Endless Cycles

[Chapter 12]

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Tensions were high. Adam had recovered, but was forced to wear a bandage under his sunglasses to keep it from getting infected. Ross, Trott and Smiffy all stayed away from him, but he would often say something that angered the three. Brandon made sure that no more fights broke out, which he was thankful for, but he knew it wouldn't last.

Luckily there hadn't been any more murders for the time being, but drama was plentiful. Not only were Adam and Smiffy, Ross and Trott against each other, but now Jordan and Ian had their fair share of argument. Tom and Ant still fought as well, and Brandon had trouble keeping up with it all.

Besides that, Zek had been giving Brandon hints about Bodil's death, and how he blamed Brandon. He wasn't necessarily wrong, but it still bothered him that someone hated him. He just hoped that Zek wouldn't try to kill him...

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Another meeting was being held that day. Since Smiffy had healed, he had taken his place back as one of the leaders instead of Jason. As soon as they were there, the meeting began.

"So... What's on everyone's mind?" Brandon asked.

"Well it's kind of obvious we've had a lot of disagreements with various people..." Ian spoke up. Smiffy nodded.

"If it keeps up, we'll have another murder to deal with." He said. "Almost half of everyone is dead already, and we can't lose more people. We have to try and fight against the game."

"How do you prepose we do that?" Brandon asked.

"I know this sounds like Ryan's old idea, but I think we should be in groups of two." Ian said.

"Are you fucking stupid?! That's how murders happen!" Smiffy replied angrily.

"Hm... I agree with Ian. Even though they're groups of two, we can place people with someone they're unlikely to fight with, and if one of them is murdered during the day, we'll interrogate the partner. Besides that, we really can't control what happens at night." Brandon replied.

"Well, what should the groups be then?" Smiffy asked.

"Smiffy, I think you should go with Ray." Brandon said. "I can go with Adam."

"And I can go with Ant." Ian replied. Brandon shook his head.

"I'm sorry Ian, but that's how you got into a disagreement with Jordan."

"Brandon's right. You should go with Jerome." Smiffy said. They continued making groups until they were all decided. The other groups would be; Ross and Trott, Tiffany and Ant, Tom and Jason, and the final group would be Zek and Jordan.

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Everyone got with their groups, and continued on with the day, sticking with their partner. At lunch, Brandon sat with Adam and the two ate. Thankfully, their plan had been working, and everyone seemed to be getting along, aside from the hateful look given once in awhile.

Besides that, the plan had been going smoothly, at least for now.

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After lunch, Brandon and Adam had decided to look for the new room that should've appeared that day. Luckily, after about 20 minutes of looking they found it. They went inside and saw a computer room, each with the remaining people's names on one. Adam and Brandon exchanged looks before sitting at their own computers.

A set of headphones was sat next to the mouse, and Brandon put them on. As soon as he did, the computer turned on. A video of his girlfriend began playing, and at first it seemed like she was speaking to him at that moment. She smiled and waved at the camera, saying that she missed Brandon, and hoped he'd be coming home soon. Tears began to blur his vision but he quickly wiped them away.

The video stopped suddenly, and resumed after a few moments. Brandon's eyes widened and he held back a scream. Kara was gone, and blood had covered parts of the camera, and the house looked torn apart and broken into.

"K-Kara? Kara!" He shouted, but there was no reply. Instead, the video ended, and Brandon stood up, quickly throwing his headphones onto the floor. He looked over at Adam, who had been digging his nails into his arm. His headphones were on the keyboard and the screen was black. He was shaking badly.

"Adam?" Brandon asked quietly. "W-What did they show you?" Adam shook his head and tears began to fall from his eye.

"Adam..." Brandon said. Adam swallowed hard and looked down.

"I-It... It was a video of Ty's death... It was so terrible Brandon, oh my god, his screams Brandon... His s-screams."

"Adam... I-It wasn't real, Michael didn't kill Ty." Adam shook his head.

"I know... It showed me... Gavin... Brandon, d-did you know that he killed Ty?" Adam looked at Brandon, hopeful. Brandon sighed.

"I didn't know until after Michael was dead. Adam, Gavin was scared. He had to kill or he'd be killed himself."

"HE FUCKING KILLED TY!" Adam shouted angrily, which quickly turned into desperate sobs. Brandon looked at him and sighed.

"I'm so sorry..." Brandon said quietly. "This shouldn't have happened."

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Brandon didn't tell anyone else about the computer room, but Adam did. Of course everyone was curious to see whether or not it was real, so they decided to see as well. Brandon warned them, but Adam seemed eager to let Smiffy, Trott and Ross go. Brandon watched as everyone went on their computers. He took a deep breath and clenched his fists. They wouldn't listen to him.

They would see though. They all would. At first, everyone seemed fine. One by one, people began to break out into tears, or were angry. The first one to go was Ray. Brandon went over to comfort him, and noticed that his screen had Gavin, Michael and Ryan's deaths before blacking out. Ian was next, although he didn't cry, he looked pissed. He stood up and stormed out of the room.

Why did he let Adam do this? He hated himself for not trying harder to prevent the others from seeing what their fate had in store for them. He truly did.