Survive the capture

Chapter 3 ~ A Threat is Rising

~PauseUnpause POV~

I could not sleep. Pictures of Andrea entered my mind one by one. I hope that she is doing fine. What was her reaction when she found that I am gone? I missed her a lot, the moment where she was always beside me and encouraging me (A/N Idk if that is true...) when I am down of lost in a situation.

I sat up and looked around at the sleeping bodies. Something was wrong, I could feel it. Somehow, the darkness seemed overpowering, like that was more to it than just a moonless night.

Pushing off the blanket, I got up and slowly creeped toward the door, careful not to wake any of the guys. I peeked out of the window to see a frightening figure.

Dark purple swirls were surrounding him, eyes glistening in pure evil. He grinned like a cheshire cat. His feet were slightly off the floor as if he was floating. My heart felt as if it was about to pound out of my chest. Fear slowly seeped into me as I continued to watch him.

All of a sudden, pain shot through my spine and up to my mind. My head was throbbing like mad and my legs felt weak. I fell to the floor up able to support myself and my head was in my hands. The pain increased rapidly and the next thing I knew, I was on the lying on the floor knocked out.

I woke up, unable to control my body. My eyes did not listen and just scanned the room before walking towards Guude. 'What is happening?' I freaked out. I went against myself, trying to walk away but somehow I felt paralyzed. I was trapped... In my own body...

"Indeed you are," a sinister voice rang through my mind.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I questioned, feeling lost. I was scared, alone, afraid of what might happen to my friends.

"I am going to use you to kill your 'friends' of course," came the frightening reply, emphasizing the word 'friends'. I watched as my body goes up to Guude and told him to get everyone to leave quickly to find resources. Sh*t. This is so f***ed up. My new self is probably going to kill whoever I am going out with when we are alone.

"There there Pause. No need to be afraid," the voice mocked. "I don't want to kill them, I just want to hurt them. After all, who doesn't want a slow and painful death?"

Rage fill my bloodstream. This is just bullsh*t! "No! No one wants a slow death! EVER!" I screamed at the voice.

"Calm down dear Pause," he chuckled. "This is just starting." I saw myself moving out with Pyro, ready to go mining. My iron sword pulled out, reflecting the glistening sun. No. This won't do. I would sacrifice myself to get my friends out of trouble.

Everyone but Pyro was out of my sight. I was still walking behind him, eyeing him carefully as we entered a cave. "This is the cave I was in yesterday. It was too big for the others and I to finish exploring so I guess we can continue today." Pyro mentioned. I nodded along, not saying a word. Pyro looked at me, puzzled that I haven't said anything.

'Sense something is wrong and head back buddy.' I thought. Anxiety made my heart pound and head throb.

~Pyro's POV~

Pause didn't say anything while we were walking towards the cave... Somehow I had a weird feeling seeping into me. He was not acting very... well... 'Pause'. It's as if he has changed or something... Nah. I am probably thinking too far. Maybe I needed to relax a little. After all, I have been jittery ever since I was trapped in this game.

""This is the cave I was in yesterday. It was too big for the others and I to finish exploring so I guess we can continue today." I informed him. He just nodded and said nothing. I looked at him with puzzlement (A/N There is such a word.) wondering what has gotten into him.

I put my shrunken sword into the first slot in my belt and took out my pick. Pause did the same and told me, "Let's just go in already." He sounded so irritated, like he couldn't stand waiting around for just a while. This is definitely not the Poose that I knew.

"Are you ok?" I was concerned for him. What is he was sick? It was probably not possible but anything could happen.

"Ya ya," he assured me. I just dismissed the matter and walked into the cave.

We walked on until we reached a ravine where me and some others stopped yesterday. I felt a push and was suddenly plummeting through the air. Not a second later, my face was planted into the ground. My legs were in a position that was not natural and my arms were bleeding profusely. I saw Pause quickly making his way down the ravine. Pain shot through my leg when I tried to move it. I grimaced in pain. I inspected my arm as blood was seeping out slowly. I could smell the metallic taste of my blood.

"OMG! I'm so sorry Pyro! I... I didn't mean it. I pro-" Pause started to apologise profusely but I cut him off.

"Call Guude," I barely managed to mutter. He activated his pendant and immediately texted the group. My dirty green pendant vibrated and the chat showed up.

[PauseUnpause] Guude! Jsano! Come to the ravine! Pyro fell and is injured.

[Guude] Oh my Gosh! We are coming now. Be there soon.

Pause took out some food and sat down beside me, telling me to eat, suggesting that being full might help me recover like the game. I shook my head. I know it won't work. This was not a normal game. It was a game of survival, and that mean it is in hardcore mode...