Chapter 2
friends
"Wake up?"someone whispered gently, shacking my shoulder. I opened my eyes and noticed at once that I wasn't alone. "She's awake!" The guy announced to the other two in the new room. "Where are we?" I asked, confused."We don't know," he answered for everyone,"Jigsaw said we were almost done with the test, when we all went to get the key, we got attacked."
"Who are you?" I asked the guy. "I'm Dan," he said pointing to himself,"That's Shade, and over there Nazifa."We were all chained up to one pole."We need to escape," Nazifa spoke up, panicked." I know, does anybody have anything useful?" Dan asked. He was clearly trying to hold how frightened he was inside. I checked my pockets for anything, and found a note. I took out the note and read it.
can you work as a team? We will just have to Find out. These people Will love, and hurt You. Will you do the same?
"What is it?" Shade asked quietly, walking my way. "A note," I answered, handing it to her. "This doesn't make sense," she pondered, handing the note back,"What's going on?"
The keys
"I hear ticking," Nazifa announced to us, looking around swiftly. "Wait, is that a speaker?" Dan asked himself, pointing to the ceiling. I looked, and noticed a circular shape with holes in it. "I think it is," I answered him glaring at it as if me staring at it would make it talk.
"Welcome," it grumbled suddenly, making Nazifa scream. "The next test, is for everyone. You see that door over there? In the corner? Well, there is a girl behind it. The objective is to get yourself unlocked, and save her from getting killed by thousands of spikes, that have been designed to kill her automatically in thirty minutes. That door will open in five. You know, we all have a piece of us missing. It's usually taken from us by someone we truly trust. Will you trust these people? The answer is just under your skin. Make a decision."
Amanda's P.O.V
"The message has been sent out," I told John as I made my way to him. I had just finished dragging all the people's bodies to where they had to be positioned, and I was tired. He sighed, then looked at me," You've always been like a daughter to me," He paused to intake air from the oxygen machine, "I know I'm dying, but I do expect you to find someone to help you continue the work I've started. Someone you can pass my knowledge to easily."
I nodded, as a tear raced down my face. John brought me in after I passed one of his test he gave me. Only the strong survive. I will always thank him for that test. "What will happen if she passes her test?" I asked hi eagerly, looking at the monitors. He grinned faintly,"You'll see." With that, I positioned him in his seat, and made our way to a new room.
melody's P.O.V
"Under your skin?" Shade barely breathed out, horrified. I rub my hands on my arms, trying to keep warm, when my hand hovered bump. In the shape of a key. "Sheisse!" I shrieked, jumping up. "What's wrong?" Dan asked with a worried expression. "It's under our skin," I whispered, tears forming in the corner of my eyes. "What?" Nazifa asked, wanting to have heard wrong. "The keys! They're under our skin!" I cried, now scared for my dear life.
They all just stare at me, horror clearly spread across there faces. No one was afraid to show it now. "The knives are right beside you," the speaker announced.
CLICK!
The door opened.
"We better hurry," I said, distributing knives to everyone. They searched their bodies, until they found their keys. "He wants us to cut through our skin?" Shade asked, freaked out. "Yes," I whispered, finding a place on the floor. "But I'm not emo!" she cried, clearly pissed off by the situation. Preps, what do you expect?
"You ready?" Dan asked, ready to get his key. I nodded, closed my eyes, and cut into my skin. I winced at first, it hurt like hell. I cut under the key and back out the top. It fell to the ground. "Oh my god!" Shade screamed, covering her eyes. I opened my eyes slowly and reluctantly, looked at my arm.
Amanda's P.O.V
"She did it!" I nearly sang happily, entering the room, eyes fixed on the screen. We had the monitors in mostly every room. Well, the ones that aren't used for test. "what do you have planed for this one?" asked him eagerly. He looked up at me, then back to the screen,"You'll see soon enough my dear one." I sat down beside him, got comfortable, and ready to see the girl's reaction. This should be an interesting one, seeing that this girl is full of surprises.
