Game Story (continued)
Shade arrived about 20 minutes later and rushed in.
“Holy hell, what happened here?” Shade said.
“Shhh…” said Lexi with a glare, “I don’t want to wake the whole neighborhood. It’s a long-ish story but it won’t take much time to tell. Do you want to hear it?” Shade nodded. “Well, this evening there was a body that was brought in and, figuring how I was tired and all, I went to place him in the freezer. Well, while I was doing that this flash drive fell out and onto the floor.” Shade’s eyes widened as she listened. “So I picked it up and put it into my pocket, not thinking anything of it, and wrapped up with everything and then headed to bed. Once I put my head down on the pillow I heard someone trying to get in and then the window was smashed in and there were people roaming around in here in the dark.”
“Oh man…are you alright?” Shade asked.
“Yes, I am fine, but during their time in here I called the police, and then they showed up and the other people ran away. So I figured that everything might be because of the guy in the freezer. Realizing I still had the flash drive in my pocket I took it out and…” Lexi was cut off.
“NO! No, no, no, noooooooo… Don’t tell me you gave it to the cops. How stupid could yo….” Shade trailed off because during the little rant Lexi pulled out the drive and stuck it in Shade’s face.
“No, I most certainly did not give it to them. I put it in my computer to see what was on it,” Lexi said matter-of-factly.
“AND?!” Shade said. “Com’on, if I were sitting I would be on the edge of my seat. What is on it?” Lexi motioned for Shade to follow her to her office and patted the chair in front of the computer. Lexi put the drive in, opened the video file, and hit play. For the next few minutes she watched Shade’s face wondering if she herself had made the same expressions the first time she watched it.
“That’s amazing,” Shade said when it was over, “but now what?”
“I am glad you asked,” Lexi said as she opened the picture of the blueprint and post-it-note. “Take a look.”
Shade’s mouth dropped as she studied every inch of the picture. “Do you think that the mask thing is there?” Shade asked.
“Do you?” Lexi asked in return.
“Yes,” Shade responded.
“Me, too,” Lexi blurted out before anything could be said. “Do you want to go see if it’s there?”
“Uh-huh,” Shade muttered with a huge smile on her face.
“Great. Let’s go!” Lexi said as she dragged Shade out of the office and into the early morning air.
Chapter/Level 1
During this time Lexi and Shade will make their way from Lexi’s morgue to the residence address on the note. They will need to avoid the cops placed on watch around the morgue and other aggressive people that are out in the street. This is not an escort mission since Shade is able to take care of herself. Shade has had plenty of fighting experience; however, Lexi has not, so it would be best to try and avoid people all together. During this time to the residence there will be a voice over from Lexi giving background on Shade and how they came to be friends. The opening credits can take place during this time as well.
Voice Over
“The first time I saw Shade she had burst into my morgue in a panic and frantically asked me for a place to hide. I didn’t know her at all, but the fear and kindness I saw in her eyes told me I could take a chance on trusting her. I led her to the back and placed her in my secret room. No sooner had I sealed it shut, a large man burst through my front doors. I walked out of my office calmly and was headed towards the man who was now occupying my main hallway. He demanded to know where she was and that I let him go get her. I assured him that I was the only one there but if it would get him out of my morgue then I would take him back to my office. He agreed and together we walked to my office where he looked around, snorted, glared at me, and then left. After I was sure he was gone I went back to my office and informed the scared girl that a man had come and gone. She welled up with tears and gave me the biggest hug, whispered thank you, and then left.
It would be months until I saw her again, but the problems that led her back to me would still revolve around that man. The next time I saw Shade she was covered in blood and had a crazed look in her eyes. Please help me, she begged through tears, I didn’t know where else to go. I took her in and got her cleaned up, burned all of her cloths, and gave her some of mine. I made some coffee and the two of us sat around talking like we were the best of friends. I found out that she had started taking self-defense classes of all sorts since we last met and that she had always been on the wrong side of the law, mostly B&E and a few other less notable things. She told me the guy she was running from was a stalker. He had convinced everyone that they were a couple. Since he was an upstanding citizen and she was an outcast with a criminal record, they believed his story over hers.
The day I helped her get away she was able to avoid him for months, but she was always looking over her shoulder. Then two days ago she saw him again and their cat-and-mouse chase picked up again, only this time she was able to stand her ground. Over the next two days he got closer and closer to her. She wasn’t able to go home or really get any kind of rest. Then today he approached me in an alley and that’s when I started fighting back. She threw the first punch and then he swung back making contact with the side of her face, knocking her to the ground. The next thing she knew he was on top of her talking and grabbing at her face. In a panic she started reaching around and felt something cold and metal. Before he could start doing anymore damage to her she swung the object as hard as she could at his head hoping against hope that it was sturdy enough to stop him. It ended up being a crowbar and it worked quite well again and again. With a little help from me there was no evidence that Shade was ever involved and the two of us became the best of friends and have been ever since.”
At this point the player will have made it to the house and will need to find a stealthy way inside. Once inside the player will search the rooms until the ugly painting is found. The player will then examine the painting, which will trigger a cutscene.