The roar of Jack's Coolster "Coolman" motorcycle cut through the chaos like a blade. He weaved through wreckage-strewn roads, past burning cars and staggering monsters. Fourteen hours since the world cracked open—and it hadn't stopped screaming since.
Then, through the smoke and crumbling sky, he saw it.
The water park.
"I've passed that place a hundred times," he muttered inside the pumpkin-styled motorcycle helmet. "Damn it, I always wanted to check it out before all this chaos... Might still be worth it. Food, gear... maybe even a clean shirt."
He pulled up to the rust-bitten gates of EdenWave, engine rumbling beneath him. As he dismounted, the quiet crept in. Then a spark of static jolted the air:
"TZZT Wel-ome T-o tzzzt Th TzzT Wate TzzzzT ark of Tzzzt EdenWave..."
The garbled voice echoed from mangled speakers twisted around a rusting pole overhead.
Jack tilted his helmet. "What the hell mauled those?"
He rolled deeper into the park. A wrecked food stall slumped near the splash zone, half-eaten by rust, as if something massive had crashed through. Inside, he found treasure: beef jerky, chips, bottled water.
"Jack. Freaking. Pot!" he yelled, the echo bouncing between empty slides and cracked wave pools.
He moved to a line of lockers, digging through for clothes—until a twig snapped behind him.
"BRRRR HARAKAH!"
A zombie limped into view, groaning, skin sloughing like wet leaves. Jack took a step back.
"No knives. Great," he grumbled. "Snack stand with no weapons... who designed this place?"
Then he spotted the sign:
"IN CASE OF FIRE—USE SMALL HAMMER TO ACCESS EXTINGUISHER"
Without hesitation, he smashed the glass, grabbed the extinguisher, yanked the pin, and doused the screeching zombie in foamy white mist.
As it staggered—
SHRAKKKK!
A massive, lizard-like bird swooped down from a water slide tower, snatched the zombie in its claws, and carried it toward the top of the spiraling playground bucket.
Helmeted and still, Jack stared after it.
"…well, that's definitely new." Jack says diving into a store when he notices a pocket radio, he picks it up and he get the hell out of their.