Den walked forward and slowly made his way down the three stairs and onto the floor and the second he did, they all looked up at the gong contraption waiting to see it start ticking but it didn't. It remained perfectly still. "What happened? I don't see anything," Mandy said; did something happen and she just didn't see it or what. "Me neither," Hannah said. "Does anyone see any change?" Bella asked. "No," Emily answered. "That's a negative," Den said. "It's not moving." "It didn't work," Reggie said; holding his breath. Nothing happened but he just knew that something was bound to. "Maybe there's something missing," Brian said. "There is definitely something missing," Sue said with a certain look coming over her face; she just figured something out. "What?" "Us. I think we all have to be on the floor for it to work." "Ugh of course," Hannah said; nothing had been straight forward since the level started, why would this be anything different? "Alright guys come on down, let

The players stood on; looking at each other and wondering to themselves who among them was going to be brave enough to swing across first. It was the last obstacle. After they overcame it the artifact would be theirs but overcoming what was before them wasn't as easy as that. It seemed way too easy and that was the problem. There had to be something to it and whatever it was they just knew that it wasn't good. Still afraid or not they had to get across."I'll go," Den said and the others just stood quiet; someone had to do it and they were all glad that he had stepped up, of course not showing it too much because obviously something was going to happen out there and they didn't want to see him get hurt or worse off lose his life."Gosh Den please don't die," a girl watching on her tablet said. "I love you."The players gave him room as he held the rope firm in his hand, ready to swing himself out and then back and forth so as to gain enough momentum to get to the other side where they

"Players of OutLive welcome to level 5," Lora's voice said to everyone. It was a new day and the viewers from the day before and new ones had logged onto the website to watch the next level of the game; eager to see what was installed for them and the players who were on a train sitting in the same passenger car but on different seats. They were dressed in normal clothes but had their weapons on them. "In this level you are civilians on a high-speed train and your mission is to reach the front car. Simple? Wait, there's more. You are to reach the front car and only when you are safely there will one of you light your flare and signal the end of the level. You're in the 6th passenger car and you are to spend not more than five minutes in each car or it will snap off and when it does with any players in it, those players will fall back. The door will unlock when the clock hits two minutes and you will have those two minute to move from the car you are in to the next one. Any players tha

The players were now down to eight and safely in the third car they stood waiting to see what was going to come at them next; looking at each other with their hearts continuing to sink at the thought of the ones that they had just lost. They had just gotten into the level and they had already lost two people; how many more were they going to lose?"Everyone alright?" Den asked and they responded with slight head nods; obviously still shaken from what they just went through with the bat creatures that really handed it to them. But though battered and bruised they collected themselves with deep breaths ready to go again; they just had to be ready to go again, it was why they were there."Oh gosh what's next?" a girl watching on her laptop asked.The train carried on as the players then spread out to look out the windows to see what was coming at them next; still moving through the dilapidated city with the setting sun in the exact same position it was in when the level began."Do you gu

Waiting on suddenly something happened. The sea urchins began to pull back and POOSH! POOSH! POOSH! Water started to squirt in through the holes made by their spines. The holes were small but they were numerous and each one had water squirting in from it. Water that squirted on them and began to wash off the dark water from the previous car that had stained their clothes, their skin and their hair; with each one of the players with hands over their faces to shield them from the water that was squirting in from everywhere. It was then that they got up onto the seats."Oh no the car is going to flood," a boy watching on his laptop said."Oh my gosh the thing is going to flood," a girl watching on her phone said. "Drowning is my worst fear.""Ha! We're going to die. We're going to drown and we're going to die," Reggie said; already freaking out."No one's going to drown," Den said."We are so going to drown," Mandy said; as the car began to fill. The water had just started coming in and