Fiction became Reality

"Whew.."

After 20 minutes of customizing I finally found a character skin that I really liked. I was a huge fan of Dream so I decided to make my character similar to him. My character had a dark, purple hoodie with the hood over it. Sleeves tucked in, sleeveless gloves, ripped jeans and boots.

I only needed one more thing before finalizing my skin.

[Select Mask?]

[Yes or No]

I pressed yes and it took me to multiple holographic images showing different types of masks. There were gas masks, plague masks, hacker mask and even eye masks that was similar to Robin from teen titans.

I didn't find any mask that was similar to Dream's so I decided to choose the payday mask from payday 2. I feel like a survivor randomly choosing clothes that makes me look threatening.

[Finalize character?]

I clicked the dialogue and I felt a slight tick inside of my head. My head ached for a bit until it disappeared.

I thought it was because of the head gear, so I decided to took it off and call it a night. I saved my data and took off my helmet only to see my brother and his friends sitting on the ground sweating intensely.

I was confused and asked.

"What's up? How'd you guys even get into my room with the door locked?".

I could've sworn my door was locked and I didn't heard anyone opening my door nor footsteps.

"Huh? Luna!". He called out to me.

He rushed towards me before giving me a big hug. I was even more confused to why he did that. Weren't we fighting earlier? And now he's just randomly hugging me.

"Luna! We're so glad you finally log out of that game of yours!". He started.

"A Lockdown is happening! Mom is contacting your other friends while Dad is blocking out the zombies outside!".

Zombies? Are they trying to make a fool out of me?

"What? Zombies? Now that's just stupid".

"It's true! We saw it with our own eyes!". Ronald said.

Zombies? Didn't Kylie mentioned about something on the news before?

I glanced back at the three boys and saw fear in their eyes. No doubt they really are telling the truth, but are they really zombies? What happens if it's just a bunch of people screwing with us? Or probably a few people high on drugs or something.

I sighed and carefully placed my headgear on top of my bed. I opened my phone and saw tons of messages from my friends.

"Oh crap... is it really a pandemic?". I mumbled.

I opened my contacts to see 10+ messages from Kylie herself. I rubbed the back of my neck before pressing onto my conversation with Kylie.

[Kylie: Hey! Have you heard the news?]

[Kylie: Hey! Are you still there?!]

[Kylie: Luna! This is serious! Stop playing that damn game!]

All that was left was 7 missed calls from her. How come I never heard my phone rang? Did the headgear have some kind of noise proof system?

"Hey, did you hear my phone rang awhile ago?". I asked.

"Huh? Y-Yes.. but we were too busy panicking that we didn't bother answering". My brother responded.

Hah... what an idiot. I tried to call Kylie to no response.

"How are you so calm about this? Are you perhaps the reason this happened?". Jason asked before scooting away from me.

"Shut up. Unlike you us gamers waited for something similar to this happened before".

"Jeez... why would you guys think about that?". Henry asked.

"To be honest... I don't really know".

This situation was giving me a headache, so I headed downstairs only to be stopped by my brother.

"What?".

"Are you stupid? Shouldn't it be best if you stay here with us?".

"Mom and Dad needs our help. You guys are older than me, yet you guys are just hiding upstairs cowering in fear like a bunch of cowards". I tried talking some sense to them.

"A-Ah..."

I could see Ronald felt a little guilty after hearing my words. I slapped my brother's hand away from me before I opened the door.

I could hear groaning from outside. The windows were covered with curtains, so I peeked outside only to see multiple bloody-creepy figures walking from the sidewalks. They groaned like zombies and limping.

"Zombies really are real..." I mumbled.

I hurriedly rushed downstairs to see Dad holding onto his M1216 shotgun. Mom was standing by the door holding onto a baseball bat.

"Mom? Dad?". I called out.

"L-Luna! You need to stay back!". My Dad shouted.

"But you both can't handle those zombies by yourselves!".

My Mom suddenly walked over to me before holding onto my shoulder tightly. She stared at me with fear in her eyes.

"I called Kylie's parents earlier. They told me that they're safe... at least for now". She explained.

"Shouldn't we evacuate? Isn't there a nearby center here?". I asked.

"It's too risky going outside". My Dad said.

My Mom was about to speak again until something strange appeared beside us.

[Ruined Society is about to commence]

[Loading...]

"H-Huh?". My Mom was both confused and shocked.

Ruined Society? What the hell is this?!

[Identification process...]

Once that messaged popped up a red light emitted from the message and scanned me from all over my body. I felt goosebumps after the scanning.

[Identification completed!]

[Player 'LunaPlayz' was identified]

Suddenly my clothes began to glow until it began to change into a different clothing style. I felt my knees shivered while my forehand was covered in something leather.

[Skin is equipped]

Skin? Don't tell me...!

"Luna?". My Dad asked as he stared at me.

I wasn't surprised anymore once I saw a payday mask on my hand. I was wearing the same skin I created just minutes ago.

I glanced and saw Mom and Dad's clothing changed as well. Mom was wearing jacket with ripped jeans, hard boots and fingerless gloves. She was also wearing some goggles on top of her head. Dad on the other hand was wearing a scarf with a tactical military vest. He was wearing black jeans and sneakers.

"W-What happened to our clothes?!". My Dad asked in shock.

"I-I don't know!". My Mom responded as she glances from her side looking at herself from top to bottom.

I wasn't surprised since I knew what happened. Somehow the game 'Ruined Society' became real. It was weird that I wasn't shocked nor panicking by this happening. I wasn't complaining since I look damn badass with these clothes.

[Open Profile?]

I still haven't played the game yet so knowing what the profile looks like intrigues me. I clicked the icon before a large screen showed up.

Level 1

Player Name: Luna Smith or also known as LunaPlayz

Age: 18

Exclusive skills: None

Stats: Agility lv.1, Stamina lv.1, IQ lv.1, Strength lv.1, Magic lv.1, Stealth lv.1

Monster kills: 0

Zombie kills: 0

Attribute points: 5

Coins: 0

Gems: 0

Quite a long profile though... No wonder this game was number one on most realistic gaming graphics. I wonder how this actually happened. Did the developers had something to do with this? There's also an additional attribute points given when you just started the game.

I'll need to invest this into strength and stamina for the meantime. I'll use 2 points for strength while the 3 remaining onto stamina since it'll be useful when it comes to running away from monsters or creature.

[Your strength has increased by level 2!]

[Your stamina has increased by level 3!]

Great. Now all I need to do is try to get Mom and Dad calm down since they're still panicking and lost in thoughts. They might not believe me at first, but sooner or later they'll come to their senses and accept reality.

Still... I can't believe that fiction became reality. I always imagined the end of the world would be a nuclear explosion or a unknown virus spreading worldwide, but I didn't expect it to turn into a game of some sorts.