10 dying friends

Day 4

(back to Vaz POV)

I woke up, for the first time good rested. I stretched my arms and I yawned. I felt actually really good, but then I realised someone must have died. I widened my eyes and ran out of my dorm, I saw most of the doors opened, meaning they are already down. I stormed down the stairs and walked to the lunch room, seeing some of them sitting. Birb looks so depressed and Ghost clearly cried. Waffle and Bagle are just whispering to each other. "Hi," I said softly. They all looked at me. "So uhm," I started awkwardly. "Who...?" I said almost un-hearable. Ghost threw the torn pride flag on the table. Ghost didn't have to explain, everyone knows from who that pride flag belongs too. I put my hand for my mouth and gasped. Only seven people are left, it goes so fast.

At around nine Foxxie comes down. She clearly cried as well. Her eyes are puffy and red, and her big black circles are forming under her eyes. She just raises her hand as a greeting and walks to the chill room.

It's around eleven when we sit around the TV watching a new horror movie. It's about a murderous bear that goes on a rampage and kills little kids. Me and Waffle entertained ourself cursing at the Christian lady named Marie. Fuck Marie. After a few minutes, Bagle joins too and Foxxie and Ghost are quietly laughing at our bit.

"guys," Birbs says quietly. Me and Waffle stop cursing and look at Birb. "Yes Birb?" Waffle says kindly. "Well it's already eleven, and Photon's not awake yet. Maybe we should wake Photon up," she offered. We all nod. We quickly decide that Me, Birb and Waffle will wake him up. After a minute we walk to the dorms. We knock on Photons door multiple times before it opens automatically. "Wait, that, that shouldn't have happened," Waffle says a bit stuttering. He pushes open the door and we see Photon's cyan blue chamber.

There laid Photon, on his large bed. His mouth is gaped open in pain and shock and his eyes are glossy staring to something we can't see. A drip of blood is coming from his mouth. A kitchen knife sticks out of his chest and blood is dripping from it to the floor of his chamber. On the floor is a large puddle of blood spreading on the floor.

I scream. Photon has been murdered this night.

We all stand around the plaza. After I had screamed, the speaker turned on. It was for the first time it wasn't a pre recorded message, it didn't have the audio filter. It was just a normal male voice. The voice sounded livid. "Everyone meet at the plaza," the voice had ordered. We were scared. One of our friends had been murdered that night, and we didn't know if it was one of us. Before we went to the plaza Birb tapped me on my shoulder. We were both crying and our voices were shaky. "V-Vaz, the f-first thing me and y-y-yoda saw was on the chalkboard: "the killer is a-among the t-ten" she looked at me with tears spilling over her cheeks. "S-so has one of us h-here killed P-Photon?" she asked me in despair. I put my shaky hand on her shoulder. "I hope not," I say.

We hear the speaker turn back on. "Good midday," the voice says. It sounds outraged. "So, one of you decided to stab each other, amazing! Well, you ruined this all!" the voice breathed in loudly. "There will be no game today, there will be no safety today! But there will be a death. You know what! I'll make it harder for you at night. I am furious, I'm livid and the one that killed Photon will regret it!" The speaker clicked off. We stood there for a few seconds before I felt lightheaded. I turned to Birb and my mind decided to quit. Everything faded to black and I passed out.

It was around 16.00 when I woke up again. My head hurt and I was thirsty. I slowly stood up and looked where I was. I was laying on the couch in the chill room. Birb and Foxxie were sitting around me and waved at me when I stood up. I waved back and walked to the cafeteria to get some water. I put my head under the faucet and drank some water. I walked back to the chill room. We just sat in silence, nobody wanted to talk after it happened. I mean, it was awful that the others died, but one of us murdered Photon. I widen my eyes. Would they attack again? And how did the murderer kill Photon? You can't go into a room without permission of someone. I swallowed nervously and intertwined my fingers. No one was getting safety either, it means we all have equal chances of dying.

It was almost twelve o' clock and I was nervous as hell. Nobody wanted to clean up Photon's dead body. We just couldn't. I thought it was tremendous and terrific cleaning up Yoda's blood, I really can't clean up my friend's dead body.

I felt sick. I sighed in a wiggled a bit. I walked to Birb before twelve. "We can do this, tomorrow, we will search a way to escape!" I said to her, trying to get some courage into her. She nodded and furrowed her eyebrows. "Let's escape," she said to me with bravery shining in her sky-blue eyes. I squeezed her hand and we went our own way. I went to the locker room and hid in one of the lockers. I breathed in and began to slowly cry. I don't want this, I thought to myself. Why did this psychopath decide to make this horrible game, why? Why didn't he just slit our necks, so it is over. Why, why did I deserve this? I breath out, and see the lights turn out. So, it has begun, I think. The night has begun and one of us will be taken away from us.

Then I hear the speaker click. "Give her a warm welcome guys!" the speaker said angrily happy before turning off.

I swallow nervously. What did he mean?

Who joined us?