Night fell quickly in the real world. Axel was lying shirtless on the bed, with his wife Camille cuddled up next to him, and their little daughter Zoe fast asleep beside them.
"Wanna get naughty tonight?" Axel asked, with a flirty expression.
His gaze locked with that of Camille's, and sparks were created.
"What do you have in mind, bad boy?" Camille inquired with a tone of longing.
She pushed herself forward, and their lips met. She slowly moved her lips down his neck.
"You already know what a bad boy can do, don't you?" Axel whispered hotly while turning her over.
Her back was now against the bed. Axel changed position, lying directly beside her.
"Show me what you can do, baby," Camille said, biting her lips seductively.
"I have to be careful because of the little prince," Axel said softly while caressing Camille's protruding belly.
"You always look sexy during pregnancy," he added, lifting Camille's short nightgown and spreading her legs to gain full access to her nether regions.
Without wasting much time, Axel began by gently stroking Camille's pink entrance with his slutty fingers.
He noticed her getting wetter and proceeded to insert two of his index fingers into her tight pink cave.
He began to thrust back and forth, causing her to let out pleasurable moans.
"Make love to me, baby!" she uttered, allowing herself to get lost in the passionate moment.
Axel removed her nightie, leaving her fully unclad.
Axel continued to pleasure her, thrusting his fingers deep and sucking on her erect nipples and fondling them softly. He soon brought out his fully erected penis from his trousers and prepared to thrust it in, only to be held back by a snake tattoo which he noticed on Camille's neck.
As he was thrusting his fingers harder into her nether region, the snake tattoo appeared to be more pronounced, and when he slowed down, the tattoo seemed to fade away.
Axel couldn't seem to understand what he just saw and soon got off Camille, sitting down with his head buried in his hands.
"What's wrong, baby?" Camille asked with a worried and confused expression as she noticed Axel got off her.
Camille always told me how much she hates tattoos and that she would never get one because I have them on my body. So how does she have a snake tattoo on her neck? Or am I hallucinating? Axel thought to himself with his head buried in his hands.
"Talk to me, baby," Camille said, her tone laced with worry, bringing Axel back from his whirlpool of thoughts.
"Maybe I should ask her about tattoos again. The Camille I know hates the word tattoos and always tells me how much she hates the ones on my body," Axel thought, raising his head and locking eyes with the woman in front of him.
"What do you think about tattoos?" Axel asked, raising his eyebrows curiously, waiting for an answer.
"Tattoos are a form of art," replied Camille, causing Axel to widen his eyebrows in shock.
"How do you feel about the ones on my body, and would you be willing to get a tattoo one day?" asked Axel, raising his eyebrows at her and eagerly awaiting her response.
"I love you even more because of the tattoo on your body, and of course I'll definitely get a tattoo soon," replied Camille with a bright smile. "But why are you asking about this?"
Axel couldn't help but think about how
Camille always defined tattoos as a demonic symbol. Her father, a pastor, raised her in a religious way, and she often expressed her dislike for the tattoos on his body. She only married him because she loves him and is willing to disobey her father's words against marrying him. She made it clear that she would never get a tattoo on her body, even if a knife were held to her throat. Axel swallowed hard as he thought to himself.
"I'm so turned on, baby. Let's forget about the tattoo and make love," said Camille, as she continued to kiss Axel's body.
"You're not Camille," Axel said, causing Camille to stop kissing him and sit beside him with a questioning look.
"Who are you exactly?" Axel asked, locking eyes with the woman in front of him.
"What do you mean I'm not Camille? If I'm not, then who am I?" asked Camille.
"I don't know who you are, so it would be better to reveal your identity," yelled Axel angrily as he grabbed the knife from the bedside table and held it close to Camille's neck.
"Are you crazy, Axel? What do you think you're doing?" asked Camille, her anger evident on her face.
Axel thought to himself, "I should try asking her another question." "Where are my mom and dad?" he asked, with a serious expression.
"Of course they're fine and at their house," replied Camille angrily.
"Does Zoe love apples or oranges more?" Axel asked, with a serious expression.
"Of course she loves apples more," yelled Camille. "What exactly is with the useless questions?"
"Interesting!" Axel muttered to himself with a grin.
What's wrong? Camille asked, with a worried expression bit was met with Axel's angry gaze instead, making her to swallow hard.
"My parents are dead and I don't know whose parents you said are fine and are living in their home. And Zoe hates both apples and oranges. She has an allergy to both fruits," yelled Axel, with anger evident in his voice. "I just tested you with these questions and you failed, proving that you aren't my Camille."
"I only forgot for a moment. How do you expect me to get your questions right when I had a knife held to my neck?" yelled Camille as she breathed heavily.
"You'll never forget about my parents being dead and would never forget about Zoe having an allergy to those fruits," replied Axel with a smirk.
"Can you please drop the knife, Axel? You're hurting me and our little prince," Camille yelled, tears streaming down her cheeks as she rubbed her protruding belly.
As Axel fixed his gaze on her, he couldn't help but wonder if she was the smog demon the system had warned him about. And was Zoe, who was fast asleep on the bed also part of this hallucination? They were both dead, after all.
"You really tried to deceive me, smog demon. I must commend your skills," Axel said with a smirk, his eyes locked on Camille, who looked bewildered and shocked.
Suddenly, Axel's wife and young Zoe turned into a thick smoke, causing Axel to cover his eyes to protect them from the dust and debris.
"You're really amazing, dear player. Can't believe I lost to you," echoed the voice into Axel's ears as he still kept his eyes shut.
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Axel slowly opened his eyes and realized he was in a dimly lit room, with only a small window providing a sliver of sunlight. He had returned to the game world. The other players who had been transported to the supermarket storeroom with him had all been turned to stone, except for Rosa, Florence, and Logan. They still had their normal appearance, but were clearly still under the effects of the hallucination.
"Hey! You need to defeat the demon, okay? Everything you're experiencing is not real," Axel yelled, tapping the cheeks of Rosa, Florence, and Logan.
"Where are Livi and Ave?" Axel thought to himself with a startled expression as he looked at the stoned bodies of the other players. Had they already been defeated by the demon?
GROWLS*
The loud growling sound was soon heard, causing Axel to be on high alert. He quickly grabbed an axe that was lying on the store floor.
"We're still in the fourth trial after all. Livi and Ave must be fighting a monster," Axel thought as he made his way into the supermarket.
On stepping out, He was met with the scene of Ave, already wrapped in the tentacles of the Snare beast, with lots of blood splattered on the floor while Lionel continued to shoot the gun in his hand furiously at the beast.