The New Adventures of TunnelVision: Reloaded

Familiar Territory

Three weeks had passed since Tyler's tragic demise. Everyone kept on pushing despite their loss. Realm 4 was finally liberated, with more players freed. Markus and the crew decided to take a small trip to the now abandoned head facility of TunnelVision, this was their time to look for clues.

Jason, Markus, Henry, and Jonas hopped in a truck together to visit the ruins. "Come on Jason, let's head!" Markus called out, "Let me show you our humble beginnings, and help us look for clues. There's still something I need to find, and we need to find Torrey. That slippery fucker is still out there" He added, Markus also asked Jason again that he was sure it was Torrey, he assured him again, "I'm suprised as much as the rest of us that that fucker's still alive. You'd think that rule about dying in game means dying in real life would be entirely true. Guess not" Jonas commented.

Markus kept thinking on what Jonas had said on the drive there, It made him wonder if anyone else was able to cheat death inside the game. He wondered if it had to do with souls, he was never one to believe in ghosts or an afterlife. However he was beginning to have doubts about his beliefs.

Once they arrived at the ruins, they all grabbed a pistol incase of emergency. "Huh, guess demolishers have been quite slow as of recent, sweet that gives us time" Markus said excitedly, "Never thought I'd see this damned place again, but it's for a good reason" Henry agreed. Everyone followed Markus through the entrance and down the elevator to the large hallway.

The crew went down to the room where they were once held in the giant tubes. Markus look at where Torrey's tube was, he was confused and horrified to see it empty. He remembers seeing an exploded body rotting away in the pit after his fall, the damage heavily reflected onto his physical body.

Jason split off to look around by himself, a massive computer rig caught his eye. Deciding to check it out, he turned it on. He was suprised that it still worked. He grabbed a nearby thumb drive and plugged it in to download all the files so they could look later. While the computer was downloading files, He was going back through the doorway when he accidentally stepped on a live wire.

Jason felt a shock throughout his body, his muscles tensing and his heartrate pulsing. His vision began to become vivid. He saw a massive futuristic city, inhabited by hundreds of people, it looked peaceful and beautiful. He saw a sign that said "Welcome to NEO city, a place for wayward souls" Suddenly his visions vanished, and he could see the real world again. Tired and sore, Jason flopped face first on the cold hard concrete, "Ow" was all he said as a loud thud could be heard.

Markus rushed over to him to make sure he was okay. Jason just passed out from the exhaustion.
Markus lifted Jason up and carried him on his shoulder as he regrouped with the others. Grabbing Jason's thumb drive and leaving to head to Markus' house.

When they arrived, Jason was coming to. He woke up and explained what he had saw, "Do you think all the souls of those who died in the game are there? that would explain the slogan and connection to TunnelVision" Jonas wondered, "If so, that means uncle Jamie is still alive! Please Jason you have to take us to NEO city, I need to see uncle Jamie as soon as possible!" Henry begged, "Jason why don't I hand you this notepad and pencil, write down the code and I'll program the entrance to it into our hub in the game, don't ask me how I know there is code inside your head" Markus said as he handed the tools to Jason,

"Do you think Tyler could be there too?" Asked Henry, "I wish, but it's highly unlikely as he died outside the game, I don't know the rules of the game and how exactly that stuff would work" Markus figured, "Although Torrey did explain to me that our souls are attached to our characters, it's possible Tyler is alive and well in NEO city" He added, that gave some more hope to Henry and Jonas.

Jason handed Markus the notepad and then he got to work plugging in the code to the hub. "Everyone head home to your headsets, we're all getting on together, this is an all hands on deck moment" Markus ordered, he got his phone out to text the groupchat to tell everyone to get on the game. There was something important that required all present.