Seth, Roman and Dean woke up in a bright room. Open windows and sunshine coming through. People in white all around them. They were confused as they looked around. At first it looked like a hospital, but it quickly became clear they were in a mental institution, and they weren't there as visitors. They were all sitting on a couch.
"Ah, you're awake," a woman said.
They looked over at the nurse. Her medium brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail. Her dark green eyes seemed amused. She looked plain and normal. Someone who could walk through a town without anyone really noticing her. She would be able to blend in with any crowd.
"Just a second," she said.
Her voice sounded familiar. They watched as she took out a syringe and injected something in one of the other patients. He seemed far gone. He was looking directly ahead without actually seeing anything. She smiled and walked over to the three men on the couch.
"We gotta keep him sedated. He goes crazy when he's completely awake. He keeps yelling about his sister putting him in this place to steal his mansion and everything else that he thinks is rightfully his," she smirked. "But it never was. He never did anything for our family. I'm the rightful heir."
"Leatrice," Roman said.
"You were lucky. You found the trap door so you got through my house faster than many others before you. The game doesn't end there though. This is just the next level. Did I mention the Dark family owns this mental institution as well? My father left me this and gave my brother the mansion. At first. Everything is mine now. It's owned by me. The government steers clear of this place. As the owner and head nurse, people do as I say around here," Leatrice said.
Dean flew up from the couch. He jumped towards Leatrice. He wanted his hands around her throat and squeeze the life out of her. He never got to even touch her. Two male nurses came running and grabbed him. With their yelling, more nurses came running in to grab Seth and Roman as well. All three of them were forced into straitjackets and placed back on the couch. Nurses held them down while Leatrice prepared another syringe.
"You three boys were found in an alley high as a kite. I don't know what drugs you took but we had to place you here for your own safety. Clearly you're still very angry. I'm gonna give you a little help now. It will relax your bodies but you will be fully awake and able to communicate with me," Leatrice said.
"No!" Seth yelled.
"Don't fucking touch me, you bitch!" Dean screamed.
Leatrice smirked and injected Dean first. Seth and Roman followed right after. Whatever she gave them worked quickly. They couldn't move but they were fully awake. This was a new level of terror. They finally had the face of the woman they were playing against but she was controlling the entire game.
"Will you be so kind and carry them all to their room. I prepared all three beds for them," Leatrice said.
The male nurses spread out and grabbed the three men. They were being dragged over the floor with the feet making scraping noises all the way. They finally entered a room with no windows. There were three beds in there, and they were placed in one each so they could all face the door. The nurses moved out and left Leatrice in there with them.
"Why are you doing this to us?" Seth asked.
"You started it," Leatrice answered. "Must I remind you that you broke into my home? For your information, there's no actual treasures there. Sure, there's some expensive stuff but everyone has something. I spread the stories around town so I could get players like you to enter my home."
"What happened to my cousins?" Roman asked.
"That was a fun discovery when you started yelling about them being family. They made it to this level too. They were here at one point," Leatrice said.
"Are they still alive?" Roman asked.
"Enough with all these silly questions. You shouldn't worry your head with anything but what is going to happen to you," Leatrice said.
"Please, tell me," Roman pleaded.
Someone let out a small giggle. Leatrice turned her head to see one of the other patients. A female with a weird mask on that looked like the one Hannibal Lecter wore in Silence Of The Lambs.
"Hi, Shayna," Leatrice said. "Shayna here is a biter so we have to keep this mask on her."
"I like the taste of blood," Shayna said.
"And you're so very good at it. And you're becoming so good at controlling it too. You only bite when we allow you to. You're such a good girl. You've earned a treat," Leatrice said.
Leatrice pulled a bag of gummy bears up from her pocket, took one out and gave it to Shayna through the bars on her mask.
"Good girl," Leatrice said.
"Thank you," Shayna said.
"Do you wanna earn another treat?" Leatrice asked.
"Yes, please," Shayna answered.
Leatrice pulled out a key and stepped behind Shayna.
"You see, boys, we have to keep this mask locked on her or she'll take it off and bite someone," Leatrice said.
"Accidentally," Shayna said.
"Of course, dear. I know you're trying so hard, and you're such a good girl," Leatrice said.
Leatrice unlocked the mask and took it off Shayna.
"You can bite them," Leatrice said. "Just one bite to each. As soon as you taste blood, you let go. Do this right and you'll get three treats. I know how much you love those gummy bears. Alright, Shayna, go ahead."
Shayna laughed as she ran to Dean. She turned his head to the side and sank her teeth into his neck. He cried in pain but wasn't able to move away from the biting woman. As soon as she tasted blood, she moved to Seth to do the same, and then finally Roman. Once she had drawn blood from the last man, she ran back to Leatrice and grinned. Leatrice wiped the blood from Shayna's mouth, gave her three gummy bears and put the mask back on her.
"Run along now, dear," Leatrice said.
Shayna ran off, and Leatrice moved over to the beds. She turned the men's head back to a normal position and then went to stand by the foot of the beds where they could all see her.
"You bitch," Dean said lowly.
"Again, you broke into my house. You started this game, but I'm the one finishing it," Leatrice said.
"You're sick," Seth said.
"That I am," Leatrice grinned proudly. "If I can keep my brother in here forever, you know begging for mercy won't do you shit."
"What do you want from us?" Roman asked.
Leatrice hummed and let her eyes wander from man to man.
"One last choice for you to make together. After that you'll be on your own," Leatrice said.
"You're separating us?" Roman asked.
"Your cousins got the same choice. Almost. Since there were two of them, they got two choices. There's three of you so there's three choices," Leatrice said.
"What are they?" Dean asked.
Leatrice smirked evilly. It would be sad to see this game end. She was having too much fun with these three.
"One of you will be set free," Leatrice said.
"Who?" Seth asked.
"One of you will stay here with me," Leatrice said.
"And the last one?" Roman asked nervously.
"The last one will die," Leatrice answered.
"Fuck, no! We're not choosing!" Dean growled.
"You'll have until tonight to talk among you who will go where. If you haven't decided when I return, I will decide for you," Leatrice said.
Leatrice walked towards the door. All three men started yelling at her, pleading for their lives, begging to be let go. She closed the door behind her and left them in the room to figure it out on their own.