Cool Kid Saves the Cats

Chapter 7: The second cat nap

"Why? Why did you let me die?" A voice calls out. "Why? Why did you let us all die?" The voice says louder. Cool Kid looks up above him, at the foreboding voice. A man is standing above him, in front of a deteriorating cabin. All of the cabin's windows are sealed shut by large planks of wood, and several dead bodies stand attached to the door frame, replacing where the door would have been; all of the bodies are screaming in horror, as if they were still living while getting impaled into the cabin walls.

After staring at this haunting image for too long, Cool Kid tries to stand up, but to no avail. It's as if his body had been plastered into the ground. Not even his robotic arm could help him escape from the force holding him to the ground. Once again, the voice calls to him:

"Why did you abandon us? You lead this world to its destruction." The man's voice became exponentially more aggressive with each word. "Why did you….kill us?"

"W-what do you mean? I didn't kill you!"

"You are responsible for not only my death, but the world's death! You used to be a hero but now…"

"Shut up! I...sure I'm no hero like Cool Cat...But I will save him...I will bring him ba-" The man launches himself from the porch of the cabin and stands in front of Cool Kid.

"You are a disgrace to the world. It would have been better if you never existed." Cool Kid's composure began to crumble before him. He looks above to scream at him, but then realizes the man's eyes weren't aimed at him, but above him. He was yelling at something behind him. Cool Kid barely mustered up enough energy to turn his head around; and standing behind him, he saw a large orange cat, with a blue shirt on.

Cool Kid shot up, breathing heavily. He looks around in a flurry, before realizing he's sitting in the front seat of a van. He wipes the sweat off his forehead with his non-robotic arm.

"Thank God. That was...just a dream." He sighs and lays back, trying to relax; but he can still hear the yells from the strange old man in the back of his head. He tries his best to ignore it. He turns his head to see his loving partner, FaDoug, laying down in the back seat, fast asleep as well. "Oh that's right, we were staking out the government building. I guess nothing happened for a while and we passed out from sleep deprivation. Well, might as well see if anything change-" He stares out his window in silence for a few seconds, before letting out an intense bellowing scream. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

FaDoug's eyes shoot open during his scream, launching him out of unconsciousness. His barely conscious body loses control of his position on the seat, causing him to fall off an plummet towards the bottom of the car. "Shit!" He screams as he hits the floor. "What the hell Cool Kid!? What's wrong?" Once FaDoug lifted up his extremely oversized fedora, and looked out the car window, he saw what had broken Cool Kid: the entire building was missing.

"W-w-w-where the hell is it!?" Cool Kid shouts. "It was right here before! How could this have gone missing in one night!?"

"Uh...Cool Kid, I don't think we were sleeping for one night…" He says as he tries to collect himself, to little avail. "I think….it may have been longer…. A lot longer."

"Huh? What do you mean? It couldn't have been that long." FaDoug shows him his phone screen. Cool Kid's eyes widen in disbelief and shock as he reads the date. "W-wh-wh-what!? It's been a FUCKING YEAR!? AGAIN!?"

FaDoug nods. "I've double checked every website too...it's not just my phone glitching….it really has been a year since we came here."

"But...how could that have happened!? Last time I was in a coma! I was getting food and water constantly! How the hell did I survive for a year, unconscious, in a van!?" He looks away and wipes the tears from his eyes. FaDoug looks down, then looks out the window.

"I don't get it either Cool Kid...maybe if we investigate the area, we might find some answers?" Cool kid remains silent for a few seconds, then nods. They both get out of the van, and head towards the rubble that used to be the government building. In the middle of the road, Cool Kid looks up into the sky to calm himself down, only to see the true horror that was waiting for him in this future.

"It's all….black. What happened to the sky FaDoug? It's just….gone." The energy in his body quickly depletes while he stares into the dark void above him, sending him to his knees. FaDoug rushes over to him and grabs his shoulders.

"Cool Kid! Are you okay!? Here, I'll go get you some wat-"

"We have to go…"

"What?"

"FaDoug….we have to go to the police station….we have to talk to Tyrone...he'll….he'll make sense of all this…"

FaDoug looks him in the eyes. "Cool Kid...we came all this way, we have to investigate at least a little. We can't let all of this go to waste."

"We have to go….to Tyrone…."

"Cool Kid come on! Snap out of i-"

"I SAID WE'RE GOING TO TYRONE! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND COME ON!" Cool Kid shoots up and marches back towards the van. FaDoug, standing in shock from the violent outburst, slowly walks back towards the car and sits in the back seat. Cool Kid starts the van, and drives off. They say nothing to each other as they drive, leaving Cool Kid alone with his thoughts.

"Why did you let me die?'