Chapter 7: Let the Games Begin. Round 1: Start

The boys were herded into a black car, everyone squished in the back seat, refusing to sit in the front next to Wato. Wato giggled at their attempts of evasion and proceeded to drive off, away from the original holding location.

"Where are we going now?" Kenma asked, remembering that he's going to go first.

"A game site especially designed to your taste, Kenma," Wato started, "and from now on, we'll all be taking field trips to many different locations."

He drove onto the highway and for the next hour and a half, what felt like an eternity for the boys, nothing was said. Wato got off the highway and drove down an unbeaten path, the car shifting and rocking the back seat. He stopped the car in front of a hay field. Wato got out first and then opened the door to the back seat. "Only Kenma will be playing this round," Wato said. Kenma climbed out of the car, staring in helplessness at the others. Ritsu stood on the border of the hay field, holding what looked like an ice pack pressed to the back of his head, he flashed an expression of discontent at the car. But when Kenma was only a few feet from him, his expression changed to a happy one.

"Ready to play?" He asked, rhetorically.

Kenma curled his hands into a fist as his kidnapper began to explain how the game works.

"Here are the rules, no sharp or blunt objects allowed, that includes broken bottles." He flashed another glare at the car. "This is a maze, and you simply have to go through it and get out. While you are in the maze, we'll play hide and seek. I'll be the seeker and you have to hide. If I catch you, then the game is over and we go back to the starting line and do this all over again. Simple as that. Fun right?"

"Oh, I should also mention that whenever you lose, you have to take three punches from me" Ritsu said.

Kenma went pale but didn't answer, the only thing in his mind is "get out of here , get out of here, get out of here…"

"Alrighty then, let the games begin. Start Round 1!" Ritsu shouted, "I'll give you a 5 minute head start for this round."

Kenma sprinted off, heading straight for the first fork in the road, taking the path on the right. He kept up the pace till his lungs burned and then he slowed down, hoping that he put enough distance between him and the creep.

But he can still faintly hear Ritsu, saying "Ready or not, here I come!"

To be continued…