Chapter 5
Video Games
SaySky walked inside the Video Games Arcade; lights were flashing uncontrollably from the screens of machines. He noticed a very young boy playing viciously on one of the machines labeled “Mortal Kombat”. As he approached closer, the boy began pounding his fists against the buttons, “God dammit! I totally had control of the fight! Stupid AI computers!” After he calmed himself down from his frustration, he turned around to notice SaySky behind him.
“Oh! I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to interrupt your game.” SaySky said in apology.
“Don’t worry about it, I was done playing it anyways… Hey, do I know you?” The boy asked curiously.
“I’m the new guy around here. My name is SaySky. Who might you be?” SaySky asked in return.
“My name is Branden Superstar B*tch! But most people just call me B.S.B,” He said in triumph, “Wait a minute… you said your name is SaySky, right?”
“Yes, what about it?” SaySky said confusingly.
“There is someone that wants to meet you. They told me that if I ran into you, I should take you to go see them right away.” B.S.B stated as he began making his way out of the Video Games Arcade. SaySky was still standing there bewildered at what B.S.B had relayed onto him, but he soon snapped out of his trance when B.S.B yelled back at him, “Well? Are you coming or not?”
Once they stepped outside, SaySky soon realized that it was night time. Stars appeared all over the dark sky, a large moon light up the entire place so you can vaguely see what was in front of you. Luckily, street lamps lit up the pathway. Both of them made their way down the stone walkway until they reached a dark alley off the side of a place called Groups! Standing in the middle of the alley was a tall, slim boy with dirt blond hair and goggles that covered his eyes.
The boy approached them both, “Hello, SaySky, my name is BobbyBobber. I would like you to meet the Havok crew.” He stretched out his arms and others appeared from behind him. They all had a patch on their sleeves which looked like a gas mask inside a bio-hazard symbol.
“Awww, he’s such a cutie!” A girl spoke with affection in her voice, yet there was something about it that seemed off.
“You think everyone is cute, LilyChi.” The boy beside her said.
“That’s not true, Wumbo! Dion is obviously se-“ LilyChi spoke before being interrupted by BobbyBobber.
“Okay, I think we get it, guys.” He said in a calming voice.
“So, if you guys don’t mind, I’m just going to hang out with STARS.” B.S.B said while slowly backing away from them all. He had a look in his eyes which was a mixture between fear and pity.
“Sure you can. You played your part well, Branden,” A creepy voice spoke from within the shadows. Moments later, a figure revealed himself and B.S.B darted his way out of the dark alley. The figure looked very similar to Dion. He wore a greyish hood with white bandages running along his arms and up to his neck, but a large grin was placed onto his face instead of more bandages. His light blue eyes pierced through SaySky like bullets. He had dark, black hair creeping out from under his hood but was soon revealed to be the fur on the hood as he began to take the hood off. His head was shaved and scars appeared in the bright moonlight. When he spoke, a maniacal chuckle could be heard under his breath, “So this is the man Dion was talking about.”
“… Wait, Dion talked about me?” SaySky asked in surprise to what he just heard.
“Yeah, but that’s not important right now. My name is SuperRapz by the way, you better remember that!” He responded in another chuckle, “Anyway, the reason you were brought here is because there’s about to be a special announcement and I wanted to make sure you didn’t get to miss it.”
“An announcement? But why are we here for the announcement instead of the Introduce Yourself Plaza?” SaySky curiously asked.
“Wow, you really are new around here.” Wumbo smirked.
“Be nice Wumbo,” BobbyBobber warned, “Like SuperRapz said, this is a special announcement. A Global Announcement to be exact. They are done a little bit differently.”
After BobbyBobber said that, the night sky began to glow. A giant image appeared with the face of Dion, “Good evening everyone. I am here to give an announcement on behalf of Rob, who to some of you, is known as ERBoH. Unfortunately, he is still not able to present himself at the moment, since he is dealing with a lot of forum coding and all of that important stuff. But, he did want me to notify you all about the recent additions to our moderating team. I would like to congratulate both LilyChi and Wumbo as they have been proudly added to our roster of amazing Moderators! So if you ever run into them, be sure to congratulate them yourself, since they definitely deserve their positions. Anyway, that is all I have to say for tonight, so keep on having fun on ERBoH.com!” With that said, Dion’s face vanished from the sky and moon’s light began to radiate all over the place again.
“Yes, yes, yes! Isn’t that so exciting SaySky?” LilyChi asked in a joyful manner, her eyes beamed at SaySky with cheer.
“Oh… yeah, that’s pretty cool. But I still don’t understand why you wanted me to be here to see it…” SaySky said. He looked around to see SuperRapz’s eyes still piercing at him.
“Isn’t it obvious? I want you to be the first member to congratulate them! Not only that, SaySky, but you’re looking at the group with the most Moderators as of now! Even I, myself, am a Moderator. BobbyBobber is a Global Moderator, just like our dear friend Dion, and now we have two more Moderators within our ranks! We are pretty much the most powerful group this forum has ever seen! Do you understand how amazing that is?” SuperRapz questioned SaySky, still chuckling with joy at the grateful news.
“Yeah, I guess…” SaySky said in response, “Congrats to both of you.”
SuperRapz’s large smile immediately disappeared from his face and was left with a cold hard stare. He ran over to SaySky and tackled him to the ground, “You guess? Are you f*cking kidding me? This is the greatest thing in ERBoH.com history! You should be on your knees groveling to us all! If Dion didn’t have such an interest for your pathetic self, I would snap your neck right now!”
“I-I-I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to…” SaySky said before being cut off by SuperRapz’s grip around his throat. He began to feel the air literally leaving his throat as he kept grasping for more.
“SuperRapz! Get off of him! Remember what we were told? Don’t ruin it for us right now!” BobbyBobber said with concern. He began to approach, but SuperRapz lifted one of his hands in the air signaling he wanted a few more moments with SaySky.
“I hope you have eyes in the back of your head, kid, because if you’re not careful, I may give you a reason to sleep with the lights on.” SuperRapz maniacally said with a slight chuckle, “Now… run!”
SuperRapz jumped off of SaySky with maniacal laughter, “Run away! Or the next time we meet, I will be sure to see your blood on my hands!”
SaySky struggled to his feet but as soon as he was able to stand, he sprinted his way out of the alley without looking back. No matter how far away he ran from the place, he could still hear SuperRapz’s laugh echoing throughout all of ERBoH.com.