Impractically Broken

Chapter 1

Q rocked back and forth on his heels and waited anxiously for his next task. He was filming another episode of "Impractical Jokers" and was in a generic grocery store. The point of the challenge was to do something stupid his friends, Sal, Joe, and Murr, told him to do.

"Alright," Sal giggled. "Go up to that woman and lick her."

"What?!" Q was about to pull his earpiece out and check his hearing.

"Lick. That. Woman."

Sighing softly, Q located the woman Sal was talking about and started walking towards her. He could hear Sal and Murr laughing uncontrollably and Joe mumbling something stupid. As Q walked, he could feel himself slowing down gradually. His breathing picked up in pace and his vision started to blurr. Q fell to his knees and started to pant heavily. He felt something thick rise in his stomach and unknown objects push hard against his back from under his skin.

"Q?" Joe sounded concerned. "Are you alright?"

Covering his mouth with hand, Q gagged. He couldn't breathe anymore. His entire body started to shut down. Q tried to stand up, but he couldn't. A very short lady walked up to him and tried to help him up. She grabbed Q's free hand and tried to pick him up. Q groaned softly, gagged one last time, and then puked. The liquid slashed against the woman's legs and she screamed. Joe and Murr could also be heard screaming and Sal was gagging.

"Holy shit!"

"Someone call a hospital!"

"What the hell happened!"

Q was terrified. He didn't understand anything that was going on, but he did know one thing: something had ripped through his back. As everyone in the store cleared out, Q noticed three people rush in.They e stopped about two feet away from Q. One of them screamed.