The Adaptive Game

"WE'RE TOAST"

- Conner

It's morning.

But I hate it.

Last night, the fighting went on for a while until the guards just decided to shut everyone up.So, we all tried to fall asleep, but most of us weren't calm enough after that to have a nice rest.However, Shaun didn't go to bed at all.

Everyone's gathering up in the middle again, with no energy. Especially the people with blood all over their clothes.

Square Guard comes in.

"All players; this morning is another team game. However, teams will be randomized this time."

As expected, everyone is devastated. Even me, but I hide it.

"Last night, a total of 68 people were killed. 130 players remain. I will read out the 13 teams now."

I get a lot of people I don't know, a few people I've seen around, and Shaun and Emilia are on my team!

"That is all the names. Team 1 come through the doors, then I will call Team 2. So on and so forth."

I walk over to Emilia.

"Hey, have you seen Eddie? It's weird not seeing him around."

"Ask Vector. He's the one who went with Eddie to find Shaun."

I see Vector across the room. He looks at me, but I get pulled by the arm by Square Guard and so does Emilia.

"Team 4, hurry up and go with your other members."

Oh. I guess we didn't hear him.

Going up a flight of stairs, upward this time, our whole team gets to see what this place looks like a little more. There are circle masked workers with bagged up corpses, moving them to and fro marching there and back.

"Team 4, sit right here at this line."

I never realized, but we might die here.

We have no men particularly strong, we have 2 women on our team - one of which is pregnant. She shouldn't even be here.

"Hey, guys?"

"Yeah?"

"We're toast."