The End-Game
Short
Story
“What
was that?” Lynn started to wonder as the doors of the plane were opening and
everyone was asked to jump into the island. Recently Netflix purchased a new
format by John de Mol in which 10 teams, comprised of 10 people competed to
reach the center stage of an island and in the center stage there was the prize
which was $10 million Renminbi or, one million per participant.
As
soon the hatches opened, everyone jumped; Lynn was scared, she didn’t knew
where she was going but when she saw the island and two more planes dropping
people; she realized that the Versus
game was a serious thing; the parachutes started to glide everywhere, some of
the contestants where going in free fall, they were trying to reach the grounds
as quickly as possible.
It
was a race in the sky, Lynn started to panic when she realized it was over a 100-people
looking for the same objective; she didn’t knew what to expect as soon they hit
the land, but when she saw her teammates dissipated to other sides of the island
she knew her chances of even reached the goal were diminished to nothing.
As
she was reaching her landing point, that it was near an old abandoned town, she
started to hearing gun shots and screams, at first, she thought that it was
part of the environment but after she saw the other contestants killing each
other, she understood that it was a battle royal. She tried to diverge her way
from the center and landed in the top of a house; there she stayed for a moment
analyzing the situation; she tried to call everyone that was on her team, but
she realized the worst, they were dead.
She
inferred that part of the rules of the game were that there were no
restrictions to reach the goal; and that involved killing people, killing
anyone until there was no one except the winners who reached the goal.
It
was a macabre experience, 100 people in a battle royal, all in the name of entertainment.
She was wondering why she accepted? She was motivated by greed, she was
motivated for a quick shot to fame, she then remembered that she had a small tablet
similar as an iPod and she could saw the position she was as well the people
who were eliminated; she was terrified because at that moment 25 people were
eliminated from the competition and were dead; 4 of them were her team mates,
other five were missing.
She
tried to run as fast as she could to the hills; to hide in between the bushes
or find a cave; she was running for her life, she was scared to be shot by
someone as no one explained to her what was that game about. She didn’t want
the money, she wanted to stay alive and go home with her parents and daughter,
she was wondering if they were watching?
She
was panicking while running; she found a small shed, she decided to hide there.
While closing the door, she found a Glock 26, she took and checked that there
were bullets, she was happy. She sat down while she heard people screaming,
dying, the bullets, she was having a nervous breakdown.
Then
a guy carrying a pickaxe was approaching to her hiding spot; she was preparing
to die, she was sitting in a corner fearing for her life; then she realized he
was going towards her, probably looking for supplies or something. She didn’t hesitate,
she shot him in the head, he fall on the floor dead on the spot; she was
crying, asking for forgiveness, she started to think if he had a family? A job?
A life? Something…
She
apologized to his dead body and grabbed the pickaxe, and started to walk to the
designated goal… She didn’t knew what was going to happen to her…
