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It was the final moment. Heather and Scott had unlocked the door to safety. Mike and Zoey had escaped without a scratch; Mike's reflexes and Zoey's skills on bow and arrow had kept them safe. Lightning had passed through before we could tackle him, and the others... You know what happened. It was just me, Cody, and Brick that was left to leave the dreaded game of demise. Me. Cody. Brick.
"It's alright. I won't let anyone die anymore. I'll stay, you two go. I should not leave a man behind to die for selfish wants. In this case, two men."
"I- Brick, wait. No..."
"I think Brick should go."
"No, it isn't right. Cody, Noah, you two should go. You guys had so much trouble, I can tell. You both look very tired. You're both drenched in blood! And Jo... I can not be selfish, go..."
"I can't leave you here, Brick, not you. You have to go."
"But only two more can escape, I'd rather it be you two."
"No, Brick, it's oka-"
"It's okay. I'll be staying here. Noah, you go with Brick." My eyes widened at the thought of leaving Cody. "Cody- If you're staying, I'm staying too!"
"It's alright, I'm fine. I dragged you all in the game, it'll be my punishment." He sounded so—so calm. I was exasperated by this. "B-But why? Why did you drag us here in the first place?!" Cody smiled and pushed me out of the door along with Brick.
"You'll see. It's okay, just go. Brick, protect Noah." Brick moved his arm up, "I salute you, Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson. You are a true man and I thank you. I will not disappoint you. Sir!"
"Cody! Cody, no! Don't close the door! Open it, please! Cody! Please...! Plea...se..." Brick held me back as the door closed. At that moment of time I felt like life was frozen. The last thing I saw was his beautiful, boyish smile. The innocent smile with his missing tooth. A smile that was able to tell you everything was alright, nothing's going to happen anymore. It melted everything inside me, but my heart dropped shortly after when I couldn't see him anymore. There was a huge explosion inside the school and my mind went mentally unstable with insanity peeking around the corner, waiting for the signal to barge in. Quietus sounded brilliant at the time, putting any hint of fear somewhere- anywhere- that wasn't here with me, and just die. It sounded fantastic. Brick had easily taken me along with him and everyone ran to a safer distance, and we just... just watched it explode to smithereens.
But you promised...
My mind slowly blacked out and I felt like I had before. Afraid and lonely with nothing but a still darkness surrounding. Afraid and lonely... Yet, I felt empty somehow. A prerecorded voice spoke out shortly after,
"Congratulations, the seven of you have passed the 'game'. Created just recently, it was designed to test out the sanity in humans and how each human would react in such a situation. Before the game was to be played, the players' memories had to be erased of ever having been brought to this area. The results have been placed and given to the people who created the game. Only one person was chosen to have their memories untouched, that person being the one who brought you here, as requested by the game producers. Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson. There has been bugs and errors detected and shall be fixed. Thank you for playing." What? Results? Errors... Cody...?
"You may wake up and exit the machines."
I heard the machines release over me and I opened my eyes slowly. The first person I saw was Cody. My heart lightened up and fluttered seeing his adorable face. He was smiling brightly at me. Wait, am I dreaming...? This has to be a dream, right?
"Congratulations! You are one of the winners, Noah!~ Noah," he chuckled, "get up!" I groaned, fatigued and dizzy, forcing myself up. "Cody...?"