He stayed by my side all these years.

Michael and Eason were violently knocking on the tiles, trying to get Joel out.

However, I couldn't pry them open, and neither could they.

Zion knelt on the floor, his hands covered in blood. His fingers were still in the gap in the floor tiles, adamant about getting them open. He screamed and struggled in despair. My numbed senses seemed to have gradually sharpened.

This was what despair felt like.

I knew it for a fact-this was despair.

"The first person who triggers the destructive mechanism can get out of here alive. The price being... everyone else will end up dead," the creepy voice said once again.

I instinctively looked toward the far end. Taylor, who was usually unnoticeable, had already run to the end of the hall without us knowing.

He stared at the red button on the wall. Then, he turned to look at us with a shaky gaze.

"Press it and the exit will appear," the voice said, tempting him to press it.

Everyone held their breath and stared cautiously at Taylor.

He shook his head, sobbing. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I'm too afraid. I want to leave. I'm so sorry..."

This was human nature-sacrificing everyone else was a valid option if it meant one could live.

"Taylor!" Quinn screamed his name while crying.

But he pressed the button anyway.

in the past, but I've corrected them," Taylor cried, shaking his head. "I've been doing endless good deeds these

left Steve and Simmy to fend for themselves during the fire, but

I just wanted to live. Where's the fault in that? All these years, I've worked hard at my job in order to live life like a regular person. Why was I brought to a place like this? Why?"

"Autonomous device, on."

as Steven grabbed my hand and wanted to escape, a metal barricade dropped down where the exit was. We were all trapped inside. There

beams were aimed directly at each and every one of our foreheads and

that there were multiple machine guns being operated

nowhere to run or

creepy girl reappeared

smiled at me and said, "Stephie, between him and him, only

Steven and Michael. She

was shaking as I clenched my fists. An impulse to destroy everything was

direction of the camera. "I'm going to

you

figure out where your heart lies," the little girl said

to know if you love Steven

19,

They just stared at me in

they were

and swung it down onto

tell me what to do," I said in a low

diagonally toward the wall in front. Stepping off the wall at the side, I jumped up and tore the infrared

pulled Zion and Quinn out of the way and promptly moved away from their

and Michael quickly

guns started shooting in the pre-aimed direction. Without

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