Eventually, we found ourselves in the pink room. The first thing we noticed was Venganza and Rusty connecting a leg, arm, and head to the doll torso. The doll whose dress reminds me a bit of a whole bunch of sweets like a chocolate cake. I can feel myself getting diabetes just looking at it.
Zill: Hey Venganza. What happened? You just disappeared on us.
He looked back and awkwardly scratched his head.
Venganza: Sorry... I actually... got distracted.
Jack: ...Meaning...?
Venganza: I found a hidden room. I'll show it to you later. I was going to come back but IbumpedintoRustyand...
Zill: Woah! Slow down there dude!
He sighed, his body folding in on itself.
Venganza:Sorry... I'm glad to see you guys got out okay.
Zill: Same here.
Gustav: My heart is beating very fast... is this really okay?
Vinny: If anything happens, I'll leave this door open.
Rusty: Good call! We got an escape route now!
Damian: Alright, Zill... Jackyou know what to do.
Jack and I nodded and readied ourselves. We connected the last two limbs...That's strange... Nothing's happening?
Addison: Um... guys... do you smell someth-
Suddenly a cloud of white gas filled the room.
Rusty: THE HELL?!
Jack: Is this... GAS?!
Damian: Crap! I can't see!
Venganza: Is this... poison?! This isn't good! We need to get out of here!
The gas was thick. I can't see anything! I can't even see my own hands! I felt my tail wrap around myself. Are we going to suffocate?! Are we... going to die?! I'm... not... ready...
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?: Ohhoho! Do not worry everyone! This gas isn't poisonous.
An unfamiliar woman's voice boomed throughout the room.
Jill: Huh?
The gas disappeared... and the doll was standing before us.
Rusty: Wh-what are you?!
Jack: A-are you the doll from before?
Doll: Heeheehee... Yes, I am the doll that you just rescued. Advanced, am I not?
She bowed slightly. She has this aura of elegance about her. Not the humble kind... but an egotistical time.
Vinny: The hell is going on here?!
Doll: Ahaha. As it happens, I have revived to tell you what is happening, and support you through the trials and tribulations to come.
Zill: Stay back! I won't let you hurt anyone here!
Doll: Ehehe. There's nothing to fear, you see? I will offer you all support...
Addison hugged himself and hid in the corner of the room.
Doll: Ahaha...
She sighed.
Doll: Is there no one who can speak calmly here?
Why the hell is she so casual about this?! A DOLL STARTED TALKING AND WALKING AROUND! How did she think we'd react?!
Zill: I'm going to ask you this once! Just what ware you?!
Damian: Yeah... I'm not exactly following here.
Doll: Ehehe. then we'll begin with my introduction... Ehehehe. My name is Sue Miley, The Laughing Doll. I am the doll who will guide you on this floor. Ehee. My master has instructed me to guide you brave souls, who have overcome several trials, to the Main Game.
Damian: Your master... In other words, you're on the side of our captors?
Zill: So you're with the enemy?!
Vinny: S-seriously?!
Rusty: Don't try and say you're not!
Sue: Ahaha! How very serious! Ahaha!
She chuckled madly.
Rusty: STOP LAUGHIN' YOU ASSHOLE! DO YOU WANNA DIE!
Vinny: Yeah, let's tear her up again.
They began to approach her.
Sue: Eheehee... I'd rather not... No, I wouldn't like to be all torn up again...
Suddenly, she glared at us with nothing but pure malice.
Sue: Ehee... heehee... I know... I just have to tear you up first...
This stopped their approach. Their faces shifted to that of fear.
Vinny: Tear us up?!
Sue: Ahahaha. As a warning, yes...
Her glare was then directed at me as her grin grew. I suddenly felt my collar vibrate. I froze.
Zill: Wh-what the hell?! My collar... it's vibrating!
Everyone turned to look at me with fear. Rusty's and Vinny's faces also seem to be filled with regret. I look at her with rage and desperation.
Zill: W-what did you do?!
She just chuckled more.
Sue: Eheehee, what indeed?
Zill: Answer me!
Sue: Ahaha, oh, very well. I'm just making your collar explode. Ahaha, ahah.
She laughed more wildly. I felt my heart drop into my stomach and a part of my soul leave my body. My tail wrapped around me tightly. The vibrating turned into beeping. I gripped my collar tightly and struggled with it. I HAVE TO GET IT OFF!
Zill: SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! G-GET THIS FUCKING THING OFF OF MEEEE!
Sue: OHHOHOHO! Get away, get away! it's dangerooous!
Everyone began backing away from me... all except-
Jack: ZILL!
He ran over to me and grabbed my collar. He too began to try and pry it off.
Zill: JACK?!
Jack: I know you want me sa-
Zill: Come on! GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT!
Jack- Hu-huh! Okay!
I don't care if Jack gets hurt! I want to live! The beeping intensified. I felt my blood run cold... Silence... this is it... isn't it...
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Huh? The beeping... stopped?
Sue: ...That was a lie, of course. Eheehee... Did you enjoy it?
Jack: A... a lie?
I giggled to myself for a second... before my knees gave out and I collapsed to the floor. My heart beat was pounding in my ears... My breathing was heavy... Why did I think that...? Why didn't I care about Jack's safety?
Sue: I won't kill you over something silly like that. OHHOHO!
I felt Jack help me up.
Jack: Zill?! Are you okay?
I caught my breath.
Zill: Y-yeah... I'm fine.
I heard Damian growl. I noticed that most of the people of our group turned their anger toward Sue.
Damian:... You piece of shit!
She just laughed maniacally,like a truly insane villain.
Sue: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Eheh, it's so funny, ahah, I can't, heehee, even talk, Mweeheeheehee...
Mackenzie hugged herself.
Mackenzie: Sh- she's out of her mind.
I regained my footing. She's out of her mind...I... I want to do something but I can't. She holds all the power here.I regain my confidence.
Zill: Why did you kidnap us? Who kidnapped us?
Sue: Ehehe... You don't know, do you... Eheehee. What I'm about to explain...is in regards *to* a fight you must take, ahaha, for your own destiny. As for my master... I'll keep that to myself.
She giggled and sighed.
Sue: Heeheehee. A chosen 20... no. Ahaha... Is it only 12 now? Ohoho.
20?!... Does that mean the other people on the blackboard... Vanexa... is dead?! I felt it all hit me at once. One of my friends... is gone...
Addison: I-im sorry... 12? There are 11 of us here.
Sue looked surprised.
Sue: Oh?
She quickly looked around the room.
Sue: Oh dear? It appears he lost his way.
Vinny: He?
Sue: Oh well... I guess he'll miss what happens next.
Sahara: D-don't just skip to the next thing!
Sue ignored her.
Sue: You will soon undergo a great trial in order to escape outside. As it has been prior, the superior will live, and the inferior will die - it is far from easy. One among you... will certainly die. and the person to die... shall be decided by your own majority vote.
The room became tense.
Mackenzie: What?
Sue sighed.
Sue: I'm saying that you'll pick it yourselves. The one most unnecessary, hated, and acceptable to have die.
Rusty: Stop talking that bullshit! We're not going to do something like that!
Sue: Ahaha. That's just too cute. You think you have a choice in the matter.
She sighed.
Sue: Then by all means, starve to death here, all of you.
Damian: We don't really have a choice do we.
The already tense atmosphere suddenly became more suffocating. I mean pick... one of us...? To die... What... What is she saying? I can't understand... We all looked at each other with fear, suspicion, and desperation... No one can speak anymore. We... have to kill one of our allies... someone stuck in the same situation as is... or else... be killed by them... Why... Why can't... Why doesn't this feel real?
Sue: Ahaha, don't go so pale, everyone! I've got something good to hand out!
I turned to look at her.
Zill: Something... good?
It's no use... after all that's happened... I can barely think. What is she even saying anymore?
Sue: Ahaha. Here Zillion Martinez, have this tablet.
I noticed that she was standing in front of me. She shoved some sort of tablet into my hand.
Miley: Ehehe, does everyone have one now? Let us test the functionality with some actual use. When voting, if you know who voted for who, it turns into a quarrel, doesn't it? Eheehee... thus, by voting with these tablets, you won't know who made what vote. Ehehe. As a test, try voting for whoever!
Rusty: D-damn it! We don't have much of a choice... do we?
Gustav: I do not think so.
I look at the tablet to see the images of the eleven of us... should I... I don't want to die... but I don't want to send anyone off to their death. I pressed on my own image.
Voting Results being processed...
Voting Results
Zill: 1 Votes
Jack: 1 Votes
Damian: 1 Votes
Sahara: 1 Votes
Rusty: 1 Votes
Venganza: 0 Votes
Vinny: 1 Votes
Addison: 0 Votes
Jill: 1 Votes
Mackenzie: 1 Votes
Gustav: 3 Votes
Results!
Most Votes: Gustav, 3 Votes
What?! We all turned to look at Gustav who sighed.
Gustav: Oh dear... it appears to be one-sided, ja? So this is what this voting tablet can do.
Sue Ahaha. Is there something you want to say?
Gustav: Do you want me to beg for my life or something...? I will not. Not to someone like you.
Sue: Ahaha so rude...More importantly, are you sure?
Gustav: Hmm?
Sue's mouth twisted into a grin of pure malice and sadism.
Sue: Do you really want those to be your last words?
Suddenly, Gustav's collar started vibrating. Instinctively, he gripped his collar with a look of fear.
Addison: W-what are you going to do?!
Sue:...
She held her grin.
Gustav: It won't explode, will it?!
Sue: Ahaha, no. It won't explode...
Her smile somehow managed to become wider than I thought possible.
Sue: But you will wish it did! Eheehee. Aheh, aheehahaha!
Gustav's face shifted to that of confusion. He gripped his collar tighter before suddenly letting go. His face shifted to that of pain and fear. His pupils shrunk to the size of needles.
Gustav: I-it's HOT!
His collar then glewed a bright orange as smoke began coming from his neck. Gustav suddenly lost all his composure.
Gustav: GAAAAAH! MY NECK! AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHH! IT BURNS! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
It was raw. It was feral. The exact opposite of Gustav!
Addison: SWEEETIE! GUSTAAAAAAVVVVV!
Both their screams sounded desperate. Gustav tried to grip his collar but it was too hot for him to hold. He was going to die. Gustav was going to die! The smell lingered in the air. The smell I've never smelt before. The smell of flesh burning. The sound of blood evaporating. My tail wrapped around me tighter than it has ever done before in my life.
Rusty: T-take it off! Take it off, damn it!
No matter how hard he tried. There was nothing he could do.
Gustav G-GAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
Addison: NOOOOOOOO! GUSTAAAAAVVV!
Gustav: Addison! Stay back!
Addison was about to grab Gustav's collar. Gustav pushed him away. And with that, he fell backwards in front of us.
Addison: H-HELP! SOMEONE HELP US! H-HE'S GOING TO DIE!
Vinny: A-addison don't! If you touch that collar...!
Damian looked frozen in fear. Gustav let out one last scream... before he stopped moving at all...
Gustav has expired...
Addison: Gustav?! GUSTAAAAAAAVVVVVVV!
Sue: Hee... Heehee, Heeahahaha...! Bwahah...!
Mackenzie began hyperventilating, tears streaming down her face.. A wet spot appeared on her pants before her legs gave out. Sahara got next to her and began to comfort her.
Sue: Hahahahahaha! How unladylike. you wet yourself?
Mackenzie: H-how awful! W-why?! Why would you do this?!
Sue began laughing even louder.
Sue: OHHOHOHO! You've learned what a majority vote means from this experience, haven't you?
This... this is awful... This is too awful. His death... it wasn't instant... it wasn't fast... and it sure as hell wasn't was burned at his neck... burned for a long time. He didn't even have a chance to writhe... he died... right in front of us... in front of Addison... his boyfriend... WHo the hell could be that cruel!
Sahara: How awful!
Sue: Hmm?
Sahara: WHY?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US YOU CRAZY CHOCOLATE COVERED BITCH!
Sue looked caught off guard... for a moment.
Sue: Heehee... Heeheehee... How rude! You annoy me, you powerless little girl... ...no.
She grinned widely with malice.
Sue: You dirty, rotten brother-killer.
Sahara's face twisted to one of shock.
Sahara: H-huh?
Sue: Hahaha, I saw all of it. How miserable you were in your first trial, Sahara.
I wanted to stop her from talking. But I can't move. I was frozen. Stop it! Don't trample on her heart! On Gustav's concern...! His parting words!
Sue: Your actions killed your br-
Suddenly, a loud thud echoed through out the room. Jill smacked Sue in the face with her spear, breaking Sue's nose.
Sue: G-GAH!
She gripped her face, blood began seeping down it.
Jill: Oops... my hand slipped. Sorry about that.
Sue lost her composure. Her face lost it's grin.
Sue: Y-YOU! YOU LITTLE FUC-
Jill: Hmm... so even dolls bleed red.
Sue: G-GAH! Don't think you can do something like this... and just get away scott-free!
Jill: On the contrary. Don't you just think that you can just get away with just this little thing.
Jill suddenly looked at Sue with a fiery gaze.
Jill: I will not allow you to play with these people's lives.
Sue: Dammit! Damn it! I'll remember this! I'll be waiting... on the grounds of the Main Game...!
Sue stormed out of the room. None of us dared stopped her. Jill walked over to Jack and I.
Jill: Are you two alright?
Jack: Y-yeah... thanks Jill.
I was speechless. I don't understand... Gustav's death... Jill... but... I can't just stand here and do nothing... What is this main game...? Who is the 12th person who's supposed to be here...?
Why are we here...? Who's kidnapped us...? Why do we have to do this...? No matter who cruel this future may be... I can't... I CAN'T GO DYING YET..!
Section: Chapter 1 Part 1 END
11? Remain...
Author's Note:
And so it begins... This ends Sec 1-1. I'm going to take a short break for a while and the next time I come back, I will update the "Extras" Book. I have three chapter's for that book planned. I will update on the Zoophobia and YTTD amino ( /p/o4f635) when I will release the Extras book. I'll have another SHORT break after I release those three chapters before I start the 1-2 Section. Thank you for sticking with me and see you guys next time.