𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑺 • Shuntaro Chishiya

• 18 •

"Please, don't die"

The whole room was almost completely filled with smoke, making it extremely hard to breath for Sayaka. She was lying on the ground and coughing.

The girl tried to push herself away from the ground, in order to get up. And it was only then, when she got up, that she actually felt the pain in her leg. Till then, she was almost completely focused on the wound in her stomach but after putting the weight of her whole body on her legs, she had to try really hard, not to scream.

Getting out of the elevator clearly wasn't the only obstacle she had to pass.

Blood began to trickle down her body because the girl's blouse unfortunately wasn't enough to completely stop the bleeding.

She put her hands on the wound and pressed it once more.

Staggering, she slowly started to limp in the direction of the exit of the resort which was still a little far away.

Trying really hard, to ignore her pain, Sayaka kept going. Her lungs were filled with smoke which made her cough over and over again.

After limping for about a minute, the girl noticed the table, were all the phones were lying at the beginning of the game. Except now, the only thing that was lying on the table was a card. The Ten of Hearts card.

It didn't take much time for Sayaka to decide to take the card.

'How is it possible that this little piece of paper is worth all this.' The girl asked herself as she looked at the card and finally took it.

Because her hands were both completely dirty with blood, the card was now also almost completely covered with the red liquid.
Sayaka turned around and started to walk again. But this time it felt... harder. Now the girl was coughing nonstop and the smoke made her feel nauseous.

"I can do it. I can d-." The girl didn't even manage to finish the sentence because everything around her turned black and she collapsed to the ground.

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"Sayaka was with you." Chishiya approached Kuina.

"I know." The girl responded clearly worried. "Then Niragi showed up and Sayaka pushed me to the stairs and stayed there with him. And I heard shots. I don't know what happened. What if he killed her, Chishiya!?"

"You lost Sayaka?" Arisu joined the conversation. "Wasn't she with you all the time?"

"The whole fucking place is burning down and she's inside!" Kuina shouted desperately. "Are you just gonna stand her or come with me and save her?!"

The girl looked at Chishiya, Arisu and Usagi.

"Niragi said he killed her." The blonde guy simply responded callously.

"Why do you believe that bastard?! You shouldn't lose hope, after all Sayaka is our friend!" Kuina didn't waste any more time and ran in the direction of the entrance of the building.

"I don't really know Sayaka that well but I'm sure she would do the same thing. At least for you, Chishiya." Usagi spoke and followed Kuina, leaving Arisu and Chishiya alone.