Percy POV
Percy gritted his teeth as blood covered him blood to toe. None of them expected it, they didn't expect the monsters to disappear, but then it got worse.
He clenched his fist as he recalled the unfamiliar sensation that was a moment ago that resulted in them transporting to a weird area. ..along with others.
Percy had to blink a few times to adjust to his surrounding as a bright light blinded him.
Wait…
He gasped at the enchanting sight before him. The was the sun high above them in its morning glory. After days of darkness, he could finally bathe in its warmth and never before was he so grateful.
He felt something soft under his foot and nearly jumped away in fright till he reveled in the greens and pinks that dotted their surroundings. Grass...flowers. It was almost like a paradise. Like a dream.
"What's happening?" Nathan whimpered seeing blood on some of the people surrounding them in confusion.
He looked around and saw many unfamiliar faces, all pale, all hurt and bruise. Percy didn't doubt that everyone in this was in the same situation as him. He could see the fascination in their eyes as they took in their surroundings. He could see how some of them had blood covering their weapons...their sleeves.
He wanted to throw up he wanted to …..
Kill them…
Kill them all….
Percy's eyes widened as he felt his mind get cloudier. The words kept on echoing in his head distracting him from reality.
He didn't even take in the sudden screams or the panicked looks on his friends face when the voice echoed around him. He didn't even take in the blood splatter on Nathan's frightened face as the person in front of him took a stick and stabbed it into someone's eyes without any hesitation.
He didn't even see the dark figure looming over the area with a cruel smile or the big numbers in front of him counting down with each scream.
Pe….Per….PERCY!
His eyes snapped open to the desperate cry.
"We have to go now!" Lily shouted, tears flowing down, as Alex carried Nathan who was limp.
"Umm...ok?" He grabbed her hands and they ran. He nearly tripped over a little lump and he felt his heart drop.
There on the ground was a little girl, she seemed to be only six years old, eyes wide open. That was when he took in his surrounding, the mounds of corpses lying on the grass with puddle of red. Never before was he so scared of the light... the horrors it now revealed. The horrors it couldn't hide.
"Just one more…" Alex sighed as they got closer to a door. He noticed how the numbers were decreasing with each scream and that through terrified him.
"Alex! Watch…."
Before the sword made its way into Alex's stomach, Percy found himself grabbing a knife from a body nearby and impaled it into the attacker with a loud squelch.
He could feel the warm blood making its way into his cloth, no doubt staining it into a permanent shade of red.
The knife fell down with a clink just as the body fell with a sickening crunch.
"One more?" He whispered and the door opened when the number turned twenty.
20.. That number stayed stuck in his head. Those big number that made the door open.
He looked back and immediately regreted it. He could literally see the blood lust in the people's eyes, their desperation as they ran towards the door with no sympathy for the corpses under them.
They hid under behind the boulder with ragged breathes. Never before in his life was he glad to see the darkness again. Alex was cradling Nathan, almost smothering him with hugs.
"He...he changed the rule…" Lilly croaked "Now we have to kill each other to get out….only one will make it out…"
He was quiet as he took in the information. For some reason, he felt empty, like his heart was an black void.
The damn voice was right, his friends were his puppets and he wanted to protect them like the loyal watch dog he was. He couldn't stand their tears, their fright, he wanted to end it and the only way was to stop those damn monster that kept on hurting them.
All those people in there with them were monsters, all of them, but if he had to be one of them to save his friends….so be it.
Somewhere far away, a blue flower began to bloom in a pool of red.