Chapter 4: Now what?

Upon opening my eyes, I am seeing a beautiful girl who has red-framed glasses, long brown hair, a cute little nose, and cheeks you just couldn’t help but squeeze. It is my girlfriend, Anne. I think Anton used Wish, the same final spell he used in his Tabletop game, to get us here. I wonder where he is but that is not what matters right now. I must know if Anne is safe.

“How are you doing? Are you hurt? Do you need anything?” After I bombarded her with my questions, Anne told me that everything was fine. Her company was prepared for this type of scenario. I found it strange that their company knew this was coming, yet they warned no one. But the fact that she is safe is all that matters to me. I further asked how the company was protecting them. I found out that instead of awakening like Anton, they received equipment that are connected with their brainwaves or something. Basically, it’s controlled by their minds. She demonstrated it to me by summoning a ring of fire that killed a bunch of creatures I did not see was coming towards us. It seems they were given a cheat to survive in this new world. I asked her about this, and she said that their HQ personnel will be coming within the day to get them all to gather together. Her friend from Makati is getting picked up right now. Thankfully, we could still use our phones to contact people, which I forgot the existence of until now because of all the things that are happening around me. Upon checking my phone, I see that my entire immediate family didn’t call me. I tried calling them but to no avail. I then opened my group chats to get updates on what was happening. Apparently, even schools were prepared. My former high school in Angono and my former university in Manila both declared that they could provide a safe haven for people. My workplace in Cubao has also announced that we can get help if we present our company ID which is different from the access ID that we usually use. Luckily, this has always been on my wallet. If we go to our site today, we are going to get picked up and head straight to our main office in Australia.

Right now, we are at the parking lot between the office buildings near the Medical City in Pasig. I asked Anne what we should do and we both agreed that we should just wait for her company to pick her up and I might also be able to tag along. We were both startled by a loud bang. I then checked to see where it came from and I saw that the windows of the top floor of the hospital blew apart. I then realized that Wish teleported us to where we wanted to be— next to our loved ones. This means Anton might be in danger!