MOUNTAIN FEUD

Reading the task on the screen, my mind immediately goes blank even though I don't want it to. I had barely managed to recover my leg back but I was supposed to kill someone.

" How can I kill someone in this state? I will be the first one to die first." I complain as I look at the screen.

[ You have to do the task in order to gain more coins and exp]

In order words, I didn't have a choice.

"You're still badly injured. We have to get you treated." Hank said gaining my attention.

Looking at my HP, I close my eyes sighing. Although I was badly injured, I wasn't going to die anytime soon. The healing packs only increased my HP to 20%. Nodding ny head, I agree with Hank and we start to head back up the mountain. Glancing at the tree in front of us, I spot some odd numbers in front of me making me point at them.

" What are those?" I ask as we pass through.

" The number of people that are remaining alive. 27. That's a large number. Should we just hide? They might want to kill us if they spot us." Hank asks making me shake my head. I needed to kill someone.

Getting up the mountain again, Hank puts me down and the both of us lie down flat on the ground. This was actually good for us because then, I could kill someone without the other people realizing it. Bending my head very low, I wait for the most opportune time to aim at them. All of them seemed to be skilled fighters and good soliders although I had no idea where they came from. One thing was evident tho. They were bloodthirsty. None of them was afraid of stabbing someone with a knife nor hitting someone with a rock.

Spotting one of the contestants walking towards a young boy while he is fighting, my eyes immediately narrow as I realize what he is about to do. He wants to kill him without him knowing. Bringing my 35M rifle up, I carefully aim knowing that this might expose my position if I shoot. Nevertheless, I couldn't let an innocent boy just die.

[Shot!]

The sound exposes me the moment I pull the trigger nevertheless, I hit my target. The man falls to the ground dead in front of me and everyone immediately stops after looking in our direction. While Hank is standing up, I quickly tap on the screen pressing for a grenade just in case.

" He's a little boy. Do you have to kill him?" I ask as I groan standing up.

The fact that they can all see me injured makes them gasp in shock and I understand why.

" Can anyone treat him? In exchange I will let you live. How does that sound?" Hank says with a smirk on his face as if he is powerful and I have no idea why.

The rest people step back immediately and I immediately look at Hank. Was there a reason why? Heading towards the little boy, I stretch out my hand towards him as I try to get his name.

" Ian Saunders." He says in a little voice.

I could see he wasn't even yet 18. How did he then get into the tournament. While all of us are standing together, a siren sound is suddenly heard gaining our attention. Glancing up at the tree holding the time clock, I realize we don't have much time. And we were still a lot of people.

" Since he is already dying, why don't we just end him? That way, the numbers would finally be just right. We don't have to kill ourselves anymore." One of the contestants said making me clench my hand around the grenade I was holding while Hank steps up.

" Don't even dream of coming near him. Do you believe that you'll be the one to go first?" Hanks asks as he points his gun at them.

" Do you honestly believe you can take us all of us on? Why? Because you are first on the leadership board? It's not necessary that you will be the one to take home the money." Another contestant says rilling the others up.

"Why don't you all have a try then? Those guys will be happy to see that we are fewer than the numbers they wanted." Hank says as he clocks his gun while the others do the same.

Seeing the situation in front of me, I realize it's only a matter of time before I am actually dead. I didn't want to die like this. I needed to go back so I can find out what exactly happened and why I was brought back here.

"Everyone stop! Don't do anything foolish or we will all get blown into pieces." I say as I raise up my hand showing the grenade I had been holding.

This seems to make them afraid as they all stop immediately looking at me. Although the safety pin of the grenade is still on it, my pointer finger stays inside the ring to prove my point. With one drag, I could remove the pin easily and all of us will be blown in pieces. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking slowly which makes even more tension among all of us. 50, 49, 48,47, 46 45, 44, 43, 42…..

" We don't have much time again. Less than a minute. I don't care if we have to die together. Better than dying alone. Choose one." I hear a voice say as a girl steps up to meet me pointing a M16A4 machine gun at me.

Reaching for the little boy near me, I push him behind me to protect as the girl in front of me comes closer. The clock was now down to 20 seconds. We didn't have time at all.

"Choose! Which one of you three will die?" The girl screams as she points the gun around all of us.

Suddenly I spot something being thrown. Glancing at Hank and Ian who are oblivious to what is happening, I bend their heads down covering them as the grenade explodes. The range of explosion goes further than I expected as many of the contestants get injured from it. By the time the explosion stops, Hank gets up from the ground.

" Now we have finally reached the number." Hank says as he smirks at the injured crowd.

*****

Heading out of the infirmary, I groan as I open the door coming out. Luckily, my injuries were not too deep after I had gotten healed by the healing packs. Looking at the screen, I realize I still have time to fulfill my task. The task I had been given doesn't have a time limit which means I don't have to complete it immediately.

" Where are you going to?"

Hank's voice stops me immediately just as I am about to head back to our room.

" Where are the others?" I ask in return trying to throw the conversation off track. As long as he forgets about suspecting me.

" Everyone is eating at the cafeteria. Aren't you hungry?" Hank asks me making me shake my head. The least thing I wanted was to eat.

"No need. I better just head back to the room to rest. You can go and eat though." I say in a low voice as I quickly walk away.

Returning back to the room, I open the door about to enter inside when I stop seeing two people together. Although they had crammed us together in a room, girls and boys were not allowed to sleep together in the same room. Who then were these two people in front of me?

" I already told you it wasn't my fault. I didn't find it anywhere even though I had been exploring the forest. If there is one thing I can tell you though, it's that we won't be able to send anything out of these walls." The girl says sighing as she bends her head in defeat.

" So what? Are you saying that we won't be able to get anything out to the general? This is why you are so useless. Useless, you hear me? I should have never allowed them to convince me to bring you." The man says before making the girl about to leave.

Bending down by the door, I quickly try to find a place to hide since I don't want them to find me.

" Where do you think you are going?" The man says angrily as he stops the girl from going.

Taking a closer look, I finally recognize her. She was the one that wanted me dead before. The girl that had held a M16A4 machine gun to my face. In the world I had come from, very few women joined the army. Very few women succeeded in being the best at precision. Recalling the way she had stood earlier, my eyes narrow as I access her. Her leg looked like it was planted freely on the ground but the heel of her foot seemed to be exerting pressure. This means she could easily control her footing. Not to mention that she had been very skilled while holding the gun.

" What do you think you are doing? Let me go! Let me go before I scream!" She says as she struggles in his arms.

Standing up, I want to go and help but I stop myself. With one pull, she flips the man over but unfortunately he lands on his feet bending down to clear her two legs. Although she successfully dodges it by jumping over, the man still sets a trap over her just as her right leg is about to hit the floor again first. Tripping over his leg, the man takes advantage and pulls her to the floor before using his body to weigh her down.

" I'll really scream, you fu****g asshole!"

" Go ahead and scream. We will both be exposed. What? It's not as if you have not done it before. Why are you acting like a freaking saint." The man says with distain in his eyes as he looks at her.

" I said let me go, you freak!" She says lifting her leg up immediately hitting his crouch.

This makes me smile even though the kick obviously seems painful. However she succeeds in getting up after she manages to free herself. She doesn't stop there though.

" I told you. Let. Me. Go" She says as she uses the metal lamp on the table to hit his head over and over again till he falls to the ground unconscious.

" Well done! Seems he is now dead." I say as I stand up from my hiding place looking at her.

The startled gaze in her eyes tells me she wasn't expecting anyone to have witnessed what happened. Walking over to the unconscious man on the floor, I bring my hand close to his nose to check his breathing. He was still alive.

" What are you doing here? How much did you hear?" I hear her ask as she looks at me while I get up.

" Throughout the entire beating? You destroyed his face with the lamp. That wasn't very cool, I would say." I say as I turn to catch her almost stabbing me with a needle.

Moving out of the way, I hit the needle out of her hand before quickly stepping on it. Unable to give up, she quickly throws a punch trying to hit me but I move out of the way again so quickly that I am surprised by myself. Just then, I spot the man she had hit wake up. He was obviously reaching for something to hit her with.

Tapping the screen in front of me wife an axe, I threw it at him hitting him in the middle of his head. Watching him fall to the ground, I smirk at the girl seeing the shocked expression on her face.

[Task complete. Level : 3/100]

Another screen pops up in front of me.