Saw: The Next Generation

Chapter 13

All eyes were on Maya. What did Amy mean? Did Maya know something? Jade's face tightened.

"What is Amy talking about?" Kellina asked, worried.

Before Maya could respond, Amy said, "Oh, this game couldn't be possible without her." She looked over at Maya.

"What's happening?" Kellina asked.

"You've been in on it," Jade said, sternly. "Oh my God. I should have known. Why else would Amy take your pedo step dad and some girl you just met!?"

"Is this true Maya?" Kellina asked.

Maya's face filled with guilt.

"How long have you been helping her?" Kellina asked.

"Since I saved her in the last game," Amy said...

Maya was unconscious and covered in pieces of glass.
From the control room, Amelia flipped a table. "This isn't how the game was supposed to go!" She pointed at the screen.
"Amy," Samuel said. "We've been through this. We can't choose who lives and who dies in these games. It's up to the players. It's not a game if we rig it."
Amelia reached for the door but Samuel put his hand on the door. "The point of these games is for the victors to change. To become better people and not take their lives or others for granted."
Amelia glared at him. "If I can't chose who dies, I can damn well chose who lives." She grabbed a serum and left the room.
Amelia took a secret tunnel to the building where the game was being held. The tunnel opened up in the middle of the building. She went inside and found Maya unmoving. Amelia gingerly removed some of the glass shards from Maya and injected her with the serum.
Maya gasped away and looked at Amy confused. "Oh my God. I died."
"No," Amy giggled. "You're not dead."
Maya touched Amy's face. "I don't understand. I saw you get shot."
"I can't explain right now. It will make sense soon. The game is almost over. You're safe. All you have to do is get out of the building." Amy said.
"How are you alive?" Maya asked.
"Are you listening?" Amy asked strictly. She shook Maya's arm.
"Yes," Maya said.
Amy handed Maya a piece of paper. "I heard what you said about your stepdad. One day, maybe he can be put in a game. This is an address to a PO Box where we can still talk. I hope you understand." Amy left the room quickly.
Maya held on to the address as they all returned home and went their separate ways.

"Amy said that she would put Frank in a game if I gave her names of five other players." Maya said.

"So why did you give her the name of my roommate. My boy- my friends?" Jade asked. She got in Maya's face.

"My little sister?" Kellina asked. "What's wrong with you?"

"I couldn't have Frank be the only one that had a connection to us. It would be suspicious. Look like I was in on it. And a part of me wanted us all to unite." Maya said.

"It really was a brilliant plan," Amelia said. She relished in the moment.

"What about Maddie?" Kellina asked.

"I knew having Frank be the only non-millennial there would also raise suspicion. So I have to have a younger player to balance it out. And I could have used Jade's little brother. But I went with someone who had a stronger chance at survival. And if I could find the right person, someone smart, kind, and who loved children..." Maya explained.

"A protector," Jade said.

"So you were just using Maddie?" Kellina said. "God, I don't know who to hate more. You or Amy?"

"How are they?" Jade asked Amy. "The players. How many are left?"

Amelia shook her head. "Oh no. That's a surprise for all of you."

"I think I'm ready to leave this place," Kellina said. "Just give us the address and we can go."

Amy looked at her, blank faced. "Well you see, I don't have it."

Jade looked over to Maya. "Maya has it. She's had them all along."

Maya looked down.

"Let's go," Kellina said. She headed out the door.

"Not so fast," Amelia said. "I didn't know when I picked my victors how perfect you'd be. Jade and Maya. Kellina, you're just lucky."

Kellina sighed, "Nothing else you can say will tear us apart. Any worse."

"You all look at me like a murderer. Maya like a traitor. I'm not the only killer here." Amy said.

The three girls looked at each other, confused.

"In the last game, I recall one of you letting Zoey eat a poisonous donut." Amy sing-songed. "Ah, I love that. You know, poisoning the pastries. Only those temped by sweets will fail that round. They won't even know it's a part of them game."

Kellina looked at Jade, shocked. "You too. You let Zoey die!?"

"You don't know the whole story," Jade said.

"What reason could you have for letting her eat poisoned food?" Kellina asked.

"She paid a man to rape me!" Jade said.

"How do you know that?" Maya asked.

"I saw a picture." Jade said.

"Is that really what has happening in the picture?" Amy said. "Or is that just what you assumed?"

"Enough of this." Kellina said. "Maya, give me the address and let's save my sister!"

Maya entered in the address to her phone. "It's about a twenty minute drive."

Kellina took the phone and ran towards the door. Maya followed after her. "Kellina please."

"No, you did this! If Sofia is dead, I will never forgive you." Kellina said.

"Just so you know," Amy called, "Frank is dead."

Maya stopped and glanced at Amy. She left out a small laugh. "Thank you."

Maya started up the car and Kellina got in the back seat. Jade slowly followed them she stood outside the van.

"Get in the car," Maya said.

"I think I'm gonna stay," Jade said. "I have some unfinished business with Amy."

"We only have a few hours until the game ends and every second counts," Kellina said.

"You two go on. I'll stay a little bit." Jade said.

Maya nodded at Jade and drove off with Kellina.

An alarm went off at 8:15am on the third day. Daniel and Maddie quickly woke up. Alison was still lying down on the mat. Maddie tried to wake her. "Alison. Ali! Hey wake up! We're kidnapped! Get up!"

Daniel checked her pulse. "She dead."

"How?" Maddie asked.

Daniel thought for a moment. "The beignets."

"She cheated by eating them?" Maddie asked. "Or you mean they were poisoned?"

"The second one." Daniel said. "We need to move on." He pointed at the timer in the room. Less than five hours left.

Maya drove 85 mph on the freeway of to their last destination.

Kellina sat in the passenger seat, holding on to the grip above the door. "Do you really need to go this fast?"

"I thought you were in such a hurry to save them." Maya said.

"We won't be able to save them if we die!" Kellina said.

Maya made a face but slowed down. The GPS said that they were 15 minutes away.

Amelia left the balcony and went down an elevator. The door opened up a few feet away from Jade. She ran up and punched Amelia in the face.

Amelia took the punch, leaning back and grunting. "Okay. I deserved that." She wiped the blood from her nose.

"You're a terrible person." Jade said. "You tried to kill us all. After everything you learned about us in the games, do you still think we deserved to be tortured again?" Jade got in Amelia's face.

"You didn't." Amy said. "And neither did Sarah."

Jade shook her head. "Did Heather deserve it? Did Ivy!?"

Amelia looked at Jade. She gave a laugh. "You and I aren't so different. You let Zoey die. You watched as she ate that poisoned donut. And you made sure Kelly didn't eat one. In that moment you played God. You chose who lived and who died."

"Did Zoey really play those men to...you know?" Jade asked. "Or did you just say that to mess with me?"

Amelia smiled with her bleeding teeth. "Oh who's to say what was really happening in that photo. Was she paying them to rape you? Or what's she paying him for drugs? Perhaps she was paying him to kill the owner of that antique shop. A man who had been stalking Zoey. Talking pictures of her. Following her to the park. Asking her for a blow."

"You're making this up." Jade said. "Zoey would have told us if she were being stalked."

"Like you told them about your rape?" Amy said. "Like Maya told you about Frank?"

Jade backed away from Amy. "You're lying. You have to be."

"Believe what you will," Amelia said. She walked over to the elevator. "Come on. Let's go find your Daniel."