ROYALTY

Limitations

     "Eri...ERI" said usagi as she snapped her fingers in the young girls face "did you hear what we said?"
 
   "Hmm? Yeah I'll stay behind while you 4 go check out the shop...although don't you think it would be too obvious to hide the diamond there?" Asked eri as she sat up on her bed.

     They all looked at each other as they started to think about it. Eri shook her head as she stood up and walked to the balcony.

     "That's why it's perfect...so obvious no one would dare look" said chishiya.

     "Yeah maybe," she responded as she spotted a teen down by the pool about the same age as her."we should hurry...before more people get sucked in"

     They all nodded as they got their thing and walked out. Chishiya walked over to her and looked over at all the people.

     "Be careful with who you trust, we won't be here to save you" he whispered before walking away with the rest.

     Eri turned around at the comment just to realize she was already alone. She sighed as she picked up a first aid kit and walked to the bathroom to change her bandages.

      "She has some great luck..." said usagi as she walked ahead of them all. " surviving through many games...it seems she was here before arisu"

     Arisu nodded as he stopped dead in his in his tracks. He started off in front of them as they all began to look up. There was a bright red beaming light shining right from a nearby building.

     "Should we check it out?" Asked Kuina as they all stood around.

     "Yeah...we probably should" said chishiya as he walked towards the building.

     As soon as they approached the building they could hear screaming from inside. They all ran in as they saw a familiar face.

     "If it it isn't my favorite players" said niragi as he looked at them "where's red?"

     "Resting...the last game was a little much" said chishiya as he looked around. "Was that you"

     "You heard it too" chuckled niragi "I thought you guys were behind the lights thing."

     Just as he said that the whole building locked down as the lights turned red. A table set up with a couple of tablets was suddenly illuminated by the only white light in the room.

     "This isn't how the games work?"said arisu as he grabbed a tablet.
 
   "This isn't a regular game" kuina pointed out as she looked around. "Theres no card"

     "Do you think they made it to stop us from finding the queen of diamonds?" Said usagi as she was interrupted by a loud speaker.

     "GAME: GRAVEYARD" announced the voice as they all looked at their screens.

     "A game of freeze, make it to the end before the timer ends or suffer the consequences. Watch out, if a caretaker catches you moving it's an instant GAMEOVER."

     Before they could say anything the doors were opened to reveal a set which seemed to be also mimicking a graveyard.
 
   "BEGIN" said the sweet voice before they were all pushed straight into the field. They looked around to see other people walking around with guns, they could obviously see the group too.

     "So we can only move when they look away?" Said usagi as they all crouched down.

     "As soon as you see a chance to move you move okay, we'll be more likely to make it alone." Said chishiya as he looked towards the guards. Meanwhile back at the hotel.
 
   "HEY YOU...WHAT ARE YOU DOING" said one of niragis men as eri walked around the hotel's exit.

     "I'm going to go look around?, my friends went out a while ago" she said as she looked at the group approaching her. "I heard we're allowed to leave on games whenever we please?"

     "Not today, we were given direct orders not to let anyone go out after our game rounds" he said as he pat her back. "Let's get you back to your room now...we'll find you some food to eat"

     Eri was taken aback by their kindness but listened as she followed them back upstairs to her room.

     "WATCH OUT" shouted arisu at usagi as a bullet went flying towards them. They had discovered back at the game than it wasn't exactly a instant GAMEOVER but more like a if you get shot you're obviously going to die.

     "Okay we're almost there all we need is to make it to the line" said kuina as she tried catching her breath. She held her tablet up slowly to make sure no guard was near and she could pass to the next head stone. As she did this all the guards changed positions so that they were facing the only way out.

     "That's not fair" said usagi as they saw this happen.

     "They're messing with us" said niragi as he chuckled. "They're going kill us either way"

     "No" said chishiya as he looked down at the tablet. "We haven't been paying attention, they're all set with explosive vests....we have the control's"

     He held up his tablet to them showing how they had the option to kill off the guards. They looked at each other confusingly as they all pressed the buttons, killing all the guards at once. They got up and walked over to them not understanding uuuh until a voice came over.
 
   "GAME OVER: DO YOU SEE THE MESSAGE?" Said the voice as they all stood around.

     They looked at their tablets and at the guards as they began thinking.

     "This wasn't a regular game...the end was right in our hands and we didn't notice it" said arisu as he threw the tablet over.

     "Maybe it's a hint at the queen of diamonds...maybe it was also right under our noses" said niragi as he walked out of the building heading straight back to the hotel.
 
   "It's in the hotel" said kuina as they all ran back to the hotel.