Red Level

CHAPTER 6

Chapter 6

John

I opened my eyes and saw that I was still in the laboratory, but this time I was lying down with my wrists and ankles tied to a metal table. I can't see much from this position, but when I raise my head a little I see a map on the wall. I realize it's a Red Level map, it's bigger than I though. I'm trying to remember as much as I can. "You're awake," I hear my father say. I turn my head to the other side and see the doctor taking something from the table, some kind of large needle. Wonderful.
"I didn't imagine this 'game' to start like this", my father started talking again, "you should have gone there later, but since you insist why not speed things up". After I felt the sting of the needle, I heard him say something else, but I didn't understand because everything started to appear blurry and dark.

I woke up with a bad headache and blurred vision, I was lying on a floor as if paralyzed, I didn't hear anything, maybe I was alone, but as soon as I raised my head I saw two familiar faces: Dominic Verd and Elips Tudor. Dominic looked the same as I remembered him from the lab except he didn't have his glasses on and his face was a bit blank, but Elips looked the same, like, exactly the same, which honestly scares me a little. Dominic was the first to come to me, he tried to smile and he gave me his hand to stand up.
"I'm Dominic, you can call me Nick or Domi, and this is Elips, you can call her Ella. I'm a little bit scared of her," he whispered the last part. "I can hear you, and no, you can not call me Ella," came a skeptical voice from the corner of the room, we both turned to face her.
"Look, she can talk," Dominic said in an amused voice. she rolled her eyes and continued to sharpen the knife she would use to kill us while we sleep.

Dominic told me everything he knew about the Red Level, even though I already knew it all, I listened carefully so I wouldn't accidentally reveal to the others that I already knew everything about it. When Dominic finished Elips got up from her corner.
"let's go find the others"
"Do we really have to," Dominic asked sounding like a spoiled brat. "
Yes, we have to" She looked ahead not daring to look at us. "Okay, let's…" Dominic stopped.
"John," I said.
"Okay, come on John," he said, sounding happier than before.
"Just give me a minute, go without me," I told them. When they left the room I started looking for knives and a gun. The knives were on a box that was supposed to be a table and they didn't find the gun because I could still feel it on my lower back, it seems they didn't find it in the lab which is very unlikely so it looks like they just decided to leave it where they find it. I got ready, I went out, Dominic and Elips didn't go far, so I caught up with them.We walked for several hours. And everything was cool because we were all silent, then Nick decided to act like a kid:
"Are you sure they're here?" he said lightly elbowing Ellipse in the ribs.
"Yeah, they should have been here by now, and you stop touching me." After a while, I remembered the map from the lab.
"I know where to go" I didn't mean to say it just flew out. "Excuse me," she sounded confused
"I know the way," it was obvious that they did not believe me. "How, you just arrived," she pointed out
"Before they put me in, I saw the map", Not a complete lie but I had to change the truth a bit because I can't tell them my father came up with this 'game' crap
"How can we trust you". they asked at the same time.
"you can't", I started to walk away, Nick was close behind me and was soon joined by Ellipse.

After some time we reached an abandoned house. We entered, there was no one. Just walls with peeling paint, broken windows and broken furniture. It was dark and kinda depressing.
"What if they really aren't here", asked a voice you'd never expect to say something like that.
"Elips Tudor, are you doubting yourself" Dominic sounds amused again.
"No, no, I would never, but what if…” Ella stopped when she saw the same thing as I did. Dark haired and brown eyed Asian guy. We all looked at each other. I started to pull out the gun, Ella pulled out the knife and Nick stepped back. The Asian guy ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction. That's where the game begins.