Claire's point of view
...What? Where?.... What happened where am I?
I open my eyes to see that in some sort of box i'm bolted to a chair I can't move what the hell is going on the last thing I remember I was with- Jim!
Where is he!? I look around at the box there's no one in it with me it's too small, what is this and I've been kidnapped again? No that's not it well it looks like it just feels like something else I can still feel my shadow staff strapped to my belt so they haven't disarmed me and and my phone is still in my pocket so what the hell is going on?
I feel some movement whoever is doing this is moving me in the box. Since the sound is mechanical I think it is this is an automated system so there's no point screaming out
I went to the mechanical noise has stopped there's a giant banging sound and the boxes thrown and I think when something called a freefall as the box opens I realise that I've been launched out of an aircraft. screaming my lungs out in panic I noticed other parachute forming a few miles over to me I can't shoot because they show me that's what I'm supposed to do and I gracefully land in a jungle
Taking the parachute off it takes me awhile to collect myself what the hell just happened? Did someone just kidnapped me and throw me out of a plane how long was I out it's sunshine here so maybe a day then again I have no idea where I am and I'm pretty sure there are no jungles near Arcadia I could be in Brazil for all I know
Either way it's not safe to stay here whatever is going on I don't like it, maybe I should find Jim and Draal if they were taking with me
I should be extremely careful I haven't had much experience in survival training in the woods much less than the forest, also there is no guarantee that I have I got sent here with me as friendly as well for all I know I mean put on an island filled with a bunch of serial killers.
Bringing out my shadow stuff I'm much forward hoping that I'm heading north. I continue to go forward slowly and watching where I step so far there's no sign of any animals or any other signs of life here. I keep checking my phone to see if I get a signal but there's nothing not surprising I'm in the jungle somewhere I don't think- wait a minute the satellite that provides free Internet still up and still works so I should still get a signal or maybe over exaggerated the whole Internet everywhere thing.
I walk for what feels like hours and there's still no sign of my friends or anything else or I try to piece back the last part of my memory but it's all a blur I remember we were fighting that thing called a Zeno morph but that's about it
Suddenly they're shooting sounded like a machine gun I ducking covered as A barrage of bullet narrowly missed me, After the bullet stop I managed to look over my cover and see if you're shooting me it looks like a man in uniform maybe military I teleport behind him and put my shadow staff right to his neck
(sorry about the bad image it was the best I could find also I do not own this image)
Me trying to sound threatening as the man raises his hands in surrender: why the hell are you shooting me?
The soldier responded: I saw movement I shot I'm sorry I don't know what's going on here last thing I remember was in combat then there was a bright light and I was here
That sounds similar to what I can remember sort of: same here have you seen a boy in a blue jumper he's a friend of mine we were together when this blinding light took us
I let the soldier turn around and I put away my shadow staff by put away I mean just take it off his neck: no other than you I haven't seen anyone else do you know what's going on?
I answer truthfully: I haven't got the foggiest idea
I feel a bit of metal pointing against my head someone's holding me in gunpoint I turn around hoping that the guy doesn't shoot me to see two men
(I do not own this picture and for the record the only reason I chose this one because I thought it was gonna be annoying just to keep getting new photos for the characters and so I decided just to use a cover of all the characters in this film the ones that Claire seem right now is the one in the middle and the 2nd to last one on the left)
The man that's pointing his gun at me: you're pretty fast for a girl didn't even see you get behind guy
I'm trying not to sound scared but it's hard to when the threat of having your brains blown out is literally right behind you: what can I say I'm light on my feet now do you wanna put the gun down or do I have to make you
Not that I could the second I even flinch I'm pretty sure this guy is going to shoot. But he removed his gun from my face thankfully
The guy speaks he looks like he's military but I can't be sure from which the other guy look like an enforcer of some kind I can't be sure: so any idea what the hell is going on
I Shrug: no idea last thing I remember I was hanging out with my friends and then everything goes blurry. Speaking of which have either of you seen a boy wearing a blue jumper and he'll be wearing sunglasses and he would have a cane
Both the men shake their heads the soldier man speaks to me as he points: no I haven't seen anyone like that but maybe she has
Return around to see that there is a woman aiming a sniper at us (they're talking about the only woman in the group)
Oh my God how many people have been pointing a gun at me today I've only just woke up a couple of hours ago and I'm already in mortal danger. The woman continues to aim her weapon unless it's clear that she is part of the army
I try to calm down the situation: look before we start shooting each other can we all just remember that we were all put on an aeroplane or some sort of aircraft and then thrown from it forced a parachute down into an unknown jungle
The woman: i've seen many jungles but none like this and I've seen most of them
The guy with the machine gun who introduced himself as Nikolai: maybe it's on a deserted island
Makes sense if someone who seen most of the worlds jungles can't recognise it possibly on a small island that hasn't been explored or discovered yet. Then again we are in the 21st-century I thought all areas of the map have been discovered
The woman: I saw more parachutes a couple of miles from here
The man with the shotgun: Great which way
The woman sounded puzzled: why do you want to know?
The man's response was: so I can find out which one of them threw me out of the aeroplane
the woman just smiled and signalled to her left meaning that they were that way we all walked in the same direction. Strength in numbers and all that call ever there's still no sign of Jim maybe he got dropped off miles away from me I would try using my straddle staff but I wouldn't know where I would be going more to the point I don't know what to expect when we get there and we have no way out. Along with the fact that I'm with a bunch of strangers who are heavily armed and may not like the girl that can open shadow portals and teleport
We are skirmish and we run to it, there we find two men fighting one looked like a soldier some kind (it's the second one to the last on the right side) and the other one was wearing a prison uniform most likely A prisoner
(sorry for the blurry picture again but it was the best I could find. And of course I don't own this image)
Just a one is about to kill the other we interrupt pointing our weapons at them they instantly stop and look at us
The prisoner: strength in numbers and all that
The man with a shotgun who appears to have taken the role of leader; yeah and all that
Prisoner: so we should probably get that guy that was hanging from a tree
The man was screaming for us to help, since he was hanging upside down from the parachute over a small pond. The man with a shotgun shot the branch forcing down
Turns out he's a doctor and he was on his way to work before a blinding light and the next thing you know she's freefalling like the rest of us. There's only one problem it doesn't fit in with the others, I mean these guys are all heavily armed trained or good at what they do but this guy is a doctor and he looks pretty Wimpy
(it's the Guy with the glasses she's talking)
I mean I don't know why they chose me but I can take an estimated guess because of my shadow staff and my relationship with Jim, which tells me two things. One is where is doing this has an understanding of earth magic number two is where is doing this has great influence to be able to kidnap all these people from across the world
When you think about it it's rather clever and soldiers die every day on the battlefield and in some cases there bodies are not found. And if a prisoner goes missing everyone's just gonna assume that he escaped and of course no one is going to recognise when a criminal goes missing
Our attention is brought to a Japanese man who is standing and staring silently. We are walk over to him and find something truly awful
Body is lots of them some parts of them of them have been ripped off and some are missing it's disgusting and the smell makes me wanna puke
I holding my sick: what the hell is this?!
The Black man he likes to take trophies in my culture whoever takes the most trophies gets the most respect
I comment: that sounds vaguely familiar
The man with the two guns: maybe transom in Guatemala we kidnapped you and place do you wanna pick up the rent wasn't paid we set you on fire
I comment on that: well speaking from someone who's been kidnapped a couple of times this doesn't feel like a kidnapping
The doctor: what makes you say that?
I respond: because we're all still heavily armed and not chained up or tied up at all this is something else
The prisoner: I heard about these experiments that they perform on ex-cons they put drugs in your food and just see what happens
The doctor: it's not drugs. If it was we be feeling the effects by now lots of verbal insight and as far as I can tell we all seem fine. And if it was a behavioural test there be a point
He's right this doesn't feel like Something any normal person would do or group of people would do the Janice order maybe it's possible they might be kidnapping soldiers and prisoners Along with criminals to test their own skills I mean aside from the taking trophies thing this seems like write up the Janice orders ally
The black man: what if we are dead?
Everyone silent for a moment, I can actually see it on their faces that are considering the possibility. Even I am considering it how fast everything i've been through I would be surprised if I didn't die and I couldn't remember it
Nikolai speaks up: I was in combat
The black man speaks again: so was I
The prisoner: I was going to be executed in two days
I chime in: i've been through enough life and death situation is to believe that I could die at any time
The man with the two guns: this is hell
I come with my own Theory: maybe but this has got more of a hunger games vibe to it
The man with a shotgun: last I checked you don't need a parachute to get into hell is something else now I'm going to go to higher ground anyone who wants to come with me is welcome
He walks away and I following you seems like a good guy to follow at least for now until I find Jim assuming he's here then again I don't see why they would kidnap me and leave Jim out.
We continue walking and I'm beginning to build up a sweat eventually I decided to abandon my jumper and just continue walking I still can't get a signal on my phone. The good news is I'm in better shape than I was when I arrived here. I've got a bit of a team going on and you know I don't know these people and I'm pretty sure at least three of them are criminals and it's nice to have people having my back if nothing else them for their own protection
We come across a series of Gaps with water in them that's when we decide to take a load off I sit across from the man and the woman who appear to be talking to the woman makes what I believe is a makeshift compass when you put water on the leaf with the hair or was it a small magnet and it would point north
However that's not what's happening. The thing just keeps going round and around like there's no North or south anywhere near that's just creepy.
The man with the shotgun: well between now and the Sun we've got a real problem
I ask: what's wrong with the Sun
The man turns to me: it hasn't moved since we got here
I look up at the Sun and he's right it's in the exact same place it was when I landed what the hell is going on this isn't like anything else this is a whole new game real question is who is the game master
Okay that's it for this chapter and I know what some of you are thinking where the hell is Jim well I just wanna point out that it's a surprise. Also now you see why I added Claire in to this Part anyway I hope you've enjoyed please don't forget to leave a comment or a vote it just shows your support thank you see you next time