THE GAME

EPISODE 5: KNOW YOUR RANK

"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity"

-Envard Munch

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As all of them had finished making a good as what they call "black destiny", they all waited patiently as the list on the leaderboard is still on the process.

.........L O A D I N G.......

WELCOME!

A table pops out onto their screens as a black cat was perfectly placed on the left side of the table.

-LEE GAMES-

+GRUESOME BLACK DESTINY+

RANK 1

RANK 2

RANK 3

RANK 4

RANK 5

RANK 6

RANK 7

RANK 8

RANK 9

RANK 10

RANK 11

"How about we turn on the music so there's a vibe, no?" Karl asks as he turns on the Avenger theme song, still waiting.

"This will take time guys so how about we get the party started??"

"YEAHHHHH!!!"

They all started to party, leaving their phones off for the meantime. They've got to enjoy the moment because, at the end of the night, they'd be able to see who's code names are on the top.

During the party, Franz goes to the table to grab herself cranberry juice since alcohol is prohibited inside the school.

"Hey, Franz." Someone called her attention. She turns to see Paul, getting his four-season juice as well.

"Well, you've been calling me a while ago. Tell me, what do you want?" She grins as they walk together into their seat.

"Well, about earlier, when you said that you don't feel good about the game?"

"Hmmm?" She answers she takes a sip into her juice, as she could feel her heart thumping faster than the usual.

"I kinda felt that too."

"Well..." she pauses as she smiles at him. "It is okay now, Paul. No need to worry. And besides, I still joined, and turns out that it's just like that. Logging and-"

"Writing your death DESTINY? That's ridiculous."

"Well, you should've at least told that when I was having doubt, you know."

"I'm just-"

"You know what? I don't care. If you're a friend of mine, you should've defended me a while back, and not being held back because you're scared of Regina who might bully you." She said as she stands up, leaving him there.

"F*ck."

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A few minutes later, their phones start to chime. The ringtone wasn't loud enough since they're playing loud music, but right at that moment, Wilhelm decided to check on his phone, since his parents might leave a message or just call him every after ten minutes or so.

As he opens his phone a pop-up notification came across his screen.

PRIVATE MESSAGE FROM BLACK CAT

Lee Games// Black Destiny

"Guys! The result just came in!!" He screams, making them tone down the music, as they rummage their phones inside their bags.

In a hurry and a bit tense, Paul was hesitant to open his, but had no choice but to open it. He was surprised to see the content of the message.

Some of them would eventually receive a notification saying

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS THE TOP xx OF THE GRUESOME BLACK DESTINY!!

-BLACK CAT-

And for the non-top 11,

WE ARE SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR ENTRY WASN'T ABLE TO REACH THE TOP 11 GRUESOME BLACK DESTINY.

-BLACK CAT-

"What?"

"OMG, I am curious about who's who!!"

"Dang it."

Different reactions came erupting inside the room. Some are disappointed, some are grateful, but all of them are curious.

Who are these top twelve?

"Am I- oh my! Guys!!!" Trish squeals as they look at her. She was about to say something when suddenly, her smile fades.

"Are we like, allowed to reveal ourselves now if we've made it or not? I mean, the game ends there."

"I think we can already."

"No! Don't!" Lee immediately stops them as they loon at him with curiosity.

"Why? Does this game have a part two?"

"No. But what the terms and conditions said, we can only reveal ourselves on the fifteenth day of November, the end of our Halloween Celebration."

"Lame," Trish said that made them laugh.

"It is the rules of the game, guys. Let's see who can keep their mouth shut for the long two weeks. That's the real deal of this game."

"Hmm, okay. Well, I don't care. LET'S CONTINUE THE PARTY!!"

Three hours had passed and it is already 20:00. It's the end of the first day, and they need to go home to get some rest since they'll have to attend school early for tomorrow.

"The game is lit, Lee. Appreciate the thrill." Dale said as he taps Lee's shoulder.

"Thanks, bro."

Since Lee's place is just a few steps away from the school, he decided to just walk into the dark alley. Lights are flickering and the cold breeze howling. It seems like he's the only one who will be taking that direction, which made him a bit worried for himself.

He's not that kind of coward or something, it was the vibe of the flickering street lights that pulls it off. He started to get spooked out as if the drink had been hitting him hard. Yes, they manage to slip one alcoholic beverage inside the premises, and they were able to mix it with the Cranberry juice, with the guys.

"F*ck" he mumbles once he trips onto a small rock, causing him almost fall flat on the dirt. He manages to balance his weight as he continues walking.

As he kept on walking and walking, he could feel the atmosphere changing. Someone is wrong about it.

He turns around to see no one as if he's getting paranoid that someone is following him. He shrugs the feeling off after assuring that no one's behind him. He continued to his walk as he sees a figure, standing from a distance. He halts as he stares at it, but failed after his vision got too blurry. But then, he continues walking, knowing that the figure might not disturb him.

As he went past the figure he mumbles the words "creep" as a smirk forms into his lips. But that smirk soon replaced with the questionable look when he heard the person ask

"Lee, right?"

He stops as he slowly turns to the person wearing a gray hoodie.

"Excuse me?"

"You're Lee, am I right?"

"Yeah. Who the f*ck are you? Do I know you?" He asks. The person soon turns, making his eyes widen.

He's wearing a mask that made him startled. Due to the mask, he wasn't able to recognize the person behind it.

"I'm the creep."

And with that, the person drew out a pocket knife, Immediately aiming at him. The person stabs him countless times right into his stomach, instantly making him spit the blood out. The metallic smell splashes out all over the person's hoodie, as he tries to scream for help.

"Help! Please help!" He tried to scream as the person let go of him, as he watches him crawl for some help. As his tummy runs into the dirt, so is the spilling of the blood from it came worse. The pain he's dealing with as his damaged stomach, as the dirt gained access inside it. He screams mercifully as the killer looks at him with so much pleasure.

He even tried to randomly click his phone, expecting someone to pick up the phone while crawling.

"Pick up pick up PICK UP GODDAMN IT!!!"He cries, as his vision is still blurry. He can't see who he's calling, but he knew he had someone because his phone is vibrating. When he had crawl for almost five steps away, the killer picked him up immediately.

"Why are you f*cking doing this to me you f*cking psycho!" he cursed, trying to scream, but deeply failed after feeling himself heavy. Soon, the killer smiles. Lee stares at him with such anger.

"F*ck. You."

"Rules are rules, Lee. And sadly, you've failed to attain it."

"If this is-"

And with no hesitation, the murderer immediately draws the knife directly into Lee's head. The blood flows like a river as the killer picks his phone beside him. The killer managed to gain access to his phone because it was already open. He opens the app, reading his black destiny. With such hunger, the killer looks at Lee's dead body, and a grin forms into the killer's lips.

"Let's get your destiny to come true now, Lee."

And at that very moment, with such late notice, Franz, Kezze, and Iriss received a missed call notification.

And it was already too late.

9:41

PRESIDENT LEE calling

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