𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜// 𝚂𝚀𝚄𝙸𝙳 𝙶𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝚏𝚏

Game 4: loud counting (Part 2)

POV Y/n

BANG
BANG

"Player 222 and 313, eliminated"

I felt the man to my left go down shot. He had said the number 22 together with the other man or woman.

Yes, we had actually made it flawlessly to 22...but that was already like the thousandth round. So many were already shot.

"27 players left"

What?! There were only 27 of us left in the circle?! Two shots from the other group made me flinch.

"Player 403 and 056, eliminated"

The fear crawled higher and higher up us. The blindfolds made nothing easier, the sweat pf our fear collected and burned in the eyes.

"One!" one started succinctly. The round started again. Sae next to me exhaled a long breath of tension.

"Two!" it was Adriana's voice. She was secured now, she had already called her number. She must not call in another one until the next round was to begin, in case we f*ck up again.

"Three," a woman and a man called out together. Both realized their mistake. With this simple number called out loud, they had secured their death.

"NO! PLEASE DON'T! I WANT ANOTHER CHANCE!", the woman pleaded heartbreakingly and probably she had gone down on her knees, I couldn't see it, only guess.

The man accepted his fate and everyone could hear him sobbing over the woman's crying.
Two short shots and both were silent.
Only 25 players left, we had to count to 25. No one dared to start.

BANG

The shot made some yelp and the body of a robust man was heard falling to the ground.

"Talking to each other is forbidden. Whoever has not paid attention to the rules has already lost this game," the guard repeated, and of course no one spoke back or answered him, everyone here was afraid for their lives.

"Player 099, eliminated," the woman chimed in. I would like to strangle her.

"ONE!" a woman shouted in a trembling voice, exhaling noisily in relief.

But she shouldn't rejoice too soon, we didn't got that far.

"TWELVE!", two women, you could hear that they were quite young. Without hesitation, both were shot. I carefully lifted my feet briefly to shift my weight and heard a disgusting smacking sound. I immediately felt nauseous. Now I noticed the strong smell of iron, and the blood-soaked ground which soaked my shoes, didn't make it better.

22 players left.

We started all over again, I hadn't said a number once yet, but I knew I couldn't wait until the end.

"Nineteen!" Sae next to me rasped in tersely. Very close, because right after that, a man called out the same number.
My heart stopped. But Sae had said it first, the man yelled in after her! They hadn't said it together, she wasn't going to get shot or was she?!

BANG

Only one shot. I heard Sae beside me continue to breathe tensely at a rapid pace and I was relieved. Good, she was alive.

"Player 321, eliminated"

We were still 21.

This time, this round, I will and must say a number.

"One"

"Two"

"Three"

"Four"

The numbers all came in the same jagged sequence. We have to make it to the number 21.

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There were only six of us left in a circle. My Beleza was fortunately also still there. How I would like to take her hand now.

But I will, right after this game.

"One," Sae started, she was already secured. I would say the three, I had earlier, so now too.

"Two!" said someone diagonally to my left.

I prepared myself to scream the three. It was much much harder than you can imagine. The adrenaline made me distracted a lot, my senses were switched to 100%, I heard everything to the smallest detail, my nose smelled all the metallic blood and gave me a headache.

It was now or never y/n. I bit my lip before opening my lips and taking a breath....

"THREE"

"THREE"

My heart dropped.

BANG
BANG

Two shots.