Everyone is now crying and going crazy in little groups. Wade, Kane, and Darwin are talking quietly in the seats. Isabella, Charlie, and Jason are in one of the corners talking and sobbing. Tatum and Ophelia and in another corner patty cake while Tatum pauses to wipe her eyes. Ophelia is dazed and no one knows if she's sane. Trisha and Mary is in another corner game talking and right in the middle of the cube lays Hayden and Rose laying on their backs holding hands. No words just smiling adorably.

"I think this is the right time for you guys to get to know us." Rose says loudly to everyone can hear her. "If one person can leave here, let's make sure that one person can tell our families what happened. Let's make sure our names will be remembered. "

"I'm down." Kane says.

Rose aches her way up helping Hayden up. You can hear the bones crunch on the wise Asian man. He gets up and pats his roundish belly. His not caring demeanor spews positive energy to everyone. The thin black and grey hair on head is crinkled on the back from laying down. His eyes squint as he focuses.

"Ok. I'll give you a story about Rose and I to lighten this place up for a bit. To bring at least a little bit of happiness. I met this beautiful girl forty-three years ago when I was twenty-four years old. I've only been in the states for around four years and wasn't that good with English. I had to learn it through radios stations and television shows so I sucked. I decided to go take classes to be a normal American. And there she was. Rose. She had just finished college and was a teacher in my English class. While everyone knew all what was needed and left, I stayed, until I was the last student there in Georgia. At this point we've gotten to a connection where we wasn't teacher and student, buy friends. She used to talk and talk for hours about her life and I would just listen. Didn't know half of what she was saying, but I was listening. I stay in that classroom for a whole year and when I graduated, the first thing I did was propose. Thankfully she said yes. I've continued my classes together at our brand new house. But we weren't happy. That first year of marriage was hard. Language barriers. Families not agreeing. Us unable to have children. There were ups. But a marriage is a roller coaster and we wanted our last ride on vacation in Hawaii. I don't have much time left and wanted my last minutes connecting to new people. I w-" the hologram cuts him off.

"Blah blah blah. This isn't fun. Let's start another round of the game. There is now ten blue cubes and two red cubes. Your chances of safety is dwindling each round you play. Who is going to choose first." Swift says energetically is his new dark suit to match his features.

Rose and Hayden are first since they are the closest to the bucket. They put their hands in together and pull out a miniature cube. Hayden opens his hand first to find a blue cube. Rose is next to open. Red. The couple hug and smile as she takes a seat next to the empty chapter.

Next was Charlie. She pulled from the bucket to find a blue cube. Safe.

Then Isabella pulled a blue. Then Jason.

Next was Kane. The presumable homeless kid raised by foxes. Blue.

The rest of his group Darwin and Wade pulled next and both are blue.

There is only Trisha, Mary, Tatum, and Ophelia left to pull.

Tatum decides to go next. As she puts her hand in the bucket Mary side eye her while shaking her head in disgust.
She jolts her hand back to find a red cube. She is now the person who has to sit next to the most adorable old lady. You can clearly tell she doesn't want to speak badly of her as she takes a seat.

"I think HE should be gone. HE is an abomination to the world!" Mary yells while pointing at Tatum.

"What did this beautiful young lady do to you to make you hate her so much. Vote however you want. I will be ok." Rose complies.

"Just look at her. God didn't make her like this. This is the devil trying to trick us. I don't fall for temptation." Mary replies.

"Are you stupid, lady." Wade says. "She's young and doesn't deserve this hate."

"I always thought we would leave this world together. I just wanted to say your are my best teacher I ever had. You can teach me whatever you want when we meet again." Hayden says as he votes.

Isabella stands in front of her podium. "I'm sorry. The only person I can be loyal with is my father. He's meant so much to me, but six people thought it would be nice to take him away from me again. Tatum. You are apart of the six people. You were the deciding vote and you got rid of him. I am voting to keep Rose since we have a loyal connection towards each other." Five votes left.

"I'm with her. I'm not keeping this man in a dress." Mary says.  Four votes left.

"She's not a man Mary. She is a beautiful young lady with a life to live." Charlie rubs her stomach. Three votes left.

Wade crouches down to become eye level with the young boys and whisper "get rid of the old lady. She's was going to die anyway." They nod their heads in agreement.

Ten votes are counted. Six is the magic number to stay for another round.

The background behind them changes from an ace an view to the numbers 8-2. Everyone embrace themselves for someone to be ended.

"I love you Chenglei Hy. You were always my favorite student." Rose's wristband blinks. But instead of a long painful shock. Rose was zapped with a large bolt of energy and her heart stopped instantly. Her body is placed gracefully with her leg folded on top of each other and her arms comfortably on the armrests.

Her seat drops below and so does one podium.

Three down. Ten to go.

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