Title:
Half-life
Summary:A bunch of random adventures among two twins and their friends.
And it all started a normal morning...
Disclaimer: I
OWN NOTHING! Except Zara. Mats is Mats and he owns himself. Don't
sue me!
Mats let out a sigh as he woke up.
-Stupid alarm clock...
He turned it off before he looked over at his twin sister, just to notice that she was still asleep. He grinned and quietly walked over to her. Their friend, Izzy, looked at Mats as he took hold of her bedcover and pulled it off. She awoke with a scream and threw a pillow at her twin brother.
-Don't EVER do that again!
Mats giggled stupidly as his three years older twin got out from the bed and stumbled at the bedcover.
-Aren't we giggly today? she asked irritated.
Mats smiled at her before he turned over to Izzy, who had settled down by the computer.
-Hey Izzy! Something fun going on?
-I can't get this game to start!
Zara grinned and ran over to them.
-I know how to fix it! All it needs is a few good whacks!
She took his laptop and hit it on the side of the computer screen a couple of times. Izzy tensed up and looked like hell was breaking loose.
-Bastard! You can't...
Suddenly the screen lit up and light flooded over the two twins. Before anyone was able to react the room faded from their sights.
Zara woke
up, and the first thing she saw was a corpse.
-Mats, cut
it out! It's not funny!
She didn't
got an answer and slowly she settled up while reaching towards the
corpse. She tilted it over on its back and choked a cry as she saw
blood running down its cheek and marks of bullets in its chest. She
stared at it in horror as she got up and backed away from it. Then
she turned around and darted away from it as she could. She reached a
pitch black room and collided with something. She shrieked, as high
as it was possible, before it got dead silent, as in school when the
teacher hands out a test.
-Mats?
Zara asked after a few seconds. Please, tell me it's you...
Whoever it
was, it didn't answer.
-Mats? she
tried again.
There was
still no answer. Slowly she backed away, afraid that it was yet
another corpse. Suddenly something lit up by her side.
-The
digivice!
She
reached for it and it stopped blinking.
-Zara? Are
you there?
-Izzy!
What is going on? Where am I? And where is Mats?
-I tried
to contact him, but he seems to have forgotten his digivice here.
Listen, you're inside a computer game, so whatever you do, keep a
low profile. It's multiplayer...
-Does that
mean...
She was
cut off by a gunshot. It hit her hand and the digivice flew away.
-I'll
never find that again!
New
gunshots echoed in the room and pain shot up from her chest. She
backed away and reached the wall, which she glided down by and then
she just stared forward in shock.
-Area
clear! Moving on!
Their
footsteps slowly disappeared through the door she had entered just a
minute ago. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and almost shrieked,
but the scream didn't manage to escape through her mouth.
-Zara? Is
it really you? Last time I found you, you were a corpse! Anyway, Izzy
told me about this computer stuff, but I was so scared of the men
that I didn't really hear him. And what was all that about? I
couldn't see anything, so what happened?
-Your...
digivice?
-Oh
right... I forgot mine at home. I found yours... well, it came flying
and hit my head, but Izzy talked to me through it. Anyway...
-Mats...
You're still afraid of dark places, aren't you? Don't worry,
we'll find our way out.
-Yeah, I
suppose we do... Oh, you might want this thing back.
-Digivice,
Mats... I don't understand, you've never been this scared
before...
Mats
laughed nervously and handed her the digivice. Zara let out a sigh as
she got up, supported against the wall. Then she laughed. She didn't
know why, but it was probably from the anxiety. Mats stared at her as
if she had finally gone mad.
-You know,
the first thing I saw here was a corpse, but I thought it was you!
Isn't it ironic that it happened to you too?
Mats just
continued to stare at her when he suddenly got dragged into a hug.
-Zara...?
He felt
that she tried to comfort him, at the same time as she looked for
comfort. But there was something else too, something much less...
calming. There was something wet at her chest. Mats reached up to se
what it was and when his sister flinched, he quickly backed away and
looked at her with concern in his eyes.
-What
happened?
-Didn't
you hear the fires?
-We need
to get you out from here!
-Mats,
relax! It's not that...
She lost
her balance and stumbled forward, but managed to stop herself with
her hands before her face hit the floor. A small laugh was heard from
her as she got up again.
-Okay, it
might be a bit worse than I thought.
Her twin
stared at her in disbeliefs but when she gestured towards the door,
and Mats understood she wouldn't say anything more, he just shook
his head and started walking, a few steps after his sister. Not a
word was said, not a sound was heard. That is... not until they
suddenly heard a muffled sound, which caused Zara to shriek.
-It's
the corpse!
Mats
looked past her and saw a big, ugly, disgusting pile of meat walking
towards them, with a crowbar in its hand. Still in a state of shock,
Mats quickly pulled out a lighter from nowhere.
-I'll
handle this, sis!
She smiled
knowingly at him, knowing exactly what he was going to do. When he
flicked the lighter open, she knew that the guess had been right.
Mats was able to control fire. Not only that, but he was able to
create it as well, just as his twin was able to do with ice and they
both were able to do with wind. Mats finger pulled down the trigger
and a small flame lit up. The boy stared intensely at it for just a
small second. The flame grew bigger and with a gesture from his hand,
Mats sent the flame flying towards the corpse. The cries coming from
the corpse when the fire connected with it were almost unbearable.
Zara clasped her hands over her ears and even Mats seemed to looking
for cover. The metallic sound coming from the crowbar when it hit the
floor echoed all through the hallway and the light thud when the
flesh fell over made the twins feel like throwing up. The stench of
burnt meat was awful, never in history had any man had to feel such a
smell. Something dragged Mats by the arm, he wasn't able to
protest. The sight of the burnt flesh had stuck itself to his memory
and when he closed his eyes he could still see the flames consuming
it, making him want to throw up.
-Not...
able... to breath... in there... Izzy, do you copy? Are you alright,
Mats? Izzy, where are we? Izzy...
Whatever
held Mats up suddenly lost its grip around his arm as it fell over.
He heard a light thud, which brought back the memories at full scale.
Mats supported against the wall as he felt his stomach turning
inside-out. There was no other sound than the ones coming from him
vomiting. It took around half a minute before he felt that his
stomach was empty. He took a deep breath, trying to forget the taste.
-I can't
make water... he heard from the ground before he felt something the
size of a big glass in his hand. He looked down, finding a piece of
ice.
-If you
melt it...
The
sentence was left unfinished as his sister started to cough, but Mats
had understood what she wanted to say. He called upon the element of
fire and a small, but yet quite hot, flame emerged into his hand. He
slowly brought it towards the ice and his eyes sparkled with
happiness as the ice left room for water, nice, cool water. Mats
smiled as he brought the glass to his lips and swallowed the fresh
liquid. No sound was heard from his sister, but he didn't give that
a thought. Slowly he walked a few steps before sliding down the along
the wall. His sister leaned against him.
-Mats, I'm
tired...
-You
always are, he said with a smile.
She
cuddled up next to him.
-Poke me
if you need more water... ice...
She let
out a big yawn and had almost fallen asleep when suddenly she settled
up quickly and shoved something into Mats' hand. His eyes fell upon
it. Zara's digivice.
-Why...?
She just
closed his hand around it, as if begging him to protect it. Without
another word she rested her head against his shoulder again. Mats
wasn't sure what to do. He fingered on the device when it started
too make sounds. His sister moved uncomfortable in her sleep.
-Sch, said
Mats to the device. Please be quiet!
-Mats, is
it you?
-Koushiro!
What's happening?
-I was
about to ask you the same thing!
Mats
looked around, and couldn't see anything.
-No one's
here! And sis has fallen asleep.
-You know
her, she can sleep anywhere!
Mats
looked down at his twin, only to now see her former white nightdress
hade turn red of blood over her chest.
-Uh, Kou,
I think... you better hurry with finding a way out.
-I'm
working on it! It's really hard, since you can't just push the
"Exit game" button...
A small
noise made Mats move his attention from the device and tried hard to
see anything apart from the greyish substance around them. Quietly he
begged that it wasn't yet another corpse, but for a defence he
slowly build a wall of fire around them. If anything tried to get
close to them, it would immediately become consumed by the fire. His
sister started to shake uncontrollable, as if she feared the fire.
She did not just fear it, she loathed fire; it was mortal for her,
she belonging with ice and everything, but as long as she knew Mats
had control over it, she was usually calm, but not this time. Mats
laid an arm over her shoulders to protect her, but this time even
that wouldn't help. She continued to shake, as if suddenly struck
by something cold. Mats wanted to draw the fire closer, to warm her,
but knew all to well that it wouldn't help. Instead he turned his
attention back to the device.
-Kou,
could you please hurry up with finding an exit? There's something
wrong with Zara.
The boy at
the other side of the connection started typing faster and faster at
the keyboard, Mats could hear it through the device. He tightened his
grip around his sister, worried sick that she might actually not make
it out again.
-If we
survive this, I will never play another game again, Mats muttered
under his breath.
-Not even
Monopoly?
His sister
coughed and Mats looked down at her.
-You
alright?
She
looked up at her with sarcasm in her eyes.
-I've
been shot by a person we don't know, how would you feel?
Mats just
smiled, he was too happy knowing that she was still alive, to
actually care that she had tried to push him away. He gave her a
quick hug and felt how she cuddled up beside him again, and her even
breathing soon made even Mats relax.
-I think
I've found a way out!
Mats
quickly settled up, suddenly realizing that he had fallen asleep.
Zara still slept hard, but Mats ignored her softly snoring as he took
a harder grip around the device.-You found
one? Where?
-I'll
try to upload a map to Zara's digivice.
Mats heard
some strange noises as Zara's digivice lit up. A map suddenly float
over it, hanging midair between floor and roof, or more accurate,
midair between Mats' face and the hand holding the digivice.
-The
exit's marked with a big, red X. You can't really miss it.
Mats eyes
scanned over the map and not too long from their position he saw it.
He gave his sister a small poke, and she awoke immediately and stared
in horror at her twin.
-I dreamt
you died...
Mats
smiled at her, shaking his head.
-Think I
would die and leave you in this awful place alone? Come on, up we go.
He helped
Zara getting back upon her feet as he continued talking to make sure
she wouldn't fall asleep again.
-Izzy
found a way out from here, I think. Look, he gave us a map.
Zara
patted Mats on his shoulder and he started to lead the way out. He
glanced at his sister occasionally, to make sure she was still
standing. And every time she caught him doing it, she just smiled
reassuring. A few meters in front of them, Mats suddenly spotted the
exit. He hurried to get over there and heard his sister trying to run
after him, but suddenly they found themselves surrounded. A wall of
fire wouldn't be them of any help, they both understood, because
the people surrounding them had guns. Then Mats felt it was getting
colder. He looked towards his sister; she had closed her eyes and was
standing with her arms outstretched, forcing a shield of ice to rise
around them.
-Mats,
scare them away.
He lifted
his hand and concentrate on the air outside the ice wall. He raised
the temperature one, two, three degrees, before finally starting a
fire. The flame would listen to his every order. He made it move
around the ice, faster and faster. Zara added more coldness to the
ice, to prevent it from melting from the heat. The fire got bigger
and bigger until Mats told it to stop. It was a moment of quietness,
before the flame speeded towards the people surrounding them. It
didn't touch anyone, but the heat made them back away, or rather
the scariness of the flames and the possibility of it hurting them
made the take off. The wall of ice suddenly disappeared to a pile of
nothingness. Mats looked at Zara, only to find that she was gasping
for air, as if she couldn't find any. He let go of the heat, and
the temperature fell to normal, before he went to his sister's
side.
-Zara...?
-I'm
fine, she hissed. Let's just get out.
Mats
continued to stare at her and she laid her hand on his shoulder for
support.
-Mats,
please, she groaned, I don't know how much longer I can stay awake.
Mats bit
his downer lip and looked at her, concern filling his eyes, but he
knew his sister was right. He let out a sigh in defeat and went
towards the door, Zara still resting her hand at Mats' shoulder. He
laid his shaking hand on the doorknob, and slowly opened the door.
There was a whistling sound heard, and both he and Zara got dragged
out through the door, as if there had been vacuum on the other side.
Mats felt his sister's arms around him.
-I won't
lose you again!
-Did we
travel this far to get there as well?
Zara
didn't answer, but her grip around Mats tightened. Suddenly there
was a really bright light. Mats covered his eyes with his hand to
prevent himself from growing blind. Then both of them shrieked as
they fell out through the screen of Izzy's computer. Zara gave a
small smile, where she laid on the floor, as she watched her twin.
Mats had fallen right on top off Izzy and stared down at the
red-haired boy. Izzy laughed.
-Mats, get
off me; Mimi would kill me if she saw us.
Mats
quickly got off the other boy, trying hard to hide a blush. Izzy
poked him in the chest and pointed towards Zara.
-We better
help her.
-I'm
FINE, she hissed irritated as she settled up and leaned heavily
against the wall. No, really, I'm alright, she added when Mats
offered her a hand.
Mats
stared at her in disbelief. Her nightdress was even more blood-red
than it had been when they where still in the game. She shook her
head and looked back at Mats.
-I'm
fine, she hissed again.
Mats
ignored what she said and grasped her hand, pulling her up on her
feet. She let out a groan full of pain, and Mats raised an eyebrow
and looked at her worriedly. This time she didn't disagree, instead
she clutched her hand over the wound, trying hard to not let Mats see
the pain.
-Zara, you
don't need...
He didn't
finish the sentence; instead he pulled her over to her bed and forced
her to lie down. Gaby emerged from nowhere, where he had been hiding,
and leapt up into Zara's bed, curling up next to her. DDR also
emerged from nowhere and leapt up on Mats shoulder.
-DDR,
you're too large to sit there! Mats complained as he pushed him
back to the floor.
-They've
been worried sick about you guys, Izzy explained.
DDR shoved
Mats closer to his twin and Mats stared at the blue creature.
-You need
to take care of her injury.
DDR looked
at Mats with big, blue eyes and Mats stared back in those, knowing
that the small creature was right. He turned over to his sister, to
take care of her wound, glad that the stupid adventure finally was
over.
-Hey, do
you want to watch as I play Pokemon XD later?
I kind of thinks that ending speaks for itself. That means that next chap will contain a nice, fun game of Pokemon! Yeah, you just wait:P
