"Alright everyone," Monika began, "we have our next workshop submission by Yuri. This one is called: Escape From Death."

"Yes. I've been waiting for this." Yuri turned to Tridon and smiled at him, "Tridon, if you could do the honors."

"No problem." Tridon snapped his fingers and they were now in a dark, dirty room. Tridon looked down and saw that he was still wearing his school uniform, "What the hell?" Tridon snapped his fingers again and he was now in torn clothing. Torn jogging pants and a shirt. He was dirty and slightly bloddy, "That's better."

"Tridon." Yuri called out.

He turned around to see the girls all chained to the wall, "Oh. Am I suppose to be chained up too?"

"Yes Tridon." Yuri answered.

"Aw man." He snapped his fingers once again and he was now bound by his legs across the room, "Why are my legs bound and chained?"

"Didn't you read the story?" Yuri questioned.

"One moment." Tridon responded. Tridon tapped his chin and nodded, "Oh yeah, I gotta... take that saw on the wall there and either saw the chain off or my foot..."

"What?!" The other 3 yell.

"Yuri, are you secretly a sadist?"

"I'm not a sadist Tridon."

"Well, in the story, the character can cut off the chain, but it'll take too long." Tridon took some deep breaths and grabbed the saw near him, "I'll just have to hobble around with one foot."

"Are you sure you won't try at least?" Monika tempted, "The last thing we want for you is to die because you couldn't get away fast."

"Man, that's grim..." Tridon looked at the chain and pulled on it. He slowly turned up and grabbed the chain, "Ah damn. I'll be pushing my knee to the limit." He scooted over to the wall of the chain and proceeded to pull it with his strength.

"What are you doing?" Yuri wondered, "Are you trying to rip it from the wall?"

"Obviously." He pulled and pulled with all his might. The veins in his arm popped out and his face turned beet red, "Come on!" The girls watched as he miraculously ripped the chain from the wall, "Ah hell!" Tridon fell back and nodded, "Alright!"

"Tridon the key on the table!" The girls yell.

He turned and hobble towards the table. Since his legs were still bound by the chains, he grabbed the key and fell to the ground. He quickly unlocked the chains around his foot and ran over to the girls. He unlocked Yuri, Monika, and Sayori, but it was too late with Natsuki. The wall she was one opened up and she was pulled into it.

"Natsuki no!" Tridon tried to dive for her, but he wasn't fast enough. Tridon punched the ground and turned to Yuri. He looked at her with a 'Really?' face.

"You're the one who conspired this place."

"Conspired from your story!"

"Look," Monika interrupted, "this was planned. Someone was gonna die."

"But Natsuki?" Sayori questioned, "Why not all of us?"

"We'll be killed off progressively." Yuri explained, "I don't know who's next since I don't have name for the characters. We'll just figure it out along the way." Yuri walked ahead of everyone with Monika following behind.

"Sayori," Tridon started, "let's stick close together."

"Right..." Sayori stuck extremely close to Tridon while catching back up with the two.

After walking aimlessly again, Yuri stopped everyone when they approached a long corridor, "Do any of you remember this?"

"This is the..." Tridon looked around and saw a gun on the ground, "So am I gonna fight alone or?"

"Yeah." The girls all agreed.

"Okay." Tridon picked the gun up and checked if it was loaded. He sighed and walked into the middle of the hall, "Why am I doing this?"

"Tridon..." Monika slowly commented.

"Like, wouldn't all 4 of us fighting be a better plan than just me alone."

"Tridon." Sayori continued.

"Seriously girls..."

"Tridon turn around!" Yuri finally yelled.

Tridon turned around to see several skinless creatures with extremely long, sharp nails, "Nice..." Tridon jumped over one as it leaped for him. He fired at another and grabbed another from the air. He slammed it on the ground and fired a full clip into it.

He was grabbed from behind and was slashed across his chest, "Ah!" He groaned. He flipped the one on his back into the other and ran back to the girls, "Help!" However, he was pulled to the ground while the two remaining creatures prepared to stab him. He used the grated railing on the floor to pull himself away.

The creatures stabbed the grated railing and were stuck, "Geez..." Tridon rubbed the back of his head and sighed, "Come on!" He yelled frustratingly. He walked over towards the end of the hall and saw a lever, "I remember this from the story." He pulled the lever when the girls joined him. This opened the hatches causing the creatures to fall through.

"I didn't think you were gonna use that." Yuri commented, "The characters in the story didn't use it."

"Yeah well, your characters were generic horror story nobodies that didn't know what they were doing." Tridon looked over at Yuri and sighed, "Maybe our personalities can help with those generic nobodies."

"Maybe, but that was a little harsh." Yuri quietly stated.

"Ah don't worry." Tridon pat Yuri's head and smiled at her, "Criticism won't always be peaches and rainbows." Tridon continued to pat Yuri's head who was completely taking it all in.

"Ahem." Monika cleared her throat extremely loud gaining the attention of Tridon and Yuri, "Let's get going before one more of us dies. Maybe two of us..."

Tridon and Yuri held blank expressions while Monika and Sayori continued on. They looked at each other and chuckled at one another before catching up with the other two.

The remaining 4 arrived to a large room with a ladder in the middle. Yuri groaned and started, "I forgot about this." Yuri rubbed her temples and continued, "One of us won't make it."

"Don't we all have to climb that ladder?" Sayori questioned, "While we avoid..." Sayori turned around to see a group of male lions stalking them, "Oh no..."

"Lions Yuri?" Tridon berated, "Really?"

"It needed some challenges."

"And those challenges require us to die?" Monika questioned, "Yuri, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" She yelled. The lions roared loudly when Yuri yelled, "Ah!" Yuri sprinted towards the ladder.

"Yuri!" Monika yelled while following behind her.

"So Sayori," Tridon started, "how do we get through this?"

"Run?"

"Yup." Tridon hauled Sayori over his shoulder and ran to the ladder, "But you can't run very fast!"

"Right!"

Yuri and Monika were already climbing the ladder. Tridon placed Sayori on the ladder and yelled, "Climb!" Tridon pushed Sayori up and started to climb behind her. However, one of the lions leaped in the air and grabbed him in its mouth, "Ah!"

"Tridon!" The girls yell.

"Go!" He yelled to them, "Just go!" Tridon kicked the lion off of him and ran off.

"No Tridon." Sayori tried to go down, but Monika grabbed her, "Huh? Monika!"

"Come on!" Monika pulled Sayori up who continued to look back while Tridon fought off and ran from the lions.

Once they got to the top, Sayori pushed Monika against a wall, "Why'd we have to leave him!" Sayori yelled, "I thought you loved him!"

"This is some good material." Yuri commented while writing in her notebook, "Keep it going you two."

"Sayori, this is just some fake scenario. Natsuki isn't dead and Tridon isn't dead." Monika placed her hands on Sayori's shoulders and reassured her, "Sayori, I care about him, I do. Still, we can't let his sacrifice be in vain. We have to get through this for him."

Sayori held her head down and sniffled, "Alright..." She quickly turned to Yuri and asked, "How was that?"

"Perfect. Thanks for the scene idea." Yuri nodded and finished writing in her journal, "Let's go girls. We have 1 more area to get through."

After walking for several minutes, the girls came across 3 doorways, "Okay," Yuri started, "one of us has to choose a door. We can all survive, but one door will represent your greatest fear."

"Fears?" Sayori questioned. Sayori tapped her head and nodded, "Uh..."

"Just stand in front of the door Sayori." Monika intervened.

Sayori looked up to see Monika and Yuri already at a door, "Oh..." Sayori stood in front of the last remaining door and nodded to them, "See you girls on the other side!"

Sayori ran in to see a wedding ceremony, "A wedding?" Sayori laughed and leaned on a nearby tree, "Why would I be scared of a marriage?"

"Sayori." Tridon called out shocking Sayori.

"Huh? You escaped those lions?"

"Lions?" Tridon confusingly asked, "Of course I did. Sayori, that was 7 years ago."

"Wait what?"

"Yeah. I hope my kids didn't hit you in the head yesterday."

"K-Kids?"

"Yeah. Remember?" Tridon scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "Geez. They gotta learn to stop rough housing so much. You'd expect young girls to have a little more sense." Tridon wrapped his arm around Sayori and led her to the ceremony, "I got married today. Technically you weren't my best man, but hey, best woman is just as cool."

"Wait, I thought..."

"Oh there she is." Tridon quickly ran over to who seemed to be the bride. Sayori was rather speechless. She watched Tridon walk over to the bride.

"No..." Sayori shook her head and looked away. However, when looking away, she she was surrounded by 3 different brides. All of them looking to represent the other 3 dokis, "He won't do that. He promised me..."

During her nightmare, a bright shined from it. He heard Tridon call out, "Sayori! Run!"

"Tridon...?" He felt someone grab her and drag her back through the hall of nightmares.

"I don't know what's going on in here," Tridon started, "but we gotta get out of this quickly."

When they got out of the hall, Sayori stared at the ground while Tridon huffed and puffed, "Shiet..." Tridon looked at Sayori who was obviously shaken up, "Sayori?"

"I'm fine..."

"What happened in there?"

"Nothing that should concern you." Sayori stood up and glared at Tridon, "Where are the others?"

"I'm not sure, but I found Natsuki." Tridon pointed over to Natsuki who had some blood on her face and arm, "I found her when running from those lions."

"I'm glad he got to me when he could." Natsuki commented, "I had some of those sharp nail creatures chasing me, but Tridon came in and forced them to fight the lions."

"I don't know where the other two are, but Natsuki and I found the exit from this place." Tridon held his hand out to Sayori and added, "Let's finally end this dangerous, yet exciting adventure."

Sayori took a moment to look at his hand and nodded, "Yeah." Sayori smiled and took his hand, "Let's go best friend."

"Best childhood friend." Tridon corrected.

"I'm sorry to ruin this warming moment." Natsuki interrupted, "But more of those creatures are back." They turned around to see a group of them crawling behind them, "I think it's time to book it."

"Yeah." Sayori jumped on Tridon's back and pointed ahead of him, "Tally-ho!"

"Didn't expect this..." Tridon sighed and ran with Sayori on his back. Natsuki followed close by while the creatures gave chase. A bright light shined in front of them similar to before while the three sprinted through the light. They huffed and puffed as the setting changed back to the outside of the school.

"Whew..." Tridon breathed, "That was an interesting story."

"I thought it was fun." Sayori commented, "Until that last challenge..."

"I didn't like that I was the one to go first." Natsuki groaned, "I blame you." Natsuki kicked Tridon in his shin causing him to kneel down. Sayori landed on her feet while Tridon rubbed his shin. Natsuki bent down in front of him and smiled, "But you did come back for me, so I appreciate that..."

"I'm glad I could be of service." Tridon said through sharp breaths, "So. Where are the other two?"

"Eh." Natsuki answered, "They probably already found their way out. I just wanna go home and shower..."

"Same here." Sayori agreed, "I don't know how, but I still smell like blood, guts, and sweat."

"Right." Tridon laughed, "I'm sure they're fine." The group made their way back home after a rather eventful day.

-Epilogue-

"Okay Yuri," Monika started, "how do we get out?"

"I don't know." Yuri responded.

The two were stuck in a supply closet in the school. They were talking inside as the door was somehow locked.

"Why did we have to get locked in the only closet in the school that is locked from the outside?" Monika questioned, "We probably shouldn't have abandoned them."

"It's how the story went."

"Yeah but for us to be stuck in here?" Monika sighed and banged on the door, "Someone! Help!"

"Nobody's coming Monika."

"Have you tried calling someone?"

"We don't have service in here."

"Oh my god. Help!" The door opened to reveal Tridon yawning, "Tridon!" Monika hugged him while Yuri stepped out in relief, "I'm so glad my cries for help reached you."

"Nah, I just assume you girls were still here." Tridon sighed and stretched, "I'm tired now so..."

"How'd you even get inside?" Yuri questioned, "Isn't the school locked down during these hours?"

"Girls. You know I can just snap and things happen right?"

"Uh..."

Tridon snapped his fingers and now they were in his room, "Like that."

"Oh! Are we sleeping here again?!" Monika quickly asked with a gleam in her eye.

"Sure we are." Tridon snapped his fingers again and the girls were teleported to their own rooms.

"Darn it!" They yell in unison.

"I've had a rough day already." Tridon yawned and fell asleep right away on his bed.


A/N: Oh my Sayori. Are you scared of Tridon marrying someone who isn't you? Oh myyyyy~. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I didn't upload yesterday since I had other things to take care of. Also, I just found out my city has a confirmed coronavirus patient. Oh well, they came from somewhere else, so I think my town is still in the clear. Apart from my struggles of finding hand-sanitizer and toilet paper, I hope all of you are safe this pandemic. Be sure to do what you can to stay healthy and try your best to ease your mind through this by enjoying some good stories or even just relaxing. Don't panic as panic makes everything worse. Be safe, stay healthy, and I'll see all of you in the next chapter!