"Hayden..."
"I know, I know!" Hayden snapped. He swerved back to the edge of the side. I looked in the rearview mirror again and frowned as I noticed the wolf still running towards us. It didn't care about the edge. It was a game character. It didn't care if it lived or died. It's sole purpose was to try and kill us.
The wolf jumped, and I watched as it closed the gap between us within a second. It's paw clipped the edge of the vehicle, swerving it to the side. I pushed against the side of the walls again as half of the car was off the cliff.
"Come on!" Hayden called out.
I just remained quiet, staring outside. The wolf stumbled and rolled against the ground.
I gasped in relief as I felt the back tires back on the road.
"That was a little close."
"You think?" I snapped.
Hayden turned the car again, and I noticed Austin already had the car parked. We were at the bottom of the cliff, and there was door with a green light. Austin was waiting at the edge of the door.
I jumped out and Hayden followed. Austin practically grabbed my arm and yanked me inside. Hayden fell behind me. We all landed on the floor with a hard thud.
"Well, that was something ..." Hayden groaned. "Did you have to yank me?"
"Sorry I saw a wolf coming and thought it might be best to get you both out of there ... what happened?"
"Wolf nearly tipped us off the cliff, Hayden managed to keep us on the road." I said and stared at him.
"Yeah, that's me, the great hero," Hayden said. "Only this great hero is completely out of air because he landed smack on his lungs..."
"You'll be fine," Austin said. "Shake it off." Austin offered me his hand, and I stared at it for a few moments before accepting it.
"You all ready for the next level?" Hayden asked.
"You crazy?" Rey asked.
"What? We're on a roll here..."
"I'm not too sure," I said.
"Look, we were hardly in there for an hour, if we keep waiting six to eight hours before we go to each level, it's going to take forever to keep moving forward. Besides, you all are fine, aren't you?"
Austin stared at me, then at Blake. "Fine. Let's go."
"Ok..." I whispered.
Hayden walked to the next door and opened it. "Come on. Let's just ... one more level ,and then an eight hour break."
I grimaced as I took a step inside.
"What on earth?" Rey muttered.
Error messages lined the walls, of a dark room and a walkway.
"Is that the... door?" I asked. I took a step closer.
"Vera, it could be a trap –"
"This doesn't seem to be a trap, this more seems to be a glitched level," I said as I slowly walked to the door. I opened it and stepped back outside.
"Well," Austin said and turned to Hayden. "I guess that was level 7."
Hayden had a funny expression on his face. "Well, ok then ..."
"Wait, so that was the level?" Rey asked.
"I think level 7 was broken."
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HorrorMy mouth grew dry as I stared at the red eyes looking in our direction. My heart was racing fast as I was pressed tightly against Austin, who himself did his hardest not to move. I glanced at him for a second, and he was staring at me with a frown...
