9 . The Prey [ Slightly Edited ]

LOCATION : MOTEL

TIME 22: 05

POV : MIKAEL

Mika chose the first option , why you would ask . The real reason was because it would give better rewards or at least that's how he reasoned .

The other reason was how both Zoe and the group that escorted them had emphasized on the importance of the first three random worlds , as if it held great importance to every contestant . 

A normal person would have taken their words as simple random mumbling but his obsessive personality thought otherwise .

He could feel it , their was a bigger secret about the first three worlds that he was not aware of .

A bigger truth that would held no value in the short time but held great importance later but for now , he did not know .

He received the basic information starter pack from the system for every random world visited ;

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RECEIVED LANGUAGE PACK FOR THE TERMINATOR WORLD 

RECEIVED LEGAL IDENTIFICATION TO BE UTILISED IN TERMINATO WORLD

RECEIVED BASIC INFORMATION OF THE MISSION OBJECTIVE .

CONTESTANT CAN CHANGE THEIR FEATURES IF THEY DESIRED , BUT THE CHANGE WILL COST ACHIEVEMENT POINTS . 

]] 

For now , he held no desire of changing how he looked . He quickly took from his storage all he would need and finally walked out of the dirty motel .

Following the mission objective , Mika and any one else who had picked the first option had to meet at Big bear lake , the area where the young Sarah Connor was attacked but before that , Mika realized he was under geared . 

If he was going to face walking cyborgs , he needed some very serious weaponry from what he remembered .

The map he was given by the system was completely useless , at best , it only showed the location of The young Sarah Connor any thing else was blurred.

Was this a way of the system telling him to not be over reliant on it , if it was , it was working . But with human stupidity being as high as it was , his weaponry problem would be quickly solved .

A suspicious dressed figure had been following him since he left the motel room earlier .

The figure was obviously very skilled with how naturally he stalked him through the almost dark road his intent spiking volumes of the inner malice he had .

The road he walked on was abandoned and the street lights were doing a horrible job as they blinked on and of , truly a perfect area for a master to do his job .

Mika smiled in satisfaction , if felt as if lady luck was smiling upon him at this very moment and that's why he confidently took the next turn into the dark alleyway .

If only the suspicious figure had seen the smile Mika had on his face , maybe a different choice would have been chosen .

POV : TOM 

Tom was the local thief around this area , the king of the streets around this region . He ruled this place with fear and power , how it had always been .

On this very night , he had managed three bounty full harvests . The fifth largest win if he was counting and he wanted to beat that record . 

That's why , when he saw the new face walking down the street , he knew he had hit the jackpot .

The guy had strikingly grey hair for how young he looked . His clothes looked to be of high quality and the way he walked just spoke of money .

Tom could feel it in his veins , This would be it . The big break he needed to finally get of the street . Maybe , he could start his own gang if he got enough money , start his own empire . 

" Oh shit ." Tom finally noticed the guy was getting away . His earlier normal gait sprinted forward in pursuit ' Blame yourself for walking around at night kid ' Tom thought while pulling his blood stained weapon from inside his clothes .

He finally entered the alley way the kid had walked into and he instantly knew something was wrong . There was no one in the dark alley .

Apart from the garbage bins and piles of trash littering the alley . 

It was impossible for the kid to have managed to run that far away and that could only mean one thing .

Tom smiled cruelly and started walking into the darkness in pursuit . A skill that came with his type of job was better eyesight in the dark and he made full use of it .

" Come out kid , I know you're hiding here . " Tom loved the chase . It would only give him more satisfaction in seeing the person bleed to death while loosing all hope . 

Tom approached the dumpster , he suddenly felt something was wrong , as if he had missed something but then he heard the sudden movement by the dumpster and his confidence returned .

Yes , he was getting worried for nothing . He stalked slowly and silently his heart beating loudly in his chest .

He could already imagine the scene and his breathing grew heavier . 

Tom finally tensed his knife wielding hand in preparation . " I'm sorry kid , this is just part of life . " He whispered as his knife arm thrusted towards where he had the sound in elation .

' puuchhi '

Tom expected a lot of things ; The iron smell filling the air , the warm currents of blood running down his arms , the last futile struggle of a dying man on his last legs . 

What he did not expect , was the sound that came after he stabbed out his knife . Tom felt the air had changed as he pulled back the knife from the trash bag . It then fell over immediately he stepped away .

' I need to get out of here !! . ' Sweat trickled down his face and he felt the darkness encroach on him . He felt a vile presence stalking behind him and he instantly realized , he had been the prey all along .

The presence slowly wrapped it's arms around him in a vice grip and whispered silently in his ears . 

" Don't blame me for what I'm about to do . Blame your self for doing what you do ."

Tom felt his whole body shiver . He tried moving , running away but his body refused him . Realization struck him and he knew he had fucked up .

" ARRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHH !!"

A violent scream broke the silent alley way before disappearing , filtered out by the darkness .

Multiple heard it . And all of them chose to ignore it . At this point , getting involved would cost them more than keeping silent . 

5 minutes later , the hidden observants were shocked to see who walked out the alley way . The person they expected to swagger out was no where to be seen .

They felt an instant chill washed over their backs . The man that walked out was spotless , not a single drop of blood on him .

The smile on his face was big and welcoming as he walked disappearing into the night . 

10 minutes after Mika went away , one brave soul stepped forward to look into the alley way . More out of curiosity than a feeling of obligation , he would see an image that would fill his night mares for his future days .

" ARRAAAHH "

The curious observer fainted after he screamed and from that point onwards , a ghost tale of a grey haired madman had come to life .

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A/N

SHORTER chapter but hopefully , this will allow me to have more chapters for this arc .

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