1 Chapter 1 Who I am and how I died

Alex was a pretty regular person and had a pretty good life. His parents where middle class but down to Earth and he had two older sister who were married and doing well for themselves. He had recently graduated university getting above average grades in his robotics course and had several job offers. His family was going to go skiing to celebrate later in the year but Alex and his dad where going to enjoy a week sailing. Life was pretty good for our MC considering the state of the world.

Its so bloody cold I thought to myself rubbing my hand to together for warmth. I was on my way to the local hobby shop so I could pickup some things for my miniature tabletop armies. Not that I could play with them anytime soon with COVID still about. Oh well I thought to myself I still enjoy painting them and I can just play some strategy games on my laptop when I get home. At least I was almost there.

Suddenly something abruptly crosses my path and I almost trip and fall into the road. Turning my head to see what it was I am confronted with the biggest cat I've ever seen. Thinking back I realise the thing was one of those giant cats I've seen on the internet a few times. Let's see what where they called again... that's right it's a Maine Coon. It looked so soft and friendly just sitting there looking at me expectantly. The thing probably wants a me to pet it. Looking at my phone I've got plenty of time before the store closes so I squat down and give it a few scratches behind the ears.

I pet the cat for several minutes just listening to the cat's deep rich purr and feeling it's super soft fur. I don't see a collar, maybe I'll keep him or her. I'm broken out of my musings when I hear a lorry horn go off and I turn my head instinctively to see what's going on. I see a plain white lorry barrelling down the street and with my good eyesight I can see the driver of the lorry passed out behind the wheel. Panicking I go to grab the cat and prepare to scramble backwards when suddenly I feel something is off. Everything sort of slows down my hands go through the area where the cat should be and I feel something pushing down on my shoulder then on my back sending me sprawling forwards. Twisting in the air I see the cat midair jumping safely away having clearly used me as a springboard to save its self. As I fall to my death I two thoughts 'fuck you cat' and 'fuck you truck-kun'.