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You know that feeling in your chest where it genuinely feels like its sunken and your heart is hurting and straining to keep itself from falling apart? Probably not. But that's how I felt. That's how.. WE felt after witnessing Yahir be executed. That's how WE felt when we found out Jakob was murdered.
At least, I hope we all feel that way. But we all know in the back of our heads that that means there is less of us and we have a higher chance of escaping. Right? Less.. competition...
No.
That's a terrible way to think. I cant let myself fall to despair and think that way. We're all friends. We're all STILL friends. This is just a bump in the road. A very big, spikey, disproportionate, deadly bump in the road. Right?
I hold the two keys in my hands. I look around at everyone for any kind of input. A mix of shock, disgust, and poker faces are in the crowd. I have no idea if we should continue going into this building. Would opening the next floor equal me enabling a new killing to happen? Do we WANT to open Yahir's room and see what he left behind? Would it be good for morale? Where was Jakob's key? Would his corpse still be there when we return?
My mind raced asking itself all these questions, as it felt like it was pulsating and hurting me as in to tell me "Stop thinking about it". But me and my brain both knew there was no way of avoiding that.
Just as I was getting lost in thought, I hear yelling. Fighting? What's going on? I snap out of it and turn to the source of the yelling. Joey is screaming at Garrett.
"So, you HEARD them get up, you SAW a figure, but did NOTHING?! JAKOB IS DEAD." Joey screamed. It seems the realization is hitting him hard "YOU COULD'VE STOPPED HIM."
"You're fucking insane. I didn't expect Jakob to die. Many people got up. Maybe blame the murderer instead of me. It's alright. I get it. Not everyone has common sense." Garrett rolled his eyes "Blame me all you want, but you know damn well you're glad Jakob died instead of you."
"Dude, what the fuck?" Raymond chimed in. An appropriate response. That was a messed up thing to say even for Garrett.
"Have some empathy, you asshole." Joseph added to Raymond's response.
But, was Garrett really wrong? I mean, of course it was a terrible thing to say but I am glad it wasn't me. I just... wouldn't say that. Especially to someone grieving.
"Listen, I don't think he meant it like that. I just think he-" Diego said but was cut off by Garrett.
"No, I meant it. You all can put up your masks for as long as you want but in here we all know deep inside that we're glad we weren't the ones killed. Of course, there is one of us here that is glad it happened period. The mastermind." Garrett said firmly.
"How do we know you aren't the mastermind?" Elmer called him out "You don't seem very affected by any of this."
"Because I can adapt to situations. And I know some of you can too, but you're letting yourself be held back by other peoples feelings." Garrett took a step toward Bryanna, and held out his hand. "You have to let go. Join me. We can go fucking ape shit and find a way to get out of here."
We were all stunned by this. Speechless even. We all looked at Bryanna.
She looked confused. She looked scared, and looked around at all of us.
"Ok." She mumbled and took his hand, stepping next to him and letting go.
Everyone gasped and looked around at each other. Nobody expected her to actually take him up on his offer.
Joey looked hurt. He looked at Bryanna and reached out but flinched when Bryanna moved herself away from Joey and Garrett stepped in the way.
"Don't look so surprised. I just know she's smart enough to open her eyes. Now, will anyone else be joining us?" Garrett announced.
We looked around and more people stepped in front to stand by Garrett.
Christina, Devin, and Tyler all joined Garrett.
"Don't get me wrong, I still care for you guys. But I also don't want to just stand around. I want to look for a way out and I want to do everything I can to help." Devin spoke up
"Y-yeah! I wont hurt anyone. I just.. I cant let Bryanna be in here on her own." Tyler said, once again showing his loyalty to Bryanna.
"He has a point. I'm not explaining myself to people who don't want to be on the side of escaping." Christina rolled her eyes.
I look over at Cielo. She shakes her head at me. She knows I want to join. I bite my lip.
I turn to Fonzy. He also shakes his head at me. My brain knows I shouldn't join.
"Please" Fonzy says quietly, as I read his lips. But my heart cant let them just reek havoc with no one to keep them in check.
Ill join just to make sure that they don't hurt anyone. That's my excuse. I'll be fine. I'm just making sure no violence is committed so no one else is killed and executed.
Garrett looks at me. He knows I feel torn. His eyes land on me, and I look at the ground avoiding eye contact. I slowly walk toward Garrett's group and look up. Cielo and Fonzy look hurt and confused. I look away to avoid feeling worse.
Some time pass, and a pregnant pause occurs.
Garrett claps his hands. "Good to know who's on my side. Glad we established that. We can all plan to do something later. That trial tired me out. Peace." He yawned and walked out of the court room. He went to such an firm and aggressive person to a nonchalant lazy dude. Did I make the right choice?
All the people on Garretts group left the room. I stayed.
I looked at everyone who didn't join. They all look back at me. 8 pairs of eyes staring at me. I hug myself and gulp.
"Why would you side with him?" Diego said to me.
"You out of all people should know that the way they're going to try and escape isn't right. I expected more from you." Nathan scoffed, and walked out.
That stung.
Elmer shook his head. "Fucking unbelievable." He talked to himself as he walked out, not even giving a glance back at us. Joseph followed quickly behind.
Cielo and Fonzy approached me and looked at me. I teared up.
"Just answer Diego's question." Cielo said, her tone was cold. I wasn't used to that.
"Uly, please. Just say something. Defend yourself!" Fonzy said, increasing the volume of his voice.
I look up at them and tear up, I shake my head. "Look, I know it sounds crazy." I say, as my voice shakes. Do I tell them my plan? I can trust them, right?
"I'm just making sure they don't use violence. That's all. I just don't them to hurt each other." I sighed "It's going to be alright. I'm going to be alright. And you guys will be alright. Ill make sure nothing else happens."
"You can't be serious." Raymond laughed "You cant do shit if someone tries to kill another person. You're just going to be another victim because you're trying to act the hero. Seriously, what a dumb thing to say. So conceited and confident, but when it comes down to it someone will be murdered and you're just going to end up blaming yourself. Get over yourself." Raymond ended his sentence and walked out.
"Just.. Ignore him. He's having a hard time too." Diego said and hugged me "I trust you. But I have to go make sure Raymond's smart mouth doesn't get him killed. Ill see you later." He let go and went to chase Raymond.
"Look, I'm not going to say that was the smartest decision. But I will say that If I can do anything to help I will." Cielo patted my shoulder "Just.. be safe." She left.
I looked at Joey and Fonzy. I was going to ask Joey how he was feeling. I open my mouth and he immediately shuts me down.
"Don't you fucking dare talk to me right now." Joey put his hand up to ignore me and left as well.
Me and Fonzy were the only ones left in the room. I look at him and frown. He seems very conflicted on how to feel about him. I take his hand in mine and look into his eyes "I promise I have no ulterior motive, please trust me. I don't want you to think I'm planning something bad. I'm not like that." I tell him
Fonzy sighs and nods hesitantly. "Yeah, I do trust you. It's just.. hard to process all of this. I need a distraction."
"I could give you a good distraction." I get close to him and whisper in his ear seductively "Wanna know how?"
Fonzy blushes and stumbles over his words, I had caught him off guard. "H-how?!" He gulped
I giggle and step back "Come help me look at Yahir's room and open the 2nd floor." I laughed. Fonzy seemed to still be confused "What? What'd you expect?"
Fonzy shakes his head "I hate you. But yeah, lets go." He laughs and we exit the trial room. We walk out and see multiple split groups of people talking. I ignore them and grab Fonzy's hand running to Yahir's room. When I took out the key, someone had followed us.
Joseph was there.
"What are you guys doing?" He asked us.
Fonzy answered. Its for the best, my reputation isn't at its highest right now.
"We're just looking at Yahir's room for anything he could have left behind. Maybe we could find a clue to how to get out of here." Fonzy told Joseph
Joseph nodded "Alright. I'm joining you guys. No offense but nobody in Garrett's group should be investigating crucial evidence."
I frowned and sighed, opening the door. To a very.. messy room.
Notes everywhere on the ground. Writing on the walls seemingly to decipher something. Drawings of MonoCreeper. Yahir really was going crazy in here. His last words repeating in my head. Blaming me. I shuddered.
We all stepped in and looked around. I was looking at his notes. They were speculating who the mastermind was. He didn't have much to go off of and I think that's why he was frustrated. It seems he suspected Tyler, Garrett, Cielo, and I. That was scary.
Joseph looked at what I was looking at and then glared at me. He grabbed it and stuffed it in his pocket. Fuck. I didn't want him to see that. Now it looks like I'm even more suspicious.
We both turn to Fonzy as he called out to us.
"Yo! Guys. I know this is.. terrible to think about now since we know why he used this but.." He unfolded a large piece of paper and put it down. "Its a whole map of the first floor."
Joseph inspected it closely and raised an eyebrow "This seems accurate but.. why isn't the secret room he told Jakob about here?" He pointed at the storage room downstairs.
I laughed, and shut myself up. "Sorry, sorry. I just.. He was lying. I thought that was obvious."
Joseph scowled at me and nodded. "Right."
I felt bad about laughing now.
Everyone began realizing we were investigating the room and they all walked in.
"Holy crap, no wonder he killed he was fucking crazy." Devin thought out loud and we all looked at him. "Sorry, too soon."
"Yeah, way too soon." Joey sighed.
"We found a map and no-" I was cut off.
"I don't want to hear from you. Joseph, Fonzy, what did you guys find?" Nathan asked
"That's not fair to Ulysses." Fonzy said.
"So you're on their side now?" Raymond asked in an angry tone.
"No! I'm not. But we all deserve to be heard." Fonzy retorted.
"See, he gets it." Garrett laughs.
"You aren't helping." I give Garrett a dirty look.
"Anyways." Joseph says, annoyed. "We found this map of the first floor, and there isn't any secret room. So Yahir did lie and manipulate Jakob as far as we know."
"So, we shouldn't investigate it then?" Diego asks
"Of course we will." Christina smiles "I mean come on, are we going to trust a murderers doodle of the rooms?"
"She has a point." Tyler nods
"No, she doesn't. She's just saying shit to say it." Cielo shakes her head.
"Besides the map, we also found this note. I snatched it before anyone could hide it." Joseph eyes me and opens it, showing everyone.
Now everyone knew Yahir suspected Tyler, Garrett, Cielo, and I.
They all looked at us and I scoffed. "Come on, you can't be serious. He was the one that killed."
"He did die blaming you.. so.. not much helping your case.." Joey said out loud.
"Alright, alright, lay off. We cant just accuse anyone." Fonzy says.
"Righttt..." Raymond said sarcastically.
"That's about all that's really worth sharing." Joseph said. "We can move onto the 2nd floor."
Everyone exited Yahir's room and I locked it behind me. We headed to the gate that kept us from going to the 2nd floor. I inserted the key in and breathed in. "Are you guys ready?"
Raymond scoffed and just pushed past me heading up. Everyone followed. Guess I really don't have the same authority as before after I sided with Garrett and being suspected as the mastermind. I don't blame them, I would be suspicious too.
We all went upstairs and were greeted by signs pointing to different areas of the floor. One sign pointing to a Gym, another to a casino, and another to a photoshoot room? Thats.. interesting.
Everyone started talking about where they wanted to go. Joey clearly wanted to go to the photo shoot room which made sense, he was the ultimate photographer. Fonzy wanted to go to the casino, which also made sense, he was the ultimate gambler. Nathan wanted to give the Gym a visit, and AGAIN... that makes sense, hes the ultimate runner.
Everyone was harping about where they wanted to go and how we should split up and cover ground to make sure its safe, when I noticed a 4th sign. It pointed to the end of the floor. It was pointing at a locked staircase like the one we had just opened, and a large elevator.
I take a few steps toward it and call out to everyone.
"Guys! Um, there's an.. elevator." I say trying to speak over all of them. They eventually stop talking and turn their attention to the elevator.
We get close and Fonzy reads what it says out loud:
You all seemed to have forgot about one person. She has been with you since the start. If you wish to keep her, a sacrifice must be made. To activate this elevator, everyone must step on then press the button. Take all the time you need to decide to get on, but if a murder occurs before you get on, you will not be able to activate the elevator anymore.
Everyone seemed to be extremely confused. Who was this referring to?
"Been here since the start? Sacrifice?" Devin asked no one in particular.
"No fucking idea, for all we know it can be a trap to get us all killed." Diego said.
"I doubt the mastermind would trade seeing us all get killed for individual murder, plus the fact that the mastermind would also be coming with us. It wouldn't make sense." Cielo chimed in
"Unless the stupid MonoCreeper lied about one of us being the mastermind." Joseph said
"In which case we could all die because of a trap then?" Tyler asked
I shook my head "Even if the mastermind didn't die, it all seems to elaborate to let us all die here. Especially if there still seems more to do" I point at the locked stairs.
"He has a point." Christina said "It would just trash all the efforts of trying to get us to kill each other."
"I agree, if they wanted to have killed us they would have by now" Elmer said.
"Unless they're sadists who get off on watching us suffer." Nathan rolled his eyes.
Raymond nodded "Wouldn't doubt it."
"So, what now? Do we get on?" Joseph asked
"Why dont we explore today and get on tomorrow?" Tyler asked
"It says as long as theres no murder we can still get on, and considering we have no real motive right now besides escaping, can we trust everyone to not kill for the night?" Fonzy asked
"I think after Yahir's execution, nobody wants to even think about killing." Cielo said.
"I think I'm gonna go with my gut and trust the ultimate detective knows what she's talking about." Christina says
Garett is hesitant and wants to go on immediately but even he knows that's a very bad and quick move.
"So, lets split up and investigate and then go to bed. Alright?" Nathan announces
"That makes sense to me." Diego nods.
Everyone agrees and splits up going to separate rooms. I look around and some people stayed behind.
Elmer, Devin, and Bryanna stayed behind. Elmer and Bry seemed to be upset at each other for not being able to agree with which "side" to be on. Devin was trying to mediate the conflict. Except that only seemed to agitate Elmer even more.
I didn't want to get involved, I already wasn't exactly the most liked at the moment. I headed to the casino because I wanted to check out what it looked like.
Christina, Fonzy, Tyler, and Diego were in there. Tyler and Diego were at a coin slot machine. Christina and Fonzy were at a pool table.
I head over to the pool table and observe their game. Fonzy always seemed to follow a reckless pattern. It looked as if he was hitting balls at random, but whenever he did he was guaranteed to always at least get 2 of his balls in. He was really good.
Christina seemed to be having a hard time. She looked at me and smirked. "Wanna join in?" She asked
"Wh-what?" I asked
"Yeah, you know. Do my turns for me." She smiled.
Something about her smile drew me in. I took the pool cue and attempted to go against the ultimate gambler.
As expected, he won almost immediately. Because unlike Christina, I quite literally cant even hold the pool cue right.
"Ha! I won." Fonzy laughed and hugged me.
I blushed and giggled nervously. My face turning pretty red.
Christina nudged me and winked.
Of course she would do this.
"Man, you're so bad its almost adorable." Fonzy laughed and poked me playfully.
"Are you saying he's not already adorable?" Christina laughed and pinched my cheek.
"Of course not, he IS adorable." He pinched my other cheek.
I just stood there and blushed while I let them do their thing. Once they were done, Christina spoke up.
"I totally could've won but that would've been embarrassing for the ultimate gambler." Christina teased.
"Oh yeah? Prove it." Fonzy winked
"Trust me, you don't want to be destroyed by me. I'm a sore winner." Christina said.
"Speak for yourself, I'd love to be destroyed by Christina." Tyler joked from across the room.
Everyone laughed and Diego just blushed. It was certainly a crude joke.
"Alright, I'm going to go investigate other rooms." I smile and head out, going to the Gym next.
The Gym area consisted of a pool, locker rooms, a steam room, and a weight room with treadmills. This seemed about right. Nathan, Garrett, and Joseph were in this room inspecting all the rooms.
Nathan was checking out the steam room. I joined him. He was looking at the source of the steam. There were a bundle of an extremely hot rocks creating the steam.
"Better be careful with that." I chuckle.
"Obviously." He answered very matter-of-factly and left the room. Nathan really did not like me. I sigh,
I head out and go to the pool. Garrett was there checking out the pool. I looked over at the poster in the room and it said: "Lights turn off at night. Pool will not empty. Keep it clean people." I chuckled.
I look over at Garrett and he went into the locker room. There was 2 separate locker rooms for men and women.
Garrett then came out of the locker room without a shirt on and hopped into the pool. I blushed and choked on nothing.
"Are you good?" Garrett laughed.
"Yeah.." I compose myself and get myself out of there. But before I do, I turn to Garrett and say "The lights are going off soon. Just be safe and go to your room and get sleep. Ok?" I tell him
"Don't tell me what to do. But yeah, thank you." He grinned
I exited the room and saw Joseph looking at a treadmill. I approached him. "Gonna use it?" I ask
"No, just making sure its safe to even use." He answers coldly.
I sigh. I walk out the room and head to the photo shoot room. Raymond and Joey are there and Joey is taking pictures of Raymond posing.
Raymond seems to embrace this and pose passionately. Joey loves the energy. They both turn to me and immediately the mood drops.
"I.. see I'm not welcome here." I frown and walk out.
As I'm outside, I see that Bryanna, Elmer, and Devin are now.. not angry with each other. But seem very.. touchy and giggly. That's an interesting turn of events.
I look away as its none of my business and I walk to my room. Everyone else is not my responsibility, only me. We're going to go to the elevator tomorrow and everyone will be fine.
I get into my room and lock it behind me. I throw myself into my bed and sigh. Tomorrow is going to be fucking exhausting, isn't it?
I fall asleep.
And for a second everything is peaceful.
Peaceful,
Can things ever be truly peaceful?
Is peace attainable in a situation like this?
Maybe.
I wake up to MonoCreeper yelling on the tv.
"Goodmorning everyone! Today, I'll be announcing the motive for everyone to kill! Do whatever you want. I'm announcing it once night hours come around. Peace!" MonoCreeper said, and then the screen turned off.
I sigh and get up, I go take a shower. I get dressed then head out. We all gather at the 2nd floor. We're all here now, me being the last person.
"You really took that long?" Elmer raised an eyebrow
"Kind of suspicious." Nathan scoffed
"Can you guys leave him the fuck alone? Damn." Christina rolled her eyes
"Seriously, I get you're suspicious but if its not him you're being assholes for no reason." Fonzy nodded
"There isn't really any evidence besides the suspicious of a now deceased murderer." Cielo said which made everyone go quiet.
We all stepped into the elevator and pressed the button. It closed the door and lead us away horizontally form where we were. We were then heading down.
The doors finally opened and we were in a dark red room. There was a cage being suspended above some long sharp spikes. A huge timer began. 30 minutes were being counted on a screen above us.
A screen turned on. "Hello everyone! I hope you read the text on the elevator. As you saw, Its talking about someone who has been there since the beginning. Well that person is.."
The lights flickered on. We turn to the cage and its someone thats passed out. We try to focus our eyes on the cage when all of a sudden, Joey screams out.
"JADE! THATS JADE!" Joey screams and gets very agitated.
"Thats right, my boy! Its Jade. A childhood friend, turned into a damsel of distress. Now, you read the text. A life for a life, meaning you must sacrifice one of your own people! It can be anyone, I could care less who. You could always just not save Jade! But you cant leave until you see her die. Its up to you. You have been provided with a tablet to vote! Don't press any names if you do not wish to vote." MonoCreeper said and the screen turned off.
"Well, Im not letting Jade die. So, Im voting for Garrett" Joey said and pressed Garretts name.
"Idiot, We have a chance at eliminating the mastermind here. Im voting Ulysses." Nathan said and voted for me.
"Dude, what the fuck? We have no evidence." Fonzy said.
"Not like we're willing to vote anyone else. Least this way we have a chance at killing the mastermind." Devin said and voted.
"Who did you vote for?!" I yell out
"Im not telling." Devin smiled.
:"You all are insane." Garrett scoffed
"Funny coming from someone currently on the chopping block." Cielo said.
"Oh please, If I die you have no chance of getting out of here" Garrett retorted.
"You're extremely stuck up, arent you?" Tyler said, annoyed.
"Just being real." Garrett said.
"All I know is that it isn't Ulysses. He's way to sensitive to be the mastermind. So its probably Garrett." Christina said.
"Its not me!" I cry out. Fuck. Are people really voting for me?
"Christina that doesnt matter. It can be manipulation, Uly sided with Garrett yet never stuck with them. Uly also never stuck with us. He's stuck in between because he doesnt want to die and needs both sides to trust him." Diego said
"What Diego said." Bryanna nodded.
"You guys are fucking crazy." Elmer said "To play with human lives like this.."
"Dont blame us, blame the mastermind" Garrett winked
Am I... Am I going to be voted?
Everyone seems to have made up their mind. Do I even have a chance of living anymore? Is it between me and Garrett?
Fuck. This pains me to do but the only logical thing to do is piggy back on Garretts guaranteed votes to gamble with my life.
The timer goes off and the screen appears with the votes and voters.
Ulysses - Garrett
Tyler - Garrett
Fonzy - Garrett
Diego - Ulysses
Nathan - Ulysses
Cielo - Garrett
Devin - Ulysses
Bryanna - Ulysses
Garrett - Ulysses
Christina - Garrett
Elmer - Garrett
Joey - Garrett
Raymond - Garrett
Joseph - Ulysses
As I count the votes, I realize its 8 - 6. Holy shit. I barely survived.
"Well, you now see the votes!" MonoCreepers voice booms through the screen "But I cant sacrifice him myself, you have to do it. There is an iron maiden open and ready for use! His blood will serve as an offering to help Jade escape. Reminder, you cant go back on your word now! If you dont put him in the iron maiden, Jade and everyone else will die. But dont worry, It wont count as you killing him so no trial is necessary. Im so generous. Goodbye!" The screen shut off and a large metal sound came form the wall as it opened to reveal an iron maiden. Basically a standing coffin with spikes
Those of us who voted for Garrett immediately try to grab him by his arms and legs to keep him from running and hurting others.
"Let me go! STOP! IM NOT GOING TO FUCKING DIE." Garrett screamed at us.
"Guys, STOP!" Bryanna cried
Diego hugged her for comfort. "There's nothing we can do."
Garrett kicked and screamed, trying to break free. But it was 8 against 1, and he had no chance. We slowly pinned him against the iron maiden, and holding him back we slammed the doors shut.
After, a series of intense blood curdling screams could be heard from the iron maiden. Garrett was slowly bleeding, and we could see it collecting in vials. Garretts screams poked at our heads and helped me remember who I was. I wasnt this. I would have never done THIS. I NEVER WANTED THIS.
I try to open the iron maidens doors but they're locked shut and I get shocked. I sob and fall to the floor.
Garretts blood is in our hands.
Everyone seems to start sobbing. Everyone realizing we just sentenced our friends to death. There was no justice here. We were all murderers.
After multiple blood vials were filled, the wall began closing and the iron maiden was taken from us. The cage Jade was being held in moved away from the spikes and was placed in front of us.
Joey pushes us and forcefully opens the cage. He holds Jade in his arms. Shes breathing.
"We never speak of this to her." Joey says.
A silence takes us by surprise. We all silently agree. Jade can never know.
Did we just sentence Jade to a horrible death? She is trapped in here with us. Does she know anything we dont?
Everyone stands up and quietly heads to the elevator, going back up to the 2nd floor and everyone silently going to the lobby. We all wait there in silence. Some crying, others in shock. We wait for Jade to wake up.
We all wait until we finally see Jade opening her eyes slightly.
She scratched her head and sits up looking around.
"What the fuck?" She sounds extremely confused.
"Hi, Jade.. Um.. Im sure this is all very confusing but.." Joey said
"Wheres the bathroom?" Jade asks
"Wh-what?" Joey looks confused
"Its down the hall." Christina answers
"Thank you" Jade gets up and leaves
"Um.. What just happened?" Elmer asked
"Sis really needs to pee, probably. I would too after almost dying." Christina laughs.
Jade finally comes back after a while. "Ok, what's going on?" She says looking at all of us.
We, one by one, all introduce ourselves once again with our ultimate. We then explain the situation to Jade, and explain what happened to Jakob and Yahir.
Jade sits there for a couple minutes processing everything.
"So, this.. robot is.. a creeper from Minecraft?" Jade asks
"For the 6th time, Jade, yes. Its a creeper from Minecraft." Joey says.
"And we're trapped here until someone kills?" Jade asks
"Well you yourself have to kill to get out but.. yes." Nathan answers
"So why am I here?" Jade asks.
Everyone goes silent.
"We.. dont know. But now you are and we're not sure why." I say.
"Whats your ultimate, Jade?":Diego asks
"Im the ultimate vet. I loved pets ever since I was little." Jade smiles
"You were always little. You still are." Joseph laughs and pats her head. Jade was really short.
"So youre just ok with all this?" Cielo asks
"Theres not much I can do, and Im not killing. So why worry? Yes, Jakob and Yahir are dead. But adapting to our situations is important. And its not like I wont cry later on." Jade says
"Shes more sound than most people here. Good for her." Tyler says
"They murdered Garrett to save you." Bryanna dropped that truth bomb then left.
Jade looked confused.
"We had to.. sacrifice one of us to save you. It.. it came down between me and Garrett." I say
"Oh.." Jade was quiet "I see.."
"You would have died if we didn't. Dont even think about it or blame yourself." Joey said.
"Are you kidding me? Im glad I survived. Of course Im not happy someone died but Im alive and thats what matters." Jade said.
Jade was very direct with how she felt but not arrogant about it. She was nice. We needed some of her vibes in this group. I hope she doesnt die.
"Alright well.. Im sure we all have a lot of catching up to do but.. Im going to take a quick nap." Jade said and laid on a sofa in the lobby.
"You just was passed out!" Joseph exclaimed
"And? Let her rest." Raymond told Joseph.
So we let Jade rest for the rest of the day. Everyone went their separate ways and Fonzy and I remained in the lobby next to Jades sleeping body to keep watch.
"So.. today was a lot." I say and sigh, stretching my arms and rubbing my eyes.
"Yeah.. I hate that this wont ever stop.. Its kill or be killed and its.. its terrifying." Fonzy said, sounding genuinely scared
"I wouldn't let anything happen to you." I tell Fonzy, and lay my head in his thighs "If someone tries to hurt you, let me know. I can catch a case." I joke
Fonzy laughs and shakes his head. "God, no. I wouldn't let you do that for me." He puts his hand on my cheek.
I blush and put my hand over his. I sit up and hold his hand, looking into his eyes. "I would do anything for a friend." I laughed
"Youre so cheesy, Its annoying" Fonzy laughed and playfully pushed me
I got close and my face turned red "Oh yeah?"
Right as I wanted to lean in, Jade called out. "Get a room!" Jade groaned and sat up.
"Yeah, Fonzy. Get a room." I pushed him playfully and walked to Jade. "So, ultimate vet. How about we make plans to catch up?" I smile
"Sure. Uh.. When?" Jade asks
Fonzy gets up. "Good idea! We can uh.. go for a night swim! Itll be like a fun scandalous thing to do. But it'll be for fun." Fonzy laughs
"Yeah! A night swim um.. tomorrow! That sounds good." I say
"Sure." Jade agrees "But uh.. where is everyone?" Jade asks
And as if on queue, an announcement comes onto the screen in the lobby.
"Everyone gather in the lobby! A motive will now be provided. Failure to follow directions will result in death." MonoCreeper says and the screen shuts off.
We sigh and walk to the middle of the lobby room. One by one, everyone gathers. And just as everyone is there, MonoCreeper pops out of a wall and laughs.
"Hiiii everybody! I wont waste much of your time, but in addition to escaping when you kill, you will be rewarded with 7 quintillion dollars! Not just money, but guaranteed fame! And blackmail on every single major powerful figures in society that hold power. Essentially you'll be untouchable! Living a comfortable life. You'll be the new world order! All it takes is 1 life." MonoCreeper smiled, waves, then leaves. "Bye!"
"Please, who would kill for money?" Nathan laughed
"Not just money, power. I feel like some people here are in desperate need for that." Christina added
"Yeah, can we.. trust eachother?" Joseph asked
"That question has no answer, we all know that." Tyler said.
"I think its best for all of us to go to bed. I dont think we want anyone roaming around at night alone." Cielo said
"We should make a rule, you always have to have someone with you if you go out at night. This will avoid any death." Fonzy said
"That makes sense but people can still work together even if it doesn't serve a point. At that point, its useless." Elmer said
"Alright then lets make it 3 if possible, but only 2 in emergencies." I say
"Sounds fair to me." Raymond said
"No, its not fair. Im not risking my life just because I trusted someone to come with me to go pee or something." Jade said
"That.. is also a good point." Devin said
"Well.. we'll just have to see how this turns out." Diego said.
And with that, everyone went to their respective rooms. MonoCreeper giving Jade a room key to Garrett's room, with his name scribbled out and Jades filled in with marker.
I go to bed once again.
I dont feel peace anymore.
There is a motive now.
How is it possible for people to sleep like this?
But alas, I did fall asleep. And I wake up.. late? Early? I have no idea anymore. Im not sure if this is before or after MonoCreepers morning announcement.
I get up and go outside, people are just walking around like normal. So, im assuming its after. I walk to the bathrooms and see Joey and Elmer talking to Jade. I walk away from them because I dont want to interrupt whatever they have going on.
I walk around aimlessly. Just yesterday we murdered Garrett to save Jade and were given a motive to kill, and everyone is just acting.. normal.
So, time passes and its finally night time. I go to Fonzy's room and knock quietly. He answers in swimming trunks and a loose shirt and smiles.
"Hey, ready to go?" He asks me
"Of course." I answer.
We both go to Jades room and knock, she answers and smiles. "Lets go!" She says loudly.
We both shush her and make our way to the stairs. We notice that some people were in the movie room watching something so we quietly sneak past them and head upstairs. We head to the Gym area and go into the lockers and close the door behind us.
Fonzy takes off his shirt, then tells me "Well, im all changed. Jade is as well. Are you going to go in with that?" Fonzy asks me.
I had a normal t shirt and some shorts. I nodded. "Im not um.. secure enough in my body for what you're doing." I tell him.
"Its ok! You dont have to." Jade tells me and pats my back. We open the door to the pool and its really dark.
"Why is it so dark?!" Jade asks, panicked
"Relax, lights turn off once night hits. We'll be fine." I say and let the mens locker room we were in slightly open just so some light can penetrate the darkness.
"Last one in loses!" Fonzy yells then he pushes pasts us and jumps into the water.
Me and Jade follow quickly and run jumping into the pool. Our splash was loud. As I emerge, I realize the locker room door had closed and a loud door slam was heard, and we were once again in darkness.
But that didn't matter. We were having fun for once in such a gruesome place.
"Jesus, that feels so good to just relax. Doesn't it?" Fonzy asks
"Considering I could've died yesterday, yes. This feels great." Jade says
I agree "Yeah, I definitely can relate." I sigh.
Fonzy swims close to me and splashes me "Hey! No sad vibes here. We're doing this to catch up with Jade. This is for good times."
"Right. Sorry." I laugh
"Well, there isn't much to catch up on. I just steered off in different directions than you guys and ended up taking care of animals." Jade smiled "One day im helping a snake lay an egg, the other i wake up in a killing game. Ya know?" Jade says
"Yeah, it was very random for us too." I say
"This is all so.. weird. I mean there has to be someone looking for us, right? 17 ultimates go missing and no one says anything?" I ask
"Im sure theres something bigger at play here because like you said there should be someone looking for us but there isn't. That we know of." Fonzy answers me.
And we spend the night theorizing what could possibly be happening. From aliens, to the government replacing us with other ultimate people, it all partially sounded plausible.
We swam all night until we got tired. We headed back to our rooms, but when we do, we all encounter Bryanna and Cielo.
This is.. interesting.
"Hey guys! Were you at the pool?" Cielo asks us
We nod "Y-yeah! Sorry for not inviting you."
"Its all good. Cielo invited me to hang out tonight anyway, but I'm heading back to my room." Bryanna said
"Yeah, us too" Jade says
"Alright well, we'll see you guys!" Fonzy said.
We all separated and went to our respective rooms. I shower, dry off, change, then head to bed. Tonight was a good night. I wish every night could be like this one.
I lay in bed and drift to sleep.
...
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...
Knock Knock Knock
Knock Knock Knock
Knock Knock Knock
I sit up and rub my eyes, why is someone knocking so hard? I waddle over, looking like an absolute mess to answer the door.
Its Diego, he has tears in his eyes. "Please come." He grabs me and we run.
My heart races, and Diego drags me to Bryanna's room. Everyone is already gathered around.
Joey slams the door open and a horrendous sight awaits us.
Nathan and Bryanna lay there on the floor, limp. Nathan had blood on his head, and Bryanna just was on the ground.
I scream.
Which is when.. Bryanna gets up.
Holy shit, shes alive?!
She turns to me, she turns to Nathan. And lets out a large scream as well. Filled of horror.
Nathans corpse was laying right in front of her.
Nathan was dead.
That grim announcement played. "Oh, boy! Someone died already?! Crazy. Well.. A body has been discovered! After a certain amount of time which you can use as you wish, you will all report to the room where you first woke up in and you will all be taken to the trial room. There you have to accuse and vote for whoever you think killed! I already explained what happens but TL;DR get it wrong, you all die and the murderer gets off scotch free and gets to leave. You know the rules. See you there!" The screen shuts off.
"Bryanna, what the fuck happened..?" Diego asked
"I found her in the room, she.. I thought she was dead but clearly she was just passed out. Bryanna, what happened?" Joey asked
Bryanna's eyes were focused on Nathans corpse. She wasn't answering.
"Bryanna, answer us, god damn it!" Joseph yelled at her
Bryanna turned to us, and her eye twitched. Her body was shaking and she began cackling. Her eyes full of tears.
"Jesus Christ, she's unhinged." Devin said, pointing out the obvious.
Bryanna slowly stood up, then tackled everyone pushing through the crowd and running away.
"Should someone go get here and make sure she's ok?" Raymond asked
Tyler nodded, "On my way" He said then left the room to chase after Bryanna
"We need to get to investigating quick or else we'll end up just like Yahir, and the killer will get away." Cielo said
"Then lets get to it." Christina sighed.
Cielo and I approached Nathan's body. I closed my eyes, said a small prayer to the universe and to lady luck to please help us solve this case to bring justice to Nathan, then opened my eyes.
Cielo was already turning Nathan's body. I almost vomited.
Nathan's face had circular boils on it. His face had been burnt by something.
"Do you think that's what killed him?" Joseph asked
"No, I doubt burns on his face would kill him." Joey answered him
"I agree, he had blood on his head when we first saw him. Find the source." Diego spoke up
Cielo flipped Nathans body and felt around it, finding a dent in the back of his head.
"Right here." She said, and grabbed my finger, dragged me over and made me touch the hole dent in the back of his head.
That passed the line. I vomited right next to his corpse and pulled my finger back.
"Calm down, we need to be thorough to make sure we know what the hell we're talking about." Raymond told me, and mocked me
"I dont know why we're even arguing. Its so obviously Bryanna." Christina says
"Yup. She was found in here WITH the corpse. In HER room. What more evidence do we even need?" Elmer said
"Lets just get through this, please." I said, holding back more vomit.
"Does anyone have a solid alibi?" Cielo asks
"Diego, Devin, and I were together at night. We had a movie night." Joseph said
Diego looked over at him and then looked down. "Yeah.. We had a long day and needed something to relax."
"All true." Devin said
"And you guys heard nothing?" Elmer asked
"Not over the movie." Devin answered
"Well, I was hanging out with Bryanna until late at night. So unless she did it after that, theres no way its her." Cielo said
"I was with Jade and Fonzy. We went to the pool for a swim and to catch up but.. we never suspected anything was going on." I say
"Nothing out of the norm?" Cielo asked
"Well, I can attest that people were in the movie room so that clears them. But when we were in the pool room, the lights were all off because it was night. So we left the door open for some light to get in, but when we all jumped into the pool, the door just closed. We just thought it was the door closing on its own, but.. looking back on it, maybe it was someone.." I say
"Great. So, now we have to go investigate there. We need to cover the whole Gym area in general to make sure we don't miss anything." Joseph says, annoyed.
"Alright, but lets finish up here first." Elmer said.
Joey was looking around and saw something.
"Look!" Joey shouted and went to the trash can in the room, pulling out a knife.
"Holy crap, so is THAT the murder weapon?" Diego asked
"There isn't any visible stabbing, and the only bleeding comes from the back of his head in the dent." Cielo said
"Then why was the knife used..?" Joey wondered
I stood up and examined it, the knife's sharpness seemed to be dulled down. I touched whatever substance was on it and it felt gritty and looked a light brown color. "Wood..?" I say to myself and touch it "It stuck to it because of a really.. small amount of blood."
"Maybe Bry was carving something out of wood and cut herself?" Joseph asked
"No.. that doesn't make any sense." I grab the knife and walk around, looking where it could have possibly been used. I get to the door, and notice marks on the locking mechanism of the door. Its scratched.
I go outside, close the door, then use the knife to force the lock mechanism to open as I open the door again.
"The knife was used to force the door open." I say
"Why would Bryanna forcefully enter her own room? It doesn't make any sense." Elmer asked
"Thats because it wasnt Bryanna, shes being framed." I say
"Alright then.. so Bryanna is most likely not it." Christina says, regretting her past words "So are we done here?"
"Probably.. lets go to the 2nd floor." Cielo says.
We all walk out, and I notice something. The floor leading to Bryanna's floor is wet. The rug is moist and clearly leads to Bryanna's room.
Did... did one of us kill her?
Not me but.. Fonzy or Jade?
No. I have to keep that a secret. They'll think it was us and get us all killed.
Joseph noticed me looking at the rug and raised an eyebrow. Then kept walking.
We went upstairs and into the Gym area. Everyone split up and I headed toward the pool area.
I walk in and inspect the pool, and I thought it was all clean until I reached a corner of the pool and it was.. tinted. Tinted a darker color.
There was blood being diluted in the pool.
Cielo walked up to me. "So, you noticed too." She told me "For the record, I dont think it was you guys. 3 people are not likely to work together. But this killer sure as hell can frame others."
I sigh in relief. "I.. I hope we weren't swimming diluted blood."
"You.. most likely were. Nathan's corpse hadn't developed full rigor mortis. Meaning it was relatively recent." Cielo told me
I gag once again, and she pats my back. "Let go back to investigating."
I turn back and into the locker room for men that we were in. I dont see anything out of the norm.
I go out and go into the women's locker room. Everything seems normal as well except when I take a look closer... There is a thin trail of blood mixed with water from door to door.
I walk out and into the steam room. I notice immediately this room is more messy than any other rooms.
The lid for the steam rooms hot rocks was on the ground, and a puddle of blood was on the floor leading outside into the lockers.
"Probably where he was murdered." Elmer says popping up behind me.
"But why drag him to the pool room and then down to Bryanna's room? It doesn't make sense." I say
"That we have to figure out." Elmer responded.
Diego then pops into the room. "Hey Uly, can I um.. talk to you real quick..?"
I nod and head outside with him to give us privacy.
"I know this isn't exactly the.. greatest time. But I dont know who else to ask. You're good at understanding how people feel and I wanted to ask.. do you think Joseph has feelings for me?" Diego asks me
Im taken aback. "What do you mean?" I ask, since for as long as I knew Joseph was straight.
"When we were in the movies, he took a bathroom break but I was scared he might get hurt alone so after a bit I went to go check on him. I saw him get out of the bathroom, but when I did he just.. kissed me. More of a make out really.." He blushed
"Wh-what?" I ask "Did you ask why?"
"He.. confessed his feelings for me and said if he was going to be stuck here he wanted to come clean and tell me how he felt." Diego told me
"I really dont think now is the time to be worrying about that.." I tell Diego "Worry about that after. We cant afford to lose focus."
"Right.. Im sorry." Diego tells me then goes back into the steam room.
I sigh and look around trying to think about how everything connects together.
"Investigation time is over, twerps! Get to the room so we can get this shit over with." MonoCreeper yells into the speakers.
I roll my eyes and make my way to the room we first appeared in. Everyone slowly gets there and we go into the elevator that will take us to the trial room.
It was silence, until... in the middle of the elevator trip. Jade spoke up.
"So.. we're going to have a trial to find out who killed?" Jade asked
"Yes, Jade. And once we do well.. it isn't pretty." Joey says
"Assuming we vote the correct person." Jade said
"Dont jinx us." Fonzy said
And silence fell over us again.
And finally, the doors opened. And we were in the trial room once again. A familiar sight. Except now with added pictures of the deceased. Jakob, and his bowling ball. Yahir, and paper work. And Nathan, with a runner symbol on it.
"You're sick." Fonzy told MonoCreeper.
"Yeah, yeah. Blah, blah,blah. MonoCreeper sucks, we get it." Monocreeper says "Now, get along with the trial"
Alright.. this is the time. We have to bring justice to Nathan.
Trial Start
"So what can we start off with?" Tyler asked
"Probably crossing people's names off as innocent." I say
"I still think Bryanna might have done it. She could just make it seem like someone is framing her." Elmer said
"Yeah." Bryanna said
We all looked at her confused.
"Excuse me?" Joey asked
"I did it. I murdered Nathan." Bryanna smiled.
"Do we NEED any further proof?" Elmer pointed at Bryanna "She JUST confessed.."
"I was with you most of the night. You had close to no time to even do it." Cielo said
"I just did it after you left me. I saw Nathan and murdered him." Bryanna grinned "Then dragged him intro my room, and took a liiiiittle nap." Bryanna cackled "His face right before i fucking slaughtered him was HILARIOUS!!" She screamed and laughed
"You've lost your damn mind." Joseph said
"Then is it settled?" Christina asked
"No.." I say. I have to prove that it wasn't her. I have to find evidence that disproves her confession.
I think of everything I found. Anything that could possibly..
I GOT IT!
"Bryanna, before we all vote you. Tell us this. What did you do with the knife?" I ask her
"I fucking stabbed him, of course! I sliced him until he couldn't feel anymore. It was so hot." She shuddered and moaned "His last words were fuck you, and indeed I did right after he died." She bit her lip
"I REPEAT, DO WE NEED ANY FURTHER EVIDENCE?!" Elmer asked
Cielo looked at me right as she said that. She noticed it as well then.
"No, You're wrong!" Cielo and I both said at the same time
"Oh? Am I now?" Bryanna asked, smiling manically.
"The knife was used to break into the room, Nathan's actual cause of death wasn't stabbing. You're lying out of your ass." Cielo said, firmly.
"Aww.. I was so close.." Bryanna frowned and threw herself over her podium and giggled. "Oh welllll..."
"Were you purposely TRYING to kill us?!" Raymond shouted
"Maaaaaybe." Bryanna cackled once again.
I roll my eyes. "Anyway, back onto what we know. Someone forcefully broke into Bryanna's room to frame her. They came form the 2nd floor."
"How do we know that? Could they not have died on the 1st floor?" Tyler asked
"Not likely, the room where he was killed is most likely the steam room." I say
"Sorry but um.. I think you're wrong." Fonzy told me
"What?" I ask
"Well, yeah. It LOOKS like they were killed in the steam room. The boils on the face match the hot rocks from that room. The blood from the back of his head also came from there, im assuming. But then why drag them into the pool room and locker room?" Fonzy pointed out "I suspect that knocked them out, but wasnt enough to kill. So they drowned Nathan."
"And thats how the blood got into the pool.." I said "It all makes sense. They were knocked out and were bleeding out, the murderer hoped that the person would die but that wasn't enough so they burned Nathan on the hot rocks. And when that wasnt enough, they finished it off by drowning him."
"But how come we didn't see them?" Jade asked "We were swimming last night with Fonzy, we didn't see anything?"
"Thats because they used the light to their advantage." Fonzy spoke up "We got there right as they killed him, but since we jumped in they took away our only light source then went and hid in the other locker room opposite of the ones we were in. So we didn't notice when they left."
"Wait.. We were that close to the killer?!" Jade freaked out
"Unfortunately." I shuddered. That was terrifying to think about.
"How did you not notice the blood in the womens locker room, Jade?" Elmer asked
"Oh, I didnt use it. I was with them in the boys locker room." Jade answered
"You.. USED THE SAME LOCKER ROOM??" Joseph gasped
"Well, its not like we stripped. We were already changed." I explained
"Alright well that explains how they were killed. I also noticed wet marks leading to Bryanna's door. How can we know that wasnt one of you three?" Joseph asked
"Me and Bryanna saw them walking to their rooms. They didn't have a body on them. Besides if they were to be working together, the wet marks should be way bigger." Cielo said
"I see.. so they just were dragging Nathans body and since he was drowned he left the mark of water and blood behind leading to Bryanna's door." Tyler said
"Correct. Then they broke in and framed Bryanna." Joey said
"So.. What now?! Nobody saw who killed!" Diego yelled
"Tyler, Christina, Raymond, Elmer, and Joey don't have alibis." Joseph said
"Think again, Raymond and I were in the photo shoot room all night. If you ask me, we did an amazing job at capturing the dreadful vibe of the place" Joey said
"I was the model, and Joey the photographer." Raymond said
"Hold on, so that excuses them. What about Tyler, Christina, and Raymond?" Fonzy asked
"This isn't a solid alibi, but me and Bryanna hung out before she went with Cielo." Elmer spoke up
"Right! And we made out passionately." Bryanna cackled
"That is not what happened.." Elmer blushed and rolled his eyes.
"I did walk him to his room and watched him fall asleep though." Bryanna smirked and bit her lip "It was wonderful.." She moaned
Everyone felt uncomfortable.
"What about Tyler and Christina?" I ask
"Tyler and I were actually in the Casino. We played pool and fell asleep on the couch. Not sure if he woke up when I was asleep but when I woke up he was there. So I doubt he did." Christina mentioned
"Yeah, no. I'm a deep sleeper." Tyler said
"So everyone has an alibi?!" I ask, frustrated
"Alright, who LEFT where they were when they were with other people?" I ask
Elmer looked down "I... I talked to Nathan before I went to my room. Ask Bryanna. She saw him walk away when she saw me walk to my room. He said he was going to the steam room."
"Why didn't you mention this BEFORE?!" Fonzy asks
"You didn't ask, now shut your loud mouth!" Bryanna cackled.
"It would have put me in a difficult suspicious position but it wasn't me!" Elmer said
"Ugh, fine. What other evidence do we have?" I say
"We have the indent in the back of his head." Jade mentioned
"What could have made such a specific circular indent? What's strong enough to knock someone out?" Raymond asked
"Maybe a pool cue." Joseph said and turned to Tyler and Christina "Casino people? Anything to say?"
"Nothing. Our cues are still in the same place they were last night." Tyler scowled at Joseph
"Then.. maybe a ring?" Fonzy proposes that idea
"Who here wears rings?" Christina asks
"I have one, and from what I remember Cielo, Devin, Joseph, and Diego do as well." I say
"Who has a ring on?" Bryanna asks
I showed my ring. Devin showed his. Diego showed his.
Joseph shook his head. "I don't have a ring, you mis-remembered."
"What do you mean?" Raymond asked
"I don't have one." Joseph said
"Alright, then lets see your fingers." Cielo asked
Joseph proudly showed us his fingers. "See? No ring."
"I guess I was wrong.." I say
"No, no you weren't. Joseph, you have a lighter skin tone on your ring finger." Cielo pointed out "Right where a ring should be. You took it off."
"What? No. I just.. I just lost it." Joseph said
"What happened to not wearing rings?" Joey asked
"Dude, you're really suspicious right now." Diego said
"Ok, fine. I lost my ring but just didn't want to say anything. I was scared I would be suspicious. But I have an alibi, remember?" Joseph pointed out
"Yeah but.. you did leave at one point." Devin mentioned
"I went to check on you.. and when I saw you you.. you kissed me. But.. your hands were wet. I thought it was because you just came out of the bathroom but.. was it because.. you just had drowned Nathan?!" Diego freaked out and shouts
"He kissed you to distract you." I say "It all makes sense now."
"Who kissed what now?" Jade asks
"Boy love?! Oh my. That's hot" Bryanna cackled "Right after a murder too.. the adrenaline Joseph must have felt... I could barely imagine it." She bit her lip
"Joseph had kissed Diego when Diego checked on him to distract him from walking down the hall and finding Bryanna's room." Cielo said
"No, I didn't! I just.. I love Diego! OK?!" Joseph screamed
"You were straight until.. a killing game?" Joey asked
"Stop bullshitting!" Diego yelled
"No! Sexuality is fluid. Right, Ulysses?!" Joseph turned to me with a desperate look in his eyes
"Joseph, could you show us your arms?" I ask him
"What?" His face drops
"Take off your sweater." I command him
He bites his lip nervously and takes it off. He has a small slice on his left arm that looked like it bled.
"How did you cut yourself?" I ask him
"I just tripped and accidentally scratched myself. That's all." Joseph muttered
"Or did Nathan resist when you tried to stab him and when he tried to get away you knocked him out with your ring on the back of his head?" I tell him
"Holy shit." Tyler says
"That makes sense.." Jade tapped her chin "Joseph, do you have ANY explanation for that? Its all.. pointing to you,"
"Oh please. Do you seriously believe someone who was suspected to be the MASTERMIND? Me and Nathan were dead set against him and tried to vote him out, now I'm being accused and Nathan is dead?! Use your heads" Joseph retorted, freaking out
"You avoided the question." Tyler said.
"No, you cant do this! I'm not a murderer!" Joseph yelled and held his head breathing heavily.
"Lets go over the murder one last time.
The murderer went to go to the bathroom, but saw Nathan was walking alone and decided to follow him. Nathan went into the steam room to calm down from a long day. Nathan checks the heating rocks and take the lid off. The murderer walks in and was going to use the knife when Nathan noticed and turned and resisted causing the murderer to cut himself accidentally on his arm. It fell and as Nathan tried to run for it, The murderer punched the back off his head with his ring and he passed out. He grabbed Nathan and pushed his face into the hot rocks and it began burning him but that wasn't enough to kill him. He dragged him out and shoved his face down into the pool, the blood from behind his head spreading slightly. The murderer hears chatter from one of the locker rooms so he takes the body into the opposing one and drags it out. Once he hears them jump into pool (Fonzy, Jade, and I) he drags Nathans body out on his back. He was sneaking around looking for a dorm to hide the body and it happened to be Bryanna's. He realized he could try and break in with the knife, and he did. He set Nathan inside, and tossed the knife into her trash. He walked out, and closed the door. He walked back to the bathroom to pretend he was in there. He walked out and that's when Diego sees him. With wet hands, he kisses Diego to keep him from walking to the crime scene. They walk back to the movie room and all sleep there. Bryanna and Cielo go to respective rooms (before they do they see Jade, Fonzy, and I and say hello). Bryanna goes to her room alone and passes out seeing Nathan, when Joey finds her he calls everyone over. That's when we all found Nathans body.
That's how it went down, right? Joseph, the ultimate hypebeast?" I say and point at him
"N-no! Not at all! I just went to the bathroom!" Joseph cries out
"Tiiiiimes up! Time to vote!" MonoCreeper says and the tablets appear in front of us.
I vote for Joseph. I watch everyone else vote.
Joseph tears up and shakes. "FUCK YOU ALL. I WAS GOING TO BE POWERFUL. I WAS GOING TO BE FUCKING RICH!"
As everyone finished voting, MonoCreeper announces the results.
"Well! With a vote of 11 for Joseph, and 2 for Ulysses, Yahir will be executed. Congrats! You got it right!" MonoCreeper announces.
"Who voted me?!" I say
"Joseph and I" Bryanna giggled "I thought it'd be funny."
TRIAL END
"I HATE YOU ALL" Joseph yells
"Save that energy for your execution! Kekekeke.... Lets do this! Iiiiits punishment time!" Monocreeper yelled out.
EXECUTION COMMENCE: 24 Karat Gold!
Joseph is tossed into a large cylindrical tin. All his prized possessions surrounding him. His valuable shoes, shirts, pants, watches, and phones. He tries to get as much stuff as he can, and attempts to slowly start climbing out of whatever he is currently trapped in as he sees light coming from the outside. He struggles to make his way up as the sides of the structure he is in are angled, and that's when he sees from the sides of the structure he is in, a shiny fluid is filling the structure from the bottom up. Its slowly getting hotter and hotter, and he has to drop his stuff to try and climb faster. It pains him to see his valuable being burned by this substance. The metal sides of the place he is in begin heating up intensely as it is filled up even more with this mysterious hot liquid. He finally is so close to getting out when he cant handle it anymore and his hands are burning and melting at this point, he screams in pain and slips, falling into the hot liquid. He tries to swim out but his body is being broken apart by the heat and he eventually stays stuck in a pose of horror. The metal sides of the place he is in reveals it to be a mold for a huge trophy made out of pure gold. Joseph's corpse is now encased in a 24 Karat gold trophy.
A MonoCreeper pops out. "Fun fact, the melting point for gold is 1,948°F!" It cackles then takes a large hammer, and begins smashing the gold trophy. As it breaks, piece of Josephs body splatter across the ground and his body parts are torn apart.
"Oops.. overkill?" MonoCreeper says and smiles.
EXECUTION COMPLETE.
Another death, another execution. How much more of this can we put up with..? I dont.. I dont want to be here anymore.
Dear God, someone help us.
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12 competitors alive.