The silence dragged, some phones landed on the floor as some hands froze or became too sweaty, making it too slippery for them to hold phones.
Acer gave them time to digest what they had just seen. She wanted them to become immersed in the horror they had willingly signed up for. She walked to her kitchen and began preparing herself dinner.
Hiding on a secluded island resort, most rich people would be enjoying the scenery, jet skiing, or haunting, but the guests of the island were not into that. They called themselves pledgers, and they were busy applauding the horror they had just witnessed. Finally, they were getting the show they had paid for. They had put in a lot of money in order to acquire the resources that were required for the type of sick g
The other lady, who was in the car, volunteered to check for the ten in her handbag, but Louisiana yelled at her not to. The two ladies stared at her, terrified. The game had specifically instructed the players to limit themselves to one stranger per player. "I want her to give me the money," Louisiana insisted, pointing at the first woman. "She is the one that said I was a bad mother so it's only fair she gives me the two dollars," she responded in a more subdued tone after realizing she was frightening the two women. "Get out of the car," she ordered. "I beg your pardon?" the woman asked.  
Morning came and the players woke up to a map with twelve states heightened in red from the previous five. Seven more joined the red color: Tennessee, Hawaii, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Vermont, Indiana, and Virginia while the majority maintained the white color.However, they noted that Texas was in green, which was odd. They had no idea why. Most of them were tempted to ask but kept their curiosity to themselves. There was a lot of shit going around for them to care about one odd color. It was obvious that twelve were out of the game, killed by the organization, and they could only imagine how many innocent people had to die for the remaining 38 players to be alive.Their phones beeped, and two more states, Delaware and Massachusetts, popped up in red, confusing the players. They b
Pennsylvania arrived in Montana geared to proceed to the next game: He was so focused on his mission that not once did he stop to reconsider the life he was about to end. He had no remorse. Somehow, he believed Acer's sermons about the cruel world that swallowed anyone who was not willing to play dirty and spill blood.He was a father who was just trying to cross the line for his daughter. Lines that a lot of people of all walks of life crossed every day without caring about the consequences. He booked a motel and quickly texted Susie of his arrival, who was very ecstatic and all dressed up. She could not believe that he was giving her a chance and flew for four hours just to have a date with her.She dressed up in her expensive pink dress that she wa
At the moment Pennsylvania was the first and only one that proceeded to the next game. Unlike the previous two tasks that saw contestants proceeding simultaneously, game three appeared to be straining on the contestants. A lot of them were having difficulties with calling their exes. The game was too personal and the organizers had strategically put it into the game in hopes of opening old wounds.To their surprise, Pennsylvania completed his task earlier when he had to board a plane, unlike most of the other contestants that had their exes living in the same state, which showed how difficult it was for the contestants to get rid of their exes.It was not like everyone always ended things on a bad note or that the ex was the bad guy in the relat
The night was falling and only two players were in and it was mainly due to the fact that not everyone was lucky enough to have ended things on a good note with their exes, and the casualties for game three began dropping in.Players like Wyoming and Mississippi who were playing for their mothers also had another thing in common; they were both jerks that had no clue how to treat a woman. They had multiple ex-girlfriends who they treated like shit. All their ex-girlfriend had nothing nice to say about them.The second Acer read the third game out, they knew they were both doomed. Wyoming was the worst off; he had no idea where to begin or who to call, let alone if they would pick up the phone. What was worse was the fact that he couldn't even remember
The cameras turned to New Jersey, where the second player who had no ex was assigned to go on a date with the man who caused the accident that took away the love of his life.The man was very excited when he got the call from New Jersey. He had not expected it. All the efforts he had made in the past to ask for forgiveness were failures. He immediately dropped everything he was doing the second he hung up the phone.New Jersey was not very thrilled about facing the man he termed a monster. As much as he was seeking vengeance and destroying the monster who had stolen his love, the truth was that she would not return even if he died.He was just thankful that he
Acer went through her tally sheets for game three; a total of twenty-three players made it to game four; eleven were dead, while two were yet to play. The two were Texas and Louisiana.The two women were delaying her sleep. She wanted a long rest. Staring at various screens all day was tiring and draining. What made the day-long was the fact that the game had taken more hours than the previous two. She could only hope the fourth game was not as personal as the third one.She stared at the two women who did not seem to be taking any steps to proceed to the following games. What she did not want was for another player to have games in hand. She swore she was going to go against her bosses and get rid of the two bi**tches.
Day 4 came and Acer woke up early intending to catch up with whether the two ladies had caught up with the rest of the players. To her disappointment, only Louisiana had played and proceeded to the next level, while Taxes showed no sign of playing and was busy making an early breakfast for herself and her daughter.She grinded her teeth in frustration. Being behind on one game was not a big deal, but two was not to be tolerated. She quickly picked up her phone and dialed the organizer's line, with the intention of making them understand why Texas was to be dealt with immediately.She was sure there was a way they would put a time limit on the games, forcing everyone to play or else get eliminated.Latest Chapter Texas walked outside and found her boss pissed, waiting for her outside the helicopter."Sparing their lives was never an option," she said as she walked past him."Are you insane? They were the only people that would lead to the filthy man in charge of those stupid games!" He yelled at her."No one in that room knows who the idiot is," she spat out, annoyed, and entered the helicopter. Sebastian closed his eyes in irritation and followed suit. The helicopter was in the air in seconds, heading back to Washington. A message popped up on Sebastian's phone, forcing him to frown."What? Who was that?" Texas asked."Since you have forgotten how to play as a team member, it is none of your business," he replied, putting his phone away."The stupid leader was probably watching. With all the investors gone, he will need to recruit new ones," she explained.Sebastian glanced at her with interest.She explained "He is probably going to recruit every person that will take over from each of thos Two hours elapsed with the organizers playing hide and seek with their computer mice. Their lives depended on finding their boss, but they couldn't find him. They kept asking for more time just to stall the wrath that was going to descend on them. Their eyes darted around crazily, looking for a way out, which was impossible given that the entire building was under lockdown. Tired of waiting, one of the pledgers walked to where they were seated and shot one of them straight in the head, splashing some blood and brains all over the other organizers before dropping to the ground. The entire arena let out a terrifying wail. "Maybe this will motivate the others to work faster!" he yelled. The organizers froze in terror for split seconds. Their entire bodies became impossibly still, with their hands twitching spastically, making it impossible for them to type on their computers. Their colleague lay a few centimeters from their legs, brains, and blood everywhere. What started as a pe Hanging from a rope with her hands bonded together and her legs barely touching the ground, Acer finally opened her eyes. She could feel painful cuts on her face that felt like her flesh was bare.She looked around, trying to make sense of where she was. She vividly remembered being at Washington's house and having a needle stuck in her. She began panicking, "Hello, is... anyone... in here?" She spoke in a suffocated whisper. Her voice was trembling.She looked down, and that's when she noticed the blood all over her and the pieces that appeared to be skin. She knew it was hers but could not tell which part of her body it was from. A sickening wave of terror welled up from her belly as a voice from behind her finally spoke."Sleeping ugly has finally woken up," Texas said and began pushing on a high mirror. "You are going to love what I have done with your face," she said as she brought the mirror in front of her hostage.Acer stared at the mirror and let out a loud scream, forcing T At Washington's house, Acer, still strapped in the chair, began panicking. She was sure it had been hours, yet Washington was not dropping to the ground and neither was anyone coming to save her or making a call on her phone.It appeared they were just watching and enjoying the show at her expense. There was no doubt her boss had abandoned her. She needed to start using her head fast if she was going to leave the house alive."Listen to me, Washington. I can help you get your wife's organs.""Shut up, do not think I am that stupid!" He yelled back at her."What's your fuckin' plan here exactly?" "None of your business," he replied, leaning on the wall. He had no idea what he was doing, but he knew he had a death wish. He looked at his watch. It was exactly two hours since he told Louisiana about his hostage situation. He got his phone out of his pocket and turned it back on. A lot of messages from Louisiana popped up, but none from Texas. Louisiana acknowledged passing off the messa "Before you say a single word, please be sure what comes out of your mouth is correct because you have only five minutes to convince me why you made the call," Sebastian warned."I want back on the team, and I have a mission in mind," she replied.The man chuckled, his eyes fixed on the little girl.Texas signaled for a waitress and ordered the little girl's favorite ice cream. She then got out headphones and placed them on the girl's ears as the ice cream was brought to her."Is it not too cold for ice cream?" Sebastian asked."For the past three days, I had locked her underground in a safe room. I promised her ice cream once we went out, " she explained and told him about the organ-organized games and how she found herself in it.He stared at her with raised eyebrows. He was a man of few words and was good at hiding his emotions and reactions. She could not tell whether he believed her or not."I want to take them down, and you have the resources to help me," she added.He chuckled, The pledgers watched, and as much as they wanted to feel sorry for the players, they couldn't. Killing or getting killed by Texas was the only solution to their misery. They already knew what they signed up for the second they were threatened with playing the game. They needed to finish up what they started or commit suicide. Those were the only two ways out of the contract. The pledgers were tired of waiting for some action. Acer was still in the air, the players were showing no signs of playing and Texas had disappeared into her safe room for hours while five corpses were rotting in her yard.It appeared the boss was not going through with the plans of calling the authorities on her, and it appeared they were not going to pick up the bodies either.They were left staring at a lot of empty screens with no action or any sign of action. A total of five hours had elapsed with nothing and total quiescence.Unknown to them, in Texas, in a small pub, Texas pushed a little trap door. She The boss breathed in and out, staring at the screen and bursting into laughter like a mad man. Hiding one dysfunctional chip was one thing, but all the players having a dysfunctional chip was the end of his game.To make matters worse, the man who was equipped to fix the chips was still in the hospital. There was nothing he could do but laugh at himself. He kept laughing and pressing the buttons until his eyes were watery red and he was out of breath.She outsmarted him. He was nothing but a joke, both to his family and his employees. After fifty years of his family running successful games, he was the first one that broke the chain and failed, and his downfall was a tiny mysterious woman who appeared to have popped out of nowhere.He grabbed his vodka and began drinking it straight from the bottle as he loosened his tie. "Berth Rosewood, I think we should meet in person," he said, as he took a sip.He focused his attention on the screen. The players finished up with their goodbyes li "How... how did she know my name?" Washington whispered.The other players looked at each other, blank. They remembered telling her their names in the safe room but not Washington's. They had no idea what his name was prior to Texas saying it out. They were also sure Washington had not been down there."I didn't tell anyone what my name was. Then where did she get my name?"Alabama pointed out, "You should be more interested about how she stitched your torn artery than how she got to know your name."Washington could only stare at him without altering a single word.The organizers were also confused as to how she knew his name. If he had not told anyone, then they were in trouble.Her phone rang as she walked into her bedroom, searching for her car keys. She looked at the number and recognized it immediately. It was their leader."Hello, love," she replied."Stop with the stupid games," the man said from the other side of the line. He was calling to pump some sense into her. "I think Acer kept calling her boss, who to her disappointment was not picking up. She gave up, frustrated. He was clearly blaming her for the blunder when no one had the right to do so.They were all convinced that the players' failure to kill the insane woman was due to competition. Granting them a deal together had a high chance of success, but the players were simply too stupid to use their heads.To top it off, the players had cornered her with the time debate. It was not her fault that they requested a contract that stipulated they had to carry out a task within 24 hrs. No one had supported her when she was backed into a corner, not the organizers and certainly not her ungrateful boss.She got up and poured herself a glass of scotch, pissed at all of them for trying to flip the disaster on her.At the house, Louisiana had already begun cleaning up the kitchen. First, she dragged Washington to the spare bedroom and placed more bandages on his wound before returning to the kitchen. He was Chapter 80
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