ALPHA

Chapter 38

"Ryan! It's you. It's really really you. I can't believe this. How are you still alive? Good gracious! I can't. I thought I have killed you. I .." She speaks in a disbelieve. She seems like in a great shock.

"What? What are you talking about El? I am sorry. I am so sorry. I should have told you this before. I wasn't performing in your story at all. It was just that robotic clone of mine that I created and put that in the game out of curiosity to see if it performs well or not. But I don't know where it went wrong. Something is gone wrong and I think the game is going to be finished by the company now. They are shutting down the system. I have a feeling that they don't know about your new version in which killing the players in the game can kill them in the real world also." He explains in a confusing tone while looking at her with perplexity.

"We have to do something. You have to do something El. I really have no idea about this." He speaks again while avoiding to look at her out of regret of what he has done before.

"Oh no Ryan. No, It wasn't you. It's Sam and Ria. They are not created by me. They are not my characters. They are my colleagues. They found a glitch in the game and tried to enter into my story and ruined it so that I could go in down position than theirs." She tells him with a blank face with rigid expressions on it.

"What? What do you mean? I I don't get it? Why on earth would they do that to you? They were supposed to be your good friends." He gets confused by the further realization of the day.

"Come on Ryan, just forget about it. We don't have the time for this. Let's go and get us out of here." She rolls her eyes in desperation and holds his hand and starts walking outside.

"But how are we gonna do that?" he asks her while keeping up his pace with her.

"We don't have to do anything. It's alright. We are not gonna die here. The rule which I made is for inside the game only mean if a player gets killed while playing that would be his death certificate for real. But if something goes wrong and players can't complete the game. People from outside the world will rescue them by shutting down their characters in the game. It won't kill them in real. you understand this. This is how it's gonna work and we.." She stops suddenly when she feels his hand getting lighter. She turns around to see him.

"What's happening?" he asks holding his breath.

"You are going back. I'll be after you. Stay relax I'll meet you outside." She speaks amusingly and sees him getting disappear before her eyes.

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He opens his eyes and sees his laptop lying on the table before him, showing a very low percentage of battery. He stares at it and after a whole minute, it comes to his mind what has just happened. He stands up in a hurry, puts his clothes on and run outside to go to the company see El.

People are gathering outside. He looks around. The whole management staff is there. He goes to the chief manager to ask him about El. But he stops him with his hand and speaks.

"What did you two just do? You did not only put your lives in danger but also risked the repute of our company. We would be all doomed if It isn't for Sam and Ria who saved our lives. And where is El?" The manager speaks in an angry tone.

"What? Wait wait wait.. No. It's because of Sam. He did that all." He tries to speak while controlling the terror appearing on his face.

"Sir! We are sorry. We couldn't save her. The system went down before we reached her."

He hears the voice of Sam behind him. He turns around to see him with a shock.

Andthen suddenly he runs towards him and grabs his collar.

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Hi, there you go with another chapter of my story. sorry for the late uploading. Please read my story and let me know how is it.