1 Chapter 1

BOOM! Gun shots are all around me as I run for cover. I hold a huge machine gun and I am trying to hide in the abandoned school. "Wow these guys aren't going easy are they?" I think. One of them is running for the door. I quickly run into a near by bathroom only to find their friend waiting for me. No. UGH! It's over. I hear the game say "GAME OVER!" I take off the head set a wave to my friend. "That was your fourth time this week Nat!" He says. "I can't seem to find a good hiding spot!" I said reminding myself of my past defeats. "Well your not the only one! There have been a tons of people trying to beat it. No one can quite get it. Your the only one that has gotten to level three that I know of." Wow how reassuring. It sucks if it wasn't on a head set I could totally beat it! My best friend brad works at the only place you can play top games like this. The AGS. Algorithm Gaming Stations. But some people just call it the gaming station. It's eighty to get in. I know right. SUPER expensive. "Alright Brad I'm going to go home! Watch your six!" I say as I walk to the exit. He had a moment of confusion then turned to see a boy trying to steal an old gaming system. I get on my board and go home. I walk in to see my mom and sister on the couch. "Dinners in the fridge." My mom says while watching the news. "Okay. Nice to see you guys too." I grab the pizza box and head to my room. "Hon don't get that all over your carpet ok?" I nod my head with pizza still in my mouth and go to my room. Sitting on my bed I look in TV. "Nothing good huh." Only little kids shows and old lady TV. "Do you want to be stronger, more energetic, and faster? Well look no further! Our top of the line scien-". Ugh I hate these dumb scamming commercials they are just trying to get disabled people to fall for it! So horrible. "Bing!" I hear my phone go off and look down. "Message from Doofus😜" read across the screen. Brad? "Hey dude have you watched the news recently it's insane!" Huh. Like what my mom was watching? "Uh. No I haven't. What's up?" I quickly reply. "Well remember those stupid commercials we were talking about a while back?" Seriously? What a coincidence that I just watched one. Not much though since they literally play 24/7. "Yeah? The stupid scammers? Why what happened?" He took a minute to reply. "Well there was something weird that happened. A chemical imbalance or something. Well the people who fell for the scam they... It didn't just make them faster or whatever. It made them huge and with silver eyes. Some people are actually saying they can shape shift." WAIT WHAT?!? WHY DIDN'T I HEAR ABOUT THIS EARLIER?!? "What do you mean? Are you serious?!?" I type as I run to the living room . Then I had a feeling. Well less of a feeling more like a mental demand. That I should turn around delete the messages and lock my door. And that's what I did. I can't explain how I knew what to do. I just, did. And I didn't understand why. But I do now.