𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 ( SQUID GAME )

➪ 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲

I WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF ALARM BLARING, i sat up immediately. I looked around the room, seeing most people were waking up too. The woman on the PA spoke, "Attention. All players, please make your way to the center of the room. Once again...attention. All players..."

"All of you, go. Please make your way to the center of the room." The masked manager ordered. "Hey, move it." A masked man demanded the old man. I frowned, isn't he kinda sick? I got up, and slowly made my way towards them. "Get up. Now!" The masked man shouted.

"Listen. He's very sick right now, sir." I said. One of the masked men pointed his gun at me, my face dropped. "Uh well i didn't expect that." I mumbled.

"Listen. Don't think i will treat you differently just like the other guards did, they're just a pathetic human beings, so did you." He whispered harshly in my ear. I was very confused, i thought i've fond of with every of the guards?

In the corner of my eyes, i saw a few guards looked at him, probably heard what he said. He slowly put his gun down, then pointed it back towards the old man.

They pulled off his sheets, revealing a wet spots on his pants and bed. The old man looked down in shame. "Get up, i said." The masked man threatened him with a gun.

"He will get up, i will help him." I said, the guard put his gun down, as i gently held the old man's arms and slowly pulled him up.

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The masked men inspected one by one, walking down each line. They were menacing--more menacing than usual. And the fact that they're clueless as to why the were looked up and down made it even ominous.

They leading the way for the players back to the pink, yellow, and blue corridor they always pass through in every game. The Blue Danube still plays, a sight catched everyone's eyes and made them stop in their tracks.

111, who most players now realized had been missing for the whole time, hung from the ceiling of the winding corridor along with four other guards. No one was mentally prepared for it, for the extremity of the sight. I heard Sae-byeok gasped in fear. We exchanged horrified looks.

"Players, what you witness before you is what remains of those who broke the rules for their own benefit." The masked manager stated. "They tainted the pure and fair ideology everything here has been built upon. Each and every one of you is considered an equal within the walls of this facility. You just been guaranteed the same opportunities without being disadvantaged or facing any kind of discrimination. We truly apologise for allowing such an unacceptable incident to occur." He announced, as the music grows louder. Everything about this place grew even more sinister, and i have a bad feeling about the next game.

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We found ourselves in the white game room once again, it's emptiness echoing the same ominosity as before. I saw a familiar man, approached me with a small smile plastered on his face. When i looked closer, i realize he's one of the person i hope i've never seen again...Nicolas, he's a russian, completely not a korean, i have no idea how he could ended up in here, in KOREA.

"H-hi." He stammered. I stared at him blankly, well what do you expect from a man that betrayed your father? "I don't want anything to do with you." I simply stated, not looking at him.

"Lisa." He sighed, "I know what i did in the past is...wrong, really. I-i just don't have a choice. He will kill me if i didn't do it, i'm really sorry. I mean what would you do if you were in my situation?"

"I'd rather die! I rather die than betray my own friend!" I screamed, as i shot up from my bed, started to gain some unwanted attention.

"Listen, i have no choice okay? He will kill me and my wife! J-just...please low down your voice, i don't want they to hear what i'm going to tell you." He whispered-yelled, hoping people didn't hear what he said.

I scoffed, "I don't want to hear anything from a liar, traitor, and a murderer." From the corner of my eyes, i saw Gi-hun and the others looking at me and him in curiosity.

"Just hear me out! He's coming here, maybe he's already here or on his way. He's after you, we both know that. I don't ask you to believe me, but i'm just telling you the truth. I'm a spy from the korean mafia, i just pretended to be his spy, i've gained his trust for years now, there's no way he's going to doubt me. Lisa, your brother couldn't do it, Lucas couldn't do it, he's not the one to take over the don's place, it's YOU. He wants to take over the korean mafia, that's why he's after you, he want to kill you, along with your brother. Please, come with me, i know how to get out-" he stopped when a gunshot rang out in the air.

Everyone turned to look at the metal doors, expecting the guards holding their usual guns. But man, how wrong they was. There was a men in black suits, holding a guns, and one of them was pointing the gun at a man.

I looked at him, not surprised to see his body slumped to the ground, while he gurgled at his own blood. A woman saw his body, and immediately screamed the top of her lungs.

Out of nowhere, multiple gunshots was heard again, this time the guards in pink come out and started to shoot the men in black. The men, of course, started to shoot back. People screamed and started to freak out. "Lisa!" I heard Ali called out, i saw him ran towards me and grabbed my hand, bringing me to our team, "Come on!" He yelled, as the sight of Nicolas faded through the crowd.

Everything was a chaos, everyone was running for their lives. The men in black shooting some of the players and the pink guards. I don't know how, but the men in black seemed to grew much more like there were a backup. And the guards, one by one, slumped to the ground choked on their own blood. I was panicked, i damn well knew who is this men and who they're after, it's me. My father was the leader of the korean mafia, and it was in the top of the most powerful and feared.

Unfortunately, he died five years ago and giving me his title, i was young that time and not thinking straight. I left them, giving the title to my younger brother. Stupid, i know, but he's only one year younger than me and his name is Lucas. My mother is not a korean so she named him like that, yeah. Well, then there's this dude i forgot his name, but he's the russian mafia leader, or we could say the 'don', he somehow envied the korean mafia since they were the most powerful, so he's after me and my brother. He wants to kill us and take over the korean mafia.

I hated him. He killed my father.

I saw a triangle pink guard talking to the other guards while pointing at me, they looked at me before made their way towards me. Me being the stupid i am, ran away to the big metal doors that was opened wide while the men in black was too focused to even notice me here. I ran quietly behind them, and walked in the corridor.

Somehow the light of the corridor now flickering. Not wasting any times, i ran as fast as i could, hearing a heavy footsteps running from far away towards my direction. I sighed in relief and i saw a door, i twisted the knob, but it was locked.

"Shit." I muttered, running my fingers through my messy hair. Using all strength i have left, i kicked the door multiple times before it's slammed open. I entered the room and shut the door before locked it.

I looked around the room, a wide grin plastered on my lips when i saw so much weapons. I took a few knives, just as i about to take a gun, the door somehow slammed open. I slowly turned around, seeing a figure towered over me....