VR Hack

Seven

The sound of people panicking and moving along loudly. Feet stamping through thick carpet and doors slamming closed was enough to raise someone from a coma. Red mouthed quiet to us. My heart was doing karate kicks against my rib cage. In response I ran at her releasing the fear. Call me mad. What kind of fool runs at anyone with a gun with a 8 year old at his side? But I did it.

Red's eyes were arched wide in surprise. She was knocked back over the railing. Her gun clattered against the wall to the floor. She was like a Catherine wheel on just one revolution. There were no screams just the crunch of her neck hitting concrete. It didn't sound like bone. More like the creak, groan and snap of metal. I poked my head over the rail. Red's neck was at a very strange angle. What was unnerving was that she was moving. After a fall like that! She sat up on the step and pushed her head back in position on her neck. The click put my teeth on edge. It was surreal. Like something out of a nightmare: The beautiful girl. A prom girl. A God damn dream, with a twisted neck and murderous intent was about to chase me and twist my head off. The ring around her left iris flickered on and off. Accompanying this was the sound you got with a light bulb which was about to die.

Her expression was impassive. Then she looked up and smiled at me. It was an impossible wide and white smile. I felt like little Red Ridding Hood staring at the
Wolf. She jumped up and started back up the stairs. My heart was hammering against my ribcage again. Any minute now a rib would crack and it would burst out.

I grabbed Holly's hand and pulled her through the door into the corridor. Everyone had cleared out. Doors to apartments had been left wide open including the one to Scarlet's apartment. We ran in and I closed the door. In rapid time I turned all four locks on. Not that would stop her.

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I gulped in air to stifle the cardiac arrest. Then we pulled the hallway table in front of the door and anything else we could find.

Next we ran into each room of the apartment searching for Scarlet. This took a little time since the apartment was huge. Then Holly called me.

"This doors locked!"

My shoulder made short work of that and we were in. The room like the apartment was huge. In the centre of it sat a bed on a raised platform and on it was the most gorgeous girl in the world! Corny I know saying that but what do expect from a 17 year old in love. Corny is our prerogative.

The room was bathed in light from the open windows and balcony. Silk curtains bellowed into the room.

Sorry have to stop there ..... Will continue the story from late April onwards .... Please tell me what you think and vote if you really liked it :-)