Living Color

6. Beware the Shadows pt. 2

"Gary and Akira you both have two strikes. Sarah and Carl, you both have one strike and You've answered two correctly. I'm going to ask Sarah and Carl one. Final. Question. Are you both ready?"

They both nod there heads, "Who do you feel deserves to get the last strike?"

Akira and Gary both frown in confusion, "What the hell!?" Akira screams out in fear.

"What?" Sarah asks as she looks around, "Your asking me to pick who dies?!" Sarah begins to shake her head.

"Gary."

Everyone looks to Carl, Gary stares at him in utter shock.

The dark voice gasps, "Oh. And why Gary?"

Carl smirks as he shakes his head, "Because he's a faggot. They should be killed off the face of this earth. If I could, I would shoot him dead here and now."

Gary's mouth drops along with the other two. "Carl?"

"I choose Akira then!" Sarah blurts out, Akira gasps as she darts her head to look at Sarah.

"Sarah!?"

"I'm sorry Akira! He can't kill both of theres a tie." Sarah says aloud as she looks around at the shadows.

The dark voice laughs, suddenly two people stand behind Sarah and Carl, slashing open their throats. Gary and Akira scream in horror as blood gushes onto them.

"Sarah!!" Akira and Gary scream her name out. Sarah's mouth drops as she begins gasping for air. More and more blood gushes out of her throat. Carl begins gargling as his head leans back on the chair, blood spilling out of his mouth and down the sides of his face.

Gary looks away as Sarah spits some blood out onto the table. Her head falls to the side, blood trickling out her mouth and onto her shoulders.

"Why!?" Gary screams, letting out his anger and confusion.

"They chose. If they were really your friends, they wouldn't of chosen."

Gary's mouth slightly hangs open, "But Sarah only chose because she thought you wouldn't kill us both. You bastard."

"She chose solely because she cared more about you then Akira. And well I killed Carl for another reason. He was a homophobe, which doesn't make sense since his sisters a lesbian." The dark voice says as he lets out a sigh.

Akira continues trembling as she feels some of Carl's blood slither down her face and neck.

"Why did you pick us?" Akira softly asks as she stares down at the blood soaked table.

The man keeps quiet, "First, answer my last question I have for you two."

Akira looks up, "What?"

"I've had these weird dreams of me in different situations. Like I've been living different lives. I dreamt I rigged a air show by removing some parts from all of the planes. The planes crashed into a nearby mall, killing hundreds. Have you had dreams like this before?"

Akira and Gary gasp, both shocked.

"I'll take that as a yes...you've both passed my test. Your free." The dark voice softly says. Akira and Gary's ropes are both cut, they look around, confused.

"What do you mean that's it? What was all this for!?" Akira screams as she slams her fist down on the table.

Gary stands beside her, "And how did you kidnap us?!"

"You eight and others have had dreams just like mine before. I know this because I've seen you all in them. I took you all while you were separately leaving the party you attended a few nights ago."

"Why did my friend have to die?" Gary asks as he looks down at Sarah's dead body.

"I needed to weed out the ones that spoke the truth and lied. You both were honest, unlike the others that were set free. They only spoke the truth to keep from being killed, which made them unreliable. The one who lied, obviously couldn't be trusted. And the ones who would sell out there own friends couldn't be trusted as well. You two were the most trustworthy and real ones of the bunch which is hard to come by. Though they died because...well, none of them would of made it in life much longer."

"Who are you to decide who lives and dies!? Your not God!" Akira screams out with full on anger in her voice.

The men coughs, "I will be."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Gary curiously asks.

"In due time."

Gary frown as it hits him what the man said, "What do you mean 'none of them'?"

The door opens, "Go through and find out."

Gary looks to Akira and takes her hand. She gulps loudly as they begin walking towards the open door. As they step through, the door slams shut behind them. They both turn around to face the door.

An awful odor begins to fill the air, Gary and Akira turn around to see Emanuel, Amber and Brian all dead in the middle of the hallway.

Akira screams in horror as Gary's eyes widen in shock.

The man begins to laugh as he hears Akira scream from the other side.

FAILED.

*~*~Authors Note*~*~
I hope this wasn't too lame, if it was please let me know. I didn't really know how to go about this, so I just wrote whatever came to mind. And I hope the whole reason behind why the killer did this makes enough sense. If it's laughable or whatever, please let me know lol.

Anyways. Thank you for reading, until next week! 😃