A Game Called Death

Chapter 19

The killings are supposed to stop January 10, 2020. Today is January 1.

Jake and I have only ten days left to survive. Ten days. It seems so unreal that a year ago I was a normal teenager. I had Paris, Levi, Colton, and Dom. I also had my parents and I never showed them any love. I regret it. I regret my entire fucking life. Acting like a 'cool' and 'edgy' girl was my only priority.

"Good morning Jake."

"Morning Kendall." He said as he yawned making his eyes teary.

"Lets go to the park today." I spontaneously said.

"Woah what. It's extremely risky and we just have ten days and that's it."

I grunted and slumped back down into my pillow. I wanted to go outside for at least a minute.

"But we haven't heard any military trucks in the past few days." I whined.

"Kendall, it's dangerous."

I made an incredibly loud and annoying sigh.

We did the usual routine of eating our rations, sleeping, and checking for the military. I was being extra annoying today by wrestling and teasing Jake at random times. Our relationship evolved to replicate siblings. We tease each other but also would die for each other.

After hours of just sitting Jake finally gave in.

"Only for 5 minutes no more."

Just like that we got dressed and got our jackets. We haven't been outside in months. The feeling of the crisp air hitting my lungs making it hurt a little was a feeling I missed. We started to make our way around the block. In those five minutes I felt normal again. As Jake was making dad jokes I would roll my eyes and laugh along.

Those five minutes were up and we started to make our way back home. Just as we were going to go into safety we heard a military truck. In a blink of an eye five military trucks were speeding towards us. Jake and I ran into the house and hid in the basement. We heard the military tearing everything apart. I didn't dare to make a sound.

About six men ran into the basement and they passed by the small cupboard under the stairs that I was hiding in. Jake was hiding in the closet that had the plumbing. They were being extremely quiet as they were checking the huge basement for us.

"Clear." One man said in a stern voice after an eternity.

As they were going upstairs I heard Jake make a deep breath. All of the men stopped at once. I started to tear up. They are going to find us and kill us. If only we just fucking stayed inside. This is all my fault.

One of the men were standing outside my cupboard. It took him forever to open it. I closed eyes and thought about my options. I need to sacrifice myself. I took a minor step and the floors creaked. The men slammed the door open and pinned me to the ground.

"IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE?" They shouted at me.

"No. No one else is here." I said while crying. Tears were going on the carpet. As I was pinned to the ground I saw a glimpse of Jake in the closet. I saw that he was debating to come out while tears were going down his face. I discretely shook my head to him. As they took me away I looked at Jake one last time. I will never forget him.

The military shoved me into the truck. I had something over my head to prevent me from seeing. I felt two men on either side of me holding my fatigued body. All I could think about was my old life and the people who I'm going to be seeing in heaven. 

The car ride was filled of the men talking about how many people they caught as if it was a game to them. After around 45 minutes we arrived. One man grabbed my arm harshly and pulled me out. I couldn't see so I tripped a lot and every time they would only laugh and push me.

They took of the blindfold and we were in a brightly lit room. It took a while to let my eyes adjust. When they did I saw a chair in the middle of the room and a needle on the side. I knew what this meant. Death by injection.

"Sit there." The blonde man told me while pointing at the chair.

"W-why." I stuttered.

"Come on let's make this quick." He sighed becoming annoyed.

The man holding me pushed me into the seat I tried to fight back but he is stronger. The seat was made of white leather it looked new. I wondered how many people died in this chair. He strapped my arm down and started to test the needle making sure it worked.

"Please I'm begging you." I cried. "Please I almost made it. Ten days. Please have mercy on me." I begged loudly.

The man did not listen to me. He did not even react to my words. I was sick to my stomach and was getting light headed. Before he could put in the needle I vomited all over my arm and the needle.

"You bitch!" He exclaimed as he walked out.

I was breathing so heavily. I'm not going to die today. I was left in the room alone and I managed to unstrap the belt from my arm. He came back with towels and more alcohol pads along with another tray of poison.

"Where ar-" He said as I put the dirty needle into his neck. Just like that he went down and stopped breathing. I was trying to think. What the fuck do I do. The room had nothing but the chair. Suddenly an idea popped into my head.

I quickly changed into the uniform he was wearing and took the gun he had. I covered my face with the mask and my hair with a hat. I took a deep breath and walked into the hallway. There was no one there and as I started to walk through the hallway I saw the military acting casually. Like killing people is not a big deal. I just walked by trying not to turn the attention to me.

Suddenly there was a loud siren going off. Everyone started to run around and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to escape. All I heard was "The girl escaped."

I went to the exit and ran as fast as I could. I run outside and see the truck. I quickly go inside and slam my foot on the gas pedal. My adrenaline was high and my heart was pumping so hard. I didn't even know how to properly drive but I needed to get out. After 15 minutes of me going 80 mph I started to calm down. I was thinking of where to go and I realized the vehicle is tracked. I parked at a random house and got out and started to run as fast as I could.

"I'm not going to fucking die." I kept on repeating.

Suddenly I felt a stinging pain in my back. My knees fell to the ground not knowing what happened.

"I got her." Is all I heard.

My ears started to ring and the pain absorbed my fragile body. I felt the men stare at me. They were laughing. With all my strength I got up and fired my round of bullets at the four men laughing. They all grunted and went down.

I breathed and said, "That was for Paris, Colton, Dom, and Levi."

I laid on the pavement. The pain slowly started to fade and I became cold. I looked at the beautiful grey sky and smiled while thinking of the good memories and I was excited to finally see the people I loved.

My eyes started to feel heavy and started to drift off to sleep.

"Goodbye."