The meaning of Game Over, would neatly present itself in the coming weeks. Miguel, was without doubt not an ideal brother, since the young age of 21 he was left the responsibilities of parenthood. The war of five had caught many victims among them the parents of young Rui, the grieving process was slow but in the end successful. Rui knowing his confident and fully capable brother was there watching over him came as a consolation. Swept by the responsibilities of parenthood was not an easy task without setting your own life on hold, knowing this Rui knew he had to grow up fast in order not halter his brothers promising future.
A week went by after reading the text messages and life took a sudden change. His brother suddenly became more present spending more time with Rui, even going so far as taking him to church even though they were not religious. However these moments came to be they became incredible precious.
“Hey, Miguel if there is a god why does in not stop wars?”
Rui asked with staring straight at his brother.
“Good question, but impossible to answer”
Miguel said giggling.
“If he did, mother and father would be alive right now”
“Yeah, maybe”
“You are not very good at comforting people are you?”
“No, now ssshh little Rui and start listening to the priest instead”
After listening to the priest talk for another we took our things and walked home. The day was about to end and the sun was about to set. Walking our regular path through the park, we decided to sit on a park bench and relax a bit, staring into the setting sun was without doubt mesmerizing.
“I am leaving tomorrow”
“Okay, how long?”
“Not sure”
“Well, remember to call me from time to time”
“Yeah, continue going to church okay?”
“Do I have to?”
“It could be educational”
“Hmm, Fine”
“I should go, see you”
“What right now? What about dinner?”
“Yeah, I am in a hurry, you make something”
“Your the ideal parent aren't you?”
“Yeah”
Was Miguels last words.
The news of his death came trough mail only weeks later. In response Rui never bothered to go to that church, at first because he could not sit through one session without crying until it hurt and later because it reminded him how much of coward his brother was, not even saying his proper goodbyes. School was out of the question, so he dropped out.
But was this really because of his brothers selfishness, was the thought that came to mind, even if his brother was indeed selfish he would never abandoned Rui on his own accord. He was not the ideal parent, he was not the ideal brother and not even the ideal person, but he was present, he would always return. As Rui's thoughts continued to progress, so did his determination in believing the text his brother had gotten before was without doubt the reason behind it. It made sense, he got the texts, and worry followed, that is why he kept spending time with him at the last moments, it was his way of saying goodbye. The meaning of game over, was most likely, death.
As the weeks progressed he became obsessed with finding Enigma, only to find dead ends at every corner. Tracking their phone number to a person or organization, was the first step. The endeavor led to a phone company in the Philippines unable to give out any contact information without breaking any of their company policy's and frankly the law. Second step tracking the progress of the so called “Game”, his brother had been on 4 trips the following year. Two trips were made to the UK and one to Belgium and the last one to Jerusalem. The tree first spawned over 2 weeks with the last one lasting a whole month.
Visiting any of these locations with four thousand dollars in the bank over an extended time was out of the question. The third step contacting the police in hopes of them finding any leads, the conclusion was that they would look in to it. The chance of police finding someone who’ve been lost more than 48 hours was slim and Miguel probably being out of the country made the task close to impossible. Even knowing that, it was worth a shot at finding a clue about his brothers whereabouts. Rui was a realist and knew that his brother was probably dead or worse, but the hope made him keep searching.
The fifth step, finding when his brother first came in contact with Enigma. Rui was contstantly searching the net about information regarding Enigma. At first he thought it would be stale but at his surprise it was the total opposite.
Enigma, the worlds most mysterious organization”
Enigma is without an enigma”
Titles with the same content could be found all over the internet containing everything from conspiracy theories to what he would eventually find out to be the truth. The fact that he knew that the organization existed made some simple information pretty accurate. Enigma was probably allowing submission if you was able to find them. His brother had never left the house much during his early years due to studying and therefore could be assumed not having many friends. The probability of him finding Enigma in coincidence was therefore low. He must had searched, scrambled and fought to find them, knowing how slim the amount of reliable information there was out, Rui knew that the attribute that made him found them was not only that he was smart but that he possessed determination. Trying to find something that now one is certain can be found is without a doubt not a task for the lighthearted.
Rui was currently sitting in his room, eyes smaller than usual, staring trough the window with a terrifying concentration.
There must be away to find when he first came in contact with Enigma.
Rui stop being stupid and think...
He was acting weird during three occasions in his childhood to my knowledge. Based on the amount of trips needed to complete a game the acceptance couldn't have been more than two years ago when he first left the country. During the last three years he acted weird during two occasions, most likely one of those times was because of a game. The earlier one was about two years and six months ago, this have to be the time when he first began. He took a trip to Canada two months after that time, the location, lets see his travelogs should be around here somewhere...
Yes here it is, lets see now he went to.... Ottawa, Ontario. The length of the visit was 2 weeks, this certainly has to be it.
Rui took a look at the pile of papers that he had on the left side of the desk. Every record his brother ever kept was in this pile, everything from his girly diary that he said would be precious once he grew older, to the financial recites and records he always kept to have a strict overview of his finance’s. He was searching for anything that linked to the date 2253 June 3rd to June 17th , it took him over 5 hours to scramble trough every single piece of paper to withdraw the essentials but now he was finally ready to review.
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Now let's see here, the diary..
Date: June 4th
“The impossible task just became even harder, every time I seem to step one step closer to them, they take one step back. Do they really want to be found?, the question have haunted me ever since arriving here.”
June 9th
“The shop owner had no idea what I was talking about, even though he clearly was on the client list, or could it have been the wrong person”
June 12th
“The most terrifying and amazing thing happened today, I returned to the shop owner with proof of him being on the list. As I was explaining to him a pale middle age gentleman entered the shop, that blonde hair and dark eyes was truly terrifying at first sight. He had this mysterious aura about himself which most likely made him very popular among the opposite sex. He was wearing a black suit, most likely worth more than my childhood home. As he determined walked up to the desk I moved out of his way, the amazing thing was that I moved without my head noticing. As he came closer the paleness was overshadowed by his cold expression, truly terrifying.
I waited and waited as he conversed with the shop owner in an unknown language, to my surprise it was something that I had never heard before even though I was pretty fluent in over 5 languages. As he turned around and was about to leave he turned around, and again the same pale and cold expression. Reaching into his pocket he picked out something even more terrifying, a gun. He started yelling at us to get down, since it was so sudden my body seemed to freeze up. I couldn't move, I couldn't speak and I was sweating like never before, the shop owner started taking out all the cash from the cashier and I could just watch as the man was yelling and constantly pointing the gun at both of our head. My body lost all power and I just fell down, it was like something I have never experienced before, I just couldn't control myself. As I was about to fade into complete darkness lying on the floor the mysterious gentleman started to kick me in the stomach. The pain was so intense that my body was starting to regain consciousness, I was screaming, I think, at least on the inside. As I looked up it happened in a flash, the shop owner reached below the cashier desk and picked up what seemed like a shotgun. BOOM! BOOM!, two shot were fired directly into the mysterious mans stomach, he fell to the ground. There were blood, everywhere, red everywhere as I was about to puke, the darkness returned and this time took over.
As I woke up, I was in the hospital and there were three people. Based on the suit and the way they held themselves most likely cops, they had a worried face, watching me, the tall one in the middle opened his mouth and began to ask questions.
What a terrifying day.”
Indeed, what a terrifying day.
--- 2 years later ---
Standing in a church not far from Ottowa, Ontario in a small city just a couple of miles away, Embrun. Four people were staring at each other, in front of the altar stood a 17 year old boy, black hair going downwards, eyes piercing with determination, wearing a black trench coat. He was clenching his fist as he was leaning forward, expressing disapproving frowns and pursed lips. Behind the altar or more precisely the desk like altar, sat one man and behind him stood two others. The two gentlemen in the back was wearing black suits, possessing above average physic and was holding automatic weapons.
The man in the middle could only be described as charming or even mysterious. He had blond hair that he currently was wearing with a back slick, his eyes dull and his face both pale and dull. Almost like he had no care in the world, which was more than understandable when the two intimidating gentleman stood behind him.
The intense stare face off between the blonde gentleman and the 17 year old lasted for over 20 seconds, the fierceness in the 17 year old boys gaze was without doubt remarkable. The blond man laughed slightly before he decided to be the first one to speak.
“I presume you came to kill me by the looks of your face”
“Now that I see you, I seriously thinking about it”
“I like that fire, no, I want that fire”
He said with a cold smile. At the same time the armed man on the left and walked into another room just a couple of meters away.
“I wont give you anything, only take”
The young boys gaze would not butch by an inch.
“I doubt it, based on the gaze you are giving me, I presume you know who I am?”
“Yes”
“Then you know killing me wont be easy”
The cold smile on his face didn't seem to leave, at all even after the boys rash statements.
“I will continue trying until I succeed.”
As soon as the young boy was done talking, the armed gentleman to the left returned, in his hand a file, he gave the file to the man conversing with young man and resumed the position behind him.
“Rui, that's not American is it”
Rui's eye's opened as soon as the man spoke and so did his mouth, he could not help but to be surprised by what the man just said.
“Rui you seem like one intresting fellow, but unfortunately I don't know who you are”
Rui's face became a bit red as he turned his gaze in another direction, slightly embarrassed he muttered up one word,
“Miguel”
“Miguel Williams, a relative I presume, have you come to revenge his death?”
“I have come to kill you”
“That's the fire I like, but it wont go your way”
He said now back to his old cold smile.
What am I going to do, why does he have armed guards with him.. I should retreat and make a new plan, but would he let me??
“You seem worried, I will not kill you if that is what you are thinking”
“Instead how would you feel about playing a game?”
“Why would I do that?”
Rui said as he was clenching his fist even harder than before.
“Well that's true, that would not benefit someone who is stuck on revenge”
“How about this, if you win a game, I will let you kill me”
Rui eyes went from wide to wider, his mouth was open, his eyes was staring, confusion...
What???
But as he stared back, there were no smile on the blonde mans face, there was nothing, he was just staring back, directly into Ruis eyes..
“From your expression I presume we have a deal, as an initiation take these 3 million euros.”
As he spoke he took out a briefcase from under the altar desk, as he put it on the desk he continued,
“Rui Williams, let the fun begin”
---- Flashback end ----