Anxiety. Anger. Fear. Death. Those were just some of the reasons why Bayley was laser-focused on the words of The Villain. She had to kill someone in her group. But how can she make it look like a mistake? Like it wasn't her fault.

Obviously, if her friends saw her kill one of them in cold blood, they'd definitely turn their backs and leave her for dead. Rightfully so, too. This wasn't going to be an easy task to carry out. Not by a long shot.

As Bayley was caught up in her thoughts, she hadn't noticed that the group stopped moving.

"Shh..." Dean hushed, "hear that?"

Distant, footsteps started off as slow. Then became faster, being joined by the howling and growls of chaos.

Everyone gripped their weapons tightly. "Here we go again." A.J planted her feet to the ground, preparing for the next round of fiends.

The scenery faded to black and turned into the deep, dark deck of the woods.

"Fucking perfect..." Becky cursed. "Everybody stay close."

Howling and chaotic laughter came from all around them. It was hard to pinpoint exactly where the noise was coming from.

"Decay.... Decay.... Decay...." a voice hummed.

"You all will fall victim to the unmerciful hands of Decay!" a husky voice echoed through the still trees leaves.

"Your flesh will wither off your bones and decay into the dirt beneath you!" a third voice crazily laughed. "The end of your days has arrived."
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The Ragdoll herself leaned back in her chair, "Allow me to introduce you all to the stable of Decay."

A woman stepped out of the darkness, dragging her feet across the grass. She gave the group one look and smiled, revealing her razor sharp rows of teeth. "This is Rosemary. Her jaw can widen large enough to decapitate a person with her teeth alone."

Next to step from behind her was a man to crawl out onto all fours. "I like to call him Crazzy Steve. He moves like a rabid animal and is faster than the average human."

Then finally, a large man that was built like a tank appeared. "This man...  Well, this is someone who I like to call Abyss. He has the strength of 10 men and the last thing you want to do is get trapped between his bare hands."
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As Decay stepped forward, everyone backed up. "What do we do?" Becky raised her hands that gripped her axes tightly.

Dean glanced over and saw that all his friends were looking and him for a plan. He had to think quick, considering Decay was stalking their way. It was really hard to think of something under all this pressure. "Alright. Styles, Finn and I will take on the big guy. Becky, Bayley, A.J, you all go for the other two."

They gave each other a nod and charged at Decay, holding their weapons high.

Abyss raised his fists, slamming them down at the heads of the men he was up against. Thankfully they were quick enough to dodge his attacks. A crater was left in the ground after the stiff shots. This man was insanely strong.

"Here, here, girlies. This will only hurt for a second." Rosemary's jaw widened up all the way to where they could see the rows of teeth lining the inside of her mouth.

While they were distracted, Crazzy Steve charged and tackled Bayley to the ground. "You will rot like the vermin you are." he growled, slamming her head against the ground.

"Bayley!" Finn screamed for his girlfriend, then got ran overed by Abyss who charged right through him. He gasped for air, feeling as if he were hit by a bus. They weren't joking when they said he had the strength of ten men. That power was simply ungodly.

The maniac held Bayley's head firmly between his hands. "Hear that?" he looked up. "That's the sound of defeat. The deal you made with a Creator isn't going to make a difference! It's not going to make a single! Fucking! Difference!" he screamed, slamming her head harder and harder into the ground until he saw blood pouring out from her head.

Becky and A.J tried helping Bayley but Rosemary blocked them off. All they could do was watch.

Crazzy Steve straightened himself up, still remaining straddled over Bayley. He cackled watching her eyes fade out to grey. "You're all dead! Every last one of you will die in here! You will all drown in a pool of your own blood!" he dipped a finger in Bayley's blood and drew a single tally mark on her forehead. "One.... More.... Life...."
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The Villain bit down on his knuckles. Bayley had an advantage but now she's one life down. With only so much time left on the clock, who knows if she'll be able to carry out his task.
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Bayley's body disintegrated into ash. They all watched as her body disappeared from the scene. While Abyss was amazed over his comrades work, Dean had taken advantage and swung his war hammer into the side of ththe beast's leg. The giant fell to one knee, "You're not so tough with one leg, huh?" He raised his weapon, but Abyss stretched his arm out, clasping it around Dean's throat.

"You can not hurt what isn't human, so easily."

A.J turned her attention away from Rosemary and saw Dean about to get his throat crushed. She tried to save him but that twisted woman blocked her path once more. "No no, darling. You're not finished with me."

Becky came up behind her and slashed her smaller ax into the side of Rosemary's neck. She turned around, unfazed and wrapped her serpent-like tongue around the end of the weapon. Yanking it out of her neck.

Meanwhile, Dean was still struggling to get out of the man's grip. Finn smashed his bat of nails over the giants head. Abyss was dazed.

Aj watched from the side not knowing what to do. All he had was a taser that was only going to work once. Should he use it now? Who knows how many more rounds of horror they'll have to go through after this.

Not too far away, he noticed a blue spark between two trees. It looked like something you'd find during a conquest of a video game. He shakily reached his hand out to grasp the spark. The moment he touched it, he felt this surge of power racing through his body.

He couldn't control his feet that were taking him straight too Abyss, who was already getting up. He leaped up high and clobbered Abyss in the side of the face with his forearm, sending the beasts carcass flying.

He then tackled Crazzy Steve and delivered these unhuman like punches with insane power. The animals head was turned to mush by the time Aj was finished with him.

Rosemary turned her attention away from the girls and prepared for the man with a power-up. "Go on! Hit me with your best shot!" She snarled.

"Your fight isn't with me." He reminded. Rosemary tilted her head, then was met with A.J's large blade that chopped her head clean off.

Aj suddenly felt all this new found energy, surging out of his body. He collapsed to his knees and gasped for air.

Dean ran up towards him to check if he was okay, "What the hell was that?!"

"I don't know. Th-there was this glowimg thing, a-and I touched it-" get stuttered, not even able to comprehend what get had just done. "It's like someone was controlling my body or something."
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Aleister smirked as he placed his control panel down.

"You do know that since you did that, you're not going to be able to help him at all during this round." The Lone Wolf informed.

"I'm fully aware of that." He stared up at the giant screen that looked over the stage. "I am confident that he will make it out alive, even if it is without my help."

The Empress chuckled and shook her head, "You are too confident."

He shrugged his shoulders, "I have reasons to be."
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Finn looked around, "Bayley! Bayley!"

Becky walked up to him, "Finn, she still has another life. She's not gone. She's okay." She tried to comfort.

"But where is she now? I thought she would come back as soon as she died."

"Maybe she'll regenerate or something  in the next round." Dean suggested.

Finn wiped his tears away. He couldn't imagine life without Bayley. He just couldn't. They needed to get out of here alive and together. One way or another, they just have to.
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A/N: Hey! I'm back! I know I haven't updated this story in forever, its just that I've been really busy and didn't know where else to take things from here with this book.

I don't know if you guys are still reading this or forgot about it, but I will finish writing this story soon. I think they'll be a few chapters left and I can finally complete it. Anyways, leave your comments and tell me what you think so far and who you think will survive.

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