The players walked down the hallway to the door with Ms. Peach Larson in the middle busy texting on her phone. They reached the door and as Den grabbed the handles to get it open it didn't open. He tried it again and still it wasn't opening.
"Hello, do you not know how doors work? Let's go," Ms. Peach Larson said.
"I know how doors work," Den responded.
"Well you could have fooled me."
"O.k. calm down," Bella said.
"Excuse me, what did I say about telling me to calm down," she said turning to Bella.
"Oh no I got it, no one tells you to calm down."
"That's right," Ms. Peach Larson said. "I will not tell you again."
"Goodness you are lovely."
"I know," she said and turned back to the front.
"Yo Den what's going on up there?" Roy asked from the back.
"The door won't open," Den responded.
"Is it busted?" Emily asked.
"No it's locked."
"The heck?" Brian went. "Why would they lock it when they knew we were back here?"
"I have no idea."
"Can you shoot through it?" Mandy asked.
"Yeah I think I can. Everybody stand back," Den said and the players, Ms. Peach Larson included, took a few steps back as Den got his gun out and fired a shot at the lock. BANG! One shot and it was open.
"Alright let's go," Roy said.
"Oh here we go," a boy watching on his phone said.
Den and and Grayson got the double door open and walked out but upon doing so and looking around they froze.
"Whoa," Grayson went.
"Oh wow," Emily said.
"What? What's going on?" Reggie on the left asked.
"What the heck?" Den asked.
"What? For goodness sake what is going on?"
"What is it? What's going on?" a girl watching on her laptop asked.
"They're gone," Den responded.
"Who's gone?" Bella asked.
"Everyone," Den, Grayson and Emily answered at the same time as wondered looks came over their faces.
Den, Grayson and Emily walked further in as the rest followed behind them, Ms. Peach Larson too who had shifted her attention from the screen of her phone to the completely empty club.
The music was still blasting but there was not a single person in sight; not the large crowd of people who were dancing on the dance floor, not the dancers that were dancing in the elevated cages, not the bar tenders that were working at the bar taking orders and serving drinks and not the people who were sitting down and hanging out in the VIP booths around the dance floor. There was not even a sign of the bouncers that let them in, everyone was gone.
"Where the heck did everybody go?" Wendy asked.
"Right," a boy in his dorm room watching on his laptop said and watched on.
"I have no idea," Den answered.
"This place was flooded with people just a few minutes ago," Sue said.
"Did they close up?" Brian asked.
"Yes and they left the music playing, gosh you really are a moron," Ms. Peach Larson said.
"Why are you so aggressive?"
"And why are you such a moron?"
"O.k. I'm going to stop talking again," Brian said.
"Thank you."
"O.k. so what now?" Roy asked.
"Uh duh you escort me out of here."
"But everyone just up and disappeared."
"So?" Ms. Peach Larson asked.
"So something could be up."
"Uh forgetting what this whole thing is, something is definitely up," Bella said.
"That's right, and you have absolutely no idea what's about to hit you," Mr. Kingman standing on his platform said and watched on, with a look in his eyes that was not kind at all.
"O.k. so what do we do?" Wendy asked.
"Oh my gosh, are you all stupid. We go, you get me out of here," Ms. Peach Larson said.
"Ms. Larson please," Den said.
"Let's go now."
"We have to hold up first."
"Hold up for what?" Ms. Peach Larson asked.
"To make sure the place is secure."
"It's fine, perfect even. There's no one here to stress me with pictures or autographs so let's go."
"Just hold on for a second," Den said.
"Ugh!"
"Excuse you princess we have to ensure your safety," Bella said.
"Was I talking to you?" she turned to her and asked.
"No you weren't but when you talk to one of us like that you talk to all of us. It's our job to make sure you are escorted out of here safe and sound and so if anything happens to you then we've failed and we can't have that because there is a lot riding on this and your spoiled brat attitude is not going to ruin it for us so for the sake of living to be a spoiled brat another day would you please shut up and let us do our job." Ms. Peach Larson gave out a quiet gasp with her eyes all the way widened; no one had ever talked to her like that before. She wanted to say something back at her but was rendered speechless; all she did was just grunt to herself and look away folding her arms.
"Oh wow," Brian said to himself smiling.
"Yes, finally she's been put in her place, such a twat," a girl watching on her laptop said.
"Alright Mr. Team Captain what's the plan?" Roy asked.
"We stick to the mission, we get her out of here," Den responded.
"O.k.," Mandy said.
"We leave the same way we came but obviously something's about to go down so I want a tight circle around her with all angles covered."
"Done," Mark responded.
"Alright, weapons out, let's move." Each one got their weapons out and the players moved forward; walking down the space in between the dance floor and the VIP booths cto the door, with the players forming a tight circle around Ms. Peach Larson who couldn't care less what was going on and was busy liking photos of her friends on her social media feed.
Just then they heard a strange sound echo in the room and each one came to a stop and quickly began to look around, Ms. Peach Larson too. It was strange deep clicking sound.
"What the heck was that?" Wendy asked.
"What was that?" a boy in his dorm room watching on his desktop asked and watched on.
"Whatever it was," Sue said and cocked her gun.
"It's not good," Bella said.
"Seriously what was that?" Reggie asked, with his voice a little shaky and just then the same sound went again, this time coming from another corner and echoing out to the rest of the room.
"There it goes again," Den said as they all turned their heads to the corner in which the sound came from; with him even shining the torch of his gun into it. "Clear, there's nothing there."
"Seriously guys what is that?" Reggie asked, with his voice more shaky than it was before.
"Everyone scan your twelve now," Den said and the players got their guns up and used the torches on their guns to check the areas in front of them.
"Clear," they all said one after the other. Just then the sound went again, coming from another corner and echoing out to the rest of the room.
"Uh not clear, what is making that sound and where is it?" Brian asked.
"It came from over there," Emily said, shining the torch of her gun at the very corner.
"There's nothing there. It's clear," Grayson said, also pointing the torch of his gun there.
"Then where is it? And what the heck is it?" Brian asked as the players went on checking the areas in front of them to make sure they really were clear. Just then a strange feeling came over Bella and she looked up; and seeing what was above them, a cold shiver ran down her spine.
"I found where that sound is coming from, what they are . . . I'm not so sure," Bella said.
"What?" Reggie asked looking around. "Where?" They all turned to her and she shone the torch of one of her guns to where the thing was and seeing it they all broke out into a cold sweat.
"Oh my gosh," Sue said.
"Oh-my-gosh," Den said as they looked on. Ms. Peach Larson looked up too and when she saw what was up there she screamed; she had no idea what the thing was and it seriously freaked her out.
Above them was a thing that looked liked a hive but was white and the size of a big car; sitting high up just beneath the high ceiling of the club. And that wasn't the only wrong thing in the picture; at the bottom of the hive thing was a big opening and right below it was a strange creature.
"What the-what the heck is that?" Reggie asked taking a step back.
"Oh my gosh," Emily said as just then the creature opened its mouth and the sound they had been hearing echoing throughout the room came out. It was the thing that had been making those sounds and it was a sight to give anyone nightmares.
"What is that?" Roy asked, as each one had the torches of their guns flashed at it.
"Oh my gosh what the heck is that thing?" a boy watching on his laptop with his friend asked.
"I have no idea man," his friend responded. "It looks like some freaking alien thing."
It was a spider-like creature dark grey in colour and the size of a large pig with a head like a preying mantis and a mouth like a vampire squid, with its tentacles moving about and dripping slime.
"The eff is that?" Wendy asked.
"Like I said . . . Not good," Bella said and just then the creature leaped off the wall towards them; shrieking and with its tentacles spread all the way out revealing its round mouth and three sets of razor sharp teeth. Reggie screamed taking a few more steps back as the rest shot opened fire at it and blew it up; splashing green slimy blood and bits of its flesh everywhere, a little on them too and Ms. Peach Larson also.
"Oh goodness watch her flip," a girl watching on her phone said.
Ms. Peach Larson screamed; the creatures blood splashed on her clothes and its bits of flesh fell into her hair.
"Iew! Iew! Iew! You stupid idiots," she shouted. "You just got that freaking thing's insides all over me! Ah!"
"Ms. Larson could you please keep your voice down," Den said.
"You shut your mouth! Look at me. This outfit was custom made and you just got freaking creature blood all over it."
"Don't forget the fleshy bits, you got some of them in your hair," Bella said and she screamed shaking her head trying to get them off and to the floor they fell and seeing how much was in her hair she screamed again.
"Ms. Larson please."
"Shut up! You have ruined my outfit and my hair."
"Yeah but we just saved your life," Sue said.
"Right, that thing was heading straight for you," Brian said.
"Excuse you, you are not allowed to speak around me ever again," Ms. Peach Larson said.
"Oh come on."
"Look at me, I'm a mess. First you keep me waiting and now this, you are all so fired. So fired."
"Ms. Larson please keep your voice down," Den said.
"Don't tell me what to do."
"Whoa princess take a chill pill," Bella said.
"What did I just say?"
"Uh guys," Grayson said, still with his gun pointed at the hive thing.
"What?" Den asked.
"We have a problem," he said and when they all looked back up they gasped. There were more of the creatures; just there standing on the wall eyeing them ready to pounce.
"Oh my gosh," Reggie said.
The creatures shrieked spreading their tentacles out; leaping off the wall and onto the floor to begin running at the players whilst others leaped directly off the wall and headed straight down towards them.
"Ugh crap, not good," a boy watching on his tablet said.
There were seven creatures and they were headed straight for the players.
"Shoot 'em!" Den shouted and BANG! BANG! BANG! The players took the creatures out. The ones mid-air too splashing more blood and fleshy bits everywhere and on Ms. Peach Larson again who screamed her head off."Are you kidding me? Are you effing kidding me!" she shouted. If her head didn't explode in the next minute it would be a miracle because she was fuming. "What part of this outfit is custom made do you not understand! What, are you retarded?""Seriously, we just saved your life . . . Again," Roy said."You ruined my outfit.""Saved your life.""Ugh! Idiots! All of you are just idiots," Ms. Peach Larson said and the deep clicking sound they heard before went again and when they looked up there were more creatures. This time ten."Oh come the eff on," Brian said. Just then the sound went again but this time it came from another direction and when Bella looked there she froze."Uh guys we have a problem," Bella said."Wow slo
Each hive needed twenty-five shots and when those shots had been fired, most of them coming from Bella's gun, the hives began to blow up. And when they were all taken out, the four then re-joined the others in shooting the last of the creatures and in no time they had managed to kill all of them.Just then the door they used on their way in unlocked and swung open."Ay how about that? We did it," Roy said."Alright guys, awesome, team work makes the dream work," a boy watching on his laptop said."O.k. let's get the heck out of here before something else happens," Den said."Right behind you," Mandy said.The players walked to the door, still in formation with Ms. Peach Larson in the middle, and then made their way through the foyer to the main door where they walked out and found her limo parked out front waiting for her, with her driver standing by the open door."And there's your ride," Sue said."So that I can get
"How much did you get paid to take her out?" Mr. Kingman asked; seeing how tortured she already was and wanting to torture her some more."I'm not doing this," Bella said standing up and wiped her tears away as she headed for the door."Where are you going Ms. Knight?" All the henchmen standing in the corners pulled their guns out and pointed them at her and she stopped. "I don't believe we were done talking."She turned to him. "I'm not going to have this conversation with you.""Yes you are.""No I'm not.""Ay! Sit your ass back down on that chair or I am going to have my boys bring in your lover and shoot him in the head. Right in front of you!" Mr. Kingman said with his voiced raised. "Is that what you want? Because I will do it. There is nothing I would enjoy more than putting a bullet through his head, go on Ms. Knight, make my day. Make my day."More tears ran down Bella's face and she just wiped them away as she walked to the
"Seriously," Reggie said; looking like he was going to jump right out of his own skin. "You're going to say that now with us in the water.""No, no, I'm not even trying to scare anyone I'm just saying what I heard, I heard something moving in the water," Mark said. "Didn't you hear it?""No I didn't hear anything," Mandy answered, she was the one walking closest to him."Well I heard something.""Don't worry man I heard it too, saw something in there too. There is definitely something in there," a boy watching on his laptop said."O.k. well I'm sure it was nothing, let's keep moving," Den said and they moved on."Nothing? Are you high? You are in a game where there's stuff on each level that has literally been programmed to kill you and you're going to say it was nothing. No, it was not nothing, it was most definitely something and whatever it is is seconds away from jumping out of that water and eating you alive," a girl watchi
"Oh my gosh he's dead. Mark's dead," Hannah said with tears in her eyes. He was there and alive less than a minute ago and now he was gone. And not just, he just had his head completely eaten up by some freakish fish creature."Ah!" Emily screamed pointing forward and when they all looked to where she was pointing ice cold shivers ran down their spines."Oh my gosh," Den said; with eyes all the way widened like he had seen a ghost; the others too as they looked on at the sight before them, a sight that had them instantly fearing for their lives."What? What is it? What's there?" a girl watching on her tablet asked; eager to see what it was that had scared the living daylights out of them.It was more of the creature that had just killed Mark; a large group of them swimming towards the players leaping in and out of the water like dolphins and shrieking like wolverines."Quick, everyone through that door move, move, move!" Den shouted and the players began to run and swim towards the do
The players reached the elevator and Den pressed the button and unlike the other one this one actually worked. The elevator was on deck 5 and began to come down; with each one looking at the display giving out quiet sighs of relief. Finally something was going their way.The elevator reached deck 3 and dinged open."Alright let's go," Den said."Hold up," Bella said."Oh my gosh what now?""Look at the capacity, it says 5 people only, which means only 5 of us can ride it at a time.""5? That'll leave one of us to ride it alone," Mandy said."Yeah.""Not it.""So not it," Reggie said."Who's riding first?" Sue asked."The women will go up first," Den answered."But there's 6 of us," Hannah said."You guys go. I'll take the next one," Bella said."Are you sure?" Sue asked."Yeah.""And then who's going to ride alone?" Grayson asked."It's not a problem, I'll ride alone," Den said. "Come on inside go," he then said and all the women except Bella went in. The elevator doors closed and ins
More water poured in with more creatures in it. They leaped out at them but the players held their on; except Reggie who was still down and went on hiding. "The room is filling up, what's the plan?" Emily asked."Up," Den answered and they all looked up. "The lights, everyone get up onto the lights, quickly!"There were hanging lights made of a thick wooden frame right above them that was about a meter long and they all began to climd up onto them; all except Reggie who was still cowered by the table, shaking even like he was out in the cold."Bro what the heck? Get up," a boy watching on his laptop said."Reggie! Get up," Bella shouted."No," Reggie responded."Reggie!""Reggie get your ass up onto the light now!" Den shouted as the creatures tried to leap out of the water at them but couldn't get them."No!" Reggie shouted and started crying."Oh my gosh crying, is he crying?" a girl watching on her laptop with her friend asked."He's crying," her friend answered."Oh man dead, Reg
***Bella was swimming in an Olympic sized pool from one end to the other with Mr. Henderson waiting for her to reach him with his stopwatch in his hand timing her swim from point A to point B and back to point A. BOOF! She reached and popped her head out of the water."How did I do?" Bella put her goggles over her swimming cap and asked; breathing in and out heavily."Good but not good enough," he responded."What was my time?""1:10. I need you to get it down to fifty seconds.""That's twenty whole seconds," she said."Yes it is.""You want me to get from here to there and back here in fifty seconds?""Yes," Mr. Henderson answered; like there was nothing at all extreme to what he said."Goodness what does swimming even have to do with being an assassin?""Sometimes things go wrong and you need to get away and what if the only means for you to do so is through the water, you will need to know how to swim. And not just but fast, because how fast you get away could be the difference be