The Full Account of Reggy the Monster [Disturbing Content!]

[Marrone]

I could feel tears welling in my eyes.

Trucks rolled by, open bed, with bodies toppling inside of them. They just bumped along the street, leaving a trail of blood. I almost shook at the sound of gunfire, but I was getting way too used to it. What was going on? It was like a black hole sucked everything that used to matter and left everything rotten, everything evil to take over the weak and defenseless. I pressed my hand hard against the laser shot wound, but I knew the blood was back in place. If there was anything I knew, it was that I couldn't stop shaking; the dampness was killing me. Dampness of blood, dampness of my urine after soiling my pants, the sweat; I was shaking, maybe because of the dampness, but maybe more because I was scared. I never thought Houston could get any worse for a rat living on the street.

I thought I was lucky for a while, heard my mother breast fed me before leaving me off with the homeless; some just got tossed in the garbage or in a pool of water. But it was now I realized they were much better off, because seeing your world turned upside down, seeing everything that seemed to make you secure destroyed in a single moment was like having your gut wrenched out and shoved back down your throat. I swore that the police, that the government was invincible; the rich people, invincible with their money, with their insurance; they were all dead, all done for, they were nothing, they were just like me. After running my hands through my hair, I reevaluated; I knew there were some punks around, some of my peers that were getting in on this. Whether or not I wanted to book it with the goons and crooks was really an option between life or death.

Running through the abandoned buildings and bullet-laden floors, I looked feverously for any semblance of human activity. All I saw were carcasses littered across the street, blood splattered all along the walls, and holes made from automatic weapons or explosives. Once I broke a door down to make my way outside, I realized there were human beings not too far; but I was smart enough at the moment to realize they were in no rush to be my friend. I didn't look down, I just ran, but as I did I fell right into a hole, full of black garbage bags; it was tremendous how much there were, but as soon as I hit my head against the ground I was knocked out cold.

In my head, rushed images, oh make them stop, please. Resonance screamed in my head, but a black figure stood out and the pained numbed so quickly. KILL ME NOW. It got closer, I could feel myself throwing up my guts, I could feel myself turning inside out. DESTROY ME. All I saw was black, the world shut off, my body shut off, everything that matters was gone, but one little thing. I MUST BE DELETED. Perched on an invisible barrier of black, it was the only thing that made the world matter.

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