Disclaimer: I do not own any of the copyrighted characters that I write about. No copyright infringement intended. Please don't sue.

A/N: Okay, I realize that there is no Grand Theft auto online or Resident Evil online. I'm thinking this is an alternate universe for gamers, okay? Almost everything is advanced and I'm really not that creative at making up names for fictional games.

JASPER

I put down the controller and started putting away my laptop. Emmett was furiously trying to unravel the wires on our Xbox 360.

"I'm sick of these stupid games!" He said as he threw the console. It crashed and broke into little pieces.

"Carlisle won't be pleased you broke another one," Edward said as he entered the room, his own laptop in his hand. Emmett just shrugged and started cleaning the debris.

"We've played every possible game worth playing." I told Emmett. "Unless you want to play Pokemon Battle Arena, I suggest you wait for the next releases."

"What are you talking about?" asked Edward.

"Emmett's sick of playing the same games," I informed him.

"But I don't want to wait!" Emmett whined. "It takes months to develop a new game. They have to program it, arrange the graphics and beta-test it. Unless…"

"No!" Edward protested. "We are not breaking in to a gaming company!"

"Aw, come on, Edward!" Emmett pleaded. "You know you want to find out if Silent Hill has a new game on the works."

"I don't want to do anything illegal just for a game!" Edward retorted.

"We don't have to do anything illegal," I interrupted them.

"What do you have in mind?" asked Emmett.

"That's a great idea!" said Edward.

"What's a great idea?" asked Emmett. "I can't read minds, you know."

"Companies hire beta-testers right? Let's just find one who's hiring. No matter how stupid the game they give us is, we can still have unlimited access to their other games."

"If they hire us." Edward interjected. "There must be thousands of people wanting to be beta-testers. We aren't even credible to review any game."

"I'll give them credibility!" Emmett said proudly. "I'm the 898th top player in Halo 3. They can check my gamer profile if they want."

"The only thing they'll do when they see your profile is laugh at you," said Edward.

"At least I won't hear them laughing in my head when they see your profile!" Emmett shot back.

"Enough!" I yelled over their squabbling. "Let's make some calls and send our applications already!" We spent almost all of next week calling and emailing every company we've ever heard of. Half the time we were rejected, the other half we were considered only to be beat out by other gamers.

"Did you call Konami?" asked Emmett.

"Yes, I did," I told him. "I also called Rockstar, 989, Capcom and EA."

"Don't even try to ask me," said Edward. "I've CC'd every company I could find and they all sent rejection emails."

"I can't take this anymore!" said Emmett. "I'm this close to taking out my Gameboy!"

"God forbid you'd be forced to play The Legend of Zelda," Edward said sarcastically.

"You used to love that game!" Emmett retorted.

"Why don't we get out of here?" I asked them. "Let's try looking for some games at some café's."

"That's better than waiting for more rejection letters here," said Edward. We grabbed our jackets and headed downstairs. Before we could reach the door, Alice blocked our path.

"Where do you think you're going?" she asked us.

"As if you don't already know," said Emmett.

"I wanna come too," said Alice. "I want to see if I can find some new RPG's."

"Very well," I told her. "Let's go then."

"Hey!" Bella called from the kitchen. "Where are you guys going?"

"We're going to look for some new games," said Edward. "Want to come?"

"God! Turn this into a friggin' field trip, why don't you?" said Emmett.

"You better get the bus ready then, because I'm going with you." Rosalie came out of nowhere and hooked her arm around Emmett's.

"Fine," Emmett said defeated.

EDWARD

We went out in separate cars and drove to Seattle where there were dozens of gaming café's to choose from. We went to the largest one and started asking around but all they had were the same games we had. We talked to some beta-testers but they wouldn't let us play because it was illegal for them to release it.

We drove around the city stopping over several other café's but they gave us the same lists and answers. We were about to give up after the last one when we came across a small shop called Gameprobers. We stepped inside and saw that it was a small coffee shop with more than a dozen computer units in a separate room.

"Hey what can I do for you?" asked a tall, lanky guy behind the counter. Suddenly the entrance opened and two guys came in. One was a tall redhead while the other one was a bit shorter and had dark hair. The shorter one was carrying a large bag.

"Hey Phin, I got some new stuff here," said the dark-haired boy. He is gonna shit himself when he sees this!

"Give me a minute," said Phin. He gestured for the other two to sit down and he turned back to us and asked what we needed.

"We're looking for some new games," said Jasper.

"Possibly not yet on the market," said Emmett.

"Ah, so we've got some avid gamers on our hands now, don't we?" said Phin. "I'm afraid all we have are the regular new releases." Let's see how far they'll go for a game. I was about to say something but Emmett cut me off.

"Damn it!" Emmett swore. "Do you know anyone who can point us in the right direction? We'll pay for it. I am beyond desperate!"

"I see," said Phin. Let's see if they're worthy. "You play online?"

"Yeah, my game tag's Mr.Incredible67." Emmett answered.

"Never heard of you," Phin dismissed him. "How about you guys?" What the fuck?, thought Emmett. I wanted to laugh but thought better of it.

"MonsterBiter01," I told him.

"You're the top 8th player on Silent Hill 4," he told me. "Sorry to say, I'm the 3rd. Well actually, I'm not sorry." What the hell was this guy's problem? I still didn't get why he was asking us our game tags and reciting our achievements, but he was starting to get on my nerves. "What about you blondie?" Is this guy for real? , thought Jasper.

"Empath1935," Jasper answered dryly. "What's the point of your questions?"

"You're Empath1935?" Phin asked, obviously amazed. "I'm ButterMcMuffin504! WE played Halo3 last month! You're the reason I even got into the top twenty."

"Yeah, that was nothing," said Jasper. "After I got the top spot, I started playing support."

"You're like the Halo 3 god of Washington!" said Phin. Jasper just shrugged. Jasper was the best among the three of us. It was no surprise that he would gain fame in the online gaming world. "I'm Phineus, by the way."

"I'm Jasper; this here's Edward and the big one's Emmett." We all nodded at him.

"Back to your question. I asked to see if you were credible," stated Phineus.

"For what?" asked Emmett, still miffed that Phin didn't recognize his game tag.

"For this," said Phin. "Hutch! Loomis!" He called to someone behind us. The two guys who came in earlier stood up and walked over to us.