Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created in Glee. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is being intended. However, all original characters belong to me.
A/N: A few things to know before reading. This story is structured around the idea that Brittany and Artie are still dating during the summer. When I think of Artie as a "gamer" I see him as more of a fanatic, he doesn't play just what is "popular" he gets his hand on whatever he can. So, in my eyes he has all the systems. I haven't quite decided yet if I want to Brittany be the main focus or to include Artie as a perspective. I am going to try my best to choose games most people will have at least heard of the series or may be cross platform. The basic premise of the story is based off my own experiences when I played a videogame just a little too long with a group of friends in a short period of time. Remember these are dreams so continuity may disappear depending on how I feel it should go, that and it is Brittany's mind so I guess I could get away with something not making so much since.
This story is being written for shits and giggles.
Gamer terms used:
Bunny hop – jumping rapidly around the screen so it's harder to kill you
PC- Player's Character
Gank – group gangs up on one character or a high level gangs up on a group of lower levels.
Title: Gaming Gone Wrong
Rating: T – language
Summary: A marathon of gaming goes very, very wrong. It's the start of summer, and Artie has peeked her interest. Will a simple week of marathon gaming be too much for Brittany handle, will her imagination get the best of her, or will she learn a little bit more about herself, her boyfriend, and fellow Gleemates?
Prologue: It All Started Here
She sat quietly legs curled up atop the wool woven navy blue couch. This had been her position for the past four hours, and for Brittany S. Peirce that was a monumental accomplishment.
She had stopped by her boyfriend's house a half hour before noon, after a hard class of morning dance classes. She was exhausted, however she promised to come by Artie's. He along with the other guys in Glee planned a video game marathon. Artie invited everyone to stop by, but insisted she come over. He wanted to show her, there was more to video games than just first person shooters, she had played with him on occasion, that allowed you to play with some crazed college frat boy or the occasional eight year old gaming mastermind.
Brittany was let in by his older brother, and made her way to the back area of the house. Loud explosions and sporadic gunfire could be heard emanating from the newly equip 'entertainment room' of the Abrams' household. She jumped slightly at the sound of a sudden explosion, Artie wasn't kidding when he said his Dad had gotten the best system you could find in Lima. Hand resting atop the door knob she slowly opened the cracked door revealing the small group of teenagers who surrounded the large fifty inch LCD flat screen. Brittany quietly stood to the side watching the scene.
The four teens stared in the direction of the TV, split screened at the moment, bodies flew through the air. Cars exploded in every direction. Sitting controller in hand atop a navy blue couch was Artie his wheelchair set to the side. Noah Puckerman lounged atop an ottoman hands gripping tight to the cushion as he watched Artie's character snipe down a player from the apposing team. "Two minutes, you guys have two minutes!" his hands shook the attached cushion. "Bunny hop the shit Mike! Bunny hop!"
Lauren Zizes sat in the chair just behind Puckerman. She rolled her eyes at him. Never the less, she too could not hide her competative nature, and cursed at the screen in effort to show her own enthusiasm for her friends. She noticed Brittany, quickly waved, and went back to watching the game.
Mike Chang sat motionless. His concentration dedicated solely to his half of the screen. "I'm trying, these jack-asses are ganking me! Artie can you pick them off? I'm close to the flag." There was a quick series of clicks as Mike ducked his character out of the corner the opposing three players had placed him in. He had the flag, but he was being tailed by the three opposing players. Mike quickly ran his character across the field map. Suddenly one of the three opposing players fell.
"Go, go," yelled out Lauren and Puckerman. Lauren took hold of his shoulders and began to shake his body. It had become too much, the game was so close. "Your PC is fucking awesome man!" Puckerman pumped his fist in the air.
Mike continued to rush his character along. Artie now close to Mike quickly switched over to a close ranged weapon and began shooting towards the other two players. Another down, Artie switched to a melee weapon, fending off the player for Mike the best he could. The drumming came the game was won. Mike had turned in the flag to their side. They had won the quick twenty minute capture the flag game. Mike fell back, his hand out reached receiving a strong high-five from Artie.
Brittany grinned brightly at Artie while she made her way to the couch. She sat, placed her purse on the carpet to the side of the coffee table. "I thought we were playing a zombie game?" She slipped her feet free from her sandals. She sat cross legged.
Artie smiled. He set the controller atop the glass side table. "We are, you and Lauren weren't here. So, we thought we could get a quick game in. That's all." He then took the remote that lay in his lap. He changed the TV to another channel. The repetitive Wii belling sound radiated from the speakers. The group was met with a screen which read The Umbrella Chronicles. "Now it's not the best way to play the games. It does have better graphics for the sake of graphics, I think," explained Artie to the group. "But, it's the quickest way to get through the story so we can start playing the fourth and fifth games." He nudged Brittany before taking a thumb to his glasses and wiping the front. "You need to try one of the levels with Jill, I think you'll like her. She kicks major ass."
Puckerman, now off the ottoman passed two cans of soda to Lauren and Artie, placing one beside his spot for himself before handing over a bottled water too Brittany and Mike. "The Director's Cut of the first game is boss, but you will like this one for sure," he stated aloud to Lauren. "Dude, Artie how do you close these curtains?" His hands skimmed along the edges. "Found it!" he pulled the wire cutting off all sunlight from the room. Excitement making the best of him he bounded quickly over to the light-switch shutting it off.
Confused look crossing her face, Brittany looked from Puckerman to Artie. "Are we conserving electricity?"
Silence crossed the room.
Puckerman took back his spot on the ottoman, opened his soda, and took a long swig. "No, you can't play a zombie survival game in the dark. Pump this game up!"
Brittany paused, contemplated the answer, deciding it was acceptable she snuggled up close to Artie.
"Oh, Tina should be here in a few hours." The group stared at Mike in awe.
Artie was shocked to say the least. "Tina Cohen-Chang? Videogame hater is coming here to hang out."
"I promised to go to a special midnight showing of the subtitled Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie, this Friday. So she said she would hang out, telling her it had zombies seemed to help." He shrugged taking hold of two Wii remotes, handing one over to Puckerman and the other over to Artie.
So, here she was sitting curled up body cuddling against Artie as the group played through the Chronicle games of Resident Evil. Tina Cohen-Chang had come by as promised, and even asked to give the game a try. As Mike and Tina vigorously moved the Wii remotes from their sitting positions on the floor, shooting and reloading their character's guns. They quickly played through the each stage of Resident Evil-CODE: Veronica.
Brittany snuggled into Artie once more. She yawned, laying her head atop his shoulder.
Artie took his arm pulling her closer. "You okay?"
She nodded against his chest. "I'm fine. Just a little tired, had dance all morning."
He kissed the top of her head. "Right, forgot. Go ahead shut your eyes. If you miss anything important I'll tell you what happened."
Brittany smiled. Best boyfriend ever. She slowly shut her eyes, gave a small yawn, and began to slowly drift off.
Alright, hope everyone enjoyed the prologue, and are excited for the actual dream to start. I'm going to have fun writing it out. I'm a big fan of reviews, and the more I know you like the story the quicker I will get around to updating.