House of Death

I woke up with the ticking of the clock, slowly I open my eyes and an unfamiliar room greets me. I rubbed my eyes thinking maybe I'm still sleepy but it is not a dream.

I am inside someone's bedroom, I looked around and saw nothing but walls with a clock on top of the door, a sink, a mirror and the bed where I was sitting. There was no window nor cabinets, the room was painted white even the bed sheets are the same. I got up, feeling a little dizzy and walk closer to the sink to wash my face, I looked at myself in the mirror , thinking how the hell did I ended here.

"You're finally awake Mr. Harrington" a voice from nowhere startled me. I looked around but saw no one.

"Hope you got a lot of sleep cause you will need the energy" he continued to talk while I still wondered where the voice came from.

"Breakfast is ready."

then suddenly the mirror opened and a tray of food come out. Without thinking much of it, I just took the food and sat down and eat.

"In 10 minutes the door will open. We are hoping for your participation, Mr. Harrington" he said in a happy tone.

"Participation? where?" I asked still confused.

"You must have forgotten but you were sent here. Since they paid for your participation."

sent here? what the fuck is he talking about?

"You are to join this game Mr. Harrington , they paid a lot just to get you here. So you MUST do your best to win" he said as if I fully understand everything.

"What game are you talking about?!

"No need to raise our voice Mr. Forger, you are here to play and enjoy"

"Welcome to the House of Death Mr. Harrington!" he said excitingly.

After officially welcoming me, I heard a loud beeping sound and the door suddenly opened.

"The game has begun! Mr. Forger, Goodluck!"

I was too focused on thinking why I am here that I didn't notice that the door was fully opened. I took a deep breath and walked slowly outside, I peeked at the door and saw no one. There was just a long hallway, I stepped outside and took a couple of steps then the door slams shut. I tried to open it but it was no use, it was locked already.

I am panicking, I feel cold sweats on my face my breathing is not good, I saw my hand shaking, I blink a couple of times and inhaled deeply.

again. I clutched my fist and inhaled deeply. I wiped the sweat off of my face. I looked at the hallway and started to walk slowly, keeping alert for a sudden attack. After several minutes of walking I came upon two doors.

Written between the space that separates the doors.

I took the door on right for no reason at all both doors look the same anyway. The door led to another room, it's a small room but bigger than the room I was in awhile ago. I immediately look for a weapon , upon opening one of the drawers I just noticed I have tattoo in my wrist.

It's a number '1327' what? was this tattoo here all this time ? why did i just noticed this now? what does it supposed to mean?

i stopped thinking about the tattoo and continued my search. Finally I found a gun, its a Glock 19 pistol. I looked at the magazine and its has only three rounds. Just my luck. I looked for more ammos but found nothing.

I hold tightly on the gun and breath deeply, this must mean I have to use the bullets wisely. I'm not violent but my granpa did teach how to handle a gun.

After looking around and found nothing more, I sat down and think. how am i supposed to win? I don't want to kill anyone but I don't want to die , I'm still too young, there's a lot a haven't experienced yet.

"Mr. Harrington. Seems you have found your weapon" he spoke out of nowhere again which scared the shit out of me.

"Now. You are armed. You are really ready to play. " he said in the most cheerful voice which annoys me.

"Hey! what the fuck is this?!"I pointed at my tattoo

"Ohh. That's your number Mr. Forger. Like your Identification Card. " identification ha?!

"do you see that number on your gun?" i looked at the gun and saw a number engraved on it 1570 ? what that supposed to mean?!

"that is your target for today, Mr. Forger or should I say 1327."

i got chills. i have to kill this person. if i get to hunt that would only mean I'm being hunted too?! shit!

"You're on the very top floor 1327, since you just started playing. Aside from you, there is about fifteen in this very floor." what?! no shit?! 15! i might get killed. and not to mention I only have three bullets!

"there are several ways to get out of this floor and move to the lower level. Its either you hunt your target or kill three people." he send in a calm voice.

"There are two choices 1327. It's to kill or be killed. Choose wisely"

As if killing is just easy.

I stayed in the same room for about an hour. Keeping my breath and stretching, I'm ready to run for my life.

[Siren wailing]

"Ahhhh" I covered my ears. That was a very loud noise , what in the actual fuck was that for?

After the loud noise, I heard murmuring from the other room.

"You should have stayed at your own room little bitch!" a guy with deep voice screamed

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!" A girl screamed followed with a huge bang and I could hear a whimper. She seems to be struggling.

I swallowed in fear. It was just next door. What if he come after me? I slapped myself. I shouldn't think too much. First of all I need to find a way to get out of here.

I saw a small crack on the side table and when I run my hand on it , I felt a button . Having second thoughts on pushing it.

Suddenly I heard a loud banging on the door. Fuck! I'm screwed ! It was be the guy from the other room. I quickly pushed the button and the large painting opened.

I immediately run towards the hallway without looking back. I stopped running when something caught my eyes. It was someone's shadow. I looked for a place to hide luckily I found a cabinet.

Someone walks by the hallway. He suddenly stopped infront of me. Does he know I'm here? I clutch on my gun and ready myself for the worst.

"I know you are in there. Why don't you come out?" I can see his face staring at me with his disgusting bloody face while smiling.

I took a deep breath and I was about to shot him when he suddenly turn right. Someone cuts his face.

"Are you 1326? " He asked while looking at the guy form before's arm. "Fuck! Well you're my third prey anyways" can't tell if his disappointed or happy.

Good thing he didn't even bother looking inside the cabinet. After waiting for 10minutes, went out. I slipped on the floor. Disgusting!

I stand up and wipe some blood off my arms. I've witnessed two murders now. I should be careful. I must look for this person or look for someone I can kill?

I don't even think I have the guts to kill someone.

"Are you 1237!?" A girl shouted while pointing a gun at me.

"No! I'm not!" I showed her my tattoo.

"Not that it matters. " She said and shoots me. I manage to dodge her attack . She then tries to shoot me again.

"Fuck! Out of bullets!" She said while throwing her gun to the floor. She looked at me and smiled.

"Don't be a fucking pussy and shoot me idiot!"

I had doubts. I just can't do it.

She chuckled. "Pussy." She then jump at me and bite my neck. I throw her on the floor and pinned her.

"That's more like it! Hahaha" this girl is no more than sixteen. I looked at her arm 1570.

I heard a loud footsteps running towards our direction. And I looked at her again.

"I'm sorry" then I shot her on her chest.

The sound of the gun keeps ringing to my ears and I puked. I'm having blurry vision. This is not good ,someone is coming.

I saw the figure of a man holding a knife and he was staring at me.

"You killed her?" He asked while pointing at her.

I didn't answer him instead I instinctively point the gun at him

"Woah. Dude calm down. Clearly this is your first kill. You look bad already. " The fuck his talking about?

"Stop talking. " I told him. He looks like someone who had already killed someone judging form his bloody clothes.

"Congratulations! 13 out of 50 have passed the first level you are all welcome to the lower floor. " He seems enthusiastic.

Wait. 13? So there is someone who killed more than they have to?

I looked at the guy from earlier as my vision comes back. He is shorter than me , seems about the same age as me. He is wearing glasses, broken glasses.

"You are not to harm each other for now." The announcer reminded everyone.

"Hey! Was there a time in this game?" I asked the glasses dude.

"Yeah there is. You're lucky , you got her at the last minute, if not you'll die. " He said while wiping his glasses

"Where you running towards us, to kill?"

"No. I was running away from someone. He's 1327. He has an axe. He enjoys the killing." He said while putting his glasses back on.

I nodded in response. The axe dude was the same man who killed the smiling guy from before.

We keep walking the same path.

"Are following me?" I confronted him.

He smiled at me. "You're new here are you? And you don't know anything about this game. "

"On the lower floor, will separate ways. There are far more violent person down there. Some even stays there , waiting for the new comer. Those people are the VIPs. If you manage to kill one of them, you'll get to the lower floors quickly skipping the other floors. " He continued.

We entered the elevator and upon arriving at the lower floor, he went off alone. The lower floor is like an hospital. I looked around and went to open a door. Inside the room , I saw a dead body already. He was holding on a katana. I tooked the katana from him.

"This might come in handy"

"Don't trust anyone! " The guy hold on to my arm. Then he lost his last breath.

He scared me. What the hell?!. Of course . You shouldn't TRUST anyone. Most of the people here wants to kill each other. Some just want to survive. Betrayal is not far. This guy is stupid for giving his trust to someone within the house.

This is where the real challenge begin. I did ugly back there. This time I will look for the VIPs and kill them.