A Collection of my Writer's Games Entries

Video Games: Task 3 (Gwen Minty)

Task: Super Smash Bro Brawls

May stayed at my house for the first night. I put a double bed in earlier, so we just shared. When I woke up, May was already walking around. I took a sip of my water and put in back in the chest.

“Morning!” I smiled.

“Hey Gwen,” she replied back. Her eyes had a sad expression in them – almost as if she were longing for someone. Her hazel eyes seemed glassy, from tears over the night. I think that she was missing someone.

“Any idea what we’re doing today?” she asked.

“Well, we could go see Olympia. I’m a bit scared in here, to be honest,” I said. In my head this translated to: find Olympia and get the hell out of this place. I didn’t want to say that aloud though, they could be spying on us or something. May brushed her messy side fringe from her face.

“Sounds good to me,” she nodded. I led the way out of my – our – house and to the booth.

“How do you think they made this place?” May asked curiously, she gazed around the surroundings.

“Maybe some sort of computer generated world. Definitely not real, but green screens would have to be used for the background. You can’t just throw 20 kids into a video game world without splashing some cash…” I continued to explain my theory of the teleport booths and how we got here. May led the way in and I pressed the number 15. My blood red nail polish was still gleaming, no chips or scratches on them. The gust of wind blew my knotty hair around my face and the door clicked. I opened it to find Olympia’s house – I had never seen it before. It had spruce wood on the outside and was two floors high. I led May inside and had to bend down to feel the white carpet – it was plush and velvety. My little purple and blue Nike joggers didn’t belong on such beautiful carpet. We went upstairs and found Olympia on her bed with her colourful hair sprawled around her like wavy sea.

“Olympia! Time to wake up!” I jumped on her bed.

“Gwen!” she moaned but had a smile playing on her lips, “I wish I put a lock on the door,”

“Come on! We can go exploring,” I pulled her out. Translation: we can find a way out. That was my plan. Olympia tied her teal, blue and purple hair in a messy ponytail and we walked downstairs.

“So, why don’t you have a house?” Olympia asked May,

“I was angry so I just wrote ‘Take me home’ in big letters – diamond and gold. So it’s still very expensive,” she laughed at the end. It was sweet and musical. I hadn’t heard her laugh since being here. I guess everyone had someone to miss – everyone but me. Unless you count Ethan, but he was always a nice guy so he probably found some new friends. We walked out the door and came to a halt as we saw the huge hovercraft on Olympia’s lawn.

“Get in!” a muscly man ordered. I was frozen. I didn’t want to go with them. I had to get out of here, I had a bad feeling about this entire place.

“Get in,” the man repeated.

“Come on, Gwen. We’ll be fine,” May took my hand and gave it a small squeeze. We walked up the ramp of the hovercraft and took the remaining three seats. I sat between my two friends, while Olympia sat next to a boy with blonde hair and May sat on the very end. I did a count. 10 boys and 10 girls – including us. Why have such specific numbers? I didn’t know. It was loud as we went higher into the sky. I lifted my knees to my chest and hugged them. Where were they taking us?

***

We landed after about an hour. It was a long, silent ride. The windows were blacked out, so I had no idea where we were. Several men ushered us out of the hovercraft into a metal corridor. Once again, nothing outside could be seen. They were keeping this place a secret. I looked up at Olympia and she gave me a reassuring smile. I turned my gaze back to my joggers. They echoed quietly on the silver metal. We stopped at what looked like a hanger door. A man at the front pressed the green button and it slowly opened up – half the door going into the wall on each side. We walked in and everyone – who wouldn’t – gasped at the sight. Mechanical suits lined the wall. They had enough room for a person to fit inside.