My Virtual Escape 2 - Chapter 3
(Chapter 3 Cover drawn by @Novazaru on Twitter)
It was only a couple of hours prior that she had traveled between worlds. One moment she was alone, finding her way through the woods, and the next, sheâs tied up in an interrogation room with her brother. What a night itâs been. Eve's eyes begin to flutter awake, she can barely make out the shape of the woman in front of her, an arm extending before Eve's eyes begin to close once again. Samantha brings her hand thundering down as she swiftly smacks Eve, with Isaac immediately screaming out "Don't you fucking touch her!"
Samantha grasps her own hand, attempting to soothe the stinging sensation, looking towards Isaac with amusement as he struggles to break free. Her guards raise their weapons towards Isaac but Samantha signals for them to stand down, her expression once again souring as Eve lets out a strained gasp. "Good, that ought to wake you up." Samantha says, "It's time we have a little chat."
The disgruntled woman rips the light from its position, pointing it at Eve. Even still, the blinding light is a comfort compared to the daggers in Samantha's eyes piercing Eve's very core. "What's your angle? Thinking you can waltz on in here, gain my trust and break me down?" Samantha shouted. Eve stammered, her heart pounding. "No I-" Samanthaâs hand slams down onto the arm of the chair. "What? Do you think youâre invincible? Well you're not..." She glared at her, the hint of compassion in her eyes long gone and replaced by a strained anger. She quickly directs her eyesight to Isaac, and her frown almost turns to a grimace. She scoffs. "You're a traitor, no better than HE is."
Isaac rolls his eyes, âOh come on thatâs bullshit and you know it.â Eve quickly interjects to try and salvage the situation, "L-listen! everything we talked about upstairs? everything I told you? it was the truth! you gotta believe me.. please!". Eve's words pass through Samantha, ignoring her platitudes, which is noticed by Isaac. "I received a ping that there was illegal activity involving the use of XP, and that ping happened to bring me here. nothing more, nothing less.".
Staring Isaac down, Samantha lets go of the light and walks over to him, kneeling to his level, gives him a slight chuckle before her face falls once again and sternly says, "You really expect me to believe that, huh?" Samantha then grabs Isaac's face with one hand, hatred in her eyes as she begins to yell out. "Raids happening constantly, and as soon as another one begins, you and your bitch of a sister show up at my doorstep?" She pauses before shaking his face. "Got an answer for that!" Both stare quietly at each other, Isaac only registering her insult towards Eve before speaking in a quiet rage. "Shut the fuck up.", Isaac's retort only further frustrates Samantha.
A guard taps her shoulder, "Our informant has pressing news." Getting up Samantha motions for the guards to follow, one of them protests. "But what about-" She coldly interrupts as she makes her way out the door, "Leave the disaster twins." Staring Isaac down she continues. "They won't be going anywhere anytime soon."
Eve swats her head to the side. "Ugh! The nerve on that girl.. am I right Isaa-" Isaac angrily interjects. "What the fuck did I tell you, Eve?" Eve's eyes look away from Isaac as she smiles nervously, she mutters, "I-uh... haha.. I can assure you, Isaac, there's a very good explanation for all of this!" Isaac closes his eyes in frustration. "We don't got time for this shit!" Snarling back at Eve. "Listen, I need you to grab the knife I stashed in my back pocket.â "A-Alright..." She reaches for Isaac's knife from the gap between the chair rest and the seat. Isaac continues âSince that fuckin' genius put our chairs together, you can reach the rope." Eveâs held back by her ties, straining as she reaches. Eventually she is able to wrestle the knife out of his pocket and cuts both of them loose. Relieved, Isaac whispers to Eve. "Make sure not to call any attention, you hear me Eve? Just follow my lead." She gives her brother a smile, wink and a thumbs up, free at last.
Free from the chairs that is, they still have a whole base to escape from. The siblings make a break for the door, only stopping because they notice guards littering the hallway. Eve looks up at her brother concerned, âWhat are we gonna do Isaac?â She whispers. He scans around the rooms and notices an Armory, signaling Eve, they sneak across the hall into the room. A guard turns to his friend, âHey you ever wonder why weâre here?â The second guard replies, âOne of lifeâs biggest mysteries.â A confused look dawns on the otherâs face, âWhat?â.
Eve and Isaac crept quietly into the Armory, âGrab a gun.â he sternly said, already loading a pistol. Eve looks at her selection carefully, before laying her eyes on a jet black handgun with white flower engravings across the barrel. âI found mine!â Eve excitedly remarks, Isaac yells out in a loud whisper âShhh, just donât trip over those gun mags!â. Like clockwork Eve trips, she looks down at her foot to see a sports magazine amongst the littered bullets, she stares up at her brother, âIt wasnât from a gun.â Suddenly yells of âThis way, Theyâre over here!â Eve gives Isaac a nervous smirk while he just sighs and shoots a man in the head. âCome onâ he says as she grabs the gun and sprints out the room, Isaac continues to make his shots while Eve shoots blindly, âEve.â Isaac puts his hand on her shoulder, âYou have to actually aim.â he states as he casually shoots someone behind him without looking. The two reach the door when a Big Guy blocks the door, Eve attempts to aim but the shot ricochets Eve into multiple walls, the floor, the ceiling, everywhere.
Both Isaac and the massive guard witness this with their eyes practically bulging out of their sockets, Eve then gets slammed into Big Guy with reckless abandon, launching him outside. âWe gotta get the fuck out of here!â Isaac lifts Eve up who is in a daze, âLetâs go Eve.â He carries her through the woods, hiding from a search party, âCâmon⌠câmon⌠leave, stop searching these fuckass woods.â Isaac whispers to himself, one of the search team wanders into the area right next to them. Being through enough, Isaac knows that shooting the man would alert the rest of them, slowly putting his gun down he draws out his knife. Sweating, he sneaks behind his oblivious foe, âSolo Team B, Nothing at my location, over.â Thatâs all Isaac needs to hear from the man before grabbing the collar of his shirt and gutting his throat, Eve begins to wake up. âIsaac?â She stammers but he hushes her, while looking to see the search party leaving the area, they both collapse and catch their breath, looking towards Eve and processing tonightâs events, Isaac can only say one thing, âEve, What the fuck.â
Eve tilts her head toward Isaac, still catching her breath, but she canât help but laugh, her brotherâs confused expression making her laugh a bit more. âWOO!â She yells out before giving Isaac finger guns, Isaac composes himself before restating what he said earlier, âEve⌠What the fuck?â Eve continues to laugh as Isaac sighs, âAlright, get up you crazy kid.â The two leave heading out of the forest away from the base towards the wastelands.