Prologue.

Bad days.

Everyone would eventually get a few, some more than the others. You might forget your umbrella on a rainy day, getting soaked with nowhere to hide, that’s a good example. You might even slip and fall nearly breaking your back, the best you could hope for is a splash in the mud. Getting sick when you have an important day, losing your wallet, breaking up with your girl…etcetera etcetera. Sometimes those days could go so bad to the point of being hilariously funny, you just can’t help but laugh when you survive them. How worse could it get? Listen closely, never ask a bad day “is that all you got?”. That’s the most stupid thing you might do.

I’m, or at least I like to think I’m, a normal seventeen years old high school student. Alright, normal isn’t exactly the right word to describe someone in my situation. I said I’m a seventeen year old, that part is true, a high schooler? Not exactly. It’s been a while since I last left my precious PC and went out. It’s a summer day, the viscous sun burned my eyes. The only reason I ever exited my room -except for food, shower and toilet- is when there was school. Limited releases and collectors edition games were once in the lists, but it’s been a while since I bothered with any of those. This weekend was different though. It’s my birthday, ya~~y… of course with it being years since I celebrated the worst day in my life I got this brilliant idea to go out and have some fun. Bad decision number one.

My parents are somewhere out there enjoying their thirteenth honeymoon or something. A part of my mind told me they didn’t care. I was just “an accident” that one used to keep the other around. One thing they seem to agree on is that my face isn’t worth seeing, that’s why we barely met for the past few months. I’m not complaining though. I have all the money I need to live leisurely so I’m fine being left alone. In fact I appreciate them being gone, the quiet life suits me well. Pretty sure it won’t last forever though. If one day they decide on cutting off my allowance saying I’m a liability I would just sell all their properties and drain their bank accounts. Modern problems require modern solutions.

When it comes to school I had perfect attendance records at some point. I had no friends and let’s not even mention a girlfriend. I was the invisible dude, the guy who’s desk would be noticed instead of him. Luck wasn’t my strongest attribute either, if this was one of those other worlds you hear about in anime and games I’m sure my stats would have a [-999] in luck. My terribly bad luck was one of the few things I had confidence in. I knew all too well that something would go wrong with whatever I do, and the more optimistic about something I become the bigger a screw up it turns out to be. That’s right, school was one of those things I screwed up. I had a perfect attendance record, but that was until a few months ago before I stopped bothering and shut myself in my room. I stopped attending because of a certain incident I never understood myself. Well, School might’ve been like that but at least I had a friend. A weird one, indeed. It’s been a while since I last saw her so I’m starting to believe she wasn’t real. I should’ve known.

Enough about the depressing old days, let’s talk about how bad this day in particular was. I went to this really good restaurant that everyone online talks about and ordered something from the rather expensive menu. The next half hour was spent in the bathroom. By some miraculous misfortune an expired ingredient found it’s way to my plate. I kinda ended up saving a lot of people because I was the first to order that dish, but there is no way I would be happy about getting food poisoned on my f*cking birthday of all days.

Next I went to the theater in a nearby mall. Guess what avenger didn’t survive the snap? Well, I can tell you if you want since I got to hear the answer right after I paid for the popcorn. Pissed off I decided to go back and waste whatever money I had left on microtransactions. I noticed it too late but apparently I was walking on the wrong side of the road. They were doing some march for whatever rights some new oppressed minority group demands. Or was it a rally against the bad bad orange guy? Anyways I was painted as the enemy in a few seconds, for no reason of course, got pushed into an alleyway and beaten to a pulp. Thankfully I recognized the faces of some of the perpetrators. They were students from the same school I dropped out from. I don’t know why but they sure seem to hate me even though I never ever spoke to any of them.

As I lay down on a pile of trash I noticed the girls in that group giggling as they snapped one picture after the other of the fantastic state I was in. Man, I wish they would just disappear. This was supposed to be a joyous day. Thought the idea of celebrating another year of my life passing by when I achieved practically nothing while continuously suffering sounded awful. I wish I could just die and reincarnate in some other world like all those anime coming out lately. On a second thought, considering my life up to now I’m sure whatever world I’m going to end up in would rain all its misfortune on me. But before any other world gets its chance with me it has to wait for this one to be done, and thankfully that should be close from what I’m seeing.

How bad can a day go?

What? There is no way it can get any worse than this? You don’t say…

Getting food poisoned then hearing spoilers for the most important movie of the decade. Encountering a bunch of thugs then having your miserable state exposed on the net. There is no way anyone’s birthday can get any worse than this, right?

Well, try adding a freaking space invasion to the mix!

Here, have some space ships with space humanoid lizards and some space laser guns! How about some screams and blood? Panicked crowds sure make a more realistic atmosphere. But seriously, how hard did that dude hit me to make me see those things? Though I have to say I could watch the girls who laughed at me being devoured on repeat for days. However it wouldn’t be as satisfying if it’s just a hallucination.

Wait…

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“IT’S A FUCKING ALIEN INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Thanks to me losing my shit one of the ugly lizard faced green creatures noticed my existence. Telling one of its friends to hold its meat it took what resembles a generic laser gun you see in any sci-fi game and without much of an effort a hole was blasted through my stomach.

What a day. No, what a BAD day.

I’m actually impressed. My life ended at the start of an alien invasion. The world is going to end and I won’t get to witness it, what a shame. I tried to breath but I was already vomiting blood. As it turns out they got a part of my lungs too. Well, nothing I can do about it. I didn’t get the usual truck treatment so I wonder if the world I’m going to end up in would be any better than this one. That’s said, I’m glad it’s ending.

I should sleep for now, something is supposed to happen after you pass away right? My consciousness started to fade. There was no system notification, no cute goddess waking me up, no sudden awakening inside a toddler’s body. Only never ending darkness that went on and on. I’m too tired to think about it, and the lights are out. It feels pleasant too.

an alien invasion.

haha.

Author's note:

The completed 1st and second volumes of this series are available on Amazon, kobo, smashwords and the retailers they distribute to!