Assalamualaikum and what's up everybody! Before I start off the 25th chapter, just wanna say thanks a lot for your support so far. You guys are still the reason driving me to keep on finishing this story. Now on with the 25th chapter!

Chapter 25: A Traitor In The Midst

(Anna's POV)

(Elmore Mall)

Just to recap what happened to me, I spawned at a totally wrong place which is right near the entire Team Two spawn. I started to panic until I told them I was a skilled spy and was helping them all along. Right now we managed to take out a few opponents in the south east side of Elmore. We're currently going through towards the centre of Elmore.

Carmen: Never really thought that the map would be this huge.

Masami: It's just one of those tricks where people can easily hide and wait things out but suddenly things go outta hand and you have to move as fast as you can.

Anna: Um... I don't think that has anything to do with what she said, but it was a good tip though.

Penny: Girls, you might wanna check your watches.

We check our watches and found out that one of those disasters is about to give out.

Molly: "Better take cover for it'll rain bombers"?

Anna: Airstrike! We need to get cover! Get into the mall!

We raced to get into the mall, but the door shutter is slowly moving from top to bottom and two players were trying to make it go quicker. I gave it all I got and slid below the door, shot the player on my right and then stabbed the player at my left at the chest, then pulled a cabinet conveniently placed nearby and put it underneath the door shutter to stop it from moving. The rest of the girls ran and ran until they made it inside. After that, we took cover at the nearby shop. As I look through the window, dozens of grenades came raining from the sky and exploding one after another. When I turned back, a few grenades made its way into the mall through the glass roof and exploded inside the mall. Sussie was a little too exposed and she got hit. I wasn't really concerned about Sussie since she keeps shooting at multiple directions.

Masami: Guess it's just the five of us now.

Penny: Don't worry, we still have a good chance on winning.

?: Not for long!

We turned around and saw Dante, Ivan, and Endo standing and aiming right in front of us. Before we could do anything, they started shooting. We started shooting back for suppressing fire.

Anna: Girls! Hold your ground!

Carmen: Easy for you to say, you're not the one being targeted.

Penny: Come on! We gotta fight back!

We were starting to get the firing advantage until Ivan called out someone.

Ivan: Alpha! Snipe 'em down!

Someone started sniping us from above and we got grounded.

Penny: Sniper! On the rooftop!

He started shooting Molly who was standing behind a huge pillar on her left and right side.

Molly: We need to get outta here!

Anna: Hold on!

I threw a smoke grenade towards them and we ran off.

Anna: Now! Let's go!

We ran towards the side of the mall and went out the window. It was a close call but we made it.

Masami: That was close. Let's get going before they chase us down.

(3rd person's POV)

(Back inside of the mall)

The smoke started to clear out. But they're gone already.

Endo: Looks like they got away.

Ivan: What do you think she's doing with them?

Dante: I dunno. Hope nothing that has anything to do with our friends like the other day.

(Housing area near the gaming centre)

Anna's team is approaching Gumball's team right now. Suddenly, a huge explosion was heard nearby.

Molly: Woah! What was that?

Anna: Uh.. an explosion.

Masami: We should go check it out.

They went to the scene and saw Gumball, Darwin and Riki surrounding Tobias. Then, Gumball shot Tobias at point blank range. This enraged Penny and she went for them, but Anna stopped her. She saw Cato running towards Gumball and the others.

Anna: Okay, let's go.

They started eavesdropping to what they were saying.

Cato: Okay, let's go find Alpha.

Anna: You don't have to, cuz I just found you!

Gumball's team turned around and saw four enemies with their last teammate.

Gumball: What the what?! What are you doing with them!

Anna: Turning my back on you. You really gonna go five-on-four?

Darwin: Why are you doing this?!

Cato: All the more when there is still 12 players left to take out. You wouldn't take this as your own gain, would you?

Penny: Shut up, time to end this.

Anna: Hold on, I need to say something to my brother.

Anna walked one step forward and faced Riki.

Anna: Abang, ketika saya menikam mereka, kalian pergi bunuh yang lain.

Riki nodded while the others had no idea what she said. Riki whispered to the others.

Riki: Guys, get ready for some sneaky kill.

Penny: That's it, time to kill.

Anna: Get ready! 3, 2, 1!

Anna twisted her body facing Penny, quickly taking out her knife and stabbed her at her left arm and leg and shot her right arm and leg. The team was shocked at this and that gave the perfect opportunity for Team Three.

Riki: Guys, now!

Riki, Gumball, Darwin and Cato went for the kill and took out the other three teammates. Anna however was pinning Penny on the ground eventhough she's totally helpless. Once the shooting stopped, everyone gathered around Penny as they have with Tobias.

Anna: Can't believe you would fall for that stupid story I made up. You're really gullible.

Gumball: And I thought I was dumber.

Penny: She was right. I never should've trusted you.

Anna: But you did. Now..

Anna pointed her gun at her face.

Anna: Game Over.

She pulled the trigger and shot her at point blank range just like what Gumball did to Tobias.

Anna: So how much do we still have to take out.

Gumball: Charlie said there were twelve left and we killed four so that means we would be left with eight.

Cato: Nope, there's three left.

Anna: What? Do you really stink that much at Math?

Cato: No, look up.

They all looked up and saw the leaderboard. They saw there were three left to take out before advancing to the final round.

Anna: I did not see that coming.

Gumball: We all didn't.

Anna: I guess Team Four was the cause of the five kills. They got a really good-aiming sniper.

Cato: Wait, sniper? Alpha Team Seven got shot by the sniper.

?: Yup, and you guys are next.

They looked around to see who said that and saw Ivan, Dante, Endo and Eric standing at the other side of the road. Then suddenly, Gumball felt a bullet went to his face and missed by a hair. There was a trail of smoke and saw that it came from the attic of the house about two blocks from where they were standing. They started hesitating, grabbed cover and fought back. They managed to take Endo out by shooting him at the face. Darwin then shot Eric at the torso and got overexcited because he thought they've won already, not remembering there's still 21 players left in the game. The sniper took the opportunity and shot him.

Riki: Dude, duck!

Before Darwin could do anything, the sniper managed to take him out with a shot to the forehead. Darwin then dropped down like he was dead. Suddenly, every player only saw darkness in their mask and heard a voice.

Voice: 30 players have been defeated. 20 players still remaining. Terminating simulation.

(Simulator Room 3)

Everybody got out of the simulator and walked out of the platform.

Section: That was some great work out there, guys.

Darwin: Sorry about the late kill, guys.

Gumball: Eh, don't worry. You managed to take out Eric at least.

Anna: Yeah, don't be upset.

Darwin: I'm not upset because of that. I'm upset because I won't get to join you.

Riki: It's okay, man.

Section: Actually, having lesser teammates is the better when you're going to the final round.

Cato: What? Why?

Section: You'll see. Now, Black wants to see you guys at The Central. Darwin, you can stay here.

They all went off to The Central as Darwin bid them good luck.

Section: Hey, Darwin. What made you get killed anyway?

Darwin: Well, after I shot Eric, I thought that that ws the last kill. But I let my guard down and the sniper took me out.

Section: Well, even when you win, you shouldn't let your guard down. I had that experience from my dad.

Darwin: Why? What happened?

Section: When I was little, my dad was part of the Navy Seals. He had a mission to capture a criminal. He and his teammates, Hudson and Woods went on the mission together. When they caught the criminal, Hudson suddenly got intel to assassinate another criminal. So, they tied him up with a bag around his head while Woods got up onto a roof and had to snipe him. When he did, he went to the body and... the man he shot was my dad.

Darwin started crying just hearing the story.

Section: But I can't blame Woods for killing my dad either way, he didn't know it was him under the bag, he thought it was the second criminal. My dad just let his guard down and, the criminal took him to replace the second one. And so, he's the one who got shot. What I'm trying to say is, when you're in a fighting situation, never let your guard down, understand?

Darwin: (still crying) Loud and clear.

Section: Heh, now go wash up, there's still enough time to get those tears off of your face.

Okay, that's the end of this chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Comment down below, fav, and follow if you want more. And I'll see you bros and sis' in the next chapter. Assalamualaikum, bye, and FIST BUMP!

If you wanna find out what Riki and Anna said, just wait for the next chapter.

Reference:

If you guys have played Call Of Duty: Black Ops II, that story Section told about was the bad ending.