Chapter 4

The room was silent after that. Sarah covered mouth and was crying. Kelly stared at man in the doorway slowly approaching them. Maya stared at Amelia on the floor, unmoving. Zoey hid behind Maya. Heather and Jade held on to each other.

The tall man had dark hair and wore dark clothing. Something was sticking out on the top of his head, like a mask of some sort. He walked up closer the six teenagers and his smile grew with every step.

Kelly was the first to try to break for it. The man smirked and lunged over, grabbing her and pulled her to his chest. Kelly screamed and the man covered her mouth and said, "Unless you want to break that skrawny neck of yours, I suggest you be quiet."

"You can't catch us all," Zoey started to run and Sarah followed.

"You would sacrifice your friends for your own life?" The man said. He laughed and the girls got really uncomfortable. Zoey and Sarah looked at each other from across the room.

The man closed the front door and locked it. He pulled the thing from the back of his head to his face. It was a gas mask!

He messed with the air conditioner for a few moments until gas started bursting out of the vents. The six girls tries to cover their noses and mouths, but it was no use. Kelly and Sarah were the first to start coughing. Sarah was crying too. Maya tried to open a window but they were all nailed shut! She hid in the closet of her got the same idea and hid in the wardrobe in her room, just before passing out. Heather and Zoey stuck together in the living room, until they both were unconscious.

Jade opened her eyes slowly. At first, all she could see was white. She opened her a few times, being very tired, and saw Heather asleep. Jade subtly felt the floor beneath her. It was soft and cushion-y. But it wasn't the bed. She looked at the padded white walls surrounding them. They weren't in the cabin at all. Jade gave a small gasp as she sat up quickly, giving herself a head rush. She remembered the man at the house. He kidnapped them and brought them here.

Jade tugged on Heather's body. "Wake up Heather." She looked around the room and saw the rest of her friends on the floor. All except for Amelia. Jade gave a cry and

Maya and Heather woke up.

Maya looked around the room. "Where are we?"

Heather scoffed, "Is this a joke!?"

Sarah, Kelly, and Zoey woke up now.

"HE-ELP!" Sarah shouted.

"I'm pretty sure this room is sound proof," Heather said.

"How would you know?" Zoey asked.

"It's a padded room, like where they keep psychopaths." Heather answered.

Jade stood up and pushed on the wall. She moved a few feet, pushed on the wall again. Kelly watched her and got up. She did the same thing but one the other side of the 12ft by 12ft room.

"What are you two doing?" Maya asked. Her tone read as being scared.

"Looking for a door." Jade said. She circled the room, going from wall to wall. When she checked the 3rd wall, she noticed tape on it at shoulder level. There were several pieces of tape in a circle about a foot big. Around the circle, was a line. Jade stuck her finders in the line and pulled the patch of padded wall out.
The was a hole in the wall, a bit smaller that the patch, a deep cave in front of them. Zoey stood up. "What's that?"

"Something's in there," Maya said.

"I'm not sticking my hand in there!" Kelly said.

"Well someone has to." Heather said. "It could be a way outta here."

"Not it." Sarah said.

"Not it," Kelly said. She put her index finger on her nose.

"Not it," Maya and Zoey said simultaneously.

"Not it," Heather said quickly.

Jade said, "Not it," even though she knew she was the last on to say it. She sighed and shook her head. The hole in the wall was right in front of her, 10 feet away.

Jade walked up to it and turned perpendicular to the whole. She reached her hand down the hole and kept her eyes up. She leaned against the wall to grab something smooth and plastic. Her hand gripped it and wrapped around this item. "Got it," she said. Jade stepped back as she pulled her arm out with the object.
The rest of the girls stood up and they all looked at the object Jade was holding. Maya stared at it, terrified. Heather gave a look that said, "That better not be what I think it is." The three others looked confused. Jade was holding a tape.

Jade tilted her head a little and quickly pressed the play button.

"Wait don't!" Heather said. It was too late. The audio tape started to roll.

"Hello Jade, Heather, Maya, Zoey, Kelly, and Sarah," a voice said. It was familiar. Each girl looked at their name was listed. "I'd like to play a game. You all find yourself in an unfamiliar place. Rest assured, there is a way out. Just beyond this room follows a series of others rooms where a sacrifice will be demanded in order to advance."

"This can't be happening!" Heather said.

"Shhh!" Jade said.

"I can't hear!" Zoey said.

Maya backed into a corner and starts crying.

The tape continued. "If you play this game fairy, you should all survive." The way the person on the tape said, 'survive' made it seem like they wouldn't be in one piece. "But if you want to come out of this unharmed, there is another way to play the game. You could choose a player to play each round. Of course, try wouldn't survive, but the rest of you would be guaranteed survival. So I ask you: How do you want to play?" The tape ended.

The girls or the players looked at one another. Maya gave a hateful stare to Heather. Sarah looked at her friends unsure of what they were thinking. Before anyone could say something, the wall next to the hole opened.