Play The Game

The house creaked as the moonlight shined down revealing broken and cracked windows, a half hinged door, and a faint candle lit. "Please.” She pleaded struggling not to break down crying at the horrors in front of her. Alice laid trapped to a cold hard metal table, blood dripping down from her head. Her chest moved slowly up and down revealing that the young college female was still breathing if only barely.Nick hands wrapped around Stella's hoping to stop her from doing something that would make things worse for all of them. He wanted to do nothing more but reassure the girl that everything would be fine in the end. Blood coated his dark brown hair and half of his face."Please, let them go.” Fear laced Stella's voice as she didn't want her friends to be in this place anymore.How could a simple game go so wrong? A question that Stella kept asking herself throughout the night. They had only played a simple game of Truth or Dare.Nick squeezed her hands once again in a reassuring manner."Please.” A chuckle came from across the room and from the tall dark male that had kidnapped Stella and her friends. A mischievous grin stretched across his face as a strange look appeared in his eyes.The candle flickered as a gust of wind blew in the room, the light glittering off the sharp knife that he held in one hand."I have to.” His words were half crazy as he talked nothing but nonsense to the ground of young adults. “This needs to be done.” 'He was crazy, nuts! He didn’t need to do this. He didn’t need to take us.' Stella thought desperately. "I'm scared.”