Red Line || Chishiya Shuntarō ✓

twenty-nine

Ren's back slammed against the tracks as the train went across to the other tracks alongside Ren. Ren tilted her head back, watching the front of the train head straight for the wall that the tracks ended at. Sara ran back, falling straight onto her stomach when the front of the train slammed into the wall. Ren covered her head as metal split and scattered around. Ren removed her arms from her face, looking at the train.

The Queen huffed. "You don't make it easy for me."

Ren looked back at the Queen. "And we don't want to fucking die." Ren said as she got herself up from the ground. Her back ached from being dropped onto the tracks. She looked down the tracks to see Yada standing there. He turned the tracks back to the normal lane instead of the emergency one. "None of us do." Despite what Ren thought of Yada and Banda. "We're going to beat you." Ren said as she picked up the crowbar she dropped earlier.

The Queen scoffed. "How?" She sat on the edge of the platform. "You have nothing now." She looked towards the train as Sara stumbled off through the open doors. "Thank you so much for the light sticks, dear." The Queen jumped down onto the tracks. "Very much appreciated."

Sara thought ahead and took a few of the light sticks, hiding them under her clothes. The Queen climbed onto the train to collect the light sticks. Sara ran to Ren, quickly pulling them away from the scene that was caused. Ren stumbled slightly before picking up the pace with Sara. Ren looked bloody and bruised when Sara grabbed her – she'd ask her questions later.

Ren turned to Yada in passing. "Do I want to know where Banda is?" A smirk appeared on Yada's face – and that was all Ren needed to know. "Let's go." Ren ran off with Sara, back towards the yellow team's platform.

Sara looked back at Ren, seeing her hand close to her chest. "What's wrong?" Sara asked as she slowed down.

"Nothing." Ren struggled to push her hand away from her chest. Sara stopped completely, taking Ren's hand. She cried out in pain, clamping her eyes shut. Sara dropped Ren's hand.

"Ren! What happened?"

Ren held up the crowbar. "It landed on my hand."

"And everything else?"

"The blue team kicked the shit out of me." Ren said.

"One hour and thirty minutes remaining."

"Run." Ren said.

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"No, why are the blue team's number going up?" A player asked.

Sousuke looked at the screen, seeing that the blue team was suddenly gaining light sticks. He wasn't sure how that was happening, but the blue team was able to get into first place, even with the light sticks that were in their stash. Takeru was still confused about the game he had to play – all he wanted was Ren back and no one had seen her or Sara in over three hours.

"Where's the train?" Another player asked. "Shouldn't we be seeing them still?"

"Maybe they stop when the time goes down, making it harder for us to win." Another suggested, shrugging her shoulders. "Where are those people who left?"

"They're probably dead."

Sousuke's body tensed up – he didn't want to think about Sara or Ren being dead. He overheard Ren talking to Chishiya one evening, how she planned on staying alive until the very end for Takeru's sake. She wouldn't let herself get killed during a game like this, even if Sousuke didn't truly understand it.