“Mm, you are such a fucking bad driver. If any part of me is injured, I’m not letting you live it down and will have to take care of me the rest of your life.” Kayla threatened with a not-so-bad sounding threat.

I mean think about it. Kayla would have no arms to hit me with and if it’s her legs, I would have an audience to watch me game instead of being holed up in my room without seeing the outside world for days on end.

If only it was her voice that was injured....

Well, if I’m being honest, she’s being pretty tame about being in a car crash and all that. We are also probably going to be stuck here in the pouring rain. However, I’ll take weirdness over her killing me any day of the week.

“Seriously! What is your fucking problem! Were you trying to get us killed? Are you tired of living your life and you wanted to bring me along with you? Sorry to say, but I’d rather burn in the depths of hell then float with you to the sky above. Tell me, please. Are you mentally ill? Would it be murder if I created an android and had beat you to death? You are such a….”

Ahh, there it is. Yep, this is normalcy. It somewhat feels comfortable. Besides the constant beration coming into my ear, I believe this moment of my life would be one of the most relaxed states I've ever been in.

I closed my eyes and upturned the corners of my mouth as I turned my head towards the banshee wailing descendent Kayla.

“I’m glad you’re alright.”

Was all I said. She stopped her berating right then and there. Silence filled inside the car as the rain pounded all around us and on the car.

“Sigh. Whatever. What happened? You don’t normally drive like a maniac and almost kill us.”

I thought back to the damn asshole who stood in the pouring rain.

“Some idiot was standing in the middle of the road. This rain made it hard to see until I was too close to stop.” I explained.

There was honestly nothing else that could’ve been done. Am I supposed to just run that person over?

“Wait… Is that him over there?”

I turned to see what she was staring at. A silhouette of a person with their head hung low and their arms swaying with their body.

Quest: Kill (0/1) Zombies

Reward: 10 Credits

Zombie? Wait, where did this textbox come from! Am I on drugs?

Glancing over to the demon queen next to me, I felt like her aura to kill me would just grow larger. I shall refrain from disclosing such weird visuals for the time being. Mhm, mhm.

Then again, what did it mean by...zombie? There’s no way that person over there is a zombie is there? Wait! I get a starting weapon don’t I? I glanced around my peripherals to search my bloody currency. Shouldn’t my points be indicated somewhere?

Just as I thought about it, a coin icon appeared on the bottom left. Except something was...wrong.

“It’s zero!” I exclaimed.

Didn’t they give me ten in that dream?

“Ah, what the fuck? Don’t scare me like that! What’s zero?” Kayla questioned while leaning back to her door.

“Ha, don’t worry about it… I’ll go speak to that guy over there. He better be paying for the car that he clearly wrecked due to his stupidity.”

“If he wrecked it because of his stupidity, you would owe a fortune…” Kayla mumbled under her breath like she wanted me to hear.

I glared at her for a few seconds and cursed her ancestors before getting out of the car. So no weapon, and this text thing is telling that the person over there is a zombie? Haha, isn’t that wild. My head must have had a harder impact than I thought.

Still though, as I walked slowly towards the thing, the idea loomed in the back of my head like an old nostalgic song from the 2000s.

What if this thing is a zombie? What then? Do I just die? Or better yet, what other person besides crazy would be standing in the middle of the road in the pouring rain? Fuck, why even take a chance.

I turned on my heel and swung open the door. I glanced around until my eyes landed upon a wrench inside Kayla’s crate of tech shit. Without words, I grabbed the wrench and gave her a fleeting smile before closing the door on the nagging to come.

Being drenched with rain, I squinted my eyes as I shuffled forward with the wrench at the ready. I wasn’t taking any fucking chances. If I hear so much as a growl I’m wacking it to the ground. My arm strength may not be as strong as someone who lifts but I can probably swing a wrench hard enough to knock someone out.

“Hey!” I yelled out, feeling like my voice is getting drowned out by the sound of rainfall.

“Y-you gonna pay for my car dude?”

Gah I hate confrontation. Why is it necessary? Can’t we all just live in peace and everyone goes about their day. In a perfect world, there’d be a camera catching all this which would cut out the need to talk to this asshole.

“Sir! Are you deaf?”

I mean seriously! It’s like that one time I was playing League of Legends with Kayla and she wouldn’t listen to a single god damn ping ever. I’d have to ping the jungle multiple times just to get her to move her trash ass into the fight. This one time I was pinging to go mid but guess what she did? She farmed minions! Can you believe the gall on that one. Never duoing with her again.

I got up just a foot away from the person. I could see his head swaying back and forth through the rain. I lifted the wrench high up into the air ready to kill if this thing truly is a zombie.

I took a couple deep inhales and brought my arm up and back! I closed my eyes and solidified my resolve.

“Haaa!”

I can’t do it.

I lowered my arm and exhaled, turning back around. Whatever this thing is, it can’t hear or see me I guess. It kinda sucks that I won’t be able to finish this ques-

Growl!

I felt a hand grab upon my shoulder and I instinctively swung my arm with the wrench back around! I heard a thunk! Sound upon impact as the thing scared the fucking shit out of me. I clenched my ass… Almost literally!

I looked down on the ground, seeing a gash upon the face of the grey skinned zombie. I gagged a bit as the thing stared at me and started growling with its cracked teeth.

I turned back in the direction of the car and fumbled my way to the door, sliding onto the side. I yanked the car open and jumped in, sitting firm in my seat while locking the doors.

“What’s the matter with you! Did I just see you hit a person?” Kayla exclaimed with a hint of terror.

I started hyperventilating like a kid with asthma after running a mile. I felt like throwing up then and there but also wanting to get the fuck out.

Fuck it!

I gripped the steering wheel and maneuvered the car off the grass and into the street. I floored the accelerator while maintaining balance since we were in heavy rain. I tried to distance ourselves from that mentally challenged creepy shit that suddenly grabbed me.

The rain pounded the windshield the same intensity as how I mentally pounded my head for whatever the fuck was going on. If that thing truly was a zombie, and this thing in my.,, eye sight? Is real, then I better ball the fuck up.

Glancing at the left corner, the quest was still incomplete. Gripping tightly on the steering wheel I contemplated if I would truly be able to kill something that looks human… even if there is such a thing as real life zombies, I don’t know how I feel about killing. I’m a gamer for christ's sake! Just let me stay home and play some Left for Dead!

“Seriously! Jack, this is really fucked! You just assaulted a person! The dude may be a stupid idiot but you hit him with a fucking wrench! What if he dies back there? You left him on the ground to get run over.”

“Listen… this may sound hard to believe but that person, that… thing, wasn’t human. You have to trust me.”

“Not human?”

I could hear the disbelief in her voice screaming ‘I’m with a lunatic!’

“How can a person...Not be human Jack!”

I turned my head to plead my case with as many genuine facial expressions. Should I cry? Raise my eyebrows? How can I sound more convincing in saying ‘hey! There’s fucking zombies out there!’ Is there such a way?

“Just liste-”

“Watch out!” Kayla screamed.

Turning back to the road, there was no way I could’ve possibly avoided him!

Bam!

The body rolled over the windshield, cracking it upon impact. Screeching to a halt, I glanced at the rearview mirror, blood pouring onto the ground mixing with the rain. I gagged from seeing such a grotesque sight.

I could see headlights coming behind us

Thunk!

Holy shit! The guy just fucking splattered the thing!

It was at this point that I opened the car door and threw up yesterday’s dinner. Seeing it much with the puddled floor made me almost throw up lunch as well!

I closed the door and took a couple deep breaths, turning my attention back to the mirror. I seriously didn’t know if I should get out and check it out or just drive away… however I could do neither as I just sat there staring.

The girl beside me wasn’t saying a word. I don’t blame her, we just fucking killed someone.

Wait a minute….

I glanced to the top left corner of my vision and saw that the quest was no longer there!

Points...

Fifteen credits appeared next to the coin icon. That thing was actually a zombie! Holy fuck. Wait, when did the quest get completed? Is there no notification? Did I miss the ‘Ding!’ when I was throwing up my last supper.

On another note, didn’t the quest say only ten credits? Hmm, I wonder if killing zombies gives its own points as well..

“Shit! Shit! Why is there someone laying on the damn ground! These fucking methheads man!”

I watched through the rearview mirror as the man started yelling from the top of his lungs when he got out of his car. The dude walked over to the body and was insulting it while kicking its body with his shoe while asking if he was alive.

As I was about to get out, I could feel my shirt being tugged. I looked down to see Kayla’s small hand gripping my shirt tightly while looking out my window. Without a word I followed her line of sight and squinted through the rain.

There was definitely someone there running in the rain. Wait, there’s multiple of them…

Holy fuck it’s a zombie marathon!

They sped on the concrete while kicking up water behind them. It was a group of not less than ten zombies all headed towards the screaming man.

What should I do? What should I do?

I debated going out but it was too late.

“Ah!!!” the man screamed as I watched the zombies jump onto him through the mirror.

“We are fucking outta here!” I yelled as I once again floored on the pedal. I don’t care who else is walking on the road through the rain!

Anyone else who decides to go for a dance in the rain stroll will have no mercy from me!

Quest: Make it home.

Reward: 20 Credits

What the fuck is this? Is this a game?!