70 Days Of Service
Citizens of a densely populated city found themselves stuck in a game of Death, when, on a particularly sunny Day, they all found themselves in the middle of the city; where there was a magnificent looking structure; that wasn't there before; waiting for them.
Upon arrival at the foot of the massive structure, an automated female voice greeted the mass of strangers still struggling to understand what was going on.
The announcement of the female voice soon marked the beginning of terror for the unsuspecting strangers, as they were pitched against horrible, life threatening and emotionally traumatic games......for a total of 70 days!!!.
[WELCOME TO 70 DAYS OF SERVICE].
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"You are always on that Goddamn computer. Maybe if you stand up and start working, things would be a little easier for us!", a nagging voice with a hint of exasperation sounded off from the doorside, as a youth in front of a computer, with a headset on sighed and removed the headset.
"Quit nagging mum. I've been to all the job offers you got me; they all require the same thing".
"Well, maybe if you have been more attentive at school, instead of following those boys, you might have made your papers!", Mrs May yelled again, as she glared at her son.
"It's this carefree attitude of yours that got your brother in jail!", she continued.
"Maybe if you also hadn't insisted on divorcing Dad, you would have raised me better!", Benjamin snapped, finally tired of his mum's constant aggressiveness.
Stunned, Mrs May could only place her palm over her mouth, as she watched her son.
Sighing again, Ben got up as he snatched his hoodie from the bed and murmured; "I'm going for a walk".
Outside the May family house, Ben dipped his hands into his hoodie pocket as he kept his head down and walked down the street.
It had been a very tough year for the family, as first, he got into trouble with the police, which his elder brother, Cameron took the fall for and went to prison, and his mum divorced his Dad, something he had always dreaded.
Although he knew it has been hard especially on his mum, he just couldn't take her nagging any longer.
Sighing, he arrived at the park as he laid on the soft grass, watching the clouds and enjoying the feel of the sun against his cheeks.
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"Gasp, what's that?!";
"What the hell am I doing here??";
"How did I get here"......
Murmurs like this drifted into Ben's ear as he furrowed his brow, he was trying to enjoy the quiet time, what were people yapping on about??.
He was about to turn to the other side when he noticed the once soft grass he laid on, was now hard as rock.
Opening his eyes, he was shocked as he saw multitudes of people....as far as his eyes could reach!.
Looking around, he was surprised to find himself on the asphalt; with people near him giving him weird looks.
"What, wasn't I in the park??", Ben thought as he stood up and dusted himself.
He knew he was in the park, how did he get on the asphalt, or was someone playing a silly prank on him??.
Noticing that people had stopped murmuring and were fixated on something further ahead, he also stretched his neck as he wondered what the cause of the silence was.
Gasping, Ben took a few steps back, almost bumping into people behind him as he took in the image his eyes transmitted to him; there was a very large building, shaped like a rough oval, with branches looking like tentacles spreading out from it.
He could have sworn that building was not there before!.
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