"Well round two was very entertaining. Andie promoted girl power and left next to the girl she wanted out with a vengeance. Round three and so on will be a little different. Last game I hosted, the people who were eliminated were shocked to death. We thought that was a nice change from the game before, but last game lead to two people actually surviving the shocking. Shoutout to William. This game, each round when someone is eliminated, their wristbands will cause a new fascinating death. Each round leads to a different elimination. If you haven't felt it, many mini high tech nano-chips have entered your body through your wrist. They play a special roll in all of your eliminations. The winner, or winners now that you know there can be two winners, will have their nano-chips removed. More information about this later. The tube now has ten blue cubes and two red cubes. The two people that randomly choose the red cubes will have to fight for their life while everyone else votes out who they want eliminated. You may now choose your cube." Swift's hologram vanishes.

"Wait! I have a question!" Nathan yells as soon as he disappears.

"What is your question?" He appears again in the same position.

"What if you pull out two cubes?"

"Well that never happened. If you choose two blue cubes then not only is yourself safe, you get to choose someone to be safe with you that round. Now if you choose a red cube it will be a different story. You can choose blue cube after blue cube guaranteeing safety for anyone you what, but if you pick up a red cube, you are automatically sitting in the seat and you will have to fight to live. That is a choice for all of you. That would be very exciting to watch so anyone can try it." He disappears again.

"Don't do anything dumb Nathan." Roy checks him.

The room's wall is now showing more updated pictures of the former winners. These pictures hit Nathan and Roy to the core. The walls shows a collage of two men that have the same suit and the same face. Identical to each other with the same blonde hair and same brown eyes. They look like they are in their late teens or early twenties. The name that show are 'Darron Evens #32 and 'Devin Evens #32'

Nathan breaks out into tears while the eleven others watch. Roy comes and hug him and Hazel joins.

"There is a chance bro." Roy chokes to say.

Elisa breaks down in Joshua's arms. She hasn't been the same since Andie's elimination. She has been crying as loud as a funeral after she lost one of the only people that has her back. Without her Elisa could be in danger every round. Having no one but Joshua and he could change his allegiance at any moment to go back to the guys. But for this moment she sobs on his toned chest.

Winter and Pharaoh sit in the red and blue chairs thinking about life outside of the horror cube. Heads looking down unphased by the pandemonium outside of them.

William and Cleo are up close to the walls looking for any clues that can be hidden in the pictures. Searching through each player from the last game for instructions to win and get home. They see young faces that can be Jenna's age to old people as ancient as Hayden from last game. How is it possible for not only one but two people from the same family to win together? The odds are an all time low. What could have happened that game for them to win together?

Jenna and Tabitha are also looking at the pictures on the wall from game 32, but not in the way Cleo and William are looking. They are looking at the similarities of that game to this game. Complimenting the looks of the people of the past game.

Xavier is back in his corner alone and used by Hazel. She promised that they would work together, but she doesn't talk to him and spends all her time with the twins. He is a helpless nobody waiting to get picked off.

Swift usually would force everyone to pull a cube, but for now he's letting everyone mourn.

"There is no other way to get out of this room. We have to win this game and go on with our lives. May the best person win." Elisa says sniffling.

"That's right. We have to play. " Nathan reaches his hand into the tube and pulls out a blue cube.

"I'm not done. I got you Roy." He races back into the tube to grab another cube. Roy tries to wrestle him away from the cube but it's too late. He reaches in and pulls out another blue cube. He hands it to Roy with tears still in his face.

"You know what. What the hell." He shrugs, and runs back to the tube to grab a third cube. The odd are not in his favor to pull three safe cubes in a row.

"No!" His alliance shouts. "Are you crazy!"

"Stop! It's not worth it!" Yells Elisa.

"Don't you get it? I'm not going to live anyways, I'm playing to make sure the people I want stay alive. You're right, it's not worth it. It's not worth playing this game. So just let me pull another cube." He cries. Roy let's him go from his grip as he joins in on the crying.

He reaches into the tube and pulls out another blue cube. The eleven others freeze at the sight of another cube.

"I'm going to give this to Hazel. No one wants to be on the block twice in a row."

Seven blue cubes left, two red cubes left.

Pharaoh is next to go right after Nathan. He rubs Nathan's red hair as he cries loudly on the ground with Roy. Nathan jets out of Roy's arms and pushes Pharaoh out the way to pull another but is cut short by the tackle of William. Pharaoh pulls out a blue cube. Six blue cubes and two red cubes.

Winter is next. The only person in her alliance to not be safe. Quickly and fearlessly pulls out a blue cube. Her crew too fazed by Nathan's actions to be happy for her. Five blue cubes and two red cubes.

Jenna and Tabitha go up together. Tabitha pulls hers out before lifting Jenna to get hers. Tabitha pulls a blue cube and Jenna pulls out a red cube. The youngest person in the game at the age of twelve. Whoever pulls the next red cube is almost guaranteed death.

Cleandro decides to pull after Jenna takes a seat in the red chair, dazed and confused. Cleo pulls out a blue cube. Three blue cubes and one red cube are left. Either Xavier, Joshua, William, or Elisa will be sitting next to Jenna.

The wall transitions again from the twins to a lone man. He is a young mixed raced boy with a blue tee shirt and blue jeans. The name hits Nathan even harder. The name shows 'Nathaniel Gregor #33'

Joshua pulls next. He leaves Elisa's grasp to hurry this round. He reaches inside the dark abyss and pull out a red cube. Elisa bawls out even louder and instantly votes before he sits down.

Either Joshua or Jenna will be leaving this round. Neither of them say a word and just waits for everyone else to make the horrible decision. One vote down. Nine to go.

Tabitha and Xavier vote without saying a word.

"Get the girl out. This game is evil. Get her out before they change her." Nathan replies as he votes. Four votes counted, six to go.

"No Nathan. Keep her alive. She's young. Everyone please save her." Roy's vote is followed by Pharaoh. Four votes left.  Xavier, Cleo, William, and Winter are left to vote.

"Just keep me please. I don't want to die." Joshua pleads.

"Sorry Josh. We don't have the numbers." Cleo votes.

"I want to go home." Jenna balls herself in the seat the size of her body.

"You will. Don't worry." Tabitha answers. William votes.

Swift Prober's hologram appears. He is wearing an all burgundy velvet suit with his black hair swooped over his forehead in a bang.

"One more vote and we can see what our nano-chips will do to your body. A pretty amazing clean sight if I say so myself." He fades away.

"So I'm the last one to vote huh." Winter scolds. "What do I do?"

"Vote the baby out!" Nathan yells on the ground.

"No don't do that Winter. Nathan is having a mental break down. Listen to the rest of us." Roys says.

"Alright." Winter inhales deeply and votes.

The wall behind the chairs change from the previous winners to the numbers 8-2. The wristband of Joshua's wristband starts to blink a bright baby blue. Little blue dots shine from outside his skin in several places on his body. The fluorescent  dots the size of pills swim until they glow even around his neck. Joshua gags as the rest look away. They dig deeper and deeper until they are not visible through the skin anymore. Blood spills from his mouth onto his shirt. His face goes from a red to a blue to a purple. He struggles to breathe until his body becomes limp. His lifeless body lowers into the ground with one podium following. Three people down. Ten to go.

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Goodbye to Joshua. Will be missed. Tell me what you think of this chapter. Who's your favorite and least favorite? Who would you like a backstory from? Don't forget to vote and share.