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The concept of slow mo.

Dean had never understood why people were interested in slow motion or why certain scenes in movies , especially romance and blockbuster movies were portrayed in slow motion .

But that was all in the past.

Dean was now a changed man who believed in the science of Slow motion and understood why it existed.

The things that tended to change your life always came at you slow because you felt that you were dreaming .

Those things might also want to end your life ,then the slow motion was you asking for more time or simply watching your life crumble before you .

For Dean , all he thought of was Jaymie's eyes , cold and lifeless like the woman earlier .

Dean did not close his eyes like people facing their own slow motion endings usually did , he wanted to but his eyes intended to watch just how it happened .

It never did happen though .

Just as the revolving gun opened fire , the girl from earlier flew over Dean .

She pulled him down while pulling out the pin from another of the green grenades .

Once Dean's body had been smashed into the pavement , the grenade flew out of her hand and into one of the many crevices that had opened up when the mutations arm had changed into a revolving gun .

Dean watched as half of the mutation exploded and melted about the sidewalk .

The mutations brown eyes followed the path of the explosion before it also blew up in its eye sockets . Goo leaked out of the sockets like tears , except they were acidic tears that melted off the rest of the mutations face .

Green and black ooze filled where the mutation had once stood .

Now , the street was silent again .

The girl stood up from Dean's body and dusted her hands off as she examined the wreck the street had become .

Dean was glad he had met people , she had proved that the mutations could be killed or permanently maimed by extremely high temperatures usually from explosives .

It also gave him a sense of ease that there were other people standing before him because he was beginning to feel like an alien on the wrong planet .

Now , all he had to do was figure out how to get explosives .

And how they made the deaths look so real .

The girl's face suddenly appeared very close to Dean's , he moved back as he was slightly shocked , he had completely forgotten that she was still there.

Her lips were painted bright red and she was younger than Dean could have imagined , she could have been seventeen and easily passed as one of the idols that Jaymie swore were slowly bringing an end to the world .

He had also caught her multiple times singing and dancing along to their videos and pretended not to notice , she would come out to him with her likes when she was comfortable enough .

She moved back and opened her red mouth , a small grin stretching her lips .

" Eighteen actually ", She commented with a shrug .

She turned around and began to check her pistols clips like she had not spoken to him .

" What ? ", Dean asked , perplexed .

Dean had yelled out a little too loudly , was that a code that he was supposed to answer to ?

She turned back around and observed him .

" I could see it on your face , you have a really expressive face so you probably do not talk a lot . I could see the moment you thought , oh she is young , too young , could she be seventeen ? ", Her head shook as she spoke .

Dean blinked , thrown off by how accurate she had been .

She put her hand over her mouth and gasped unnecessarily dramatic , her fingers had also been painted a bright red .

" I was so spot on , wasn't I ?", She inquired , her face a brilliant study .

Dean ignored her and turned his attention to his body that was still covered by rubble , he brushed the heavier ones away with his hands and pushed himself to his feet , there was no limpness , so he had not been Injured .

He wondered briefly if he would actually feel pain here or if that would be for his physical body and the fear and shock of being injured would just make him think he was In pain here .

The girl's face burst into Dean's line of sight again and he stumbled backwards , yelping as he did so .

The girls eyebrows and the space between them scrunched up .

" You are easily shocked but that's okay , I'm May and I am not easily shocked ", She introduced .

Her face suddenly became serious as she put her hands on her waist , she looked like she had just made a shocking discovery .

" As a matter of fact , I am never shocked . My inane ability to be shocked fell into this large pit behind where I ...", She began .

Dean held out his hands because he had a feeling she might talk forever if he stood and let her .

" I am not easily shocked , I am Dean ", He Introduced slowly .

Her eyes widened at his interruption but her face softened a second later like she had decided to let it go .

Her face was pretty expressive too , like she had said about his .

She took his hand and shook it for a long time till Dean pulled his hand out , uncomfortable with how friendly she was .

They stood shoulder to shoulder examining the wreck that surrounded them .

" Thank you for earlier , I was sure that I was ...", He began to say .

Dean stopped talking as he watched her face , she had no idea what he was talking about .

Dean frowned , it had happened less than five minutes ago .

" Ummm , with the grenade and the push into the sidewalk , you even covered my body with yours during the explosion ", He tried to explain in an effort to jog her memory .

Dean stopped talking , she still looked like Dean was a stranger hitting her up with pick up lines of how he was sure they had met somewhere before or how she looked incredibly familiar .

Suddenly her face broke out into a mocking smile as she laughed , her red lips opening and closing like a fish gasping for breath .

" I totally had you there . Of course , I accept your appreciation for saving your life ", She grated .

She still continued laughing and Dean wondered when the decent time to walk away from this crazy stranger would be .

" I should be saying thank you too May , you saved my life there ".

A new voice appeared behind Dean and Dean jumped an inch , shocked again .

May turned around and laughed at this .

The man that had spoken walked forward and patted Dean on the shoulder , he was smiling too .

" Sorry about that friend , Didn't know you were so jumpy ", The man said in a way that was strangely not mocking .

Dean stared at the spot the man's hand braced his arm , stared until the man hurriedly took his hand off Dean .

Who was he calling friend ?

He walked past Dean and stopped before May .

" I am serious girl , when you told me you would come back for me , I was sure you were not really coming back and I did not expect you to but then ,you came and you even brought the golems .That was just bad ass" , the man was basically praising her .

They called the mutations golems?

It made sense in a way .

Golems were usually paranormal creatures that were created through a mix of magic and alchemistry .

But they could also be a mix of engineering and human biotechnology , they were unclassifiable like that .

May turned to Dean again , she was pointing at the other man who looked like a young Dolph Lundgreen , complete with the shockingly blond hair .

" Dean , Blade is the one that looks like he should be on the cast for a 1999 movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger . Blade , the pretty boy that looks lost is Dean ".

They both nodded at each other after the extremely uncalled for introduction .

Dean watched the two of them , wondering if the game had started earlier for some others or if they had known each other before the game .

" What are you thinking about ? Wait , I know . You are thinking that we look so close and you are wondering how long we have known each other for , Am I right or am I still right ?" , She stared at him like of he said anything other than she was right , he would not make it out of her .

Dean shook his head , she was spot on again.

She clapped , Whooping loudly .

" Blade and I met when we were being dragged away by those boneheads , he created a distraction to let me get away , a good friend really . So , we have known each other for roughly twenty-seven minutes ", She narrated with a grin .

Dean blinked , waiting for the punchline or the laughing again , nobody laughed .

She was serious and crazy .

" And she came back when I had not expected her to , the most loyal of friends really ", The man named Blade said .

Dean nodded at them both , looking between both of them .

They were each as crazy as the other one .

They all turned to watch the golem that was still oozing and Dean did a quick survey of the wreck .

He spotted something beneath the parts of the fallen house .

He would be far gone now and his name and picture would soon fall off the sky imaging .

" The CGI and VFX are unbelievable ", He commented .

Dean turned around when he realized he had made those comments out aloud .

Blade was staring at him like he was a growing golem while May's red lips were in an oval shape .

" May , I think I know what CGI and VFX might mean but could you clarify just to be sure ?" , Blade asked .

May nodded while Dean watched their strange exchange .

" CGI means Computer Generated Imagery and VFX represents Visual Effects or so , I think I'm spot on", May said .

Blade nodded as soon as May had finished talking .

" Does he really think we are in a game ?"

Dean was not sure who Blade was asking this but May answered all the same .

" Or maybe a 1999 movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger ".

" What are you guys talking about ?"

Their exchange was freaking Dean out and he was getting a sinking feeling .

May gasped softly .

" Honey , what did your Patron say to you ?"

Dean did not feel comfortable with being called an endearment by someone relatively younger than him but he could tell that this was not the right time to mention that .

Blade and May exchanged a look that was definitely bad .

" He told me that we were going to play a game that we needed to win ".

May and Blade exchanged another look and at that moment , Dean knew something was terribly wrong.