"This story is based off a dream I had very recently. I felt that with some work, I could make this into a worthy story. I woke up just as the good part was cumming (pun intended), but that's where I took things to a completely new level. Hope you all enjoy this. Please rate and comment on the story and let me know your thoughts with personal messages. Thank you!"
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Addison quietly slipped through the cracked door, looking around for signs of other people. The 18 year old high school senior, followed by another teen boy of similar age, slowly walked into the dimly lit hallway. Neither said a word as they picked up their pace, making as little noise as possible each time their socked feet hit the hard, tiled floor. The two boys were on a mission, and the least bit of noise could attract the kind of attention they so desperately wanted to avoid. Down the hall, the second teen noticed a room that had yet to try.
"There, the classroom at the end," he whispered to his partner.
Addison nodded, but said not a word. He knew that it was likely in there, as one was usually in an open room in the middle of the floor. Obvious, but still a bit difficult without all the lights on. As they approached the room, they gave the hallway, which splits as it meets the classroom, another look to make sure the coast was clear. The second boy teen went in first, as Addison kept watch for a fraction of a second longer.
"This is almost too quiet," Addison thinks to himself.
"Here! I found it," the other boy whispers loudly from inside the room. Addison walks into the small classroom, which was even darker than out in the hallway. While everything is barely visible, he see the unmistakable shape of a flashlight head.
"Now we can go free people upstairs and they can find the other pieces too!," the second boy says excitedly.
"It won't be easy," Addison replied. "The Gargons have found most of them, and there will be at least one sticking around that main group in the chapel. Let's go up as quietly as we came."
They both nod, and silently exited the room. The first one out was the first in; the ever excited Charlie Mann. Though his 6 foot frame might have people mistake him for a basketball player, poor Charlie was a huge klutz and had relatively few friends to speak of. Intelligence wasn't his strong suit either. He was wearing his favorite green Zelda t-shirt and baggy jeans that didn't fit quite right on his skinny frame.
For the most part, he stuck with his friend and game partner, Addison. Unlike Charlie, Addison was only about 5 foot 4 inches or so. To make up for his lack of height, he was a clever and talented young boy. Though he was considered "cute" by the other girls in high school, with short blonde hair and a face that would make Justin Bieber jealous in envy, Addison's constant problems with shyness and confidence prevented him from forming close relations with said girls. He was wearing a short sleeve orange jacket and tan cargo shorts, which he felt were very appropriate for all the running he would be doing tonight.
Both boys were participating in a youth group game called Gargons. The game itself was rather simple and straightforward. There were two kinds of players: Gargons and everyone else. Gargons were essentially taggers. They traveled around the large church that Addison and Charlie were members of, having to yell "Gargon!" as they walked around to make their presences known. The entire church was in relative darkness, with only emergency signs, a few damp lights, and the moonlight to show the way. Gargons had the duty to find everyone else participating in the game and to tag those wandering players to freeze them. If everyone (other than the Gargons) is frozen, the Gargons win and gain exclusive privileges to Guitar Hero in the youth group's den during free times.
The rest of the group had a mission to fulfill: find the pieces of two full flashlights, which were five pieces each, put them together, and shine the light on the Gargons to win the game. Another incentive to find the pieces was you could unfreeze a tagged person with a piece of the flashlight. Being tagged while holding a flashlight piece, however, could be detrimental to the whole group, as you cannot pass the piece to anyone else while tagged and frozen. Winning this game could indeed be very difficult for everyone else. However, the game was immensely popular with the group, and the overall size of the church allowed for many places to hide to avoid detection from Gargons. Running was also allowed by both, but shoes were usually taken off to avoid making lots of noise. Many people went barefoot or wore socks, like both boys were.
With that in mind, both boys were determined not to get caught with the piece they had just found. Since the game had started twenty minutes ago, the Gargons had pulled an early lead. While Addison was sure that there were at least four or five other people untagged people roaming the church, that meant that about twenty or so others were frozen and couldn't move. To make matters worse, their youth leader had not only chosen four of the most experienced Gargons he could find, but he had also done a terrific job of hiding some of these pieces.
"We were lucky to find this piece," Addison told Charlie quietly, as they headed back to the stairs they came down from. The church had two floors, with the main floor providing one set for the flashlight, and the basement held the other.
"Yeah, but why haven't we seen anyone down here?" Charlie asked. "Usually people hide down here, since it's darker."
Addison thought Charlie made a good point. However, he didn't think that too long, as a voice called out to them.
"There is someone down here you nerds! Now get me unfrozen."
Both boys knew the voice as one of the ruder members, Chris. They followed the voice to another classroom, and there he was on the floor, waiting to be unfrozen.
"About time someone came down and got me!" he said with a sarcastic tone. "I've been waiting here for almost fifteen minutes now!"
Charlie took the flashlight head and gently patted Chris on the shoulder, allowing him to get up. "You see anyone else around here?" Charlie asked.
But Chris wasn't interested in staying around to talk, and as soon as he was unfrozen, he dashed off, heading upstairs.
"Wait! They are all upstairs, you'll get caught!" Addison yelled at Chris. As if he didn't hear, Chris went through the door leading upstairs, and shut it with a loud thud echoing throughout the basement halls.
"Great, now he's going to get captured," Addison said. "They'll hear him from a mile away and trap him like they did everyone else."
The Gargons, Addison knew, where working well together and cornering players. Most of the time they played this game, the Gargons chosen would go their own separate ways and do little to coordinate their efforts. This wasn't the case tonight however. The four Gargons this time knew exactly what to do, as they had all done it before. For Addison, that made the game much more tense and exciting.
"Let's not go up that way," Addison said. "If they catch Chris there, they'll come down and look for more."
As per usual, Charlie agreed with Addison. The two friends went off to the southern end of the basement to find another way upstairs. While they traveled quietly, they looked around for other frozen members. For whatever reason, they found none on the way.
