There were plenty of decorative candle holders with unused candles. I managed to light a few to get sufficient vision of the basement. Even our own shadows frightened us. Jessy was disappointed a lot. She loved Dev more than anything else in the world. She couldn't stand the deed he had done to her. Anyway, he is no more. At least she came to know about him before his death otherwise the consequences would be severe. How can he cheat my best friend? He doesn't know the real value of her. Now I can't spare my time thinking about that useless idiot. Some way to get out. Is there really some way? Is the decision correct?

"Look" Jessy pointed her finger up to the ceiling of the basement. A rope just like the one in gallows hanged there. The devil indeed committed suicide.

"Dev cheated me, Lisa"

"Shut up!! Be happy that at least you came to know. Now don't waste time....you can't see me die before your eyes neither can I....so Please....let's get out from here."

The basement was more or less in the size of the great hall above the ground. Many wooden boxes were piled up one above the other in a corner. There were old and broken pieces of furniture dumped in the basement. The walls of the basement were filled with posters that covered the entire wall. The posters were attached to the walls with nails. The head of the nails had a unique cross-shaped structure. The picture in the posters was the same but the messages varied. No sign of windows or doors.

Me: "The posters.....The exit is behind one of the posters"

Jessy: "I am gonna pull it all down"

Me: "No don't do that"

Jessy: "Then? How can we find the way out"

Me: "Look" I pointed out to her a message in the poster nearby...TAKE A WISE CHOICE AND CHECK OUT...

Jessy: "Is this?"

Me: "No...I don't think so"

Jessy: "There are around more than 50 posters we can't analyze each and every word in that...we lack time."

Me: "But that is the only choice"

Jessy: "okay..."

We began to read the messages to find the word related to door or way out. I read the messages as fast as I could...

EVERY ANGLE HAS A HIDDEN ANGLE

FACE UNDER FACE

LOOKS MISLEAD OFTEN

APPEARANCE IS NOT THE ULTIMATE TOOL OF JUDGEMENT

TRY ME, YOU WILL END UP GETTING TRICKED

EARTH SUCKS WITH HUMANS

HUMANS DON'T DESERVE POSITION ON EARTH

PEOPLE ARE CARNIVORES

PEOPLE ARE BLOODSUCKERS

SOUL PERSISTS EVEN AFTER THE DECAY OF FLESH AND BONES

LOOK YOU BEFORE LOOKING INTO OTHERS

REVENGE IS THE BEST THERAPY....

The time was  11.50 pm.

A beep sound......

This time it's my mobile.

Jessy: "No"

I took my mobile out of the pocket and it displayed the message, "Hello Ms. Lisa, so far you have done well. Now it's your turn. Choose truth or dare"

Me: "Jessy, this means what we thought is correct. The exit is behind one of these...."

Message: "10 seconds to decide"

Me: "Dare"

Message: "I like you for some reason...so I assign you a simple task...cut your wrist with the knife under your foot..."

I lifted my right foot there was a knife similar to the one in my kitchen. I took it in my hands

Jessy: "Is this simple.....Lisa no"

Me: "He is giving me some time to be with you...."

Message: "10 seconds to accomplish the task"

I cut the wrist of my left hand. Jessy screamed. I dropped the knife from my hand. I took a handkerchief from my pocket and tied it tightly around my wrist. But still, blood flowed out from my cut nerves in drops.

Me: "Will help you get out from here...."

Jessy: "I am not going anywhere without you"

Me: "Let's find out and get out together before I die"

Jessy wiped her eyes and continued reading the posters. Three minutes are gone and I found no words related to exit or door.

LIFE IS FAR MORE THAN WHAT WE IMAGINE

TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS HARD TO EXPERIENCE

No!!!!! I can't find anything. Am I wrong? Is this the end of my life.....I don't want Jessy to suffer here all alone. I began to lose my consciousness slowly and I fell down on the ground.

"Lisa," Jessy ran towards me.

"I am alright Jessy.....still few left....find it out"

Jessy read the remaining messages like mad. My vision started to fade and it focussed on the poster then hanged straight before it. some words in the messages had read lines. I managed to get up and went near it.....It read,

EXCITED FOR MORE? TRUTH OR DARE OR DIE

The words e,x,i and t in excited and o and r in more had read lines, remaining letters are white...the words "Truth or dare or die" are red.

EXIT OR TRUTH OR DARE OR DIE...

"Jessy....."I called her. She ran towards me

"This is it," she pulled the poster down without any hesitation. It was 11.55 pm and a beep sound arose from a mobile. There was a door behind the poster. Jessy opened it and a light flash hit us. We can't see anything through the bright light.

Suddenly we both were sitting on the couch in my home. The clock displayed 10.15 pm. We exchanged looks in disbelief. My wrist is fine. I held a knife, the same knife with which I cut my wrist in the basement, in my right hand and an apple in the left.

"Finally you came..." I dropped the knife frightened by my mom's voice. The sharp edge fell on my left wrist cutting it. Blood oozed out. Mom yelled on seeing this. She took me to the hospital immediately and Jessy accompanied us. I lost my consciousness. When I gained back my conscious I saw myself resting in the bed inside a clinic. My wrist got the required treatment. Now I am alive. Jessy was sleeping in the chair beside my bed.

"Jessy"

"Are you alright? I was worried......"

"I am fine...."

Mom entered in looking terrified.

"I got bad news for you girls...Alex died last night in an accident, Dev died in his home on getting hit by the glass pieces of his room's broken window....." she looked at Jessy who stood still without expressing anything on her face. "Nancy, Mona, Daniel, Bella, and Jim committed suicide....."

"What?"

The clock hit 12.00 Am.

A beep sound....from Jessy's mobile.

We got frightened. She took her mobile out from her pocket....which displayed the message,

"Game Over."