One Of Us Will Die.

Chapter Thirty Three

2030...

Veronica's eyes softly flickered open as a wave of tiredness and nausea overtook her due to the dark and stenchfull environment.

It was all a dream

She thought.

Yet it felt so real, and she wondered if that was a vision or a memory.

She found herself lying on a cold, dirty floor. The place was too dark, but luckily, she wasn't extremely worn out, and she could move her body.

She tried reaching for something, a clue as to where she was or how she even got there, then it occurred to her!

Mandy!

Mandy... was working with Rose?
But why, and why would they lock her up?.

Could it be that what Austin told her was real?

Was Rose behind it all?
The deaths, the game?.

But if Rose was behind it all, then why would Mandy join her? She'd lost her brother!

Nothing made sense to Veronica, and she decided to find a way out of the dark room before someone came in, and she ended up stuck in there forever.

She frantically surveyed the empty room with whatever little lighting she had, but sadly there didn't seem to be a way out, what she did discover which completely freaked her out were the number of broken human bones and skeletons laying on the cold floor and she had to cover her mouth to prevent herself from vomiting.

After searching for a way out and not finding one, she decided to take a break and try again later...

Meanwhile...

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It was getting late, and the group of friends were all gathered up and waiting for Veronica, but there wasn't a single sign of her.

Austin was starting to get really worried and agitated, mainly because Rose was also absent, but he had to remind himself that Veronica was safe since he assumed Mandy was with them.

"Sorry we're late." Mandy said as she approached them.

"Yeah, we got caught up. Sorry about keeping you guys here." Veronica said as she appeared behind Mandy.

"Where is Rose?" Max questioned.

"Oh, about that, she said we should just go on without her, she'll meet us in school." Veronica replied with a giggle, which seemed odd to Austin, but he shrugged it off.

"Okay, let's get going. " Austin said as he held Veronica's hand, but even her palm and the texture of her skim felt off.

The whole crew took two cars.

Austin drove the first one, which contained Veronica, Greg, and Enouch,

While Elijah drove the second car, which consisted of Grace, Max, and Mandy

Both cars drove into the quiet road of the night, but not long after they hit the breaks, the air became aggressively windy, and the lights on the street lamps started glitching in an on and off motion.

"Something is not fucking right." Enouch exclaimed while the others hummed in agreement.

"I knew the quite was too good to be true " Elijah exclaimed in an irritated tone.

Both cars suddenly came into a screeching halt as a few dark cloaked figures appeared on the street.

"Fuck" Austin exclaimed as he hit the breaks while the other car did the same.

Both cars stopped aggressively, and heavy panting could be heard in the cars while sweat glided down Grace's face.

"I don't want this anymore." Grace said in a whimpering voice as she tried pushing her figure into the cars seat as an act of self protection.

No one dared to step out of the car, and both drivers were calculating how to escape the situation without getting killed.

"I'll call the cops." Grace said as she reached for her phone, but it quickly slipped off her grasp as an eerie voice echoed around them.

"Who's next?" Was chanted like a crazy mantra from all directions, and it was loud enough to shake the tiny pebble stones on the road.

"Friend or foe shall not survive."

"The prophecy shall be proven wrong by the great."

The cloaked figures kept repeating.

"What does that even mean." Grace cried out in a frustrated tone.

A loud maniac laughed came after their words, which sounded like a bloodied promise.

"Player number Eight identified as Max Drego should break Grace's jaw and smash it till it completely breaks, you have 30 minutes."

And just like that, the cloaked figures disappeared into thin air.

"No..." Grace, who has recently developed feelings for Max, cried in misery

She didn't want to die if he were to break her jaw, but if he didn't, then HE could die.

"You have to do it." She abruptly said as she turned to look at him.

The car was completely silent as Grace spoke.

"we'll give you both space." Austin who was aware of Grace's feelings for his friend said, he noticed the changes in the way she acted towards Max but he didn't say a thing as they had much pressing issues and it wasn't in his place to meddle.

The others silently exited the car, leaving it to be just Max and Grace.

"Max..." Grace started as she gently pulled Max's arm into hers.

"No," Max said in a firm voice.

"I'm not going to hurt you" He said, to him Grace has always been an amazing friend and a good companion, they've shared special moments and although he had feelings for mandy, Grace still held a high position in his life.

"Please." Grace begged as a tear slowly glided down her cheek.

She gently rested her forehead against his while gripping tightly onto his arms.

"I can't lose you. If you do this, then I could live, but if you don't, then I'll lose you, and I can't." She said breathlessly.

"I would rather die and depart from the face of this earth than to lay a finger on you grace"

"Don't say that!, don't say that Max, I love you and I can't..., I can't watch you die." 

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