ready player one

chapter 12: the end of IOI ✔️

the end of IOI
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madison's p.o.v:
after a few minutes of silence, wade slipped off his goggles and laid them down gently. i slowly walked up to him, put my hand on his cheek and he engulfed me in a tight hug. this embrace spoke louder than words and it was full of love.

the back van door swung open with a gentleman on the other side of them. "wade?" he asked. i knew that voice from anywhere. "ogden morrow?" i asked with shock clear in my voice. "you can call me og. now there are some people out here that would very much like to meet you." he stated until a few cops came behind him asking to make a statement about the clip "he" sent in with nolan's confession which actually ended up being aech.

all that was left was me, wade and sam. i squeezed wades hand and went to the front of the van with sam as he was talking... business i guess you could put it.

"so it's all over?" i asked, like i couldn't believe it even though i saw it with my own eyes. sam laughed and nodded. "now everything can go back to normal." sam states sort of trailing off at the end. after the stacks blowing up, the home bases being raided and nearly destroyed by sixers, there's no more normal.

"we'll figure it out. what if we renovated the base and we could get a room for you and wade and just start over." sam said with hope in her voice. i felt tears pricking my eyes as i nodded and pulled her into a hug.

she pulled away, pointing a wade who was waving us over. we pulled our selves out of the van as wade was telling us how he's splitting everything with his clan and we're going to run it as a whole which actually helps the plan sam and i just had. if we're living in the same quarters, it'll make things easier.

"mr. mor- uh i mean, og. how did you get here so fast?" wade asked. "i flew from the stars on my magic sleigh. everyone's been watching. of course, i've been watching a little closer than most." og said with a slight playful to his voice.

"you're the curator?" i asked with astonishment and he gave me a not so sly wink. "jim told me nothing about the contest so there was no rule about me loosing a bet to a smart kid. not that you need my help anyway. you figured out that kira was the key on your own." he stated with pride.

as wade was still talking to morrow, aech walked up to us and i met her half way and pulled her into a hug. aech was hesitant but slowly wrapped her arms around me. i pulled away slight and said, "i never got to truly thank you. without you, none of this would've been possible." aech nodded her head and told me the same.

we walked over to the rest of the group and started talking about what we do next. i sort of just stood back and watch everyone talk about their plans and what we should do about oasis and realized... this is my family. they've been there for me more than anyone else ever has.

i guess wade noticed i wasn't talking much so he pulled me to the side and asked, "so, sam mentioned something about reconstructing the base and all of us live there. are you in for that?" i nodded my head eagerly and pulled him into the tightest embrace i could.

wade pulled away,  thinking about something. "i'm not like halliday. i'm taking the leap." he stated with the upmost confidence. i laughed and he gave me a confused look. "not if i do first." and with that i grabbed his face gently and pulled him in for a kiss.

i felt him lean in more with a slight smirk plying in his lips, as he wrapped his hands behind my head. if i could, i would've made this moment last forever, however, i heard the van doors shutting and everyone cheering us on through the windows.

i felt my cheeks grow hot from embarrassment and i tried to pull out of his grasp but he just spun me around, dipped me and went in for another kiss. this time it spoke a thousand words and felt passionate, yet rushed like he's been waiting a thousand years.

he slowly pulled me back up and wrapped his arms around my waist. "now let's get back to base and fix up our room." i smiled and raced him back to the van. i would've won but wade threw me over his shoulder and pulled us into the van.

the radio was blasting, sam was up front jamming out with aech and wade was sitting on the van floor, with me wrapped in his arms. i knew from here, everything was going to be better than ever.

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a.n// the story is now done! i'm honestly surprised i finished a story! i always start one and then get halfway through and second guess myself but i might post an epilogue but you never know! now remember, no drinking and gunting! 😂