Shit’s Changing

My mouth is completely dry and I have a pounding headache. I'm getting too hot from the sunlight from the window baking my already dehydrated body. "It's so damn early in the morning"

I finally can't resist the heat anymore and crack my eyes open. The sun is barely coming through my window so it must be early. I check my phone and it's 7:00 am.

"Well damn we had a hell of a night." I slowly get up and walk to my bathroom and see little bits of puke on my toilets rim. Ewww!! I mentally yell. I don't think that was me but I'm gonna pretend it was Ty either way so I don't have to clean it...I can't help but I think to myself with a wicked grin.

Most things don't make me nauseous but there is something about regurgitated food that just gets to me.

Just the fact that it resembles whatever your dinner was but warped gets to me. I think it has to do with the chunks and the smell. Especially if it's on my porcelain throne.

"Looks like someone couldn't handle their booze", I exclaim while pissing for at least 90 seconds straight.

"Ahhhh", I can't help moan pleasurably. "There really isn't anything like a morning piss", I needed that.

After A quick hand wash and subsequent drying of the hands on my shirt, I rush over to the kitchen and grab two bottles of "Hydrate & Refuel".

I noticed something odd in the corner of my eye and low and behold. I see Ty slumped over on the couch with his legs sticking over the edge and a big ol puddle of drool coming down his face.

"Damn, he can barely fit on this motherfucker. I must look weird as hell too on this thing too" after stealthily taking out my phone I start to record and stealthily approach him. " WAKE THE FUCK UP LOSER"

Ty's eyes jump open and he looks aghast then scared as can be for a few seconds until he realizes it is me yelling at him. I honestly thought for a second that he might piss himself on my couch.

"Good morning sunshine!" I say in the most feminine voice as I can manage. Would you like something to drink, your pillows fluffed, anything at all young master Shin?"

"I want you to hand me that drink and for you to shut up! Ugh, I didn't drink anywhere near enough water yesterday and all that drinking and my head is pounding like a jackhammer".

He proceeds to chug the whole liter and stare at the now empty bottle of whiskey and sticky table.

"I may have overdone it just a little bit Ty, just a smidget"

I say it while holding my pointer finger and thumb close to my face and barely apart. They are actually touching but I know his hungover ass won't notice. After pushing his feet to the side yo sit next to him, I gulp down the rest of my drink too.

"I agree man, I was smart enough to drink water all day since I knew I was going to the gym so unlike your dumbass I don't feel too bad, all things considered now having had something to rehydrate with we aren't in too bad of shape".

We bring the MMORPG we played last night back up on our computers and were shocked to find out that we were somehow able to reach level 29 for him and 25 for me in our whiskey induced blackout gaming session.

"At least we know I'm the better gamer even when I'm too drunk to remember! "I see him sporting what must he the smuggest grin I a person could ever manage.

"Fair enough Ty, you win this round but I'll catch up in no time. " We continue to play until around noon when my stomach to make some weird growling noises with a little bit of bubbling so we order a pizza from the shopping plaza a block down the street to split.

As We head outside, I'm hit again with the oh so annoyingly bright sunshine. Especially compared to my naturally dark apartment. Spending all that time playing video game in the dim lighting didn't help our eyes either. We squint and move through the surprisingly warm weather for this time in November.

We slowly walk over to the pizza place our vision adjusts. PizzaDome our favorite pizza spot, is pretty empty for a Saturday morning.

Hopefully our friend working the front but unluckily they aren't anywhere to be seen. "So I guess it's no free breadsticks or soda today."

"Eyyye baby, how you doing this morning?" After hearing Ty try to poorly chatup the young 20 something year old brunette at the register for a few seconds.... Even if it's just to secure us something nice for free... this cringe is too much.

I swiftly walk out with the pizza. "hurry before you can embarrass us anymore." Ihave no problem with him striking out but I don't want to be known as the "weird guy's friend" everytime I come here in the future.

"Your turn". Ty goes into convenience store next door for a few seconds before awkwardly running out of the store. "I grabbed a few sports energy drinks to go along with our pizza, let's go".

Way to go Tye your smooth moves have prevailed again to hook us up with a sweet deal and meal I sarcastically say.

" could of gotten us something if you just given me a few more minutes man! I'm sure you could of, I smile and laugh at him for a little bit during the walk back home"

Just a few houses down from my apartment ,when we happen to run into my neighbor Bethany. Bethany is about dirty blonde haired, petite neighbor. She's somewhere in her 30's and a Zoologists professor who often is in the care of exotic and rare animals. It's a pretty big passion of hers so whenever she gets a chance to study and take care of an injured, pregnant animal she does.

We haven't been able to resist some of the more friendly exotic pets she's taken care of like the Fossa Emma she had was quite frankly adorable. Even when she was taking care of a Savannah Monitor Lizard I visited so much I ended bonded with it before it had to go.

"Good morning, Titus, Tye. I hope you two are staying out of trouble!" "Of course , Emma Ty responds"

I hand all the food to Ty and make him hold it. Right now, Emma is taking care of a 2 year old Fennec Fox. It's an incredibly small Fox with huge ears, off white/brownish fur. It's maybe 16 inches long not counting it's half a foot bushy tail. It's a small little girl and despite the fact that she's pregnant, she's only about 4 pounds.

Emma is doing research on some of the early childhood behavior of the exotic fox and can't wait until the litter of 3 is born.

"Hi Bella, I can't help but slowly place my hand in front of her to let sniff me a bit." It doesn't take long for Bella to remember me and she even starts to get a little excited and lick my hand. "Aweeee such an affectionate girl."

I start to rub her head and Bella starts to purrr oddly like a cat. I chat up Emma for a few mins longer while petting Bella while I see a slightly annoyed Ty by the bottom of her steps.

"Don't be jealous because Bella doesn't like you." "Whatever Titus". I can tell he wants to pet her too but last time she almost bit him when he got too close.

She's been quite overprotective since she has gotten pregnant but since I frequently see Emma and pet Bella she's seemed to bond with me quite a bit. Which is quite shocking since Fennec foxes are rarely friendly to more people then just the ones that raised them.

Luckily enough Bella is one of the more social foxes , hence why Emma decided to use her for research. If she likes you she's friendly if not, she won't even let you get close to her.

"It's about time for us to go." Ty annoyingly reminds me while he juggles all the food. "Fine , Fine, I rub Bella's belly and head one last time and wish her and Emma a good day before I walk off with Ty.

We are right outside of my place when it happens.

Ty and I grab our heads. I feel a large pain similar to what I imagine a thousand migraines plus hangovers all put into one must feel like. It's hitting me all at once feels like while someone cuts my skull open to boot. My head feels like it's being split open from the inside and I start to yell involuntarily.

I just black out. I look up for a quick glance as I'm on my knees on the pavement and I can see Ty grabbing his head with his mouth open but I can't hear anything over my own yelling. Everyone who I can see outside is grabbing their heads with their knees on the ground. Children, the elderly and every man and women as far as I can see.

A few people couldn't hold on too well and are face down in the pavement and grass. Hell I see a few drivers crash when they lose control of the cars.

Emma is still outside with Bella. I see Bella take off once Emma drops her leash. Everything is complete chaos and my ears are ringing now. The pain is still excruciating but I seem to be handling it slightly better then the people I see around me. Most of them are just yelling with their hands on their ears, eyes closed.

"Hellooooo humans!" A voice yells in my head and the pain suddenly stops as if it was all an illusion the entire time. As I look around frantically, I'm trying to find who is talking. "Hello humans? If you aren't a fucking human then what are you?" I can't help but quickly realize and think.

"There is no use in looking around you won't see me and yes I'm talking to you all in your own heads".

"I can do this because I am god". I look and see Ty with his mouth wide open and a lot of people who were around us too share the same wide mouth expression.

Many are on their knees now with their hands together as if they are ready to prey in a moment's notice.

"I guess I'm not the only one hearing this then and since their is no way all that pain I just felt is fake then I'm certainly not asleep…. Fuck".

As hard as this may be to believe…..this might really be god or at least a being so far removed from human understanding and powerful that it may as well as be a god.

Something that can affect us all like this is certainly not something that we can compete with or any human can anyway.

I contemplate all of this while slowly standing up and checking the pizza to make sure it's alright. The voice is speaking clear and slow and seems to be absent of gender and age. It just sounds powerful. It's like something deep inside of me wants me to obey the voices every whim.

"God or not I'm gonna be pissed if this pizza is all messed up while I'm this hungry. "

"Mortal men and women I have been watching you since you were created and have been developing, I have seen you all change from microorganisms to amphibians who crawled out of the primordial ooze billions of years ago to what you are today he proclaims within everyone's mind."

"But I went from being proud and fascinated from the changes you have been able to make to sad and disappointed to things that you have done in this universe".

"When survival became easier for the majority of you and food a non-issue you decided not to help the other humans who struggle to feed themselves and to survive in their environments but rather to over eat and throw away anything extra rather than share it with those who would literally kill for a meal."

"You also decided to destroy a lot of the other creations that started off just the same as you as small organisms in the ocean in whence all life came from on this planet. Often for no reason other then you can."

"Not to even mention the countless things you do to destroy the environment and the delicate eco system that this planet operates on to survive." "You have broken so many parts of the natural order".

"Instead of making sure your fellow human beings have shelter and support you have decided to make your own homes bigger,more extravagant and even kick them out of their homes so that you can prosper more and become richer to spend on frivolous things".

"These are just a few of the ways you have disappointed me if I wanted to I could go on for eons in the things that you humans are lacking but instead I decided that this will be the first and last time that I speak with any of you and that I'm going to implement a new system for you all".

"Even the gods has rules they must follow. You humans have failed me so I will have to push things forward". "Because of this many of you will die and everything will change".

"In exactly three hundred seconds the world you know of will have changed completely. The weakest will have a chance to rise up and become gods themselves".

"The catch is all of you will have to fight to survive in this new system to do so". "The odds of most of you surviving is slim at best. Not to mention the animals and nature itself will become a great obstacle for you all to try and overcome as well as your competition".

"Muhahahaha! Good luck you will all need it!!!"