Polybius Returns (Lani’s Part)

= = Today was just like every other day. I woke up and went to see my friends. We usually go to find some old pieces of metal to weld together. I got excited when I got a call about an abandoned arcade. I was told when I arrived that we leave in the morning. I didn’t want to go with them. I dislike the idea of breaking and entering but, I followed any way. We went home to go and rest up so we would have enough energy for the drive in the morning.

That night I didn't sleep. I kept feeling like I was being watched. I looked at the window and saw what looked liked two white glowing eyes. I closed my eyes and looked away.I looked away for what seemed like hours. I looked back every few hours only to see that the eyes never moved. I was about to go and shut the blinds when I heard my phone alarm go off.

That morning I drive over to pick up my friends so we can drive over to the arcade. I voted that I drive because its my car. Most of the time they were in the back of the van gathering up food and water.I was sitting there driving until Isaw it. The arcade was nasty and broken down. All the windows were boarded up. The worst part was the smell. It smelled rotten and gross like a corpse was left her for two weeks.

We entered the building by hitting the door down with a sledge hammer. The loud bang made me jump. When we opened the door the stench became stronger. The building looked gross and old. The roof had many holes in it and lights were falling. We decided to split up to see what we could find. I was walking away from the others when I tripped on something.

The others heard me scream and ran over. They helped me up so that I could tell them what happened. They looked to see what I tripped on and couldn’t figure out what it was. Then Camron started to say it looked like a body. He showed us the arms and legs and the head. I didn’t want to believe it.

I tripped on a dead body.Not a stick or loose wire but a dead body. The old corpse looked like it has been here for a week or two. The body had turned a grayish color and began to fall apart.It was contorted into a weird position like it was hit repeatedly with a metal bat. Then we heard a loud bang. I tried to persuade Camron to let us leave but he wanted to go and investigate the noise. So we started walking toward the other side of the arcade.

What we saw will scar me for life. It was THE game. The Game that killed more than 50 people. We found it. Out of any one in the world the game came to us. What was really creepy about this was that it was in perfect condition. It looked clean and fresh like it was just put in. Luke say the game and instantly froze. In all honesty I did too. I know what his game can do and I feared it. Luke decided to play the game from Hell. The game changed him. He became more angry the longer he played. I tried to get him to stop but he just attacked me. He jumped on top of me and began to hit me over and over again. I could hear Camron and Breaden screaming at Luke in the background. Luke stood over me and grunted then went back to playing the game.

After we pried Luke off the game we went home. For 30 minutes strait Luke screamed. Eventually I hit him over the head and knocked him out. We arrived late at at least 11:30 and put Luke in his bed. We grabbed some microwavable corn dogs and ate dinner. No one said anything while we ate. I drove home and went to sleep.

I got a call at about 1:00 am Saying that Luke broke out through the window. I grabbed some clothes and drove back to Camron’s house to pick him and braeden up.Camron told me that he had already called the police and had them follow us. We followed a trail that Luke left when he broke the window and cut himself. The trail led right to the arcade. I parked the car and went to look for Luke. I kept following the blood trail and saw that it just stopped in one spot. I looked up to see Luke had hung himself in the rafters of the arcade. The police began to ask us questions like “Was he a depressed person?”or “Did he ever talk about killing himself?”. Almost all the questions were like that. Eventually the cops told us to go home. We did but I didn’t want to.

That night I dreamt of Luke playing that game. He turned his head and looked at me. His eyes were pitch black and you could see rope burns around his neck. He told me it was my turn and he got off the game and gave me a quarter.I woke that night sweating. I felt a strange feeling like i was not in control of my own body. I began to run back to the arcade to look for answers.

What i saw will haunt my dreams forever. The screams are still ringing in my head. I can still hear HIM.The voice is till in my head and it will never leave.