It was a beautiful morning. The sun was shining and the birds were already beginning to sing their happy tunes. Rin and Len were still in bed, in which Len was enjoying his slumber while Rin was happy enough to just rest her eyes and feel at peace.
The peacefulness was broken when Len suddenly shot up and said "I want the new quarter pounder burger at Big Al's Burgers." Rin, whose eyes were still closed, mumbled out a what, to which Len replied, "I want the new quarter pounder burger at Big Al's Burgers."
Rin slowly sat up and looked at him, "It's eight in the morning. And plus we have to eat the eggs, they're about to go bad soon."
"I want the new quarter pounder burger at Big Al's Burgers." He repeated himself. She rolled her eyes, guessing that today was going to be one of those days were he decides to be annoying as possible.
Breakfast came and as Rin promised she made scrambled eggs with toast. She munched away happily while Len sat there, staring at his plate. She took noticed of this and asked him if his was hungry and he nodded yes. "Then eat up." she pushed his plate closer to him. Much like a small child, who didn't want to eat their vegetables, he whined. "Not hungry for eggs?" She took his plate from him; oh well more for her. "How about a banana?" She reached for the bowl of fruit and offered him the banana. He stared at the banana in her hand, refusing to take it. Rin was becoming frustrated, "Okay what do you want? I'm not going to let you go hungry."
"I want the new quarter pounder burger at Big Al's Burgers." He repeated himself for the fifth time today.
"You're not getting a damn burger." The banana was tossed at him, which hit him in the face. What freaked her out was that he didn't even flinched when the banana came into contact with his face.
"You know what?" She threw her hands into the air. "Starve, I don't care."
They exited the front door, only to find a line of people stretched across their yard. The line stretched for what seems to be for miles.
"Excuse me, what are you people doing? You're blocking my driveway!" She exclaimed at the people.
"We're in line for the new quarter pounder burger at Big Al's burgers!" One of the line attendees stated.
Rin's face scrunched up in confusion. "What the hell? There isn't even a Big Al's around here for miles!" The line attendees just ignored her and continue to stare lifelessly in the direction of the nearest Big Al's. "Len, come on. Maybe we we get into the car they'll moveee-" She turned around only to find Len staring in the same direction as everybody else. "Len?" She waved her hand in front of his face. Nothing.
She ran into the car and turned the key into the ignition. The radio blasted out not music, but an ad for Big Al's Burgers. "Are you hungry? Hungry enough to eat a horse? If so just come on down to Big Al's Burgers and we'll feed you and your family." The commercial's jingle played and finally ended. But instead of another commercial or music, the same ad played again. The radio was immediately turned off as Rin began to panic. Just what was going on?
"Len," she honked the horn. "Get in, we're going." He ignored her, continuing to stare in the same direction as everyone else. "Think Rin, think." She rubbed her temples. An idea came to her. "Len, get in the car we're going to Big Al's."
In less than a second Len was in the car. Getting Len into to the car was one problem, now the next problem was getting these people out of her driveway. After minutes of honking and inching closer towards then, without them budging. The next course of action, though it might be terrible, was to run them over. And that's exactly what she did. She felt bad about it, of course, but right now these people, her husband included, didn't exactly have their own souls right now.
She drove all around LA, Venice beach, Rodeo Drive. All of these places have one thing in common right now. No one was out in the street. There was no one else driving. Nobody on the road; Nobody on the beach. The place was completely dead. Rin once again tried to listen to the radio for any news about what is going on or at least for some semblance of normalcy. The radio station was changed, but the same ad was still playing. She kept tuning the radio dial, but all the radio stations were playing the exact same ad in unison.
After a few more minutes of driving, she parked the car, and took Len by the hand to make sure that he wouldn't go anywhere. They walked around before stopping at an electronics store and began to watch the TVs that were on display. The TV show that was on seemed normal. It was a talk show in San Francisco with Chris and Kaori. From what Rin could gather by reading their lips, they were talking about normal things; celebrity gossip, politics, and the such. It seemed like everything was okay. That is until one of the stage workers handed them a bag from Big Al's. While unwrapping the burgers, Kaori mouthed that this episode of the show was sponsored by Big Al's Burgers and how grateful they were for it. They each took a bite from the burgers and it immediately changed them. Much like the zombies that were lined up at her house and Len, they too had this soulless look in their eyes.
Rin looked at Len. He hasn't eaten fast food for at least two weeks now and that there is no way that everyone in Los Angelous ate at Big Al's. She pondered for a moment. Is this happening everywhere or just in LA? She questioned herself. Were her parents in this zombie-like state? Her sister? The president?
While she was deep into her thought, Len grabbed her by the arm and began to drag her.
"Len, what are you doing?" She was shocked by his actions.
"Big Al's burgerrssss." He mumbled.
"Len, let go of me!" She shrieked and tried swinging her purse at him to fight back. She continued to hit and kick him for about a mile or so, until she gave up. He was just too strong for her and was able to continue to drag her as if her swings did not affect him.
They continued to walk for some time, until they reached a Big Al's restaurant. He pushed pass the other zombies. And sat her down in a chair.
Surely Len wouldn't hurt her, even in a zombie like state. Right? Rin thought as Len was tying her to the chair. But this wasn't Len; Len was gone. While this Len may not physically hurt her, he would definitely hurt her psychologically.
Once he finished tying her A tall man emerged from the shadows… Wait… what shadows? The restaurant was brightly lit without any dark corners. Speaking of bright, the room also got very dim and not to mention but, where did this fog come from?
"Nice to finally meet you Rin Kagamine," The man said, reveling himself to be Big Al himself. Big Al turned to Len, who was standing by her side. Big Al pulled a sandwich from his pocket, "Whose a good boy? You are! You are!" He waved the sandwich in his face, teasing him like a dog. Big Al threw the sandwich, causing Len to run after it.
"Hey! You can't treat him like that!" Rin came to Len's defense.
"He along with everyone else in the country are my personal slaves, except for you." He pointed at her. "I want you to be my queen."
"Uhh no thanks, I'm happily married to the zombie over there," She turned her head to where Len went, but it seemed as he just vanished into thin air.
"I don't mean it as that. I want you to be the queen of hamburgers." Rin raised a brow as Big Al sat in the chair across from her. "Together, you and I, can defeat McDonalds and Burger King and rule the fast food galaxy." He clenched his fist in a prideful way at her.
"Why me though? I prefer McDonalds over your greasy burgers!" She spat on him.
No answer was given and Big Al kept on talking as if she didn't even say anything. As he kept blabbering on, the double glass doors were kicked open, reveling none other than Hatsune Miku.
"Oh shit," Rin rolled her eyes, not wanting to be anywhere near her.
"Alllllll," She whined. "You said you'd have sex with me." She walked over the them with a bounce in every shuffled step. She proceeded the sit down on the couch that appeared out of no where.
"Aw come on, Miku. I gave you two minutes last month," he complained at her bitching. A laugh track played from the ceiling.
"This is why I tell my friends that you sell women's shoes." She huffed. "I mean, come on, a fast food CEO? How embarrassing!" Miku sneered at him.
"Why don't you go to Denny's and eat my earnings away," The laugh track played once again as Big Al snapped his fingers and like that Miku disappered, leaving Rin to be confused. "Well anyways, join me, Riliane." Big Al held out his hand.
"I'll never join you." She snapped at him.
"Lily never told about what happened to your father."
"She told me enough," She used her strength to scoot her chair away from him. "She told me you killed him."
"No, I am your father." Big Al reveled the shocking truth.
Rin was shocked and froze for a second before slowly shaking her head, "No, no, that's not true. That's impossible!"
"Search your feelings you know it be true." He looked into her eyes.
"No, seriously, It's not possible. You're only like five years older than me." She shook her head with a deadpan expression, disproving that this man could actually be her father.
"Riliane, you can destroy the Clown; he has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me and together we can rule the fast food galaxy as father and daughter." He once again held out his hand. The rope that was binding her to the chair was no longer there.
She jumped out of her chair and slowly backed away from him. "But why? Why would you do this to everyone?"
He only shrugged, "I thought it would be funny."
Her face morphed into into one of pure terror. She tried to run away from him, towards the doors. But it was as if she was running in mid air. If anything, she was getting further and further from the door. Suddenly, multiple hands grabbed her and pulled her to the ground. Big Al was no where to be found and the restaurant melted around her. She could feel her face sweating and could hear her heart was pounding out of fear.
"If I ever get out of here," She could hear Len's voice silently sing out in the distance. "Thought of giving it all away to a registered charity," His voice was getting louder and louder and her fear began to diminish. "All I need is a pint a day if I ever get out of here." Did he somehow manage to break free from Big Al's control? Considering it was his first words that weren't 'I want the new quarter pounder burger at Big Al's Burgers,' it seemed plausible. "If we ever get out of here," He was now towering over her. Still pinned down to the floor by the hands, she tried her best to reach out to him. A smile was on her face, she was so relieved. "If we ever get out of here." Her relief soon turned into fear once again when she saw the knife in his hand.
"Len, what are you doing?" She croaked out, tears beginning to flow from her eyes.
"Hey! I said, you can keep my things, they've come to take me home," He sang out, showing no emotion.
"That's entirely different song, You're making no sense!" She stated as Len raised the knife over his head. "Len, please don't. I love you." She sobbed out, not wanting to believe that this was really happening.
"Rin, Riliane dear, wake up." The knife was never plunged into her, instead Len's one hand was now on her shoulder with the other stroking her hair.
Her eyes slowly opened up to a dark room, where the only light was the moon light seeping from the curtains. Her whole body felt cold and sweaty. Her eyes could make out Len's silhouette, hovering over her.
"Are you okay?" He asked her, which didn't exactly register to her ears. "Riliane dear?" He removed her hand from her hair and held hers.
"Hey," She smiled as his face was becoming more clear.
"You were having a nightmare or something." He stroked her hand.
"I was?" she questioned him, not recalling anything about a nightmare, as if the dream faded away.
"Yeah, I heard you crying."
Rin only shrugged as she was now feeling hungry. "Hey wait time is it?"
Len turned his head to the alarm clock that was on the bed frame, "It's two in the morning."
"Do you think Big Al's is open? I'm hungry."
It's not suppose to make sense.