A blank room greeted Nathan as he slowly opened his eyes. He felt it, that room was filled with regrets and dark thoughts.
He continue to laid down as the air whispers gently directly into his soul.
Then he felt a sudden urgency, "Where am I?" he said while getting on his feet.
"Rise and shine" shivering voice coming from the corner of the room.
After seeing the face of this person Nathan grinned.
"It's you again, where's everyone?" He said, while trying to take everything in.
"I don't know, I just woke up" the boy spoke.
"I'm tired, when will this all end?" Nathan replied, he sat down at the floor. The two quietly sat down trying to figure everything out.
"Welcome!" a voice from machine spoke.
The two instantly alter their full attention to the machine. They anticipated every word the machine said and listened carefully.
"Welcome to your throne gentlemen! And thanks for riding on this train again. But this time, you're riding on the driver's compartment. Please be aware and wait for further instructions." As the voice continue to spoke, the two took a glanced at each other looking puzzled.
"What's next?"Nathan asked without the intention of getting an answer "Any plan marque?"
"How about we just wait?" Marque instantly replied.
Nathan took a deep breath waiting for someone to answer all of his questions.
"Can you please stop pretending?" Marque mumbled while looking straightly towards Nathan at the opposite side of the room.
With a stone cold face he continued to stare directly, he didn't even blink. The whole room was filled of unnecessary tension.
"I don't know what you mean" he laughed as if it was the funniest joke he heard.
"Stop acting nice! I can see clearly through your little play, because you're just like m-"
"Shut up!" Nathan interrupt Marque before he can even finish.
"We're not the same" he glared at Marque wearing an unexplainable expression.
Now that's more like it marque thought as he felt like he was trapped in a cage with an invincible predator.
"So let's not talk about it again,okay?" Nathan smiled, his face began to lighten up again and his expression was normal again. Marque closed his eyes and nodded with a huge smile on his face.
"What do you think happened to them?" Nathan asked.
It's weird talking to him normally after what I just saw. It's like talking to another person. He wondered as he was looking at Nathan.
"Hey, I'm talking to you" Nathan playfully called him again waiting for his response.
"Ow, I don't know." Marque replied with nothing else to answer.
"Hello! We hope you guys are having a great time" the machine spoke once again.
"Oh that startled me!"Nathan spoke.
"We are nearing at our destination. But first, there is something we need you guys to do. Please step forward." The machine ended.
The two looked at each other and without a single hesitation they took a huge step forward towards where is the voice coming from.
Then the wall in front of them opened up on the middle. A see through glass box came out from the wall placed on a short pillar.
"Now this is an odd one" marque said while slowly approaching the box.
"A box with a key hole and then the key is placed inside the box. Wow, that's amazing." he sarcasticly said while faking his laugh.
Nathan approached the box and took a closer look inside. He tilted,spun and shook the glass box but nothing happened. After that, he put the box back.
Then the two agreed to scan the whole room hoping for a spare key around, but they found nothing. So they just rested and waited for a while.
Then in the middle of the silence, the two started laughing as they realized something.
"This game suck." Marque said while laughing. They slowly stood up while wiping their tears because of laughter.
After Nathan lift the box, he looked at it for a while then hand it to marque
"Do the honor"
Marque with open hand accepted the box. Then he smiled after strongly throwing the box on the ground.
The box shattered easily and the key was freed. Marque carefully picked up the key and handed it Nathan.
"You can figure out what to do with that."
As they stood there Nathan noticed something at the small pillar where the box is located.
"This was not here before." He strongly stated, he gently ran it using his fingers.
"This key will fit perfectly." Slowly entered the key to the key hole he found.
After he twisted the key, a lever popped out as replacement of the key hole.
The two was even more puzzled as they wonder what the lever is for.
"Hello! It looks like you found the lever, now to exit this room we need you to do one thing. That is to pull the lever or not. After this message you will know what's this stage is all about. Good luck!" After the message ended a huge monitor was displayed in front of them.
The two covered their eyes as they were shocked that it was suddenly popped out.
But as they slowly took their hands off, what awaits on that monitor took their heartbeat completely.
"Are you kidding me?" a shaking voice came out of Nathan's mouth after witnessing what's infront.
The two was dumbfounded and left blank after what they saw.
In the screen was their lost comrades, Jhane,Ian,Vincent and Reno. The four was tied on the train rail ways, on the first railway was Vincent and Reno, and on the second was Ian and Jhane.
They just stood there looking at the monitor without having a single clue what's the right thing to do.
"Hello! The train is about to depart in a short period of time, this train will go straight to the first railway but if you move the lever it will go to the other direction. Their fate is in your hand, and to motivate you guys we place a microphone near them. Good luck!" After the instruction was given a timer starts to count off from 30 seconds.
"What are you gonna do?" Marque asked.
"Someone's gonna die after this and you know that." He continue to talk while looking at the monitor.
The clock continue to ticked but they still don't know what to do. Then on the far side of the monitor a huge train was running towards Vince and Reno.
Nathan quickly grabbed the lever but very hesitant to pull.
Then on his back, Marque tapped Nathan's shoulder.
Then the whole room was filled of screaming noises.
Who screamed?