I stared at that photo, it was all that remained from the world I knew, a peaceful as a world could be, before the sky announced it, "it has ran for a long time, it's time to say goodbye to this world." and with that, the end of the world started. People died left and right from natural disasters, many from wars, even from team conflicts, even my parents who have gave birth to me in this world have moved on, now I was all alone, after all the sky always showed the number of people alive and it has been "1" for a while now, maybe two, no three days. I am sitting on my bed, just remembering all the people that left, hugging my firearm tight.
"why did you all go? why did you decided to leave me?" then a knock on the door broke me, I was the last "person" alive, even now the sky didn't change, so why is there a knock on the door? I looked through the spyglass from the room above, it was the mailman. I rushed down and opened the door, holding my weapon ready.
"Greetings and congrats. You won." ...? what? won? is this a game? I was born here, I have all my memories from here and no one else other than me should be alive anymore.
"Haha, your face screams with concern, I can assure you can relax now Finland, I will explain everything. This world, it's the results of a twenty years old battle royal based on the world back in the twenty twenties."
"b-but I'VE BEEN BORN HERE! I know I had a childhood here! You're telling me it was all fake?!"
"of course not. You were born here, but you became a "player" as you got a real body in reality and was considered an organism that is alive and can think, do actions and play without a pattern. This world is the MMO battle royal Fallen Worlds and was active for twenty years, but as people stopped and appreciated it's realism, they forgot about the winner, thus the admins have made the decision that when the game hits it's 20th running year, they will force the players to progress"
"...realism? what about all the assault reports? what about all the abuse some have went through because of your game!? how many people have you hurt?!"
"assaults...hmm...I wonder why do you care if only a body gets a stimulant?"
"only a body?! let me tell you something, as it seems you admins haven't finished grade schools, the mind and the body are one and the same, what you ruined weren't just empty vessels or anything like that! you ruined lives of many!" Just then, a flash of my sister, trying to protect me from the world, she was dragged away and I only saw her two years later in the hands of a human trafficking company, she lost her rights as a human.
"is it because of your sister? don't worry, she was different than you, she didn't get a consciousness" My eyes flooded with red, I grinded my teeth and clenched my fist, but before I could reach him and make sure his face meets my fist, everything around and every body sensation turned to nothing, pitch black everywhere, except for something that felt like a screen, bit directly on my eyes. End credits, there were over 2.000.000 names, plus the names of my parents, they were players apparently, both of them.