“I'm here to deliver breakfast to Dale.”Unlike before, the guards who stood guarding Dale's somewhat prison felt different, I couldn't put my teeth on it but I could have sworn they weren't the same people. Despite hearing my words they were on guards, I didn't need to see the face behind that mask to know that. “So I'll just go-”Suddenly their weapons were directed towards me as if they considered me a threat, no I'm certain they did. “Student Dale is to no longer expect visitors,” they chorused. That was new information to me, I couldn't help but wonder why such an important detail was only mentioned now of all times. Something felt fishy. I couldn't waste this opportunity with or without their permission, I needed answers, but I had to do so without triggering any suspicions from them. “I see,” I said with a nod, “It'll be such a waste for me to throw these out, everyone has already had their fill, so could you just give it to him instead, I won't bother you two again, promi

The room was filled with only the sound of sobbing which came from the ladies who mourned a classmate they hardly knew while the guys and I just stared at the horrifying image before us. Suddenly I felt a bump beside me, it was Everett, “I see he noticed the vent, I'm guessing that means it's only a matter of time before others begin to think of an escape plan as well,” she whispered calmly. “True, but something bothers me, I'm certain the school wouldn't have known he went into the vent before they turned it on right so how did they know he was dying,” I replied. She nodded almost as if she had discovered something. “I've also wondered the same, my guess is they're not just watching us but know where we are as well.”“I'm not certain, and I don't want to jump to conclusions too, let's meet tonight. We have a few things to discuss.”I couldn't sleep, the image of that boy's body was carved deeply into my mind and I couldn't help but feel sick. How many more people would die, when

“What happened?”When I opened my eyes I was in my room. I'm pretty sure that wasn't where I fell asleep but somehow I ended up here. “How the hell did I get here?” Ethan babbled as he woke up. It seemed to me like I wasn't the only one who went through something crazy, I wish that was our only problem m but there was more. My neck felt stiffened and very uncomfortable, something cold and metallic was around it. "Hey Ethan," I called for his attention but I did not need to explain the situation to him as he instantly reacted with widened eyes and I did as well. "The hell is that collar?" I asked. I was pretty sure it was the same thing on his neck that was on mine. It was exactly like a dog collar save the designs and small screen at the from and back. "This is just getting messed up, now they want to treat us as animals this time? What do they see us as?" Ethan flared. “I don’t know about you but something tells me things are about to get intense,” I said to him Tiredly Eth

“Well if it isn't Mr. Anderson, a pleasure to meet you, allow me to introduce myself. I am Mr. Edgar, the Principal of this prestigious school, what I'm about to tell you is quite confidential, I wouldn't like preying ears so forgive my hasty actions.”In all my life, if anyone had told me that I would be meeting with the principal of the school I would simply laugh it off and say, “The principal wouldn't want to meet with someone like myself,” and yet here I was, playing some sort of message from the principal himself. If I could put my feelings in one word then it had to be, “funny.”Surely this was a recorded message directed to me but, “why me.”“Thank you for taking out your time to play this note, Mr Anderson. I can understand just how alarmed you are but do not take this as a threat or problem the reason I am making this video is because I would like to make a deal with you.”“A deal?” I repeated. I didn't like the sound of that but it sounded tempting, I wanted to know what t

I dragged my legs through without any idea of where we were headed. If I dared to even stop moving I would be pushed from behind by one of the guards, all the while only one thought was on my mind. “If only I could discover more.”I hated it, how short I was on time, I had come to the point where I was hopeless, how exactly did he want me to save my classmates when I had little to no time? The scene of piled-up bodies certainly wasn't something I would have liked to see again. “Too bad he was the only one.”Suddenly something inside me clicked. I knew something inside of me perceived things differently but I had only been able to sense it now. “What if someone else was in on the whole thing?” At long last Dale” 's words had begun to make sense, the words he kept saying echoed in my head. “We,” I thought to myself. “Not I.”I knew then and there that there was still hope for this terrible situation, Dale was not working alone, perhaps this game was unavoidable but I was glad I h