"Don't lie to me Rex that was insanely difficult to figure it all out!" I yelled at him furiously.
"I'm not Addy it's true after that some guy in a suit game to my house I think his name was Jerome or Jerod?" Suddenly thousands of questions flooded through my mind I decided I needed to do more digging on the so called System. Thankfully my confusion was masked by everyone for they were all confused. We were forced to snap out of our confused state by Rex's next statement. "He asked if I managed to figure out how to play the game and of course I said no someone else did. He asked me who but i refused to tell him as he looked really suspicious and the timing was way to weird." He finished while staring at me and I could almost hear his next question.
"Well no one came here and asked anything" I lied trying to buy some time.
"Why are you lying Addy?!" A voice behind me called out. "Who was that man in the suit this afternoon you were talking to?" Damn my nosey sister had to ruin that. My sister's name is Ariel she is 11 and a pain in my butt as she is always trying to be like me. Her blonde hair and blue-green eyes were what she was known for around school she was way too pure for most of the guys to even try to talk to which made my dad happy.
"Addy was that Jerome this morning?!" Came the question from the three in front of me as my sister settled down on the stairs so I couldn't escape. This also meant I had no choice but to answer the questions presented to me while trying not go say anything about the system.
"Yes but I didn't want to tell you as I figured you guys would worry to much. He asked me if anything happened yesterday or today I told him no he said if I thought of anything to give him a call and handed me his business card." At this I pulled out the card he handed me earlier and gave it to my dad. He looked it over and his mouth fell open.
He took a minute and finally said in a quiet and amazed voice, "What exactly did he want from the two of you?" Everyone finally stopped and just stared at me and Rex. "This man works for the largest game company in the area and I dont even know what he does there his name isnt on their site!" He concluded standing up and walking over to me.
"How do you know dad" I asked of course I knew my dad created the story lines for a dozen games and he was currently trying to get in with this company as the pay for original games authors was very lucrative.
"I have researched the place extensively so I can make sure that I work at a company I like." He stated quite happily and with a pleased look on face. He always did stuff like this. Everything he did was what he liked and he never stayed at a job if he felt it didn't fit him.
"Hahaha dad now what do you mean you dont know him? All employees of a company have to be registered on their site according to new federal laws right!" If it wasn't for the laws then companies could have spies working for them and chaos continued. Eventually the government stepped in created this law to prevent this from happening again.
"Well the only exception to this law is the higher ups of the security." He replied thoughtfully, "Hey give him a call and see what you can do for him." Dad suggested after a few minutes of thought.
"I will call him tomorrow after breakfast ok? I have some things to do tonight so I will be back later." I said after I grabbed Rex and started to push him out of the door. "We need to talk now!" I whispered to him as we left.
We went to the park to talk and discovered that the Mr. Jerome we met was indeed the same person it had been so quick after their meeting that he was at my house that they didn't know how he could have got the info he did. "I mean Rex he was at your house then mine not 15 minutes later he was at mine. He even called me outside so there wasn't any way my parents would see him."
"Strange should we call him tomorrow?" Rex said with a hint of excitement barely contained in his voice. "This is a rare chance to get in there and see if any new games are coming!" At this he was no longer able to control his excitement and just let go of his control.
"I will call him like I said so meet me at my house at breakfast time ok!" I instructed Rex he nodded and ran home. I turned around and started to walk slowly to my house but constantly felt like I was being watched.
*Beep* The system alarm sounded in my ear almost making me jump from fright. 'Danger detected best chance of escape is running.' The panel appeared and suddenly a map appeared directly after displaying my location and my house with a path between them. Without a second thought I began to run home following the map as it showed a route I was not aware of before. 'Have I gotten faster?' the question formed in my mind when I suddenly remembered I increased my agility stat. In record time I made it to my house.
"Addy I dont appreciate the lie you told us but I understand why. Anyway dinner is ready come eat darling." My dad called over to me as I closed the door. "Having steak mashed potatoes and buttered green beans." Dad loves to make random meals and was always enforcing the fact that we need to eat before we could di anything else. I sat down and ate with everyone not realizing that I had skipped lunch earlier and ate much more than normal.
"I finished my homework earlier today so I'm going to go to my room now ok?" I asked after I finished my third plate. My mom nodded and I then walked upstairs. I collapsed on my bed and thought about the day still trying to process all the things that happened.
When I crawled under my covers two hours later I was surprised that my body didn't feel tired or sore even though I ran so far today. That was when the now familiar alarm sounded with a new panel in front of me.
*Beep* 'The player wants to sleep how long do you want to sleep 6 hrs, 8 Hrs, 12 hrs, 24 hrs?" I chose 6 hrs and closed my eyes.