Hunt for Survival

Trapped

Shaurya

I took a deep breath as I wanted to calm my nerves down. I was so excited that, for the whole night, I hardly got any sleep. After all, when an ordinary person like me gets a chance, then who can believe that they are getting a chance to live their dream and that, too, when it comes in the form of an invitation?

I brought the invitation with me if they didn't allow me in and there might be a question about whether my mother knew about this or not? I think that answer is obvious. My mother doesn't know about this at all. If she knew, then I would have been chained to my room and wouldn't be allowed to leave for many days, but as she doesn't know, so here I am. Once I confirm this, then I will tell her.

I looked ahead and found my dream standing right in front of me. My heart was racing but now nervousness was not there at all as it was already replaced by confidence and excitement. I am just a step behind my dream company.

I passed the metal detector machine and was super excited to go inside. I was in a big area where there weren't so many people. Maybe this is the outer place of the company as there wasn’t any roof and there was a great amount of sunlight also coming from the sun. I was going towards the door where two bodyguards were guarding them, but before that, someone came towards me, without me noticing them, and blocked my way. I looked up to see the person and thought that maybe he was also going in the same way and that is why he blocked my way.

"Excuse me, let me pass." I said to him with a smile on my face, but he didn't move. Either he didn't hear me or he had no intention of moving away from my path.

"Excuse me." I said again, if he didn't hear me the first time. This is no joke. If this person is kidding with me, then quickly play it off so that I can go inside.

"Are you Shaurya Trivedi?” I was trying to find the way so that I could pass through him but he was huge and was blocking my way again and again even if I tried to go in a different way, but when he asked me this, I was frozen in my place and I looked at them and took a quick look, but I didn’t see anything which could indicate that they belonged to WIC. I looked at his face which was all serious and that, made me feel chill inside me. Why does this person have such a face?

I took a few steps back but his expression did not change at all. I gave him a nervous smile and was preparing to run away from there as I am not feeling so good about the situation in which I am in right now.

“I am sorry to say that, but I think that you have mistaken me for someone else. I am not Shaurya Trivedi. I was just curious so I got here.” I made up a lie and was ready to sprint away from there. My feet were prepared to run but of a sudden I saw that he gestured something with his head, but I think it were eyes which were behind the black sunglasses and in a second I felt a burden on my bag and the next moment I fell on the ground on my butt. That hurts a lot. Then that person again didn’t say anything but show the sign and the person behind me, who had held me, started to search through my bag as I heard the opening of my bag's chain. I was wondering what they could really get from my bag, which didn't contain anything precious, but then I realized that they must be looking for the invitation card.

Why in the first place did I come over here? Yeah, I know because I couldn’t hold over my excitement. I should have been at home today, then maybe I wouldn’t have to face this today.

I wanted to slap myself for being excited so much, for getting trapped before entering the main place.

Though I was trapped, I was also curious about the man who was looking through my bag. I took a quick peek and as his image was blurry, I again looked back and saw a well-built person, who was kind of more puffed than the previous one, and that terrified me because even if I tried to fight back, then I would be down in a few minutes only…no, I think a few seconds only. That is correct. But I still have to know why they are doing this to me. I gathered some courage inside me to ask them about this situation.

“Who are you guys and why are you doing this to me? Just leave me.” I said, but they turned deaf ears towards me and didn’t reply to me at all. They are not only trying to play deaf but also mute. “Please leave me. I want to leave here. I promise that I won’t be coming over here once again.” I said to them, but again there was no response from them. I am wondering if I shouted for help right now, then their reaction would also be the same or would they have any reaction? What about those guards who were guarding the door a while ago? They must have seen this, so where are they? Are they scared of them and can't come to help me?

“Sir, he is Shaurya Trivedi.” That sound made me come back to reality and I sighed. So, in the end, they have got what they were looking for in my bag and had also caught my lie, but I think that they never really believed me from the start.

“Shaurya Trivedi. The top character in any game. I knew that I didn't make a mistake in recognizing you." I looked at him and was utterly shocked. How do they know about this? “Got the needed one. Now we can start with it.” That serious face said. What are they talking about? The former squats down.

“You are a fine character that has been chosen. I hope that you will enjoy this and will also make us feel your enjoyment.” They said, and that made me hell confused. What is he really talking about? Is he insane?

“What does that mean?” He smirked. I am right, he is insane. They aren't telling me anything but are throwing hints which don't pass through my head.

“You will get to know everything soon.”

“I don’t want to hear anything. I just want to leave.” His smirk was not leaving his face and that was more dangerous than his serious face. I was terrified to the core, but I wasn’t showing it at all on my face as I thought that maybe it would only make them feel more joy, I didn’t want to make them feel that joy just by looking at my face. I looked away from him and tried to subdue my fear. Luckily, my eyes went towards the door where the entrance was to be made to go inside the company and, to my surprise, the bodyguards who were guarding the door were no longer there. Are they also included with him or did he know when they would leave and that is why he approached me? I don’t know, I don’t know anything.

Suddenly, I felt a hand on my chin which made me look at him once again.

“Don’t disappoint me.” His talks are like riddles which I think I can solve when I see the things which are coming in my way, because he is the one who is hinting towards the upcoming event. I looked at his face but I felt a soft thing against my face and I found that it was a cloth and a smell went inside my nose. I couldn’t understand what was going on, but when I felt the effect, I got to know that it must be chloroform and my eyes widened a little bit. I know that now there is no way I can leave this place just like that. I am trapped badly over here. I don’t know what is coming in my way, but I feel that it is not going to be easy.

“Best of luck Shaurya Trivedi.” My eyes were getting heavy and before I could close my eyes, my eyes fell on the logo WIC which was present on the game poster ‘Hunt for Survival’. This was the new game for which I had been waiting for.

*******

I opened my eyes and blinked a few times. My head was aching and I wasn’t able to understand a single thing at all. I made myself sit and was still in a dilemma about my whereabouts. I looked around and all I could see was darkness. Where am I? After a while, I recalled everything. My eyes widened and I looked around.

Have they locked me over here? I asked myself. I can’t trust them. But why have they locked me over here? But then my mind wondered where I was and after a while I felt a jerk only to realize that I was in a vehicle. Where are they taking me? Are they going to take me somewhere else to kill me? Or are you going to sell me to someone? No, no, why would they do that? But then why wouldn't they do it? I didn’t do anything to them. Why are they doing this to me?

I tried to get up but I fell miserably. I felt that something had jammed my legs, then I realized that I was being tied up by them and both my legs and hand were tied tightly. They are so tight that even if I try to do anything, then I also can't do anything because they are almost pressing my nerves.

I was missing my mother and Rohit. It would have been better if I had been at home. I would have got to eat the food which mother would have made and then play video games with Rohit, but now everything is just an imagination of mine because they don’t know that I am over here and they can’t save me at all. Even if Rohit can guess about my whereabouts, but what about my mother? She doesn't know about this at all.

Suddenly, I saw some white fog coming out of the dark cell. I tried to cover my nose but it was too late because I had taken some inside me. I was feeling sleepy again. I couldn’t compete with the urge to sleep. I wanted to sleep badly. I let go of my will to stay awake and that fog enveloped me and I was slowly falling into deep slumber.

*******

I opened my eyes and saw the ceiling in front of me and I sat on the bed and I looked around to find that I was in my room only.

Was it all a dream? I haven’t left the room at all? I asked myself. But all that thing was feeling so real, how can I be over here?

I shouldn’t think so much when I am at home. I looked at the card and decided that I would keep the card but wouldn’t go after what I had seen in my dream; I wanted to experience it once but the dream was so vivid that I didn't want to experience it once again.

I went down and saw my mother who was preparing the food and I hugged her from behind.

“What is wrong today? Has the sun risen from the west?”

“You can say that.”

“Then I am a bit scared.”

“Don’t be Ma.”

"Go and wait for food to be prepared." I nodded and went out of there. I was about to go towards my room when someone called my name.

“Shaurya.” I heard Rohit’s voice. A smile came over my face and I went to see him and he was there with the new game of WIC. Hunt for survival.

“They have launched the game already?” I asked him.

“Of course. Let’s play.”

“Don’t play too much.” I heard my mother’s voice.

“Alright.” I said to her and then we both ran towards my room and then I input the game and sat in our place and the game started.

“This time I will defeat you.” Rohit said, clicked on the start button and a white light made me blind for a few minutes. When I opened my eyes, I was in the jungle and I saw that I was having the controller in my hand but not setup around me. Something vibrated in the bush and the next moment a bear came out and stood in front of me and I was terrified.

I was in the room a while ago and now I am over here.

“Wake up.” I was confused when he said that.

“What?”

“Wake up, you idiot.” I was hell confused about that. Can they really talk or am I just imagining things once again? And even if they talk, then why is he calling me an i***t?

“Wake up.” I opened my eyes and saw the bright light over my eyes. I put my hand on my face to block the light and then I looked around and saw a boy about my age only.

“Finally you have woken up.”

"So it was you who had spoken. Thank God, it was really weird to hear a bear saying you idiot." He didn't say anything but rolled his eyes. "By the way, who are you?” I asked him.

“I don’t think that after you look around yourself you will be in a hurry to find out who I am.” His words created confusion in me.

“What does that mean?” I tried to sit but felt as if the ground wasn't beneath me but air, and I looked around and saw that we were in the net and if the net fell, then we would fall inside the pool and the pool was very safe. It just had a few crocodiles. Yes, it is really safe. “How are we going to get out of here?” I asked.

"I have tried whatever I can but I have failed already."

“Wait for a few minutes, let me think.” I saw that I still had my bag behind me. So I searched through it and found scissors. I don’t think why it is inside my bag, but I think that it is good that we have the scissors.

“Cut carefully.” I heard him. I tried to cut the string but it didn’t get cut at all. I tried again and again but it didn’t get cut at all. “Is it Deity net?” I heard about this before, and after pressuring my mind a bit, I remembered that it was present in one of the famous games which was created by WIC only. This Deity net has such a strong strength that nothing can cut as much as I know. In none of the games, the solution of cutting the net was present.

“Are you also a big fan of games?” I asked him.

“You seriously want to talk about this right now.” I looked away and rolled my eyes.

“All you have to say is yes or no. It is not so hard,” I said.

“I can hear you.”

“ It is better that you have heard this.” I said, and then I remembered that we were still stuck and the scissors had failed. “Then what should we do?” I said and put back the scissors in my bag because I don’t think that scissors can do anything.

“There is no way that we can really come out of here.”

I guess we are trapped badly here. But we have to find a way through here or else we will be trapped over here for forever and that is not a good idea that is pleasing to ears.