The Zoo Tycoon 2 Disc

Hi. My name is Dave, and this story is about when I got a game from my childhood at a yard sale, and when I was playing, strange stuff happens. Yes as the title says, this game is Zoo Tycoon 2, actually, the Ultimate Collection. Besides, I know if the title is cheesy, I couldn't find a good title for it. So, without further ado, I will tell you my story of the game.

It was January 23. It was snowing lightly, and there were some snow piles in the yards of houses. I was on my couch watching TV. My mom was dressed bundled up with winter clothes. My mom told me, "Dave, get in your clothes because we're going to your friend's house. They're having a yard sale!" I replied, "Oh, sure mom!" That kid, he's my best friend. I always go to his house to play video games. I got dressed, with my scarf and my coat, and also my winter hat. Me and my mom went outside and walk along the sidewalk. My friend's house, his name is Johnny, was just about 4 blocks away. We arrived and there were alot of stuff in the yard sale. Books, clothes, toys, alot of stuff you see in a yard sale. There were other people in the yard sale, some I know, and my girlfriend (Yes, I have a girlfriend) and my friend, Johnny. Johnny, me, and my girlfriend, Lily came to each other and me and we talked about what was on our mind. While we talked, I saw something. I hold up the conversation and I went to this box. My eyes started to widen, and I gave out a joyful smile. I picked it up and Johnny said, "Hey! That my game, I remember that!" "Really?" I replied. The game was Zoo Tycoon 2: Ultimate Collection. I remembered I had this game when I was 10. I have the box, but I lost the first disc. I told Johnny, "Can I buy this?" Johnny replied, "Oh sure! I don't need it anymore." "How much?" I replied. "5 cents," Johnny said. I remember I had a quarter I found on the school grounds when I was at school. I gave him the quarter, and I said, "Thank you!" "Your welcome!" Johnny said. My mom called me that were going home. I said bye to m friends, gave a kiss on the cheek to my girlfriend, and went off with my mom. When we arrived at home, I quickly ran to my room, took off my coat, scarf, and hat, and jumped onto the computer. I was really excited to play this game. I put Disc 1 inside the computer, had to do the installation stuff, putting Disc 2, and Disc 3, and Disc 1 again. After that, I see the icon. It was what I remembered long time ago. "Welcome back," I said to myself. I started the game, and I heard the Ultimate Collection music, the main menu, and all the selections. I sighed with happiness, and I start playing. I made a zoo, in a Large Grassland zoo, and I have 5 stars. I remembered that you can download animals and objects and packs, other stuff. I downloaded animals, objects, stuffs, and also Radical Remake, that makes the animals from the Ultimate Collection realistic-like. I also got Cretaceous Calamity, which one map i a Grassland, but its Extra-Large. I deleted my previous zoo, and picked the extra large map. I seen pictures of other people's zoos on the game which looks awesome. I made my zoo, the entrance, and stuff, I started my zoo with an exhibit of flamingos. I spent 5 days on making my zoo. I was halfway on completing my zoo, I was kinda excited. I sometimes get excited when I'm almost done with something, like homework, 'cause I hate too much homework. While constructing my zoo, I suddenly got a message on he top, saying, "Greater Flamingo 1 is sick." I went to that flamingo, in Zoo Guest Mode, and healed it. I see the black box that has a syringe in it, and it went into the flamingo, and went back. I went back and continued, until I see a flow of messages. "Greater Flamingo 3 is sick, Lion 2 is sick, Asian Elephant 1 is sick" I pouted and healed them. But, the messages keeps coming in. It was the same animals, too. I thought, "Wait, I healed them. What is going on???" I was really confused of what is happening, until, a strange thing happened. A message box, like what you see in Challenge Mode, when you get a message on a challenge you have to do or not. It says, "You're animals are sick. You're not healing them, and you'e not giving them food, or water, or shelter." I yelled, "What the hell???? I gve them food, shelter, and water! I tried to heal them too!" My mom hard me and said, "Dave, you okay?" "Yeah mom," I replied. She went back to the living room and I continued reading the message. Continuing, it says, "We are suing you for raising animal with alot of needs. If you don't relieve their needs, we will shut down your zoo, and send these animals to another zoo that cares about their animals." I was kinda shocked. I gave them food, I gave them water, I also gave them shelter. I wondered if this was a hacked game, or a glitch. I exited the message, and it went black. It came back, and I thought I turned the brightness down. It was the game, actually. It looked like the brightness was down, but, it looked grainy. The bird sounds were gone, replaced with a low sounding white noise. I looked at the animals. I was shocked at what I saw. They were in their sleeping poses, but they weren't making any sleep sounds, or breathing. They looked really skinny, and flies were buzzing around them. Some animals were alive, but thy were really hungry. Some attacked the animals and commited cannibalism. I was surprised at what I saw. I found out there was no pause button, the selection for scenery, animals, and staff, nor the money, date, and stars. All was gone! I looked around and I see the trees losing leaves. Some of the objects, buildings, paths, were wearing out. After 1 minute, another message box comes up. It didn't have words. All it has was jumbledup letters, numbers, symbols, etc. I see a scroll bar and I scrolled down. It was just jumbled up stuff, until it starts as the minus sign. It was the minus sign all the way until I came to something that made me very sick to my stomach. It was a picture, which there are no pictures in challenge mode messages. The picture was grainy, red filter, and looked like it was taken really badly. It was a zebra, It looked like it was roadkilled, but its eyes were pitch black holes, dripping with black. I can see its ribs and guts, which made me threw up in my mouth. I was really scared by this image, and I clicked out of the message box. It went pitch black again, and ended. It was really grainy, and had red filter. I looked around and I was shocked an scared. The objects, buildings, paths were destroyed, some with blood splatters. The animal fences were broken and worn out, too. The animals became carcasses, which they were like the artificial carcass. They looked hyper-realistic, but the meat was replaced with guts. The other animals were carcasses too. I was really scared, and I yelled out, "What the hell was happening????" Another message box came up. It was bloody, and cracked. And the text reads, in chicken scratches, "GAME OVER." I almost screamed, took out the disc, and got the box. I got a hammer, and smashed the disc ad the box. I threw it into the garbage can, outside our house. I ran back, and jumped into my bed. I curled up, fetal position, shaking scaredly, under my blanket. I suddenly heard a thump. I slowly went out of my blanket, and I screamed at what I saw. It was a zebra, with black holes as eyes, and had its stomach ripped out, with its guts ripped out.