hfjone but owen is airy except its discontinued

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[ a / n : change the title to be more creative ]

{ LIAMS POV }

" g'night liam. " someone says behind me. It takes me a second to realize who.

" night, airy. " I respond as I zip up my jacket. Aaron grabs his stuff and heads for the stairs, even though there's an elevator right next to him. He's always doing stuff like this. I go to the elevator and press the lobby button. The music is quite nice. Pretty soon I'm at the ground floor, and I check out. Its quite windy outside, so its a bit cold. I get on my bike, and the ride is going pretty steady until . .

I hit the ground.

I'm not in San Francisco anymore.

I get up and dust myself off. this is . . something. Where even am i?

" ugh, seriously? It's only been like two hour- " some guy says as he gets off the floor. " . . . this isn't real. " I keep looking around.

" I HOPE YOU ROT IN A DUMPSTER YOU FILTHY PIECE OF gar . . bage . . ? " I hear some girl behind me yell. There's another girl in a . . yoga pose? I honestly can't tell. Aarons sitting on the ground, taking in everything. there's . . .

there is a baby here.

there is a fucking baby here. with a teenager. 

I start walking around this . . . place. looking around, im not sure what for.

" welcome contestants!- oops, this is a bit loud, isn't it? " I feel my stomach drop as I slowly recognize the voice. " that's good? its good, ok. A- anyways, welcome to this competition show, called one! I- "

" WHERE ARE WE. " the guy from earlier yells, he sounds desperate. The host clears his throat. " we'll get to that after I introduce myself. I am your host . . um . . . airy . . yeah. This is the . . plane . . ! Gorgeous, isn't it? " I look towards Aaron to see his reaction. His face is filled with terror. I can understand that, seeing as we've literally been ripped from our lives and placed here.

" now, let's get a move on! Alright, first off, new names! " I'm expecting him to say something else after, but a LITERAL FUCKING TABLE FALLS FROM THE SKY. There were name tags on it. Everyone goes to grab one.

" huh . . . honestly I expected something worse . . " 'soda bottle' says. I look around at everyone else's name tags. 'Magazine' is holding 'tomato' as she adjusts her name tag.

" moldy . . ? Huh. Real fucking creative. " 'moldy' mutters to herself. Aarons name tag says 'lantern' on it. I can kinda see where 'airy' got the other names, but I don't see where he got Aarons name. I feel like Aaron mentioned something about this sometime ago . . about the plane, and one, and something about . . emailing people . . ? It was around the time he first got hired-

" alright! Enough chit-chat, time for the first challenge! Might want to move out of the way, though. ". Big logs fall from the sky. " wait, tomato! " I yell before the fourth log hits the ground. I dart towards him before . .

The sixth log hits the ground and impales the baby. Blood is everywhere. On my pants, on my shirt, and on the pole. " ooh! shoulda gotten him outta there! " 'airy' blurts out. How can he laugh about this. Suddenly, the baby is back. " what . . the . . . how is . . " I stutter before the host interrupts.

" Well, you're lucky on this one. Good thing I can . . . respawn people . . ! A- anyways, the first challenge is to stay on top of these poles for as long as you can. if you fall off, you are up for elimination! " the host tells us before he teleports us all to the top of the poles. Tomato is the first one up for elimination.

'Scenty' is the only one with true balance. Apparently she's a yoga instructor or something? I'm not too sure, I'm not listening much. I'm too focused on the host. He sounds like my friend, owen. Problem is, Owen's been dead for years. I feel like airy, Owen, and one are all related, somehow.

" no, no, NO NO NONONO- "  I yell before I collide with the pole beside me. " you good? " 'soda bottle' asks me after seeing me fall.

" yeah, yeah I'm fine . . "

" . . you . . looked like you hit your head pretty hard . . "

" yeah . . but I'm fine . . I think . . . I'm not even sure anymore . . "

'Soda bottle' starts talking with the others, occasionally glancing down to check if I'm alright. " hey, if we fall . . does that mean we get eliminated? " 'scenty' asks. " I think that's what he said, I'm not even sure why I'm trying anymore . . " 'soda bottle' replies. I let go of the pole, feeling the air around me accelerate upwards. 'Scenty' and 'soda bottle' are both falling with me.

I feel my leg hit the ground before anything else. It absorbs all the shock that would've killed me. 'Soda bottle' and 'scenty' hit the ground soon after.

" Backpack? BACKPACK! "

" BACKPACK ARE YOU OKAY?! " is all I can hear 'scenty' and 'soda bottle' yell before I pass out.

[ 941 words. Less than I would like. ]