Max (2)

It was just a fifteen minutes walk from his home to the sports shop, which he had inherited from his father, after his sudden death few month's ago, due to a car accident, but his young maternal aunt managed it, as she was very close and a trusted member in their small family, who Max himself respected and who had helped Max in managing the business.

Max lacked knowledge and experience of the trade, As his father, being a liberal person, had always encouraged and supported him for his ambitions which was to be a gamer for which he had practiced hard and won many prizes as well as being recognized as a rising player with his own team, but surprisingly he kept his personal information hidden and played using a half-face blue mask, which made him widely popular and known as "GamerX".

But before he could announce his identity, his team insulted and removed him and impersonated someone as him, as the opposing team had given a huge sum of money to them ( A fact which the team's manager acknowledged it to his face) and with no evidence, he was back to zero, and life couldn't seem to have gone worse as he was proved to be completely wrong as he got the news that his life's greatest support and inspiration, was no more and to add fire to the hell, there was sudden news that his father had borrowed a huge sum, which his father had returned half of it and the other half now fell on Max's shoulder, which destroyed his hope of gaming.

 It had been a few tense months, when the application which he just put on a whim for beta testing was accepted and he was gifted the newest VR game "VIRTUAL DREAM" console, which completely changed his perspective of gaming and life seemed to be getting better little by little, as his shop was getting good income and he was thinking of starting gaming again after the debt was settled, suddenly as the debtor removed the debt and even gave some compensation (looks suspicious, but who will kick this wonderful opportunity) , as he looked around as he saw rows of beautiful houses in various colors and size on both the sides along with a few mahogany trees present alongside the footpath he was currently walking providing shade from the sun as the oaks and the ripened mangoes laying on the ground from the mango tree in the nearby park, with the cicadas making sounds like soft drums and the chirping of birds along with the fresh smell of the blooming flowers in the nearby gardens, would definitely improve the mood of any passerby, which was also in the case of Max as he stopped, looked at the vast, mesmerizing blue sky, closed his eyes and calmed his mind, feeling happy.

It did not last long, when he suddenly started feeling something suffocating him as someone put on a black cloth on his face and another person grabbed him as the person made a noise and he was pushed into a vehicle, which suddenly appeared and during this time Max was too shocked to react and his mind took too long to process and it was when he was pushed into the vehicle, that he understood that he was being kidnapped, as started struggling violently to escape from this damn kidnappers.

"Don't move or else prepare for the consequences”, a husky, rough voice of a man was heard as the now blind Max, stopped struggling listening to this threat, Max was sweating and felt that hours had passed before he felt the vehicle slow down and the metallic sound of a gate creaking as the vehicle entered an abandoned building (Too much security to be abandoned, I believe) as he was shoved out of the vehicle, as soon as it stopped and the guy with the husky voice immediately helped him get up and angrily said, be careful, the boss seems to care a lot about this good.

"Are they going to sell me?", Max seemed to get tensed and his body seemed to refuse to move, as he thought about his mom and her well-being as Max was dragged away in what seemed to be a dark, cold environment (Nothing can beat instinct's), as he was praying for his safety and hoping to escape from here....

Meanwhile, In a huge, spacious room, which was dark and gave an eerie feeling, there was a huge conference table (looks like a weird place for a meeting place) and at one end of the table sat alone a lady, that seemed to be deep in thought, as another guy carefully approached the woman with deep fear in his eyes and slowly spoke,

Boss, the target has arrived, to which the lady gave a smile which could move the heart's of men, but instead, the guy started trembling as the lady said, "What are you waiting for...Bring him in right now".