Game Over (2021)

Chapter 13

"What happened?"

I sat down next to Kyle, slightly wincing from the pain. I could feel Kyle's eyes staring at me, but I didn't dare return the gesture. Instead I just shook my head and continued to stare at the ground. What would I have said? A guy that I had been crushing on forever just... What was I supposed to say?

"Obviously something happened. What did he do?" Kyle pressured, and reached out to touch my arm.

I recoiled from his touch and then took a quick peek in his direction to see that in that moment many different emotions flashed across his face. Hurt, regret, and then straight anger. He looked away from me and then towards Josh, who was standing in the same spot he's been the whole time. Kyle looked as though he was the one who was going to commit murder, and to be honest, I would have easily helped him do it. I could tell Kyle now knew exactly what Vendetta AKA Josh did to me, and I could not bear to look in Josh's direction any longer.

Thankfully Black ski mask stepped forward and spoke. "Now we're going to play Fortnite."

Black ski mask then turned to Doll mask and whispered something into her ear. She gave him one quick, sharp nod before skipping towards and up the stairs. Black ski mask took his gun out and checked how many bullets he had left.

I took this time to get into a better position, but when I moved I had to clench my teeth together to stop me from crying out in pain. Kyle saw the grimace that crossed my face and then tried to reach out, but then thought better of it. I could hear Josh chuckling to himself from where he stood, and I knew this was his plan. He didn't like how close Kyle was getting to me, so he did what he did.

I looked over at Kyle and reached down to grab his hand. He took my hand with a small reassuring smile, which faded slowly when he saw the dark bruises covering my wrist. Kyle was about to say something when Doll mask returned.

Following closely behind her was a little boy wearing a painted plaster bunny mask. How had I not seen or heard him while I was upstairs? He looked to be around eight or nine with black hair and his eyes were just as dark as his hair. I suddenly then realized that the boy had the exact same eyes as Black ski mask.

"You're going to play against my son." Black ski mask stated, as the child ran up to him, and Doll mask returned to her place. Black ski mask bent down slightly so he was now at eye level with his son. "Who would you like to play against?"

The little boy looked down the line and then pointed at a man in his late twenties. "Him."

Black ski mask looked over at pig mask and nodded in the man's direction. Pig mask walked over and dragged the man to the chair. It looked like after the old man broke the controller they just replaced it with another one. This controller was black and not as bloody as the other one was.

The little boy had almost the same energy as Doll mask, for he was just as creepy with his mask on. He walked over to the other chair with a small skip in his step, and sat down. "Good luck." He said to the man, before the 1v1 started.

I started off staring at the man's screen, he seemed to be pretty good at the game. The game involved a lot of building and shooting. I was very impressed and thought the man was going to win, that was until I saw the little boys screen. The boy was by far the superior player, he killed the man quite easily and quickly. Soon enough, the man lost three to one.

Black ski mask stepped forward towards the man and grabbed him by the arm. He brought the man to the ground and took out a knife from his back pocket. Black ski mask held the man down the best he could and then gestured for his son to take the knife.

"Here. Take this, and kill him." He said to the boy.

The little boy didn't hesitate as he took the knife. I sat there with my mouth open in a little o. No way was this father going to get his son to kill a person.