空中花园

空中花园（Me Against The Music）

剧作家：海岛

献给布兰妮

传说，公元前6世纪，巴比伦国王为他的王妃建造了一座巨大的空中花园，此花园矗立空中，由数根25米高的柱子支撑，所以远远看去，犹如一座悬浮于空中的花园，故此得名，名为世界七大奇迹之一的空中花园。

然而，当艾克驾驶一辆直升飞机越过死亡谷，抵达干盐湖上方时，可见其百米高的空中，正悬浮一个类似古希腊建筑物的宫殿。但它底下并没有柱子支撑，悬浮空中，一动不动，就好象一颗行星。

随着直升飞机靠近这座空中宫殿，可见宫殿奢华美丽，富丽堂皇，四周的地面上有花园、石亭、喷泉、塑像等等景观。于是艾克便把直升飞机停在一个平台上，关停螺旋桨，就提着一具尸体，从机门里快步走了出来。

只见他身高约莫190，肩宽臂长，金色短发，穿一件米白色风衣，如果不是手里提着一具血淋淋的尸体，他会像一个模特儿，具备漂亮明星的所有条件。

目下，艾克快步踏入宫殿洞门，一双黄色马丁靴踩在古朴的地板上，响起咯噔咯噔的神秘的声音。

在他前方，宫殿的尽头，阶梯平台上，华丽吊灯下，摆放一张金黄色的龙椅，一名华丽服装，古代打扮，头生两角的恶魔斜坐其间，它的眼睛是绿色的，怀里抱着一条银白色的大蛇，目下正以一双极为轻蔑的眼神盯着艾克看。

“游戏结束了，魔王大人，我已经把内华达州的州长杀死了。”艾克说。

“但你足足迟了一个小时。”魔王说。

“难道这很重要么？”艾克说。

“对你来说不重要，对我来说却很重要，既然这是我定下的规则，操纵的游戏，你就不能违反其中规则。”魔王说。

“那你还想怎么样？”艾克说。

“咯咯……在你同意与我玩游戏之前，我赐给了你无穷的神力，和无限的军火，但要你在一天时间里杀死州长。但你迟到了一小时，所以我要继续游戏，并且把赌注扩大。等你离开魔宫的时候，我就会安排一个核弹随意落在地球的哪个城市，但会拟造一个谎言，说是你想毁灭地球。于是，这个世界上所有国家都会把你列为最恐怖的恐怖主义，所有的人类都会一齐追杀你……呵呵……这个游戏是不是很有趣？”魔王说。

“魔王大人，你疯了么，就凭我一个人，与整个世界为敌，不用说我也会被杀死的，如此胜负悬殊，这种游戏也有意思么？”艾克说。

“哈哈……”魔王仰头大笑，十分得意的大声说：“是啊，这不公平，所以我将赐给你另一种力量，让你可以无限隐身，你会拥有一个变成透明人的功能，让所有人类都看不见你，从而你可以为所欲为的杀死别人。同时，在你拥有隐身术的时候，你先前与我所下的赌博，所获得的神力术仍然还在。也就是说，现在你既拥有神力术，可以摧毁任何物质，又拥有隐身术，可以让任何人发现不了你。而你只需要完成一个任务，把一枚核弹随便扔在地球哪座城市，时间期限是一个星期，你完成了，就拥有神力术和隐身术，不死，如果不能完成，我就杀死你。怎么样，你接受游戏么？”

“好吧，比较起拥有神力，成为神，扔一个核弹杀死100万人确实不算什么，我不考虑了，我接受游戏。”艾克说。

王座上的魔王微笑了，俯视着艾克，准备赐给艾克可以隐身的能力，同时心里却在想，等艾克成功给地球任何城市投放一个核弹后，届时整个世界都会疯狂，所有人类都会陷于恐惧当中，那他，将与艾克再玩一个什么样的游戏呢？

Hanging Gardens（Me Against The Music）

Writer: Haidao

Dedicated to Britney

Legend has it that in the 6th century BC, the King of Babylon built a huge hanging garden for his queen. This garden stood in the air and was supported by several 25-meter-high pillars. So from a distance, it looked like a garden suspended in the air, hence the name, one of the seven wonders of the world, the Hanging Gardens.

However, when Ike flew a helicopter over the Death Valley and arrived above the dry salt lake, he could see a palace similar to an ancient Greek building suspended in the air a hundred meters high. But there were no pillars supporting it, and it was suspended in the air, motionless, like a planet.

As the helicopter approached the palace in the air, it was seen that the palace was luxurious and beautiful, magnificent, and there were gardens, stone pavilions, fountains, statues and other landscapes on the ground around it. So Ike parked the helicopter on a platform, turned off the propeller, and walked out of the door quickly with a corpse in his hand.

He was about 190cm tall, with broad shoulders and long arms, short blond hair, and wearing an off-white windbreaker. If he hadn't been holding a bloody corpse in his hands, he would have looked like a model, possessing all the qualities of a beautiful star.

At this moment, Ike quickly stepped into the palace cave door, and a pair of yellow Martin boots stepped on the quaint floor, making a mysterious clacking sound.

In front of him, at the end of the palace, on the staircase platform, under the gorgeous chandelier, there was a golden dragon chair, and a demon with gorgeous clothes, ancient clothes, and two horns on his head sat diagonally in the middle. Its eyes were green, and it was holding a silver-white snake in its arms, staring at Ike with a pair of extremely contemptuous eyes.

"The game is over, Lord Demon, I have killed the governor of Nevada." Ike said.

"But you were late for an hour." The Demon King said.

"Is this important?" Ike said.

"It's not important to you, but it's important to me. Since this is the rule I set and the game I manipulate, you can't violate the rules." The devil said.

"So what do you want?" Ike said.

"Hehe... Before you agreed to play the game with me, I gave you infinite divine power and unlimited arms, but you had to kill the governor in one day. But you were late by an hour, so I'm going to continue the game and increase the stakes. When you leave the Demon Palace, I will arrange for a nuclear bomb to fall on any city on the earth, but I will make up a lie that you want to destroy the earth. Then, all countries in the world will list you as the most terrifying terrorist, and all humans will hunt you down together... Hehe... Isn't this game interesting?" The devil said.

"My Lord Demon, are you crazy? Just relying on me alone, against the whole world, it goes without saying that I will be killed. With such a huge gap between victory and defeat, is this game interesting?" Ike said.

"Haha..." The devil raised his head and laughed, and said proudly: "Yes, this is unfair, so I will give you another power, so that you can be invisible infinitely. You will have the function of becoming a transparent person, so that all humans cannot see you, so that you can kill others as you please. At the same time, when you have the invisibility, the divine power you previously gambled with me will still be there. In other words, now you have both divine power, which can destroy any material, and invisibility, which can prevent anyone from finding you. And you only need to complete a task, throw a nuclear bomb at any city on the earth, and the time limit is one week. If you complete it, you will have divine power and invisibility, and you will not die. If you can't complete it, I will kill you. How about it, do you accept the game?"

"Well, compared to having divine power and becoming a god, throwing a nuclear bomb to kill 1 million people is really nothing. I won't consider it. I accept the game." Ike said.

The devil on the throne smiled and looked down at Ike, ready to grant Ike the ability to become invisible. At the same time, he was thinking in his heart, when Ike successfully drops a nuclear bomb on any city on Earth, the whole world will go crazy and all humans will be in fear. What kind of game will he play with Ike then?