My head throbs wildly. I stay still. It's dark too and I panick. Only in my head though. I dont have the energy to do the violent shaking and screaming I knew I would Usually do. Instead I just lay there as my tears roll down. Whats happening? Then I start thinking. My breaths are instant rapid ones now and I am blinded by tears. No. This wouldnt happen again. Not in a school.
I roll my eyes up to the clock. Its 6.00 . . . Now i nearly pass out. No its a dream I tell myself. Why dont I have the energy to move? The last time I was unable to move was . . .This is too much for me. I cant bear the thought and wearily I drift back off into sleep. . .
I wake again half an hour later to the sound of voices. I look up to identify them and find that this time I am able to move my head. That calms me slightly. Slowly I move the rest of my body and put myself in a sitting position leaning against the wall.
Everywhere is dark still but my eyes have adjusted slightly and I can see the shillouhettes of other people. Some of them are standing and some of them are sat down. There's about 8 altogether.
Some I notice are my friends. My friends. . .
I automatically spring up painfully from where I'm sat and race towards them. I see Marc and throw my arms around him. It shocks him and he pulls away at first but as soon as he realised it was me he returns the embrace just as hard. Even in the dark I can see that his brows are furrowed with confusion.
" What's happening? It's 6:00. Why are we locked in here. My mom is gonna go mental you know" he releases me and looks around craning his hand behind his neck. He lets out a deep sigh.
"I. . ." I open my mouth to speak but my voice cracks as tears well up in my eyes. I can't tell him what I know is happening. I don't want to upset him. But that's only one reason. The other is that I don't think he'll believe me If I did.
I make my way over to my other friends. Carrie and Lewis are banging on the bolted door. "Arghhh!! Let me out! I swear if this is some sort of joke it is TOTALLY NOT funny. I am going to kill you when I find out who's done it!" Carrie screams frustrated. Lewis starts kicking the door now. It is tough metal and he only hurts himself in the process. It takes Isabelle to come over and calm them down and pull them away.
I don't think anybody realises the seriousness of this situation. Except me of course.
It's happening again . . .
It's not long before everyone else is awake. Awake and confused.
I'm sat alone in the corner looking at everyone else when my thoughts are disturbed by a loud booming voice. It sends shivers down my spine and tears down my cheek. All the chaos calms down and everyone is in dazed silence.
"Hello children" it laughed wildly." I see your a bit confused. Allow me to explain why your here. Your in a game you see? It's called black out. I won't say who but one of you has played this game before and won. You can work that out by yourself.
Anyway the rules;
There is only one survivor. 7 of you will die. In each room 1 of you will die. You can choose who that person is by killing them yourselves or wait until the lights go out at a random time when a random person will die. Only when a person dies will the doors to the next room open. I hope you fully understand the rules and that you enjoy this game. I would also like to thank your school for generously lending me it's premises. Have fun!" It chuckles deeply as the voice fades away.
I hear the door click as its automatically unlocked, leaving us free to go through.
I stand up and wipe my tears.
I am not upset anymore.
I am angry.
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Horor"Hello children! It's nice to see you finally awake! Now,i expect you will be wondering what you're doing here? Well, you're about to play a game. It's called blackout. There will only be one survivor and one survivor alone. The rules of the game ar...
