None of Us Are Free

Right now, here in the infirmary, none of us feel like there is a safe way out of this.

It all started when me and my friends Josh, Rob, Paige, and Zack headed for our bunker in the woods. It was getting dark, so we had to pick up the pace... It was December 20, 2012 (We were worried about the end of the world, so we were desperate for shelter from the holocaust.)

I was carrying an AR-15, my medical kit, military-grade C-Rations (food), and four mags of ammunition for my AR-15. Smartest idea ever... Put a bunker three clicks out in the woods, so that people trying to kill us won't find us.

Rob was almost bored to death. In fact, everyone was bored to death, except for Paige. She wasn't even listening to anything I told her... This never happened before, she would usually complain about the sky being too blue or something like that.

I go over to see what's up and she was playing a game on the DS or something. It had no title on the game. The design of the card came out of the slot like the Action Replay does. The screen was all black! There was nothing whatsoever on the screen. Although, she was playing intensively. Not ramming the keys in frustration, but actually like she was playing a decent game.

It took a while, but we finally reached the bunker. Zack pulled out an Xbox and hooked it up to the TV we installed in the bunker. Paige took the game out of the DS and it somehow transformed into a disc. I thought my coffee was finally getting to me, so I decide to go into the armory to check the weaponry, to feel a little safer.

The doc here in my infirmary just informed me that I have an hour left to live... Gotta speed this up.

As I was saying... While checking the guns, I found a full mag of ammo still in a gun. I start to unload and noticed a patter in the inter-changing tracer and FMJ rounds. It was Morse Code for "Death, I have experienced, you will witness, I will stand as you fall..." I stopped unloading the C-Mag that seemed like it went on forever.

As I head for the TV room and everyone is playing the game that Paige had. A controller for the Xbox was on the empty space on the couch. It was a normal Xbox controller except the green ring at the center was blinking Morse Code EXACTLY like the C-Mag!

As I pick up the controller my hand slowly numbs up, and I realize there is no power source connected to the controller. As I start to move the controller to my relaxed position the pitch-black screen turns to a Civil War scene. A text box came up saying "Ich bien der untoten" which roughly translates to "I am the dead." Knowing the game took place during the Civil War this could only mean one thing.

The game, or whatever demonic thing inside of it, knew me. I am German. It is not only that, it also said my name on my dogtag in the game with K.I.A. written under my name. "WHAT DO YOU WANT!!! STRIKE ME WHERE I STAND AND END THIS CHILDISH GAME NOW!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

"My loss to be replaced with yours..." was the only reply before Paige started to attack me. I... I... I... had no other choice.

By the time you read this I will be found here where I am...

Dead.

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