Chapter 4: For One to Live, One Must Die

"The windows, if we break them we can leave." Ross said, he spoke quickly because he was beyond the point of sheer terror.

"Maybe or we can go through the back door." Chandler said shrugging.

"Yeah, but we heard a crash from in there before, and besides he probably sealed that door too, here grab the coat rack with me, we can break the window." Ross said.

As they lifted it the phone began to ring rapidly. The two friends looked at each other and dropped the coat rack and approached the phone. Ross wearily grabbed it.

"Hello." He spoke into the phone still with a small hope that it would be someone to help.

"What are you doing, breaking the window, to that and I will kill you on the street." X said, this time he did not seem so calm, he seemed enraged.

"So…so we wait what, you're here at the building?" Ross said confused.

"That is irrelevant, all you need to know is that if you leave I will personally kill you both. But Ross, there is still hope for you, but you alone. You see your only way out alive is Chandler." X said.

"What that doesn't make sense." Ross said now even more confused.

"If you can prove to be the superior being, and show me you are above the rest, more than a normal man, then I will let you go." X said.

"No that's insane, besides even I did, and I'm saying I will because I would never, but you would just kill me." Ross said as if he had figured this whole thing out.

"Well I thought you read my article, I let one person go, one person who did exactly what I said." X exclaimed.

"Whatever, I wont do it." Ross said sternly.

"For one of you to survive, one of you must die, or have it your way, and both of you will die." X said hanging up.

Ross put the phone down and grimly turned to Chandler.

"Was it him, the killer, what did he say?" Chandler said eagerly.

"Uhh, yeah he told me some stuff." Ross said, he didn't want to tell Chandler that X had told him to kill him, it would make Chandler worry and the situation would be awkward and the trust would be shattered.

"Well…" Chandler said waiting.

"He said if we broke the window he would kill us outside, on the street, which means he must be at the perimeter of Central Perk." Ross said.

"Wait, how did he know we were going to smash the window?" Chandler said.

"I don't know, maybe he has a camera, or is watching from the windows." Ross suggested.

"I think it is the cameras, or maybe he is in here, with us." Chandler said trembling.

They heard another crash from the kitchen, this was very noticeable, Ross grabbed a pan and Chandler grabbed a mug and they slowly walked into the dark back room.