Unforgettable Melody - S01 E12

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Unforgettable Melody - S01 E12

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 12

Mike eyed her warily. "I don't think I need to remind you of how unsportsmanlike it would be to use any kind of sex appeal to your advantage."

"Fine" she said rolling her eyes.

Starting up their third race, Melody got off to a quick start, but a couple of well thrown banana peels from Mike put him back in the lead by the start of the third lap. Rounding the halfway point of the track, he got hit again with the Blue Shell, Melody zooming past him. It took every ounce of skill he had, but he was finally able to trip her up rounding the final curve and pass her at the last second for the win.

Mike pumped his fist in victory. "That's what I'm talkin about!"

Melody flexed her sore fingers. "Wow, you're good when you go all out."

"So are you," Mike replied. "How'd you get so good at that?"

"Not sure," she said, shaking her head. "After the first race, it just seemed to come so naturally to me."

"Hmm..." Mike thought for a moment. "I wonder if has anything to do with that 'ideal woman' thing you mentioned? I've always been really impressed by, and attracted to, girls that aren't afraid to hold their own in video games."

"That could be it," she mused. "Let's play another one! What else ya got?"

Mike hesitated for a moment, before suggesting, "Well, Call of Duty is a lot of fun, and as fast as your reaction time was in Mario Kart, I think you'd do really well at it. Only thing is, it's a pretty violent, shoot-em-up game. That ok with you?"

With zero hesitation, she replied, "As long as it's all make believe, that's totally cool with me."

Well alrighty then, he thought to himself. Mike switched over to his PS3 and grabbed a couple of controllers. After firing up the game, he went over the controls before they played a practice round. Mike hid his character somewhere on the map, and Melody had one minute to find and shoot him.

Upon killing him for the first time, she jumped in shock, adrenaline pumping. "Wow, this is intensel Yep, Mike agreed. "The developers worked hard to try to make it as realistic as possible. Ok, I'm hiding. Let's go again."

She found him much faster this time around, quickly getting a feel for using the radar and how the maps were structured. After two more rounds of hide and seek, he had Melody hole up in a central location to practice being attacked from various directions. At first, he easily bested her each time, but she eventually got better at her aiming and reaction time. By the end of the ten-minute round, Melody was surviving around two of every three encounters. Seeing her rapid Improvement, Mike felt she was ready for the next level.

"Well, this should be fun. You ready to go online?" Mike knew the online players would be in for a shock when they went up against her.

"Sure," she said with a smile. "You wanna use those?" She pointed to his two gaming headsets charging in the TV stand.

Mike got a wicked smile on his face. "Definitely, but lets keep the fact that you're a girl a secret until we start thrashing these losers."

He activated the Bluetooth connections on the headsets as they entered the pre-match lobby. Muting his microphone momentarily. he turned to Melody. "Just remember, some of these guys have a huge bias against girls who play video games, particularly if they're better than the guys. If they start acting like assholes, be strong, and don't take any crap. You have full permission to put them in their place."

She smirked. "Random dudes acting like jackasses who AREN'T my master? So not a problem."

Atta girl

They spawned into their first match, taking place on a pretty large map. "Ok, stay out of the open on this one, there's lots of sniping spots, Mike cautioned.

As the match progressed, Mike got taken out more than typical, but was always in good position to callout sniper locations to his teammates. Melody, using a stealthy setup with a silenced weapon, was able to constantly sneak around the map, taking out said snipers from behind. One particular player kept returning to the same sniping spot, allowing her to constantly ambush him with little effort.