Chapter 8
Guy Number Four
Elliot Swann and Jack Campbell found themselves at the bigger-than-my-house garage, where there were dead people scattered around. Completely ignoring the bodies, Elliot was humming the Pink Panther theme music.
He stopped humming to ask his friend, "Are we almost at Buttrugger's office yet?"
Jack shrugged. "I don't know. I'm not too good at reading maps. I don't know where we're going."
Elliot wanted to point out that what Jack had been looking at this whole time was not a map, but a giant laser tag gun. But he felt much smarter because of it, so he chose to say nothing. To the left, he saw a vehicle sitting on the road. Ahead of it was a big garage door. He figured it was time to look somewhere else.
"Well, there's a vehicle over there," Elliot said, pointing to it. "We could take that and just look around." They walked down a few steps towards the vehicle. "I mean, what's the worst that could happen? I mean, we're going out into the airless voice of Mars and stuff." He and Jack opened the doors and entered the vehicle. Elliot shook his head. "I dunno. Whatever."
"I don't think the word 'void' works there," Jack said.
Shortly after the vehicle drove off, Marine entered the garage. He was humming a Japanese song until he was interrupted by a customer and fellow laser tag player. He had several injuries on his body, but he was still strong enough to stand.
The man waved, grabbing Marine's attention. "Excuse me, sir."
"Oh, hey, buddy," Marine responded as he approached the wounded man.
"Hi, my name is Guy Number Four. I randomly showed up in a scene—" He was interrupted by a few violent coughs. "Sorry, I have a cold. I randomly showed up in a scene that I thought had three people in it, but I ended up being in there too." He grabbed a small folded up wallet and handed it to Marine. "Here, take my wallet. I'm probably gonna die soon. My wife could use the money."
Marine heard a noise behind him, but when he turned around, nothing was there. He cautiously looked around the room as the guy continued to talk. But then, once again, another creature showed up and leaped at Guy Number Four.
"Creepy crawly!" the creature cried as it jabbed its spear-like arms through the poor man's torso. "Creepy crawly. Creepy."
"Oh no. Oh, I'm dead," Guy Number Four said as he examined the deep holes in his chest before instantly dying right there on the floor.
Marine just watched in confusion as the whole thing unfolded. "Well, that was random."