A Story of A Mysterious Game and The Murdering Story

A Story of A Mysterious Game and The Murdering Story
 by Astrid
Ch. 1 A Story of A Mysterious Game and The Murdering Story
Ch. 2 The Strange Boy and the Story Behind This Game
Ch. 3 A Call to Helena
Ch. 4 A Terrible Video
Ch. 5 The First Battle

14 A Story of A Mysterious Game and The Murdering Story 14

14 A Story of A Mysterious Game and The Murdering Story 14

The next morning, Athena gave my name card back to me. The instant of touching my own name card I couldn’t believe it was true. I checked it three more times to make sure it was really mine and thanked Athena. On my way back to the classroom, I saw a text on my phone. It was from Athena. I quickly scanned it: 

Dear Laura:

If you are reading this text, this means you have already gotten your name card. As your teammate, I must say congratulations to you. At least you will be safe, and nobody, including Amy can ever hurt you again. I am very grateful for that and you know I can do anything to ensure your safety. But I had a few troubles now. When Amy finds out your name card is lost, she will suspect someone had stolen it. And in that situation, I am the biggest suspect because I am the one who keeps the name cards. At that time, I will be in great danger. Even though Amy said she hadn’t found my name card and promised to give it back to me as soon as she finds them, But one day I truly saw mine laying in her lobby. After that, I didn’t see it anymore. I guess she left them at home, for safe keeping. This means, Amy still doesn’t fully trust me. If I want to be safe, I must get my name card back, so I must win Amy’s trust. It isn’t impossible though, but that may cost a little time. But I am afraid Amy will find out about this and kill me before I can earn me name card back. So I have to get my name card quick, and the only way to do that is using Helena’s special power. Tomorrow after school, I will gather Amy to the play ground. You guys can hide somewhere and manipulate her actions. Make her say “I thought for a long time and decided to give your name card back to you”, and make her give back my name card. If this succeeds, I can tell her my true identity. Otherwise, I will keep pretending I am a finder, and you must keep a distance from me then. Thanks♪(･ω･)ﾉ

Sincerely

Athena

Wow, that’s surely a long text. She must had edit it last night.

Sure. (*^▽^*) Then it’s settled. I text to her, and sent a smiley face to her.

Then I suddenly thought of something. Tomorrow is Tuesday, I had to go to NFLS with Helena. I had weekly courses there. Besides, I really missed that cute little robot Bobo.

Sorry, Helena and I have some important thing to do tomorrow after school. Is it ok the day after tomorrow? : ) I texted so quickly I felt my fingers flying on the phone screen.

Too bad. Athena answered me. But it’s ok the day next tomorrow. In these two days keep a distance from me.

I was so busy chatting, I didn’t even realize I had reached my classroom. As I remembered no phones in classrooms, I quickly shut it down and put it in my backpack.

The following Tuesday passed normally. The class in NFLS is sure fun, but not impressive. I almost forget the important mission on Wednesday after school if not by Helena’s “kindly” reminding.

 “Everything ready?” I asked Helena when I heard the school ending bell rings.

“Yep.” She answered confidently. 

“Let’s go then.” I picked up her hand.

And we headed to the playground together. We walked straightly to the biggest tree in the playground and hide behind it. After like 10 minute, as we were tired of standing and waiting, Athena and Amy appeared.

“It’s time” I ordered to Helena. So she pressed the button on her phone.

“Finally,” I let out a big breath, “now we have no excuses to lose.”

I saw Amy and Athena talking excitedly just now. But suddenly Athena went stiff and didn’t move for a minute. Something must have got wrong. Then I saw Amy walked away from Athena furiously and was gone.

I had a strong feeling of failing and ran to Athena as fast as I could when I made sure we were out of Amy’s sight. Athena was still standing there; her face was full of disbelief.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her worriedly.

She was quieted for a moment, and burst into tears: “Everything is wrong.”

“Calm down,” Helena said.

 Athena took a big breath and spoke, “When Helena pressed the bottom, it didn’t work as we planned. Amy didn’t talk about giving me my name card. So I curious why she had prevent it. And by mistake, I said it out loud. Now she knew I am on your side and she had find out I gave your name card back to you. And, and Amy said ‘Good, very good. I will never give it back to you. Are you afraid of me killing you? No, I’m not going to kill you so early. I have enough patience and I’m going to wait. I’m going to wait till the game only remained you and me. And them, I will rip your name card in front of you. Yes in front of you. You are going to taste the flavor of betraying a friend, I hate people doing that. You’d better be prepared. Maybe in a few days we will be the only ones left.’We were all in danger. ”

I was like being bullied right in the stomach. I wanted to slap Athena; I wanted to bark at her. But I knew, that wouldn’t help anything, so I controlled myself, and said, “It’s ok. I have an idea. You have power to see what special ability your friend used in the last month right? Then check Amy’s. ”

“I’ll do it now.” Athena took out her phone from her pocket. “Oh no.” Athena turned gray after seeing for a while.

“What’s on the phone?”I asked impatiently.

“Here,” she handed me her phone. I looked at it, and also turned gray. On it wrote:

Amy had changed her special power last week with a girl named Astrid------she had killed her. Her new special power is: she had a invisible protecting cloth. When she wore it on, nobody’s special will work on her.

“What are we doing next?” Helena asked helplessly to me, she was used to I being the leader.

“Nothing,” I said and gave a “I hate you” look to Athena, “we have to make confrontation with Amy.”

                                            Laura

Ch. 5 The First Battle -by Astrid

Chapter 5

The First Battle

That night had a bright and golden full moon and rays of silver light slipped from the sky on to the road. I lived in the city center. Along the road, there are plenty grocery stores and supermarkets. The road was still staffed with people and cars even though it was 20:10 at night. Athena’s home was about one kilometer away from mine and we lived on the same street. I entered her housing estate and called her. She came down and led me to her house.

Hi, As!

Hi!

What’s up?

Close the doors, windows and curtains.

Eh, OK.

Turn on the lights.

So what’s happening?

Athena, fetch your phone. I sent you a video by QQ just now.

Athena opened the video and watched. She said nothing but I saw terror in her eyes. She finished watching the video and fell onto my leaps. I patted her slowly but then I heard our phones ringing. She got up and we checked. It was a message form the app. The message was from a person who called himself the inventor. It said : “ I know you are monitoring my whole plan. And I want to mention, your Brian is caught. Go to the Central Park if you don’t want to lose him.”

I saw Athena frowning. Tears was rolling in her eyes. Her body was shaking. I hugged her and told her to calm down. I thought it may be the person’s chick. Maybe Brian was alright. I phoned Brian. No one answered the call. I could only hear the sound “ Doo”. I heard Athena burst out crying. I sighed and phoned Alan and Emma. They told me that they received the message from the person too, and were about to call me and Athena. I told them to come to the cafe near the park and wait for us. I turned back to Athena and told her to get dressed. Two minutes later, we were on our way to the café. We didn’t talked on our way. Athena just walked in front of me. I couldn’t see her face, but a can know that it was pale.

We went into the café fifteen minutes later. Alan and Emma were already there. We sat down to discuss the message. But our phone ranged at the same time. It was another message form the person. “ Come here before 20:30, or your Brian will be killed.” I sweated. It was 20:20, there was a few time left. We even didn’t have the time to discuss our plan. We received another message from him. It was a map. It told where they were. I stood up and said : “ Let’s go.” “ But,” “Shut up Emma! We have to go! Brian himself and his power are both important to us. We have to save him.” They followed. We hurried to the park and found Brian. He was tied on a broken street lamp in a dark and wet corner of two old buildings. Athena ran to untie him, but was pulled away by me. Then we heard two hands clapping. A man wearing a black jumper and a black mask appeared from the dark.

“Welcome.” The man said.

Alan shouted : “Stand back!”

“Al! Shut up!” Emma whispered.

“I know that your power aren’t useful when fighting with another person. Except for that little boy. Your name is Alan. You can own the same power and weapon as your enemy does when you are in danger, right? You can be a great threat to me. How about killing you first?”

The man reached out a gun and pointed at Alan. Alan used his power and got a gun. He pointed it to the men. The man smiled but quickly turned to Emma and shot. “Emma!” I shouted and pushed her away. Then my wrist hurt a little. I looked down and saw a tiny needle stuck into my skin instead of a bullet.

“As!”

“It is the medical that can make you weak.” The men laughed. “You’ll feel dizzy and weak in three minutes.”

“What a...” Alan burst out shouting.

I felt uncomfortable in a few seconds. I clutched my fists tightly to keep my head clear. I walked closer to the man. Alan followed with the gun in his hands. Emma stood closer too. Alan shot at the man from the right. The man tried to hide but I dashed from his back and hit him with my whole strength on his back. He fell down facing the ground. I stepped on his back and made him stay there. He grinned and reached his hand in his pocket to fetch his phone. Alan spied his action and shot onto his arm. The man dropped his phone accidently. I hit on his back for another few times and Alan picked up his phone and went to untie Brian. The man grinned again and something shiny and sharp flew from his left hand. “Watch out, As!” Emma shouted and quickly picked up a red block and threw at the me. I stood backward and saw the red block dropped onto the man’s back. On the block was a silver knife. I picked up the block and got the knife out. I dig it into the man’s shoulder. Blood splashed from the cut and flew onto my face. “Unacceptable!” I growled, “Who sent you here?” “Ha,” “Tell me!” I took out the knife and more blood splashed onto my face. The man howled and said : “There is no way to let you know this!” I was about to cut the knife into his another shoulder when suddenly my head was hit by something and I fell down. “Ray!” I heard Alan, Emma and Athena shouting. “Surprise!” “What are you doing here?” “It’s simple. They told me if I help them to kill all of you, then Helena can be sent back to my side. I got Brian out and that man tied him up and sent messages to you.” “Idiot!” I heard Athena shouting. “Don’t move! Athena!” Alan shouted. But Athena ran forward quickly toward Ray but was knocked down easily. Alan shouted : “Emma! Athena! Get Brian and go! Now!” I saw Athena got up and ran to untie Brian together with Brian. Ray shot at Emma and Athena from the back and they fell down. “What are you doing to them?” I heard Alan cried. “Don’t worry, they will just be quiet for an hour.” Then I saw Alan running and they began fighting with each other.

I tried to get up but that man got up earlier and picked up the knife on the ground and raised it high. He seemed like he was about to kill me. I quickly kicked the part between his two legs. The man dropped the knife and lied on the ground with pain. I cut into his heart immediately. Then I felt painful on my right arm. It was a bullet. A real one. “NOOOO!!!!!!!! As!!!” “I didn’t want to kill you before. I just want them to handle you. But since you killed that man, then, you are done for. Without him, I can’t get Helena back.” “Boom!” I heard the sound of a gun. “Oh, no. I hope it was not Alan, dead.” I got up holding my arm. I found a hand in front of me. “Are you OK?” I found it was Alan. “Thanks goodness! You are still alive!” I grabbed his hand and stood up. “Sorry, As. I didn’t protect you.” “That’s OK.” We saw the man and Ray, already dead. A second later, there remains vanished. “Shall we call the police?” “No. The police are nuts. They can do nothing.” “Yeah, anyway, I’ll call the ambulance. At least the doctors are a little wiser than us at curing patients!”

Alan called the ambulance. They arrived five minutes later and took us to the nearest hospital. The doctors said we are alright. Brian, Athena and Emma just need to rest for three days before going back to school. They say I am very lucky. The bullet only hurt a little part of my muscle. They did a small operation on me that night and told me to come back to the hospital after a week.

( To be continued )

Astrid

Ch. 4 A Terrible Video -by Astrid

Chapter 4

A Terrible Video

I was terrified but I still sent out a message to ask about Helena’s situation. Brian repeated with a video. The video was taken by Brian from his sight when he was monitoring Helena. In the video, I saw her wearing a white uniform and a pair of yellow gloves. On her back, there was a yellow mark. She stayed with other girls wearing the same clothes with the same marks on their backs. They were in a narrow corridor with glass walls. She was led to a glass door by a person dressing up like a soldier. The person pushed her into the room. In the room, there was a large screen and some robots. There were large physical equipment at the back of this room. A person wearing a long white coat and a mask that covered half of her face.

Sit down, my dear.

......

Don’t be afraid, Helena. By the way, I am Dr. Susi, nice to meet you!

......

Now please look at the screen, I’ll show you a video in a minute.

Then, the screen played a video about different powers we got from the app. The video sorted them into different kinds.

I heard a weak and shaking voice : “ That’s all?”

Yeah. Do you want to know more about your special power?

......

Yes, of course you do. Accept all the experiments and trainings you should have, then you will be a successful app user.

OK.

That’s a good girl.

Then a door in the back wall opened. The woman put a bracelet around Helena’s wrist and told her to go through the door. My sight moved forward as she moved into the room. There was nothing in the second room. The door shut behind her but the woman didn’t follow. Suddenly, a ray of light appeared form her bracelet. It then became a screen. The woman talked to Helena through the screen.

Through your former test, I can see that you are yellow. That means you are not useless, at least. My duty is to teach you how to fight. You should use your power to fight against your enemies. Your power is Photographing. This means you can take a photo of your enemy and you can control them. But there is a time limit. The more people you control, the less time you can control them. You can also take a photo of someplace and you can go back to that place at anytime anywhere. Now, use your power to fight with another child. You should kill him if you win. If you lose, you will be killed. OK?

The door at the end of this room was opened. A boy walked in. He looked frightened and stopped in front of the door. He looked like he wanted to escape, but the door at his side shut. There was a voice that shouted : “ Start, now!” The two person stared at each other for a second, but the Helena’s bracelet shouted : “ Go! Kill him!” She then dashed forward toward the boy. She reached out her fists to attack the boy. But the boy reached out his right leg and kicked her away. She flew across the room, showing an shocked expression. He looked shocked too. The boy stopped for a while but went toward Helena. He hit her hard on her head from the left, and she was knocked down. She raised her hands and held his left leg. She pulled hard and he slipped. Helena got up and stepped on the boy’s stomach. The boy looked hurt and grab her arms and throw her onto the floor. He crawled on the floor but stood up a minute later. He walked to her and slapped on her face. He then stepped on her stomach and hit her head hard. He continued to hit her. Helena lied on the floor but couldn’t do anything. Then, the bracelet shouted : “ Use your power! Quick!” Helena reached out for her phone, and took a photo of the boy just when he reached out his fist to hit her head. She stood up, with her legs shaking. She reached her arms and grab his neck. Her arms were shaking, but she kept pinching his neck. After about a minute, the boy fell down. Helena fell over, too. I saw the woman came in with some men. The men put the boy into a large black sack and dragged him out of the room. The woman helped Helena get up.

Congratulations! You win! You can go back to your room and rest now. Don’t be surprised if you find half of the girls in your group disappear. Tomorrow 7:00 a.m., there will be a lesson about fighting at close quarters. Do come. And tomorrow this time, you will have another fight. Next time will be much harder.

Oh. Ma’am, what should I do for the rest of today.

Well, just rest. Tomorrow, the lesson will end at 11:00 and our training will begin at 13:00 and end at 15:00. From 15:00 to 17:00 is the game time. You can practice fighting with your groupmates. But make sure there will be no injury. From 19:00 to 21:00 there will be a lesson that teach you about your power. You will have lessons with girls who have similar power to you. Here is your time table.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
7:00~ 11:00	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson
11:00~ 13:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13:00~ 15:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test
15:00~ 17:00	Game	Game	Game	Game	Game	Game	Game
17:00~ 19:00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
19:00~ 21:00	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson
21:00~	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free

Uh, thank you Ma’am.

Any questions?

No.

OK, Bye!

Bye.

The video was over. I felt terrible. It was so hard for students like Helena to get used to those terrible classes, trainings and games. I wanted to puke after I saw how they fought. I sent a message to Brian.

/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

(*ﾟДﾟ*) 

Terrible! I’m about to puke!

Uh, As, R U OK?

Yeah.......Can I send it to Athena, Alan and Emma?

Sure. Go on.

Hope they won’t feel like to puke!

彡(-_-;)彡

I sent them to my friends immediately. I couldn’t sleep anymore, so I got up. It was only 20:00 and the night was not dark at all with a full moon. I reached my phone, got dressed and went out.

( to be continued )

Astrid