Death's Bitter Embrace (#Wattys2015)

Chapter VI: Sweet Reminiscences

Just as I was about to lose consciousness my mind dove deep into my memories-the memory, the recollection of when I first used my beauty, my Raven and my first massacre that was led by the victims.

I decided to stalk my prey, watching their every move before I would kidnap them and bring them to my "meat locker" or as I like to call it, The Games Room. I made sure all of the victims knew one another, they knew them too well, thus affecting the game I set in motion with tainted emotions, oh it would change dramatically.

The game, was a gruesome version of a maze, I had lain out some weapons for them to use, because only one person was getting out alive-well that's what they thought anyway and I, would not interfere with those thoughts. In this game the were six people;

Kelly, mother to Naomi

Naomi, girlfriend of Brad

Brad, son of Dan

Dan, husband Jayde

Jayde, friends with Skye

Skye, Bear's teacher and Dan's lover.

"Welcome to the first annual labyrinth game, you may wish to call me by my first name-Grim or my last-Reaper. Let's get to it." I said through the P.A system I had in place.

"You have all been bitten by Ophiophagus Hannah, if you are wondering what that is, it is Latin for King Cobra, you have thirty minutes to find the key and get out before the snake bite sends you into shock and paralysis and soon after, Death." I said hanging up the P.A, "Oh and good luck, you'll need it" I said cynically.

Most of the weapons I laid out were lethal on the first blow, like a spear and double barrel shotgun, yet some would need to strike more than once to become lethal, like a blunt shiv. I watched with an ear-to-ear grin while they scrambled to their feet and ran, slowly realising they all knew each other.

Naomi was running as fast as she possibly could, she came across the spear I left in the maze and soon after her boyfriend of two years, Brad. Her face was struck by awe, that someone kidnapped both of them. He talked to her, gaining her trust, then, breaking it by smashing her in the mouth-the jaw to be specific-with the mace he found on his way over.

Blood was gushing out from her mouth, she was crying because of the pain, and the betrayal, he then continued to smash her with the mace over and over in various places like the leg and the stomach. She got to the point where no tears could come out anymore, so, she got up and said one word: fine, as she said it she jolted her arm equipped with the spear into him, throwing the sharp spear into his head, instantly sending him to his death.

She called out to everyone "Anyone want to fuck with me, i'll kill you like I did to him, then she threw Brad's head in the air and threw the spear up to the roof, pining Brad's dead head to the roof for all to see. I observed Skye who was just sitting there like a porcelain doll, not sobbing, not cursing but only just breathing, the venom must've been doing its work on the others since they are active, but her, it would go slower into her blood stream because she wasn't moving and she knew that.

She saw Naomi with the bloody spear, Skye shrieked an awful high pitch scream and punched Naomi in the nose, which added even more to the pain of her jaw. Naomi set off determinedly, sprinting and using all her energy to find the key, she was clutching onto dear life, not caring who she kills to keep it. Naomi would have been a great assistant for my games and pitiless killings-she was ruthless and determined to fight for her life no matter who the enemy was.

A minute later she found the significant piece to her survival-all the others were now in shock and having seizures, on the floor frothing at the mouth. Although it was my first game where the victims led the game and established the outcome, and the fact that it gave me a huge adrenaline rush... It wasn't very exciting, it was cruelly anti climactic.

I got up and grabbed Raven,my beauty and darted to the door to greet my victims in the utmost respect-their deaths. As the door opened with a clock of the key, Naomi saw me and looked terrified.

"Ding ding ding, we have a winner,Death awaits Naomi, thanks for playing, bye." I said as I slice off her pretty little head with a flick of my wrist. One by one I found the victims that have almost died from the venom-their only bodily function is to blink- I made sure they saw my face, my long blonde hair, I made sure I saw the fear in their eyes as the could do nothing to prevent the inevitable-their deaths.

It was all over the news that the six people i kidnapped had vanished from thin air. As i did some jail time before the boys in blue immediately suspected me. those doughnut loving freaks were so close to catching me for my sinful game, I made sure that I was always three steps ahead of them.

It was comedy gold when the "pigs" couldn't catch me for the vile game I hosted-when they did bring me in to question me, it was like watching a stand-up comedian forget al their jokes, it was even funnier than the whole act itself. Ah it was like getting high just from the rush alone.