and daughter Emmy Lou in heaven. 
 
 He woke up in a plain white room. At first he thought someone had found him and brought him to safety, but then noticed that his hands were perfect, no his whole body was perfect! It must be heaven, or at least the waiting room to heaven. Time as he knew it did n't seem to exist here, and he walked around, attempting to explore his new home. He soon stop and sat back down on the only feature in the room, the seat where he had awoken. 
 
 The man had begun singing favorite hymns and songs that he had learned in life in attempt to stay off boredom. “ Yellow Submarine ”, “ The Old Rugged Cross ”, “ Better Dead than Red. ” He laughed, he was dead, but at least not red. Of course, so was the rest of the country. The U.S. Would never see the bicentennial now. He laughed, then cried. The U.S.A. – 1776-1975, RIP. 
 
 He looked up, sighing. He was n't alone! There was a man glowing brightly – no an angel! Just like in the prayer books he had as a child! 
 
 “ Wh-who are you? ” the man quietly asked his visitor. 
 
 “ I am the angel of death. Tell me about your life. ” 
 
 The man thought for a second, the replied “ My name is Austin Heyward. I was born in Dallas, Texas back in 1925 and have lived my whole life there. I married my dear wife Cindy Lou back in 1946, just after World War II, and have, no had a Daughter, Emmy Lou, who was born in 1948. I am, no was, a janitor for the Dallas School System, have never cheated on my taxes or my wife. I have sinned many times, but have always asked the Lord Jesus for his forgiveness. Oh, and I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. ” 
 
 The angel smiled. “ I see. You have been honest with me, but left out one little detail. ” 
 
 Austin frowned. “ Wh-what was that? ” 
 
 “ November 22, 1963. ” 
 
 At first, Austin was now totally confused, then the memory returned and with a tear confessed. “ I did n't think it was a big deal. I just wanted to see the President of the United States. I was working that day in the School Book Depository, and decided to sneak up to the seventh floor to catch a glimpse of the motorcade. I had made it as far as the sixth floor when I heard a noise. I quietly looked in and saw a man with a rifle at the window. I then snuck back down and called the cops. They went up and arrested him and carted him off. His name was Lee Harvey Osborne or something like that. ” 
 
 “ Lee Harvey Oswald. Mr. Heyward, I have a little proposition for you. First let me show you something. ” 
 
 The angel waved his hand and the white wall disappeared, replaced by a view of Dallas, or at least what was left of Dallas. Nuclear winter had now set in, and there was no life. 
 
 “ Why are you showing me this? I did n't cause this! It was President McCarthy's policies against the Soviet Union that lead us to war. ” 
 
 “ I know, but now let me show you something else. ” 
 
 Again he saw Dallas, but something was wrong. The sun was out and it was a gorgeous day, but that was n't what it was. It took him a minute to figure it out, but soon it hit him like a ton of bricks. He was looking at Texas Stadium, from the air, but did n't look right. The hole in the roof was there, but the rest of the stadium sort of swooped down into some fancy glass sides. The angel waved his hands and the scene changed to the inside of the stadium. Austin noticed the banners – Dallas Cowboys, Superbowl Champions Super Bowl VI, Superbowl XII, Superbowl XXVII, Superbowl XXVIII, Superbowl XXX. 
 That was impossible! His Boys had won the Superbowl back in 1971, but that was it. Before he could react, the angel waved his hand again and the seen changed again, this time to the Kremlin. Austin shook inside – the Kremlin was the capital of the evil Soviet Union. 
 
 As if reading Austin's mind, the angel spoke once more. “ Look closely at the Kremlin – at the flag. ” 
 
 The flag was wrong. There was no hammer and sickle, instead a flag with white, blue, and red stripes. 
 
 “ How? ” 
 
 “ Now it is time to get down to my proposition. You can continue on to heaven – you were a righteous man and God awaits you, or there is another way. ” 
 
 “ Another Way? ” 
 
 “ Yes, forfeit your existence. If you were never born, no one would have found Lee Harvey Oswald and President Kennedy would have been shot and killed. ” 
 
 “ You want me to allow myself to never exist so that you can kill President Kennedy? No way! He was a great man and a great President. He kept us out of war! ” 
 
 “ And President McCarthy kept'us' safe? Here, let me show you what could be, both good and evil, if you make this sacrifice. ” 
 
 The view changed again, and he saw images, some good, some evil flash by. The Vietnam war, a man on the moon, something called'Reddit' – he did n't get that one, the twin towers in New York falling, a man named Osama Bin Laden, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fall of the Soviet Union, Margaret Thatcher, President Ronald Reagan, a black president named Obama, plus man other images. The only thing he did n't see was nuclear war and the death of 5 billion people. The blank white wall then returned. 
 
 “ This is your choice, I will respect you either way you choose. You can leave this room and live in heaven for eternity, and the planet Earth will die, or you can choose to not exist, and Earth will continue as you saw it. ” 
 
 Austin Heyward was quiet for what seemed like an eternity, then slowly spoke. “ Mr. Death, I have made my decision. I once heard on a TV show a saying –'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.' ” Tears were now streaming down his eyes. “ Take me. ” 
 
 The angel waved his hand and the room was empty. Austin Heyward was no more. 
 
 The vast alien ship slowly moved away from the Earth. Shields and sensors ensured that the planet did not discover the ship, so Earth continued on as it always had. 
 
'Death' walked over to another shining alien, the Captain of the ship. “ We have been testing young worlds for many eons, and very few pass the test. ” 
 
 “ Too bad this world will never know the gift Austin Heyward gave it. ” 
 
 “ Just as well. This world still has many other trials to endure, but I see great things for this race of'humans.' They will need the struggle to grow and prosper in this deadly universe of ours. ” 
 
 The Captain smiled. “ I always like a success. Too bad we have so many failures. On to the next world. Let's hope for two in a row! ” 
 
 “ Unlikely, but always possible. ”
