•//forever alone\\• player 230

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we went up the stairs, they seemed endless, until some guards started shooting at us. luckily our players were strong too, and after a while they managed to eliminate them all. we were getting closer and closer. I turned towards the people «try to stay alert. I will protect you from the front but I can't protect you from the sides or the back, so be careful.»

they began to line up, moving forward in unison. I approached the door where we would be able to access the frontman's office, when more gunshots rang out, knocking one of our men to the ground. we all turned around, and that's when I noticed thanos had followed me. I looked at him with wide eyes.

trying not to get sniped, I approached him. he noticed and tried to get as far away as possible, but I managed to reach him anyway. «what are you doing here, I told you not to come! do you want to get killed this badly?» «no, I wanna stay with you and protect you this badly. that's why I'm here.» I sighed «you know what you're doing is stupid, right?» «yes, and I will take full responsibility.»

I sighed and watched the players kill the guards, one of them was putting no effort at all. he was 388, he looked traumatized. so why did he decide to follow us? he wanted to show himself strong, probably. I approached him, seeing thanos jealous «hey, are you okay? you seem very scared» he looked at me terrified, then seeing who it was he calmed down.

«ah nono, don't worry, I'm very calm.» «do you know that if you keep shooting like that, not only will you not hit anyone but you will run out of reloads quickly?» he looked at me, confused. «ah, yes..» «if you're so scared you better go back, you know» I advised him. «no.. I can do it, I'm a marine after all.» I looked at him worried but let him do it.

with the guard's mask we managed to enter the labyrinth to the frontman's office. me, gi-hun, his friend and.. thanos entered. he begged me so much that I finally let him come with me. he knew he could die, I warned him.

I tried to be as sneaky as possible, and I tried to stay alert so that no one could come out and kill us. I had doubts, I didn't think that now 001 would help me survive. «the entrance is there, but surely some guards will block our way. there are two entrances, you stay here and distract the guards, me and thanos go to the other side» I said to the other two.

I didn't really know the way to the other entrance, but I tried to find it anyway. it was full of doors, it made me confused. thanos my name is «could this be it?» «could, come on, let's go in, if it's wrong we can go back, maybe. if we find the exit»

«we can do like the legend of the minotaur, ariadne used the thread to lead theseus to the beast and kill him» «do you think we have a thread, thanos?» «..no, but..» «no but nothing, we will be able to get out in one way or the other» I ventured down the corridor, followed by him.

there was a white room, it was definitely not the right way. I turned around but there was no sign of thanos or the door from where we had entered. I looked around «thanos? thanos where are you?» I heard some sounds behind me.

turning around, I found a person hanging, lifeless. I didn't want to get closer, but it was as if the room was getting smaller, trapping me. getting close enough, I noticed that it wasn't a random person, but my friend.

her face was almost unrecognizable, but the number and her hair made it obvious. her, the girl I couldn't save. remembering all the memories of us together, and how she must have felt the moment she died made me cry.

I wanted to take her face but it was all ripped apart. now the only material memory I had of her was that body, half destroyed. poor thing, who knows what they did to her. and why did they make me see her? I started crying more.

the rope holding her down began to loosen, causing her to slowly descend, I went down to the ground with her, when the rope came undone and caused the body to fall to the ground. I could hardly breathe anymore, losing an important person was the worst thing in the world, even worse seeing them in this state.

I started thinking about thanos again, the fact that I didn't know where he was alarmed me, but so much. I barely got up and tried to get out of that hellish room. as if I had been snatched out of my dreams, or rather nightmares, I found him in front of me, shaking me.

he hugged me aggressively «what the fuck happened to you? you were paralyzed» «my friend.. they showed me my friend, hanging.. even se-mi died, fuck, everyone, only us are missing» «we're not gonna die, we just gotta find that fucking door»

we searched far and wide, but none of those doors convinced me. «they brought you here when.. you had to reward them?» he asked, scared but also sad. «I came back from here, I don't remember the way to get there well.» «we'll find the place, don't worry. we don't lack many doors, one of these will be the right one»

I found a familiar door, I stopped. I had a bad feeling. I didn't know what to do, almost walked away from it but thanos proceeded to open it. my vision turned black, and when my eyes could see again, I found myself trapped by guards, with thanos in front of me, also trapped.