(fear is always there , its a survival instinct. you just need to know how to manage it)
through the door and out into the hallway everyone rushed like bees being driven out of their hive and headed for the elevators. everyone was thinking about one thing, escaping and surviving no one looked behind. disorganised and chaotic, humans tend to overreact in situation that threaten their survival instinct making them forget whats important and focus on one thing. their selves.
only one thing inhabited the minds of these students getting out of the building.
time was turning into minutes on the bracelets. only 17 minutes were remaining. Enzo wondered of he was the only one worried about the red box that no one seemed to be looking for. he finally asked the 13 people that where in the elevator with him, the remaining 12 were in the other .
"we need the Red box its the key to the next level right? " Everyone panicked hearing his words
"it was not in that room so where could it be? "
they all looked at each other and around the elevator. the box was not in that room, if it was then they would have noticed it when searching for something to break open the door with. the building shook again. and something heavy fell on the top of the roof it was so heavy it created a dent threatening to break through. panic filled their heads the more time that went by the more this started to feel like real life and not just some simulation. One of the girls fell and scratched her hand against the metal door. she did not realise it because she was in a hurry to get into the elevator. "Kian ....." her friend gasped looking at Kian's bleeding arm. "you...you ...are injured...blood" she stumbled on her words.
everyone paid attention to the bleeding girl. how can she bleed if this was just a game.
the injured girl stepped back hitting her back against the war, she saw the blood flowing out and it hurt a lot. this felt real to her. "it hurts" she stressed out .
"that's not possible how can a person get injured in a game?? this doesn't make any f*****g sense" Levy cursed. the realisation that this might be more than just a game was more terrifying that the earth quake. once the elevator opened they all rushed out again.
but they noticed something was wrong, the other team that rushed to another elevator wasn't there on the ground floor.
"where are the rest?" a girl asked.
eyes scanned the ground floor trying to see if they could spot them but nothing.
"everyone .... keep quite" A guy spoke. " don't tell us what to do" another said not wanting to follow the instructions of another student this was a game after all .
"just shut up and listen. " they all went silent no one spoke. soon screaming voices could be heard . "HELP HELP US" the voices kept on going and the building started collapsing starting from the top going down as if it was hit with a large rock.
"they are stuck..we need to help them. " Enzo said and rushed to the elevator door. it looked like it got stuck. others stood their thinking if they should help or leave this building before it crushed them.
"come one!!!!" he called out looking at the students when he couldn't open the door by himself. Levy and two other boys rushed to him, they held a metal between the door and tried forcing it open, a strong quake shook the building it was so powerful they all fell to the ground.
"PLEASE HELP US" now cries were also being heard,
others couldn't even look at the elevator and proceeded to saving themselves running as fast as they could out of the building. while others went to help Enzo and the other boys.
it took a lot of strength for the elevator door to open slightly , it was a big enough space for someone to crawl out.
one by one they pulled them out. struggle racing against disaster. a large concrete fell in the middle of the first floor.
it caused a distance making the elevator door start closing again "hurry up " they called to two people who where left in the elevator. one managed to get out but the other had his foot stuck between the closing door. it was breaking his leg slowly he screamed in pain as the others tried to hold the elevator doors apart.
one last pull and he made it out although in pain, it was just in time as they all rushed out of the building. more walls fell crushing the elevator and everything. they didn't stop running until they were far from the tall building.
everyone looked back and saw the entire thing collapse like a Tetris game it came tumbling down to the ground.
some cried and some stood there as they witnessed true horror right in front of their eyes. what if nobody made it out of that building would it have been game over or the end of their lives.
A girl spoke pulling them back to from their thoughts "guys...the time is still ticking " she said looking at the bracelet on her hand
"5 what does it mean ?" another asked.
"it means the level isn't over we still need to find the red box"
the building had collapsed where and how do they look for the box
"lets spread out and search" one said.
Everyone was shaken by what happened but they still moved to search for the Red box.
one man with glasses stood in deep thought he looked as though he just remembered something and ran to a damaged car that was across the road. "2 " only two minutes where left on the timer. he looked through the car and saw the Red box on the passenger seat. he picked up a stone and smashed the window. it broke instantly and he pulled out the box .
"found it " he yelled and everyone came running to him.
"what do we do with it" another asked. only seconds were remaining on the clock.
"open it " a girl screamed to him.
he surveyed the box looking for a button and when he found it, he pushed it as fast as he could. with only 14 seconds to spare the box lit up a red color "Level 1 Complete"
a robotic voice spoke . when a screen appeared in front of them.
"please remain still for level two"
everyone breathed a sigh of relief . some screamed with joy while some sat on the ground wishing they never participated in this thing, usually in games the first level is usually easy but this one was hard the students wondered what the next level will be like
the boy who found the box sat on the ground holding into his head like he was in pain
"hey...how did you find the box .....i mean i saw you so how did you know it was there"
"its complicated .....i guess history....the thing is-