STORY STARTER
Submitted by LunaTheWitch🌙
Your protagonist is at an arcade late at night. When they decide to go home, they turn around to see that every single game in the arcade says ‘game over’ in flashing red letters...
Write a thriller story beginning with this premise.
Alone
I had never reached level ten before where you get to lead your horde of zombies to attack the giant squid. Into the tunnel we marched. My army moaning arms stretched toward our target.
Alert for danger I marshalled my troops closer to the squid’s lair when tap on my shoulder one of my zombies turns toward me his jaws gaping open
I can almost smell his rank breath. This isn’t supposed to happen they are my army why would he turn on me. ‘Mutiny’he says eyes yellow I start to run as the squid shoots out from his dark hiding place. I see it now - the squid is zombified. They bow before him
My army as one bows to my enemy
I get it now
The object of the game isn’t to kill the giant squid but to feed him
‘Game over’ hisses the zombie
I feel a tap on my shoulder and start to turn. But everywhere I look it says Game Over
Not a sound in the arcade now except the zombies moaning laughter
I start to run.