Different Paths
You can not see theirs, and they can not see yours
"Straighten up. " he said with a straight face. I had panicked and forgotten why we were here. "It's fake, it's not real, it's fake,it's not real," I kept repeating to myself. My brother looked at me again and then back at the field, "We're going to have to get across before they let the dogs loose, because if we don't now, thats an automic elimination, and them dogs are way too fast." I nodded my head in agreement. I was going to follow him because I didnt have a clue of what I was doing. I already knew I was going to fail this exam,but I didnt care, my main concern was getting the heck out of this scenerio. "Okay, on my count Roy," he stated as he leveled himself up, I did the same. "One, two,three-" he was interrupted by a loud alarm. We both had to cover our ears it was so loud. I felt my teeth vibrate, as it continued, "EEEERRRRRREEEEERRRR!" "WHAT THE HECK?!" I saw my brother mouth the words as he looked up into the sky. The sky went from a light baby Blue with White clouds to a dim Gray, then to Black, then to what looked like a unfinished ceiling. "PLAYERS STAY IN YOUR LOCATION!" a loud announcement came over. I looked at my brother confused, "what happened?" I asked while observing the scenerio disentegrate to a large, empty room. The floor was a bland White tile and the walls were White as well. "I don't know," he answered while he looked around too. "THERE HAS BEEN AN AUTOMATIC ELIMINATION DUE TO SMUGGLING OF OUTSIDE MATTER!" I looked back at my brother with a look that said, "What does that mean?" "Someone mustve brought in weapons that werent in the scenerio already." "Why?" "I don't know bro, but what I do know is that's one less pair were going against. " There was a bunch of noise that sounded like machinery moving. "REMAINING PLAYERS STAY IN PLACE UNTIL YOU ARE RELEIVED BY A TGA OFFICER!" "Dang it!" My brother yelled as he slammed his weapon down,"We were almost there!" I wasn't going to show it, but I was jumping for joy in my head. I wanted to get out of there so bad. "Aww man." I weakly chimed in. After a few moments a short man with an all Black uniform, with the words "TGA Officer" pasted on the front, made his way towards us. "Hello Gentleman, I do apologize for the delay in the game, but you will need to place these grams on your left shoulder and follow the given path to exit." The man held out his hand, in it were two devices,that simply looked like to Black buttons. I looked at my brother and he rolled up his shirt and stuck the button to his shoulder, I did the same. It stuck easily to my skin and I felt it vibrate. In front of me appeared a Blue line. "Cool," I said under my breath. My brother looked back, "is yours working?" He asked. "Yeah, yours?" I replied "Yeah,why cant I see your line?" he asked. The man interrupted, "Only the path meant for that person is seen by that person, you can not see his path and he cannot see yours." I nodded my head taking in the new information then asked, " Are they going to the same place though?" "Yes...this time." The man replied. "What do you-" the man interrupted my brother in mid sentence, "follow the given path to the exit please, time is being wasted and the game must be finished." We nodded our heads and said thanks as we began to follow our paths forward.
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Learned Mistake
This was the first time I had seen him this distressed. I understood what I had just done had not helped our situation at all, in fact it made it worse and more dangerous. I had let my emotions get in the way of what needed to be done, and I was deeply sorry for what I had done. My heart was still racing and my eyes were still glowing. I had gained control of myself, but it was already too late. He had his arms over his head, while trying to keep himself together. He paced back and forth, trying to make sense of the situation. It was beginning to get dark and the forest pigments began to dim. The Greens,Purples,Pinks,Yellows, and Oranges all to Grey, to Black; because of me. I stood there silently observing him, trying to understand what he was thinking. There was no need for him to explain how angry and frustrated he was, I could see it, I could feel it. My glow began to dim out, as I had calmed myself completely. He finally took a seat on the ground and took deep breaths. It became very still. "Kelly...I'm sorry." I said. It barely came out of my mouth and it felt as though those words took the strength out of my soul, my heart sank. He heard me and met my eyes. It felt like he was talking to me through his stare. His eyes lingered on me and went back down to the ground, "What are we going to do now?" he asked. I thought for a moment and bit my lip, I didnt know. "You know what? You messed it up, you fix it," he said as he stood up. He looked at me and folded his arms. His stance became guarded and serious, "I dont even know why im even here with you, I would've already been out of here, if it was just me." A tingle of anger filled me. I understood fully the mistake I had made, but it sounded like he had forgotten that he was the reason we were here in this Forrest in the first place, before my mistake of getting us back here. "Kelley, I know I messed up. I understand why your angry-," I said. The forrest was still dimming, and the air beginning to become cooler. If we didnt get somewhere safe soon, we were going to get caught in the freeze. He interrupted,"Do you C.J? because you seem to always understand, until its about you. Its only about how you feel and what you feel, you dont think about anybody else, but yourself,C.J." I took in every word as him letting his frustration out, letting them roll down my shoulders, until I couldnt anymore. I cared, I cared so much so that I was here. I cared so much, but I wouldnt show it through tears, or yelling, I would show it through action. "Kelley, you're right I was selfish in that moment, I was only thinking about my feelings, not the outcome, but Im aware of that, and I already apologized."I replied with a firm tone, looking him straight in the eyes. He stared back at me. "You think apologizing is going to make things better? You think apologizing will save your sister?" My anger turned into Fury as I turned to walk away, I was done with this conversation, before someone got hurt. My sister was the reason I was here, trying to get out. As I walked forward, I felt myself shivering, as I had just noticed how cold it had gotten. "C.J" he said. His voice was calmer and filled with regret. He had realized how he had just hurt her. "C.j" he called again a bit louder, I continued forward as if I hadnt heard a single thing. "C.J!" He yelled so loud it made me stop mid step. The wind picked up and the trees swung violently, and then everything stopped. I could feel my face be filled with disgust and anger. I slowly turned my head in his direction, trying to gather myself not to hurt him. My stare pierced into his look of regret. I could feel him brace himself for impact. "Dont you ever yell at me again." I stated. My eyes stayed on him until he understood my seriousness. The tension of his body fell and he blinked a few times. His countenance looked a bit confused. He didnt move, he didnt say anything. I turned my back to him and began walking towards shelter.
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