"Ow! You stabbed my dick!" Rage shouted.
"Ugh, might wanna wash that sword now." Evanz said.
"Actually, you don't have to." Hollow smiled with mirth. "There's nothing there."
"What are you implying?" Rage countered.
"Nancy girl." Hollow said with a smirk.
"Oh no you didn't... douche."
"Shut up Nancy girl."
"Douche."
"Nancy girl."
"Douche!"
"Nancy girl."
"DOU-"
"Um guys." Interrupted Fluke. This was never here before." They were playing Chivalry and had played this map many times. Fluke was right. The cave that was in front of them now hadn't been there before.
"Should we go check it out?" Rage asked.
"Why not?" Said Evanz. So in the cave they went.
Inside the cave was surprisingly well lit. It didn't look very natural as the center of the cave was perfectly circular, the walls smooth. In the center of the circle was big, red button. Rage, always too curious, immediately went to go press it but Hollow stepped forward to stop him.
"Aw come on man. I wanna see what it does." Rage whined.
"Have you never read books or watched cartoons mate? Nothing good ever happens when you press a big red button."
"Dude, you're overreacting. This is just a game." And with that Rage sidestepped Hollow and strode over to press the button. He pressed it. Nothing happened.
"See?" Rage said smugly. "Nothing is going to-" he broke off abruptly as he felt something sucking at him, pulling him out of his looked behind him and saw... a swirling mass of nothing. He didn't have time to scream when he was sucked in.
When the wind died down, he was lying face first in soft grass. He rolled over onto his back then sat up and froze. This must be a dream. No matter how much he repeated this to himself, he didn't believe it. This was too real. What he was looking at resembled the Chivalry map he had just been playing. He looked around and saw Fluke, Evanz, and Hollow. Hollow noticed him and strode over, a look of barely concealed anger on his face.
"Nothing's gonna happen?! You fucking TWAT!" Nope, definitely not a dream.
"Well how was I supposed to know that we would be teleported?!" Rage complained and Hollow gave him a look of contempt. By this time, Fluke and Evanz had come over. Fluke looked around in awe.
"I'm not the only one that thinks this looks like Chivalry, right?"
"Nope." The other three agreed in unison. Just as this was said, they heard the clang of swords and "For Agatha!" being shouted in the distance.
"No way." Evanz said. Then all hell broke loose.
Five people in bloodied swords and armor appeared on top of a distant hill. They spotted the group and started towards them. Something about their movements made it clear they weren't coming for a friendly chat.
"They don't look friendly." said Fluke.
"I wonder what gave you gave that idea. Was it the bloody swords?" said Rage, the sarcasm practically dripping off his words. Fluke just glared at him.
"Why do they have armor and we don't?" stated Hollow.
"How would we know, we just got here!" said Rage.
"I didn't ask you, Nancy girl." Rage glared at him and was about to make an angry retort but Evanz interrupted.
"Are you guys gonna stand there arguing all day, or are we gonna do something? They're getting closer." And they were. All of them were male, with big muscles and scarred, unfriendly faces except for one who looked about 15. He looked a lot nicer than the rest. They should have run, but it was too late now. They were surrounded. The biggest one of the group positioned himself in front Rage who tried not to flinch, but the bigger guy saw it. A slow, creepy smile spread across his scarred face.
"Well boys, what have we here." The big dude drawled. He had crooked teeth and his breath stank. It was impossible to tell the colour of his skin or hair as he was very dirty.
"Dude, do you know what a shower is?" Rage said and Hollow shot him a warning look, but the big dude just smiled.
"I think we should kill these Greenies." the big guy said.
"But Duke."said the smaller boy. "If you kill them, the other Hacks will see you as a coward who kills unarmed Greenies. They will think you are not a good fighter." The bigger guy- Duke scratched his chin.
"You have a point Shrimp." Rage should've kept his mouth shut, but you know him. That's near impossible.
"You're letting him tell you what to do?" Hollow facepalmed, Evanz sighed and Fluke said "We're sooo dead." Duke narrowed his eyes at Rage who swallowed nervously.
"I don't tolerate loudmouths like you. No one insults Duke." What kind of doofus talks about himself in third person? Rage thought to himself. Duke's eyes narrowed even further as if reading Rage's mind.
"Kill him, kill him!" Chanted his cohorts. The boy Duke called Shrimp shuffled nervously. That's what it looked like to everyone else but he was in fact, hiding a small device with a button.
"Alright, alright!" Duke said."We kill the loudmouth then take the rest as scavengers." Duke smiled and drew his sword.
"See this loudmouth? This-" he said showing Rage the blade "is your death." Rage shut his eyes as Duke swung the blade in a deadly ark.
There was a clang of metal on metal and suddenly the blade wasn't in Duke's hand anymore. He looked at his hand, confused. When he looked up, he saw a girl about 15 with long blackish hair and brown eyes that were very angry at the moment. Beside her stood two other younger girls, one blue eyed blonde, the other a green eyed brunette. The older one who was in charge by looks of it, pointed her sword at Duke who flinched. Why was he so scared of these little girls?
"Do you have a reason to be in our territory Duke?" she said, a dangerous edge to her voice.
"You see, we were walking around-"
"Looting?" Suggested the blonde. Duke shifted nervously.
"Um, yeah." the black haired girl's eyes sparked.
"Continue." she said in a bored voice.
"And we saw these guys. We honestly just came here to check and see if they were ok-" the brunette gave a short laugh.
"Yeah, and the sky is green, I'm a boy, and the world is a square." the other two girls snorted, trying not to laugh. This succeeded in making Duke even more nervous.
"Then loudmouth over here-" he gestured at Rage "starting insulting me." The black haired girl gave Rage a look.
"You let this Greenie make fun of you?" she said, her eyes sparkling. She turned back to Rage.
"So what did you say to him?"
"I asked him if he knew what a shower was." the girl shook her head, smiling. She gave Duke a look of contempt.
"You" she pointed at him with her sword. "Get lost." Duke stood there, uncertain. The girl raised her eyebrows.
"Do I really have to count to ten like your mum would when she was mad?" Duke blushed and he and his gang left.
"We handled them quite nicely." said the dark haired girl.
"If you don't mind me asking" said Fluke " who are you?" The girl smiled.
"I am Shadow" she said. She introduced the brunette as Celty and the blonde as Kira.
"I'm-" Rage started to introduce himself, but Shadow interrupted.
"We know who you are." she pointed to each one as she said their names.
"Fluke, Evanz, Hollow and Rage."
"Why am I last?" complained Rage. Everyone just ignored him.
"How do you know us?" Asked Fluke.
"Duh, YouTube." Was the answer.
"Thank you for saving us and all, but where the hell are we, what's happening, and can we get out?" asked Evanz.
"So many questions." said Shadow with a chuckle.
"Are we going to bring them back to the camp?" asked Celty.
"Why not? It's not they can really do anything without weapons." said Shadow.
"Actually, Rage's puns can be quite deadly." said Hollow, smirking at Rage. For once, Rage didn't have a comeback ready.
"I like the way you handle Rage." said Shadow to Hollow, smiling. Rage just looked irritated, but "Can we start walking? It's getting dark." was all he said.
They walked for a good 20 minutes, though it seemed a lot longer with Rage complaining every second.
"My feet hurt."
"I'm thirsty."
"Are we there yet?" After about a good 10 minutes of this, Shadow's patience was worn so thin, that she stopped, marched up to him and said " You're welcome to stay here instead of coming to camp with us, but be warned, not everyone is as nice as we are. I wager you'll be dead in 5 minutes."
"Um, I think I'd rather come with you." said Rage.
"Then shut up and walk." she returned to the front of their procession and continued to lead the way.
By the time they reached camp, everyone was exhausted (mentally because of Rage's complaining) and they were also hungry. The camp wasn't that big, around 10 tents were scattered around. There was no one in sight.
"Where is everyone?" wondered Evanz.
"There was a disturbance at the east border." said Kira.
"A disturbance in what? The force?" said Rage. Shadow almost laughed.
"No. A large creature was spotted" corrected Celty.
"There are no large creatures in Chivalry." said Hollow.
"I know." said Shadow. "The mutations are getting worse. Before you say anything, I'll explain what's going on then you ask questions when I'm finished, ok? In here." She said holding the flap to the biggest tent open. They piled inside. Kira and Celty offered to stand guard because it would be to crowded inside. Shadow handed out food to the starving boys and the two standing guard.
"So the guy who made this virtual reality is named Timothy. I don't know why he made it. He spoke to the first of us who were trapped. I wasn't actually there when this happened, but the leader of our group DynamoTom was. This what he told me. 'We were standing there, at that time there was only around 10 of us. He said we had to serve him, do what he said.' I suspect there is more that Tom isn't telling me, but that is his call. Back then, the virtual reality wasn't as complex as it is now. It was only one game, one limited map. Now it switches between multiple games like Minecraft and Mario Kart, the land going for miles in each direction. Some people didn't like serving under Timothy's rule and they wanted to escape. They made a group called the Rebels, which is us." she said proudly. "We are still looking for a way out, but mutations of games are happening. It was just monsters at first, but now the Virtual Realty can read your thoughts and sense your worst fears. Then it kills you with that fear." Shadow shuddered. " We lost 5 people. That leads me to what happens to what happens when you die. You have 4 lives in total. If you loose one, you only have 3 not just for the game you're on at the time, but also for all other games. If you loose all four-god knows what happens, but it can't be good. Tom thinks you disappear in real life but let's hope none of us ever find out. Any questions?"
"What are Geeenies?" asked Rage.
"Newbies to the virtual reality."
"Are there any other groups?" asked Fluke.
"There's the Loyals, the Norms and the Hacks. The Loyals are loyal to Timothy obviously. They stay in some hidden village thing he made for them. They come out sometimes, and they're very deadly. So if you see one, you're dead. The Norm are self explanitory. theyre nothin special. Duke and the others you met today are the Norms. As for the Hacks, it's exactly what it sounds like. They know how to hack the Virual Reality to get things like medkits and food. So needless to say, everyone wants them. We actually have one who is part of the Rebels." Kira stuck her head in the tent.
"They're back." she said. She looked at the guys. "Someone want to talk to you guys." The boys looked confused. Then a familiar looking face appeard in the doorway. He had red hair tied in a ponytail and a full red beard.
"Gubiak?!" said Rage, not believing his eyes.
"Actually here it's Gubi-Hack." He turned to Shadow "Tom is holding a meeting." Shadow got up and dusted off her pants.
"You're sleeping in here. You'll meet some of our group tomorrow." And with that she was gone.