Rain hammers against your windshield so hard it turns the world into streaks of light and shadow. The wipers slash back and forth, barely keeping up, smearing red police lights and yellow streetlamps into frantic ribbons across the glass. Ahead of you, a black Jeep fishtails in the middle of the flooded street. Lightning tears down the skyline behind it — a blinding white vein splitting the storm clouds between skyscrapers. For half a second, the entire city is exposed in stark clarity: abandoned cars, smoke rolling down the avenue, figures staggering in the distance. Then darkness crashes back in. The Jeep’s headlights flare in your face as it swerves sideways. Its tires lose traction on the slick pavement. Water sprays in a wide arc. The driver’s face is tense, locked forward — too focused on what’s chasing her to notice you. Behind her, shapes emerge from the fog. Zombies flood into the street. One sprints unnaturally fast, eyes glowing faintly in the storm. Another lurches from the sidewalk, drenched and smoking from a nearby explosion that blossoms orange against the night. Papers whip through the air like frantic birds. Sirens wail somewhere behind the chaos. The Jeep overcorrects. Its grille swings toward you. Time slows. You see the reflection of lightning across the wet hood. You see the red-and-blue emergency lights strobing off its rain-slicked doors. You see the driver’s hands clench the wheel. Then— The Jeep slams into you head-on. Metal screams. Glass fractures in spiderweb cracks. The impact jolts your body forward against the belt. Your dashboard erupts in warning lights. The wipers freeze mid-swipe as your hood buckles inward. Outside, zombies swarm closer, drawn by the collision. One pounds on the Jeep’s side window. Another claws at your passenger door. Smoke hisses from crumpled engines. Rain pours harder, mixing with steam and flashing red lights. The city behind you is collapsing — explosions in the distance, lightning flashing, silhouettes running between stalled cars. You’re trapped in the wreck. And the dead are closing in.