It's a game

Chapter 13

Delirious' POV
They all stare at me. "You... had all your memories? All this time?" Vanoss asks. He has despair in his eyes. "Y-yeah. The game master says it's one of my powers. He said he made me special. Because he knew that I love it here. You guys.... you die... I... I don't." I say. Ben pulls out a gun and points it to my head. Vanoss screeches and jumps in front of me. "Don't Ben! He could be lying!" Vanoss begs. How does he still love me enough to take a bullet for me? "He says he can't die. Let's test it." She growls. I grab Vanoss' shoulders and move him. He looks at me. She shoots and things go black. But as usual. I wake up at our apartment. I get up and walk to the Cafe, which wasn't far. I look in and see Vanoss screaming at Ben. Ben, however, had on a straight face. She drops the gun and falls to her knees. I look around. There was someone. She wasn't an NPC. I open the menu and gasp. Tyler joined the game and hasn't said anything. I walk in. The two and Tyler stare. Vanoss cries out in happiness and hugs me, kissing me over and over again. This is the first time I've ever seen him act feminine. He usually hides this side of him in public. I smile lightly. "I told you." I mumble. "Babe I'd be mad that you kept this secret but I'm just happy you're alive." He cries into my chest. I kiss his head. "I'll never leave you." I say. Ben walks over. "You're stupid. But that's fine. I had a friend like you. He made it out of the game. Somehow. Maybe you will too. But I don't know if you're an actual glitch or not." She says. "Glitch?" I ask. "You see. When in this game. You have a small. Small connection to real life. But not a big one. If you had a big one. Your memory corridor deletes other things, such as the the smells in this game. Symptoms of this glitch is no taste, all your memories, extra skill sets, and even the ability to respawn." Ben explains. "Oh. Well I'm glad I have a sense of taste." I say. She slaps me. "And pain." I whimper. "That was for thinking of that and not about the other stuff. Dude you're a glitch! You can leave!" She says. "I-I don't want to leave." I say. "What?!" They ask. "Well. I have everything I need. A loving husband. A nice house that isn't mine but it feels like it is. A great job that actually makes me happy. I mean. This is the most fun I've had my entire life." I say. They go silent. "If we marry in real life can we go there?" Vanoss asks. I look down. "Yeah. But you might go back to your wife instead." I mutter. He hugs me. "Never." He says. I smile. Suddenly I hear clapping. Tyler. We look over. "Who are you? The cafe is closed." Ben says. "Hey Tyler." I say. "Hey Jonathan." She says. Haven't been called that in forever. "Tyler?! Oh God you didn't make it back to real life in time...." Ben says and runs over, hugging her. The bell to the door rings. We look over. Spiri and Nakhia pause. "Uh..." They say. "Alot has happened girls. Meet Tyler. A new player." Ben says. They introduce themselves and then we all go back to regular subjects. Tyler sits beside Vanoss and I. "So... how'd you know it was me?" She asks. "Swipe down." I say. She does and looks at the activity list. "Oh cool." She says. "Yeah. And only we see this. But if a console player were to join it has a small R beside the screen name." I explain. She smiles and nods. "Coool." She says. Suddenly things start to glitch and blurr. "Wh-what the?!" Nakhia asks. "This has never happened before!" Ben shouts. Then things start to shake. I take a hold of Vanoss' hand. "I-If we die know that I love you!" I shout. I begin to lose my sense of hearing but I see him mouth 'I love you too' before everything goes black. A loading screen appears in front of me seconds later.
Loading new region... 40%
The hell? None of us were in an area at the wall to the next region. We can't teleport everyone to the same place.
50%... 60%... 70%... 80%... 90%... 92%... 95%... 100%.
Then ALL of us are in a huge....
lobby-like room? I see the others are just as confused. Tyler seems happy though. "You think you can outsmart me you brats?!" The game master shouts. The sound echoes through the lobby. We stay silent. "There are police outside my home! But you're silly! I'll kill you all!" He shouts. Suddenly a silhouette is behind Cartoonz. We all screech and try to stop the man but we're stuck in place. He cuts Cartoonz' throat in front of us all. I scream and go wild. This is still the game! I should be able to do something! I'm a glitch! Suddenly things go in slow motion. I fall to the ground and look around. I see a knife appear on the floor in front of me. I smirk and grab the knife. I speed over and go behind him. I kick him to the ground hard. Then time goes back to normal "How'd you move?!" He snaps. I teleport behind him and slash his arm before he's able to teleport. "I'm Delirious! Hahaha! No one kills Delirious' friends!" I laugh and teleport before he's able to attack. I teleport behind him, which he expected, but what he didn't expect was that I teleported in front of him just as he turned. I bring the knife down and it goes through his chest. He shouts in agonizing pain. Things around us go from a lobby to a blood red room. I pant. "Oh how boring! You aren't supposed to die so soon!" I say and turn him over. He's still alive, he has blood coming out of his mouth. I wipe it away. "Aw sweety. Did I hurt you? I'm sorry. I only meant to make you suffer!" I cheer and grab the knife. The guys are all staring at me with wide eyes. I'm not me. I'm... Delirious! I cut the word, "Learn" on his forehead and laugh at his agonizing screams. "Ok. You're boring. Bye bye sweety!" I smile and bring the knife through his heart. He gasps his last breath then grows still. I pant and stand up, dropping the knife. "Did I do that? Oops." I say and turn around. They had a mix of excitement and fear in their eyes. Vanoss dares to run over and hug me. I hug back and smile my usual smile. "That was amazing! You killed him!" He cheers. I frown and walk over to Cartoonz and tear up. "I'm sorry Luke... You died a horrible death you didn't deserve." I say and kiss his cheek. Everyone goes silent in a moment of respect. Suddenly things glitch again. Then things go black. What is it this time?