Pangea Online 3: Vials and Tribulations by S.L. Rowland

Author:S.L. Rowland [Rowland, S.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

We materialize back in the whiteness of The Vacuum.

Dean wraps his arms around me, squeezing tightly. “We did it! We made it through the first stage.”

He smiles broadly before releasing me and taking a step back, as if suddenly realizing what he’s done. He looks around to see if anyone saw him, but the other contestants are focused on the massive feeds displayed in the sky.

I place my arm around him and pull him in. “And quicker than most of our competitors, it seems.”

A few dozen challengers stand around watching the video feeds. Far less than were here this morning. We’re all back in our normal outfits again. A leaderboard in the sky tells us that we were the sixtieth team to finish.

A slender elf and a burly dwarf materialize out of thin air.

The dwarf pushes the elf in the thigh. “Stupid! I told you not to run in like that. I knew I should have taken your sister instead.” He turns to the rest of us. “Screw you! All of you.”

A portal opens and both the dwarf and elf step through. I guess we won’t be seeing them in the next round.

Ryken and Dawn stand by themselves at the far end, huddled together and whispering. I should have known they would be one of the first ones through. I search the leaderboard for their position. Tenth.

Nancy hovers in the air on her pegasus. A camera with miniature thrusters floats in front of her as she comments on the main Pangea Online feed as it cycles through various players’ streams. The camera is more for appearance than anything, or possibly to let her know when she’s being recorded.

I focus on the feed, but it’s hard to tell who it’s following with everyone wearing the same gray unitards and their faces covered with helmets. The current feed follows a pair as they maneuver a large tank down a tunnel.

“That’s the one I wanted to drive!” Dean rocks on his feet excitedly. “I knew it would have fit in the tunnel.”

Nancy offers commentary as the tank spits out a stream of fire from the mounted flamethrower. “—and look at it go. Paul Campbell is putting those flamethrowers to use, completely incinerating the ooze beasts before him.”

The feed shifts to a team ducking behind a corner as a door explodes. “It looks like we have our next set of victors. That satchel of plasma grenades came in useful for Talia and Chadwick Tate. With fifty of them, they just blew the door to the control room clean off its hinges!”

“Oh! That’s not good.” It cycles to the next feed and Nancy places a hand over her eyes as a group of lizard people pry off the helmet of some unlucky soul and devour him. “It looks like we’ve lost another competitor. They’re dropping like houseflies. How many remain? How many will survive until the next stage? Stay tuned to the official Pangea Online stream to find out. Now back to headquarters for more in-depth coverage.

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