The date was much more fun after easing the pain in Secilia’s heart and helping her deal with her guilt. Anthony didn’t delude himself into thinking she was all better after one pep talk. People’s problems didn’t vanish just because of one conversation, but it was a start, and he would continue to help her whenever she had an episode.
They played all the games they possibly could, and there were a lot. They even had the rhythm games of old. Anthony had never been the best at those type of games. He simply didn’t have the coordination, but Secilia excelled at them, which made no sense because the woman wasn’t very athletic. Somehow, she seemed to be even better than he remembered.
“Come on, Anthony! You need to keep up!”
“I-I’m trying! Dammit! Why is DDR so hard?! I feel like I’ve got two left feet every time I play.”
“You just need to get good, scrub.”
“Don’t call me a scrub!”
Anthony was doing his best, trying to dance in the correct rhythm. This one was a little different from the classic DDR that had been so popular way back when. The floor had multiple sensor nodes to perfectly sense what the dancer was doing. The goal was to mimic the dance routine of the VR dancer on the screen, including hand motions and everything. Dancers were graded based on how close they got to the virtual dancer.
Secilia had already gotten two perfect scores.
He glanced at the women.
“...Are you cheating?!”
Anthony had just looked up to see how his date was doing and found her eyes glowing brightly. It was not a metaphorical glow. It was physical. Her eyes had the light hue of mana being pumped into them, and he could only think of one ability she had that would allow her to cheat.
“You have no proof.”
“I can see your eyes glowing!”
“Well, you know what they say; if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.”
Secilia’s laughter echoed around the area and drew attention to them, though people turned back around when they realized it was just a couple on a date.
“Haaaah, that was fun. Watching you flounder around is great entertainment,” Secilia said.
“I’m glad you are having so much fun at my expense. So happy you enjoyed yourself,” Anthony said with an eyeroll. Then his eyes caught something and he grinned. “Now that you’ve had your fun, it’s time I had mine.”
Secilia furrowed her brow curiously, then glanced over to where he was looking. When she saw the neon sign, she turned back to him.
“Laser tag?” she asked, then scoffed. “You think you can beat me in laser tag?” Anthony said nothing. Only smiled. “Fine. You’re on. I’ll kick your ass so hard my boot will be going out your mouth.”
“You’re on,” Anthony said.
They bought tickets to a round of virtual reality laser tag and moved into the line with everyone else who was waiting. He wondered how long it would be, but the wait was mercifully short. They were ushered into a room alongside everyone else. The VR gun system hung from racks suspended around the room. Anthony and Secilia went up to one and put it on. This included a headset that connected to their brainwaves via skin contact.
A bored-looking man began explaining how laser tag would work. Anthony felt bad for him. It was clear that nobody was listening.
Shortly after the explanation, everyone was allowed to step into the arena, which was a multi-story complex that even featured various obstacles above them. He saw a walkway made of suspended planks.
As he looked for defensible positions, the area around them shifted. The gray concrete shifted into green and brown ground covered in leaves, the obstacles around them became trees, rocks, and other natural formations. A jungle terrain. It had been a while since he’d played VR laser tag with a jungle terrain, but it would have a lot of good places to hide and ambush people.
“Ready to lose?” asked Secilia.
Anthony smiled. “Ready to win.”
She scoffed, but the holographic timer that appeared stopped her from saying more. The countdown started and everyone moved.
Anthony and Secilia split off. This battle was between them, not the others. There were only two goals; kill as many people as possible and kill each other as many times as possible.
While Secilia was pure sniper, Anthony was more of frontal assault kind of guy, especially now that his physically enhanced body was far beyond that of a normal human.
Anthony walked straight to the middle of the arena and watched as everyone else either found a place to hide, or found a place to defend. Several people pointed and whispered at him. He just ignored them.
The timer was still going.
10.
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Time seemed to stand still as the timer reached zero. It was like the calm before the storm. Indeed, barely a second had passed before everyone exploded into action.
Lasers in virtual reality laser tag were real low-powered laser beams that did not do any damage. When they touched someone, the game system’s AI calculated the damage based on location and gave it a score. Limbs were always scored lower since they were not considered fatal.
Anthony sensed movement to his left and turned slightly. A beam flew past him. He raised his hand and fired a single shot at someone who thought they could get him. It was a headshot.
Anthony began moving. He used Foresight to dodge lasers as though he had precog… wait, he did have precognitive abilities, didn’t he? Either way, he avoided every attack fired at him and took down opponents with pinpoint precision headshots, all the while keeping his eyes out for one shot in particular.
Everyone was screaming around him.
“Who is this guy?!”
“Why’s he so damn fast?!”
“I can’t hit him! D-dammit! He got me…”
“Me too.”
“This dude is lowkey insane.”
Secilia was not going to fire at him right from the get go. She was going to rack up some kills with her sniper abilities, and only after she was certain she had more than him would she find and attack. So while avoiding and returning fire from the people around him, he was also looking for people who were getting taken out from a distance. He kept his eyes peeled and eventually saw someone get shot in the back of the head. He smiled when they cursed up a storm. Then his companion whom he had teamed up with was also shot.
That came from above and to the west…
Anthony didn’t turn his head as he glanced up and spotted the barrel of a gun. The person holding it was hidden behind a rock set on what appeared to be a cliff.
Found you!
Anthony bent his knees, pumping mana into them as he jumped. His actions earned him some surprised screams, but he ignored them. The gun that he had spotted suddenly swiveled and beams erupted from the barrel. He grinned and shot the beams out of the sky with his own gun, but it wasn’t long before he ascended over the boulder and landed before the person. It was Secilia, obviously. She turned on a dime to point her gun at him, but Anthony was already right there, the barrel of his gun pointed under her chin.
“Now this is interesting. You had been so certain that I was going to lose? Hmmm, did you forget just what I am, perchance?” asked Anthony with a smile.
“You cheated. You used magic,” Secilia growled.
His smile just widened at her words. “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.”
Secilia growled and her hand jerked as though she was going to bring her gun to bear on him, but he pressed the barrel tighter into her chin and she stopped.
“I wonder what I should do with my little captive now,” he hummed in thought. Quicker than a flash, he had her disarmed and pressed against the boulder. He pushed his knee between her thighs, spreading them.
Secilia’s breathing picked up. “I’ll never let you do whatever you want with me.”
“You say that like you have a choice,” Anthony mumbled, dragging his gun from her chin, across her chest and stomach, and pointing it at her pants. He slipped the gun inside of her pants, bypassing her panties. She gasped when he rubbed the barrel along her slit. “You’re already wet.”
“This studio is going to hate you for getting their equipment dirty,” said Secilia, but her breathing was heavy and her eyes had grown hooded.
He shrugged. “Let them hate me. Now… get down on your knees.”
Secilia’s eyes widened, and she did as told. The tone in his voice was so commanding that she could do little else.
“Unzip it. Use your mouth.”
Anthony’s orders were followed to the letter. Secilia took his zipper between her teeth and unzipped it. He didn’t even need to order her before she was working his cock out of his pants. The large appendage sprang free and smacked her in the face, but she didn’t seem to mind, and in fact, she began rubbing her face against the underside of his shaft before planting little kisses on it.
“You’ll let me go if I do this for you, right?” she asked.
“MMm… maybe if you manage to satisfy me,” he suggested. “Can you do that? Satisfy me?”
Secilia didn’t answer with words. She dragged her tongue alongside the underside of his shaft from base to tip, then sucked his head into her mouth and swirled her tongue around it. He groaned.
All around them was the sound of fighting. Lasers were fired and people ran about. The idea of getting a blow job while so many people were around them was titillating in ways he hadn’t thought possible. It wouldn't take much effort for someone to spot them, and that knowledge was exciting.
Secilia took more of Anthony into her mouth, and he groaned as she controlled her gag reflex to take all of him into her mouth. When her nose pressed against his pelvis, he smiled down at her, and placed one hand behind her head to help push her along. She was quite obedient, bobbing up and down. She was also very good at what she was doing. Secilia knew what Anthony like and it wasn’t long before she brought him close to the edge.
He growled at her. “I’m going to shoot my laid straight into your mouth. Swallow it.”
Secilia didn’t seem to acknowledge his words. One of her hands had slipped into her pants and he saw the furious movement as she worked herself over. Anthony wondered if he could stave off his orgasm until she had hers, but a single distraction caused his body to tense. Rope after rope of white fluid coated Secilia’s throat, which bobbed as she swallowed everything he had to offer. She soon pulled away and opened her mouth as though letting him inspect it.
“I drank it all,” she said.
“That’s a good girl,” Anthony said. He paused. “I wish I had something to bind you with. Tying you up in a jungle environment like this sounds sexy.”
Secilia blushed. “I’d rather not let people see me like that.”
“You mean I’m the only one you want seeing you like that,” Anthony said.
“Yes,” she breathed. “The only one.”
Anthony smiled as he pulled her to her feet, pressed her back against the rock, and slowly inserted himself inside of her. Secilia gasped. She had already dropped her equipment. Her arms came up around him. One hand went into his hair. Anthony grabbed her hips and lifted, bringing her into the air and pressed her even further against the rock.
“You did such a good job blowing me. I think I’ll keep you as a pet.”
“Yes, master,” Secilia said breathlessly.
“Call me that again.”
He thrust into her, and she gasped.
“Master!”
Anthony and Secilia got so into what they were doing that they didn’t notice several people spot them and call the staff. The two were soon removed from the premise.