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I wanted to get out too. But could I risk that chance? What if something went wrong with Axel's plan and we both got killed? But, maybe Axel's plan was really great and it could get us out of here. Axel is right. We can't play this game forever.
I nodded. "Yeah… I'm in. What is your plan?"
I could feel that Axel smiled as he whispered in my ear. "He wants us alive, right? Wouldn't he have to get in if you got an asthma attack?"
And now, Chapter 10: Fight back.
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The players were talking about something… But what?
After the Master had put the tray on the kitchen bench he saw something on the screens that disturbed him.
The Master had planned to tell them their new challenge but stopped as he saw the players talk with each other while they were hugging.
What was their plan?
Did they try to come up with an escape plan?
The Master snorted.
What ever they have had in mind…. A try to escape or not. Whatever they would try, they would fail.
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Are you sure this will work? I whispered with a worried voice.
We sat on my bed. I held my knees to my chest, felt my stomach curl of worriedness as I thought of Axel's plan.
"Don't worry, Roxas. It will work. Just wait for my sign" He whispered with confidence in his voice.
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Enough of this.
It's time to give the players their challenge.
The Master putted the speakers on so he could tell the players today's challenge.
"Greetings, player 1 and 2."
The player stopped their conservation and stared at the camera. Both looking rather nervous.
"Today's challenge will be a… kind of a riddle." The Master said and frowned.
A riddle? Again?
It was much more fun when the players had a little toy to unlock… and fail of course.
"Empty, is it one word. With things on, it is another word."
None of the players said a word, but both of them looked completely clueless.
"Too hard for you?" The Master laughed. "Let me give you a clue. The name I'm looking for is the thing when it's empty… And yeah, It is also a thing you see everyday."
None of the players still didn't say a word.
The Master growled.
"You better have an answer before dinner." He said before turning off the speakers.
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I could feel my heart beat rapidly. It had gone almost an hour since we had been given the new challenge. Just like yesterday we sat on my bed, but only this time none of us really thought about what the answer could be.
Axel had explained his plan to me. First we were going to get our challenge from the Master. After that we had to talk with each other, like we were trying to solve the riddle or whatever we had got. Then after an hour I would fake a panic attack and then fall on the floor, on Axel's sign. Axel had convinced me that it would work. The Master himself had told us that he wanted us alive. He would probably do anything to make sure that we didn't die, unless he decided it.
The Master would have to enter the room and then Axel would take care of everything.
I swallowed hard of nervousness. Axel seemed to notice and laid his arm around my shoulders.
"Roxas, are you alright?" Axel asked in concern. He knew that I wasn't so certain about this plan.
I nodded.
What if everything went wrong? Shit, this man could kill us for trying to escape. What if he didn't come in the room and instead hoping that I would die from the attack?
My heart started to beat even faster.
Damn, if I continue to fright myself like this, I won't need to fake an attack.
"Are you sure?" Axel asked and brushed some of the bangs out of my face. "If you don't want-"
"No!" I stopped him. "I can do this, I'm just a little nervous. That's all." I said and forced a smile to show him that I was alright.
Axel gave me a small smile back.
I guess we both are nervous.
We were quiet for a time before Axel began to talk nonsense again. Trying to make it look like we were guessing for the answer.
I didn't say much. I was in deep thoughts about my fake attack. What if I didn't fake it well enough?
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The players were sitting on player 1's bed. They were talking with each other.
Both looking like they were trying to solve the riddle.
The Master snorted. Maybe the players hadn't planned anything.
The Master sat for a few moments more and the only thing he could see that the players were doing was talking with each other.
After a while he felt he needed to use the bathroom. After he was done he went back to the computer room and saw…
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"Hey, Roxas…" Axel said in a low voice as he stared at the camera. "… You should fake now."
"What?" I asked, widened my eyes in surprise.
"Fake now. Just lay on the floor and pretend that you have an attack. I pretend to help you and scream for him to help us." Axel said, not turning his gaze from the camera.
"Wasn't I going to fake my asthma attack before I collapsed?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, but I have a feeling that he is not watching right now. If we do it now you won't need to fake the attack. Just lay down on the floor and pretend that you can't breath."
I didn't argue that. Quickly I jumped off the bed and laid down on the floor between the beds. It was not much room for me and half of the side of me was unable to see, because of the bed.
I put my hand on my chest and the other outstretched on the floor to make it all look more realistic.
Axel jumped off the bed too and kneels beside me. Or tries to.
Since it isn't much room between the beds, half of Axel's body leans over and covers mine. He laid his hand on my chest or my hand and looks down at me.
"Okay, Roxas. Just pretend that you are having an attack. I will take care of the rest."
I nod.
I never faked an asthma attack before. Not even the time when I was going to have an English test. But I have had attacks before, so I know how to act like I have one. One time when I was seven, another time when I was ten and the last one when I was sixteen… That time when I had tried to kill myself.
Axel gives me a small smile as he gives me the sign to begin.
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… Player 1 was lying on the floor, player 2 was kneeling beside him, it looked like he tried to help him.
The Master puts the speaker on.
"What are you doing?" He asked in a stern voice.
Player 2 looked up at the camera. Fear in his green eyes. Started to shout. "He's having an attack! You must help him!"
The Master sat down on his chair. Player 1 was having an asthma attack? It was hard to see player 1's face, since player 2 was covering most of his body with his.
Terror started to build up inside the Master. Ludus Dominus had told him to take care of his players. Make sure that they wouldn't get into trouble. And especially the blond one. The Master had got strict orders to make sure that nothing would happen to the blond one.
The Master cursed again. Did he really have an attack? What if he was faking it? The players had been acting strange since this morning. But if he really did have an attack and if he didn't get any help his body could shut down.
But they wouldn't dare that, now would they? They were too frightened to do such a cheap trick on him. He was the Master. He was the one who ruled the game.
The Master woke up from his thoughts as player 2 started to shout again. "Help him! He can't breathe!"
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"Help him! He can't breathe!" Axel shouted and looked at the camera.
I tried my best to make my attack look convincing. Tried to make sure that it looked like I couldn't breath. Forcing my chest to go up and down in a fast speed.
Axel's hand was still on mine, like he was comforting me.
"His inhaler." I could hear the Master speak, sounded worried. "His inhaler is in his pocket."
Axel rapidly began to look in my pockets and grabbed my inhaler and brought it to my face. Axel was covering my body with his body, so it was impossible for the Master to see my face. I opened my mouth to tell him that he needed to shake it first, but before I could say that Axel was already shaking it and did excatually what I had done when I prepared myself to use my medicine.
What has he learned that?
"Pretend that it isn't working." Axel said silently, as he held the medicine near my mouth, making it all look like I was breathing in.
"Okay." I responded back to him, to make sure that he knew that I understood.
After I told him this, Axel dropped the medicine next to me on the floor and grabbed my shoulder. He turned his gaze from me to look at the camera again.
"It's not helping."
I continued to pretend that I couldn't breath. Hoping with all my heart that the Master was buying this.
"Make him sit on the bed." The Master order Axel.
Wait, how am I going to get up to sit on my bed and pretend that I can't breath at the same time? That is freaking impossi-
My thoughts stop when I feel Axel's arms pick me up and lay me on the bed. I don't even have time to react or help him as he places me softly on my bed.
Shit, he is strong. He didn't even seem to have any trouble. He just picked me up like I was just a leaf on the ground.
"Make him sit up!" The Master commands in a strict voice.
Axel sits besides me and looks down at my face. I see the serous in his eyes as he silently tells me to pretend that I can't.
I only give him a small nod.
Axel looks at the camera again. "He can't!" Axel howls.
"Try the medicine again." The Master says, and I can hear the panic in his voice.
Axel was right. The Master didn't want us to die… unless he wanted it.
"It's not working!" Axel screams. Not even bother to take the medicine up from the floor and try. He has probably noticed the panic in the Master's voice as I have.
"Bloody hell!" The Master curses. "Player 2, get away from player 1's bed and lay down on your own bed on your stomach."
"But-" Axel starts but get interrupted by the Master's demanding voice.
"Player 2, do it now!" The Master shouts.
Well, he doesn't need to tell Axel again as I see Axel give me a small smile before stand up and leave my bed to lay down on his own. He do as the Master have ordered him and lay down on his bed on his stomach. But he keeps his head angled so as he can watch me.
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Dammit, fucking, bloody hell, shit!
The Master runs down the stairs as he fumbles with the keys to unlock the door.
How could this happened?
Dammit, fucking, bloody hell, shit!
XXX
I can feel my heart speed up real quickly now as I see Master enters the room and closed the door behind him.
The man was tall, even taller than Axel and also was well-built. He had platinum blond hair and a goatee beard with the same colour as his hair that was very short. He had many piercings in both of his ears, all of them in silver. He was wearing an unbuttoned black suit jacket, with a grey untucked dress shirt under it and black pants.
His face was filled with both fury and panic, but still he made his face look rather calm. Like it was ordinary for him to take care of people with asthma attacks… well a fake one he thought was real.
He gazed quickly at Axel, who still was looking at me and then started to walk fast towards me.
Even if I felt a panic inside of me, I forced myself not to lose control of my fake act. I continued to breathe fast and deep, trying to act like it was hard for me to gain air in my lungs.
The man, whom we had been calling the master, leaned forward and grabbed my shoulders with a strong grip, before I even could reject I looked at his ice cold blue eyes.
I gasped as I felt his hands, that he had gripped tight in my shoulders, force me up to a sit up position.
And then he noticed it. I could feel my heart sink. Was this the end?
"What a-" He started, his eyes widened in shock. But before he could say anything more, Axel rapidly got off the bed and with no hesitation he clenched his fist and gave a hefty punch right in the Masters right side of his face.
But, unfortunately it didn't seem to work as Axel had planned.
The Master didn't fall on the floor and groaned in pain. He didn't fall back. He didn't even flinch.
Axel widened his eyes in fear. The man appeared to be a lot stronger than we had thought.
I fell back on the bed on my back as the Master let my shoulders go and turned around with an angry look at Axel.
Axel lifted his fists clenched, ready to put up with a fight.
The Master stood up straight, still looking at Axel with fury in his eyes.
I didn't move, everything went so quickly.
My heart was beating fast and hard. I could feel my pulse get up and I got frightened as I only watched when the Master made his next move.
The Master raised his fist and with a miraculous speed, he hit Axel hard in his stomach.
Axel grunted and coughed for air, as he slid to the ground, to his knees, gripping his stomach.
I gasped as I forced myself up from my shock to help Axel. But before I ever could get out of the bed, the Master pushed, hard so I fell back on the bed with a huff.
The Master gave me an angry look. "Stay down!" He growled, pointing at me.
Axel was still on the floor and coughed for air.
The Master grinned as he turned his attention back to Axel.
"So." The Master began. "You really believed that you could escape now, did you?"
Axel tried to get up, but before he had got the half way up, the Master kicked him straight in his side, causing Axel to flop onto his stomach with a grunt.
Shit, this is bad.
I tried to stand up again, but before I even could leave the bed, the Master pushed me back to the bed, making my back hurt a lot.
"I said; stay down!" He snarled, looking at me with fury in his eyes. "Or it will be worse for him." He said and nodded at Axel, who still was on the floor, gasping for air.
Without any other the Master grabbed Axel's white T-shirt, lifted him like he didn't weight anything and threw him agents the wall next to the steel door.
Axel gives out a shout of pain
A loud bang filled the room from Axel's body as he fell on the floor and the only thing that I could hear was Axel's coughing for air, the Master's groans and my fast heartbeats.
"You thought that you could escape, huh?" The Master growled, as he went towards Axel, who still was on the floor, grunting in pain.
I still sat on the bed, stunned. I don't know what to do. He made it clear that if I tried to get up again it would be worse for Axel. But I can't just sit here as Axel gets beaten up.
The Master clenching his fist around Axel's throat and lifted him high off the ground
"So this was your plan, huh? Tricking me to get in the room and then baam! Strike me down so you could escape?" The taller blond snarled and tightened his grip around Axel's throat, making him choke. "Have you forgot the rules already?"
"Stop! You choke him!" I screamed and got the instinct to get up and attack the Master, but then remembered what he had told me and I continued to sit on the bed.
The Master seemed to ignore me and continued to hold Axel up in the air.
"Answer me, player 2! Did you really believe that it would work? Do you have any idea who you are dealing with?" The Master roared.
Axel struggled, trying to break free from the Master's grip. But he only failed.
The Master growled, realizing Axel from his grip.
Axel dropped to his knees with a great inhale of air, hands that gripped his throat cushy.
I gasped as I only could watch. The Master was still standing in front of Axel, had his fist clenched hard as he watched the red head coughed for air.
Stop…
"You guys don't get how serious this is?" The Master growled and kicked Axel in his stomach, hard.
Axel cried in pain.
Stop…
The Master growled as he forced Axel to stand up. "Do you know even the real game in this?"
The Master pinned Axel against the wall. Axel huffed of pain and soreness.
"Do you know what he can do?" The Master said, almost like he wanted us to answer him back. "Now do you?" He shouted.
Axel looked like shit. He had a nose bleed and his right eye seemed to transform into a black eye. The Master held and firm grip on Axel with one of his hands.
What should I do? Think, for fuck's sake, think!
I saw how the Master raised his fist, for once again hit Axel.
I couldn't let this go on. Without even think clearly, I rushed off the bed and with a swift grab, I successfully took hold of the tall blond mans wrist, with both of my hands.
"No, stop!" I screamed, I felt how the Master froze.
The Master gave me a surprised, irritated look.
Shit, what have I done?
"You made your point. Now please stop." I pleaded. I tried to sound brave, but that I failed with… big time.
Axel looked at me with a surprise and concern look.
The Master only looked at me. None of us said anything and then I saw the Master grow a wide smirk on his face and he started to chuckle.
"Made my point?" He laughed, the same laugh that I had heard from the speaker.
Axel and I looked at him, shocked.
"Made my point? MY point?" The Master laughed even more. Seemed amazed what I had said.
I released my grip from the master's wrist as he slowly lowered it down. The Master smirk faded away and now looked at me with a serious look.
"You guys, don't even know why you are here." The Master said and shook his head, like he was disappointed with us. "Maybe you will never know." The Master sighed.
Axel and I didn't move. I had no thought about escape or think of a way to knock down the tall blond man. Right now, all my thoughts were in what the Master had just said and was going to say. I didn't think about planning an escape now…
… And as I could see, neither did Axel.
"Let me put this straight. This, all this… is not only MY game." The Master continued. "If this was my game… My Game… all this…" The Maser gave out a heavy sign. "If it were, the games would be far more gruesome than this."
Axel and I only stared at the Master, who seemed to be far away in his own thoughts.
"Then what do you want?" Axel asked, angry, almost growling. "Why did you kidnap us and gives us this question and challenges? What do you really want?"
The Master gave Axel an irritated look, before he grabbed Axel's shoulder and threw him to his bed. Axel fell, and thanks to the small room and space, he fell right on his bed, on his stomach. Axel groaned.
I ran to his side, not wanting to be near the Master any longer.
The Master continued to give us an irritated look. Axel turned around with a few swear words and a yelp of pain, so he was lying on his back.
"I let you go easy this time. You failed your challenge and I should punish you, but I decided to let you go and take away your dinner instead. I hope you can see the gratefulness in that." The Master snared, giving Axel an evil glare.
Axel glared back, but didn't move.
"I'm not the one who wants to give you these questions." The Master said I'm not the one with the clues. Because the real question is… Who is Ludus Dominus?" The Master said as he opened the door, went out and closed it with a loud bang.
Now, Axel and I were alone in the room.
Again.
I didn't move until Axel gasped of soreness, as he tried to sit up.
I looked at Axel, concerned.
"Axel, are you alright?" I asked and helped him to sit up. "I'm sorry that I didn't help at first, but he said that-"
"Don't worry, I heard." Axel said as he wiped the nose blood off with his arm. "Fucking bastard! He was stronger than I thought."
"Yeah." I signed.
Not only had we failed with our escape, we had also angered the Master, lost our dinner, Axel had gotten his ass kicked and now we were still in this room, with only questions in our heads.
Who was Ludus Dominus? Was he the one who controlled the game? Or had the taller blond just made that up?
He was crazy after all.
"You know what?" Axel asked, interrupting my thoughts. "It's now that it really bugs me that I found out the answer."
Answer?
"What answer?" I asked. Did Axel know who this Ludus Dominus was?
Axel chuckled and gave me a warm smile. He looked better than I had thought. The nose bleeds and dried up, he had only one big bruise on his cheek and looked rather vigour than before.
As it looked how the Master had hit him, I had expected a lot more than that.
"The riddle. It's bread."
I raised an eyebrow. Not really getting what Axel was referring to.
"The thing is called bread with nothing on it and with things on it's a sandwich… two different words." Axel chuckled. "And we see it everyday too."
I smiled. "Yeah, you right." I said. Even if he didn't look so good, Axel still got his sense of humour.
I'm sorry about this chapter. I hope it was good enough. I promise next time the love between Axel and Roxas shall begin. :)
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