Writing The Challenge: A Survivor Story [PG

[Horendithas]

[COLOR="Indigo"][quote name='Lady Asphyxia;787018][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I am enjoying just reading it, and I would love to see if the three remaining manage to get one-up on Sandy somehow, and to check out the conclusion. XD[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]I know I'm looking forward to that moment. Sandy getting clobbered that is. Heh.[quote name='Sandy'']It's refreshing to see this type of short story, where you'll know that the writer will finish it soon. I swear, there are so many great beginnings for stories in this forum that never get to the end, for some reason or another. I'm so glad that this won't be one of them.[/quote]I agree. I hate seeing so many stories that are interesting and yet never get to the end. So for the same reason I'm looking forward to getting to see how this one finally finishes. And yes Beth that's a hint that we want to see the next chapter and soon. [/COLOR]

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Lady Asphyxia'][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I love that Sandy lost patience with all of you and I love that this all stemmed from a dream. It's great that while this is an OB fanfiction it isn't intended to be -- it's not there for your friends to get a kick out of being in a story you wrote, it's there to share something that you thought of and enjoyed, which is awesome.

I am enjoying just reading it, and I would love to see if the three remaining manage to get one-up on Sandy somehow, and to check out the conclusion. XD
[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]Thanks I'm glad you've enjoyed reading it. ^_^ I love how Sandy punished us for essentially misbehaving in Survivor. As well as how it was a wacky dream. XP [quote name='Sandy']Oh, I think they will. ;D It'd be so [I]Beth[/I] for them to do that. *winks*

It's refreshing to see this type of short story, where you'll know that the writer will finish it soon. I swear, there are so many great beginnings for stories in this forum that never get to the end, for some reason or another. I'm so glad that this won't be one of them.

Won't it, Beth? ;P[/QUOTE]Well ironically, the very last bit of the dream, I woke up right before it ended. So though it was heading towards a very certain ending I'm not quite sure. However, I intend to end it based on where it was going at the time. ^_~ And I think you'll get a kick out of it. lol That and it was close enough to the end that I'm fairly positive that what happens would have happened in the dream.

Anyway, I've tried to keep the delay between chapters to no more than a few days, or rather long enough for me to convert thoughts into dialog since for some of the dream, I knew what people were thinking so I've been tweaking that to make it into a more readable format. And since there's only one more chapter after this, it will definately get finished. [quote name='indifference'][COLOR="Indigo"]And yes Beth that's a hint that we want to see the next chapter and soon. [/COLOR][/QUOTE]I'll take that hint and present you with the next chapter. ^_~
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Chapter Five: Fallen![/CENTER][/SIZE]

While the police and the security continued their sweep of the mall looking for them, SunfallE, BKstyles and Aaryanna checked the section above the ceiling they were in. It was unfortunate but it was not connected to the other sections on the top floor. The ceiling above the hallways leading to stairs and elevators, like the center was open all the way up and made of glass.

?[B]Looks like we don?t have a choice. We should get back down and hide somewhere they?ve already checked, before they come back and check the crawlspace area.[/B]? SunfallE concluded. ?[B]Our best bet is to use the electronics store, we can climb down the shelves where the TV?s are to get to the bottom. I?d rather not go back to where we came up.[/B]?

The other two looked at SunfallE and nodded their agreement, before simply following along as she lead the way back to the section that was over the electronics store. It was on the edge next to the hallway leading towards the outer wall and SunfallE was of the opinion that they could wait for the right moment and slip around the corner and simply head down the stairs.

They were almost there when SunfallE missed a step in the semi darkness and placed her foot on the wrong section. Before she could do more than give out a tiny startled cry the panel gave way and she tumbled through the ceiling to the floor in the electronics store. Frantically she stood up looking around as her heart pounded, but no one was there. Breathing a sigh of relief she looked up just as BKstyles jumped down, landing next to her.

?[B]Are you alright?[/B]? He asked.

?[B]Yeah,[/B]? SunfallE replied with a shaky smile. ?[B]That just scared the hell out of me, that?s all.[/B]?

A moment later Aaryanna dropped down to the floor as well. After briefly checking on SunfallE and reassuring herself that she was okay, Aaryanna started heading towards the front of the store, the others following closely. As she moved to the right so they could simply sneak out and then quickly turn and head to the right down the hallway, Aaryanna paused to look at TV screen at the front of the store. The information about the Survivors clearly displayed. And for the first time the three of them finally saw just what Sandy had put a bounty on their heads for.

BKstyles just shook his head, ?[B]Hell, how could Sandy be so stupid? It?s no wonder people are shooting instead of demanding that we surrender. Did he really think anyone would listen to a live capture only [I]for that?[/I][/B]?

All of them sighed with disgust, for Sandy had listed them as known terrorists. Regardless of the money for information or the instructions that they were to be caught alive, each of them knew that plenty of people would have no qualms about simply killing them on sight.

?[B]I?m gonna clobber that fool when we get back,[/B]? SunfallE said with a groan. ?[B]Couldn?t he have listed us as bank robbers or something? Hell![/B]?

The three started to move to look out the entrance to see if the coast was clear when once again the screen changed to one of Sandy along with indifference. Startled the three turned back to look.

?[B]What do you want now idiot?[/B]? Aaryanna snapped.

Sandy just rolled his eyes. ?[B]How many times do I have to tell you to quit sticking together? Break it up people![/B]?

?[B]Bah![/B]? Aaryanna growled with frustration. ?[B]Just put a sock in it and shut up Sandy![/B]? With a snarl of irritation she used her rod mod to zap the TV screen, shorting it out and cutting the communication. She gave SunfallE and BKstyles a quick smile and then after looking to see that it was clear she slipped around the corner and took off, followed by BKstyles and then SunfallE.

They were halfway down the hallway when the screen hanging from the ceiling changed to a view of Sandy and indifference. Sandy gave out a melodramatic sigh.

?[B]That was uncalled for Aaryanna, and since the three of you are unwilling to break it up I?m going to do it for you.[/B]? A second later an alarm and the sound of voices could be heard as the police and the security rushed for their position. At the same moment the security grate between them and the stairs began to come down.

?[B]Two of you will make it though the other will not, I suggest you all get going.[/B]? With that Sandy once again was gone. The three looked back at the sound of footsteps to see that a group of police had found them.

?[B]Hell![/B]? SunfallE swore as they turned to run, she took a few steps only to swear again as she stumbled and fell, pain shooting up her ankle. BKstyles and Aaryanna turned to see what had happened just as the grate came crashing down separating them from SunfallE.

With a grimace SunfallE got up and limped over to the grate, turning so her back was against it. She realized that she must have hurt her right ankle when she fell through the ceiling.

?[B]SunfallE![/B]? Aaryanna cried out.

?[B]Get moving you two! I couldn?t keep up even if Sandy hadn?t closed the grate.[/B]? SunfallE sighed a bit as the police got closer and started to raise their guns, there was nowhere for her to go. And even if there was, she couldn't run.

?[B]Are you?[/B]? BKstyles started to say.

?[B]I?m fine.[/B]? SunfallE replied through clenched teeth, she turned to look at both of them through the grate and give them a tiny smile. ?[B]Get going before they cut both of you off as well.[/B]? With a nod both of them turned and took off down the stairs.

SunfallE turned back to see that the police had come to a halt, their weapons raised and aimed at her. She knew that it wouldn?t kill but she couldn?t help but feel afraid. Seconds later they fired as one, multiple shots hitting her, sending painful jolts of electricity through her. She dropped to her hands and knees as the police rushed her and shoved her to the ground. Then the same brilliant flash of light that she had seen take Ezekiel as she fell surrounded her, and just before she was taken back to OtakuBoards she heard the chime of the mall announcement system and Sandy?s voice.

?[B]SunfallE has been captured.[/B]?[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Rachmaninoff]

Ouch! I was not expecting you to get captured Beth. Looks like its down to Aaryanna and BKstyles. And with you back at OtakuBoards, I'm wondering how that's going to work out. Though I'm assuming that since Sandy seems to know every step you take that the rest of us who are already back are also watching as well.

In which case... Aaryanna, all you have to do is kick BKstyles in the shins, zap him with your mod rod and take off! :D Anyway, I'm looking forward to the final chapter coming up. And I too hope Sandy gets clobbered in the end. I mean terrorists? XP No wonder there are so many cops and security hunting for everyone! LOL!

[SunfallE]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='Rachmaninoff']Ouch! I was not expecting you to get captured Beth. Looks like its down to Aaryanna and BKstyles. [/QUOTE]Trust me, in the dream... it was really annoying! lol

Anyway, I present the final chapter! Now keep in mind, at the point just before BKstyles and Aaryanna would have been caught I woke up so I don't know who won. So I wrote it based on making things fit, and that includes the very end, since what happened was talked about among the Survivors, so I'm going on the basis that it really did happen. Heh.

[CENTER][B][SIZE="6"]Chapter Six: Final![/SIZE][/B][/CENTER]

SunfallE had barely heard Sandy?s voice indicating that she had been captured when the light that had surrounded her faded and she found herself back at OtakuBoards in the main Survivor thread. Seconds later she felt hands helping her up and then over to a chair facing a huge set of screens displaying both BKstyles and Aaryanna along with other views of the mall that they had been transported to.

?[B]Are you alright?[/B]? Ezekiel asked. ?[B]Rach and Kathy went to get you something to wrap that ankle up with.[/B]?

SunfallE smiled, ?[B]I?m glad you?re okay. That scared the hell out of me when I saw you fall!?[/B]

Ezekiel sat back down in one of the other chairs along with the other Survivors who had gone back to watching what was happening after helping SunfallE.

?[B]You?re telling me,[/B]? Ezekiel said, she leaned forward and whispered, ?[B]By the way, when Rach and Kathy get back we?ve got something important to tell you.[/B]?

?[B]What?[/B]? SunfallE asked, clearly puzzled.

But Ezekiel just looked warily at where Sandy and indifference were standing further back. ?[B]You?ll see.[/B]? She said mysteriously and then she turned back to watching the challenge.

SunfallE had barely seen that both Aaryanna and BKstyles had made it down the stairs and into a store that sold bedding to avoid the police and security, when Rach and Kathy returned and started helping her wrap up her sprained ankle.

?[B]What?s going on?[/B]? SunfallE asked them even as she watched Aaryanna and BKstyles evade the security and the police by virtue of climbing on top of the tall shelves that housed the blankets and pillows.

Rach leaned forward to whisper. ?[B]Sandy?s been broadcasting this whole Survivor challenge live to the entire boards. I?ve been talking to the others and they think that he?s overstepped his authority, but even James is watching it and thinks it?s funny so nothing is going to be done.[/B]?

?[B]I see. But why did Ezekiel say you guys have something important to tell me?[/B]? SunfallE asked.

Rach just grinned and leaned forward and whispered something into SunfallE?s ear, something that had her grinning when he was done. Then having finished helping SunfallE by wrapping up her ankle, both Rach and Kathy sat back down to watch what was happening.

?[B]This really is unfair,[/B]? BKstyles was saying from his vantage point on the top of the wooden shelf as he glanced at Aaryanna who was standing on the other one that formed the next isle. It was apparent that with all the police and security filling the store that there was no escape.

Aaryanna just shot him a glance, ?[B]What?s unfair?[/B]?

?[B]Well you know, that you have a mod rod, you can just zap them.[/B]?

?[B]You?re such an idiot BKstyles,[/B]? Aaryanna shot back. ?[B]You?re bigger than me, faster than me and stronger, so it?s not unfair. If you say that again I?ll kick you in the shins as well as zapping you.[/B]?

BKstyles started to protest and then stopped at the sight of the police climbing on top of the shelves like they had. ?[B]Good luck.[/B]? He told Aaryanna before he took off at a run, slamming into several of them and knocking them off before jumping to the top row of another set of shelves.

Aaryanna watched him briefly before turning her attention to those who were advancing on her position. She pulled her mod rod free and started zapping people as they were attempting to climb on top. Both of them continued hopping from the top of one row of shelves to another, either kicking people off or in Aaryanna?s case, zapping them.

Then as both of them landed on the top of the same shelf, police that had climbed up on shelves further away took aim and fired at both of them. Both BKstyles and Aaryanna were struck at the same time; the force of the bullets that turned into electrical jolts sending both of them over the edge. As luck would have it Aaryanna landed closer to a group of security than BKstyles did, caught off balance by the fall, they wrestled her to the floor mere seconds before the next group did the same to BKstyles.

?[B]Nooooooooooooo![/B]? Aaryanna screamed as the light to take her back to OtakuBoards surrounded her and she heard the familiar chime before Sandy?s voice spoke over the mall?s announcement system.

?[B]Aaryanna has been captured.[/B]?

Then seconds later?

?[B]BKstyles has been captured.[/B]?

Seconds later both of them were back at OtakuBoards, dejected Aaryanna came over and sat down next to the other Sunflowers while the Aces surrounded BKstyles to congratulate him on winning the challenge. All of them looked up as Sandy along with indifference approached them.

?[B]Congratulations on winning the challenge BKstyles, now it?s time for you to decide who to evict from the game, remember, it can be anyone, even a member of your own team.[/B]?

BKstyles looked at his teammates and then turned back to Sandy, ?[B]We actually did make our decision, but you started this challenge before I could tell you. So we will stick with it. We choose to evict SunfallE from the Survivor rpg.[/B]?

SunfallE stood up and nodded, ?[B]Very well then, I?ll be on my way.[/B]? But she was stopped by Rach who grabbed her sleeve.

?[B]Not just yet Sandy, the Aces have something to tell BKstyles and then there?s something you need to see first. Once that is done, SunfallE can leave.[/B]?

Sandy just rolled his eyes, ?[B]What is it now people? The challenge is over.[/B]?

But then other than SunfallE who was still limping a bit the Survivors grabbed Sandy without warning and dragged him out of the Survivor thread, ignoring his protests as they took him to the Otaku Lounge and stuffed him into a thread there. With an evil grin SunfallE locked the thread, trapping Sandy inside. Seconds later muffled screams could be heard from outside the thread.

?[B]What did you do?[/B]? indifference asked as the Survivors burst into laughter.

SunfallE just pointed to the title: [B]When Fan Girls Attack![/B]

?[B]You mean?[/B]? indifference started to say.

Rach just laughed, ?[B]Yup, it?s full of rabid fan girls.[/B]? [/FONT][/COLOR]

[Horendithas]

[COLOR="Indigo"]Oh my. That ending is priceless. Trapping Sandy in a thread full of rabid fan girls no less. lol I'm kind of sorry it's over since that was fun from the beginning to the very end. And though I wanted Aaryanna to kick BKstyles in the shins and win... :p I do like how you made the ending fit with how you really did get kicked out of the Survivor rpg. Since you woke up before you found out what happened in the dream, that was a good way to end it in my opinion. As well as including the revenge that I'm assuming Rachmaninoff told you about when he whispered to you.

Anyway, what a fun and wacky dream that was. :catgirl: [/COLOR]

[Aaryanna_Mom]

Oh dear... Poor Sandy! Mobbed by fan girls no less! :catgirl: And I agree with indifference what a fun and wacky dream that was. I certainly enjoyed reading it from the very beginning to the end.

And I like how you wrapped it up as well. Seeing that you woke up before it ended, tying it into how the actual Survivor rp went is the perfect ending. I just hope Sandy isn't left in that thread too long!

Anyway, fun stuff! :catgirl:

[Gavin]

[quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Rach just laughed, ?[B]Yup, it?s full of rabid fan girls.[/B]? [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]I can taste the irony, and I have to say, it tastes good. ;)

I really enjoyed the story SunfallE and as weird as this sounds, I hope you dream about OB more often, just so you can supply us with a few more cool stories.[/SIZE]

[Sandy]

Fan [I]girls[/I]?! Yuck! XP Now if it was a pit of rabid fan [I]boys[/I], then I'd be extatic... ;D

Thanks, anyway, for the highly enjoyable spin-off story, Beth, it really shows that you have enjoyed the game itself as well (you surely wouldn't have dreamt about it in any other case), and I hope this story worked as a morality boost for the contestants still in the game. ;D

[Rachmaninoff]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]I can taste the irony, and I have to say, it tastes good. ;)

I really enjoyed the story SunfallE and as weird as this sounds, I hope you dream about OB more often, just so you can supply us with a few more cool stories.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]I so agree. Locking Sandy up with a horde of fan girls was priceless. Heh.

Also, I too hope you have more dreams about OB Beth. I'd love to see a couple more [I]cool stories[/I] as Gavin put it since I really enjoyed reading this. Even if I was the first one 'captured' so to speak. XP

Anyway as Kathy put it... Fun Stuff! Though I'm kind of sad that its over now. lol

[Aaryanna]

[COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]?[B]Nooooooooooooo![/B]? Aaryanna screamed as the light to take her back to OtakuBoards surrounded her and she heard the familiar chime before Sandy?s voice spoke over the mall?s announcement system.

?[B]Aaryanna has been captured.[/B]?

Then seconds later?

?[B]BKstyles has been captured.[/B]?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]It's funny, but when I read that, I actually was thinking... Nooooooo! XP Man! I wanted to win! :bawl: Though seeing that you woke up before it finished this was a good way to end it. Even if I didn't get to kick BKstyles in the shins or zap him. Feh![quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Rach just laughed, ?[B]Yup, it?s full of rabid fan girls.[/B]? [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]Now that was perfect! *laughs* I love that last bit where we stuffed Sandy into a thread and you locked him in. Anyway, that was great fun to read and I too hope you have another wacky dream about OB. Because I'd love to see more cool stories like this. :catgirl:[/FONT][/COLOR]