THE BEGINNING OF LIFE IN 2021/PLAY TIME

This is my story.

LIFE IN 2021 has been my worst nightmare. My sister Favour gave me the idea, but it followed with great consequences.

In the heat to bring a change to Nigeria with my blog, I was threatened by a Governor, who was then killed by my sister after the injustice in the court.

Detective Kebe was a witness to the murder, for my sister not to go to prison, I embarked on two missions, the goal was to expose The Corporatists and to bring them to justice, in that way, Detective Kebe won't expose my sister's crime.

Two of our Governors that were involved with The Corporatists, Honourable Abdul Olajide Jimoh and Honourable Abiodun James Faleke escaped on the trial day and began indulging in Child, Sex and Drug Trafficking in Rome. In Rome I rescued a young Nigerian girl named Olabisi and finally The Governors were brought to justice.

The President requested that I take down LIFE IN 2021 but I refused, following my arrest.

I find my arrest heartaching due to the fact that I had no rights. My once enemy became my friend and I became friends with other prisoners. I found out they had dug an underground escape, so we planned on fleeing the country. As a hacker that I am, I'll delete everything the system had on us and provide fake visas. We had everything planned out but it wasn't successful.

The President took to action after hearing of our planned escape and resulted in a body restriction experiment.

The body restriction experiment killed my prison friends due to the harsh effect it had on their bodies but Williams, my cellmate wasn't restricted fully because The President needed to know how we escaped and through him they knew.

Regardless of the fact that I shouldn't write on political issues, I sought out to a typewriter and wrote down an article which was handed to The President.

It vexed The President as he concluded I should be killed, but am not dead, am in a horror state of coma, I don't know how long till I'll finally die or wake up from coma.

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Characters:

1.Micheal - Male, Nigeria

2.Williams - Male, Nigeria

3.Prince - Male, Nigeria

4.Paul - Male, Nigeria

5.Idris - Male, Nigeria

6.Prithvi - Male, India

7.Annabella - Female, USA

8.Bae Soo-Mi - Female, Korea

9.Erika - Female, Philippine

10.Wong Kar Mun - Female, China

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Annabella had to think of something fast, having just few seconds before she dies.

She holds her breath, pretending she's dead now. He lets go of his hands on her neck, placing her carefully on the ground.

He was deceived.

Few minutes after he left, she stood up quietly.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Her eyes are blurring with tears as she lay back down.

She perceived the burning of a candle.

"Hey, he's gone now, you've passed the first game." Wong Kar Mun said.

She stands up. "I don't understand. Are you even real?"

"Yes we are, we are in coma, a horror state, the 10 of us, and the only way we can make it back to earth is to survive. Let me introduce myself, my name's Erika, and this are my friends, Paul, Wong Kar Mun, Prince, Michael, Bae Soo-Mi, Williams, Idris and Prithvi and you are..."

"Annabella. How do you know I was here?"

"We saw him when he left here so we knew our last player was here but we thought you didn't make it. We're glad to have you."

"How do you know I was your last player."

"A skeleton man told us there's going to be a last player, but never mind, let's leave here before he comes back."

The candle suddenly shrinks from Wong Kar Mun's hand including the matchbox that suddenly vanished too.

"I want to play." A voice echoed.

The entrance door slam shut.

"He's back." Prince said.

Shivers ran through our spine. Bae Soo-Mi turned her head as footsteps startled towards her.

The footsteps kept approaching, muffled on the rug.

The footsteps halted, we listened carefully. Everyone stood still, anticipating what will happen next, a complete silence but all we could hear was our rapid breathings.

Suddenly, the room door leaped into the air, then stopped and settled downward fluttering.

A figure stood behind it.

We all turned and saw the figure, the next thing we know, Bae Soo-Mi cried out as unseen hands clutched her by the throat.

She reached up and began to grapple with the hands. They were cold and moist.

She yanked them away and staggered to the side. Regaining direction, she lunged for the wall.

In the heat of the demon attack, I quietly headed down the hallway in search of a torchlight, maybe it'll get rid of the demon.

The hands grabbed her arm and slung her sideways, she reeled across the floor.

The others started drifting away quietly, not wanting to be a victim.

Again the hands were on her, clutching at her shoulders. She was turned and hurled away. She almost hit the door before she caught her balance, whirling.

He bites her breasts leaving deep teeth marks ringing on her nipples.

"I'll be back, time to torment your friends."

"This looks interesting." I said, flashing the torchlight.

There was a hideous sound beside me, half - animal, half - human. I couldn't move. What was it? Very slowly I turned my eyes. The bathroom door was open slightly, faint illumination clouding through the room.

I flashed the torchlight on it, seeing it's a cat, the cat was scared of the light. The torchlight began blinking fast, as it suddenly bursts.

Annabella and Prithvi that saw this ran to the kitchen, hiding under the cupboard.

The cat crept away, as I breathed a heavy sigh of relief. It started crawling to the kitchen and stopped at the cupboard.

Prithvi watched it staring at him. Its eyes were glittering, insane. It kept making the wavering, unnatural sound in its throat.

"Are you okay?" I asked Bae Soo-Mi.

"Yes."

"What of the others."

"They left me to die."

"Selfish." The word escaped from my mouth.

"Like you."

"No am not, trust me, I had your best interest at heart. I went to get a torchlight to send him away from tormenting you but he approached me in form of a cat, look, the screen is destroyed." I showed her.

"Thanks for having my back." She gave a slight tap on my shoulder.

With a savage yowl, the cat leaped on his face, jerked back, both arms flung before him.

Annabella quickly stands to make her way out, but then, the cat thrashed into her, its sharp claws hooking deep in her arms.

She cried out as she felt its teeth dig brutally into her head.

She tried to push it loose but couldn't, it was sprawled across her face, its hot fur in her eyes and mouth.

Prithvi still sat motionless, afraid that if he make a move, it'll come for him.

Its teeth dug deeper, front claws buried in her arms, the harsh, demented sound still bubbling in its throat.

Annabella jerked her left arm free and dug her fingers into fur and skin, trying to pull its head back.

The teeth pulled loose. Instantly the cat's head lunged berserkly at her throat.

Annabella blocked its way with her right arm, and the cat's teeth sank into her flesh again.

She sobbed in pain and tried to jerk its head away. The cat began to kick its rear legs. Annabella grabbed its throat and started squeezing. It began to make a gurgling noise, its rear legs thrashing, clawing at her chest and stomach through the sweater. Suddenly the teeth pulled free.

"Is it dead?" Prithvi asked, knowing that Annabella must have strangled it to death.

"I think so." She replied, placing the cat to the floor, then they left.

"The entrance door is open, come on guys." Erika yelled.

They all started running for the door.

"I want to play." A voice echoed and suddenly the door slam shut.

"I thought you killed it." Prithvi screamed with fear.

"I did."

"Excuse me, I need to go back and hide." Erika said.

"No, let's fight this together, team work is what we need to survive." Micheal said.

"We don't want to die." They all said together except Bae Soo-Mi.

This said, Erika lunged towards the bathroom.

"She's in grave danger, we need to save her." I said.

"Stop being selfish and let's just stick together." Bae Soo-Mi added.

Erika locked the bathroom door. "Atleast am safe here." She soliloquized.

The cat hurled itself against her legs, digging teeth and claws into her calves. She cried out, almost falling.

In pain, she unlocked the door, as she enters the bedroom. Struggling to maintain balance, she toppled against the Spanish Table, right arm crashing on the telephone. Instantly she snatched up the receiver, swung down at the cat with it.

The first blow snatched against her knee. She sobbed and swung again, hitting the cat's head. She began to hit it again and again, battering at its skull until, abruptly, the teeth jerked out.

Kicking the cat away, she spun around and dashed for the bathroom. The cat raked to a halt, then darted after her, and shapeshifted back to its normal demon like form.

"Play time's over, time to die."

The scream of horror pierced

the air.