Chapter 16): New Game! (1)
{I own nothing but my own Ideas, all other rights go to the creator of the books which was possible for the show: Caroline Kepnes.}
{Spoiler Alert if you haven't watched Season 2! Watch it before hand or don't, I am going to keep making this either way.}
{Skill Rankings: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, F}
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(A/N: So, I spent I reached into the deepest parts of my mind in order to write this. And if I did this right, it will be chilling, if not and you are reading this version of the author's note, well I was okay with it.)
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Cold wind blew through the warehouse, a constant buzzing noise was being made as four people laid against a wall sound asleep, suddenly coughing was heard as one of them began to wake up from being put to sleep. It was a woman who upon seeing darkness around her began to panic, she looked to the right and saw others in her situation, "Hey! Hey! Is there are you awake?!" She asked trying to reach the one near her.
She was yanked back by a chain to her leg as she got to close, her screaming worked though as it woke another who was in her situation, a man who looked hardly out of his teens was panicking. He saw the woman and backed into the wall, "Who the hell are you!! Where are we! What did you do!" He asked afraid and angry.
The woman who woke first calmed down some seeing him act the same way she did, he defenses lowered, "I-I don't know. I was walking to my car, the next minute I woke up here, what about you?"
The man gulped, "Um..." He licked his lips looking around and saw the other two hadn't woken up but still decided to speak, "I was heading to the gym, I was running on the treadmill before waking up here."
The woman nodded as they both heard two more groans of people waking up, "Well, my name is Cindy by the way. And I might know what is going on here."
"How?!" The guy asked as the others listened trying to calm themselves from waking in a strange place.
"You don't remember? The stream that happened two weeks ago, the man who was killed in front of everyone who was watching, I think the viewer count was at like twenty million." Cindy said with a shaky voice.
"Oh shit." The man said his eyes wide with fear.
"So, are you two going to join the conversation or keep just listening in?" Cindy asked looking over, "If you didn't hear, I am Cindy and this is, well whoever he is."
"Sarah." A blonde woman said, she had immediately calmed down after hearing everything, but her fist was balled tightly as she let out a breath.
"Jasper." A bigger man said with a frown as he looked around the place.
"Max, my name is Max." The first man said while licking his lips again.
They all looked around when they saw Jasper doing that, they could see what he saw, they were in a room that wasn't all that big, in the middle was clear jaw and above it a locked box. From below the jar they could see a key, but it wasn't clear how they were to get it, the room was too dark to see clearly.
As they were pondering that question the old TV in the corner crackled to life, "Hello there, I want to play a game. Each of you are here because you all believe yourself to be better than the rest, you have each spent your life in some way not following the rules and playing at your own pace.
A lone wolf if you will, but for this game it won't be that simple, no if you want to get passed this game you need to get out of that mindset and learn to work together to get out. In front of you is an empty jar, as you can see there is a line marked on the jar with the number ten on it.
The human body contains on average between 5 to 5.5 liters of blood, in order to reach the key below you will need to fill up ten liters of blood into the jar. The Jar contains the key to the box above it, which is something you will need for later in the game.
Can you overcome your lone wolf ways and work together to do what you need to accomplish your goals, or will you let yourself drown under the pressure. Let the game begin."
The room was silent as there was nothing heard but the sound of four knifes being dropped near them, they tried to follow to see who or what did it, but the room was too dark to see anything.
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(Love and Joe POV)
"Joe! Quick, come and look, there is another one of those games going on!" Love shouted from the kitchen, she had her laptop out as she was making them lunch and her screen went black before it began to broadcast.
Joe walked in smiling on the inside, he walked up behind her wrapping his arms around her as he watched from over her shoulder, "Oh, I thought the last one was a joke. Do you think this is real?"
Love lifted the spoon she was using to bake to his mouth that had batter, Joe licked it groaning in pleasure, "I don't know. When I heard what the last one did, I want to believe it is, but at the same time I don't truly know what to think. What about you?"
Joe nodded, "As I said, I thought it was a joke. Seeing this though, well I think this might be real, and I say that if they have done something terrible enough for this to happen, well they deserve it."
She nodded as she went back to whipping her batter, "True."
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(Game POV)
"Shit, what do we do?!" Max yelled because a loud ringing happened before the ceiling above them began to slowly move down towards them.
Jasper had a light flash through his eyes as he picked up one of the knives, he looked it over seeing how rusty it was and winced as he saw a timer that began to click down as the ceiling followed along with it. His brain was trying to decide the quickest way to get the blood in there, but he really wasn't comfortable cutting himself.
Cindy was having the same thoughts, he tried to walk around and noticed that her chain was slacker than when she first woke up, she accounted it to that maybe because the game started, they would be able to move around more. Walking around she saw that there was no other way out of the room expect for the door, which would be useless soon if they didn't get to work.
"We need to cut a spot that will release enough blood, but at the same time we need to make sure we don't cut too deeply and lose too much blood." She said while holding her knife firmly, she knew what she did to get her and wasn't trusting of the rest if they were just like her.
Sarah sighed as she took her knife and stood next to the jar, gritting her teeth she slashed her wrist, she made sure not to cut too deeply as she didn't want to end her life here, she still wanted to go home. Everyone looked at her wide eyed as they saw her do that, she held it so the blood quickly filled into the jar, as it reached two and half she pulled back.
Tearing the shirt she was wearing she wrapped her wrist while walking towards the door, "You three need to hurry if you want don't want to die here."
They were all stunned watching her, she held her knife still though watching them vigilantly, it was obvious that she didn't trust them at all. Max shook his head though as he backed away not even bothering to touch his knife, "Fuck that! I am not doing that to myself just to pass some stupid test from some sicko!"
What he missed but what Cindy saw was Jasper letting out a friendly smile, though his eyes spoke differently, "Hey, hey. Calm down," Jasper said with an easy smile as he walked towards Max who was almost hyperventilating, "Don't worry, no one is going to make you cut yourself, I will just add some more of my own along with Cindy here."
Max looked to be calming down his voice was hesitant, doubtful and hopeful as he spoke, "Really?"
Jasper nodded patting his shoulder, "Really, but I need you to help me out here. I am also too afraid to cut myself, do you mind helping me out?"
Max let out a grin, he hadn't really thought about what all brought them together for this so he didn't think anything of it, "Of course I will."
"Great, come on then." Jasper said bringing him to the jar, he showed Max the knife and right before he could take it Jasper grasped his arms tightly, with a quick slash he cut Max's neck. A grin stretched across his face as he held the man's neck over the jar watching as the blood slowly began to fill it up, when there was no more gushing he threw Max to the ground.
Sarah held her knife tighter as she saw what had just happened, she put her back to the wall holding her arm firmly on her chest to help stop the blood, she watched Jasper closely too as he walked near her. Cindy was shocked but shook her head as she should have expected it, when backed into a corner an animal will do whatever it takes to keep itself alive.
"All you Cindy dear. I even helped but giving us eight there, so all you need to do is supply the last little, better hurry too or we will all be finished here." Jasper said with an easy grin on his face.
Cindy sent him a glare, she took the knife and let out a breath and slashed holding in her scream, she allowed the last two to fill it watching as a little panel opened allowing her to grab the key inside. She reached to get the box that was above the jar, but it was too far to reach, "Come help me, Jasper! You are the tallest one here, we will need this!" She growled.
Jasper rolled his eyes, "Why would I do that, the door is open now so I can leave. He just wanted us to mutilate ourselves, so why should I follow his rules."
Cindy's mouth dropped open as he ignored her calls and walked into the next room, she looked to Sarah, but the woman was following Jasper into the next room knife still in her hand as she watched the bigger man. Gritting her teeth she abandoned the box and followed them sliding into the room right as the ceiling got too low for her to survive in it.
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(Love and Joe POV)
"What do you think was in the box?" Love asked as they cuddled on her couch looking at the screen as it went black for a moment before it was lit again with them in a new room.
Joe shook his head even if her knew, "No idea, but with a psycho like this it was probably a good idea to get whatever it was because they would have needed it later in the game."
Love looked over at him and hummed before she went back to watching right as the light inside the room lit up, "Let's see what happens next then."
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[Name: Joe Goldberg (Joe Angel)
Age: 26
Skills: Hacker (SSS), Renewal Taekwondo (SS), Whistling (D)
Minds: John Kramer (A) Neal Caffery (B)]