Staring at the large, caged animals makes the players feel the unstoppable urge to tremble and be stricken with fear. However, contrary to them, Jade held a knowing smirk on her face. She just entered this hellhole and she’s not here to just play. She came to win. She came prepared.
“What should be our course of action?” One of her member whose name is Thomas asked, his voice slightly cracks and the fear in his is too palpable not to notice. He has a lean body frame like someone who works out regularly but not as much as others. He is attractive but for Jade, he’s not much of a looker.
Deep in thought, Jade didn’t notice anything or anyone around her. She was walking back to her room that evening and she had no idea that a certain person had his eyes on her all along the moment she passes by. She almost flinched when a hand grabs her shoulder, making her turn to face the person who dared disturb her line of thoughts. She came face to face with Blaize. Glancing down at his hand clasp on her arm, she pulled it back with force and regarded him with irritated eyes.
She found herself getting dragged by Blaize into the very familiar room where she stayed as well before, back when she was one of the team. Standing at the door made all her memories came back to her like a flash of lightning, striking her with that nostalgic feeling she didn’t expect to feel. Blaize seemed to understand what she’s feeling. He didn’t rush her, instead he waited for her to be ready, waited for her to open the door on her own. Glancing at him one more time, Jade finally felt ready and assured that she can do this. There’s no right time for her. Time here is nimble and life feels short-lived. As someone who came back from the grave, she knows it well eno
Svetlana opened her window in her room and lets the moonlight to covered her whole room. She opened her laptop and she rereads the article she found about Ahrio's father. She closed it again and covered her face with her palm, thinking what she will do to discover more about him. She remembered something, a note that can connect the tangled pieces of what seems like a puzzle, a blurred image she has to unveil. She reads the written name there and
Jade handed the notepad to Yekaterina. It’s the same notepad containing the list of the remaining games set to commence for the players. Yekaterina accepted the notepad, yet her eyes remained on Jade. “What is it? Can you stop staring now?” “I just can’t believe you’re real. It’s like seeing a ghost except you’re real.”
Unbelievable and shocking. That was the first thought that registered to Minerva’s mind the moment she had process the details of the next game. It was exactly just like what Zayden had told her. Zayden’s former member, Jade who apparently had rose back from the dead and came back here bringing the information about the next remaining games and about one of the people involve behind this scheme. She didn’t believe it at first. But now, she’s convinced that whoever that Jade girl is, she is telling nothing but the truth.
Stepping inside the square, Jade picked up the first ball on the first row. The leader of the opponent team copied her and picked up the first ball on the last row. She stared at Jade, the look in her eyes held something like suspicion but Jade ignored her. Bryan was about to pick the ball behind Jade but the opposing team’s member suddenly rushed to grab the ball. He stands behind Jade, grinning from ear to ear as he glances at his leader who also had a satisfied expression on her face.
Instead of analysing what the game is all about, Yekaterina's group is amazed by the setting of the game, how prepared and detailed it is. If Jade didn’t tell them ahead of what this game is, they'll be all so busy finding and understanding the clues and the worst is there's chance that they will be eliminated. Contrary to their competitor for this game, the other group sealed their eyes on the balls. Examining what will be the best ball that they will choose to survive.
Blaize woke up from the aches of his body. Just like his normal day, he trained without any breaks. "You woke up already?" He saw his grandfather at the door of his room. "Come on, let's jog before the sun's up." "Grandpa, can I skip today?"