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Niall barely had time to process what he saw before Charon was waving his staff around in circles, swirling thick, black clouds around the sky. 

The party goers continued to scream and flee, eventually disappearing into the horizon line for shelter. Or what Niall would have guessed, was a code that shrinks the characters the farther they go towards a set point. 

Liam had his shoulders raised, looking at the scene above him with wide eyes. Wind was blowing the leaves off the trees and kicking sand pixels into their face. 

"It's a cut scene, this is normal!" Niall had to almost yell at his friend, reaching out and grabbing his hand. 

Liam gave a hesitant smile, clutching Niall's hand for dear life. 

"You shall perish under our wrath!" Charon's deep voice boomed, shaking the sand on the ground. 

"Never, the Matilia key will be protected, and you will be murdered!" Louis roared, glaring up at the boat. 

Their heated debate continued, and each threat Louis hurled at Charon, the brighter the crystal on the staff glew. 

Liam moved closer to Niall, closing his eyes and hiding his face into Niall's neck. 

Charon took a step back, glitching into place while the stranger was pushed into the back of the boat as a result from that movement.

Since they could no longer lay down to conceal their identity, they tried the next best thing: sitting with his knees to his chest. 

"Liam, Liam look! It's them again, the person!" Niall desperately tried, pulling himself from Liam's embrace. 

"It's not over, its not over." Liam mumbled, still hearing the thunder and argument. 

Niall looked over to Louis and Zayn for some sort of answer, they could notice a change, couldn't they?

Louis was in the heated battle with Zayn standing, glaring by his side. 

"Louis! Zayn!" Niall called, pointing up the boat where the stranger sat. They ignored him, not even moving a muscle in Niall's distress. 

The stranger grew increasingly irritated with Niall's attempts to expose him. 

Niall felt hysterical, someone had to see this other person! Was this game making him crazy? 

"Louis! Liam!" Niall cried, waving his hand hysterically and trying to unattach Liam from himself.

He finally ripped himself from Liam, prying Liam's hands from covering his face. 

"Please! Look, Liam! Please, please!" 

Niall shook Liam by his shoulder and angrily yelled, " Stop being so scared, you coward!"

But it was too late, the stranger had enough and grabbed Charon's staff. He hide behind Charon, quickly waving It above his head and slamming it onto the deck of the boat so hard, some pieces fell off and sank to the ground.

A bright light consume the air, forcing everyones eyes shut as the boat swam off. 

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"Liam, Li, come on. We have to go now, they're getting ready to leave." Niall cooed, lightly shaking Liam to wake him. He felt reminiscent of the times when he and Li would have sleepovers, staying up till 5 in the morning playing games.

He slowly began to wake, dried tears falling from his eyelashes as he opened his eyes. 

Liam stretched, then rolled over to his side and continued sleeping. 

Niall suppressed a smile, finding his friend adorable. He felt as if he should be extra nice to Liam anyways, since he kinda blew up on him. 

But in Niall's defense, he wasn't listening. 

"Hey, guide, tell the players to resume the game!" Louis yelled over his shoulder, trying to reach for the trees behind him but is blocked by an invisible forcefield. 

"Uh yea, sure!" Niall responded, giving a two thumbs up. 

"Don't yell, its too early." Liam groaned. 

"Liam, get up. They want us." Niall tried again, shaking Liam a little harder this time.

"Noo." Liam dragged out, crunching into a fetal position. 

"Come on! I want to play the game, not look at it!" Louis shouted, a hint of impatience in his voice. 

Liam turned over and looked at Niall when he heard Louis. What were they going to do?

"Uh, Player! Do you want to continue?" Niall shouted up at the sky, feeling utterly stupid. 

Nothing changed. 

"Huh? Yes! Okay then let's go!" 

Still, nothing changed. 

"Okay, start!" A bead of sweat ran down Niall's head, "Begin!" 

Louis frowned over at Niall, and Zayn tilted his head. 

"Come on, you stupid game. I said go!" Niall grumbled, thoughts racing through his mind. 

"Okay lets just go ahead anyways, do what you need to do." Niall ordered with a shaky voice. 

"We cant...There should be a tutorial box that pops up, but until then we're treated as if we're paused." Zayn explained, a hint of suspicion in voice. His blue eyes did a quick once-over Niall.

"The players started the game though!" Niall answered, trying to hide his lie, "Players one and two have said start!" 

Just then, a big, blue box appears in the middle of the screen. On it were instructions of movement on a keyboard and descriptions of the islands. 

'Thank god!' Niall thought and released a big breath. "This game must be old, that's why it took so long to process." He lied. 

The characters nodded, seeming to trust Niall's words and begin walking towards the trees of the island. 

"Okay, while they're doing that, I'm gonna look at the tutorial." Niall told Liam walking in front of the box to get a better view. 

"Players one and two decline the tutorial." Liam mumbled, sleepily smirking at Niall for revenge. 

"What the hell! Now we're completely dead, we have no idea what to do in here!" Niall began freaking out, not finding Liam's prank to be so funny. 

"If you're worried about a map, don't worry! We have plenty!" Zayn called from inside the forest, making Niall turn red. 

Liam laughed at Niall, noticing how flustered he was getting. 

"Wait a second," Liam playfully glared, "Don't tell me you're into that guy?" 

"I'm not! Shut up." Niall yelled, his overreaction making Liam raise his eye brows. 

"Okay, I was just asking." Liam defended himself, putting his hands up in self defense. 

"I don't like him or anyone else, he's just a stupid video game character ill never see again after we're out of here." 

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okay so I took some medicine and now I'm hella tired, goodnight yall. Hope you enjoyed this chap. 

Once again, I'm sorry if I cant respond to comments! I can still see and appreciate them <3 

1)What do you think their first video game task will be like? 

2) Did you like this chapter? if so, what was your fav thing? 

3) when do you think Niall is gonna be caught in his lie of being a guide?