Chapter 22

CHAPTER 22

Tomorrow morning, we woke up with swollen eyes. I cleaned the blood on the kitchen area while Matthew took the water for me. Only the four of us left and until now we couldn’t still find Michael. I wonder if how he was gone just like that. I can’t also avoid questioning myself if he had seen hidden room and hid there? Was he okay? Or did he leave us all here? Everything in this house is unpredictable, eh. You can’t trust most of the things here.

"Cristina woke up already," I lifted my head when I heard Maureen’s voice. I stood up and left the the clothe that I used for cleaning the blood on the floor.

"Then that’s a good news. We can ask here about what is really happening right now." I commented. She just shrugged, "I don't know if she will answer it. Maybe we should get her breakfast first?" She suggested. I nodded my head.

Yeah, she was right. Maybe I am just too desperate to know why Cristina did this to us. Sighed. I really can't believe until now that we are fighting for our own lives here in this mansion.

If I only knew that these things happen, I should have not agreed to play this game. Imagine, our lives are at risk. I'm just so lucky that I am still alive until now.

"Hey, eat this," Maureen handed Cristina a spoon full of food, but Cristina just look away.

"'Where’s my medicine? Can you please hand me my meds, please? I really don't know what will happen next," she almost whispered, crying. Her eyes were so tired and red. She looked like a depressed pale kid who never got a chance to engage in reality. She looked so sad... and creepy, I guess.

"Please, just eat first so that you can take your meds after," I pointed out. She shrugged and pouted. She looked like a kid that she would get what she wanted.

"Okay fine, where are your medicines?" We looked at Matthew who sound so irritated because of Cristina’s behavior.

She used her mouth to point something on the cabinet. Indeed, she really looked like a kid. Never have I imagined she will act like this!

"Where?" Matthew opened the cabinet.

"There, inside the red bag! You wasted my meds, eh!” She spoke playfully.

Matthew just rolled his eyes and opened the bag. Then, a picture fell onto the floor which made Matthew to grabbed it. He stared at it for a second without corrupting his eyes, then Maureen grabbe it on his hand and looked at it. "Who's this?" She asked and showed us the picture.

Cristina smiled widely. "That's me! I was 6 years old that time!" She excitedly exclaimed. The girl on the picture is wearing red polkadots dress and white head band. She was really cute because of her fat cheeks.

"Of course, you did not recognize me because I became skinny now," she laughed. Matthew and Maureen just nodded at her. Matthew took the picture again and put it back on Cristina’s back and gave her the medicine she was waiting for. We were shock when we saw the box container full of drugs. Drugs, as in medicine, not the other one.

She really take all of that meds?

"Wow that’s a lot! Why do you have that much?!" Maureen asked.

Matthew came over and handed me the box. There are different colors of medicine. I can not believe. Does he always drink it? Maureen came back behind me and also took some medicine from the box. It looked disgusting.

“How long are you sick?”

"Since I was young. I don't know, they just told me I have this disease. I got it from my family." Ha? What?

"You're really crazy, you just have this moody behavior, because that’s your whole existence. Don’t blame it to your family because as far as I remembered, they are okay, only you are not." Maureen hissed. Cristina laughed immediately.

"You, you're pretty stupid too." She responded. "I'm adopted, you idiot!" Our eyes widened. What the hell! Seriously?

"That's why sometimes I'm with you because we're both adopted!" She crazily laughed again. Maureen just rolled her eyes, “Whatever. I’m not interested. We are interested about you killing our friends and why are you taking those medicines!”

"So what's this medicine for? Then why there's a lot? Are you really going to take all of these?" She took the different colors of medicine at the same time.

"For calming down," she said casually. "Take all the different colors because I'll drink all of them."

"Are you ordering us?" Maureen hissed again, and then handed me the box. Cristina's left eyebrow rose.

"How can I take it by myself if you untied me, are you that so stupid?" She seemed to become bossy now. Is this really her state? Her mood always changes. Maybe that explains why sometimes she's smart and sometimes she's creepy because her mood suddenly changes.

"Take your medicine now, madman," Maureen replied then walked out.

We have no choice but to follow her orders. When we gave her a drink, she was asleep for a few minutes after taking it.

"So how's that? She’s asleep already, we didn’t even gather new information,” I complained and then came out.

Matthew just quietly followed behind me. We went downstairs and saw Maureen throwing stuff at TV.

"Hey! We guessed the killer! It’s game over now!" She yelled.

He sighed. "I'll just wash the dishes and finish your stuff earlier," he sparingly smiled.

"Are you okay?" I asked because he looked so pale. He licked his lower lip to moisturize it. Seemed like everything he does he can still to be this handsome.

"Yep, I still can't believe that this is really happening." He shrugged. Well, likewise. But it's really happening now. We'll just end this.

"All right, I'll clean the floor first. You might even get hurt." I nodded and so he left.

"Damn it! Open those doors!" I turned to Maureen and just watched her to be like that. She thrown almost everything on the screen. The living room we used to have is nothing now compared before. It was all broken.

When she almost broke everything, I ran to her and then stopped her from doing what she was doing.

"Will—"

"What? Relax? Gosh! I can't relax! I'm going home and I will really report this fucking game!"

"There's nothing we can do if we don't wait for the update, okay?" I get annoyed. This room is too chaotic for her to add it. What if the admin won’t like her behavior and won’t let us go?

"Shut up! You just don't want to go home because you want Matthew to flirt with you, you're flirtatious— aw!" She didn't finish her sentence because I slapped her so hard.

Her eyes widened, and she immediately pulled my hair. Because I was so full of his ugly habit I fought her as well. The two of us twitched. I got even angrier because she hit my face with her elbow. I pulled her hair more than she does, then punched her face.

"Hey! I said stop!" Matthew shouted and then forcibly separated the two of us.

"Punyeta!" Maureen said angrily and then walked out again. Before she could even leave, the TV turned on and so she stopped. I can see in Matthew's face that he is holding back his anger and very stressed. But he just let out a deepb sigh and asked, "You okay?" I nodded as a response.

I fixed myself and then read what was on TV.

"Congratulations! But aren't you worried that (s) he might kill you and win this game alone? Always remember, prevention is better than cure. Good luck!"

Damn it! The game isn't over yet?!

"Fuck. That damn woman is making us as her toy! Fuck." She cursed, carried the chair and threw it on the ground. What she sees she takes it, then destroys. I just cried because of the noise.

"So, the game isn't over y-yet?" I asked. I cried even more when I saw Matthew broke the glass table.

"Fuck! the admin is enjoying playing with us!"

I heard Maureen scream so I turned to her. "Arghhhh! I'm going crazy here!!!!"

Everything around us is as messy as hell. Stinky because of the blood, dilapidated things because they broke it.

They all left so I went upstairs as well to be alone. I am currently in the bedroom putting away my belongings. I need to be more prepared now.

I went out then went to the hidden room and looked for a weapon I could use. Bahala na. We are on our own. We only want one thing, to get out of here alive.

I took a rope and put it in my bag. I also took small knives and put them inside. What I thought was available for me to defend myself, I took. Until I came out and I just heard Maureen's constant screaming. Matthew had just climbed up here so we looked at each other. I was nervous because her scream was coming from Cristina's room. We ran to his room and were shocked to see him open up.

It's Maureen, stabbing Cristina with two knives on her hand. Cristina's eyes were wide open but her neck was very bloody and her bed was full of blood.

I covered my mouth.

"Maureen ..." I said softly.

"What the fuck did you do?! Why did you kill her ?!" Matthew shouted then took the two knives in Maureen's hand.

Maureen shuddered to look at us then held Matthew’s hand. She was crying and all my hair stood up even more because of what she said.

"M-Maybe, maybe we need to kill her for us to survive this game? That's what it said on TV, right? You know that? Stay strong. Whoever lives until the tenth day, he will win. He can get out. So, killing each one of us will make us survive.”