Friends To The End Bliss Dulce Jacquelyn Velvets

Best friends Jacquelyn Velvets and Bliss Dulce are found guilty of murdering their husbands and sentenced to die together. They are told to change out of their clothes and into prison jumpsuits, then brought to the death chamber to be killed by lethal injection. Their bodies are stripped and left on display for the witnesses.

Jacquelyn and Bliss are in a jail cell, anxiously awaiting their executions by lethal injection. The executioner enters and gives them each a standard orange prison jumpsuit and a pair of flip-flops. He tells them to strip and put these on, then leaves.

They tremble as they slowly take off their clothes, they begin to talk to each other about what’s about to happen to them. “Do you think it’ll hurt?” Jacquelyn asks. “I hope it’s quick,” Bliss says. “I wonder what’s going to happen to us afterwards. Will we even get a funeral?” Jacquelyn wonders. As they finish putting on their outfits, they look at each other and start to cry. They embrace tightly, and try to reassure each other that everything will be over quickly. The executioner returns and calmly says “Ladies, it’s time. Follow me, please”. Bliss and Jacquelyn look at each other, still whimpering, and slowly walk to meet their fate.

Jacquelyn and Bliss walk into the death chamber and see two gurneys set side by side. They hold hands and look at each other fearfully. The executioner orders them to remove their flip-flops and lay down on the gurneys. They beg and whine, but reluctantly comply, then the executioner straps them down. Once they are both secured, the executioner attaches ECG electrodes to their chests. Jacquelyn shuts her eyes and shakes her head, repeating “I don’t want to die”. Bliss stares into the ceiling and whispers a prayer.

Once everything is ready, the executioner reads the death warrant: “Ladies, you have both been found guilty of murder and sentenced to die by lethal injection. Do you have any final words before your sentence is carried out?” Jacquelyn sobs and says “I’m sorry, but I had to kill him. I hope everyone can forgive me. I don’t want to die! Bye, mom and dad.” Her words fade, and Bliss says “I want my family to know that I love them. I only did what I had to do. Please don’t kill me!” They both continue to cry. The executioner announces “All appeals have been denied, and your executions will now be carried out as ordered by the state.”

He approaches Bliss first, and injects the poison into her arm. She winces in fear as she feels the toxins enter her veins. The executioner gets a second syringe and injects it into Jacquelyn’s arm. She squeals and tries to resist, then gasps as the poison is forced into her. The two women look at each other, breathing heavily. “I’m scared!” Bliss sobs. “It’s not fair! Why do we have to die?” Jacquelyn protests. Bliss and Jacquelyn both feel their hearts racing in panic, and they begins to hyperventilate. The overdose of sedatives quickly starts to take effect and they cry uncontrollably, knowing their lives are about to be over.

After a minute or two, Bliss starts to feel drowsy, and her breathing becomes more labored. She frantically gasps for air and stares wide-eyed at Jacquelyn and around the room. “I don’t wanna die! Please, help! It hurts! Please make it stop…” she pleads as she forces her body against the straps. Her fingers and toes curl, and she groans in pain. Slowly, she stops resisting and eventually lies still. She continues breathing deeply, her lungs wheezing and her eyes staring blankly. Her heartbeat slows down on the ECG.

Jacquelyn looks at her dying friend and wonders when it’ll be her turn. “It’s so cold,” she whispers to herself. “I guess the drugs are taking longer to…” she’s cut off mid-sentence by a massive heart attack. Her eyes widen in pain and terror, and her arms pull against the binds, instinctively trying to clutch at her chest. She gasps in vain, but her lungs feel like they’re being crushed. Her ECG beeps in a rapid, irregular pattern. She feels her life slipping away, and her body trembles uncontrollably. She forcefully inhales a final bit of air, then she goes limp. Her eyes hold a distant stare, and she whispers her last words. “No…please, I’m sorry! Mom…dad…I don’t…” her voice trails off, and she passes out.

Both women lay unconscious, barely alive. Their feet and hands twitch, and their glazed eyes stare off into nothingness. Finally, they expire within moments of each other, their last breaths escaping in weak sighs. The ECGs flatline, and the executioner approaches the two dead women and watches their bodies spasm. He gently closes their eyes, then turns off the droning ECG monitors and manually checks for a pulse to confirm their deaths. He feels Bliss’ wrist, and presses a stethoscope to her chest and listens a few seconds. Nothing. He does the same with Jacquelyn. Their feet barely twitch a final time as the executioner announces the time of death and says “Bliss Dulce and Jacquelyn Velvets sentences have been carried out according to the law. The condemned will now be stripped naked for display.”

Their naked bodies exposed on the gurney for display and the morgue crew to pick up later.

End