Chapter 3 - Poison Immunity

[DION'S POV]

"No-no-no,", I repeated in a trance. I couldn't just accept what I was seeing. Amy was in my arms with blood dripping from her eyes and nose, no longer breathing. The one female that I never gave a hard gaze and never shouted at was dead, all because of this FUCKING GAME that we were forced to play.

"Please don't go.", I said through my tears that were heavier than the rains that fell on my mother's death. 'Why is this happening to me?', I thought as more and more tears fell from my eyes. 'I'll end this massacre.'

'My mother's.... death?', I quickly dismissed that thought as I felt an extra weight on my shoulders.

"It's time to go.", Sam said not looking me in my tear filled eyes. "Wait a minute, let me just wake Amy.", I said feeling a sense of Deja Vu. "Bro-", I cut Sam of immediately he began, "Amy, it's time to wake up.", I repeated as more and more tears left my eye. "Amy please wake up!!", I shouted, holding on to hope.

...

I don't remember when or how, but I slept of after covering Amy with my tears. I woke up on my bed, holding my sore neck. 'Hmm, where's Sam?', I thought as I checked the time on my wristwatch. 'Shit, it's already 12am.', I hurriedly made my way to the living room.

"CONGRATULATIONS PLAYERS on successfully surviving the first day in Secondary School Survival.", the computer-like voice rang in my head. "A-amy." , I said in a cracked voice as memories of her death flooded in my head.

I fell on the floor as I tried to hold back my tears. "She gone dude and you have to move on.", Sam said while holding my shoulders with a sorrowful look on his face. "The dead are already gone and we need to keep on surviving to make sure the dead doesn't die in our mind.", Sam said one of our favorite motivational speech that we heard when we were still kids. "Yeah, you are right, but don't act all Ben on me.", I replied as I tried to hold the remaining tears with a smile on my face. 'No matter what it takes, I'll make sure I avenge Amy.', I thought with anger clearly written on my face.

"Rewards would be given to players, according to their contribution to others survival.", the computer-like voice continued.
"For his contribution, Dion has been given a bronze level poison immunity, please step forward to claim your reward."

I looked at the pill in front of me with a confused expression. "What's that?", a young looking boy asked the computer-like voice. 'is this boy really in his final year?', I asked myself, confused 'cause how can a boy that young be in his final year'. The boy had matching brown hair with me but his eyes were blue and he looked way younger than me and his.... hands. 'Are those baby hands?', I asked myself cause his hands looked like Robin's hands in 'Teen Titans Go'.

"In Secondary School Survival, we have various pills ranking from bronze level to platinum level.", the computer-like voice answered the boys question. It then continued, "In the 1st floor, players will only be able to get this pills after surviving certain quest."

"In everyone's case, the bronze level pill will be given to all of you because you survived the food poison. Surviving the food poison was a side quest, but be careful, 'cause there is a reason why it is called bronze level." and with that, the computer-like voice left.

I and Sam went forward to claim our reward. "What happens when we eat two bronze level poison immunity pills?", Sam asked. The computer-like voice never told us anything about eating 2 pills. I looked at Sam, smiling,"Finally acting smart.". Sam looked at me with a proud expression, feeling on top of the world.

"But if you want me to check it out, then you must be ready to die.", I said looking at Sam with a smug look. "Idiot.", Sam said acting angry.

As I held the pill in my hands, I couldn't just help but examine the pill. Sam felt the same way as he examined his pill. After all, we faced so many tragedies in the span of a day. I watched as the 23 students swallowed their pills, but we decided to keep ours until it was time to eat.

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I lay on my bed, looking at the ceiling. Everyone else had gone to bed since it was 12 am in the morning. Various thoughts flashed in my head. The scene that mostly flashed in my head was that of Amy's death. I remember the scene when tears fell from my eyes, heavier than the rain that fell when mom died.

'Huhh, my mum?', immediately that thought crossed my mind, I felt an excruciating pain in my head. I held my held as I tried my best to stop myself from screaming. I don't know for how long I was in pain, but I later lost consciousness.

.....

I opened my eyes and all I saw was nothing but darkness. 'Where's Sam?', I thought as I looked around, already getting afraid.

"Mummy, look", I got startled as I heard the voice of a child behind me. I looked at my back and saw a boy who looked like a younger version of myself sitting while holding the arm of a woman, who seemed to be his mother.

"WOW, it looks so good Dion.", the woman said as she smiled at the boy, but that wasn't what was on my mind. 'Did she just say Dion,', I thought as I looked at the two with a perplexed face.