7. Deciding Vote
"What the fuck just happened to him?" Winter questions.
Elisa is in Cleo's arms crying louder than ever before. She's lost everyone she touches. She's as lost as Xavier now that she has no allies left in the game.
"It's ok, you have us now. We know you voted out Jenna. We understand." Cleo speaks with William, Tabitha, and Jenna behind him.
"The game is now five vs five with that loner kid in the middle. Elisabeth, we need to stay together to get the other five out; so suck it up and get ready for the next round. Firstly we need to get little twin out as soon as possible, he's way to explosive, then the big one can follow in his footsteps." Cleo argues with backup.
"I understand. After the twins, Hazel has to go, I will never vote any of you out again." Elisa says.
Nathan and his alliance are on the opposite side of the cube. He's pacing person to person whispering loud enough to be heard, but not loud enough to be heard audibly from the other side of the room. Hazel has on his leather jacket while he make plans quietly.
"No!" Nathan screams.
"You see, explosive. They need to be separated. They are an automatic two votes against us."
Xavier is sitting across from the seats alone. He stares at each alliance then stares back at the ground.
The wall transitions from winner to winner quicker than ever, but no one notices.
"Look. This is the plan. It's five on five. Winter and Hazel, what happened to bringing in Xavier? We need numbers to win this game." Roys finishes and Swift's hologram appears.
He's wearing a suede velvet suit with his full dark hair gelled back.
"Well hello there final eleven, last round was a doozy. Nathan pulling three cubes and almost a fourth! Iconic I say, Iconic! And the nano chips; delightful. The way they suffocated the Ken doll from the inside; I can not wait to see what they will do to the next person! The tube has nine blue cubes and two red cubes. You may now choose your fate." He disappears.
"I'm not choosing a cube. I'm taking a break from the game." Xavier says.
"Why are you like this? You aren't a rebel, give up on this act." Roys says.
Elisa stands in from of the three foot black tube with white rings of light around it. She stares inside to see nothing but despair. She gets on the tips of her toes to crawl inside the tube to grab a mysterious cube. She gets back to her feet with a cube clenched in her palm. The last tear falls from her face. A new strong woman emerges in a matter of seconds. She finger combs her purple fro back into place with her free hand.
"Remember Joshua. Nice boy right? Remember Andie. Determined girl right? Right! This game takes lives away from us for no reason at all. I was living a normal life before I ended up here. I have family and friends, I need to go back to them. And at this point, I don't even plan on going back home. I'm playing to make sure the right person leaves here."
She opens her hand to see the first blue cube. Eight blue cubes and two red cubes are left. She walks back to her side as Cleo passes her to go to the bucket. He is probably the most confident person left in the game. He speaks his mind and doesn't care what others think of him. Maybe this is the reason why he's the leader of his alliance. Since he is much taller than Elisa, he can swiftly and easily reach in the bucket and pull out a cube. He reaches outwards in front of himself and opens his palm to another red cube. His first time being next to Jillian round one. He nods his head at his alliance and sits on the blue chair on the right side.
Tabitha and Jenna go up together as usual. Tabitha reaches inside to pull out another blue cube. She picks up tiny Jenna so she can reach inside and she also pulls out a blue cube. Six blue cubes and one red cube left.
William shakes his head in disagreement as Tabitha and Jenna walk back to him. The only time he pulls a cube was in round one when there was no other option.
The other side notices William is not going up so Winter walks her way to the middle of the room to grab a mini cube from the bucket. Half of her hair is in one silver braid by Hazel while the other side is long and straight. Winter takes a deep breath and drops her hand inside the dark tube to pull out a blue cube. Six cubes left.
Hazel and Pharaoh leave the twins so they can pull together. Pharaoh looks down at her short petite body as they stand to face each other in front of the tube. They reach into the tube together and both pull out blue cubes. Three blue cubes left and one red cube. Either Xavier, William, Nathan, or Roy will be sitting next to Cleo.
"I'm still not putting my hands in that tube." Xavier repeats.
Nathan decides to reach inside next.
"Only choose one Nathan." Roy tells Nathan from on the wall.
The walls look like a new generation now. Clearer pictures but not as clear as it is this year. The room shows another lone female winner. She's tan and bald with a bedazzled scalp. She's really skinny and has on makeup above her time. Her name shows 'Helen Rowland #47'
Nathan continues to reach out to see his cube. He looks at his hand and back at his alliance. "Red."
"Oh no." Roy instantly votes. Followed by William.
Before Nathan even sits down he pleads to stay alive. "Xavier. We need you. You are most likely the deciding vote." Winter, Hazel, and Pharaoh vote together at the same time. Five votes counted four to go.
Tabitha guides Jenna to where she should vote then votes herself.
"Cleo. Are you lying to me?" Elisa questions his allegiance.
"We got you. We've all got you." Cleo pleads and Elisa votes.
Xavier is the last voter. No one has a real allegiance towards him so his vote can go anywhere.
"Aye. Homie. Save Cleandro. We got your back." William says.
"No don't do that. We've already got your back. We never forgot you! I already promised you that we are really allies." Hazel says.
"I'm not anyone's dog, I'm going to do what I want to do. Since everyone is fake in this room, I'm going to do me as long as I can." He castes the final vote.
The wall behind the chairs now shows the numbers 5-4. Quickly after this, Cleo's wristband blinks a bright blue light. He looks at his wrist and back at his alliance.
"Fuck."
The pill sized blue lights glow through his skin and thin clothes all around his torso. They race into a circle right where his heart is. He screams as they start to make a buzzing noise. His jacket is stained red in a circle as if he was stabbed by a pole. His life fades away as the light becomes brighter. The bright chips shoot out of his chest. They look like small silver roaches with a blue light as a back and helicopter propellers. The fourteen helicopter chips fly from inside his chest into the black tube. Cleo's lifeless body drops into the chair with a hole in his chest as the chair descends followed by one podium.
Elisa stands but her face is emotionless with her new alliance surrounding her. Nathan is hugging and thanking Xavier.
"Very interesting round." Swift's voice fills the room.
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Well, Cleo is gone now. Who is your favorite character and least favorite character at this moment? Who would you like a backstory from?
Also, let's play a little game. Everyone in the comments guesses who you think the final three will be. The person with the most correct will be the winner.
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