Chapter Six
"So now what?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Loki asked.
I raised my voice, "Well-" everyone stopped banging on the door and turned to me. "What now? Whoever is running the show has us all nice and trapped. So now what? When does the game begin? What are the rules? How do you win it? What's the goal?"
"For all you know, it could be like the Hunger Games," the Doctor said. "What's the rush?"
"From what I know of, and I'm sure that Sherlock, and even Moriarty will back me up on this, is that criminals, especially the psychopathic kind, will always slip up sooner or later. Criminals want credit for their masterpiece, for the havoc they wreak. I have a feeling that when we reach the end of this game, we'll meet who's in charge. Someone this cocky, and this insane will probably want to do some type of dramatic battle at the end of the game. The faster we begin, the faster we fix this."
"Rissa's right," Sherlock said. "Someone this genius, this-"
"Sherlock," John warned, poking him in the ribs.
Sherlock nodded. "Right, as I was saying, someone this dangerous will likely want to take credit for this, especially if it's someone we know. People love to shock others."
"Are you suggesting that it's someone we know?" the Doctor asked.
"It makes sense," Sam said. "With so many people slipping in and out of the Restaurant, someone could easily put wards around it, and activate them at the right time."
"Do you think that she's a part of the game?" I asked, nodding over to Isabelle. We all turned to look at her.
"Probably," Loki said, snorting. "For now, how about we keep her unconscious."
"I definitely think she's real, as in alive again, but yeah, she was definetly thrown into the game to be an obstacle for us," Sherlock said.
That exact moment, Isabelle stood up. Her eyes were open, but they were purely white, with no irises. "Welcome to Level One," she said. Her voice echoed, and she was almost floating off the ground.
"They're speaking through her," Cas said quietly.
"Each floor of this house is a different level," she said. "You must reach the next floor and accomplish the level's mission to enter the next level. All players must pass or you will not be able to begin the next level. You will encounter a series of obstacles on each level. Your first obstacle is this."
Then Isabelle fainted back onto the bed.
"I don't understand. What's the obstacle?" Steve asked, as we watched Isabelle's body.
Isabelle woke up, shouting. "Where am I? What happened?" She glanced around crazily, and her eyes met mine. "You!" she gasped. "You killed me!"
And she ran towards me.
