𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄, kang sae-byeok

chapter seven

TW: Swearing, death

It's been a little bit after the 2nd game was finished, I was sitting with my team until the lady on the PA announced that it was our mealtime. I collected my meal and decided that I wasn't going to eat with my team this time, I wanted to eat by myself. I sit on my bed and eat my food. It was flavoured water and a boiled egg. I was eating my food peacefully until I heard yelling near the line up. I turn around and I see people complaining about not having food.

"Those people, they took food twice. I saw them." A women said while pointing to 101 and his group of thugs.

"Damn it, this is freaking annoying. Have you never seen a person eat before?" 101 asked in an annoyed tone.

271 ran up to 101 and his group of thugs.

"Who do you think you are? Why do you steal others food?" 271 angrily asked.

"Right, is this yours? I don't see your name written on this." 101 laughed and then took another sip out of the drink.

"Give it back! It's mine, give it back to me!" 271 yelled while trying to rip the bottle out of 101's hands, leading to the bottle getting smashed onto the floor.

"You asshole." 101 said before kicking 271 to the ground.

101 kicked him multiple times while he was nocked to the ground, until 271 laid there not moving.

218 walked up to 271's limp body and checked for a pulse.

"He's dead." 218 said before getting back up.

456 ran up to the guards who just stood there near the entrance not doing anything, even though there is a dead man on the ground.

"He just died, a person has died. That bastard just killed him." 456 yelled while pointing at 101.

456 walked into the centre of the room looking at the cameras.

"Can't you hear me? A man just died! Can't you hear me? This isn't right! You can't just kill people like this!" 456 yelled.

"Player 271, eliminated." The lady on the PA said.

Suddenly the number on the scream changed from 108 into 107. Then the clear piggy bank came down once again adding more money into it.

More of the people in red entered the room holding a big gift box. They put 271's dead body into it and then left the room.

-

A few minutes later

I had heard my teammates talking about something so I approached them.

"What are you guys talking about?" I ask while sitting next to them.

"If anything happens tonight we're going to meet up here." 456 says.

I nod and I see 456 glancing towards 67's direction, then he walks up to her.

"Hey pickpocket." I overheard 456 saying. "Will you be alright."

67 glances over to him.

"It looked like you and that thug weren't on good terms." 456 says.

"So what?" She asks.

"If anything happens after lights out, we're all meeting by my bed. You should join us." He replies.

"I don't trust people." 67 says before glancing away from him.

"Especially people who ended up in a place like this." She says.

"Are you seriously saying that to me? You don't trust people because their trustworthy. It's because you have nothing else to lean on." 456 says before coming back to join us.

-

I lay in my bed while I hear the lady on the PA speak.

"Ten."

"Nine."

"Eight."

"Seven."

"Six"

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

It was silent for a moment until I heard a women scream, a second after that I hear stabbing noises. My heart drops at the sound, I rip the covers off of me. The lights were flicking on and off making it difficult for me to focus. My bunkbed was one of them that was in the floor so I jump off of it and try to figure out where 456's bed was. It was chaos, beds were falling over, people were screaming. I could not focus.

'Ten, nine, eight-' I count in my head trying to get me to focus, but somebody grabs me by my hair and throws me to the ground.

My head smashed against the floor, I rub the back of my head in pain. But somebody kicks me in the stomach.

"Fuck." I groan.

I quickly get of the ground and I see someone in front of me trying to swing there fists at me. I quickly dodge it. I couldn't waste my time fighting this guy I needed to hurry and find 456 and the others. I run past the guy but my head was throbbing making it difficult for me to even see where I was going. A little bit in front of me I see 67 pinned against the wall, getting choked by 101. I see an empty bottle on someone's bunk bed that wasn't tipped over. I grab it and run towards where 67 was. Me and her may not be friends, but she told me what she saw so the least I could do is help her.