TW:
Mentions of guns, blood, gore, and character death
[You may want to grab a tissue and a plushie. I'm sorry.]
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"Difficulty: Nine of Hearts."
The group couldn't believe what they just heard. They had never heard of a hearts game with this many players. Ryoko felt his heart drop to his stomach.
" Game, "Run Devil Run ". Rule, Everyone has a number. You may not share your numbers. Everyone will choose 5 numbers. There will be a devil waiting for sacrifices of the 5 most voted numbers. After the 5 sacrifices are voted, you will have 30 seconds to reach the next floor.
If you do not make it to the next floor in time, you will be hunted by the devil. If you do not vote, you will be hunted. There are 8 floors each with a less time limit than before. The game will be cleared when there is one person left. Time limit, 1 hours."
Ryoko's eyes closed tightly. Fuck. He made eye contact with Ren, who looked back at him with a sad smile.
"The game will commence in two minutes."
Ren tugged Ryoko into a corner off to the side. Ryoko had small beads of tears in his eyes.
"I don't wanna die Ren." The younger's voice cracked slightly.
"Hey hey, look at me. You're not going to die, okay not if I have anything to do with it." Ren held his brother's face and forced him into eye contact. Ryoko took a deep breath before nodding. He was more scared to lose Ren than himself.
"Game has started please commence to voting"
Ryoko's phone beeped. A chart of numbers was shown. His number was 39. He chose 5 numbers randomly, only hoping it wasn't Ren's number.
With his numbers chosen, he let his eyes wander the room and like many others they prayed to themselves it wasn't their numbers.
"Voting has closed. Please check the screen to see those to be sacrificed."
Tens of bodies turned to the now-lit screen. The most voted numbers were-
1: 37 votes
15: 32 votes
32: 25 votes
4: 21 votes
18: 20 votes
Ryoko's number had 3 votes.
Five bodies suddenly dropped to the floor. Everyone stepped away from those who dropped. They were twitching as if they had been electrocuted. They were alive still but paralyzed. A set of double doors unlocked with an audible click.
Ironic enough, all hell broke loose as players shoved and pushed each other, some going as far as throwing punches. Once the 30 second timer went off, gunshots and screams were heard over the crowd's heavy breathing.
"Voting may begin. 36 players remain."
Thirty-seven survived. Five voted, Four hunted.
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This process continued for another 30 minutes. Ryoko had been close to being voted twice already. Both brothers had made it to the seventh floor.
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