Loopers part 1

Chapter 19

Waking up to a blinding light on, we see Brite slowly twitch her eyes up, except she doesn't recognize this place. It wasn't the hanger, or any part of Athena she recognized. She was in a chair with a table, the room's bricked walls black, with her hand cuffed looking in front of her a door and the light bulb above her. To her right, there was an old tv on top of a small rolling table with a VCR player. The left side, she saw a camera in the corner, watching her. She panicked as she noticed Drift or any of her friends aren't with her, as she called out.

"Hello?"

"Hello!"

No answer.

"Kōsuke! Cat! Calley?! Raven?! Is there anyone!"

After a few minutes of silence and anxiousness, a person entered the room. She's a lady, black skinned, curly haired, wearing yellow plastic glasses, a checkered shirt with a pink sleeved undershirt, she wore a black tie with the IO's logo, her shoes being some sneakers, and her pants all black. The stranger sat down in the other chair in front of Brite, clipboard in hand with a pen. She was facing the direction where the old TV is.

Brite tried to ask "Who are you?" But then the lady shushed her.

"Wait." Said the woman.

Brite looked over and waited something to happen, until the TV turned on by itself and began playing a video. With the same tv headed, blue uniform dressed, Asteria popped up with some music in the background.

"Congratulations! You have won the Battle Royale game! We here at the Imagined Order are so proud of you for your dedication to keep on playing over and over until winning! And from your results from when you win... You are..." The cartoon character of Asteria spins a wheel with the two sides saying citizen or military.

"A citizen! Yaaaay!" With the sound of children cheering in the background as the robot said yay.

"Now as a citizen! You have to follow all laws of the Imagined Order or else you'll face consequences! On the way out, you'll be provided a home, some money, and a temporary job until you decide which career you want to pursue! However if you're a minor in the program, you'll be provided guaranteed guardians until you're old enough to live on your own! However you won't receive the benefits that we provided to our older contestants, as the IO encourages younglings to be guided by their parents instead! But if we can't provide you a guardian, the other option for shelter is staying temporarily within the IO's huge facility known as the bridge! Even though be reminded it may take months until you find a home. The guards out in the doorway will guide you out of the reality border entrance agency. Goodbye for now, and thank you for participating in the Battle Royale program!"

The TV then shuts off.

"Love what the truth department cooked up." Said the stranger.

"Okay, like I was saying, who are you?" Asked Brite.

"Please, you can call me Slone."

"Where am I?! Where are my friends!"

"Calm down Blasey. Your friends are safe."

Brite then tries to breathe in and out slowly to calm herself, then asks Slone another question.

"Why am I here?"

"That's what I'm here to talk about. We've seen you and your teammates combat skills back at the bridge a few hours ago, i've in fact watched you all this time."

This led to Brite having more questions.

"How come you were observing us?"

"Well whenever we see a looper or a snapshot break into one of our tunnels, instead of simply killing them on the spot and sending them back into the loop... I like to see players try and prove themselves."