Episode 11
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Previously on "Gladiators." With Lindsay's betrayel exposed the other five gladiators took her hostage. Although she pleaded for her life, they eventually executed her, and killed along with four soldiers. I regret to say that major Harris Barnes was amongst those killed. The other five escaped, but Mancuso swore he would find and eliminate most of them. The Gladiators escaped for now, but they cannot hide forever. In the end there can be only one. Who will be the next to fall, and who will ultimately win? Stay tuned.
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5:49
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Colonel Mcnamara wanted to savor this victory. He had gotten himself and his loyal soldiers to safety, and eliminated the traitor. But this victory was only temporary, Mancuso and the others would keep hunting them until eventually only one was still alive. And there was no guarantee that they would stop when there was one alive. For now, all they could do was keep on driving.
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5:52
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Gaines was relieved to have survived this long, but he had the same fears as the others. He was the only gladiator left with no allies. Sarah and Reese had each other, so did Alan York and colonel Mcnamara. Maybe Gaines could ally with one faction, but either way, if all three survived, the duo would turn on him. He was starting to wish they had followed Lindsay's plan and played russian roulette.
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5:55
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Sarah checked her phone, hard to believe it wasn't even 6pm on Thursday. This whole thing had begun late Sunday night, when those soldiers came and gave them all guns, forced them to make their final recorded messages. The game officially began at midnight that night. When this day began there were still 13 gladiators left, then everything seemed to go to warp 6. Now there were only five left. They seemed to have reached a truce, and united against their true enemy, but how long could they survive now? If the Underground even existed, they couldn't help them. Chances were none of them would be alive come sunrise. Sarah began to hold Reese's hand for comfort, and Reese allowed it. They both needed a little comfort right now.
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6:12
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The group had picked up some burgers and drinks from a local fast food place. The rain had stopped for now, but they still stayed in their van. They found themselves a secluded spot to eat their dinner.
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Gaines: I have a suggestion. The way I see it, if the soldiers find us, they keep shooting and MIGHT stop when there's only one left. But, if we take care of that ourselves, they'll have to let that survivor live. I say we follow Lindsay's idea, and play russian roulette until one of us wins.
Sarah: There's no other way this could play out?
Gaines: Sure there is, we have duels until only one still stands. How about Alan versus Sarah, Reese versus Mcnamara. The winners of those fight each other. Whoever wins that duel, fights me in a duel. I like that idea, but somehow I think all of you would play russian roulette.
Reese; Yeah, because one of us would have to win three duels, and you'd only have to win one. We could always do a truel, the other two have a duel, then the winners face each other.
Gaines: That's not a bad idea. In any event, at least one of us would live. Obviously I hope it's me, but overall it seems like the only way.
Mcnamara: So we just keep killing each other for the pleasure of this reality show.
Gaines: You have a way for all five of us to make it I'm listening.
Mcnamara: I might. Reynolds, the head of the network, one of the main architects of this whole thing. He's holding a party tonight, a way to show off his wealth. I say we crash the party, take Reynolds and the other rich people hostage. Then maybe we can negotiate for our safe passage out of the country.
Alan: All those rich jerks, you got to figure that they'll have the security to stop us.
Gaines: They might shoot at us, until only one still stands.
Mcnamara: That's a possibility, but at least we'd go down fighting. More than that we'd make a stand for something.
Sarah: Yeah, I'd rather go down like that.
Reese: If nothing else, we'd kill a few rich jerks, I'm in.
Gaines: What the hell? My odds of surviving are about the same fighting them than fighting Mancuso's soldiers.
Alan: Why not? But we will need better weapons.
Gaines: That I can help with.
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Gaines called an old friend, someone who now supplied local gangs with weapons. They arranged a meeting. His face is obscured
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7:29
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Friend: Five assault weapons, just like you asked. They're too expensive for most gangs.
Gaines: Yeah, it's costing me all the money I have.
Friend: Still less than I'd like to get for them, but I do owe you.
Gaines: Yeah, you do. My advice is to disapear for awhile, the heat from this could be too much.
Friend: Agreed. Good luck.
Gaines: You too.
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7:56
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The five gladiators were watching Reynolds' house, a lot of these wealthy guests were arriving. This party seemed like a way for Reynolds to show off his wealth. Maybe more guests would come later, but they had to move quickly, or it was only a matter of time before the security found them. The five gladiators made their way inside. They moved fast and hard. Sarah used her weapon to frighten the guards to leave, the other four didn't hesitate to kill the guards as they had to. Most of the security guards fled once they realized that these intruders had assault weapons. Within ten minutes they had taken Reynolds and about a dozen other wealthy people hostage. But during the gun battle colonel Mcnamara was shot and killed protecting his friend Alan York.
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8:10
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The surviving four gladiators, Alan, Sarah, Reese, and Gaines set up a video broadcast with Mancuso.
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Alan: Let me make this perfectly clear. We want safe passage out of the country, and two million dollars each. If you do not comply, we will start executing these hostages.
Mancuso: You've given me your terms, not let me give you mine. Killing these particular hostages would be bad, but the state can afford to lose them. We cannot however allow gladiators to stop playing. Only one of you can live, who that is will be up to you. You might remember at the beginning of this game, we put tracking devices into each of you. These devices also contain miniature explosives. Now that we have entered round 13, they have been activated. If more than one of you is still alive in one hour, they will explode. You have exactly one hour to decide, beginning now.
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The following is an excerpt from colonel Mcnamara's last recorded statement.
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Mcnamara: I am not particularly afraid of dying, or even killing. I just don't like the idea of killing for no reason. I served my country, fought alongside my brothers. To ally with someone, and then turn on them, that's the part I don't like. I don't mind killing scum, but I'd prefer not to kill civilians or fellow soldiers. I'm not sure what I'll do, but I'll have to figure it out quickly.
