The room is glowing green with a faint light bulb in the short distance flickering slowly. There's a rotten smell that slowly roams the room; boxes are piled up and rats run around sniffing. On the far right side, a girl is sitting in front of 5 television screens. Each screen was pitch black, with only a sliver of light; a smile went across the girls face. The girl was 15, brown eyes, slightly tanned, long dark brown straight hair, 5'5", and a slim figure.

She looked up at the clock above the televisions. "It's almost time," she said out loud. "And soon…each one of you" She touched each screen with her index finger. "will be pushed to the limit." She laughed.

She sat for a moment slowly leaning back in her chair, when suddenly a noise in the background startled her. Jumping from shock, she turned and glared around the room while squinting her eyes.

"Come out, come out wherever you are!" She sang in a malicious tone. "I know you're there."

From the darkness erupted a man from behind one of the boxes, not much older than the girl. The young man looked to be 16 or 17 and wore a football jersey, with a jacket laying over, jeans that fit comfortably, and sneakers that seemed too dirty to be new; yet, to well taken care of to be old. He had a dark complexion, dark chocolate eyes, 6'1", short charcoal hair, and a very toned physique.

"Why I am here?" he question, you could hear his Spanish accent behind every word.

"It's okay Luis," sighed the girl. "You'll understand soon enough. Did you listen to the tape?"

"Yeah, I did and I'm still confused." he walked closer, but his gut told him to stay put. He paused and stepped back. "What's going on?"

The girl turned back to the television screens with a smirk on her face, "Soon enough you will understand." She let out a sigh. "Especially you…" While pointing to the last screen polluted in darkness.

"Who are you?" Luis shouted in confusion.

"My name is Emily," She said with a look over her right shoulder, "and we're playing a game." Looking back to the first television, then to a clock above with glowing red numbers, she stared at the time that showed 7:05:01. She sighed again, "And in about 5 minutes, the game will begin."

Luis stood there in amazement as he watched the being before him seem so oddly calm, she seemed too calm, as if something were about to happen because of her doing. He stood there and glared at her, then brought his attention slowly to the blank screens once more.

"Just wait Luis…" Emily said quietly with her head falling down in depression. "You'll understand why you're here…soon enough, I promise." She crossed her hands and sighed while thoughts began to crowd her mind. All is coming together, nothing can fail…I cannot let anything fail.

There was a chill, a cough, and a jolt. She woke up with a headache. As she opened her eyes and tried to get them to focus, she couldn't figure out where she was, but she knew it wasn't safe.

Attempting to get up from the chair she was sitting in, she noticed that she was trapped in the room with no way out. Fear took over her face within a split second, and her eyes went wild as she searched the room and gave out a shriek.

Suddenly to her left, a television fuzzed and it came into focus. A strange looking creature that had a white face with black and red eyes stared at her.

"Hello Emily, I would like to play a game. You have spent months treating the temple to your soul poorly by inflicting pain upon yourself, so now, I give you a test to prove if you are worthy or deserve to rot and make these four walls your tomb for eternity." A long pause came after, "Now notice your left arm."

Emily looked down as her eyes widen in horror, as she felt another shriek coming up her throat. For a moment her fear of what it was had only made the fear of the situation worse, and in that moment the only thing she thought to hear was the throbbing heartbeat that seemed to have reached her ears.

"The device attached to your flesh is something that will teach you that your temple should be properly cared for. You've spent nights thinking and doing things to the flesh that you were honored with. When you are released from the chair you have 60 seconds to figure out how to release the device that clenches onto you, otherwise the device will activate and no mercy will be given to you. The blades within will penetrate the skin until it has reached the depth of your soul, and your body remains lifeless." A pause as the creature came closer to the screen. "Now notice the tape player that lies in front of you, in order for your survival you must listen to the proposition that will be presented to you. Your life for the sacrifice of others, or you die in here and never to be found again…live or die, make your choice."

The screen went dead. As Emily felt the steel bolts unlock and open, she took her hand and tried to pull and tug the device off but it didn't work. She heard a ticking in the distance.

"Oh shit, oh shit!" she screamed.

She walked up to the tape recorder and pressed play, as she fell to the only fear could be heard in her head in anticipation of what the proposition was.

"Hello Emily, you were brought here today in test of the greater good in life. People are born, the live, and they die. But how each person lives and dies is a choice they make, each day. Here's my proposition to you Emily, you can rot within these four walls for eternity and let time waste you away. Or…you can join me; in hopes that we together can change the way people choose to live. Together we can become the creation of what will be, not what was. If you wish to join me, go to the wall in front of you and knock three times before your time is up. If not, long live Emily to rot in hell."

The tape ended, Emily sat in shock. She thought for a moment and just recited in her mind what had just happened. She gulped and looked around the room, when she suddenly heard the whirling noise of the device activating slowly and felt the first blade slice past her skin. Gasping in fear she tugged at the device again, only to feel the second blade hit her wrist with a deeper slice.

"Oh fuck…oh no-no-no-no!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

Struggling to stand up, as the blades began to penetrate the skin deeper and deeper at a rapid pace, Emily could only feel the blood that was erupting from her body.

"Okay…" she whispered, she slowly raised her voice. "Okay! I'll do it."

In a moment of adrenaline she stood up in awe of her own strength, but began to feel weak from the loss of blood. Glancing downwards she noticed the puddle of blood that lied there to show her own reflection of fear and death. Without a second of thought she threw herself and ran to the wall, when hitting the wall she felt herself fall to the ground. With any strength she had left, she raised her right arm and slammed her fist three times while it echoed throughout the room.

Closing her eyes, she heard a door being opened and felt the breeze of fresh air. At that point she also noticed that she no longer felt the blades slicing away at her life, but all she continued to hear were footsteps that got louder and were coming towards her. She could feel the presence of someone standing there, but too weak to open her eyes.

"Welcome to the game Emily." The voice said.

Her eyes shot open in shock as she found herself staring at the man who had trapped her in here. She wanted to run, she wanted to punch him, she wanted to scream for help, but the only thing her mind would let her say… "Thank you." Before she passed out in exhaustion.

She slowly zoned back in and sighed. She looked up at the clock, 07:00:10. She took one last deep breath and clenched her teeth tight. Slowly she got up and started walking towards the door. When she approached, she looked back to Luis who stood there and seemed to be very confused.

She let out a chuckle. Taking one last glance at the clock, 6:59:59.

"Let the games begin…"