A/N: This chapter is pretty short, but I really want to keep it at one game per chapter. And the next chapter will be much longer. As for the Review Corner, I just couldn't decided which reviews were my favorite! So a lot will be featured.

Review Corner:

CelestialTitania: Is it bad that I'm loving this story? The insanity is beautifully coordinated and there's an active action in every sentence of the story. This might be my favourite story of your's yet as of now second to only Bleeding Mascara.

ThatWeirdGirlOverThere: Oh, oh, oh, oh! I can't wait for the next chapter! I loooooove this. Waaaay too much. *wants to scream but can't because people is sleeping* Bye! P.S.: I think Lucy might have worn that in the manga/anime (you know what I mean)...
Now Really, Bye!

BitterSweet Crazy: Okay that's what I'm wondering...What the hell is going on? I guess Midnight has a suck game going on...

BlueLight4: Seriously.. can i ask the same question? what the hell is going on? xD i really like the progress of this do update!

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They didn't really know how much time had passed before they were gathered again. They didn't seem to get hungry, so days could have passed without them knowing. Lucy busied herself by making slashes with chalk on the wall for every five minutes that passed, but she stopped after a few hundred slashes. Gray tossed the empty cup that he found in his cell around. Natsu had a bunch of little pebbles. Midnight seemed to just have something in each of their cells to remind them of their sins, except for Lucy, since chalk didn't really seem to mean anything.

Erza wasn't quite so lucky. She found a glass box under her bed. Inside was a razor blade. She tried and tried, but the box never opened a crack. She even tried throwing it against the wall. It seemed more logical for it to be plastic, but it was definitely glass. She was tortured the most, since her peace was only a thin sheet of magical glass away. At least, magic glass was the only explanation.

The four were gathered in a surprisingly comfortable looking room. There were two couches, a coffee table, a large TV, and a billiards table. There was a note on the coffee table saying to just enjoy themselves. It did seem suspicious, but they figured they should enjoy the peace while it lasted.

Lucy and Erza sat together on one of the couches. The blonde had her knees pulled up to her chest, her back against the arm of the couch. Erza was sitting cross-legged facing Lucy, so her back was against the armrest, as well.

"So do you have anyone special at home?" Lucy asked. She wasn't comfortable just staring at each other, so she decided to break the silence.

Erza tensed up at the question. She didn't really have anyone important in her life. Jellal's face did haunt her, though. He wasn't special. He was just her rival. They hated each other. "I don't have anyone," she whispered. "That's probably why I'm here."

Lucy shifted. "What do you mean?" She was really wondering why everyone was there. They were all wondering that. It was clear to each of them that they killed themselves, but they didn't know each other's pain and actions.

Erza sighed. "I cut myself. That time I did too deeply." She brushed her bangs out of her eyes, only for them to fall back into place. "I don't really think anyone will miss me, though."

The conversation seemed to die there. The room feel silent besides the clacking as the boys played pool. They hadn't talked, and they weren't planning on it.

X

"I'm pleased to see that you could all make it!" Midnight exclaimed, clasping his hands together. "You are going to love today's game, Erza."

The four captives were brought to a room. They weren't sure what size or what was contained, since the room was completely black. That just made Midnight's voice seem more ominous, his words bouncing off every inch of the place.

"As you may know by now, Little Erza likes to play with blades. So, in honor of her hobby, we are going to play a little game." The way he said "hobby" left none of them at ease.

The room suddenly lit up. Midnight seemed to enjoy putting things on tables, because there were four tables in the room forming a square. Looking closely, each table has a different weapon. One has daggers, one had small blades like razors, another had swords, and the last one had many pieces of barbed wire.

"You will all stand at a station. Afterwards, you get to pick which items from your table you'd like to use. You get to take turns using them on each other. Erza will have fun with this, right?" The way Midnight looked at a Erza made her tear up. "What? Are you saying you don't like harming people? You harm yourself just fine! Time to pick a station!"

Erza found herself running to the table with razor blades. She picked one up, feeling the cool metal between her fingers. She wanted nothing more to just escape to her own work, but she wasn't about to cut herself with everyone watching her.

Lucy picked the table with barbed wire. She figured she could do the least amount of harm with it, and she really didn't want to hurt anyone in the room. Well, maybe Midnight. Gray picked the daggers, leaving Natsu with the swords.

"Erza will be the first target!" Midnight shouted.

To their surprise, everyone's body moved on their own. The three lunged towards Erza, swinging their weapons. It was clear that their intent was to hurt her. That's when Erza realized the point of this game. Whoever was it had to defend herself or hisself against the others. Midnight knew she would pick the razor blades, so he made everyone else's weapon around that. It would be impossible for her to block anything with little pieces of metal.

That's when she got cut. Gray swiped right past her, a stunned look on his face. A thick gash was made in her arm, and some blood hit the floor. He fell to his knees, no longer being controlled. "I'm so sorry," he apologized.

Natsu cut across her chest. She screamed out in pain. He fell to the ground, as well. This pain didn't feel good at all. It almost made her question why cutting herself felt wonderful by any means.

"Erza!" Lucy cried out. She wiped her wire out. Luckily the redhead dodged. "I don't want to hurt you." The blonde had tears rolling down her cheeks.

Erza started running. She was a pretty fast runner, so she managed to keep her distance from Lucy. She looked behind her to see where the blonde was, only to trip over one of the tables. The blade she was holding like a life line slid across her head. That was the feeling she missed.

A soft clatter was heard. Lucy looked at had empty hands, a smile on her face. "I'm not being controlled anymore!" The barbed wire lay at her feet.

"Gray's turn!" Midnight shouted.

Everyone jumped to their feet, running at Gray all at once. The raven haired boy picked up his sword and tried to avoid them as much as possible.

"Cut yourself!" Erza shouted. "I think the point of this is for everyone to cut themselves at least once!" This was a game, after all. She figured there had to be some trick to it they didn't know about. With her having blades, everyone could easily block her. It'd be hard for her to cut anyone. And that was the point.

Since Gray wasn't being controlled, he ran right towards Erza. He grabbed the blade out of her hand. Everyone stopped moving. "So you're right," he said in amazement. "I just have to cut myself?" Erza nodded weakly. He pressed the cool blade to his skin, swiping it across. A strong stinging sensation was felt, but it was more of a numb feeling than anything.

When Lucy and Natsu's turn came, they both went to Erza's table and got a blade. Everyone ended up cutting themselves. And as a momenta for there game, Midnight gave them each a drawstring bag. He said that would be where they keep there things. A small case was at the bottom with a razor blade inside. It was rubber, so it wouldn't hurt them, but Erza still found comfort in it being there.