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
"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 train moved on, as the players just stood there and watched the car that Brian was in fall even further back; he was gone and just like that they were down to nine. "Oh my gosh," Emily said as she wiped away at the tears that streamed down her face. It wasn't just him being killed but the timing. They were in a game were people were obviously going to lose their lives but them losing someone so soon didn't even cross their minds and so it happening really gutted them; it had them worried even more for what was yet to come. Only Bella knew that them dying in the game meant them dying in the real world as well but it was still just as emotional. To them they were just exiting the game but they were people that they had began to bond with and so no longer having them around left them feeling some type of way. And it wasn't so much them exiting the game, because that was something that was just bound to happen but it was how; the gruesome ways in which the players that had left had di
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