Chapter three

W-what...I didn't-"

He says looking around, his world beginning to crash around him into thousands of grains of sand.

"It wasn't-"

He starts hyperventilating crouching to the ground, his hands over his head. His eyes full of despair the empty void rattling behind them like swirls of dark black fear.

"Look at him, scoff, the guilt finally hitting you? Disgusting animal."

Brianna says, her voice dripping with hate and disgust. Her words piercing into him like talons while the intensity of her glare seems to glow red. He continues to mumble to himself on the floor in a ball of despair; the children throwing insults and releasing their anger and fear upon him.

The screen changes back to the white and black-masked man, smiling as he was before.

"The losers of today's game were Rose Quarts and Shawn Mcarthy."

Their pictures appear next to him on the screen.

"Now..."

The glitchy voice pauses

"It is time for their penalty. The losers of every game shall receive a penalty. This round you have voted correctly so you are safe."

His words linger in the air, his sadistic smile shown through the mask. Making everyone break out in a cold sweat, chills going down their backs wondering the capabilities of this crazed man.

"Let us begin with Shawn."

Rose's picture disappears from the screen.

"The real reason lost he his scholarship....is because of substance addiction. Leading this video to come out. "

A video begins playing

Shawn drinking and taking an array of pills at a party

"Wooo!"

He yells followed by a group of people cheering after him. The video skips to a dark alleyway, a half-naked Shawn covered in his own vomit staggering through the night before breaking a car window and crawling through.

"C'mon man you can't stay in there."

A boy behind the camera says his words slurring together. There is no response from the now unconscious Shawn in the car's white back seat.

The video cuts out.

"Now let's move on to Rose."

Her picture appearing back onto the screen.

"As you know she was a very intelligent girl with a bright future ahead of her...and her child."

Silence hanging in the air broken by

"SHE WAS PREGNANT! YOU DAMNED DRUGGIE PRICK! DIE!"

A shrill yell rings out from Eva as she runs across the room and begins hitting him.

"I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! YOU MONSTER I HOPE YOU DIE!"

Her voice breaking through her yells by her tears.

"YOU MONSTER! YOU LOST THAT SCHOLARSHIP ON YOUR OWN DAMN ACCORD! SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU!"

Her words hitting everyone harder than her fists.

"Oh, but that's not all."

The man on the screen says.

"The father of the baby was none other than Antonio."

"W-what?"

Antonio says stuttering this time out of shock.

"H-how, I didn't even-"

He cuts off as if remembering something no one else knew and quickly sets his eyes upon Shawn; his expression turning dark and full of unbridled rage.

"BASTARD!"

He yells running toward Shawn pushing Eva aside.

"HOW COULD YOU?! I-I-ILL NEVER KNOW M-MY CHILD!"

Punches flying repeatedly as he straddles Shawn.

"Somebody stop him! He's going to kill him!"

Devonee exclaims

"Let him. That monster deserves it."

Samantha says in disgust.

"No. We can't let another person die right now."

Trevon says. He runs toward Antonio, picking him up.

"L-LET ME GO! IM GOING TO KILL HIM!"

Antonio yells clawing at Trevon's arm. Eventually, he gives up and begins bursting out into tears.

"My baby! The mother of my child!"

He sobs into Trevon's arms.