THE LAST REMAINING COUNTRY WILL RECEIVE "THE CURE".
LOSING COUNTRIES WILL BE "QUARENTINED".
ESCAPING IS NOT AN OPTION.
SURVIVING IS NOT AN OPTION.
THE ONLY OPTION YOU HAVE…
IS TO LIVE OR DIE.
EACH COUNTRY WILL HAVE A REPERSENATIVE
WHO WILL COMPETE IN THE M.A.Z.E PROGRAM
IF THEY REFUSE TO COMPETE THEY WILL BE
ELIMINATED.
Feliciano clutched the flyer so tight his knuckles turned white,
"Fratello…MAZE is coming to Italia." He said in a soft, calming voice.
Feliciano's older twin, Lovino, turned to his brother like he was a mental retard.
"Che…? Vene, don't make jokes like that." Lovino went back to painting the required red 'C' over their door frame. 'C'; for 'Clean'.
Half of Earth had fallen to a fatal virus, only referred to as 'The Epidemic'. A scientist from America claimed to have 'The Cure' for the virus- but his mind became corrupted, and paranoid. He was afraid that someone would kill him for the cure. The scientist spent the rest of his lifetime building a giant maze, full of death traps and torture cells, monsters and the worst thing anyone could imagine. But at the end of the maze; was the cure.
Lovino watched idiots from his own country being chosen as representatives for the program, and later he watched a blue 'X' being painted across everyone's door. Lovino knew what the 'X' meant, and he wasn't thrilled about it- because the blue paint was considered a grave stone for the rep's who never made it out of the maze alive.
Lovino and his brother had to be the two last living, breathing, people in Italy. And MAZE flyers were only sent out to the next representatives. He knew his brother would never lie, but being ignorant could possibly spare him a few more precious seconds of life.
"Well, who's going?" Feliciano said quietly. Lovino sighed because he knew what his brother would say if he didn't go; 'Do you want me to be killed, fratello?'
Honestly, Lovino wasn't ready to die yet, either.
Antonio stared in disbelieve at his country.
'X'
'X'
'X'
'X'
'X'
'X'
'X'
'X'
'X'
Bright blue paint, dripping wet from every single door frame in Spain.
Except his.
Yes, Antonio was going to die in the MAZE program. Yes, he couldn't hide.
Yes, he was the only living Spaniard on earth.
And his mother had caught the virus. Antonio sobbed into his hands; he was going to get the cure, and come home to save his Mami. He would come home a national hero, but if he died…Spain would be quarantined, his mother, family, everyone, would be killed off in a last minute attempt to "black out" the virus.
Antonio clutched the flyer, turned on his heel, and ran for his life.