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The Westbrook Games Fly me home
Clay woke to a complete and total silence.It was not the kind you were normally used to though because we were constantly hearing something no matter how little.Yes, it was the silence like in the movies , the horror movies , when everyone was sleeping and the images were already so horrifying that slow, scary music was no longer needed and even the audience was quiet as they waited with bated breaths for anything to happen,that was the crazy silence that Clay had woken up to.Clay was not used to waking up like that because Jay talked in her sleep about nothing in particular so she was not even used to total silence when she slept not that she would ever tell her that she talked in her sleep.Now that she thought of it,Jay might never find out that she talked in her sleep because if she that was her older sister was too scared to tell her then most people would be too scared to ever tell her forever.Clay was missing her sister so much that she was beginning to think of all and any
The Westbrook Games The plan
Jared was looking at her unsurely, but her face was set as though she had already made a decision and only wanted to make sure that Jared was aware.Jared had to inquire again to be sure that he had heard right and Clay was really sure of what she was doing, eventually he asked. "Are you sure about this, Clay?", he asked as quietly as he could.Clay chuckled at the question.She was as unsure of this as any other person but they really had no other choice, this was the only way so she answered truthfully,shaking her head at Jared's question."No, I am not sure but right now, we have no choice. If we do not do this, what happens next?One of us dies at the hands of an autobot or worse at the hands of another player?",she asked with a shake of her head.Just the thought of that happening had a chill running down Clay's spine, she probably did not look it but Clay would not be able to handle yet another person dying on her, so, she had to do everything she could to prevent that from happ
The Westbrook Games The deafening one
Clay looked around as soon as she had stepped out of the room that they had never noticed before the collapse.The room had been located underneath the stairs, why had they not thought to ever check what was underneath the stairs too?It was. It like the stairs were so small or insignificant that they did not draw attention to what could be beneath them.They simply did not care to check for things they were not missing.Clay shrugged as she thought about it , they had never exactly had the luxury of time to think about things that were not presently affecting them , so they could not exactly be blamed for not be adventurous or curious at least.They had always been too busy worrying about someone's health or fighting or worrying about food to care that the stairwell's base was too large to be empty.In a way, being recklessly adventurous had brought them here so it was foolish to think that anyone here would remain curious about things that did not directly affect their lives and wel
The Westbrook Games The promise
Clay had finished packing all of the things that she had gradually collected into her room out.At first ,she had thought of taking out only the things that she needed out but then she had been unable to pick out any things she did not need, everything suddenly seeming in her eyes.The truth was that Clay was a hoarder and hoarding was one of the things she did best, so at the end of it all , she had been unable to part with any of the materials and ended up taking all of them out with her. June had watched the whole of the display with amusement , watching carefully as she went back and forth with each item as she tried to determine their importance .She would take some items down like she did not see the need for it or have any more use for them and then after a few minutes , she would bring them back up and take them out to be with the other things she had marked important .When June could no longer handle the dizzying display , she had rolled off the bed , creating a little thu
The Westbrook Games The scare
Clay stared at the room that she had briefly found comfort in the past few days and shook her head with the realization that she soon came to.Everything was fleeting and would all come to an end, even life or better still, especially life.She sighed softly and made her way out of the room, her legs making it quite hard for her to leave the room on her knees like she had come in.When she successfully crawled out haphazardly, she looked down at her legs and smiled eerily, they had done so much good for her, it was hard to believe that they were the same legs that she had used to run back and forth from each of her workplaces back to the apartment in between shifts to make sure Jay was fine.Clay almost could not remember those days, they seemed strangely so long ago,like another lifetime entirely.How long ago had it been since she had just been working as a bartender and making drinks nonstop for hours?She wondered if she could still make any drinks at all and chuckled before she t
The Westbrook Games The armless
"Where are Alberto and Ricky?"Clay asked as she looked around the outside of the church,she was asking because she had not still seen any signs of them and she was beginning to think that something might have happened to them.They were the only ones that were unaccounted for and June had not mentioned them getting injured,she probably had just not chosen to, Only Juan could give her an actual answer so she looked for him.She turned around to look at Juan who was already walking out to join them on the stairs."Where are Alberto and Ricky?",She repeated when he glared at her for staring at him as he walked out."I had them run an urgent errand for me,they will be here in time for tonight",He answered shadily, already making Clay suspicious of whatever this errand was.Clay knew that Juan had no intention to tell any of them what sort of errand he had sent them on, so she kept mute and did not ask either.Someone else was missing and unaccounted for, the person that had seen to their
The Westbrook Games Red dress
June sat on the dust infested bed in Clay's former room,the dust was the last thing on her mind.In fact,it was not even on her mind,she had more things to think of.She was holding up the gown that Clay had gotten her.Even though she claimed not to have looked at it before getting it for her and had just grabbed it off the rack in the store, it did not change the fact that no one had ever gotten her a gift before, most especially a dress.Clay was the first.Gifting her a dress even in the situation that they were currently in.She fingered the material of the dress, her hands running down the smooth contours of the dress , it was so soft .She could just imagine wearing it , sipping an expensive drink while standing barefoot with her feet in the warm sand as she got ready for to take out her boat.She had always liked looking at magazines with girls in beautiful dresses and in different places.They had always looked so carefree that June had been hell-bent on experiencing this,eve
The Westbrook Games The starting whistle
Juan led the group, walking ahead and grunting unpleasantly every few seconds like he was having an internal battle already.But no one really cared to know what it was about so everyone pretended not to hear him.June and Saul took the middle, walking and talking in whispers while June supported Saul's walking with her left shoulder.They looked like a bunch of misfits.Juan the crazy one,she and Saul the half baked folks and May the too angry teenager.Clay walked behind them all, watching behind them and their sides to make sure they were alone and no one was springing another surprise attack like with Vasquez' bombing. They had been walking for a while now, following a path that Juan was taking them through after he had promised that they would avoid encountering people this way.June had been against it like she was against everything that she simply did not like, she had been sure that Juan had some ulterior motive of sorts but Clay had watched Juan lose his sister,in fact they
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She could hear it all .She had heard everything that had happened from all of them but for some reason , she just could not wake up ." How is she doing ? Is she any better ? ", Saul asked Jade .He had learnt the hard way that she hated to be spoken to like a child ." No , the doctor says she is perfectly fine , I am beginning to think she is using this as an excuse so that she does not have to face me and everything I have to say to her and trust me , I have a lot ", She said sneering ." Yes , I do trust you ", Saul told the child who turned to glare at him too .They had all thought that getting a heart transplant would slow her down or at least keep her quiet for a few days but that was not the case .She claimed to be waiting for her sister to wake up so she could give her a very hot piece but she was here every second , holding her hands when she thought that they could not notice , it was obvious that she missed her sister the most .She had been asleep now for two weeks and
A finale to see...
Clay was bereft with emotions as she looked at June's face .She was too young , too young to have ever been exposed to such a harsh life , too young to be here but most of all , she was too young to be getting cold in her hands .She was too young to be dead , a tear slipped out of Clay's face and on to hers .Strangely , when she thought of June , there were no sad moments , thinking of her only brought smiles to her face .CLAY !!!The automated voice thundered behind Clay once again and she came back to the situation on ground .She remembered Jared and the autobots and the people that were still taking cover behind the ledge .June had died to protect them , she could not let any harm come to them and foil June's sacrifice now .Clay carried her gently and put her in Saul's arms , patting Saul's shoulders as she stood on her feet and turned around to look at Jared .She almost grimaced as she watched Jared limp his way out of the autobot's face .The autobot had done quite a numb
Lived till the last breath
Saul was weeping softly as he caressed her face , not even noticing that Clay had joined them until Clay pulled her out of his arms to wrap her again in her own vest .She opened her eyes when she felt the jerk and saw that it was Clay , her eyes were glassy and unfocused like she was blindly doing whatever it was that she was doing.June held up her arms and Clay looked at her , realizing that she was conscious before grabbing her fingers ."Why ? why ? why would you come out , you knew it was dangerous ", she cried softly , unable to control herself .June smiled , sputtering softly ." Yes , I knew but he was going to blow all of us up and I could not allow that , I wanted so badly to be your deputy and a little sacrifice should not have been scary to me ", She told her , her voice lower than a breath ." I never made you my deputy , you are lying ", Clay cried out , short of words ." Does it hurt ? ", She added a second later , hoping that the adrenaline her body was providing wa
The shots
Clay had realized one minute into her struggle with Jared's new sleek autobot that the autobot had not been built for a fight .It was slower than all of the autobots that Clay had fought before and since it had opted to struggle with Clay Instead of whirring out one of its famous weapons from its hands , it was safe to assume that its arm was probably just a normal bot arm that was incapable of transforming .Clay realized that the Autobot was infact only there to keep her busy and away from the two other autobots that stood in the middle of the field .They stood still and did not bother to go after June and the others .They also could not approach it seeing that its hand was a frigging shotgun .The other two autobots that stood in the middle of the field felt like some part of a sinister plan to Clay because he had no idea when they would begin to shoot or if at all they would shoot , she could imagine that June and the others were also ill at ease ." What do you want with them
The sacrifice
AND THEN THERE IS VASQUEZ , I COULD NOT EVEN BRING MYSELF TO HATE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS JUST TOO GULLIBLE AND PITIFUL , TRICKED INTO A GAME , TRICKED INTO A LIFE , DISRESPECTED BY June AND Jared , OHH , THE LIST IS ENDLESS BUT I WILL END HERE FOR NOW !I HAD MIXED FEELINGS WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT JUAN'S BOMB BECAUSE I KNEW HE DID NOT INTEND TO OF COURSE KILL YOU ALL , I THOUGHT ABOUT TWEAKING THE BOMB TO KILL YOU GUYS BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT THE REST OF THE GAME WOULD BE TOO BORING SO I JUST ADJUSTED THE POSITION OF THE BOMB .HONESTLY , I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT ALL THE THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU DYSFUNCTIONAL LOT BUT I AM HERE TO KILL YOU ALL AFTER ALL .CLAY , I AM SURE YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED THE BOMB RESIDING IN THE CHEST OF THAT AUTOBOT YOU ARE CONTROLLING , I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR THAT , BUILDING THE BOMBS ARE USUALLY THE HARDEST PARTS OF MY JOB HERE BUT YOU MADE IT SO EASY WITH ALL OF NUGGETS OF INFORMATION YOU WERE WILLING TO DROP .THE BOMB IS SET TO GO OFF AS SOON AS THE GAMEMASTER
The Meetup
They all watched as the Autobots began to fall to the ground.June had run out from behind their cover while Clay worked and had released the people that were being held and began to scream commands to everyone that was gathered there along with them , including the ones that were not their teammates."Go to the autobots and make sure that they stay down , we can not afford for the Gamemaster to gain control of them again!!!", She was yelling as she ran.The people seeing as Dean had taken the initiative and now June, also trying to make sure that they survived, ran out to help .The ones with guns shot at everywhere they knew to shoot at to prevent the autobots from returning to their feet while Saul shared grenades so that they could easily spread out and maim as many autobots as they could reach .This was going on smoothly when another whirring began.They all turned to where the whirring was coming from and watched as another autobot came from behind them .This one was different
Her Discovery
Clay turned around and beckoned for the others to come closer ." Okay everyone , we have no foreknowledge of what we are literally running into , but we need to stick together as much as possible ,like I said earlier there will be a bomb or most likely several that have been positioned in different places , they will all be self made bombs which means that they will not have much in terms of range but it also means that we might be unable to disarm them without Jared doing so himself . So, when we get there , depending on what the situation looks like , we will be splitting ourselves up to effectively locate the bombs . Lastly , we know nothing about Jared's plan so , when we can try to remain as alert as possible incase there are autobots lying in wait ", Clay said , wondering if she had gone through everything she needed to ." Ricky and Alberto lead the way , we are running down to the arena , all the way .Everyone , please stay safe ", Clay told them and stood back for Alberto an
It's just Jared....
As soon as Clay made her point,the others froze and paused all the movements they were making like they were being held at gunpoint while their eyes followed all of Clay's movement .Clay had immediately gotten on her feet after she spoke and had proceeded to run to the middle of the church where she had left her bulletproof vest and the rest of her stuff earlier.She began to dress in a hurry , tucking her guns into her vest and swinging the satch that contained her arrows over her back in record speed,it almost seemed like she had been doing that all her life.The rest of the team watched her in perplexity while she dressed and when she was done , she turned to look at them, get eyes fleeting over each one of them that was staring at her ." Why aren't you guys preparing ? We need to be out of here as soon as possible or do we not? ", She asked as she looked at their faces .Juan finally stepped forward ," You said it was a trap and he is going to release the bomb in the arena , if
The truth at long last
Saul could hear voices .Of course, he was surrounded by people so hearing voices was not such a big deal but the voices he was hearing were too harsh for whatever he was hearing to be okay.Saul jumped on his feet and turned around." Do you hear that ? ", Saul asked the others to be sure he was not the only one hearing the voices as he turned around to the doors of the church ." Hear what ? " June asked as she looked around , looking for what was supposedly making noise and confirming that it was indeed just Saul that was hearing these voices.She could hear nothing but she also knew just how sensitive to sound Saul was so she followed him when he stood up and began to walk towards the doors after him.The others also turned to see what Saul and now June were up to .Saul threw his hands forward and opened one of the large doors of the church that led to the room that the others were in and the sound of Clay shouting immediately filled the air .Saul immediately rushed inside,follo