"Players of OutLive welcome to level 4," Lora's voice said. "In this level you are explorers and your mission is to follow the map and find a priceless artifact hidden within one of the rooms of the ancient buried tomb in which you stand. And only when the artifact is safely in one of your hands will one of you light your flare and signal the end of the level. Any players that die along the way will be eliminated and the players that survive will move on to the next level with the hope of you winning the grand prize of $10 million still alive. Should the artifact break then the mission would have been failed and none of you will make it to the next level and your game will be over. Players as always the stakes are high so you must make sure to work as a team or else you will not make it. Your mission starts now.""Oh man ancient tomb things, I am here for it, let's go," a girl watching on her phone said."Ugh this is giving me serious mummy vibes and I am loving it, let's do this," a
Just then, SWISH! Something moved in the sand again, this time next to Emily. She screamed and they all turned to her. "What?" Brian asked. “I saw it too," she said. "I just saw something moving in the sand, right there." She pointed. "O.k. two people see something moving in the sand, there is definitely something moving in the sand," Sue said. "Great, just great," Reggie said and his body immediately broke out into shivers; the grand prize of $10 million was a really sweet one but he was seriously beginning to wonder why he had signed up to play. He was scared of everything and had literally only made it as far as he did because of Bella; if it wasn't for her he would have been long dead. "Should we keep moving?" Hannah asked. "Hold on," Den said and they just stood there quiet for a moment, looking around; hoping to see the something move again so that they could try and make out what it was but it didn't happen again. The sand remained calm. "O.k. I think we're good." Sudden
The players looked on at the task before them and Bella came up with the idea of someone hanging onto one of the ropes to see how much time they had before the block completely fell out; whilst holding onto the next rope so that when that one fell out completely they would have something to hold onto."But then that rope will begin to slide out too," Mandy said."Thank you for taking that question right out of my head," Reggie said."It's going to begin to slide out too yes but then the person will quickly jump off, be safe back on solid ground and Bob's your uncle," Bella said; so casual like she wasn't talking about something that if went wrong could easily lead to their elimination."O.k. and who is the person that's going to do that?" Mandy asked."Don't look at me." Reggie threw his hands into the air. "I'm afraid of heights remember.""Reggie please no one was even looking at you," Bella said and they chuckled. "I'll do it.""You sure, because we can let the fireman do it," Den
The players swung from one rope to another, counting out loud and making sure not to look down lest fear come over them and they freeze; an action that would without a doubt lead to their death."Come on guys, you're doing great, let's go," a man watching on his laptop said.They were doing well; moving at the same pace so as to stay together and encourage each other to keep moving forward. Even Reggie was doing a good job; Bella's pep talk really sunk in. He really didn't want to die and it showed in the way he moved; gripping onto the rope for dear life and getting it swinging as quickly as he could.The players were half way across when just then something happened. BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ! Giant black as night mosquito-like creatures with elongated proboscises and leaf-like wings flew out of the darkness below them and started flying around them."Oh for crying out loud," a girl watching on her tablet said."Aaah!" Reggie screamed; immediately freezing on the rope he was on. The others t
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
Reggie fell on and Bella caught him mid-air with her left hand as she held her right hand out to grab onto the walkway, and she grabbed it. But her grip wasn't good and so her hand slipped. Bella and Reggie were heading straight for the darkness below and everyone witnessing it had their hearts in their mouths; the players and the viewers that were so jawdropped by the sight of it that the majority of them sat up to see if what they were seeing was really what was happening; Bella and Reggie on their way to exiting the game."Ah! Bella! No!" a girl watching on her laptop shouted."Oh my gosh! What! Nooooo!" a boy watching on his phone shouted; with a hand over his head. She knew she could save Reggie's life but after she lost her grip and started to fall she was certain that that was the end. Seeing the darkness below her and drawing near to it immediately broke her mind up into a million thoughts. Not only thinking of the unfortunate fate that was soon to be hers and Reggie's but th
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
Bella quietly cried on. She wiped more at her tears and all Mr. Kingman did was just sit there looking at her; with not even the slighest bit of sympathy in his eyes. Seeing her go through the clear heart ache she was going through was one of the most rewarding moments of his life. It made everything that he had put in place to avenge Gloria's death worth it. He had put in so much work and seeing it all unfold exactly the way he planned it would made him feel like he had already won. Her suffering, both emotional and physical, and her eventual death was his goal but seeing this woman who was by far the best in her field exhibit the demeanor of a lost little child was just as sweet."I bet now you're thinking you should have taken option A. What was option A? This was obviously option B because I don't think anyone ever wants to become an assassin, it's one of those professions that you just find yourself in. Like me and what I do. Being a criminal boss was not what I grew up wanting t