Chapter 1: Games People Play
Story 1. " Step-siblings experience foot fun during a game in church".
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.