Beau is walking around of his room feeling tired and thinking. Joaquin knocks on the door before opening it. Joaquin takes a cigar out of his pockets and he puts it in his mouth. he looks at Beau awaiting for an explanation of why he is so worry.
"just said it. we need to leave soon for our next mission and you don't seem to be concentrated which can cost us our lives."
said Joaquin while he writes in a notebook.
"the thing is that the boss in the first chapter was too overpowered. some missions were a bit dangerous. but since chapter one every mission seems too simple. even the last two bosses were too weak, so I was thinking that maybe. the Greek Gods want us to fall on a fake sense of security before something really bad."
said Beau feeling anxious.
"I know. but you don't have too worry, because when that time comes, we would had level up and we would be ready for anything."
said Joaquin with a friendly smile.
"well that makes me feel so much better, thanks man. I knew I could count with you."
said Beau with honesty.
they take everything they need. they put it inside of their backpacks. they go out of the Zeus' Tower with the rest of the guys. in their way they all received the same message.
[welcome warriors of the old Greece, at midnight there would be a ceremony in which is needed of you all to attend to received your "Gifts" in hands of the Greek Gods, or in case of the fallen warriors/Heroes their "Curse." be ready noble warrior because the real battle is about to begin soon]
"I really need to talk with their manager. because it seems like they didn't get the memo, of how to not sound super creepy with super creepy messages."
said Chicken Wrath joking.
the two teams are walking on a desert. (every time a chapter ends the setting changes, but the three Main Towers never change position nor appearance. for example when chapter 1, they where on the city of Los Angeles. on chapter 2, they were on the middle of a forest. in chapter 3, they were in a different forest. now there are three teams send to small towns that seem to be forgotten.)
in a town named Sickleville; Unit Zero, Bravo-Holly Mommy-One and Ponies&Unicorns Fandom were send to accomplish their mission. they had to walk like three hours from the Zeus' Tower to the town.
Don-Savage is drinking vitamins. Peace Inn is eating some cookies. Choco-Coco-Latte (the leader of Ponies&Unicorns Fandom.) is talking with Master of Lies (Federico, the leader of Unit Zero.) and with Joaquin Fernandez (leader of Bravo-Holly Mommy-One.)
the three of them are talking about keeping a small alliance for the moment. until they finish chapter 4, so they don't disturb the progress of each other.
the party/team of Ponies&Unicorns Fandom, is formed by Choco-Coco-Latte (the leader.) "Rainbow-Size" (the brute force.) " Mr. Mad-Matician" (the brains.) and "Mr. Size Matters" (the muscles.)
Mr. Mad-Matician is talking with Alpha Purple Warrior. they all search for gold. (their first mission is to find five bars of gold, then to give them to Zeus as an offering at midnight in the ceremony.)
they keep searching around of the town. Beau has an idea. he calls everyone to come closed to him. they all stop walking. they all decided to listen to whatever he has to say.
"I was thinking.... well. the thing is that this is a game, so I don't think we are going to find bars of Gold on the ground or behind a door. so what if the real task is to hunt wild animals. of course after the wild animal dies it may drop the bars of gold that we need to offer on the ceremony."
said Beau aloud expecting for the others to understand.
"you are right, this is a game after all. it might had became real for us, but we had been completing missions like in games. so it makes sense if it follows the same rules a normal game would. about killing things and getting rewards."
said Mr. Size Matters angry because he didn't thought about that before.
"okay it sounds rational enough. let's try it."
said Mr. Mad-Matician while thinking about other possible solutions.
they all go on their separate ways. to hunt wild animals trying to get the five bars of gold for the ceremony. Hero Teacher logs in. after Beau explains everything to him. he also starts to search for wild animals.
but none of them knew that Zeus is the oldest childish man to ever walk the earth, so of course it isn't any normal animal the one they had to kill. but it has to be a really dangerous one.
Zeus is surely enjoying of what he calls "his little joke to the mortals." sadly Pandora knows Zeus too well. she is in no position to do anything more than watch.
Beau is walking outside of the town. he walks downhill until he reaches a cliff. Beau looks at a wonderful lake. he looks down at a cave. next to it is the Hydra (Beau's face expressions reads, 'what the fuck? I am out of here'.) he turns around and he keeps walking pretending that he never saw that creature.
Alpha Purple Warrior touches his shoulder. he jumps screaming attracting the attention of the Hydra and the other guys of the teams. Alpha Purple Warrior looks at the Hydra. he is confuse, not scared. but trying to understand how can a creature had that many necks and heads.
"that is an interesting dragon. I try to count the heads, but I keep losing count. so are we supposed to scratch the dragon? to get our bars of gold."
asks Alpha Purple Warrior trying to be positive.
"I think we have to kill it, to get the five bars of gold."
said Beau feeling really pessimistic.
"oh..... we are fuck."
said Alpha Purple Warrior also feeling pessimistic.
"indeed my good friend. we are fuck, no matter how much we can try to find the positive side of this situation. we are fuck with a capital F."
said Beau trying to looks away.
Master of Lies, Doctor Middle Finger, and Choco-Coco-Latte are the first ones to arrived. then the others arrived. they all look at the majestic beast feeling inferior. they all try to keep their distances from the Hydra. Joaquin is trying to think in a solution as he remembers why he is in there and why he failed in the previous game.
"at least it doesn't look like a zombie like the other things we had fought."
said Hero Teacher trying to see the positive side.
"wait. this monster is too strong, to be part of a small task from this chapter. we don't need to kill it. I believe that our job is to cut some of the heads of the Hydra."
said Choco-Coco-Latte in a serious tone of voice.
Beau remembers that he brought a Bazooka with him. he goes back to the town for his Bazooka, while the rest of the team members are shooting at the Hydra. some of them are also throwing grenades and smoke grenades.
Beau finds his Bazooka. he goes back with his favorite weapon. Rainbow-Size and Mr. Size Matters are on top of a head stabbing it while some gold coins are falling on the ground.
Beau shoots at the beast with the Bazooka blowing up two heads. the explosion was enough for Rainbow-Size to fall off the creature wounded. Mr Size Matters carries his friend to safety.
"that was a dangerous act of stupidity."
yields Self-Bet angry at Beau.
"can you tell me what is that on the ground next to the Hydra."
said Beau feeling proud of himself.
there are four bars of gold on the ground. everyone is exited to see that getting the gold might not be as hard as it seemed to be at first. Beau shoots a second time destroying a third head.
another two bars of gold fall on the ground. just when everything was fine the Bazooka stop working. now they had to think of another way to cut off more of the heads.
"there is only one way to fight that thing, but it is too dangerous. I had a bomb on my backpack. I pay enough for it to know that it is effective, but the problem is that for it to be used. someone needs to do the sacrifice. I don't think any of us, is ready to commit the sacrifice. the worst part is that it won't be even worth it."
said Joaquin feeling furious and scared at the same time.
"let me do it. I can go face to face with that reptile. I am the only one who won't die. give me that bomb."
said Hero Teacher excited because he is finally able to be useful.
Hero Teacher takes the bomb from the hands of Joaquin. he swims forward. he doesn't feel fear, but joy to do something important for once on his life. he swims slowly and he stops moving when he is ten cm away from the creature.
some of the heads of the creature are getting closed to him. before he is eaten the bomb explodes not killing the Hydra, but doing enough damage for the Hydra to run away. it leaves sixteen bars of gold.
everyone is laughing and screaming full of happiness. Beau looks at the remains of Hero Teacher feeling it as a bad omen of a future to come.
"don't worry he is alive. he only lose his avatar, but for him to recover all the points that he just loss well that would be problematic."
said Self-Bet with a smile looking at Beau.
"we met each other many years ago. is for something that happen out of nowhere, the reason we became really closed. when at first we were just strangers. he is reckless, especially when is about helping others. I was one slowing down his impulses. now I am no longer alive in the real world, I know he feels guilt. he runs like a dog behind his tail to help me. he doesn't notice the damage that he is doing to his health for me, what a fool."
said Beau with a broken voice.
Master of Lies collects all the bars of gold. all of them are returning to the Zeus' tower. feeling pride of finishing the task on time without any complication. Don-Savage is smoking in the way. he talks with Mr Size Matters.
Rainbow-Size is telling PG jokes to Chicken Wrath and Doctor Middle Finger. anyone who see them all getting along very well might mistake them for friends. they might said that they had been all friends for many years. when in reality they all are strangers getting along for a mutual reason. survival is the mutual reason.
after a long way, they all are finally in front of the Zeus' Tower. Pandora is in there waiting for them to take them to the ceremony (which is going to take place in a coliseum, that is not far from there.)
they are walking to the ceremony. Master of Lies is flirting with Pandora. it might not be obvious. but he loves that woman, like no one has ever loved before. all that he wants is to live an eternity at her side, until the end of the times.
they arrived at the ceremony. there are forty-two teams in total. from those teams there are about hundred participants in total. Zeus welcomes them all. Pandora is collecting the bars of gold. Zeus smiles at the sight of mortals.
"none of you knows, the reason why this game was created. nor the purpose of you all in been trapped in it. I would tell you why this is necessary. long time ago, there was a disagreement in between Gods from many cultures and civilizations. the mortals were unable to be loyal to their Gods, some of us though about destroying the mortal world..."
Zeus takes a s mall break from his speech.
"..... and that was the plan. until a mortal created a system for us to collect mortal "Offerings." to satiate our hunger for blood. we all agreed to stop our war. eventually, at the end we had been living in peace with the mortals for many years. thanks to that solution we lived. now it has evolve into virtual reality games making it easier."
said Zeus with a strong intimidating voice.
there is a moment of silence. then everyone is whispering with their teammates. there is a bit of confusion. Pandora gives to Zeus all the bars of gold. no one can believe the reason why they are all trapped in the game, because it sounded like they were been punish for the mistakes of their ancestors.
"silence mortals. none of you is innocent. that is one of the reasons to be accepted as an "Offering" for this game. wait there is one person who isn't supposed to be in here, and that person is Federico, also known as Master of Lies. but he is in here for his own decision. I could asked him if he wants to go back to the real world...."
Zeus takes a break from his speech to look at the mortals.
"....but his answer would be an obvious no. because he is in love of Pandora, one of my many creations..... the reason why I called for every single one of you to come is simple. is time for you to receive your "Gift" or your "Curse." the time has come, in which the Gods of the Olympus come to entrust our faith in you mortals."
said Zeus with a strong intimidating voice.
Beau trembles unsure of what to expect from the future. it has come the time for each of them to received a "gift." or a "curse" if they are unworthy. Beau is feeling so much fear.
in the whole day, the sky has been dark like a bad omen of something to come. now that Beau has seen Zeus. he is more sure than ever that their future is going to be dark and dangerous. now that he is sure of the reality of his situation. he fears that death might be closer than ever.
"everything is going to be okay."
said Self-Bet trying to calm him down.
anyone can say anything. Beau knows, he can feel it from his bones to his flesh, that not everything is going to be okay. his destiny becomes darker every minute that passes, but he is ready now. Beau is ready to face any horror that might come.