*unedited*

"Now that everyone is calm, lets the games begin. One by one you will randomly choose a cube from the bucket. If you choose a red one, you will take a seat and wait for the next person. After there is two people up for elimination the others will stand behind the podium and vote on who should die. The person with the most votes is out." The hologram explains again.

"Who's first."

The background scenery of the ocean is peaceful with a couple waves. Almost as if the wall weren't television screens filled with lies and deception. Everyone's face is worried and confused to if this is actually real. Does twelve people actually have to die? Why them? What is the meaning behind all of this?

Wadet goes in the dark abyss of a bucket first and swiftly pulls out a blue cube.  Safe.

Next was Trisha who is also safe.

Then Kane. Then Jason. Both safe.

Hayden and his wife Rose both go toward the bucket together and chooses together. Both are blue.

Mary chooses and is also safe.

Williams goes after her and chooses the red cube. His almost black face from tattoos turns a shade of red. A shade of fear. A shade of disappointment. He slowly makes his way back to the blue seat he was sitting in.

Charlie, then Tatum, then Ophelia chooses and all three are safe. Leaving the twelve year old boy Darwin. The father Elijah and his daughter Isabella.

Darwin choose to go next and closes his eyes and choose. He hold the cube in his closed palm trying to embrace himself. He opens his palm and see blue. Leaving the duo crying together.

The father and daughter both do what Darwin did and held their cube in front of each other and count together.

3.

2.

1.

They open together to see that the final red cube goes to Isabella.

She hugs her father and whispers "keep me safe." As she sit next a to William.

"Ok. I know what I'm doing." Implies Wade. "Why do you think you should stay over the other person?" He asks William and Isabella.

"Will over there is already a criminal, so why should we keep him." Says Darwin.

"I've made some mistakes in my life, but I got a daughter. She needs her father."

Elijah yells. "Well she needs her father! She's barely an adult! We need seven people to agree."

"I'm down." Charlie says.
"Me too." Kane says.

"No! No! No! I need to stay alive. Without me my family is going to lose everything. This little girl has nothing to lose. I have everything. No one in my family has money. I provide for everything. I need to go home. Please. I could make an alliance with anyone. I could help you stay alive."

Elijah stands in front of a podium and eliminates the blue chair he's sitting in. The screen says 5 people had voted at the moment.

"I'm only 18. I have so much life in me." Isabella says but get cut off by Darwin.

"I'm only 12. I have the most life in me."

"But you aren't up here trying to stay alive. Save me. I will do anything.

Eight votes are counted. Four more left.

"Please Jason. Jason. Can you go up to your screen and press the blue button." Isabella says calmly to the young boy.

"NO! Press the red button!" Demands Will.

"No. No. No. No." Jason repeats covering his ears.

"Ophelia? Is that right?" Isabella still in her calm voice.

Ophelia jolts her neck towards the chairs demonically. "Ophelia was killed by an assassinator. I'm Bethany James! And I LOVE swimming!" At this point everyone thinks she's a bit coo coo.

"Just press the blue button darling." Elijah says.

Two votes left. Those votes belong to Charlie and Tatum.

"So. Sanchez. Why did you get the tear drop tattoos on your face." Charlie says.

"Uh. Don't worry about. It's too deep for you to understand."

"And how exactly do you get your money. Charlie leans in closer.

"Uh. Accounting." He looks to the sky.

"Vote him out. He's a drug dealer and a murderer. Do you even have a daughter."

Jason votes. Leaving only Charlie's vote left.

"Look. I'm gone. Just remember my name. William Sanchez. Just tell my daughter I tried to help her. I tried my best. I signed up for this thing because this was my only chance of freedom. If I won I wouldn't have to be on death row and I can go home and see her.  I know what's going to happen so just go on and vote young lady."

She presses her button on the screen and the background behind William and Isabella shows the number 11-1. This is how the votes went. No one knows who the 1 is, but they are quiet about it.

Silence engulfs the room.

"Hasta luego." William whispers.

The wristband starts to violently electrocute and beep frantically. His veins pop out. His muscles crunches up. A loud screech exits his body and turns into silence.

The room is not silent and emotionless.

His chair and one podium descends into the ground.

"There is a lot more of that guys. No more crying. We need to play to survive. Every vote you make will effect you in the long run. Every vote counts. You are equal to the person next to you no matter how old they are or how different they are. It's a game that no one wins." Wade coaches.

"Only one person will win. You can not protect everyone. Forget everyone else here. It's just you here. You and the rest of your life." Charlie adds.

The chair elevates back where is was bodiless.

"We don't have much time before we have to do this again." Isabella says.

When there is two people left at the end what will happen next? Are there actually winners? Does two people actually win? Ophelia thinks.

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