Iris POV

Judging by the way Leandro practically ran away at the thought of whatever game Jay wanted to play, I already had a bad feeling about this, but this... I never would've imagined that this is what the psychopath had in mind.

Currently, Carmine and I are hiding in something that resembles a barrel. I'm not sure what the hell it is, exactly, but it's better than where the others are.

The way this game works is, everyone is given a stun gun and then seperate into two teams. Hiders and seekers.

The Hiders, obviously, hide; and the seekers obviously seek. But that's where the similarities to the children's game ends.

If the Hiders are found by the seekers, they either shoot the seeker who found them with the stun gun, or they're shot with it themselves.

It's everyone for themselves, however, Carmine and I agreed that we wouldn't leave each other behind just this once.

Now, I've never been shot by anything before, but I think I've been put through enough pain to not want to go through with more, so when I say that I'd much rather not be here, I'd really, much rather not be here.

The air around us is quiet, almost silent, and it takes me far too long to realise that nothing good ever comes from absolute silence. Yes, there's comfort in silence, but complete silence is almost always a bad sign, and my hunch is proved correct when the barrel lid is suddenly opened. In shock, I somehow drop my stun gun.

There Jay stands, grinning sadistically, his gun in the air. Before he shoots however, I take out the knife that I keep strapped to my ankle and stab him in the leg.

He's caught of guard, and screams when suddenly, Carmine shoots him with the stun gun and down he falls.

I quickly pat along the barrel, finding my own gun before Carmine and I make a run for it.

It's dark, the minimal lights around the property not doing much to provide us with any insight on where we're headed, and while I hate it, I'm not stupid enough to think that it isn't for our advantage.

Our next hiding spot is a tree, Carmine and I climb as high as possible and lean against the bark for extra coverage.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps can be heard, and I take an audible breath.

"I'm telling you, that girly scream was that figlio di puttana." (motherfucker) Luka says, his voice mocking.

He's on the other team, and he's walking around with no care in the world, confident that nobody can hurt him. His confidence makes me want to stab him, and one look at Carmine confirms that he wants to do the same.

The person that Luka is talking to is Aaron, who's cocky smile that can be seen in the moonlight only pisses me off further.

They don't deserve to feel safe when they're making me play this fucked up game.

"Yeah, Jay screams like a girl." Aaron laughs, and while I don't like him, I can admit that Jay's screams was a tad bit girly.

I nod at Carmine, who understands the signal before we both silently climb down the tree.

Carmine's selective mutism has taught him a lot about being quiet, so, while Luka and Aaron may be heavy footed, he isn't, which makes what we're about to do a lot easier.

Now, when it comes to me, I've spent years of my life walking on eggshells, and as I've stated before, I could very well assassinate my brothers if I wanted to. I won't ever do it, but just because I won't doesn't mean I can't.

I smile as we sneak up right behind the two oblivious fools and shoot them with the stun guns simultaneously.

Then, looking at them helplessly on the floor, I can't help but giggle. They look so helpless, the poor boys, and betrayed too. I doubt they would've ever thought that I would do it. The thought makes me smile, and that's when I decide to do something even funnier. To me, at least.

"Carmine?" I ask, looking at my brother who nods at me. "You think Luka will care if I steal all his knives? I know he likes knives, and that he always has a ton on him, I think I need to add some to my collection. Oh, and I carried a marker when you guys were telling me about the game, so we can draw on his and Aaron's faces."

Carmine signs back at me that it'd be perfectly fine, so I first steal all of Luka's knives, because obviously, that's the more important part, when then we draw on their faces before heading off to find the others.

There were only three seekers. The rest of us were all Hiders, and now that the seekers are out of the game, it's up to the Hiders to see who wins.

Now, it's officially every man for himself, and while Carmine may not know it just yet, I have a plan to get him out too.

Just because I teamed up with him doesn't mean I didn't see the sadistic gleam in his eyes when Jay announced that we'd be playing this game.

He doesn't know it just yet, but I'm on to him, and he absolutely does not have my trust in terms of this game.

Besides, as much as Leandro may have abandoned me to not play the game, what nobody else knows is that he too, will be helping me carry out my plan.

What? You didn't think Leandro would ever truly abandon me, did you? Especially not for such a silly game.

There's nothing I like more than winning, and there's most definitely nothing that I won't do in order to win. They said it's every man for himself, but I doubt they took into consideration the fact that now, this is a woman's world.

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GUYS. I WROTE IT. BE PROUD.

I actually didn't know what the hell I should make the game, and right as I was about to cry (not really, I was just about to ask one of my friends for help when I finally thought of this.)

Initially they were supposed to use real guns. But barrel guns like Russian Roulette.

But I figured that'd be too dangerous, and predictable.

So I figured this would be better.

By the way, I can't tag you, for some reason, but you know who you are for giving me the idea of making Iris somewhat sadistic.

I'll tag you when freaking wattpad decides to work. Thank you for that, I didn't really know how to proceed until I finally thought about the way you suggested it.

Anywho, love ya lots like jelly tots.

My jelly tots is actually in hospital rn-
I should message the poor dude 😭

Anyway, buh bye.

Edit: what'll I get in return if I update again sometime this week?

Also, the particular reader can FINALLY be tagged. So the credit for Iris being slightly sadistic goes tooo.... Drumroll please 🥁

-Mr_Hyde