Here we have the opening chapter of the first of a series of 'SAW' fanfics. This first chapter plays out like an opening trap to a SAW film. Enjoy. Also this is SAW so don't be surprised if it gets very graphic when it comes to the gory scenes.

Chapter 1

A dark room made of stone. The only light, a dangling lamp suspended from the ceiling that illuminated a large circle on the floor in the centre of the room. The unconscious body of Dane lay on the floor with a metal cage around his head, and two big blocks of metal either side. Suddenly he woke up and realised something was wrong. He quickly got to his feet and looked around him, and panicked.

"Hello! Is there anyone there?" Dane shouted. Nobody answered. "Fuck!"

He then went to feeling the contraption around his head. The metal was cold to the touch and felt heavy on his head.

"What the hell is this?"

A TV to his left burst into life without warning and on it was a white faced puppet with spiral red cheeks and red and black eyes that stared at him menacingly.

"Jeez."

The puppet spoke in a deep, unnatural voice as its mouth piece moved up and down.

"Hello, Dane. I wanna play a game. You know who I am and you know why you're here. Six months ago you took part in a drug party which resulted in a violent riot with many injuries and three deaths. One of which was your doing. In your desperation to escape arrest you ran through a crowd of innocent people, knocking them over as you pushed your way through them. One person you pushed was knocked onto a hard slab walkway and died from a fractured skull. You never paid for your wrong doing, until now. The device you are wearing over your head is like a powerful vice that will push the two metal blocks either side of your head inwards until there is nothing left of your head. You have thirty seconds to retrieve the key from inside your right lower leg and escape this gruesome demise. Your time will start when this recording ends. Make your choice, Dane, or find out just how painful a head injury can be."

The TV died and went blank.

"Hey! What the fuck?"

Dane frantically looked around him as he heard the 'beep' of a timer located on the back of the device as it continued to countdown.

"Fuck you!"

Dane's eyes then spotted a knife laid on the floor opposite the TV and his eyes widened with fright. The key was in his leg and he had to cut it out! He rolled up his right trouser leg and saw a scar where it had already been cut open and stitched back up again.

"Oh shit."

Dane knelt down and picked up the knife, turning it around in his hands as the timer reached twenty seconds and kept going down.

"I can't!" He shouted as loud as he could, but there was nobody there to hear him.

Terrified, he pressed the tip of the knife blade to his leg where the scar was and began to dig into his flesh.

"Ow! FUCK!"

He jerked the knife upwards and his leg was stained with blood that dripped to the hard, cold concrete floor. The timer reached ten seconds as immense pain shot up Dane's body.

"Shit, shit, shit."

He dropped the knife on the floor and clutched his leg tightly, trying to cope with the pain.

"HELP ME!"

Five, four, three, two, one.

The cage on Dane's head activated and swiftly pushed the two metal blocks together, crushing his head completely, shattering his skull, popping his eyes and destroying the cartilage at the top of his neck. The room was showered with blood and his headless body dropped to the ground with a thud.

Jeez and this is just the first chapter as well. Chapter 2 is where the story really begins however. I'll have that up soon.