Chapter 6
Former World of Kings Player
"Now where am I?" Marine asked himself as he looked around the unfamiliar room.
This place was a mess; there were grates spread all across the floor and ceiling, long slimy appendages emerging from the busted wall panels, blood splattered everywhere. Pinned to the ceiling was a man, who was naked for some reason. His torso was completely cut open, leaving his ribcage completely exposed. That explained the blood.
Despite his condition, the guy still seemed to be alive and well. The spikes that jutted out of his chest didn't seem to bother him in the slightest. This must have just been the new trend going around online. Although, pants would have been appreciated, at least.
The man started singing in a high voice that was slightly shaky and out of tune.
"Oh, the opera hall," Marine deduced.
As the man continued his terrible singing, creatures started poking their heads out of the broken wall panels. Jeers and declares of hatred for this ear grating ordeal echoed through the room.
"I hate that guy's singing!" one of the creatures yelled in a rough voice. "Come on, everyone let's go kill him!"
A few other creatures crawled out from the walls, their extra limbs clinging to the walls like spiders. They shouted in agreement. "Kill him! Bad singing! Kill him very dead!"
"I can't believe they killed that guy very dead," Marine said to himself, "just because he was a bad singer."
He had left the room through another door after watching the creatures mercilessly tear that guy apart. Marine walked down a long corridor before coming by an intersecting hall. He tried to figure out which way to go.
He heard something breathing loudly from one of the hallways. Something emerged from the darkness on spider-like legs. It was yet another weird creature with the most oddly-shaped head.
"Mapleple," it whispered to him.
Unphased by the creepiness, Marine responded, "Okay, Mapleple is not my real name. That's just my username in World of Kings."
Then the creature turned around, revealing a female torso on the opposite side of it, with a head that contained multiple eyes. At least it wasn't as creeping as the face on the backside.
It yelled in a female voice, "Mapleple! Why don't you play World of Kings anymore? Have you given up on me? I thought we were friends!"
Marine took out his laser tag gun and fired in the creature's direction. She shrieked as her entire body started to vaporize. He froze as he realized what he had done.
Who knew his in-game wife was allergic to lasers? And he just killed her.
He awkwardly stepped near a door, which automatically opened, and he walked through to continue his mission.