UNITY

My grip on James hand tightened as we hid. How the in the world was this even possible. Well I knew it was one man for himself but I didn't expect a hunter to kill a hunter.

As we continued watching the scene unfold more hunters rushed out from the building shooting at themselves.

We had to find a way to leave there and fast. I turned to Kayla

If we do not find a way to leave here we'll be dead before we can say death I said seriously any idea?

More gunshot sounds rang in the air . We hadn't seen hunters since the sixth building..now we were at the second building and it hit us like a slap. Almost all the hunters were here and they were shooting at themselves like maniacs. More bodies fell from the top floors of the building.

I have an idea James piqued in

You can as well be quick with it we're running out of time...Kayla shouted over the gun shot sounds

Look at the building 2 and 1, they are built differently than the others..they both have four huge pillars holding nothing stationed in four corners. Kayla and I looked round and truly they were four pillars there

So what I questioned him

Does she know how to shoot well James asked me pointing at Kayla

Yeah I do too

Okay..so all we need to do is use the pillars as our cover...you guys shoot any hunter shooting at us and since the pillars in the second building is leading to the first we can use it to get there and find the blue room he concluded

I looked at him truly impressed by the plan

I don't have a gun remember I said raising my hand

But I do Kayla cocked the gun as she said that we move on my count

We positioned our selves to move out of our hiding place

GO!!! Kayla shouted as she started firing

We used her as the cover until we successfully got to the first pillar

I picked up the gun of a dead hunter beside me. There were so many dead bodies..my stomach did a flip..

No no not now Ivory hold it in Kayla said slapping me on the back. I quickly picked the gun and started firing with her . The plan actually did go well. Kayla and I firing like our life depender on it..o wait...our lives did depend on it. We had successfully gotten through the second building pillars and in no time we were at the first building.

That was terrific plan by the way kiddo Kayla said smiling at James...the first good thing she said to him since we've been together. James smiled back at her in response

Quick we need to get to the blue room..it's at the top of the building I said ripping off the hunter tag on my prey tag and putting it on James you shouldn't remain tag less.. lets go . We started walking into the building.

This one was completely different..it was the biggest of all the buildings. I have never seen so many stairs in my life.

This is impossible to get to the top we don't have enough time Kayla said running her hand through her hair we only have forty seven minutes left

We don't know if we don't try I assured her

We started with the stairs directly in front of us... We began running up the stairs. We passed different colored doors..and I actually wondered what was in them.

We had been running for some time now ,getting lost and finding ourselves in different parts of the building,on different stair cases.

I don't think this is leading anywhere Ivory

Kayla shouted over her shoulders at me...

Just keep on going

We continued walking our strength wearing out. Suddenly we heard a scream...and then a thud. What was that? . We looked down it was someone wearing a red tag...a hunter and he was pushed by ...a prey??

What the fuck Is happening??

We actively ran up the stairs. What we saw when we got to the top wasn't what we we're expecting. I was shocked, we all were.

There they were; hunter fighting preys and the preys fighting back. This was not a sight I expected to see because the hunters had no guns, they were literally stabbing themselves and pushing themselves off the building.

I looked ahead...there it was...the blue emerald that represented the blue room, the safe room, finally!!!. We were almost out of time, I looked at the clock counting down... just 20 minutes left.

Guys up ahead I nodded towards the emerald that's the room

I don't think they know James said pointing at the fighting people.

I realized something..no one was getting into the room which means the room was locked...we had to open it somehow to be able to get into it. I was about to do something really stupid. I climbed into the railing

STOP !!! I shouted. Some of the preys looked at me like I had lost it

Ivory what are you doing Kayla held my arm

Don't you guys see what happening.... I said as I removed her hand gently away from my arm. Everyone stared at me whatever it is behind the game wants us to kill each other...it's not about a game of one man for himself..it's about uniting to get into the safe room...if you don't realize the room is over there. I pointed at the door with the blue emerald and it's locked..if we don't find a way to get into there together, whether hunter or prey we could all die I looked at their faces so it's either we work together to do it or we die fighting each other blindly

It was hard to believe at first but they started dropping their knives.

How do we open it someone from them asked

I walked towards the door...it was a huge..very high. It didn't have a handle we could make use of, instead it had patterns through out that we're connected to the emerald at the top. What if we just have to push the emerald, but how? It was too high up.

We have to push the emerald.. look at the patterns on the door. It's a system of it's own. Once the emerald is pushed in, the system is activated and the door opens I explained

How do we do that someone interrupted

It's too high up another person said

Ivory we only have twelve minutes left James reminded me

How we do it?? We have to get anything to be able to reach up... everyone search around and find anything that can be used to reach it. Immediately I said that everyone scattered

Ivory are you sure about this Kayla asked me what if it doesn't work

We just have to try I answered

No one came back with anything....my heart began to race. Seven minutes left. An argument broke through

What if that's not the room?

I knew we shouldn't have listened to her

She's going to get us all killed

Were the things they were saying and I was panicking. 2 minutes left..fuck i didn't know what to do..

Out of nowhere someone threw a..shoe? Yes a freaking shoe at the emerald and I must commend the person had a really good aim because it hit the emerald.

The emerald clicked at the contact with the shoe. Blue light traced the patterns from the emerald to the other parts of the door. It opened.

I was right...it was the blue room

Everybody in!! I shouted as we rushed into the room...10 seconds left

The room was huge ...with high ceiling and long emerald shaped windows. At the top of the ceiling were somethings hanged on it..I didn't know what they were.

5...4...3...2...1 ...the door closed

CONGRATULATIONS PLAYERS said the voice YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FINISHED THE FIRST GAME .... I looked out the window as thick fog filled outside.. my eyes widened in realization, it was poisonous gas. All those who didn't make it to the blue room were all being killed by this poisonous gas...my hand shook not in relief that I was alive but in fear of this terrible game.

I looked at James and Kayla ..they were safe.

Before I could say anything white gas filled the room and it was coming from the things hanging on the ceiling...it was sleeping gas?

As I felt my consciousness slip away I knew one thing was for sure.. this was just the beginning.