(Thanks to Zro-Kemuri 9t6, AlexTheMortal, jamesss, angie2282, and Lance-Dusk for your reviews! i just want to clarify on the timeline. Conner's, Damian's, Leslie and Victor's, Williams thing, Paiges thing, and the beginning of the four man trap all happened at the same time. The end of the trap extends over time. Okay, read on for the first on screen death of the series! Woo! But who? Yes, it's either Jeffrey, Rain, Alex, or Riley.
Rain had led the group of three through the furnace trap, and had successfully got the key, which she pressed into the door to the next room, and turned it. It clicked open and she stepped into the room. After Jeffrey, Riley, and Alex followed her, the door shut with a slam.
The next room was another square room, with two glass boxes leant against the wall. Other than that, the room was empty.
"Why, this looks... interesting..." Riley said, massaging her head. A small trickle of blood was coming down from the cut on her head. "Wonder what thing we have do now..."
As if on cue, the recording clicked on. "In this room you see before you two glass boxes. They only fit one grown man per box. If you look up to the corners of the room, you will see vents. In exactly 60 seconds, these vents will emit a deadly nerve agent. Anyone who is not in one of the glass boxes, will find they lose control of their muscles, and they will contract until your airways is blocked. The door will open after the gas has cleared. The sixty seconds will start now."
The recording clicked off, leaving a timer above a door to start.
"See! They only fit one person, and I knew we needed to kill one of us!" Jeffrey exclaimed, before turning to a glass box, but was suddenly restrained as the water that was soaked into his clothes wrapped around his neck.
"No! We have to think about this." Rain said, her hand extended, controlling the water. "There must be a way, I'm sure of it..."
"Well think quickly, girl. We have fifty seconds left." Jeffrey pointed out.
"Well..." Rain looked to the boxes. "Me and Riley can fit in one. We are thin, and I'm sure we can fit in."
"Oh? What about us?" Alex asked, pointing to Jeffrey. "We are both full-sized men. We won't be able to squeeze in, will we now."
"Oh... that's simple..." Riley said a bit darkly, before glancing at Jeffrey before suddenly pointing both her palms at Jeffrey. Before Jeffrey could react, a large flame ball completely engulfed his face, making him wall back while yelling in pain. Riley quickly pushed the surprised Alex into the box and closed it, before practically chucking Rain into the other glass box and following her in, before shutting it.
Jeffrey stood up, swaying slightly. He had managed to put the flame out. But now most of his hat was burnt off, while his face was horribly scarred.
"YOU BITCH!" He cried out, smashing his fist down on Riley's glass box, but it didn't break. "GET OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!"
Riley didn't respond and looked pointedly to the clock. Twenty seconds left.
Jeffrey scowled and roared in anger, before charging at the door to the next room, but only succeeding in bouncing off. He clutched his shoulder in pain, but got up and tried again. Ten seconds left. Riley closed her eyes, Alex's eyes widened, and Rain was still shocked at Riley's actions, and was unable to speak. Five Seconds.
Jeffrey glared up at the clock, and ran at once last charge to the glass box. He merely resulted in slamming his head against the glass and falling back. He stood up one final time. "YOU FUCKIN' BITCH!" Jeffrey roared, before clutching his throat. He stumbled backwards, his eyes wide. All his muscles started to tighten and clench together, creating agonizing pain through Jeffrey's body. Jeffrey's face was slowly turning blue from a lack of oxygen, before he finally keeled over backwards, and lay there, unmoving.
Another minute passed, as Riley started to cry. The glass boxes opened automatically and Alex stumbled over first and knelt down next to Jeffrey's body. He checked his pulse.
"H-he's... he's... dead..." Alex said, closing his eyes.
Rain was now hugging Riley, who was crying uncontrollably into her shoulder.
"I-I didn't mean... t-to..."
"Sshh..." Rain said, looking away from Jeffrey's body. "It's not your fault. It's Jigsaw's for putting you in this situation."
"B-but I fired the... fire ball... I killed him! I-I'm a murderer!" Riley sobbed.
"We shouldn't cry about it now." Rain said firmly. "We should just go to the next room and get it over with."
"Y-you're right..." Riley pulled away from Rain and sniffed, wiping her eyes.
Alex was the first to enter the next room, and promptly gasped. When Rain and Riley came through, they could see why.
It was a huge room, almost as big as an empty warehouse. But it wasn't empty. A large structure made up of walkways, barbwire, spinning blades down holes and a number of other contraptions made it look like a building from hell.
The recording started.
"Welcome to my playground. It is a contraption I have been working on for a while now, and I am glad I can use it. If all four of you manage to get here, you should pass this, with teamwork. However, if you were selfish, and two of you are left. It is impossible to pass. There are a total of five so called 'mini-traps' to pass in this structure. You will have to work out how to get through them on your own. At the end is a door leading to the outside, and you will hopefully appreciate teamwork now. Live or die, make your choice."
"Oh great..." Alex muttered. "There is only three of us, not four. We can't pass this."
"Don't be an idiot." Rain said. "He said if there is two of us, we die. Four of us, we live. What if there is three of us? We can do this. And since all three of us have used our powers, we might as well use them in this. Come on, follow me."
Rain immediately walked up some steel stairs, and approached the first platform. On it was a bit, with spinning saws down at the bottom, gleaming in deadly light. Rain saw that it was just out of her own jumping range. "How do we do this first one..." Rain thought, as Alex came over, and put his hand down onto the steel floor.
"Like this." He replied, and the diamond of his finger extended and formed a flat platform. Rain raised her eyebrows, but nevertheless slowly walked over it, the diamond easily holding her weight. Riley followed, and then Alex slowly walked back, the diamond forming back into his finger.
"W-was that the first one of six then?" Riley asked.
"I think so. " Rain replied, before looking up at the wall in front of them. It was too tall to jump. "Okay, this one's simple. Alex, you hoist me and Riley up, and then We'll help you up. Riley, you go first."
Alex nodded, and held out his hands at the bottom of the wall. Riley hesitantly stood on it, and Alex grunted, lifting Riley up. Riley quickly jumped from his hand and grabbed the edge of the wall, and climbed up to it. About twenty seconds later, Rain followed, and the two reached down and helped Alex up. They turned to face a metal corrider, with a large amount of barbed wire stuck to the walls and floors. On the ceiling were ropes.
"All right, we have to swing over then..." Rain said.
"But won't our legs and feet get cut by the barbwire?" Riley asked.
"Not if we help each other." Rain replied. "I'll climb up first, and then grab onto the next one. Riley, you grab both my legs under your elbow and try and hold yourself up with one hand. Finally, Alex, you do the same with Riley. I should be on the other side, allowing you to make your way across with help from Riley."
"Sure thing." Alex nodded, and then the group of three slowly made their way across the barbwire. The only injury was a large gash on Alex's foot ankle, which he had wrapped in a part of his t-shirt. Every time he walked though, he started to limp.
Next up involved the three helping each other an odd maze like place. Rain managed to get through, memorized the way, and called out instructions to the other two.
Once they were through, Riley had gained a cut on her arm from accidently taking a wrong turning, but otherwise was okay.
"So... what's the fifth then?" Rain muttered, before turning the corner. In front of them was a door marked 'exit', but otherwise, nothing else. "What's with this? What's the fifth. Rain experimentally stepped forward, and a blade suddenly slammed down, before rising slowly again. Now Rain looked slowly, she saw there were lots of pressure plates on the floor, unavoidable. "I think... what we have to do is dodge all these blades."
"Who wants to go first?" Alex asked, and the other two looked to him. "Oh right. The man goes first, right?" Alex shook his head, and hesitantly stood forward. The blade whipped down, but Alex stepped over it and started to jog, he hopped back a seconds blade, jumped over it, and continued the pattern until the end, where he waited by the door. Riley was next, and took the sprint approach. The blades were at her heels, but she avoided it easily. Finally, Rain opted for Alex's tactic in stopping and jumping, and she joined the other two. Rain grabbed the door handle, but it wouldn't budge. Instead, a recording played.
"Congratulations on winning. However, it ends here. You see, you so-called leader, William Bludworth, has left you here to rot so he can achieve his own aims. You are trapped without food or water, left to die a miserable death. Maybe you'll resort to cannibalism like my good friend Lector."
(So, it was Jeffrey! jeffrey starts the body count! And more are to follow in the future! Next chapter is rather big,as I reveal William's situation, Paige's situation, and finally I reveal who this elusive 'He' is! Yay, se you then!)