2 The Beginning

I have always thought that if the need arises I would be able to do anything in order to save a person. Being a guy, more so if said person was a girl in need, I know I'm not the only guy who has pictured themselves a hero saving a girl from some thugs. Maybe even fighting them off to look even more cool. But it's never that simple is it?

As I stand there staring at the scene before me of three guys ganging up on a girl, savagely ripping her shirt off, everything around me slowed down, my thoughts speed up and I wanted to help her but the thought of having to kill these guys in order to achieve that, because killing them was the only way. There was no talking them out, and it's because of the situation that we all found ourselves in.....

30 minutes earlier...

"Yo Raymond tool man is here!" I called out to my coworker as I made my way to a van parked right outside the shop. I opened the door to the van, $100 bill at hand ready to pay my weekly dept for the tools I bought.

"Hey Brice how you doing man" I said to a big man as I shook his hand.

"What's up Carlos how you doing?" He said

"Not bad man, not bad. Here you go bro two more payments to go and I'm done" I handed him the bill with a smile on my face.

He received the bill with a mischievous smile of his own. "Highly doubt it bro, check this shit out we just got into a contract with a knife manufacturing company and we've got all sorts of knives for sale now" he said as he pulled out a catalog and three black boxes.

"Fuck man you're just like a toys r us but for grown up, let me see them" I said dejected.

I opened all three cases, on the left most case was a chromed single edged knife About 3 inches long while open. On the middle case was a knife with a shiny red handle with a chromed slightly curved blade about 4 inches long in total . "This one's cool" I said.

"yeah it's stainless steel bro lifetime warranty" he said with a smug smile as if thinking 'I got him now'.

I put the knife down and preceded to check the last box. This one was slightly bigger and instead of having a knife shown right away there was a nice silk sheet covering it. I slowly opened it up and what I saw left me speechless.

"Yup I knew you'd like that one" His smile growing bigger by the second.

In my hands was a thin, beautiful, all black double edged kunai about 5 inches long. The handle felt rough but comfortably fit my fingers as I tightened it in my grip. "Are these even legal?" I said still surprised at seeing something I had seen so much in shows and anime. Not gonna lie I felt like a kid holding it.

"I think so we honestly got it by accident since our contract kind of allowed for them to sell it to us" he explained as he went to get even more boxes from a drawer.

I was still mesmerized by the knife when I started feeling weird. My stomach turned and I felt like throwing up, my palms got sweaty and I started getting dizzy. I tried to shake it off and reached for the red knife. I grabbed it and just as I was gonna tell him to check how much the red one cost I saw a blinding light out of nowhere.

Everything went quiet extremely quiet, I looked around but everything was black I couldn't see anything. I was still holding the knife and kunai and I didn't want to hurt myself or Brice by accident so I made sure I kept my hands close to my body.

Out of nowhere a blinding light went on and I was forced to close my eyes. I opened and closed them slowly to get my eyes used to my surroundings. When they finally did I was very confused to say the least, before me was an empty big room, about the size of a classroom. I put away the knife and kunai in my left and right pocket respectively, I walked around a bit staring at the walls. I noticed there was no source of light yet the room was well lit, the walls seemed to be glowing ever so slightly not super bright but a warm kind of bright.

There was a bright flash behind me that lit the room up and so when the light subsided I turned around and in front of me was another guy standing there confused. Little by little eitght more flashes appeared in the room, there were 10 people in the room now including me.

The first man who appeared after me spoke out towards me "hey what the hell is going on here kid?"

"I don't know same thing that happened to you guys happened to me, one moment I was at work the next thing I know I'm here not long after you appeared" I said while walking to a corner of the room.

Everyone started moving around panic evident in their actions. I looked around and checked out the people in the room.

'So there's that guy who talked to me, he looks and talks like those asshole lawyers you see on tv, then we got those three stooges scheming by the corner typical thugs, there's a fatty hugging another corner, we got a girl with glasses and a hoodie too big for her size, there's a beauty near the stooges, then there's the pretty girl in a school uniform near hoodie girl, and lastly a guy I think I can't really tell since he has long hair and is really skinny.'

I gave all of them a a glance before putting my head between my knees. 'Fuck man what's going on I hope this ain't some saw type of shit'.

"Hey what's your problem!" I heard a girl voice scream so I looked up.

The beautiful lady that looked to be around her 20s dressed in a black skirt and white dressing shirt looked flustered as she backed away from the stooges.

Everyone was looking their direction and those near them backed up. The three stooges were some ugly fuckers, there was a tall monkey looking white guy that acted like the boss of the trio, to his right was a short brown man with a face full of acne, and to his left a white boy with a military style haircut.

"What we didn't do anything" said the monkey guy while the other two laughed.

"You touched my butt! who the hell do you think you are huh?" She yelled as she backed up two more steps.

"Look it was by accident alright no need to over react, besides it's not like you didn't like it I mean look at how you're dressing" he said with a smug face.

'Fucking idiot he just stepped on a landmine'

"How fucking dare you! How I'm dressed?! You're a disgusting pig once we get out of here your ass better get a lawyer cause I'm gonna sue the shit out of you!" She yelled while her whole body shook from anger.

"What you say to me bitch!" He yelled as he rapidly approached her. She tried walking backwards but tripped and fell. Right when the thug was going to hit her a voice came through the walls!

"Ahem... this on? Ok ok, hello everyone I know you're all confused about why you're suddenly in a room full of strangers. Well I'll tell you! You see we were bored so we thought we'd make you all play a fun little game" the voice said cheerfully, it sounded young like a kid whose balls hadn't dropped yet.

'Fuck me I had to jinx it'

"The game is simple you can play as a good guy or a bad guy there is no law here, no police, no government...no rules"

'Well shit'

"The point of this game is to evolve you puny little humans who are so weak to... well everything. Once you exit this room there will be opponents you have to face and engage in a life or death battle, when you kill someone or something you receive a bit of their strength and they have a chance of dropping their skills or items. Well that's all I'll tell you for now good luck hope you guys survive"

'Fuck he's serious who ever they are I have to take this seriously I don't want to die.'

The whole room was eerily quiet after that not a sound could be heard.

"Ha....haha...hahahahahahah! You hear that bitch!! We're free!" Monkey guy pushed himself on top of the lady and she started struggling.

"Stop!! Stop! Help me someone" she started screaming while tears streamed down her face.

" any of you interrupt and we'll kill you ya hear?" Yelled the military cut guy while eyeing everyone. Then he turned towards the short man and the laughed while walking towards their boss.

"Hold her hands boys we'll take turns" said the monkey with a lustful, disgusting expression as he unbuttoned his pants.

'Fuck I have to do something, I'll run and stab them.... stab? Can I even force myself to do that? I've never killed anything bigger than an insect in my life' I pictured myself stabbing them and my stomach turned I felt like throwing up. I looked at everyone else but they had all either turned around or closed their eyes.

The lady was all naked by now her legs forcibly spread, she wailed and yelled, those screams were horrendous, the fear in her voice the tears in her eyes...

'Fuck it!!'

I pulled both knives out, I held the red blade in my left in a backward hold and the kunai in my right hand. I dashed for the monkey guy while they had their back to me. They were too busy groping the lady to even pay attention to their surroundings.

Before they knew it I was behind him, with my left arm I wrapped it around his head and pulled back exposing his neck which I swiftly stuck the kunai in and pulled it out just as fast as it went in. The quality of it so good that it went in and out with no resistance.

I threw his body to the left as blood spurted all over. I rushed the short guy and he backed up scared still confused at what had just happened. I stabbed him quickly in his stomach and while he fell to the floor I turned left and rushed the last guy he tried to grab my right hand as I was gonna stab but I kicked him in the nuts and while he bent over I pulled his hair so he would look me in the eyes. I stared at eyes filled with fear, I stabbed. Pulled the knife out from the neck and watched his body go limp, the fear still in his face.

I turned towards the short guy who was just holding his gut while bleeding heavily. The girl had backed away covered in blood, I looked around everyone was scared and just starting at me. I looked down at my hands, everything was red, the smell of iron in the air. It was quiet again the only thing you could hear was the whimpering of the last stooge alive.

'Fuck what did I do? I..I..I can't stop shaking. I have to finish it though I'm not gonna be like those characters that leave loose ends that will come to bite them in the ass later' yes I couldn't be like them I had to survive. I steeled myself and gripped the kunai hard while I put away the red knife in my pocket.

I walked steady towards the last guy, he heard the steps and looked up at me with so much fear and tears in his eyes. I hesitated for a brief second before continuing, 'I have to do this'.

"Please...I'm sorry..don't kill me please... I beg you..don't do this man please I..I won't do it again please" he begged with so much panic as he continued to bleed.

"You made a choice when you decided to try and rape that lady.... I made a choice when I decided to take action. And now I have to see it through, besides..." my voice softened and went low almost to a whisper "you're bleeding out, there's no hospitals or doctor here. You'll die a slow and painful death so..I'll take responsibility and put you out of your misery"

I knelt in front of him, grabbed behind his neck with my left hand and put his forehead with mine "I don't want to die.." he cried lowly "I'm sorry mom" he cried more.

'I'm sorry!'

"Shhhh...it's ok. Be better on your next life." I stabbed the neck.

"Ahh..." he whimpered before going limp.

I left go of his neck and pulled out the kunai, I sat there contemplating what I had just done. I took a human life, I had killed someone. I breathed in and out slowly trying to slow my heart from all the adrenaline. Once I calmed down I felt like throwing up, a little bit of bile made its way up my throat but I forced it down. The burning sensation and the taste of burger and soda from my lunch almost made me fully throw up. Almost. I breathed even more my inhaling and exhaling the only thing making noice in the room full of strangers. Weirdly enough even though I was in a room full of people, I felt so lonely.

I stood up and turned to everyone else and just as I was about to say something I got a splitting headache.

"Ahhhh!" I yelled and dropped to my knees as I clutched my head. Then in front of me was a screen like those you would see in video games. It read:

Congratulations on your first kill, any time you kill someone or something you will obtain some of their strength in the form of Death Points DP if you will. As you have killed three regular humans you only get 1 point per person, kill stronger opponents in order to get more points and climb to the top.

You can invest your point in any of the following categories:

Strength

Agility

Vitality

Intelligence

Endurance

Everyone has different starting stats based on how fit your body was before coming here so make sure you strengthen your strengths and fix your weaknesses.

'Well I'll be damned, but how can I check my status?'

'Status'

Instantly after another screen popped up this time:

Strength: 7

Agility: 7

Vitality: 7

Intelligence : 7

Endurance: 8

remaining DP: 3

'well shit I'm pretty rounded off I guess it's cause of my job. Ha endurance is the highest, probably cause I'm constantly getting hurt.'

That being said I don't know what I should spend my points on. Lots of games give boosts once you reach 10 in a category maybe it's the same here. But at the same time I also want to be balanced, hmmmmm a predicament indeed. Fuck it.

'Add two point to strength and one to agility'

Ding. Status updated please check.

My status now read the following

Strength: 9

Agility: 8

Vitality: 7

Intelligence : 7

Endurance: 8

remaining DP: 0

I felt it instantly, the strength coursing through me it was incredible I've never felt anything like it. This could easily get me addicted, the feeling of such euphoria was indescribable.

I stood up and looked at the people still shocked and staring at me like if I was a monster. Understandable these were people who like me moments ago were ordinary. I have to say something, I need people who I can get through this with at least until I find someone I know if there are any. I don't know if I want there to be any or not, the thought of my friends or family being here scared me more than me being here myself.