The most realistic game experience (Smosh fanfiction)

[[ch. 8]] The home

(A/N) Guess who's back! I am sorry I didn't post anything in a while, but... you know... school... I might still not post regulary for two or three weeks, but I'll try to give you as much as I can, in return for all the love you gave me <3. Speaking of which, I've reached some incredible numbers on my account: 14 followers (yes, to me it is an incredible number, I've only had 8 before I took a break!), 2,7K views on the Smosh corpse party, 100 views on Sleeping handsome and over 200 views here! Thank you for not abandoning me and staying by my side. Enjoy the chapter!

Ian's P.O.V.

When we entered the next room, I knew it's not going to be easy. The first thing I saw through the grating was the dark red liquid pouring from the wall, just a little streak of it led into a hole in the ground, and then it overflowed and spread across the floor. in the middle of that, there was standing Anthony with a helmet made out of metal on his head. He hysterically tried to pull the thing off with his trembing hands. "Ian? What the fuck is this? What's happening again?" I heard the panic in his voice.

Okay, let's not freak him out more then necessary. "I... I don't know... We are in... some weird room, there is grating between us... there is, um...", I paused for a little. I can't tell him that room is soon to be filled with blood! "water coming out of one of the walls and there is a hole in the ground.", I looked around the room to notice something else and found a note pinned on a wall. "Wait, there is another note, I'll read it for you!"

"Okay", he muttered.

I walked over to the wall and picked up the note.

"Welcome to another quest. It's going to be the last one, but also the hardest one. Also, congratulations on passing the previous level. Frankly, I didn't expect you to make it.", I grimaced at that comment "You sure are good friends, aren't you? Let's not get sentimental. I have stuff to explain. You see, this room is not any ordinary room, but then again, is there any? Your task is 1) to 'clean' the drain in the floor before the room floods, 2) Ian, press the correct button on the ground. There are five of them, and only one is the right one. You can clearly tell which one is it, but not when it's covered with... the liquid you're seeing now.", I paused and took a few steps around the room and noticed the 5 buttons hidden there. I saw some marks on them, but they were too smudged for me to see which was the right one. "Shit, she's right", I mumbled for myself.

"Ian? What's wrong? Is that all the note says?", I heard Anthony.

"No, it continues. I just wanted to check something.", I cleared my throat. "Don't guess. If you choose the wrong button, you and Anthony both die. You don't want that to happen, do you? That's why you have to clean the drain. 3) on Anthony's side of the room is the key to unlock the door and finish the game. But first, you have to unlock Anthony's helmet. The key to it is on Ian's side of the room. Ian can only get to Anthony if he gets rid of the grating, which he does by pressing the right button. Got it? Uhm...", then there was a comment Anthony definitely didn't have to hear, 'if not, have fun drowning' "Good luck."

"That's all the note says?", Anthony asked.

"Uhm... yeah.", I said as I quickly crumpled the note into a ball and stuffed it into my pocket. "So... let's get it over with, shall we? I guess I should lead you towards the drain, so you could pull out whatever is in there... "

I saw he didn't really like that idea, neither did I, but we have no choice. "Uh... sure. So, where do I go?", he replied after a while.

I tried to guess how far away from the drain is he standing, so I wouldn't lead him directly into it. "Okay, so...take two steps forward.", he was still standing too far from it. "Maybe one more step. Yeah, there you go.", now what?...."now get on the ground and try to find the drain."...I guess...