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CONECCTING.

Fighting battles in real life is more frightening. Fighting battles on games is more complicated. 

In a world and time like Jackislene's, you never think of how it used to be. No one ever wished the world would changed, but it already did. She lives in a time when everything changed. She doesn't know how it was before the 3000's.

The story will be complicated to understand and read, but you'll understand further on.

**CHAPTER 1**

I live in the future where games are life and death. You make a living out of it and even make friends.

Since the end of world war 4 we have improved our technology. The time is different now, so instead of 3:30 Am /pm

We have 60'34 it depends on how long you play the game and when you end, luckily we still have hours, minutes and seconds, it's more easier to remember. So Everytime a new game comes out the time starts over. You don't have months or weeks or days, you have hours that you spend, but luckily we have years.

You don't even have an age, only the minimum games you've played and finished so basically you get pionts, we count it as levels. If more then 100 000 people finishes one game, another one comes out. Every game is VR,or you vam choose to play it on Xbox or Playstation.

I never actually really join but my friend begs me to. I'm not much of a sport when it comes to games and the latest versions or upgrades that's why I loose them, like some people are a level 30 and I'm a level 5, others are at level 60 or 100, there's even a person who reached a level of 800 and no one has beaten her yet, if you reached a level of 500 you are like a god, we call them jail breakers because they get everything for free. And the money isn't dollar or coins anymore, we call it SpS - spending pionts and Sp is score pionts.

My friend Sweet Ravel is a level 15, her real name is Alisa. We keep our names a secret in games so that our identity doesn't get exposed. The reason why we are friends is because she really enjoyes playing but sometimes looses and she hates loosing so she knows I could never win her.

**The game: War treazon**

“Hey Jackie .” she greets while she walks towards me. “I didn't know you're playing this.”

“Uh- yeah, I'm bored and this looked kindive fun.” I replied.

“Didn't know you are a fan of war.” she says.

“Yeah haha, and don't call me Pix you know that's my identity.”

“I don't really like your username.”

“Yeah well live with it Ravel.”

“Fine, Red Fox 101,” she mocks “Come'on lets go kill some Nazi's.”

We hide around bushes and walk in silence. Our clothes are camouflage so that no one notices us.

"Shoot!" a women shouts whose on the same team as us.

“Oh god is that-?” Alisa asks confused.

“Yeah, that's Widow.”

“Widow, in like level 500?”

“Yes.” I replied.

“Isn't her sister Ghost?” Alisa asks.

“Yeah, they hate eachothers guts, because Ghost beats her in anything.”

“Hey you dumb noobs, shoot them!” Widow shouts at us “Cover me!”

We both ran infront of her to protect her from the other players thats shooting.

I rolled into a bush and Alisa aswell.

“I'm shot!” she shouts.

I looked at her and asks where she's shot.

“In my stomach.” she awnsered.

“Hey, you girls okay?” Widow asks us.

“Yeah, just on the other hand, I got shot in my stomach!” Alisa says sarcastically.

“Leave, or you are going to die, then you'll loose your avatar and everything that you own.” Widow says.

I couldn't just sit there, we are so close to winning and this game is here for about 6 months , yet no one has beaten it before, the first prize is 300 pionts on your level score.

Without hesitating I ran towards the other team, shooting anyone I can see in the nearby distance.

I noticed that I'm almost at the flag, if I could get near enough I could actually win this game.

“Fine.” I said to myself then made I run for it.

I grabbed the flag. Then the Victory anthem went off, it rings in my ears and I hate it. I didn't notice but I actually won.

“No!” Everybody shouts who is playing the game, then they all leave one by one.

“Great job noob.” Widow congratulates me and pats me on my back.

“You lucky bastard. You just won the most precious game in the community.” Alisa says.

“Thanks, I geuss.”

“What are you going to do with the prize money?” Alisa asks.

“Wait, there's money?” I asked confused.

“Yeah its 10 000 spending pionts and 300 for your score. Didn't you know?” Widow explained.

“No, I only knew about the 300 score pionts.” I replied.

I told Alisa to meet me at my house, she agreed and we both left the game.

**Widow and Ghost**

“Hey sis.” I greet my sister.

“Hey, Jessie.” she greets back.

“I'm so tired. I joined the game of war treazon and you know who won?,” I said to her

“Who?” she asks.

“A level 5 player.” I replied with anger.

She laughed and says “No way, you got beat by a noob?”

“Hey, if I won that I would've been at your level.”

"You know sis you could never beat me." she teases.

“Just watch me little sister, I will win you one day and when that day comes your going to wish you were never a jail breaker.”

“Yeah, right. If you can't even beat a noobie at war treazon, in what would you beat me?”

“Jenisis pro.”

“No way, that's coming out in like 3 years and remember if I win you I get all your points and money, then you'll be nothing on this planet Jessie.”

I can see she's trying to manipulate me to not join the game, but I won't let her get under my skin.

“And when I win you Olivia, I'll get all of yours.”

I went to my room and shut the door as hard as I could.

**BT: Jackie**

“Can't believe you actually won, thats really amazing.” Alisa said.

“I just think it was luck, come'on think about it, I'm a level 5 player and she is a level 500 and I won her because she was helping you that's all.”

“No she wasn't helping me.” Alisa says.

Just when she said that my brother walked in, he is wearing his pejamas and socks that doesn't even fit.

“What's upp?” he says.

“Your sister won today.” Alisa brags.

“Oh yeah, what did she won?"

“War treazon.”

He looks like he saw a ghost, confused about what she just said.

He looks back at me, a little angry but also happy.

“How many pionts?” he asks.

“300 score pionts and 10 000 spending pionts.” I replied.

“Nice, can you buy me something, sis?”

I ask him what he wants and he awnsered after a while of thinking.

“I was kind of looking forward to the new SGO Bot game.”

“That costs 600 SpS... Are you cazy”

“Come'on you know I suck a little lately. Besides, what are you going to do with that much SpS?” he asks with a smirk on his face.

“Mayby I'm going to buy me some new gear and VR headsets with new gloves.” I replied.

“So, that costs etleast 5000 SpS. Yeah whatever etleast think about it,” he is quiete, me and Alisa to. “Who was in the game?” he adds to shut the silence.

“Widow.” Alisa says a little quirky.

“Widow, like in Widow, Ghost sister?” he says like he doesn't believe us.

“Its just Widow. Why does everyone knows her as Ghost's sister. She's like a shadow, following behind Ghost al the time.” At that moment I felt really bad for Widow, yeah I don't know her reall name, but you get widow300 or x.widow.x and there's only one person who's Widow alone, and she's known as Ghost's sister, its kind of cruel.

“I don't know. Widow was top before Ghost bacame a jail breaker, but after Ghost beaten the seven day gaming competition, Widow wasn't that great anymore.” he stated.

“Jame, you think you know everything, but I geus that its true what you're saying.” I replied. He leaned on the table eating a bowl of cereal.

“Well I'm off, got a night with the boys of Hawks eye waiting for me.” he says then walks back to his room.

“Your brother is kinda hot.” Alisa says with a grin smile.

“Oh gross, that's disgusting.”

“What? He is top of the guys in the world so far, I wouldn't mind being his gamer tags last name.” she says.

“He is only a level 460, yeah no guy has ever beaten him but someone wil one day,” I reply. I took a drink out of the fridge and closed the door slowly, “ And for his gamer tag? It really sucks. Like who would ever think big about J'scab. Besides I don't know why he would make our last name is gamer tag. There's nothing great about Cabiancill.” I added and laughed.

“Just think about it,” she says then she puts in hand gesture's " Ravelcab."

“No it would be sweet cab or sweet ravel cab, which is a little long.” I mocked.

“Thats what she said.” she jokes.

We both laugh as we walk outside.

“I gotta go, but goodluck with the victory.” she says then greets me and walks away.

I went back inside and grabbed my phone.

I went into my gaming account and sew that a lot of poeple congratulated me on my victory. After thanking them all I went into my profile to see where my pionts stand.

“Finally I'm a level 305, it's really cool actually” I said to myself.

My bank is 11 000 SpS. I quickly went in the shopping app where you can order special made gear. I started adding stuff to my cart, including the game for my brother, yes I don't want to buy stuff for him but he is still family. Since my mother and father passed away it's hard for us both to survive with the little we have and he always supports me. He sucks at his games lately, he has been on level 460 for about along time now and his SpS is limited. I decided to get him some new stuff aswell like gloves and a experience suite. Its will cost me a total of 7000 SpS for everthing so I went a head and order it.

I was scrolling threw the shopping suggestions to look for other items when I saw that Widow sended me a massage.

“*Hey, Red fox its Widow. Wanna meet up? Xxx.*” the message read.

Maybe I shouldn't awnser her, I want to meet her in real life but I'm a little scared.

“*When?*” I replied to her message.

“*Tonight maybe. Meet me at Caporio Café.*” she quickly replied back.

I went to my brother's room to tell him I'm going out. He just showed thumbs up, meaning his fine with it.

I grab my jacket, a pair of sneakers and my phone. I went outside and locked the door then put my keys into my jean pocket.

My heart is beating fast, my stomach burns a little aswell.

I reached the Café, looking for Widow. Someone tapped me on my shoulder and says “You must be Red fox?”

“Widow?”

“Shush, don't say it out loud, but yes thats me.”

Wow she is a gorgeous women, her voice is a little deep but it fits with her, she has blue eyes and short white hair. Her body is curvy but skinny too.

“How does it feel to win such a big game?” she asks me.

“Pretty good actually, but I don't really care about it.” I replied.

“You should, if you won big games like those, you get a lot of pionts, including money. The first winning prize is the best. If you want more you can always play other small games and finish them to get one Sp, but it's to harsh, isn't it?” she explains.

“Yeah I geuss, but if people like me win big games, just by luck, it would never give other a chance to win aswell.”

We ordered something to drink and sat in silence for a while.

I am admiring her, I actually envy her a little.

“So if you don't mind me asking, what's your name?” Widow asks.

“ I don't know if I should-” I didn't finish my sentence before she interrupted.

“It's fine if you don't want to tell me, I know its a secret. I'm Jessie.” she introduces herself.

I didn't say my name to her, I don't trust her enough like that.

“Are you joining Hawks eye tonight?" she asks.

“Uhm maybe. It's more like my brothers game then mine.” I replied then took a sip of my drink.

“Well I hope you join.” she says.

I can't believe that I met Widow, Alisa is going to be furious with me when she finds out.

We sit in silence before I went back home, Widow dropped me off at my house. I greeted her goodnight and walked into the house, I'm not tired yet and I really didn't want to join the game, but at last I decided to join it.

**game: Hawks eye **

“Wow -this game is such good quality, no wonder every one talks about it.” I said to myself.

I look around to see where I am. Everyone is standing at the camp before we start. I had to make sure I have everything before starting.

“Hey, I see you decided to join. Stick with me I'll show you the basic.” Widow says.

“When are we starting?”

“If 3 more players join, we can begin.” she replies.

“Remember there are teams, you can choose.” she reminds me.

I decided that I'm going to stick with her the rest of the game, only since she is more experienced then me.

I saw my brothers avatar, he looked a little confused about me standing with Widow.

He shook his head and went on with the game.

“Hey you okay?” Widow asks.

“Uh yeah, I geus. ” I replied.

She looked at me and then back infront of her.

I don't really know how this game works, but I know there's different teams thats enemies.

The starting line dissapeared infront of us and a countdown has began.

“*In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Start!*” the games voice said.

Widow and I ran together towards a big tree.

“I like your avatar.” she complimented.

“Thanks, and I like yours.” I complimented back. Her avatar is a little like her, but not al her feuters like in real life. Her avatars hair is white and long, the body is just like hers in person, I geuss she has the experience suit- It's basically a comfortable uniform and every touch you experience in the game, you feel on your skin.

We've started shooting and throwing bombs if we see other players nearby.

After 4 hours of playing, we decided to rest. We can't leave the game or pause it since there's almost 100 people playing.

“I'm really tired.” Widow says.

“I'm not actually yet that tired.” I replied back.

There is a awkward silence for a few seconds.

“How long is this game?” I asked her.

“7 more or less hours, but there's only 6 teams left so it won't be that long.”

I really don't want to be here, games like these really make me tired.

Out of no where we hear a the games voice saying “*2 teams remaining.*”

So fast? Already 48 teams are gone.

I sighed and told Widow we should get moving.

We dodge most open spaces so that the other players doesn't see us.

I hear my brother say, "Come on out, you know you'll lose."

Does he know it's me? Or does he think it's someone else.

I hesitated for a moment and said," Not that easy brother."

Widow looks at me confused, we can't talk to eachother since we aren't near eachother.

“Sis? No you can't be the last team.” he says.

I looked at Widow, she is crawling around the tree's to get a clear shot.

“I don't want to do this, you know that.” I said to him.

Suddenly when I turned around, he's other team mate is pionting a g*n at me.

“Ravel?” I ask confused.

“Sorry.” she says.

I closed my eyes and then heard a shot. I open them and see that Widow shot her. Her avatar slowly dissapears.

The Victory anthem went off, once again, it rings in my ears.

“Hey we won!” Widow shouts of joy.

My brother isn't in the game anymore.

“Oh he is going to pissed at me.”

It wasn't long until the games voice says,“*Congratulations, you have won 100 Sp and 4000 SpS. Don't spend it all at once.*”

I greeted Widow goodbye and left the game instantly.

** Widow and Ghost **

I took of my headset and then my suit, I put on a gown with slippers, then walk to the kitchen.

“Hey sis.” Olivia greets as I just reached the kitchen.

“Hey, geuss what?”

My sister is making coffee, she looks like she is going to bed now.

“Yeah.” she says.

“I'm level 600 now.”

“Great, so what did you play?” she asks.

“Hawks eye.” I replied with pride.

“Oh wow, tough game to beat. Doesn't it have teams?” she asks. She doesn't seem happy for me, but she never does anyway.

“Yeah, I was on a team with that noob.” I said then walked to the fridge.

“Really?” she says with smile “The noob who beat you in War treazon? That sucks.”

“Whatever. She is actually really nice.”

“Yeah okay.” she walks towards her bedroom door, but before she goes in she tells me something "Remember when I was a noob to games? Ma and pupa wasn't really nice to me after winning that big game. Do you get why I started playing?"

I'm a little interested in what she telling me. I didn't awnser her, only cause I'm hoping she would tel me on her own.

“I started playing because I wanted to be loved for once, our parents only saw you as the special. But it didn't change after I passed your level, they still didn't notice me,” her eyes are starting to tear, and I could see she is being serious, she is always serious but now she is full on dead serious. “And when they died, and when I found out the truth about this family...it had torn the broken peaces of my soul. Yet I still see you as my sister.” she adds and then went into her room, shutting the door hard behind her.

I didn't know what she meant by the truth, I geus she meant that we were both adopted.

But she doesn't know the truth that I know.

I wipe the tears thats rolling down my face onto my lips.

I went to bed, hoping that I'll not think to much about red fox or the game, neither am I hoping to think about what my sister said.

**BT: Jackie**

I grabbed my phone and messaged Jessie.

She isn't online so I think she's either busy or asleep.

I went to the kitchen to make me some tea, to calm me a little.

I hear my brother's door open and closed. But he didn't come to the kitchen or where I can see him.

I almost crapped myself when my phone sended out a notification tone.

Widow finally replied, “*Hey sorry I was a little busy. What's up?*”

I awnsered quickly with my own question not even replying to hers, “*What are you doing a later?*”

“*Not much. I was actually thinking about staying in bed until I want to leave, Why?*” she replied to my message.

“*I was wondering if you wanted to come over for a coffee?*” I sended back.

“*Come to my house, but first rest a little.*”

I agreed by meeting her at her house, I'm kinda looking forward to it. I think Ghost is going to be there...oh well etleast I could meet her too. I greeted her goodnight and then fell asleep.