Forsaken 2027

by Sharon Leslie

  "thanks Joseph," she said, giving him a quick kiss on his lips. She was more agile than Toni, soon disappearing into the vent. Cain rubbed his left ear as Sophie used that as her step off point in getting into the ducting. He watched as her legs disappeared into the ducting.

  "OK, legs. Let’s do this," Cain said as the cage shook violently under his feet and dropped three yards before screeching to a halt another two yards lower. The sound of several staccato pinging wires echoed down the shaft.

  "Jump," Cain yelled as his legs powered him enough for his hands to grab the edge of the vent ducting. Hanging for a moment, Cain used the wall to push himself higher, as he was pulling himself in the ducting, Cain heard a loud sound similar to the breaking of a deadfall branch. Cain was quick as he pulled his feet into the vent as the cage mechanism sped past, hitting the walls of the shaft.

  A loud crash and bang when the mechanism hit the elevator car, followed by both the elevator car and winding mechanism crashing down the shaft, into a lower basement, was spectacularly loud. Dust flew up past the vent duct entrance.

  Turning back Cain followed his women, he liked the way Sophie's bum moved as they crawled through the ducting.

  {Your women, I don’t think Toni sees it that way; she sees you as her man. So you know the duct area naturally shields you from the game camera system. It also shields the room you exit into, must be something to do with the metal walls.} Enoch said then laughed.

  Two pairs of helping hands pulled Cain out of the ducting, into a small cleaning room, with metal walls.

  "Enoch, can you or Rahab access the casino complex’s security system? Sophie and Toni need to know too" Cain asked quietly.

  "Hey, why speak our names out loud. I bet we‘re shielded, the system can‘t see us in here. Am I right, or am I right," said Toni.

  She noticed the look on Sophie's face; she decided it would be better if Sophie knew about their AIs. "Rahab and Enoch are our AIs, back in the real world. When we had our NL fitted, they had an AI core rather than the attached EI system everyone gets. We were hoping they could help us play the game, give us a slight edge to complete our tasks.

  The same as our proper names, we don’t mention Rahab nor Enoch only in party chat, which is private." Toni told Sophie. Not knowing what to think about AIs helping Cain and Toni, but the use of their names cleared up who they were.

  One thing Sophie realised about Cain and Toni, they would not ditch her along the way. They would not play the game without her.

  [Yes Toni, Enoch has full control of the complex’s CCTV, and I have control of the facilities. Enoch says there are three groups of players on floors four through to two. Also, the CCTV control room staff are hog-tied in the room's corner. Two high-level players have replaced them, watching and coordinating with the three groups everything they see on the monitors.] Rahab told Toni, who relayed the information to the other two.

  "So, with our AIs, Rahab and Enoch’s help, we can plan and take out those players. I don’t think they are here just for us, but we can’t take any prisoners. How much space do you have in your inventories?" Cain said.

  "Twenty," replied Toni,

  "Thirty-four," said Sophie.

  "OK, Sophie, you do the looting after we’ve killed these players. Ready?" Cain asked.

  [{Ready.}] said Enoch and Rahab.

  "Gamer names from here on out, folks, gamer names," said Cain.

  PvP Clear Out

  "Before we go, use your settings if you haven’t as yet, reduce the number of HUD pop-ups, or they may distract you enough to make you an easy target. You can set the local map to show party members, this will help if we get separated. Remember, no prisoners." Cain said.

  "Why, can you explain again, please?" asked Sophie

  "Because, these are PvP players. They get off on killing non-PvP players, like you, Joseph and me. They are a blight to the playing community. Clans are fine but PvP clans can ruin a good game. We have other reasons, which we will let you know about later in the game. OK?" replied Toni. Sophie nodded she understood.

  Are we clear to go Enoch? Cain asked.

  {Yes, no PvP players on this floor.} Enoch replied.

  "We can’t take the stairs as they will probably be booby-trapped. I know I would do that." Cain said. They separated and had a quick look around the floor, looking for inspiration. Five minutes later they joined up again.

  "How do we get down then?" Sophie asked as she could see no easy way down without getting killed.

  "Simple, we split into two teams. It can be you two and me or me with one of you, you can choose. While I had my quick look around, I noticed loads of old-fashioned chairs. We’ll grab say three or four retro circular barrel chairs, the ones on the apartment balconies. Dragged them to the main stairwell, and I’ll tape two HEDP rounds in each chair."

  They decided it would be best if Toni went with Cain they had fought in groups in other games. "Emily, when Natasha and I start our external descent, you roll the chairs down the stairwell. That will make the group below think we’ve fallen into their kill zone. While all that is going on, we will exit from one suite, taking them out from behind. Keep a close eye on the party chat, we can do some of our communication through that. Ready?" asked Cain. The women both replied yes, so they gathered the chairs and two full lengths of a fire hose. Leaning over the balcony, Toni said.

  "This one will do. It’s directly over a similar area. Can you ask you know who, to make sure the room is empty? The last thing I need is to fight our way into the room before we’re ready." Cain checked with Enoch, who wasn’t fully sure that set of rooms were empty.

  "Natasha, we’re not sure, but once the chairs trigger the stairwell traps if anyone is in they will soon rush out," Cain said. Agreeing with Toni, Cain sent a message through the party chat to Sophie, asking her to roll out the barrels.

  A series of explosions echoed through the building as the first barrel chair triggered the first trap in the stairwell. Giving each other a thumbs up, Cain and Toni slid down their own firehose, landing on a balcony silently, amidst the sound of more explosions.

  {I have counted fifteen players on this floor. Six came rushing out of one of the larger suites. All but three are to the left of the suite you are in} Enoch sent to Cain, who relayed that to Toni.

  Equipping both his M249 and the MP5, for close quarter fighting, Cain had Toni open the balcony door enough for him to slide the MP5 barrel through the gap. Cain waited as Toni slid the balcony door wider, he then crept into the room and checked it for occupants. Toni followed Cain into the empty room as he swapped out his weapon. Leaving the apartment, with the weapon first after crawling on the floor, Cain laid the M249 with the bipod extended on the floor pointing down the corridor. With the weapon‘s optics connected using Bluetooth, Cain aimed the weapon slightly off centre towards the left-hand wall, where most of the players stood in anticipation of killing those who descended the stairs.

  Holding up his left hand, Cain began a countdown, 5 -just as another barrel rolled into the killing zone. 4 – Cain took a steadying breath. 3 – Toni had her pair of MP5s lifted and ready. 2 – Blinking. 1 – letting out their breaths.

  As Cain shot, he had Enoch stop all his HUD messages; he emptied the rest of the used ammo box in twelve seconds before he rolled out through the haze of gunfire residue going after Toni. Leaving the M249 on the floor, he aimed his MP5 down the bullet-riddled corridor, terminating the three players who survived the initial one hundred and thirty-five shots.

  Toni went the opposite direction, she killed the first two clan players easily as they were making out in the room next to the one she exited from.

  Critical Hit: - 179 (703/882), on Rupert Ours, Critical Hit: - 242 (461/882), on Rupert Ours, Fatal Hit: - 461 (0/882), on Rupert Ours.

  Critical Hit: -236 (646/882), on Mary Tourtel, Critical Hit: - 407 (239/882), on Mary Tourtel, Fatal Hit: - 239 (0/882), on Mary Tourtel.

  She had to search five suites before she found the la
st player on this floor. He had locked himself in a suite, barricading the door. Toni equipped her M2010 and went into a suite next to the players. With Rahab and Enoch’s help she aimed her M2010 at a spot on the suite wall, steadied her breathing and pulled the trigger. The .300 Win Mag bullet punched through two plasterboard walls, hitting the player in his head. A fatal shot, bringing a smile to Toni’s face as she returned to Cain who had just killed the last three players.

  Fatal Hit: - -882 (0/882), on Willie Mouse.

  The door to the stairwell groaned before it fell into the corridor, Sophie’s head popped out, "You need any help?" she asked then started her looting operation, picking up items the players dropped on the floor. "There is one body you won’t be able to access, it’s barricaded in a suite near the end of the corridor," Toni informed her. It wasn’t long before Sophie returned with a smile on her face.

  "There were good drops from these players, better than I was expecting. I think it’s because they had taken these weapons and kit from other players, and had not slept with it in their inventories, making it theirs," Sophie said as she sat on the edge of the bed next to Toni, who wrapped herself around Cain, seeking his tonsils. Sophie felt the stirrings of lust, wanting to share in their activity.

  Shower Scene

  Breaking free from Toni’s idea of an interlude while Sophie looted the players, Cain looked at Sophie noticing a speculative look on her slightly blushing face. What will be, will be.

  "Same again or do you have a better idea?" Cain asked both his women. They all sat in silence, drinking and eating snack bars. Sophie noticed Cain’s health wasn’t one hundred percent, so she cast minor heal on him. Doing an instant heal of twenty, with another thirty over ten seconds. Cain looked up and nodded his thanks.

  As Toni sat thinking she rubbed her lower back, her health was full, but aches and pains still impacted players. It was the first time she had abseiled using a fire hose. Sophie asked Toni before placing her hand on her neck. The feeling of warmth spread down her spine, washing the ache of her bruised back away. Taking hold of Sophie’s hand Toni lifts it to her mouth and kisses the back, "Thank you," Toni said.

  "So, do we repeat what we have done? Or do something slightly different?" asked Cain to the others.

  {Cain, the majority of the players have moved from the second floor, up to the third. I have been keeping a close check on their numbers. There are twenty-eight players below. I do not think you can repeat the same method of attack.} Enoch said to Cain.

  "Enoch has just told me that there are twenty-eight players on the floor below. We need to do something different. Enoch, are they still monitoring the CCTV feeds?" Cain said. Receiving the information from Enoch, they all sat on the bed in the suite.

  "If we wait for them to attack us here, we will kill a lot of them but die ourselves. I think we need to distract them somehow. Let the ones monitoring the CCTV, see something that makes the others stay where they are while we come up with a good attack plan. It’s like they are waiting all bottled up and unable to move down or come up." Toni said. Giving Cain’s and Toni’s talks a thought or two, Sophie came up with an idea.

  "If we can distract the players below, give them something to worry about I could use two of my spells to achieve an explosive result," Sophie said and explained what she had in mind. First, they had Enoch tell them which rooms had the CCTV system installed, finding only one on that floor they moved into it. Next, Cain and Sophie went into the corridor and laid traps in the stairwell and across the stairwell door and elevator doors. Cain laid down with the M249 for heavy burst fire suppression, with its bipod out, covering both doors. As his MP5 was not suitable for that role.

  Next came the hard part, playing for the camera. Toni and Sophie had to get showered, washing all the gore from their bodies, all in full view of the CCTV. Sophie had covered them with the makeup she had found in the suite where the pair were having sex.

  Enoch made a copy of the camera feeds from that floor. Sophie thought she could cast the spells and achieve a result in a maximum of ten minutes. Cain had his head down, almost falling asleep until Enoch told him he could soon pack up his gear as he already had a five-minute loop.

  Since it was Sophie’s idea she decided it would be better going first, she was apprehensive. Although she like women and had kissed several while at university, she had never stripped before another woman, in this case a beautiful sexy woman who would watch her intently. Her body back in her POD, shivered in anticipation as her avatar got ready to take a shower.

  Speaking out loud for the CCTV microphone, Sophie complained about Joseph, how he was such a hard taskmaster, maybe they would be better off on their own. That she was sick of having the blood and gore from those helpless players on her, so she would get a shower.

  Toni sat on the bed talking to back as Sophie began seductively undressing, winking at her Toni made comments on how that Joseph wasn’t really a man. Cain used party chat telling them he could hear what they were saying, and that it was difficult not laughing at their dribble.

  Sophie was down to her bra and panties, Enoch reported the two men in the control room fixated on her undressing scene. One man had his penis out and was rubbing it.

  Cain sent on the party chat.

  Toni watched, riveted as Sophie slipped her panties down her shapely legs, her eyes devoured the whole of Sophie’s body as she walked over to the large three-person shower.

  I would so like for my real body to be here, especially when I get Cain to fuck me. But wow, Sophie sure has a fit avatar. I wonder if she is feeling turned on like me.

  Toni, not normally drawn to women, yes she appreciated a fit and good-looking woman, just like the next woman. Toni found she couldn’t take her eyes off Sophie. Why am I feeling like this? Sophie was nearly as tall as herself, her body was not thin but well defined, shapely, having a little of fat on her hips. Sophie had nice sized breasts that Toni thought would fit nicely into her own hands, let alone Cain’s. They had nice dark areola, with small nipples. What drew Toni’s eyes the most though was that Sophie had a hairless vagina, she easily saw her small lips. Toni felt herself tingling and getting wet.

  This is so not normally me, if I was watching Cain, yes but not such a beautiful woman like Sophie. Rahab can you ask Enoch to ask Cain what he chose for my sexuality, please.

  [Enoch says Cain apologises, but he selected option three when filling in your profile. Option three was a bi-sexual woman]

  Toni wanted to go into the corridor, so she could shout at Cain and kick his cute arse and beat upon his chest, but her eyes kept drifting back to Sophie’s body, the shape of her arse and breasts. Toni imagined herself kissing Sophie, just like she kissed Cain, letting her kisses work down towards that hairless vagina, so she could taste those lips.

  [You would think Cain knew about Vince’s letter, about you having to create a harem. So, although he possibly selected bi-sexual because it turned him on, it has worked out for the best. With Sophie in your and Cain’s harem you will take the first steps in finding Vince.] Rahab, said to Toni.

  Shaking her head in agreement, Toni’s eyes once more watched Sophie as she continued to soap her body and sang a love song from around nineteen hundred and seventy. Toni laughed as she heard Sophie’s beautiful voice singing, "Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you; Remember, I’ll always be true. And then while I’m away, I’ll remember you every day, And I’ll send all my loving to you." Sophie turned and blew Toni a kiss.

  It entranced Toni as Sophie sang and soaped between her legs paying plenty of attention to her vagina. Sophie looked over at, Toni while she sang I’ll always be true while washing her vagina and slipping a finger past her soaped lips, then blew Toni a kiss before she moved on to soap her breasts, squeezing and pulling on her small but erect nipples.

  Enoch messaged the party telling them to change places, they captivated the watchers, both had th
eir penises out. All the screens in the control room were showing Sophie in the shower. That was a nice touch with the Beatles' song there, I think Cain will appreciate it when he watches the playback.

  Sophie, blushed heavily as she finished rinsing then stepped out of the still running shower, quickly drying her body then using that towel, wrapping it around her hair. Toni could not stop herself as she walked up to Sophie while she tied the towel off. She wrapped her arms around Sophie, pulling her into a hug and whispering just for her.

  "Thanks for the show, you are so hot, so desirable." Before tracing several kisses on Sophie’s neck then gave her a full, deep kiss. Toni tentatively, for the very first time ran her right hand, her fingers hardly touching the skin, down Sophie’s back, round the swell of her firm left buttock, giving it a squeeze. Satisfied with the squeeze, Toni’s hand moved around Sophie’s hip arriving at her intended destination. Her finger’s running over, feeling the bald pussy before cupping it.

  "Do you like that, I like to shave my pussy, to keep it nice and smooth. I love watching a prick slide into me. Who knows, maybe even your fingers or tongue, would you like that?" said Sophie.

  It was as if Toni’s hand belonged to another person, her middle finger slipped between Sophie’s moist lips, finding that Sophie’s clit was rather large as she gave it several little circular rubs. Bringing little gasps of pleasure from Sophie as she leant into Toni’s body.

  Breaking the kiss and the feeling of Sophie’s vagina, Toni lifted her finger to her mouth and slipped it inside closing her eyes while moaning for real. A message popped up in the party chat from Sophie.