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I could tell she wanted to eat me but not by any of the obvious reasons a succubus would lead on. She never once gave the impression of some kind of demon that wanted to rip part from my spine and squeeze my spleen like a sponge spilling blood over her rare panda bear rug, and her large collection of lit candles. I still remember that stare from across the bar. It was a classy joint, one where the mention of beer would get every man in a suit jacket to stare at you like you just bashed someone over the head with a rock. "Wine?" Was the first word out of my mouth as my buddies finally found a table not occupied by a kids trying to dress like

The room was bright, bright enough to give every one the same pounding headache as they entered the room, shielding their eyes. Already their minds were cracking, falling apart like eggs about to be cooked. They had just left behind two people in a room alive. They knew that either the room will eventually kill them or they will day along with time and time in the monolith isn't forgiving. Somewhere in the whiteness that made the room, archways arose, thirty of them each labeled above with a single word. Snake. Flyer. Yellow. Water. The words were simple and unique. They were hard to see and at first they didn't make any sense to the remaini

The room was empty and that made them all smile. No food this time, not even supplies of any kind. It was just an empty room with no door. They room was small so that when they all lied down, their feet touched. That didn’t matter because the exhaustion took over and they all fell deep into the souls of their minds to rest. There were no dreams, just a voice that repeated, "One Wish." The voice got louder and when they were awake they noticed the room had grown larger. "I can't do this anymore." Everyone was crouched around a single body. It was Simone, and there in the room now ten times the size as it was before was a dead body wit

Sixteen of them stood alive, breathing, some heaving. Mendy and Jack tried to create some kind of structure during this moment to regroup but it was impossible. The teams were in disarray, many were hurt, two had missing limbs and we did what we could to bandage them up. They had lost many supplies and food throughout the last couple of obstacles and sat in shock. Their eyes were glazed; their spirits torn pulled from their bodies and dragged down the rocks outside. They ate what they had, left everything but one bag they used to bandage the hurt, but they were already low on supplies. Simone's hand was just a ghostly image now. And Gloria's

At this point they had no idea how many of us were left. We stood in a corridor with walls that slid back and forth. The light showed bright as we entered but now as each wall slid closed, the darkness ran in. The closed at different speeds but we were trapped in the darkness, hearing the sounds of the doors slam shut as a bone crushing speed and strength. They all heard someone step forward and they heard the bone crushing sound tear through their skin and hearts. They’re throats went dry and they felt sick like they had tiny rabbits biting each other to death inside them. Jack's face was covered of blood, not his of course but he wa

Darkness is a funny thing. If a bird plucked out your eyes, you'd be just as blind. If you died, perhaps you wouldn't know. Darkness wasn't a friend to the group and the first person to yell made everyone's heart skip. There was crying. There was heartache but worst of all their was that yell. "Who was it?" a woman said. "Who said that?" a male voice asked. "Where's that bastard? They all knew that quivering voice. It was once the sound of someone who knew what he was doing, a leader, now it sounded like an angry teenager who didn't get what he wanted. He just wanted everyone to live. He wanted George to live, to breathe. "It's Breenan a

Jack woke with everyone running around like caged lizards. Colors filled his eyes as he saw the plastic tubes running up and around the gigantic room. "Good you're up." The voice was unfamiliar but as he focused he realized it was Tegan. "What's going on?" "Accessing the room. No traps or dangers, so now it's time to get ready. Are you up to it?" She said all this without even looking at Jack's face. "It's like a giant hamster city." "Yeah. Crazy right?" He laughed almost proud to see what lied in front of their eyes. "A giant hamster city. I call it Hamstertopia." She finally turned, removing herself from the dazed induced by the room a

When you hate something, sometimes it’s hard to keep from kicking it too hard. Jack stood next to the man asleep, kicking him. "Wake up." Paul reacted violently, jumping back onto his hands with a look of dire fear on his face. "Finally caught up to you," George said. Marina shook her head. "I actually hoped you had died back there." "Well," he brushed himself off, trying to regain composure. He wanted to kill them. He didn't know why, but the feeling was there in the back of his head, knocking. "Well, I figured I'd scout ahead for you guys." "Yeah, sure," Jack said walking away from the scared man. "Mendy, what do we got here?" Me

They rested and life felt good. Not in the same sense of leaning against a tree on a bright sunny day but like digging a hole for hours, only to find the tiniest bit of shade behind a sun wrmed boulder kind of good. It was better, that was for sure. They ate and it felt filling. They laughed and exchanged stories, even though they didn't remember anything. But they felt good. "Mendy, sit with us," Marina yelled at the girl from across the room. Jack passed around a sandwich that was in a plastic bag to Mendy. "How do we know they aren't poison?" she knocked the sandwich out of Jack's hand. Jack turned to pick up the sandwich and pushed it

At first they were confused by the space of the room. It wasn’t a room. Instead, feet in front of them, were a long set of stairs. Mendy was again the first to venture off and as she disappeared above them, the rest followed up the stairway. "Stairs?" Their arms were on fire and now they stared at an obstacle that would make their legs enflamed like a furnace as well. They climbed. The staircase was big enough for two people to walk comfortably side by side and so they split into groups, taking a break for what they thought was around ten minutes. They stayed together and rested together. Time vanished, their eyes began to hurt and