Virtually Existent

Chapter Eight - A Gift From Our Gods

Jennifer stood up, taking in a deep breath and trying to calm herself down. As the neon disc faded into existance in front of her, she nearly had a heart attack. Fumbling with the disc in an attempt to catch it, she finally did so and sat down with it.

She'd missed the announcement for the zoning walls, and knew the fight had started elsewhere. Thankfully, she hadn't been found yet. With that knowledge, Jennifer brought her shaking hands up and looked over the disc closely.

Even someone who detested the games such as herself recognised this little green disc. A pickup for the arena that symbolised everything from high powered ordinance to comfort products like food or quite literally a nice feeling. Hers had "Snubnose Kit" printed across the front.

Knowing what it was, and what it does, didn't inform her on how exactly she would activate it. Jennifer spent a full minute trying to talk it into working before she attempted eating it, which incidentally cracked it's seal and activated the pickup.

Jennifer exclaimed as a small pistol, two full speedloaders, and a holster appeared on her hip in a glowing green light. "Okay, Jennifer, calm down now..." she slowly said to herself as she drew the pistol "Nothing here is real. Nothing. Soon, you will be out of here so let's try not embarassing yourself until then, huh?" Jennifer nodded to her own suggestion. Her shaking had calmed down considerably, and she looked at the gun with distaste. "But maybe..."

She felt the cool metal of the barrel against her temple, starting the shaking up worse than before. Sliding her thumb onto the trigger, she gulped down and tried to force herself to fire the gun. "Christ..." she murmered as she lowered it "I'm so useless."

Jennifer saw him first, a clueless man entering the plaza from an adjoining street. He slowly scanned, not expecting anyone to be sitting down in plain sight so it was some time before he saw her and brought up his rifle in strong and steady arms.