The door slowly opened. The four of us stood, waiting to slip out. "We did it," Spider breathed. The four of us pushed our way out of the room and into the hall. It opened up to the main staircase one way, and a door that had the Saturn key symbol on it.

"Looks like we need the Saturn key to go this way," Duo said. Sitting in the pocket of my jeans was the Saturn key. But should I open it for them? Something told me that I shouldn't trust someone in this group. Duo seemed suspicious.

"Wait," Duo stopped her. "I want to go with Star." He had asked to go with her. But why? Suddenly, I felt a stabbing pain in my forehead, just like earlier. I dropped to the ground curled in a fetal position, grabbing my head.

I heard a groan and looked over. Duo was in the same position as me. So he was getting those headaches too. But why? "Are you okay?" Nueve asked worriedly, bending over Duo. Spider bent over me and shook me.

"Get up Star," she commanded. "We need to go find the others." I swallowed my pain and nodded. Standing up, I pulled Duo to a standing position.

"Can I stay here and rest a minute?" Duo asked.

"Someone needs to stay with you," I said. "I'll do it." Duo looked up in me at shock.

"We'll go tell the others why," said Spider. "Come on Nueve." The woman nodded at her, and the two ran up the stairs. Almost immediately, I pulled the key out of my pocket.

"Keep watch," I said. Duo weakly nodded, barely able to stand. I pushed the key into the keyhole and twisted it. I shouldn't trust Duo, but he can't move. I should be fine. Pulling the door open, I ran down the hall.

It was dark and dimly lit. At the end was a door off to the right. I pulled it open and ran inside. Immediately, I stopped short. The door displayed a giant number 9. Turning in a circle, I took a full 360 look at the room. But there was something else that shocked me. There was another number 9 door. Two number 9 doors...we could all escape!

Filled with hope, I ran out the door and down the hall. "Duo! Guess what I found!" I stopped short. Duo was gone. Running up the stairs, I went to meet the others. "Guys?"

The sight that greeted me at the top of the stairs was an...unpleasant one. Lying at the bottom of the stairs was Bronze, his eyes wide open. He was lying on his back, his head cracked open. There was blood staining the floor below him.

In horror, I looked around the room. Right below the clock was two more of our companions. Nueve and Pea. They were lying, Pea right on top of Nueve. A giant puddle of blood spread underneath them. There was a visible knife mark through Pea's back. Nueve was lying face down. No visible injuries, but the blood was enough to know.

Feeling sick, I ran towards the room that had the 3, 7, and 8 doors. "Guys?" Inside another horrible sight greeted me. Spider. Her corpse was lying on one of the cots, faceup. I screamed, my high pitched squeal ringing throughout the room.

There was no escape. Desperately, I ran down back to the number 9 door. What greeted me was a fresh corpse. The knife was still in her. Lucky. Her guts had run down the floor next to her. I covered my mouth, feeling like I was gonna be sick. I ran towards the number 9 room.

Lying on the ground covered in blood was Year. He was face down, his jacket soaked with blood. There was no denying it. He was dead. I stifled a scream. What if the killer heard me?

The only person still alive was...Duo. Or at least if he was dead, I hadn't seen his corpse yet. Just as I was going to sit down, a blinding white light flashed through my head. I couldn't see. My head hurt and I crashed back to the ground, screaming and holding my head. Another pain greeted me, right through the abdomen.

"G-

H-

N-

N-

N-

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H!" A bloodcurdling scream ripped through my body. Pain exploded in my gut. I tried to look up and see the face of my killer, but all I saw was a tall dark shadow. Footsteps clicked against the marble floor as the mystery person walked away, chuckling.

KNIFE ENDING