I'm Not Ready

My Own Personal Hell

I was listening to the song above while writing. sorry for the long wait. I had a writers block :(:. Enjoy the chapter! Vote if you liked it!

Ripti3's P.O.V.

What are your worst fears?

Drowning?

Compact spaces?

Maybe spiders?

Now, think about all of those inescapable fears and picture experiencing them.

All

At

Once

That's what that serum did to me. What Sorento put into me made all of my fears manifest themselves in front of me. I'm forced to endure them over and over again. The order is randomized so I have no idea what comes next.

They don't let up. I never get a breather. I am in a perpetual state of being terrified of everything. I don't know what's happening outside of this little box that I'm confined in, but it's far from sufficient.

I just want out. Is that so much to ask?

Wade's P.O.V.

As soon as I got into the alley, I heard the door slam behind me. I silently cursed, knowing this would happen. Although, I'm shocked that Ty didn't follow. I start jogging down the alley since I hear more voices coming nearer. I suddenly get pulled against the wall. i try and scream but someone covers my mouth. they tell me to be quiet.

I pry their hand off. "What the hell?!"

"Dude, shut up!" She (..?) tells me.

"Who are you?!"

She sighs and responds: "You gotta be more careful about who you meet in the OASIS..."

" She could actually be a 300-pound dude who lives in his momma's basement in suburban Detroit. And her name is Chuck," i smile while finishing that quote.

She smiles back.

"Aech?"

"That's me!" She says proudly while holding her arms out.

"Where'd that name come from?"

"It's what my dad calls me. Now we gotta go," she says while taking my arm. She pulls me around the corner and I see a van with a bunch of decals on it. Aech ushers me into the van where I'm greeted by two more faces.

This day just keeps getting weirder.

"Hey Parzival," the taller of the guys says.

"Daito?!"

He smiles in confirmation. I glance over to the other person and I automatically know who it is.

I walk up to him. "You must be Sho."

"Yeah, yeah. Do  I have to have a tattoo on my forehead saying I'm eleven years old?!"

I raise my eyebrows in surprise. He sure has some spunk to him.

I suddenly hear Aech yell from the drivers seat, "You might want to hold on to something."

She takes off and I'm sent into one of the walls. I regain my footing and head up to the front of the van to talk to Aech.

"So, what's the plan?"

"Well, we know that Arti is probably on her way to IOI and I'm assuming that Ty is probably there too."

"Ty wasn't acting like herself.." I say trailing off.

"That's because she isn't," I hear from Sho.

"What?"

Daito speaks up. "You see, IOI has been working on this serum that can control people and almost override their brain."

"How do you know about this?"

"A little hacking goes a long way," Daito says with a shrug.

"Is there anyway we can get her back?"

"I managed to figure that out," Daito responds. He fiddles in his pocket and pulls out a needle. "My friend snagged an antidote when the trucks were speeding to catch you."

"How in the fuck did they do that?"

"Eh, I'll never know. The important thing is that we can cure her. We'll just have to find her and inject her with it."

"She's in IOI so that will be a challenge..."

"Maybe so, but I think we can do it."

The van slows down to a stop and Aech hops out of the drivers seat. She hands us all a visor and gloves so we can go into the OASIS.

"We're all heading to my shop. I have a plan."