"Six verses four now. We are officially the majority." Roy implies to his alliance as well as Xavier.

"Four more rounds then we made it to final six." Nathan adds.

Nathan seems so sane at the moment. He's chilled since the last round and is now ready to win instead of giving up.

The walls show another lone winner. A girl named Kennedy Atkins and she won the fiftieth game. She has short brown hair that goes to her shoulders, and looks to be in her late teens with a childish persona. She seems to be fazed in every picture as if her brain left her. She obviously had to do something right to get rid of thirteen people.

Swift's hologram appears in the middle of the room.

"I have a special advantage that has never been used ever in this game. It can change how everything works. The viewers of the game have been voting on their favorite player and they will receive the advantage. The advantage is that they will have the power to swap one person out of the chair with anyone they choose. You have to use it on yourself if you refuse to use it on another player. You will hold this power for this round only. The winner will be notified shortly." He leaves.

"Who do you think it will be?" Hazel asks.

"Hopefully not me. That's too much responsibility." Tabitha says.

"Probably Winter, they might like her fearless personality." Elisa adds.

Because of the new rules the alliances all split up to make sure that they won't be the renomination. Nathan, Roy, and William are in one area, Elisa, Winter, and Xavier are in another group, while Pharaoh, Jenna, Tabitha, and Hazel are the last group together.

"Sorry about Cleo." Pharaoh apologizes to Tabitha.

"It's alright. I'm just disappointed that Jenna and I are just roaming waiting to be ended. You have to feel the same."

"What do you mean I have to feel the same?"

"I mean you know, your alliance isn't forever; if you get to final five you can't really think they would save you. You are paired up with inseparable twins and inseparable friends, you're basically playing for fifth place now. What you should do is leave them and come to William, Jenna, and I. That way you could get the rest out and make final four with us. I know I'm not winning, I just want Jenna to be safe. God knows William isn't winning, he already lost before, you think they would let him walk out again? If you work with us then you automatically win."

"That doesn't really make sense. That would still make us four versus six." Pharaoh says.

"We could get Elisa and Xavier could flip with you. We really need you to break the twins up. We can't just let them win. Then Hazel can go next." She points at Hazel studying the walls.

"Alright. Deal." They shake hands and make the alliance official. "All I need is one of us to win advantage."

"How about we try to figure out how to get out of here!" William shouts. "What does anyone remember before this? Maybe that can help."

"All I can remember is a loud noise beaming through my school and Nathan and I both passing out and waking up here." Roy says.

"I remember something," Jenna says in her young voice. "I remember being in a hospital bed, there was around six doctors and they were all around my belly. It had black lines drawn all over it and needles were in my wrists. Then I fell back to sleep."

"What happened with you, William? You never went into detail." Elisa says to William.

"Not much to say. I was called to play a game the first time a couple months ago and I lost the first round. They had the shocking wristband and I almost died that time around, but somehow I survived and Swift and some other people told me that I could go back home. Then I was forced back into the games for some reason. Swift did say someone else survived but I don't know who they were."

"So you know how to get out of here since you did it." Winter implies.

"The only door out of here is the chairs-" He is cut off by Swift's hologram.

"I am happy to announce the winner of the advantage. The advantage is that they have to swap one person off the block and replace them with whoever they want. You must use your power or you will be eliminated. "

"The winner is...Pharaoh. The viewers of the game love your personality and would like to see how you would play with this advantage. You do still have to pull for a cube. Speaking of cubes, there will be eight blue cubes and two red cubes. The two people that choose the red cubes will have to take a seat and wait on Pharaoh's decision. After the decision is made, everyone will vote out one person. The person with the most votes will be eliminated. You may now choose your cube."

"Congratulations Pharaoh, they must really like you." Hazel smiles.

"I guess I'll go first since I'm safe." Pharaoh says as he reaches inside the tube to pull out a blue cube.

Next is Tabitha and Jenna together again. The regular happens, Tabitha lifts Jenna inside the tube and she pulls out another blue while Tabitha pulls out a red cube. She takes a seat in the blue chair. She nods her head at Pharaoh.

Next is Winter. Now both sides of her hair are in two large braids done by Hazel. She still has never pulled out a red cube. Will this be her chance? She lifts her hand inside and pulls out another blue cube.

Five blue cubes and one red cube.

William backs as far as he can away from the tube while the twins walk together. They look at each other and both quickly pull out two blue cubes.

Three blue cubes and one red cube left.

Hazel, William, Xavier, and Elisa are left.

Xavier speed walks his way to the tube to hurry and get his cube. He quickly pulls out a blue cube.

Two blue cubes and one red cube left.

Elisa steps to go after Xavier. She stands close to two feet above the tube. She ties her purple Afro into a lavender cloud ponytail and stands on her toes to reach for a cube. She gracefully pulls out a cube and opens her palms. A red cube. She takes a seat next to her new close ally. Elisa wonders if her curse is back in play where everyone she touches dies.

"Pharaoh, now it's your turn to swap one of the nominees out of one of the chairs and replace them with whoever you want." Swift's voice booms through the room.

"You know what to do Pharaoh." Roy whispers in his ear.

"I do." He whispers back.

"The person I will pull off the chair is someone I know has been through a lot; someone I like personally. This person is...Elisabeth."

Tabitha's mouth drops to the ground. She thought for sure Pharaoh was going to save her.

"The person I am replacing her with, is someone I'm not sure I can trust. This person could flip at any moment and that's bad for my game. This person is...Xavier."

"Xavier and Tabitha are the final nominees. You may now step behind a podium and vote out the person you would like out the game." Swift says.

Jenna steps on a stool and votes the obvious way.

Elisabeth hugs Pharaoh and votes quickly. "Thank you. I owe you for sure." Two votes down. Six to go.

"Don't worry X, we got you for saving our butts." Nathan says as he and Roy vote. Four votes down, four to go.

"Yeah, what he said." Winter votes.

"You are one of us now." Hazel adds and votes. Two votes left.

"Even though you're about twenty years older than me, Tabitha you are my homie and I won't vote you out." William votes to leave the decision to Pharaoh.

"Pharaoh, remember." Tabitha says directly to Pharaoh.

"Don't forget about me. I'm one of you now." Xavier says.

Pharaoh votes without speaking to either of them. The walls behind the nominees change from the winners to the vote of 4-4. Everyone looks at each other with confusion.

Both wristbands start to blink a blue light. The tiny nano chips in the body light up through their clothes and swim to their necks and to their heads. Both Tabitha and Xavier hold their heads in pain. The chips start to make a chirping noise and fly around in their heads. Their bodies silently morph into a stiff odd shape and pauses while the lights fly around in their heads. Blood drips from their ears and nose as both chairs descend with two podiums. Congrats on the final eight.

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Tell me what you think of this chapter. Do you think Pharaoh made the right decision?

Comment below a list of your favorite character left to your least favorite character. You might be able to change how the game goes in the future.