The cube transitions to a collage of two different people. Two children around the age of twelve. One is a boy that looks an Asian decent with a fur coat on and snow boots. While the other twelve-year-old is a girl with long curly brown hair. She is wearing a very over sized hoodie that looks like it came from another player. The style of the photo seems to be from the forties or fifties. The names that rotate are 'Wei Huang #4' and 'Destiny Howell #4'. These previous winners slowly fade from one person to the next as the game goes on.

Hazel's game could have been ruined or saved by her game-play last round. It's to a point where the only girl that speaks to her is Winter. She now spends majority or her time with Pharaoh, Winter, Nathan, and Roy. That could be a killer alliance if they stick together somehow. William, Cleo, Jenna, and Tabitha are also together seeing they all have something in common. Andie, Joshua, and Elisa are a trio leaving Xavier all by himself sitting in the blue chair.

Everyone waits in the warm cube for the host to commence the next round. The suspense is gone and everyone accepts the way the game is to go back home. Unlike the last game, these players learned to adapt much quicker. Last time almost everyone was by themselves and they would make decisions when the two people were on the block. This time, people have what they are going to do before Swift speaks to them.

Roy speaks to his alliance quietly so no other person can hear them.

"We are an alliance of five. We need at least two more people off the block to work with us to be the majority. Later we can cut them and we can be the final five. We have to stay loyal to each other and all vote the same way. If one number is off, that can mess our whole alliance up. Winter we need you to get two girls to vote with you since Hazel can't do it. Hazel, you need to stay low. No more drama from you, we need you here. Pharaoh, just in case the girls doesn't trust Winter, we need you to get Xavier or Joshua's vote. They both seem to like you for some reason. And for Nathan, I love you but we have to play the game, so no sobbing. And take off your foundation and contacts, no one cares how you look, you aren't a bad boy, so stop trying. I do need you to act like you like me. No one would want us to be separated. Is everyone ready to win?"

"Yes, sir." The four others chant together.

"And don't pull a red cube. That's rule number one."

Pharaoh makes his was to another corner with Joshua, Elisa, and Andie.

"What's the plan? We know the outcome of everything before it happens." Elisa says to the three.

"The old people should go out first. So If William or Tabitha are sitting in one of those chairs then they have to go. If one of us is sitting up there we have to vote out the other person no matter what. Sorry little pageant girl, but I don't think she's fit enough to win." Pharaoh states while the rest agrees.

Winter and Hazel separate to talk with the lone boy Xavier sitting in a chair by himself. He has brown fringe covering his eyes as he slumps lower in the high tech blue chair. They compliment him to get on his good side using their womanly prowess to sway him.

The walls slide from the two victors together to a collage of one long man. He's as big as a tree and as muscular as a horse. His cheeks are rosy and his hair is an almost blonde color. He looks to be in his late twenties. He's wearing a short sleeve white button up with jeans and blue suspenders. The name shows 'Matthew Harzer' #5'

"I know him. What is he from?" Says Cleo.

"Matthew Harzer? Isn't he that old actor that plays in all the action movie? Wow. He was in the same position as u-" Elisa says before she is interrupted by Swift Prober's hologram.

"Are you guys ready for round two. I see you found out how Matthew Harzer got all of his fame. That can be you if you win the game. Anyways. The bucket now has eleven blue cubes and two red cubes. The two people who randomly choose the red cubes will sit in the red and blue seats while everyone votes on who they think should be eliminated. The person with the most votes will be eliminated from the games for good. You may now choose." His hologram disappears.

Nathan and Roy are first to choose. Nathan's faces seem to rub off with his leather jacket having his skin tone wiped on it. He now has freckles like his twin brother Roy. They reach in together and both pull out blue cubes. Nine safe cubes left.

Cleo swiftly and quickly reaches inside the tube and pulls out a blue cube. Eight safe cubes left.

Hazel is next to choose. Frightened of her luck last round, she slowly drowns her hand into the dark abyss called 'The Tube' nicknamed by the players. She pulls out and looks at her hand to see a red cube. She looks at Nathan, Pharaoh, Roy, and Winter one by one as she sits in the blue chair on her left side. Instead of crying like Jillian, she stays emotionless and tearless. As if she's confident in staying; her only fear of is if a boy or Winter is sitting next to her.

Jenna and Tabitha decide to choose together again but get cut off by another winner collage that catches everyone's eyes.

The college shows a pregnant woman in labor in every picture since the beginning of the game. Each picture is of her leaning on the walls of the cube or on someone else. The final picture is of her giving birth with two doctors of that time helping her on the floor with a man that was eliminated still sitting in the chair. This game is no joke for the players. The name that rotates is 'Viola Zegler #8'

Jenna and Tabitha finish what they started and pull out two blue cubes for both of them. Six blue cube and one red cube left.

Pharaoh pulls next. Blue. Xavier is next. Also blue and now their whole alliance is safe except Hazel and Winter. She's still with the twins talking and waiting for the right time to pull. Four blue and one red cube are left.

Winter, Joshua, Elisa, Andie, William.

Andie is next to pull. Her hair changed a nicely curled black hair to matted curly dark mess. She reaches inside closes her eyes and drips a singular sweat drop from her forehead. Andie raises her hand to see the unstoppable. A red cube. She takes her seat in the red seat next to Hazel.

Winter, Joshua, Elisa, and William are all safe. Swift's hologram pops up again.

"Well, Hazel and Andromeda are the lucky two that sit in the hot seats. The eleven other people will vote out one of you. The magic number to stay is six. You may now vote." He disappears.

"Come on boys. She's with us. Hazel needs to stay plus she's younger by seven years." Nathan pleads as he, Roy, and Pharaoh vote.

"Sorry, but if she's with you then she's not with us. I'm keeping Andie and I hope the four other girls vote with me. Cleo and Will, I need your vote. I will owe you." Tabitha argues. She guides Jenna's vote and she steps to her podium and votes.

"Please keep me, Xavier. We can finally work together fully." Hazel says.

"Promise?"

"Yes. I promise." Xavier votes with a smile on his face. Six votes counted, five votes left.

Elisa and Joshua vote the obvious way everyone expected them to. If the vote is what people say it is it would be four to four leaving William, Cleo, and Winter the deciding vote.

"I know what I'm going to do. Girl power." Winter winks at Hazel then votes.

Two more votes until the decision is made.

"Sometimes you can't trust a girl. Trade once, forever a trader." Cleo votes.

William could be the deciding vote of who is going to be eliminated. This is a big come-up from being the first one eliminated his last game to actually being a game player. He votes without speaking.

The wall behind the chairs shows the numbers 7-4. Quickly from the numbers to the poison leaving Andie's wristband to go inside her bloodstream. Hazel covers her eyes as her body stiffened and burn the inside to lumpiness. Her seat descends into the ground following one podium.

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