《Battlefield NYC (LitRPG Apocalypse)》Chapter 39: Sane Man in an Insane World
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Ray still hadn't looked at him yet—he seemed like he was waiting until they were all together—but he did take a deep breath when Lance stopped a few feet away from him: That much came through loud and clear as soon as Lance focused on what the man had been thinking.
"What's your story?" Lance asked. "What happened to you?"
"I was working late in my office," Ray said softly; like he was trying not to draw any attention to himself than absolutely necessary. "When the power went out, I heard explosions outside. A friend of mine called me on my phone to warn me about the danger."
the voice in Ray's head said with a sigh.
Lance waited for more, but then something else distracted him. The way Grace was staring at her rifle, or how Sophie kept looking between Ray, Jacob, and him—like she didn't trust either of them—made it obvious that there was some tension here, but neither Jacob nor Sophie were saying anything yet.
If this guy really had just been hiding for who knew how long, he might be lying about whatever had happened to his parents and friends. Then again, maybe he had gone into hiding because he was too scared to fight, to understand and utilize the System.
No matter what had happened to him though, Lance could tell he wouldn't have been able to do that: his thoughts weren't clear enough to give away what he'd done to get himself off the streets like this. If he had been in hiding from the System's apocalypse--or anyone else with the power to help people like him--he had to have still known that if things got bad and he left, the best thing he could hope to achieve would be a bullet through the back of the head or a monster's ability through his torso while running away.
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Perhaps that was why he was out here like this right now.
"Keep going," Sophie ordered coldly. "Surely that can't be it."
Lance looked up at her; she didn't seem so hostile anymore—not even angry—but she clearly wasn't going to let Ray just walk away either.
Ray slowly lowered the gun, then put it on top of one of the beds before saying anything.
"They're all dead," He said sadly. "All my friends are dead, they just disappeared from their homes—from me. I'm afraid of what happened to them as well, but not half as much as you'll probably think I am after seeing what they've done."
"They became like... them?" Jacob asked, indicating a grey corpse.
"Yes, they did," Ray said. His eyes flickered over toward Grace and Sophie for only an instant: he was thinking about what had happened to him. Then he turned back towards Lance and continued with his story. "The streets had already become dangerous by then. We couldn't stay in our houses any longer than necessary." The man's voice sounded strained and hollow, like he was remembering something terrible that he wanted desperately to forget. "We tried to drive home through the night, hoping the roads would be safer with fewer people and monsters out on them, and then they turned."
That was new.
Lance glanced at the rest of his group. He could tell that they were all thinking the same thing.
What if that happened to them?
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A World Forgotten
***This story will contain lite-litrpg elements, mainly character pages and a town page. There will also be settlement building and adventuring, missteps and achievements. But one thing it definitely won’t have is a harem. Nor will it have an overpowered MC. Contains mild cursing.*** ***feel free to critique my writing and offer input. This is my first venture into writing. I've always enjoyed litrpg/gamelit books. I feel like I write how I talk, so it may be a little different. You won't hurt my feelings if you see something wrong or out of place! *** ***What follows is a condensed part of chapter 1. Enjoy!*** Drew Cooper is thrust into a new, unfamiliar world. Waking up in his sweats and t-shirt near what seems to be a forgotten path through some woods, he struggles coming to terms that he's no longer in his apartment. As he tries to cope with his new reality, he hears a horse coming down the path. He hides behind a nearby tree dreading what may happen next. As the horse approaches, he sees a man walking next to it. The horse is burdened with packs and gear. When the man nears, Drew nearly panics. He has a large sword strapped to his waist, obviously a fighter. He continues to hide as the man slowly passes only for the man to stop a dozen meters past his hiding spot. "You may as well come out, ya know. You weren't as well hidden as you thought," the man stated matter-of-factly, letting the horse’s reins go and putting his hand on the hilt of his sword. Slowly and scared for his life, Drew raised up and walked from behind the tree. "I-I'm sorry. I wasn't planning on attacking you. I-I don't know where I am. I heard your horse and hid. I didn't know what you'd do if you saw me. I'm sorry," he nervously blurted out. A minute passed. Then two. The man seemed interested with Drew and stepped closer, eyes squinting as if trying to see something. "What's that on your shirt? Is that. What is that? Is that, Pac-man?" The man was visibly shaken while pointing at me. Looking down at his t-shirt nervously, "Yea. Yea. I woke up here a few hours ago I think. 3 maybe 4 hours. I’ve just been sitting here. Where am I? What's going on?" Drew asked. "That's not important right now," the man replied. " What's important is where you're from. What year is it?" "What year? April something 2020. Why? What's going on?" Drew continued now worried. The man was taken aback. After a few moments, he seemed to calm himself some. The man sighed and looked at Drew in earnest. "Well, I've got good news and bad news for ya. Bad news is you're not on Earth anymore. Good news is you happened to run into me and not someone else. You’re either really lucky, or it’s fate we met in these woods, and I don’t believe in luck." The man continued to walk towards Drew while talking and put out his hand. "I'm John Mitchell from St. Louis or thereabouts. You’ve got nothing to be scared of by me. Walk with me and let’s talk."
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