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"Kaden," Kevin said with a smirk as Jade looked over to him. "So I was right. Jigsaw did put you in his game."

"Yeah, he did," he responded. "For a pretty good reason too. But you know all about that, don't you detective? Not because that you studied up on my case, but because of this sick obsession you have with—well, I think you can find out for yourself," Kaden used what little room he had in the cuffs that pinned him to the wall to point toward Kevin.

Kevin glanced down to the recorder he held in his hand. He wasted no time with clicking 'play'.

"Hello Kevin, and possibly Jade. Welcome to your next challenge," said Jigsaw from the recording as Kaden continued to chuckle.

"Jade, if you're here, look at the man before you." As he said this, Jade's eyes instantly obeyed. "This is Kaden, a serial killer who has murdered many people. During the course of my game, he held a young woman hostage and planned to kill her in order to move on with my game. However, Roy would not allow this and took his own life to save the woman's. He sacrificed his own life to save another's who was put at risk by Kaden's hostile intentions."

"It was you?" Jade screamed to Kaden who looked down, partially confused.

"There is a switch before you. If you decide to click it, Kaden will die a violent death...and a series of events will begin that will ultimately lead you to my chamber where I currently reside, alive and in the flesh. But if not, Kaden's game will end and his life shall be spared. The doors will not open for an hour. By then, I will most certainly be gone. I did not lie to you Kaden; I told you your reward for winning my game," Jigsaw said as Kaden smiled.

"But if you are to succeed, your life will be put into the hands of another human being like so many other lives have been put into yours."

"Kevin, will you let Kaden die to fuel your obsession—so you may finally meet with me? And Jade, have you learned to forgive those who have dealt Roy harm? Will you kill Kaden in hopes that it shall finally satisfy your obsession? Heed my warning, it will not. And Kaden, a little word of warning before you try anything convincing to safe your life. Roy was Jade's husband," Kaden looked at Jade for a moment who had not pulled her eyes away from her Roy's murderer.

"Let the game begin."

Kevin looked over to Jade as he dropped the recorder from his hand. "So, what should—"

"Let's kill him," Jade interrupted. A scowl appeared on her face as Kaden bit his lip.

Had Jade learned nothing from Isaac and Harold?

"Well, that was easy," Kevin said with a chuckle. "Today I get to see two criminals get what they deserve."

"Hold on!" Kaden shouted as Jade looked around the room for the switch.

Kevin quickly responded, "What?"

"You know how Jigsaw works by now, don't you?" the murderer began. "He's a genius and has his games planned out. Step-by-step. He probably knew both you and Jade would end up here. He was probably counting on it. If you kill me, it might backfire and both of you will—"

"Shut up!" Jade shouted, tears in eyes as she interrupted Kaden this time. "Jigsaw promised me I'd be able to meet with the person who killed Roy. And that person…though I'd use the word monster…is you! You're a lowlife bastard! A fucking bastard!" Her eyes met with an iron box on the side of the wall; a lever was attached to it.

She walked over to the lever and gripped it tight. A phrase was written above the iron box that read 'live your life'. "You took him away from me! If it wasn't for you, he'd still be here!"

"Damn it!" Kaden shouted. "You're gonna lose!"

"I don't give a damn if I do! The only thing I want to see is you screaming in agony!" Jade responded. Kevin could only watched as she forcefully pulled down the lever and the mechanical whirring began.

"No! You bitch!" Kaden screamed; the drone of the trap being activated was painful to his ears. "You're going to die! That's it! It's game over for you, bitch! I wish I was there to see you—aaah!!" Kaden's taunts turned into a loud shriek.

There was not one, but five, saws emerging from behind Kaden.

A saw vertically cut through Kaden's right forearm. Blood spun along the teeth as it grinded loudly against Kaden's bone. Kaden's left forearm shared the same pain as his right. The saw splattered blood against the wall as it began forming a small puddle on the ground beneath him. Both of Kaden's thighs suffered equal fates to his arms. The saw blades smoothly cut through what fat remained on Kaden's legs. The blades flung blood as they quickly spun around. Within moments, the blades severed Kaden's bones and cut through a thin layer of skin on the other side of Kaden.

Kaden's thinner appearance wasn't because he had been sick from the disease still being fought off. It was because Jigsaw needed to make sure muscle or fat wouldn't get in the way of his trap.

"Aaaah!!" Kaden screamed once more. Blood didn't drip down from his limbs; it rained down to the ground below. Kaden would soon die within minutes from blood loss alone.

The saws continued to spin as the volume of Kaden's screams increased. Kevin and Jade watched on with horror as Kaden puked pure blood. It landed with a splash against the large puddle of red liquid.

Suddenly, the saw that seemed to cause Kaden so much pain appeared. "Aaaah!!!" he screamed violently as blood trailed from his mouth.

The skin on his stomach pulled out and split open.

First, a spray of blood emerged from Kaden's abdomen. Then, as the saw ripped his stomach open, green, bloody, stomach fluids fell from his stomach and splattered against the red floor. The saw blades soon stopped spinning; the middle blade was red and covered with the skin and organs from Kaden's intestines.

Kevin and Jade stood silently. They watched as a small stream of green liquid flowed from Kaden's wound like a lightly open faucet.

"I enjoyed every second of that," Jade said with a scowl as she turned to Kevin. "I don't know what Jigsaw was taking about. That definitely satisfied my revenge. Kaden deserved every second of that torture. Every damn second."

Before Kevin could reply, the lights suddenly flickered and shut off. Glow-in-the-dark paint had been smeared against the walls, specifically surrounding a door, and a wall near that door. Static then came from a speaker that had been placed at the top corner of the room.

"Hello, Kevin, Jade, and welcome," Jigsaw said from the speaker. "That trap wasted quite a bit of electricity. The door to the next room is still locked and now you are without light. The paint on the walls will not last forever. There is a platform on the floor near the wall that I have smeared with glowing paint. One of you needs to step on the platform and give a single pint of blood to the container below. Once that is complete, the door to where I reside shall open. Don't bother taking Kaden's blood, for the container will not open until the saw starts. Hurry though; I shall be leaving in about ten minutes. I know you've been wanting to meet me as much as I've been wanting to meet you, Kevin," a chuckle came from the recording as the speaker shut off.

Kevin glanced over to Jade who had her fists clenched tight. "Jade, you need to do this," Kevin said as she turned her head quickly toward him.

"Why me? I was the one who killed Kaden, I—"

"You're the one who caused this. One pint of blood won't kill you. I'm the only one who can apprehend Jigsaw and you know it. You know it can only be me. Didn't he say that Roy made a sacrifice? Well, you can do the same; sacrifice a bit of blood so that I can stop this psycho."

Kevin stared at Jade for a few moments before she moved past the bloody mess that could once be called Kaden. She stopped in front the wall; her feet stopped onto two slots on a platform that quickly shot metal bars up around her feet, preventing her from moving. Jade gasped, but calmed herself as she looked into a small, round, mirror that was attached to the wall. A saw blade was clearly visible on the wall and she gulped as she pushed a large red button above it. Without hesitation, the saw began spinning.

Jade let out a scream as the container below her opened up just slightly, enough room for her to pour blood into it. "Kevin, I can't do this! Just get Kaden's blood!"

The detective was already to the side of her. His eyes widened as he looked at how close the blade was to Jade's body. "I can't…I'll end up cutting myself."

"Well then help me give blood then!" Jade screamed.

"I can't injure myself before going after Jigsaw! Just do it Jade!" Kevin responded.

"Fuck you!" Jade put her right hand into the blade before her and let out a cry. She pulled her hand back for a second but quickly pushed it back in again.

"Aaah!!" she continued to scream as the blade delved deeper into the palm of her hand. Patches of skin ripped off from Jade's hand as she attempted to align the drops of blood to fall in perfectly into the container below.

"Come on, you're almost there!" Kevin said as Jade just continued to scream.

Jade pushed her hand harder against the blade as a surge of blood erupted from her hand and splattered against the wall. A thin stream of drop fell from her hand and into the container below. The door in front of Kevin clicked and the detective quickly turned his head toward it.

"Hey, help me!" Jade shouted as Kevin began to move to the door, his head turned toward her. "It won't let go!" Jade held her injured hand and attempted to move her feet from the slots that kept her locked in place.

Ker-chink!

The saw blade made a noise and it very gradually began to move toward Jade. The young girl screamed and moved her feet in an attempt to get them out of the slots. "Help me!" she screamed again.

"I'm sorry," Kevin said as he opened the now unlocked door before him. Jade continued to scream toward him, but the detective ignored her as he ran down the fluorescent-lighted hallway, pulling the pistol from his back pocket as he continued to hear Jade's cries.


"Hello Jade," came Jigsaw's voice from the speaker as it turned back on again.

Jade began to ark her body back in an attempt to move away from the blade as it came closer and closer to her stomach.


"I've got you...I've got you," Kevin said as he gripped the pistol tight. He didn't care about the injuries that were on his hands any longer.

As Kevin came close to turning the corner to what appeared to be an actual room, a familiar voice met his ears. It wasn't a recording; it was the sound of a fresh human voice.

"That's it detective," came Jigsaw's voice as Kevin ran even faster.

"Come and get me."


To be concluded…