Contrasting Desires

Chapter 4

Alisha's pov

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The loud noises kept happening throughout the early hours of the morning. Then finally a voice spoke.

"Rise and shine ladies. It's game time."

I quickly took a shower and got dressed in the clothes provided for us. It was all black and for that i was grateful.

We all headed down for breakfast when the double doors flew open. "Get up. You'll be finishing breakfast today. It's for your own good. It'll help reduce the number of times you puke."

"Out the doors ladies."

We did as we were told and filed into the provided vans. The windows were dark and not translucent. We couldn't see where we were going or even how to get back if we wanted to run.

When we arrived, we stood in a single line. Then came the game master.

"Well, hello people." He said while walking onto the stage. "It's time to play for your life and a chance to win the heart of the most feared mafia don on this side of the world. First game has simple rules and is the simplest game of all. All you have to do is make it to the other end of the obstacle course. Slip into your game shoes and let's rock the hell out of this thing."

It was time. Time to show that I would be the worst wife if he chose me. One after the other, the girls were called to go into a secluded room. We that weren't playing couldn't be inside the room. They wanted to instill fear into us, the fear of the unknown.

I waited and waited as the girls filed into the room. Finally my name was called and it was my turn to make a fool out of myself.

When I entered the room I was awestruck. It was the most beautiful death trap i had ever seen in my life. It was beautiful, it was intricate, it was nothing but flawless. I truly was mesmerized. I starred at this structure till I realized something. The pits were filled with lava or some kind of molten magma. There were several gas pipes that had warning labels on them and read poisonous chemicals.

They didn't bring us here to play just any game, this wasn't even a game. It was an alluring, wrapped up death sentence for those who don't have the training. I wasn't worried for myself but for daniella. I taught her basic combat not survival skills! I didn't have a choice in failing this.

It's pass or die.

I went to stand at the point that read start and when i the buzzer went off, so did the timer. I started moving, dodging obstacles, walking on tight ropes with hot magma beneath me yet I kept going.

When I got to the half of the course, where the toxin pipes were. The blocks started moving, the course was changing, I was missing steps and was faltering. Then i tripped.

My hands were hanging on to the of a block and my feet dangling above boiling hot water. The worst part came when the shoe on my left leg slipped off and my hands were slipping off the edge.

"This is not how I planned on dying." I murmured to myself.

Then came my chance, as the blocks kept moving one appeared beneath my feet. I removed my hands from the one above me and landed on the one beneath. I let out a heavy sigh and continued to the end.

The timer was hitting red, I was running out of time. At that point I knew what was coming for me, I wasn't falling anymore and i made it to the end.

I beat the buzzer.

I made it out, with a missing shoe but I was alive that's what mattered. I sat on the chairs provided and watched more girls come out of the room, some with bruises and some without.

When it was over the game master came out again.

"Well ladies, it seems we lost solene." He said. Everyone went silent and i think It just dawned on them what was happening.

"To the rest of you, congratulations for making it this far. You've successfully passed the first game." With that he left us to our thoughts.

We were all loaded into the vans again after everybody was treated and I was given a new pair of shoes.

When we arrived home we all settled in the living room as we waited for the housekeeper to call us for dinner. We hadn't finished breakfast, we didn't have lunch and here we were at 6 pm waiting for our dinner to be served.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

We heard the loud shots again.

Maybe it indicates the end of the games for today. I thought but the sounds never stopped unlike the first one. The sounds got louder as we heard footsteps approach the door.

A voice came from the gouse speakers. "Take cover, we are under attack. This is not a drill."

The girls started running in different directions looking for a way to escape. I just sat in my spot in shock, I felt someone drag me but my mind couldn't register what was happening.

By the time I was halfway up the stairs, the doors burst open and bullets began to fly in every direction. The girls began screaming from everywhere in the house. Stupid little things didn't understand they were dragging attention to themselves.

I and danny, who I realised was the person who dragged me kept running but in time the attackers caught up to us. They grabbed us but then I started fighting back.

I grabbed onto them one by one and broke their necks until they were all going down. I watched as they dropped like flies and looked over to danny to see she had been fighting with the same guy for a long time.

When we were both done, we his in my room till the gunshots ended. We went down the stairs and ushered the girls to the door. We were shocked at the sight behind the double doors.

It was him.

Mr. Lorenzo.

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