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It was a dark night but she still wanted to follow her idea. She knew it was stupid and dangerous and that the street and the area seemed to be doomed. But let us be honest, how big was the chance to get caught by a psychopathic serial killer and never see the daylight again?

There hadn't been a murder for a long time and she didn't know that a new murderer has just escaped from where he was actually thought to die. That this serial murderer didn't want to stay in America, he needed a new environment and had had enough time to establish one.

So she decided to hitchhike to the nearby city where she wanted to join a Silvestre party with her friends. Around eight o'clock she started to walk down Highway 16, also known as the Highway of Tears. Over thirty women have disappeared over night, within seconds they were grabbed and pulled out of the world.

Two killers have been charged yet, both dead already but the murders had continued. She didn't know that she was going to be the victim of another murderer, someone who had killed before, but not yet as the Highway 16-murderer.

She listened to her mp3-player music, she couldn't stand walking, running, sleeping, dreaming without her music and there was nothing else to hear in this abandoned forest, on the street she was walking.

She searched her favorite song but then shortly decided to listen to 'Assassin' by 'Audiomachine'. It doubled the scary effect of the night and without frequent street lights she could also barely see where she was going. But it didn't matter, she found her way and she felt epic with the music, supergirl, nothing could happen to her.

He was listening to epic rock music while driving his car. He liked it and it had helped him through his last combats. He was a trained marine and nothing could scare him, not even the dark street that lay ahead of him. He was rushing past the trees with a sixty miles per hour and hoped that no rabbit would get lost in front of his car. Although, he actually didn't care.

But with "Bring the Pain" from "Brand X Music" there was actually nothing to fear. He had passed the last city a few minutes ago but this street was endless. He has heard some of the histories that have been told but listened to none of them. "Kill 'em all" from Audiomachine was being played, the next song on his CD which he already knew by heart. Was this someone over there, a person?, he thought.

He shook his head. Hitchhiking at this street and at night was dangerous. His light caught the person and he slowed down. Coming nearer he recognized a woman, perhaps eighteen or nineteen years old. He stopped next to her.

"Excuse me, Miss. Can I help you? The streets are dangerous at night."

She smiled at him, nodded: "Yeah, I want to get to the next city. It should be a few miles ahead."

"Come in," he demanded and she entered his car.

"And when it is so dangerous, why are you driving here?" the girl asked. She was perhaps twenty, he thought, but she was nice, brown haired, fair skinned and a beautiful smile that only wanted to fulfill its need. "Black Cauldron" was the next song, Audiomachine.

"I'm a marine, I fear nothing," he laughed.

When she woke up, she remembered the last few moments before she had passed out. It was cold around her and dark. She had been driving with the marine when they had noticed someone with a breakdown. They halted and asked if they could help the guy.

Suddenly, some 'things' appeared. It was the last she remembered. There had been pig masks. The man with the breakdown and another person.

"Hello?" she asked. She couldn't see anything. "Hey. Is that you, Lesley?" he asked.

"Yes," the girl said.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I don't remember. The guy with the car breakdown. And there was someone else."

"Do you see anything?"

"There's something red lighting," she answered.

"Yeah, see it, too," the marine said. And yes, there was a red light, it was a number counting down from two to one. He already thought of the worse but suddenly the light went on.

He was blind for a moment until his eyes got used to the brightness. Then he saw Lesley lying on the ground next to her. There was a kind of fence between them, a net of barbwire through the room. There was no way he could easily go over to her. She looked afraid and nervous. He was concerned but with his Navy training, he wasn't as excited. Somebody always wanted to kill him.

His first guess was that the guys had found him. That the corrupt marines from his former ship wanted him to die here, only because he had decided to do the right thing, he had witnessed their deals and now they made him pay for this.

But his second guess was different. Impossible, he thought. But Leslie and Lieutenant Sean Davis immediately turned around when they heard an uncommon noise behind them. There was a TV screen on Lesley's side. It suddenly began to show snow and then it turned on.

"Hello Lesley.

I'd like to play a game with you. You have spent your past few years on parties, pleasing young boys.

But your mother is ill at home, you don't care for her. No wonder your father left you two. You're mother's dying and you are not feeling responsible. Without pity, you show no respect for your life. Be glad that you are healthy.

Tonight you will have the chance to prove that you don't have too much pity to yourself and fight for your life."

The guy with the mask who was talking to them turned to Davis. He didn't even want to think about how the guy knew where he was standing as this was a video tape.

"Hello Davis.

I wanna play a game with you, too. You're blaming your friends for making illegal deals with smugglers. You will testify against them. But what makes you think you can decide over the other, when no one has yet decided over you.

You left your friend die in war and save your own life. Do you think your life is more worth than those of the other? Today is the time when you can proof your thought."

There was silence for a moment before that person in black coat and with a mask continued speaking:

"You each have one wall with a button on its side. The button is specified for button on Lesley's side can only be pressed by Lieutenant Sean Davis and upside down. The barbwire is the only obstacle in your way.

In fifteen minutes a metal wall will come down from the ceiling and divide the room into two parts. After this happened, you have one minute left to press the right button.

On the other side, where the button has not been pressed or pressed too late, the artificial ventilation will fail and the air will be pulled out of the room, creating a low-pressure. You will explode.

If a button is pressed before the wall is down, it will shut down immediately. If no button is pressed, the conditioning will pull out the air of the whole room. Make your choice. The clock's ticking."

Lesley and Davis stared at each other. It was barbwire.

"How shall we get through this?" she asked in panic.

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