Corpse King

Chapter 5: "A Star Returns"

The truck finally arrives at Sunset boulevard, behind a grocery store.

Michael wakes up from his nap and then gasped that he must plan for his escape. He's scared of getting caught for eating the food.

-God... what should I do now?- He asked himself, being nervous.

He hides behind the boxes.

The door opens. The workers then walked away after opening it.

-This is my chance!- Michael thought.

Michael slowly sneaks out of the truck before the workers go back inside. When he jumped out, he quickly hides on the right side of the truck.

He sees the alley completely empty and runs out of the site. Far away, he could hear the men shout "something ate and stole the meat!"

Michael felt guilty at first, but it's not his fault, he had no choice but do it to survive.

As he runs out of the alley, he stops by the streets at night and sees how much it has been changed.

He sees tons of billboards of things he hasn't seen, new bars, and noticed people using smartphones even more than before.

He even noticed all the Halloween decorations in shops. He's feeling nervous about this new era. He's afraid of acting all confused and probably get harassed.

He begins to walk towards Hollywood boulevard.

A lady pass by and asked him for the time. Unfortunately Michael has no time to speak, and he doesn't have a watch.

When he pretended to ignore her, he suddenly begins to feel sad for not being able to be nice to the lady. The lady ended up being offended.

Several blocks passed by, and Michael stops in front of Mel's diner.

He sees all the people inside the restaurant, looking at their smartphones, and their children looking at their iPads for cartoons or YouTube videos.

-What kind of generation is this? Where's the family interaction? I feel bad for kids these days. This is very sad to see- Michael is feeling sad seeing the next generation being enslaved with modern technology.

After that, he continues walking.

The streets are almost empty because of the heavy rain. So he casually cross the street all by himself. This is his very first time getting to walk outside like a common person without getting noticed.

As he walks by the Hollywood Highland where the Hard Rock Cafe is at, a few people and mascots see him like there's still a global pandemic because of his face mask. And also, they see him odd wearing sunglasses under a rainy day.

Michael doesn't care if he looks weird, he needs to hide his zombie face, even when it's the Halloween season.

He stops right in front of the Chinese theater, and steps in front of the handprints.

He noticed a few things he hasn't seen in almost a decade. He sees handprints of actors from Twilight, Harry Potter, and a few more. But the ones he felt heartwarming are the handprints of his children.

He sees that they added his glove and shoes as a tribute for keeping them together as father and kids. And that's not all, he noticed that they even placed his old handprint from 1989.

-Oh, I know how much you miss me.- He whispered himself.

Then, after that, he stops in front of his famous star at the Walk of Fame.