The Games: Part II

17.

"Alright. We have an hour, before we have to leave... And I think we should exercise," Mia says.

"We were just threatened, and you want us to do warm ups?!" I asked.

"Well you seem to be the only one complaining?!" Mia says.

"That's because everybody else isn't that brave enough to stand up to you!!!" I yelled.

"We have an hour left, you want us to exercise, when we could be training!!!" Ethan says.

"You're not a good leader!!! A good leader would be there to focus, and give better instructions!!!" Kyleah says.

"We're so sick and tired of your bullshit!!!" Jade says.

We all stared at Jade, because I never thought she would say something like that. But I was happy for her... She was speaking up.

"Then tell me, who is a better leader?!!" Mia asks.

"Alan is!" Janessa says.

"What? No!" I say.

"Yes. He is an incredible leader. He helped us defeat the first Games. And he can help us now!!!" Caleb says.

"Do you all agree Alan should be the leader?!!" Mia asks.

They all raised their hands up. And surprisingly, so did Nick.

"Nick?!!" Mia said.

"You're really bad..." Nick responds.

"Then it's confirmed. Alan is now the official leader," Ethan says.

"So what do we do now?" Savannah asks.

"We leave tonight. When the timer strikes 0," I say.

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We've all been trained by Ethan in 5 minutes.

Mia and Nick were the ones to  pack food, and weapons.

"Okay Ethan, now's the time to learn about the creatures inside the Fortress," I say.

"Alright. EVERYBODY GATHER AROUND!!!" He yelled.

We all waited for everybody to come listen.

"Everybody here?" Ethan asks.

"Yeah," Jade says.

"You must know that there are 5 total mutts in the Fortress. Alligators are the most important ones. These Alligators are more dangerous. They can strangle you with it's tattle tail. And can bit you with their metal teeth," Ethan explains.

"As you know, Ryan was unfortunately killed by a bunch of Beetle Blades. They're ranked as the second dangerous mutts. These guys are hunters in the Fortress. They hunt for people in the Fortress. If they see you, they won't kill you, but they'll notify another mutt, that someone is there, come and kill them. They'll chase you, so they won't forget where you are. But if the mutt they notified is taking forever, they'll kill you the same way they killed Ryan..." Mia explains.

"The third dangerous mutt in the Fortress is the Dole Worm. These guys are horrifying. They cause you from beneath the stone floor. They'll catch up to you fast. They'll spit out acid at you. If they get too close to you, they'll pull you from underground and devour you," Nick says.

"The fourth dangerous mutt in the Fortress are the Robots. They are the grey figures in the Fortress. They have three claw fingers. If they cut you with anyone you'll go through phases. You'll first go through insanity. Second stage is you'll have hallucinations. There is the third stage; you'll stet to see the Robots as your team, and you'll attack your team, when you see them as Robots. Finally, death," Ethan explains.

"Last dangerous mutt is, Cryptids. These creatures are flying, stone, black, vampires. They have red glowing eyes. If they get you to look at your eyes, you can't close not move at all. They can fly around in the Fortress; they can also push or pull you to your death," Mia explains.

"Wow..." I say.

"I know it's a lot. But we can get through this," Ethan says.

"We got this," Nick says.

We all walked with all of our supplies. We all had backpacks filled with a wespon, and food.

We all headed toward the entrance of he Fortress. And we stayed there looked through the hell we were about to go through...

"Not all of us will make it. I promise you that... But it's been a pleasure," I say.

I turned back at them all and they all smiled but Mia. All Mia did was look away.

We waited as the timer was at 10 seconds remaining... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. We left the Village.