FVN Chapter 99 Battle Derby (2)
Chapter 99 Battle Derby (2)
"hey, mira," i said, gliding up to her and stopping awkwardly.
"i don't want to talk to you," she said. discover hidden content at empire
"i get it, but we have to. your life depends on it," i said.
she stood still for a few seconds saying nothing, until, "i'm listening."
"i'm sorry i scared you. i really am. i only told you that stuff because i think i can save your life," i said.
"i'm still listening," she said.
"there's two parts to it. one, the game mission told me to give you a good last day. i'm interpreting that to mean you'll die at some point between tonight and tomorrow. i have a medicine that can cure all diseases including death itself. i can give you that to save your life," i said.
"second, i don't know what happens to a game world when i leave it. i don't know if you continue to exist or if you enter a state of suspended animation or you cease to exist. i don't know. what i do know, is if i take you to the quote, real world, you will continue to exist and live there."
"does entering a different world to guarantee your survival sound like something you'd want? this is still your choice. i just wanted to present you with the option. it's up to you what you do with it."
"whoa," she said, her eyes widening. "i need a minute. let's get some water or something while i process this."
we got something to drink and sat down while we waited for them remove the ball from the arena and set up the actual race course. mira sat there drinking water for a little while, just staring into space, thinking.
i took out one guy who had tried to brake in front of me to try to get me to swerve out of the way and fall over, but he didn't know i wasn't coordinated enough on these things to swerve.
so i just barreled into him and with the balance assistance of the gravitron roller blades, i stayed up but he didn't. i kept going until a felt a tug on my leg. i looked down and a harpoon was sticking through my leg with a cord attached to it.
the guy was using me to pull him along with me. he tried to reel in the harpoon to pull up to me, but it was my turn to brake and throw him off balance. he shot past me after swerving out of the way and took a tumble on the ground.
i noticed the harpoon gun seemed to be attached to him with a harness, so i got an idea. i pulled on the cable and started swinging it over my head with my right arm, waited until i had good momentum on my swing and cut the cable with my sword in my left hand.
it sent the guy flying into the stands. he crashed into the popcorn guy and popcorn flew everywhere. i pulled the harpoon out and tossed it on the ground.
i looked up and everyone in front of me was gone around the next corner. i needed to catch up so i leaned forward and sped up as fast as i could. after a minute i came upon a blader who was a mess of body parts on the ground.
when i looked at them, i realized it was mira. her legs and arms had been ripped off. luckily, they were cybernetic so she wasn't bleeding to death, but she was in no shape to win or even continue the race.
she turned over onto her back and screamed at the sky, "fuuuck!!!" tears were streaming down her face and snot was coming out of her nose.
i slowed down as i caught up to her and kneeled down, "hey i got you. you'll be alright. what happened?"
"i'll be alright? i'm a mess! they ganged up on me. bruno and stinger. they ripped me apart," she said, sniveling.
"those guys have names?" i said.