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Deep Space Station
In the blink of an eye, the castle vanished. Then I was thrown into the void and I could feel my insides trying to escape through my mouth.I tried reaching out for something—anything—but my hands just went through the emptiness and my heart rate tripled.I can’t breathe. Damn it...why can’t I breathe?A bright light shone and thin red emergency strips blinked alive along cold metal walls, outlining a narrow corridor suspended in the void. I sucked in a desperate breath as oxygen rushed back into my lungs.LEVEL 3: DEEP SPACE STATIONObjective: Reach the escape pods before station destructionTime until destruction: 02:30:00Current Respawn Tokens: 2Warning: Zero gravity environment“Of course,” I muttered, my voice echoing off the metal tunnel. “Why would anything be easy?”When I tried to move, my body twisted out of control and I was thrown down the corridor like a loose screw. I slammed into one wall, bounced into the other, then started spinning end over end.“Damn it...!”I th
Medieval Siege
Chapter 7The cave vanished like someone wiped it out of existence. In one blink, the cold stone, corpses everywhere were replaced with sunlight shining on my face.We'd expected to land on the cave floor when my knees buckled and not the open floor. I grabbed the nearest thing and it turned out to be a barrel. I didn't know when I hissed. My eyes watered at the sudden brightness.“Alex?” Dave’s voice hit beside me. “You good?”“Yeah, I think so,” I muttered, blinking fast until the blur cleared and then I saw it.A castle stood on a mountain not too far from where we stood.“...What the hell?”As it towered over us, it looked normal with gray stone, and twenty-foot tall walls, with battlements like sharpened teeth and a massive iron gate. Until the angles twisted wrong and the towers rotated in ways no architect would approve. The walls curved like they were bending under water.A text flickered in front of my eyes.LEVEL 2: MEDIEVAL SIEGEObjective: Defend the castle until reinforce
Cave Defense
Chapter 6I ran as fast as my legs could carry, dragging Dave with me. We kept going until we reached the end of the cave. The exit was so narrow the stone scrapped my shoulders as I squeezed in. Rock tore at what was left of my hoodie, and by the time I stumbled back into the dark, it swallowed me whole. Behind me, Dave’s breathing echoed through the cave like something stalking us.“How far back does it go?” I whispered before I could stop myself. The Howlers already knew we were here, but something about the darkness demanded quiet.“Maybe thirty feet,” Dave murmured. His voice came from somewhere to my left. “Then it fans out but only one can fit through the exit at a time.”I turned toward the exit again, and I could see the alien sky stretched in purple and green streaks, auroras twisting between two moons. As I watched, a Howler’s head slid into view, blocking the color. Then another. Then a cluster of them. Their clicking language bounced against the rock.“They can’t rush us,
Into The Dark
Chapter 5“Dave, slow down–your leg!” I hissed as he staggered ahead of me. I managed to convince him to come with me and now he ran faster than me.“There's no time,” he muttered, gripping his thigh. “Just keep moving.”“But you’re bleeding through your jeans!” I shouted.“Then walk faster so the blood isn’t for nothing!”I caught up to him and grabbed his arm to keep him upright.“Dave—stop. Just breathe for two seconds.” But he jerked away.“Alex, you don’t get it. If we slow down, they’ll catch us. They always gain on us when we slow down.”“Are they behind us?”“No, they have retired to bed after a long day's work.” His voice cracked.“Dave…” I whispered. “Hey, hey buddy look at me.”He didn’t stop even for one second. He just kept limping forward, teeth clenched, with sharp and shaky breaths.“Dave, talk to me. How bad is the pain?”“If I talk, I’ll start screaming.”“Then scream,” I snapped. “Isn't that better than collapsing?”He shut his eyes, exhaled, and muttered, “You’re a
Pack Mentality
Chapter 4 “Alex, move!”Dave’s shout barely hit my ears before the stone in my hand slammed into the Howler’s skull. I felt everything—bone crunching under the impact, the creature’s weight crashing into me and its rancid breath melting my face.“Get... off... me!” I choked, shoving my knee upward.The thing didn’t care. Its jaws snapped so close to my face I felt the wind brush against my throat.“Alex, roll! Roll left!” Dave yelled.“I’m trying!” I pushed harder, swinging the stone against its ribs. “Why is this thing so heavy?”“It’s sewn together, remember! Aim for the neck!”“I am aiming for the neck!” I shot back The creature made that awful, childlike cry as it tore away from me. I scrambled backward unable to stop my chest from heaving.Dave appeared above it, gripping a huge stone.“Stay down!” he snarled and smashed its skull until the thing stopped twitching.“Don’t stop! Alex, back up—back to me! They’re never alone!”“Yeah, I’m getting that!” I gasped, moving toward him
The First Death
Chapter 3 “Shit... Shit…” I cursed as I kept running until I was sure I lost the creature.I looked down and my hands were still shaking, the faded scar on my thumb from the night I butchered chicken trying to impress Amy was there. Even the keyboard-worn calluses were still there but they didn’t feel like mine.I rubbed my palms together and hissed when the purple grass scraped against my skin—cool, damp, too real for VR. I ripped out a handful and the roots snapped with the exact resistance real grass should have.“Okay. No. Nope. No way this is software,” I muttered.The timer kept ticking in my ears.03:47“Think, Alex. You’re a developer, figure out a way through this shit or else...”The alien sky swirling lavender clouds stretched above me, with two moons hanging too close. The wind carried an unfamiliar scent — sweet with something electric. I pinched my arm hard.“Shit!”The pain exploded bright and instant, followed by a deep purple mark.I wasn’t dreaming. I wasn’t simulat
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