The Game That I Came From Novels & Stories

Stephanie was now sitting on the ground next to Bea in front of me as she was yelling with the girls about not wanting another shot but then immediately taking another one. "WE SHOULD PLAY A GAME!!!" Bea squealed. Her voice high pitched and made my ears buzz and I rolled my eyes. I didn't know that we were in college again, and I never wanted to live through that again. Going to college every other lifetime was wearing down on my soul.

I am seriously regretting this game I started. There is nothing I can do tonight, so I slowly rise from the hard floor and dust myself off. I eat a light dinner and make a cup of hot tea. Next, I head upstairs to take a long bath. I begin filling the clawtooth tub with warm water and add in some of my favorite rose bath oils before lighting candles around the room. This is my sanctuary and exactly what I need right now. I lean my head back and breathe in the rose and amber from the candles as Frank Sinatra’s smooth melodic voice fills the room. I was just about to drift off to sleep when suddenly I felt a shift in the atmosphere. Power, raw angry power was headed my way. I see no point in ge

The hall felt frozen in time. Every pair of eyes locked onto me. I looked straight at Alan and spoke slowly. "My ancestors came from a bloodline known for healing. My blood has special powers that can even bring dying plants back to life. Leon, Harmony might've stolen my name, but do you really think she can steal the Glissons' blood, too?" Leon's face went completely white. Alan's dark expression softened at once. Something complicated flickered in his eyes. He closed his eyes slightly, lost in memory.

The me who had no one on my side except me. I could see myself playing a game in some of the images. I remember that game. It was the only thing I enjoyed. ‘Wait... That girl in the game looked familiar to the girl in the mirror.. ‘ I realize in the images the girl from the mirror was also from the game.

He didn't even try to dodge the falling debris. His lips shaped three words. Once, they meant everything. From him, they just made me sick. Nolan went down with the game, buried under the rubble. All that was left—bright red blood and a fallen wedding ring, stained with it. I looked down at my ring finger. I left the ring— and walked away. I restarted the game. Rebuilt it with new funding. Five years later, it launched. It blew up. One day, while playing, I spotted a glitch.

If you got hurt or died in the game, your body in the real world would suffer serious damage too. I was the exception. I was cursed by birth and born with a violent aura. My temper had always been explosive, like I was wired wrong from the start. Luckily, the game had found me. Every month, I could come in, fight entities, blow off steam, and keep living a normal life. So even though I did well in the game, I never wanted my boyfriend to know this place existed. Once the game latched onto you, you could never leave unless you cleared it.

“As much as I can be, but we’re still walking into darkness here. Let’s go slow and take sure steps.” Jon stopped. Now was the time. Michael was hooked, ablaze with the idea. Excitement twitched all around him. He was nearly hopping up and down at the thought. Perfect time to pump him for information. All he had to do was threaten to pull the rug out from under his plan. “Where does the game come from, Michael?” “What? I— I got it at the hobby store.” “No, you didn’t. I checked there and at the mall. They never heard of it, couldn’t find it listed anywhere. Who gave it to you? Was it the same people who were at the cemetery on Friday? There was a car waiting by the van.”

"The game where everyone loses, the game where there are no winners, only survivors. The game where the only way out is to burn everything down and start over." I stood up, my hand on my stomach, my voice steady, my heart cold. "Then I'll burn it down, I'll burn it all down, and I'll build something new from the ashes."

Scarlet We drove into the place and it's my first time in a game house, we came down from the car and proceeded to walking into the game house, “Wow this place is huge” I muttered admiring the whole place “You like it right?” “It's cool, how come there's no one else here except us?” “Cause I booked the whole game house” “Huh? What for?” “Cause I don't like crowd” He muttered, now I realize he's weird for real, game is only fun when there's so many people playing it, but here he is, saying he don't like crowd,

I grabbed a beer out of the refrigerator and then it was up the stairs to spend a couple of mindless hours gaming before my planned workout session. I didn't recognize the current game and with the headphones on Jerry couldn't hear me come in or ask what he was playing. I had to step in front of him to get his attention. "What's the new game?" I asked him after he cursed me for getting him killed. "Child of Eden. It's really pretty incredible," he answered, looking like he'd just run a marathon. Of course that's how he looked after he'd walked up the stairs. He really needed to be joining us in the workout room, but who was I to pressure him?