Saw: The Next Generation
Chapter 8
The five remaining players had their choice of sandwiches, cheap cookies, and water. The girls all ate a full meal. Daniel ate one cookie. Frank ate 5 cookies.
Sofia tossed and turned in her bed.
"Trouble falling asleep?" Maddie asked. Their mats were next to each other.
Sofia cried silently and sniffled.
"How are we supposed to sleep?" Daniel said. "We're not safe yet. We may not even be safe here, at night."
"They won't hurt us now," Maddie said. "The way their rules go, this is our resting time. The ones doing this to us need to sleep too."
Day 2
Jade, Maya, and Kellina continue their road trip. Maya switched seats with Jade, so Jade could get some rest.
Kellina woke up from the back seat and sat up. The music on the radio played at a low volume.
"It's been more than a day," Kellina said. "When we were... Sarah was gone by then. What if Sofia is already..." Her eyes began to water.
"We can't think like that." Maya said. "You can't think like that. I'm sure Alison or Maddie will watch out for her."
Kellina shook her head. "Alison has never even met my sister. And given the choice between her or Sofia..." Kellina looked out the window and covered her mouth.
"Maddie's not like that. She won't let Sofia get hurt." Maya said.
"You only just met her," Kellina said. She raised her voice. "You can't really know someone after such a short time."
"Kelly, We learned more about each other in 2 days than we did in the years we've known each other." Maya said.
Kellina shook her head. "I thought we were free. I thought we were safe but now here we are again." Tears fell down her cheeks. "What if Amelia goes after us again? Or loved ones? What's to stop her?"
Jade stretched her arms and opened her eyes. She looked over at Maya and Kellina. "Why are we so quiet?"
"We were talking about those who were taken. Hoping they're all still alive." Maya said.
"I had a dream about it," Jade said.
Kellina sat up. "And what happened?"
"I came to save them. Ivy and Daniel. And then I had to choose which one to kill. Only one could survive." Jade said.
There was a pause before Maya asked, "Who did you chose?"
"Maya!" Kellina said to her.
"I didn't chose," Jade said. "The horrid dream ended there... But I do fear one of them will die... chances are we will lose at least one person we care about."
Kellina sat back and began sobbing.
"Oh great," Maya said. "You've got her going again."
"I'm being realistic here," Jade said. "Only half of is made it out... I've already lost a best friend once. And I need to prepare myself for it happening again."
"How are you so together?" Kellina asked Maya.
"Maybe I'm confident that they'll all be okay. Everyone worth saving will be saved." Maya said. "Plus I'm kinda busy driving here. I can't get distracted by bursting into tears."
Jade sat up and looked at the GPS. "Hey were almost there."
The five remaining players woke up to the sound of the wall opening up inside the small bathroom. It made a loud scratching sound.
Maddie got up and looked at the small digital clock in the room. It was 8:15am.
The players all got up and went through the secret passage.
Jade, Maya, and Kelly parked on the sidewalk by a nice home. It was two stories tall and had a nice tall tree growing. There were flowers on the porch and a swing.
Kellina tilted her head as she got out of the car.
"Where are we?" Maya asked.
Jade walked up to the front door and Maya and Kellina walked behind her.
Jade rang the doorbell and waited. The three girls all looked at each other, unsure of what was on the other side of that door. Who could it be? What could they have to do with Amelia or their loved ones? Are they sane? Is it one person or many people? What if they are just ordinary people and have no idea who Amelia is?
They saw the door handle turn and a tall girl, about Jade's age answered that door.
"Hello?" She said. "Can I help you?"
Maya's eyes narrowed at her. Who is she!? Maya has never seen this girl before.
"Uh, we were given this address," Jade said. "We're supposed to get another address to another place to go next."
Maya whispered to herself. "Destination 1. There's something important here."
"I'm sorry I don't know what you're talking about." The girl said.
Maya stepped forward, in front of Jade. "Excuse me, do you know an Amelia?"
The girl's face fell, as if her worst fear stood before her.
"You do know her," Jade said.
"There are many Amelia's in the world. It can be a different one than the one you're thinking of." The girl said.
"Based in your facial reaction, it's the same one," Jade said.
"You should go," The girl said. She started to close the door.
Maya held it open. "Please," she begged. "This girl tortured us once before."
"And now she's after our family." Kellina said.
"Amelia said to come here and then we would get another location. This is our first stop of three. Time is ticking." Jade said.
The girl stepped aside, opening the door up to them. "Come on in. And my name is Holly."