Devils Game

Chapter 19 | Another Loss

Daren passes out.

"My dad?" I ask, letting it process. "What do you mean, he's dead isn't he?"

"W-Well, no, not exactly..." Connor stutters.

"What do you mean... not exactly?!" I yell out, angrily.

"Listen, he's, uh, he's just... Okay, look. He did die, the night I left home I was following him, I found him in an alley way not too far from here. His head was beaten in, he was barely breathing. I didn't have any service on my phone, so I dragged Dad into here. Into this building. And I remember putting him in a chair, and when I went to go find a landline to call for help, I couldn't find one. So when I got back to dad, there were metal wires and weird looking, alien looking things attached to his brain. And he was breathing. I tried talking to him but when he would reply there was a different voice, and it would boom around the building."

"So youre saying that all this time.. you fucking knew were we were? And you knew what happened to Dad?!" I scream.

"Yes, look, I'm sorry but this isnt the problem. We need to find a way out!" Connor yells.

"Then just tell us the fucking way! You know where we are!" Justin yells.

"No, no! I dont know how to get out from here! Once we get outside I know where to go, I remember the streets, but Dad controls everything in here. He can move the walls, the paths, its like whatever he thinks, can happen."

"Then what are we going to do?!" Justin yells, once more.

"Listen, theres only one thing I can think of doing! But its not going to be pretty." Connor says, trying to win us back. I flash him a look of anger, what could possibly be worse than this?

"What is it? Whatever it is I'll do it." Ashton says, looking down at me.

"No, its nothing you can do. Abby. Abby, listen, you have to... well, you have to die." Connor says.

"No way! No fucking way, no deal! What would that do?" Ashton says.

"No, no listen! We just have to- we have to fake it! Abby, Dad's thoughts, his subconscious is compromised, its pushed into the back of his mind and whatever took over his brain is thinking for him now. Something has to break through that, and allow his subconscious to take over again! The only thing strong enough that I can think of is you. Dad hasn't seen you, in what, years? What would he do if he saw his little girl again, only to be killed in front of him. Wouldn't he do fight to stop it?"

I take a deep breath. "Okay. I'll do it."

"No, Abby, there has to be another way. Thats too dangerous, what if you actually die? Then all of this wont be worth it!" Ashton chimes in.

"Ashton... As much as I hate to say this, but Abby, I love you but, Connor's right. This may be the only thing that can get us all out alive. This can be our chance. Our only chance." Justin says.

I take a look around. I have four other lives depending on me. I can save them all. I can save myself. I can get us all out of this hell hole. If I cant, I die, and the game goes on, and more people die. This is our only shot. I take a deep breath and look at Ashton, "I'm sorry, but this could be the only way."

Before Ashton can refuse, Connor speaks up, "So heres the plan. Everyone try and break loose of your ties." Connor quickly escapes in a minute. I shortly follow afterwards, then Ashton, then Justin.

"What about Daren?!" I panic, looking at his chest heaving up and down, unconsciously. I stand up, his podium is right next to mine. I look down at the lifeless, bloody, rotting bodies that separate us. I almost hurl at looking at them, the smell. I look at Ashton and regain my composure, and jump over to his podium.

I begin to untie him, my hands wrap around his bounds as fast as they could and unwind and unwind the ropes which wrap around his body. When the bounds were untied I steadied his unconscious body against the podium and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, lugging the lifeless body on his feet. "Everyone go to their podium!" Connor yells out, Justin and Connor hurriedly jump their way over to us.

"Okay, what now?" Ashton asks Connor.

"Now, I'm gonna choose all of the podiums you guys aren't at. When the only two podiums are mine and yours, I'm gonna choose mine and jump over to yours the fastest I can," we all nod in unison, "Ready?" he asks, and he presses the purple which Justin was on, and the podium goes down in a matter of seconds.

"Connor! How are you gonna make it-it-it's too fast, you wont be able to jump that fast!" I yell out to him, but he ignores me and presses the green button Ashton was on and it goes down, even faster than the last. "Connor stop, stop! There has to be another way, you wont be able to make it, stop!"

He looks up at me, a look of pain and sorrow flashes over his face. He knew. He knew he wouldnt be able to make it. "Connor dont you dare! I wont forgive you if you do this!" He says nothing and keeps his stare on me as he presses the red button where I was standing. "...Connor, don-"

"I love you." He says, as he presses his own button. And before he could even move his eyes off of me, his podium lowered into the floor.

And my brother was gone.

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