Mistake

The strangling continued, but the enemy didn't expect me to carry a big knife. I cut through the string while pulling the string as far away from my neck as possible. I then tried to take on the enemy I slashed through the person's arm. But that person managed to run away. It was the dark so I couldn't see who that person was.

It was definitely my opponent for the games! I realized.

The struggle woke up Lexus and I hurriedly hid the knife behind me.

"What- huh? What are you doing here Emily?" Lexus asked me rubbing his eyes. I have to admit it here. Why do I have to kill him. Why does he have the tag? I mean just look at him he's so cute!

But I have to survive too. I need to kill him to survive. And I want to survive. Have I gone too nuts? Why do I keep killing people, I don't like it. I hate it. But I remember that incident when I was younger.

We were not rich back then I was only seven. I remember playing with my mom and the animals we used to shelter. We had this big henhouse with only one hen that had stopped producing eggs. The hen was like a friend to me I would play with it all day around. One day out of nowhere a tragedy occurred. The winds were blowing too fast that day and I remember my mom and dad looking worried. It was a tornado and it was on us before we even realized it left our house in pieces and my mom dead. We lived in remote area and it was unreported. Me and my dad had to survive the harsh cold all by ourself.

One of those days we had nothing to eat and I was a kid so it was normal for me to eat less but looking at my starving father who had gotten so thin I was worried he would die like my mom. We lived in a small hut my dad had managed to put together by the debris. We still had no way to communicate with the outside world. The only neighbors we had were an old couple just a hill away but seeing that the storm came from that way the chances were slim of them being alive. My dad somehow found his phone and we called for help. But it turned out the storm was almost nationwide and that it would take two days for them to reach us.

I was not harmed by the storm in any way because my mom protected me. But now it was my turn to protect dad. I told dad and I was going to find him food. All our sheltered animals had ran away but only one hen remained at the wrecked henhouse. I took the spade and smashed the hen with it as hard as I could. Tears dropping from my eyes didn't stopped me from spilling the blood from the creature. And that's how we both survived. Although this was way before dad got lucky with his business and became so rich and married my step-mom. Maybe that's why I didn't like him being so rich. Because If it weren't for that he would not have married that stupid woman.

What's the difference? Between a hen's live and a human's life? That hen was also my friend but I killed it so that my dad and I could survive. Just because a hen can't speak doesn't make me less of a murderer.

I am so bad that I can't even be accepted to the deepest of hell for killing an innocent child. What difference does it make if I kill another?

I looked at Lexus and he seemed disgusting…

But I didn't killed him then and there. The biggest mistake of my life.

" I saw someone entering your room when I was coming from the kitchen. But it was just a mistake. My bad. I will go now. Sorry for interrupting your sleep young prince." I told him and rushed out.

I went to my room and couldn't sleep the entire night. One thing was sure! Now I will know who my opponent is! I slashed the person's arm. So it will be pretty clear who the person is. I just have to wait till tomorrow…. Thinking about that I fell asleep in the morning… Only to wake up thirty minutes later to someone's screaming!

"The young prince is dead! Prince Lexus is dead! Someone has killed Lexus in his sleep!!"

I stared blankly at my door as if I was dreaming but when I realized that it was not a dream I rushed outside only to find out that Lexus HAVE been killed! Murdered! But not by me…

Oh. No. Who was I kidding? That person killed him of course. why? did I thought that person will wait for tomorrow? We were on a timer with an opponent. And the other person had killed before! Of course this would have happened. What was I thinking?

I didn't kill him! I failed to complete this level?!

Everything disappeared suddenly. And my heart was pounding so fast realising that I will die soon and being so vulnerable I suddenly realized that not only everything has disappeared but everything has also became black. I was in a pitch black place. So black it resembled the space but with no stars but gravity. Like an unending black floor with an unending black sky.

I was scared of the place itself. Even though it was my first time in this place it felt like déjà vu. The place gave me chills.

Then I saw the retainer walking towards me from the black fog.

"YOU HAVE FAILED A LEVEL. AND IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND LEVEL. MASTER HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR YOU ."

"please… Please don't kill me I will do anything you tell me to! Please " I begged the retainer.

"YOU ARE IN LUCK. MASTER HAVE HIS EYES ON YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU ARE GIVEN A CHOICE. CHOOSE WISELY. EITHER PERISH RIGHT HERE OR PLAY THE BONUS LEVEL"

"Bonus level?" I asked.

"IT'S A LEVEL IN HELL" his simultaneous voice boomed in the empty space, " IT'S FAR DIFFICULT THAN ANYTHING YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IN YOUR MEASLY HUMAN LIFE. IF YOU ACCEPT IT THERE IS NO GOING BACK. EVEN IN YOUR ASHES YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE TILL LEVEL TEN IN HELL."

"I accept it." I said " I will play. "

The kid who usually looked so emotionless and robot-like suddenly smirked and said " AS YOUR WISH ".