Out-matched

by HazyPastWriter

What will happen to the games if Boys and infantry are introduced in to the tankery scene. Would everything stay the same or will new threats come and rise over everyone? Rated T for minor Swearing and minor violence. Does not feature detailed violence.

11. Torture

"BARNHOUSE NEEDS MORE AMMUNITION!"

"POSITION 3 NEEDS SUPPORT!"

"SECTOR 1 NEEDS MEDICAL SUPPORTS!" Jesus christ. We're all panicking and yelling. It's our last day as suppliers. Everything was calm until now.

"CHRIS! GET AN AMMO BOX FOR THE BARNHOUSE!" Someone yelled at me. I looked at the pile we placed next to one of the markets. I ran to them and looked for an ammobox. The barnhouse uses the M60 I think, so the 7.62. I then spotted 2 green ammo boxes and grabbed them. I slung my rifle over my left shoulder and ran to the barnhouse. The gunfire was loud as all hell in this area. I passed some soldiers carrying supplies back and tried not to bump in to them. When I arrived, the barn was deafening. They had 4 Machine guns set up here.

"Who wanted the ammo?" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

"Up here!" Someone shouted. I ran up the stairs and slid to them, trying to avoid any arrows.

"Here you are!" I shouted, dropping the ammo next to them.

"Thanks! We needed that!" The 2 then got back in to their firing positions and loaded the gun. I looked over their shoulder and saw a bunch of orcs charging at us. There were only a few of them left. I looked at the other sectors and noticed that there were more orcs on the right flank. I ran out of the barn and headed to the right flank. I cut through an alley and noticed a few people carrying stretchers out. I guess we have used too many potions. I then looked to my left and saw a makeshift barricade. It was just 2 tables, on their side, with sandbags stacked on and in front of the tables. I ran to the soldiers. There were only 3 of them now.

"Need help?" I asked. An axe then landed on the table, with a bit piercing through.

"Definitely! We called for support and got nothing!" I grabbed my rifle and filled in a gap. I looked at my targets and determined the biggest threat. There was 1 with a large shield and a massive axe. I aimed my gun at him and looked for any weak spot. Nothing... I guess his visor is my best shot at killing him. I shot short bursts at him as he came closer. I couldn't seem to get through. I looked down at my grenades and grabbed a frag. I pulled the pin and did my best to get it to land next to him. It did and detonated right behind him. Didn't seem to hurt him.

"We need to get the shielded guy!" I shouted. They didn't seem to hear me and carried on taking out the rest. That guy is 10 metres away from us! I carried on shooting his visor and failed to get him. When he was 5 metres away, the orcs crowded behind him and we all tried to get the shield out. Even the guys in the buildings tried to get him. What the hell is he made of? 2 guys then retreated and screamed in fear when he was 2 metres away. I looked at the other guy and gave him a worried look. We exchanged looks and blindfired. The axe then came straight down the table clean. It barely missed me. I then noticed how his axe was stuck on the floor and he had a gap in his armour, showing his arm. "Pass me a semtex!" I ordered as I held out my hand. He placed something on my hand. I'm going to trust him. I pulled the pin and shoved the grenade down the orcs sleeve. I then backed away and buried my head in my arms. I heard an explosion and a cry. I looked up and saw the hand still on the axe... But not on his arm. I looked over the table saw that the orc had dropped his shield. He grabbed his arm in pain. I took the opportunity and looked for weak points. His face isn't that protected, so I shot his head. I stayed there for a bit before falling backwards. It was quiet for a bit before the guys in the buildings shot at the orcs that crowded behind the shield. They started to retreat and left us alone. I sat down and let out a huge sigh of relief. I looked at the other guy. He didn't run at least. "What's your name?" I asked.

"It's... It's Leon."

"Thanks for not retreating. What school are you in?"

"Kuro Mori Mine. You?"

"Well... In this world, I'm an Ōarai student. In the real world, I'm Saunders."

"Why the school change?"

"Ōarai have less troops."

"Oh... Alright."

"Any way..." I grunted as I stood up. "I should get going. Good luck." I then ran back to the centre.

"There he is!" Dale shouted.

"Where were you?" Kawashima asked.

"Supporting Sector 3. They had fuck all troops and there was a powerful orc."

"Why were you at sector 3?" Because they looked like they needed help.

"No reason..."

"Don't run off again. Got it?"

"Yeah Yeah."

"Alright. Good. You may go now." I walked past her and joined my squad.

"How was sector 3?" Clay asked.

"Awful. If the orc didn't get stuck then I wouldn'tbe standing here."

"We heard much worse from those 2." Blair said, pointing at 2 soldiers sitting against the wall. "They retreated, so you should teach them a lesson." I looked at them more. They seem really stessed and distraught. I walked to them in silence. They looked up at me and looked even more scared.

"You're... You're going to beat us aren't you?" One of them said in a worried voice.

"What? No. I just came here to see what's wrong." I said.

"Wha... What's wrong? What do you mean what's wrong?"

"Alright. Fair enough, we did go through a terrifying attack. But, it's over. Come on."

"Is it?"

"I wouldn't be here now would I?"

"I...I...I still need time to relax."

"Alright. I'll leave you alone then." I then turned around and saw Saori in my face. "OH GOD!" I yelled in shock.

"Shocked you there didn't I? They want you in the barnhouse." She said. "I have to come along as well."

"Alright. You guys do whatever you want." I told my squad. We then parted away and went opposite directions. "What's the meeting about?"

"I'm not sure. We'll just have to see." We then walked in silence for a bit until we were 5 minutes away.

"Is it true?"

"How am I supposed to know what 'It' is?"

"'It' in this case is you and Clay."

"What!" She looked at me, bright red.

"I think it is." I said in a songlike voice.

"No! No it isn't! We're here any way." We walked up and saw the setup. It was Infantry commanders standing behind the tank commanders, who were sat down. I took my place behind the Ōarai commanders.

"Why are you red, Saori?" Hannah asked.

"It's nothing!"

"Right, we're here to discuss our reports. What do we think about our current setup?" Maho asked.

"It's rubbish." The guy behind him said.

"Only for you guys. We did fine!" St. Gloriana said.

"Wait." I interupted. "I need to know your names. We can't work efficiently with out knowing each other."

"I'm Paul Frein." St. Gloriana said.

"Alfred Ziegler." Kuro Mori Mine said.

"Kirill Lyamin." Pravda said.

"I know the rest. Whilst I have the spotlight, we didn't do that good on supplies. We had too little troops so we couldn't get an efficient system going."

"So, Ōarai shouldn't do supplies?"

"Yeah. We need a school that aren't that good at defense, but are great in numbers. Also organised. I'm basically saying Kuro Mori Mine."

"We're going to do a suppliers job!" Erika said, angrily.

"Calm down. We'll do it then." Maho agreed.

"Now, onto casualties. Has anyone died?"

"Not that we know of." Kay said.

"Still to many." I said.

"What?" Spears asked.

"I know what he's saying." Alfred said. "We had too many wounded. We had to pull some troops back instead of healing them with potions because we ran out."

"Exactly. We have to work harder."

"How are we going to do that?" As always, I stayed out of the rest of the discussion. It was a constant back and forth. We then came up with a tactic. Mainly thought up by the Nishizumi girls. We would set up a bunch of mines, some flash and some explosive. Once a flash mine is set off, we get out of hiding and shoot the big ones first. Then finish the others off. That's all you need to know. You really don't need to know the other details.

"Is that all?" Maho asked. No one said anything. "All right. We're all dismissed then." Everyone then started to part ways. When I exited the barn, I noticed Tracer walking in to a shop. I haven't seen her in a while so I might as well check on her. I ran in the shop and saw her ordering something. I lined up behind her and waited. I looked around to see what they sell. I might as well buy a Kunai. As a souvenir, obviously. Even though I don't want to be reminded of this hell hole that much. Mainly because I lost Ava here... Ava... Urgh... I need to get her out of my head. But...

"Chris?" I snapped out of my trance and looked down at Tracer.

"Uh... Yeah?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Buying a donut." I then looked at the shopkeeper. "2 Kunai actually." We then gave each other what we wanted and left.

"It's been a while. Where's that redhead?"

"The redhead..." I sighed out loud. "She's gone. She was 1 of the victims of the guildless."

"Oh... I'm sorry. Were you 2 close?"

"Yeah. We were in a relationship for a while."

"Excuse me?" Someone said. I turned around and saw someone wearing a blue uniform. "Chris Walker?"

"What is it?"

"Post for you. From Ava Marsch."

"Ah ok... Wait From... WHO!?"

"Ava Marsch. Why?" I snatched the package off his hands and teared it open. I got halfway before realising something.

"Uh... Thanks mate. Do I have to pay you?"

"No. I work for the figure, so I don't require payment. Bye!" He then turned blue and teleported away. I looked down. I guess my instincts took over a little bit too much. I looked back at Tracer with a nervous smile.

"I guess you're helping us. Do you have a place to stay?"

"We do. But, in a different Tower."

"Let's go there. I'll open it there." I then wrapped it back up and followed her to the Podium. We both went to Tower 5 and walked to the south. After a bit, we arrived at another wooden house, but in a open field and not in a forest like the last one. We walked in. "Are they in?"

"Don't think so. I think they went shopping for a bit." I looked around the house for a bit before sitting at a table upstairs. Tracer sat across me and looked at me in curiosity. "So, what's in the box?"

"Let's see." I paused for a bit. Now that I think about it, I'm parting from my old friends to these new ones. I've been seeing them less... I shook off the thought and opened the package. It contained another black box. "This is going to be an endless cycle of box isn't it?" I removed the cover to see the ear rings I bought for Ava with a note next to it. I grabbed the note and read it out loud. "'Hey Chris! If you're reading this then I am most likely dead. I loved these new ear rings, but I realised that if I died then there would be no way to get these ear rings back. I know that they are expensive, so I didn't want to be a waste of money.' Of course she'll say that. 'I knew that I would eventually be gone. This whole world is unforgiving. I knew that you would last forever, but me? Of course I wouldn't. No matter how much you would protect me, the world eventually catches up with me. Any way, I know that you might be tearing up a little so I'll end it soon.'" I then sniffed.

"Do you want me to finish?" Tracer asked. I nodded my head and passed her the note. "'It was quite sweet how you always stood up for me and visited me in the hospital every night. I remember the day when you stopped the gangleader from punishing me. Instead taking it youself. I loved every moment with you. But, I guess fate had caught up with me. Like my last wish on my birthday, look for someone else. I'm not the only women alive. Or at least the only decent one.' She then put a smiley face at the e..." She stopped abrupt. I had my head buried in my hands to hide the tears. "Wait, there's another page." I looked up. "'I got you! Or at least hopefully. This was a special order in case an individual had died. But, Ava didn't die. I've monitored you closely. It's clear on what you would do for a loved one. But how far would you go? Would you drag your friends to the pit of hell? Would you sacrifice yourself? I wanted to see.'"

"Can I read the rest by myself?" I asked, wiping my tears away.

"Sure. Here you are." I then grabbed the sheet and read it. 'So,get everything you need. Stand on the Podium and say Tower 1000. That's only if you would like to risk your life for Ava and the other guildless people. How about it? Do you want to risk it all?' So, a second chance. I put down the sheet and looked at Tracer. "So..?"

"I'm assembling a team. We're going to Tower 1000. Cue the montage music."

"Thunder and Lightning haven't arrived yet."

"Oh... Let me try to formulate a plan then."

2 hours later...

It's a good thing that the council have agreed to allow me to announce something. I stood near the end of the stage and looked at everyone.

"Alright! So, some of us have lost friends from that last encounter with the figure. Where he claimed the lives of the people who weren't in the guild. Well I have good news! They can be brought back! They're just being held captive! I'm here to ask for volunteers to come with me!" Only my squad... Brilliant. "You guys don't count."

"Why not!?" Clay shouted back.

"They're gonna need you lot to stay here. Anyone else?" Griffith and Spears then put their hands up. "You sure?"

"Of course!" Spears shouted. So far, I've got a 6 man team.

"We want to do it as well!" I turned around and saw Miho's crew with their hands up.

"What?"

"I'll do it!" Kay also shouted.

"Are you guys serious?"

"Yeah!" They shouted.

"They're going to need the commanders..."

"I'll leave it to Arisa and Naomi." 12 Man team now...

"Alright. Uh... That's all. Everyone that volunteered, come to me." I waited for everyone to gather around me. "Right, we're going to leave in 2 hours. In that time, gather weapons and ammo. Say any goodbyes because this has a high risk job."

"Alright." They all said. We dispersed and did our own thing. In 2 hours, we were ready. We were standing on the Podium being looked at by everyone. "Tower 1000!" We all yelled in unison. We turned blue and teleported in to a dark room. We formed a circle and got ready for anything. I turned on my guns flashlight. It's endless.

"Welcome!" A voice boomed. We turned to the voice and saw the figure. He was wearing a dark blue robe with a black hole as a face. He still had limbs, but no face. "You have accepted my challenge! In here, it is different here. Like the rules before, you will go through multiple dungeons. These will be the hardest dungeons in this world. It will not be easy. Remember, the lives of 692 people are in your hands." 692 lives! We have so many people relying on us! "Good luck!" We then saw the scenery warp in to something else. A shooting ground... We looked down the range and saw 12 guys looking at us. They were dark purple with sharp yellow eyes and small bits of purple coming out of them. They look exactly like! They ran to us. We fired at them and the bullets seemed to go through. I guess we have to use knives. I slung my gun over my shoulder and grabbed my dagger. This is going to be one hell of a fight.

Ava

"Chris?" I whispered quietly. I slowly opened my eyes to see a bright white light in my face. I shielded my eyes with my hand and sat up. Where am I? When my vision cleared up, I saw that I was in a concrete cell with bits of wire coming out. I looked down at what I was lying on. A small couch... I got off and looked out the door. Nothing. I turned around. Am I here alone? "Hello?" I shouted. There was then a loud bang on the door. I looked back to see the door wide open. I slowly walked out and looked around. My left was a stone corridor. Almost endless. To my right was a stone wall. I slowly walked down the corridor. There was then another bang which scared me. I looked back to see the door closed. I carried on walking slowly. Is this endless? After 5 minutes, I found another door. I looked through it and saw a room exactly like mine. Did they go? I looked back and saw the stone wall again. No... I repeated the process. How the hell do I get out? This time, I ran. I frantically searched everywhere for a clue. I then stopped dead in my tracks. I looked down and saw a sewer grate. I've got to... I pulled the grate off and held my nose. I then jumped down with out thinking. I then hit a hard surface. I opened my eyes and saw my room yet again. Except with an addition. Martin... I walked to him and shook him awake.

"Ava?"

"Martin!"

"What's going on?"

"We're trapped! I don't know how or who or what or where. I just know that we're trapped."

"Surely there's a way out."

"It just seems to go in a circle. I've already tried."

"How's that possible?"

"How am I meant to know?"

"I thought you might have known." The door then eerily opened. We looked at it. A dark figure then stood in front of it. Almost as if it's a shadow.

"The way out? Beat me in a fight and I'll grant you it." It said in a distorted voice. I looked back at Martin. He stood up and got ready for a fight. I guess I'll do the same. We then started to charge at it at the same time.

Chris

Spears screamed again. I finished my shadow off and rushed to Spears. Everyone was gathered around him. I put down my medical bag and opened it. My potions aren't there! Only bandages,scissors,morphine and plasma. Christ. I pushed through everyone and grabbed my bandages. I wrapped the bandage around the bullet wound and tied it.

"This is the first dungeon?" Spears groaned.

"Most likely. I've no idea how many other dungeons are there." I said, giving him a shot of morphine. We then helped him up. "I'm going to search for the other dungeon."

"You're not going to take anyone?" Kay asked.

"I'll take Cutter, Striker and Tracer. Enough to make a fireteam." I answered. They agreed and followed me. This place is just a military base. Barracks and ranges surrounded by a large fence. We searched every building to find a shop or a empty room. After 30 minutes, we gave up and returned to the others.

"Found anything?" Miho asked.

"We found the meaning of life." I joked.

"Nothing then."

"We should rest at least. It's late." We looked at the sky to see the sun setting. We then walked in one of the buildings in silence. We occupied our own spaces and slept. I wonder what's Ava doing now... I sat there looking at the wall for a solid hour with out realising it. I stood up and walked out. There has to be an entrance to the other dungeon. I searched again. I then reached the last building and lost hope quickly. Maybe it was a trap. Perhaps we're trapped here forever. I opened the door to find myself in a familiar place. The huts in the real world! This has to be a taunt. I walked down the corridor and went in to the elevator. All the buttons are missing except one labelled '9'. This is definitely a taunt. I selected 9 and the door closed. After a second, it opened. That was faster than the actual elevator. I walked out and looked down the corridor. I got my rifle ready and turned on the flashlight. I skipped all the door and stopped in front of what would be Kay's room. I opened it slowly and looked in. It was brightly lit with a desk and a chair. Set up like an interrogation room. Then a boy with a wide smile appeared at the opposite side of the chair. He had the same blue uniform as the postman. He pointed at the seat. I sat down. A chain then wrapped me in the chair.

"I'm going to ask a series of questions. Answer truthfully." He said.

"And if I don't?"

"Then the next dungeon will get much harder." I gulped. "Question 1: Who's your best friend?"

"Dale." A buzz then sounded and a green light appeared behind the boy.

"Truthful. Question 2: Kay or Ava?"

"As in which one would I shoot or which one I would stay with forever?" I then got stabbed in the arm.

"No jokes. Question 2: Ka..."

"Ava!" I screamed. The same buzz and light came again.

"Truthful. Question 3: What would you do to save the previous answer?"

"Well, what am I doing now?"

"Risking your life."

"Then that!" The green light came.

"Truthful. Question 4: Out of everyone you know, who would you save?" I thought about it.

"Ava." A red light came this time with a more violent buzz.

"Oh, Walker. Why did you lie about that?"

"WHO THE HELL WOULD I SAVE THEN?"

"Thurston."

"What?"

"You know that he's young. You don't want him to die in this world. You know that everyone else have seen the world enough. Plus, he's suffered enough"

"That makes se..."

"Question 5: Can you escape the chair?" I frowned at him. I looked down to see the chain still there.

"No?" A red light appeared. "Oh what the fuck."

"You can. Just not at the moment. You may leave now." I then got sucked down and arrived back to the group. What the hell? I need to get some sleep...

Miho

We've all been split up. We found the next dungeon and then a minotaur just split us all up in this maze.

"Guys!" I heard someone shout. I think that was Saori. "Help!" She shouted in a panicked voice. I ran around the place, trying to find her. "AHH!" I then heard a series of gunshots and a few slashes.

"Got him!" I heard Chris shout. There was then a massive thud, causing the ground to shake.

"Guys?" I shouted.

"Miho!" Saori shouted.

"Where are you?" Chris then emerged from the bush wielding a dagger. He then cut through the branches to clear the way. Saori stepped through and hugged me.

"You can get off her. We still have to find the others." Chris said. He then took lead and walked through the maze normally.

"Why aren't you cutting the bushes down?"

"Because it isn't just the minotaur. We could be ambushed through the bush." We both looked at each other in confusion.

"What do you mean it isn't just the minotaur?"

"You didn't see the griffin?" A loud eagle screech then came out. "Well, you heard it now." We then wondered aimlessly for an hour. "Not another soul... Haven't even encoutered the griffins. I think this is a pshychological test now instead of a physical test." He then sat down and looked at us. "Rest for a bit. We can't carry on with out a break." We then sat opposite of him and stayed quiet for a bit. Another screech came out. Chris looked up behind us. He then stood up and aimed at something. We looked behind us to try and see what he was aiming at.

"What is it?" I asked.

"The exit... It's not on the ground! It's the Griffins!" He exclaimed. He then fired in the air trying to make the most amount of noise possible. Something then swooped in a snatched him up. We looked up as he got carried away. They both got higher and higher until they reached the top of the wall.

"So... We have to make a bunch of noise?" Saori asked.

"Most likely..." I said, pulling my pistol out and shooting the air. A Griffin then grabbed hold of me and lifted me up. It's claws were stabbing me a little. It's grip is also crushing me. It hurts a lot! It then dropped me, causing me to roll on a stone platform.

"You alright?" Chris asked. I got up, slowly. Chris grabbed me to make sure I balanced well. "I think you need to sit down for a bit. You didn't land as smoothly as me." He then guided me to a pile of wood and let me sit down. He then walked to the edge to see what was the next dungeon. "It's a carrier. Probably yours..." I tried to look at it from my place. I could only see the bridge. It was covered by smoke! "It's on fire." He then looked at me. "It's definitley a psychological test." Saori then arrived and landed like me. By rolling. Chris laid her next to me and told her what he told me. He then walked behind us and left us for a bit.

"Why did we volunteer for this?" Saori asked. I shrugged. "We're not even helping that much." Chris then came back with 3 backpacks.

"Any of you with a fear of heights?" We both shook our heads. "Good because we're jumping." He then laid 2 backpacks in front of us and put on one.

"Are you crazy?" Saori exclaimed.

"I think I am at this point." He said, before running and jumping off. We both gasped and tried to see. I stood up, slowly, and saw him parachuting down. I grabbed one and put it on. Saori grabbed one as well.

"I'll go if you go." I nodded my head and jumped off. The parachute then opened instantly and glided me down to the carrier. I'm sure that's not how a parachute works. I then went through some smoke and choked a little. I then landed hard. I quickly pulled the parachute away and clutched my stomach. I lied down. That griffin really did some damage. I bullet then landed next to me. I turned around to see Chris shooting at 2 others. He then ducks down behind a plane wreckage. He looked at me for a bit before reloading. He rose up again and successfully took them out. Saori then landed and rolled for a bit. Chris then helped her up and ran to me.

"You alright?" Chris asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He then helped me up. "What now?"

"We stay here for a bit. Wait for the rest of the team." He then walked away and lied down against the wreckage.

"Nothing else?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Where are your guns?" He asked. Saori pulled out her pistol. "You let them go when you got grabbed by the griffin. Didn't you?" He then sighed and threw me his pistol. "Be careful with that," He said as I inspected the pistol, "It's powerful, so grip it with 2 hands. When you shoot do your best to keep it down so it doesn't smack you in the head. I've seen that multiple times." I looked back at him with worry on my face. "Don't worry. I think you can handle it." He then looked over the wreckage for enemies.

"Saori?" I said.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think the others have already gone?"

"Probably. I hope not though."

"Why?"

"Because we don't know if they're dead or not if they've gone ahead." We stayed silent for a bit, occasionally looking back to see any parachutes. "Don't you think Chris is strange?"

"What do you mean?"

"He's acting as if everything we've done is normal. Like every day stuff." We looked at him. He was busy fiddling with a bullet. "Has he been through this before?"

"Being kidnapped by a powerful being? Most likely not."

"Not that. Parachuting, Griffin grabbing, Minotaurs..."

"There's no way he's fought Minotaurs before."

"But, he's not reacting in shock. He saw that guy bleed heavily and treats him calmly."

"He says all this is a psychological thing."

"So, why is he calm?"

"All right, you two. Let's go. We've waited long enough." He stood up and put his magazine back in his gun. We followed on. "We probably have to go either in the plane or the decks."

"How did you work that out?"

"It's meant to torture our minds. The most torturous place for us is the decks or plane. Get ready to see the rescue again." Multiple helicopters then landed behind a building near us. Saori started to move to it before Chris stopped her. "Remember. Torturing our minds." We then heard a series of screams and then gunfire behind the buildings. He then carried on, traversing all the building wrecks. After a bit, we arrived where the plane was. This time it was different. We hid behind a car and looked at the plane. Saunders infantry were now the ones busting through the door. We tried to make sense of everything. When the door was opened, Saunders then grabbed a few of us out of the plane. It was us!

"Alright." They laughed. "Time to get the party started!"

"Someone help!" Saori 2 shouted. Saori 1 looked like she wanted to jump out and attack. They then made us kneel. Saunders then got behind them and aimed pistols at our heads.

"How should we kill them?"

"Fire!" They shouted.

"NO!" 'We' shouted.

"Oh. Fire it is then." One of the Saunders then grabbed what seemed to be a molotov cocktail and lit it. He got ready to throw it as the guys behind us walked away. Suddenly, the bottle had broken and the fire spilled on the floor, engulfing the holder. Multiple gunshots were then shot and some fell down, others got in cover in time. We looked at Chris, who had his rifle up. He slowly got out of the cars cover and walked up. "Woah Woah Woah! We surrender! We're coming out!" The men then got out. Most with their hands up. One had his hands behind his head. He got closer to Chris.

"Stay back!" Chris shouted. A loud ping then came and the guy ran to Chris. Chris then proceeded to shoot himand a grenade came out of the guys hand. The grenade went through the air and exploded midway. The others cheered as Chris fell back.

"We got him!" One of them shouted. They then approached Chris and checked if he was still alive. A few gunshots followed and the guys then fell back. Chris groaned and tried to sit up. We ran to him to check if he was alright. He had a bit of shrapnel in him, but none that seemed to go through the vest. 'We' then ran behind us and said, "Thanks for saving us. Now, could you please count to ten?" We looked at them in confusion and obeyed. After, we turned blue and appeared in a field. Chris was now lying on a tree.

"What a shit day." He said.

"Why are you so calm?" I asked.

"It's part of my job. I kind of have to be." He shrugged.

"How is it?"

"Well, think about it. If I panicked in any of the situations on the past few days, who would be dead? There would be me because I could have fucked up on killing the Minotaur and then it would kill both me and you. Then there's Spears. I could have fucked up on the healing and made him bleed out. Miho would still be in the maze as well."

"Alright..." We then checked out surroundings. Seems like an open field. "Recognise this place? Anyone?"

"I do..." Chris said. "It's Tower... Uh... RNG. It's where Cutter and Striker used to live. We should check their house. Follow me!" He then jumped up and ran to a forest.

"For a guy that had a grenade explode in his face." Saori then looked at me. "He's pretty fast." We then chased him through the forest. After a bit, we arrived to a wooden house. Chris walked in and looked around. We followed to find a bunch of arrows placed everywhere. He then walked upstairs and entered a specific room. As soon as we reached the top of the stairs, the door slammed and locked Chris in.

"Chris?!"

"I'm fine. Oh crap..."

"What is it?"

"There's a wall with spikes on it. I think it's going to get closer."

"How do we get you out?"

"Uh..."

"What would be something that'll torture you mentally?"

"Uh... I can only think of one thing. Go East of this house and keep going until you encounter someone with a green hood. Get her to come here. Hurry!" We then rushed out of the house and headed east.

"It's his job to be calm? So, always cancel out real human emotions and reactions?" Saori said.

"Apparently so."

"Do we have to do that in Panzerfahren?"

"No. It isn't madatory. It's not mandatory in Infantry either. They just recommend it."

"Ok. Good."

"Who is it?" Someone said.

"Are you Chris' friend?" I asked.

"Chris? Who's he?" They then jumped in front of us. She had a green hood!

"Never mind. Could you come with us?" I asked.

"Why?"

"Because someone might die if you don't!"

"How do I know you're not lying?"

"We'll give you our weapons!" I said, desperately.

"Alright then. Hand them over." We then reluctantly gave her our weapons.

"Isn't it a bad idea to give her our weapons?" Saori asked.

"There's no time! Can you come now!"

"Alright. Lead the way." We then ran back to the house and rushed up.

"Chris! We're back!" Saori shouted. We then heard the doorknob twist a little and then a loud bang.

"Door's still not opening!"

"Think of something bad about... This girl."

"We haven't even met though?"

"Mieko. Shoot a paralyse arrow at the door."

"How do you know my na..."

"Santa told me. Now do it!" Mieko then pulled out her bow and loaded a yellow arrow. She then fired at the door and it opened, revealing the spikes only inches away from Chris. He rushed out and shut the door behind.

"Count to 20." Mieko said. We counted to 20 quickly and we got teleported to a barn. Chris crouched down and picked up a not.

"What does it say?"

"'Well done! You've done all the dungeons. These were built primarily to torture your mind. Now just wait for the others and the barn doors will open, revealing your final test.' Hm... So, I was right."

"How were they built to torture us?"

"Well, the starting one was to test if we had the guts to fight ourselves. That was more physical. The maze was meant to turn us insane by... Either by the screeches from that annoying griffin or loneliness. The wall was meant to overcome our fear of heights. The Carrier was definitely meant to torture you guys. You mustn't have had a good time. Whilst I was in that room, I keep getting reminded of things that would make me feel bad or guilty about myself." He then rose and threw the paper away. "So, the final stage... I don't know. Maybe it's a boss fight. Like how all the Towers were designed." He then walked up the stairs and looked through the window. "It's late. Get some rest. I'll stay on guard for the night." We obeyed and lied down on the top floor. Saori managed to sleep, but my mind was clouded by thoughts. How does that guy know so much about us? How does Chris seem to have figured all these things out? I sat up and looked at Chris. He must have a lot of questions. Plus, he was quite lonely today. I stood up and joined him on guard. "Couldn't sleep?" I shook my head. We stayed in silence for a bit before he said, "You know. I always admired you." I staggered at the confession.

"Wh-Wh-Why?"

"You always seemed so innocent. Yet inside you, you always had that fighting spirit. You kept thinking of clever tactics. Even when improvising. You always cared about the entire group as well."

"Why th-th-thank you."

"Why are you always so nervous though? I'm not any better than you."

"You are though."

"I don't think you've seen me fully."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not always this 'All powerful person.' I'm just a normal person. Like you. Except you get more recognition."

"That's not true!"

"Who's been on live television the most? Who's been praised as the university team killer?"

"Those were lu..."

"I believe in luck. But how can you call those luck?"

"Saunders was..."

"Them being fair!"

"Which was..."

"Miho... It wasn't luck."

"Alright. Fine."

"So, why are you still awake?"

"Just had a load of questions."

"Maybe I can answer them. Shoot."

"Uh... Alright then. How have you figured all this out?"

"I'm a quick thinker. Who said I was right any way? What if I was wrong?"

"They seem to make the most sense though."

"So? This world doesn't make sense."

"Alright. Let's move on then. What do you think is beyond that door?" Chris then looked back.

"I suspect a physical test. We've been throught a lot of mental tests. Now, for a question from me. Why did you volunteer?"

"We wanted to repay you for saving us."

"That's your way to repay me? I think a simple thank you would have sufficed."

"Not in our books."

"But, you're not the one recieving the repayment. I am. So, I determine what I want as repayment."

"Not all the time."

"A thank you would've been better."

"No it..."

"Yes. It would." Spears and Griffith then arrived. Looking horrified. "What was your test like?"

"Awful! We had to go through terrible shit again. I don't want to go into details." Griffith said. They then walked up and took place on a wall. I looked at Chris who raised an eyebrow.

"Ours must have been the tip of the iceberg. Nothing else." Chris said, looking back outside. "Get some rest. You're going to need it for tomorrow."

"What abou..."

"Just rest. I'll be fine." I obeyed and lied down next to Saori. I closed my eyes and tried to clear my mind.

Chris

It's the morning. I'm not sure what time since my watch and phone have stopped working. Another way to turn us insane. Lose our track of time and not know if the time has sped up or slowed down. I looked away and turned to the team. Everyone came back last night. They all seemed to have gotten a lot worse than me. Let's see how tired they really are. I'm going to appear as a massive dickhead. I pulled my pistol and and aimed it to the ceiling. I then pulled the trigger and the blank was then fired. I then shouted, "Let's go people! Those souls aren't going to wait forever!" They groaned and moaned a bit before rising. After 10 minutes, everyone was already up. We stood outside of the barn doors. I sighed heavily and pushed the doors open. It then revealed two arenas. One was a boxing ring whilst the other one was a running track. "The first challenger! Step forward and enter the boxing ring!" Someone shouted. I walked up first and climbed the ring. A blue electrical wall then appeared behind me which took my guns. I looked back at the ring and saw the shadow guy again. "Rules are simple! Beat the shadows in both stages and free a small portion of the surivivors! Fail and they will be electricuted." I then noticed a bunch of people on the other side, being held back by a forcefield. "Begin!" The shadow then moved instantly and punched me in the face. I staggered and almost fell back, before regaining my stance. I took a few steps back before attempting to kick his rib. He grabbed my leg and twisted it. I fell on my face and jumped up after. I then tried to do a low blow. He blocked it, but I proceeded to do a uppercut. He stepped back and dodged it. This is going to be a while... I sidestepped around him and tried to look for something that'll guarentee a win for me. I couldn't spot anything. Wait... I looked at my hip and saw my Kunai still there. I grabbed them and held them. Throwing... I could distract him with them. I threw one at his head, he leaned to one side and looked back at me. I ran to him and stabbed his head. He then violently shook and turned red. I quickly dodged back. Is he going to explode? He then shattered in place. I looked at the broken pieces and walked past them, grabbing my Kunai which was stuck on the rope. I walked to the other side and climbed over to go on the running track. I should excell at this. I took place at one of the lines and looked back, seeing Kay going next. I'm kind of interested in seeing how she does. multiple shadows then appeared on the line and they were already in position. I got down on one knee and placed my two hands on the ground. i'm awful at this type of startup because I always seem to hesitate before going. "3..! 2..! 1...! Go!" A shot then went out and we started to run. The only real competition was one that seemed to be dark purple. After the first lap, it seemed really close. Can we cheat? Probably not. I then overtook him for 2 seconds before he got back in front. I then noticed some hurdles up ahead, a few metres behind the finish line. When we got to the first one, he tried to jump it before tripped on the top end. I slid under and proceeded to do that with the rest. I then sprinted for the end. "Race, Finished!" The referee shouted. I looked at the shadows. They were gone. I glanced back at Kay. I turned at the wrong time because she was then kicked in the face. That's not going to be good. I looked back at the prisoners and proceeded to the wall. "You may choose which group can be free..." I then touched one of the groups cubes. The force field then disappered. They rushed out and thanked me. We then spectated the others. Everyone except Kay, Spears and Saori did everything first try. Everyone seemed to be in pain when they were electrocuted. Spears couldn't do the boxing ring that well. After 10 or more attemps, he did it. We cheered and saw him weakly move to the racing track. He wont' be able to do it. He's got no strength left in him. We then saw him losing hope quickly after his 3rd race. He fell to his knees and seemed to be crying. I rushed to him and knelt by him.

"I-I-I can't do it... It's humiliating but it hurts too much." Spears said, helplessly. I grabbed his shoulder.

"Don't worry. Not everyone's the best fighter."

"Why am I the leader?"

"Because you can strategise... Rommel wasn't the best shooter. Nor was Montgomery."

"But..."

"But, you did your best. That's what matters."

"Is it?"

"It is. I'll take your place if you want." I stood up and walked to the ref. "Can I take his place?"

"Are you alright with being hurt terribly? That means that they will be competing with someone that is still injured."

"I am. But, the people that are still stuck will not be electricuted."

"Ok. You'll be electricuted instead."

"Fine with that."

"You serious?"

"Yeah. Let's start." I then walked up to the track before the ref stopped me. "Oh yeah. Inju..." Someone then punched me in the rib, then the stomach. They then hit me in the face and threw me to the floor. I got up and felt dizzy. I slowly walked up to the line and got ready. It hurts to even walk. We started to entire process again. I came last. The ref then stabbed me with a metal object and electricuted me. After 8 attempts, I improved a little. I came second to last...

"You can give up if you want. Leave the..."

"No. I'm still going. I'm going to go strongly."

"You're humiliating yourself..."

"The needs of the many... Outweigh the needs of the few... Thanks Spock." The ref then backed up and got ready to shoot again. "You're going to kill me, Spock." I muttered. After 20 attempts, I ignored the pain and came second. After that... I'm not sure what happened. I think I slipped in to shock and passed out after that electricution. I woke up lying on the floor, surrounded by a bunch of people looking down at me. I quickly sat up and looked around for the track. I saw it and it was completely empty. "Wha..."

"Miho already won it for you. They were fed up with torturing you lot." One guy said. I stood up and looked at the crowd.

"Well done! You may return! But, did you know that you've skipped 11 months." The figure said.

"What?" We all shouted.

"Yeah. Believe it or not. I think I've put you all in enough physichal and mental trauma. So, I made you all go through a lot less. Live through 4 weeks. Good luck. The unguilded must choose what guild they want to choose. Press the symbols and you will go to that guilds main place." Multiple emblems appear mid air on the track. We could barely see any school emblems. We approached the one that was very unclear. We looked in closely at it and saw that it was just the school emblems but smaller. I pressed it and I was teleported to Tower 87. I looked around. Now the defenses were pushed back to the town centre. Barricades had blocked every entrance to the centre.

"They're back!" Someone shouted. Everyone then cheered. The commanders calmed them down and approached us.

"What took you so long?"

"The reindeers weren't in the mood to move for 11 months." I joked.

"After all we've been through..." Kay sighed. "You're still the comic relief." Kay then gave me a weak smile and explained everything.

"So, he controls time now?" Martin asked.

"I don't think so. My theory is that he got us in another dimension where time has been 11 months faster but everything else is the same. It's called the many worlds theory."

"So... He only has the powers to teleport to different dimensions."

"Probably what the Towers are. Different dimensions. Where's Ava?"

"Where's who?" Ava said, behind me. I turned around and hugged her. "Haven't seen me in a bit, have you?"

"Been through hell."

"I saw. I was in the first group that you let out."

"Were you?"

"We were." Martin said. I then turned to Cutter.

"Right..." I started.

"I don't think I want to fight the shadow guys again. Let's go home."

"Uh... Wait." I turned to the commanders, who seemed to finish their conversations. "Did anyone die while we were away?"

"Only wounded." Maho answered.

"Ok. That's good. Were there any attacks today?"

"There were. You came in too late."

"Last thing..."

"What is it?"

"Can we have Kay?"

"I heard my name!" Kay said.

"Yeah. You can have her."

"Uh... Ok then." I turned back to Cutter.

"Yeah. Let's go home." We stood on the Podium and said Tower 5. We followed the group and arrived at the house. "It hasn't changed a bit." I joked.

"So, why did you bring me along?" Kay asked.

"About that. Can you lot leave us?" They left us alone in the room. We then sat around a table. "Right. So, I just wanted us to be here to settle some confusion."

"What do you mean?" Ava asked.

"So as of now, You and me are going out. Before it was me and Kay. Clearly, Kay isn't very happy."

"What do you mean?" Kay said, innocently.

"You made me run all night and I think you hired the worst trainer for me. You also got your friends to verbally hurt me."

"You did what?"

"We're just here to settle everything. Obviously, we don't want to be your enemy. Especially since you're the one that is giving us accommodations. Can we just agree to not fight?"

"We can." Kay said. "So, we will. Saunders know that this isn't a war."

"But it can become one soon." I joked. They then started to stand up. Kay headed for the door before I stopped her. "That doesn't mean you can leave so quickly. We should at least spend a day with each other. It's no good to just be neutral."

"Do we have to?" Ava groaned.

"With that mood, yes." I said. "Now, I'll leave you guys here. I'm going to get the others. If I come back to either of you fighting then I'm going to join in!" I then left the room and searched the other rooms. I then ran up the stairs and found them sitting together on a bed. "Let's go. You guys better have a plan for the day." They shook their heads and walked out. I waited for all of them to go out before joining Cutter at the back. "What time are you guys from?" I asked.

"Same as Mieko. 2017." Cutter replied.

"Oh... Right. What's your phone number? Just in case."

"0871 871 8710 0871." (Disclaimer! This is an actualy phone number for a london taxi ride! Do Not Call them unless you actually want a one number taxi in london!) I quickly typed his number on my phone. "Got it?"

"Yeah." We then entered the dining room and saw the girls talking. That's good. "Alright. We have no plan..."

"What do we do then?" Ava asked.

"That... You work for yourself. I've got something important to do. I'll meet you all here sooner or later." I then left the house and ran for the Podium. That was rather abrupt now that I think about it. I went to Tower 87 and looked for my squad. "Excuse me." I asked a random soldier, carrying some crates. "Have you seen Dale or his squad any where?"

"Dale? They're stuck in the dead zone."

"Dead zone?"

"Past those barricades. The orcs and demons have occupied those areas. No one wants to go there." Fucks sake...

"Alright... Absolutely no one?"

"I wouldn't plan to go out there if you're planning to rescue them. They're most likely dead any way."

"Thanks for the self confidence. Where were they last time?"

"Past the north barricade. Main weapons store."

"Ok thanks." I then stood on the platform again and searched the entire area. "You, You and You! Come to me!" I pointed at a St. Gloriana soldier, a Kuro Mori Mine soldier and a Pravda soldier. They saw me and walked to me.

"Yes sir?"

"Sir?"

"You've got a second lieutenent shoulder patch." I looked at it. I never noticed that.

"Huh. Any way, we're going to the Dead zone." The St. Gloriana one was the only one who didn't cheer. "Only one of us has common sense then. Have we all got the equipment we require?"

"Yeah." They all said.

"Let's go then." We ran to the north barricade and climbed over it. We ran until we were out of sight, where we knew we weren't as safe. We crouched down and tried to make the least amount of noise as possible. We heard some screeches and a few shadows go over the us. We looked around and saw nothing. Have they really occupied this area. I stopped and started to stand up. Bad timing, because a squad of orcs stopped at the end of our streets and saw us. They then alerted everyone before we shot them down. Another shriek came again behind. We looked back and saw a few red demonic creatures flying down on us. We panicked and fired. They dodged and disappeared. "FUCK STEALTH! LET'S GO!" We then ran to the weapons store and saw a dozen of orcs surrounding the store. The Pravda soldier was the first one to shoot. They were armoured so there was barely any damage done to them. They turned around and saw us. Half of them charged at us and swung their axes at us. We dodged it and were split apart. I turned off my outer communications and switched to close proximity radio. "Don't say anything. Just get ready to switch to thermal. Aim for the heat signatures. The armour would block the heat, so the heat would be wear they're exposed." I then shot my grenade from my M203 Grenade Launcher, causing a cloud of smoke to appear. I then threw another smoke grenade and put on my thermal vision. I saw a few small gaps of thermal and aimed for them. I then fired and after a while, the smoke cleared up and it showed all of them down. We then looked at each other before more enemies arrived. We jumped in to the shop and looked at my squad. "So... How are you all?"

"Fucking A. You're our rescue team?" Dale asked.

"No. We're the comedians."

"So, how are we going to escape?" Clay asked.

"Uh... We'll go through the street two people at a time. We'll use smokes to cover us."

"We don't have enough smokes." I frowned and got up. I then kicked open the back door and looked around the room. I then noticed a box labelled smokes and grabbed it. I then threw the box to the group.

"Alright. Dale and Clem, you guys will go first." After a while, it was just me and the St. Gloriana soldier. This time it wouldn't work... The orcs and demons are closer. "We should go to the back. Come on." I grabbed one last smoke and threw it to the ground. We then ran to the back room and slammed the door. I grabbed a claymore and put it next to the door. I then saw another door and tried to open it. Locked... "Give me a minute. I can lockpick this."

"Why?"

"Don't ask. Just hold them off!" I grabbed my lockpicking set and tried to unlock it. I then heard the door shatter and the claymore set off. After a while, a few gunshots followed along. I then got really close before I snapped my pin. "Fuck." I muttered. I looked back at the other guy and noticed that he had a masterkey on the end of his gun. "Let me have your gun!" I shouted.

"What for!"

"Just pass it!" He gave it to me. I stepped back and shot at the handle, numerous times. A demon then burst through the door and stabbed the guy in the leg. I shot it in shock and got it. I looked at the soldier and saw him bleeding from his leg. "Damn! Sorry mate!" I looked at the store door and suppressed it with gunfire. I then threw the gun away and grabbed my gun. I then grabbed the guys back and pulled him.

"Leave me! I'll slow you down!"

"You didn't volunteer for this though. Just have my gun and get ready to shoot." I then passed him my weapons and then grabbed my pistol. I grabbed his shoulder and pulled him, whilst I aimed forward. He screamed as I dragged him. A orc then cut me off before we got on the street. I shot him with my pistol. Missed a few times before I got him in the head because of recoil. I tried to run across and cut through the alleys. Every now and then, I tried to shoot some of the demons on the roofs. I then ran out and looked behind. We were being chased by a shit ton of guys! I then noticed a part of the zone that I recognised. We're near the safe zone. I then sprinted this time. The soldier then screamed louder as we reached the barricades line of sights. I turned around and got down. The orcs then ran into the line of fire and got shot to pieces. The firing kept going, so I gave the guy some morphine. My things still haven't turned to potions. I tried to crawl with him. Not that easy. We then reached the end and the firing stopped. I got the guy over and climbed over it myself. "God damn... Thanks for the assist." They ignored us. "I'm sorry I had to drag you into this."

"Why? That was thrilling."

"Despite you being stabbed and dragged?"

"But, it was proper fun. The adrenaline!"

"Wow. We definitley need you in Saunders." i stood up. "See you around." I walked to Dale and the others.

"So, why were you away for so long?"

"Because I was stuck in a psychological chamber."

"Really?"

"Of course not. It's Chris. He's obviously lying."

"I'm not this time. The guy performed mental tests on all of us. That's why we were gone for ages."

"Ah... Did you get Ava?"

"Yeah. I did."

"That's good. That's very good." I looked up and saw the sun setting. Time flew...

"I should get going any way. See you guys!" I then started to go to the Podium. Dale joined me. "Yeah?" I said after we arrived on Tower 5.

"You seem to be parting from us." I frowned at him. "You know what I mean. You seem to be hanging out with the others more."

"I know... I'm sorry." We then stopped. "It's just... I think we're not doing so well any more. The humour and friendship we had seemed to disappear."

"I know... But, I don't think..."

"That we should lose our friendship forever?"

"Exactly. I still want to be friends. But, I feel like being close friends is impossible. Especially with our current states. You're going to get more friends from this world and you're going to hang out with Ava a lot more now. Like before. It's a repeating cycle, Chris. We have that brief moment of friendship. Then we just part away and act like nothing happened."

"Because we're pre-occupied with other things. I know. But, I feel like our friendships going to be back together when we return."

"You feel like it?"

"Yeah. I would say 'I know so' but you know how much I hate clichés."

"Yeah. So..."

"See you in another 11 months."

"Yeah. Even if our friendship doesn't last... Just don't lose your joking side."

"I won't. Bye then..."

"See you..." We then parted away. I looked back and saw Dale teleport away. I sighed and walked to a tree. I looked at it for a while before sitting down. This world... It's strange... It's changing us mentally with out us knowing... I need some time to think. Some time to contemplate all this.

Ava

"Chris was great over the holidays. He actively looked out for us and tried to make it the most fun for us." Kay said, as we waited for dinner. "We did start roughly..."

"With the shooting."

"Yeah. But, it started to stabalise after a while. We went camping, theme park etcetera."

"He's changed a lot then."

"Why? What was he like before?"

"He was the egotistical type. He acted like he was the best compared to everyone else. But, if you get to know him more then you have the real Chris. Fragile and weak. He was always afraid of getting in trouble or hurt. He was also a cry baby."

"And here he is. Taking risks, shots and trying to bend the rules to help others."

"Bending rules?"

"He left school ground with out permission to see you." Huh... I thought he got permission. That's nice once again. "He's also been a smart arse."

"That hasn't changed then. But, everything else has."

"I know. I checked his school files and saw a bunch of surprising things. Apparently, he wasn't the caring type. Also, overweight."

"I know right? He seemed to be extremely different when I saw him."

"Why? What was he like?"

"Oh. I have a photo of him here." I reached in to my pockets and pulled out my phone. Kay shuffled next to me and looked at the photos. She then burst out laughing seeing him. "See? Completely different!"

"Oh my gosh. He has changed a bit."

"Dinners ready!" The door then opened and Chris walked in. I quickly hid my phone and got off the couch to greet him.

"I heard Dinner." Chris said. "Time to be fat again." I eyed Kay and smiled. "What? Oh, don't tell me that you showed her my old pictures." Kay laughed.

"No. Of course not." We then sat down on the table and started to eat. "This is lovely."

"Thanks. I'm not that good at cooking though." Striker said.

"Don't down yourself! This is delicious."

"You have a habit of downgrading yourself, don't you?"

"She's got high standards." Cutter said.

"Is that why you two aren't going out?" Chris joked. Everyone laughed except Cutter. "I'm joking. Don't beat me up."

"How good are you at cooking?" Striker asked me and Kay.

"I'm not so good." I said.

"Yeah. Me neither."

"Then they work in a 5 star restaurant." Martin joked.

"We won't though." Martin shrugged.

"Could do. Oh. That was my question!" Cutter said.

"Yeah?"

"Where were you today? You were gone for a bit."

"Me? I went exploring the Pacific ocean. Then the Atlantic."

"God damn it." I said.

"Fine. I went past the barricades trying to save Dale and the others."

"That took a long time then."

"I then sat next to a tree giving myself time to think."

"Think about what?"

"Just about... Stuff. This world. That's it."

"Fine."

"Any ways. I'm done." I said, standing up. "I'll be... Uh..."

"Upstairs. The door at the end is our room. I'll see you there." I then walked up the stairs and walked to the room to the end. The upstairs seems to have a lot of doors. I wonder what they're for. I opened the door and walked in. It's quite furnished. It's got a desk in the corner with a bunch of stuff on it. There's also 2 beds. I wonder if he intended for me to be here. I walked over to the desk and looked at all the work. It was just a bunch of drawings with written work. I grabbed one of them and read it. It was just a fictional story. I then grabbed another and read it. Now this was a real life story. I then noticed a label on the top right. These labels were the same with the pictures. They're meant to match. That's good for creativity I guess. Hm... Those ones that I thought were fictional could be real. Just in this world. The door then opened and Cutter walked through with Martin behind him. I put down the papers and turned to them. "I guess you read them."

"I did. Only a few though. Now we should go to sleep. It's late and we've experienced quite a nightmare."

"Alright. Where am I meant to sleep?" Martin asked, looking around.

"There's a guest room. Door on the left." Cutter pointed.

"I'm not a guest?" I asked.

"We decided to let you have a bit of ownership over the house."

"So I can destroy it?"

"Obviously not. You can add furniture. That's it."

"Can I add dynamite?"

"I'm regretting this decision." Martin then left and closed the doors. "Let's go to sleep then." All was normal for the rest of the month. Except the last day... Boy, was that chaotic...

Alright. I think this chapter has gone long enough. I'll do the last day in the next chapter. If I don't think it was enough then I'll also do another thing. Not going to spoil it. Any how, I hope you all enjoyed reading this 3rd Chapter in Part 2. Ironically, I called this chapter 'Part 3' in my documents. Have fun now!