"That was the best trial yet!" Dagger exclaimed, holding his stomach and catching his breath.

As Dagger laughed, the slot machine came out, spinning until all three columns landed on the picture of Amanda.

"You are correct, Miss Amanda here is indeed the murderer of Torch!"

Dagger slammed down on the red button that appeared beside him. The TV came down once again, this time showing a Dagger sprite dragging an Amanda sprite off of the screen.

The long chain came forward and grabbed Amanda by the wrist. She waved goodbye, stood up, and walked with the same bravery as Isabell did down to the execution chamber.

Amanda has been found guilty.

Commence Execution Two.

*****

Historically Hilarious Goodbye

She faced her situation quite calmly.

Armed with nothing but a trainer sword, she looked to the large group of samurai across from her.

They all charged at the command of the daimyo lord, Dagger Belmont, dressed in traditional robes and looking down at her. 

She dodged the first group of samurai quite easily.

The trainer sword went through them, with a bit of difficulty.

Ten down.

Just one hundred ninety to go.

More samurai came charging towards her.

For a minute, she was surrounded by a group of armed men, their swords cutting into her arms and face.

She gritted her teeth and managed to fight them off slowly. When the men collapsed in blood, she was standing there, clothes tattered and blood covering her face.

The guards were down.

Then came the archers and the cavalry next.

The trainer sword was already wearing down.

Amanda charged at the archers, attempting to dodge the volley of arrows.

She missed.

A few arrows went into her sword arm, as she stumbled a bit before driving her trainer sword into the archers' hearts.

She frowned at the arrows and pulled them out, a look of obvious pain in her eyes.

The horses reared when she reached them as the cavalry charged, brandishing their swords, the metal glinting in the light.

Amanda slayed them all, the trainer sword breaking as soon as she ran it through the final samurai's back.

Amanda was not dead. 

She lived.

She wasn't free...

*****

The lights turned on. Amanda looked shocked, as she spun around in a daze.

Dagger was still on his throne, a look of surprise on his face. He stood up slowly, his clothes reverting from the traditional clothing to his normal tuxedo.

Wyatt and the others stared in shock. Was it possible to live through an execution?

Amanda's face quickly turned into a look of relief as she sank to her knees and burst into relieved tears. 

Nobody saw Dagger anywhere.

*****

There he was.

He was holding a sword.

As Amanda heard him and turned her head around, he stabbed the sword into her stomach.

Amanda looked shocked, grasping for what life she had left.

Her eyes widened and they whispered some final words before her eyes slid shut and she fell.

Blood splattered everywhere, onto the floor, the cage bars, and onto Dagger's clothes.

His cold expression morphed into a twisted grin.

Of course, it should have been obvious. 

No one would survive an execution.

Amanda was dead.

Now, she was free.

End Execution

*****

Wyatt stiffened when the blood splattered past the bars and onto the floor in front of his feet, a few drops getting onto his white shirt.

His eyes were wide, mouth trembling and unknown tears running down his face. His heart was pounding in his chest as Dagger opened the gate, stepping out.

Dagger looked even more menacing with the blood on his tux, bright pink staining the white side of his suit. He had a stain on his cheek, a smear across his hands, and the cuffs of his dress shirt bright pink. Then, he smiled.

"Oh, how fun! I got the final death blow...or, should I say, STAB!?" he exclaimed, wiping the blood on his hands onto the front of his pants.

"What...what did you do..." Wyatt asked, never tearing his eyes off of the collapsed heap of Amanda's body, "She would have lived! She was filled with some hope! She beat your fucking execution and then you killed her off anyway!"

Dagger made a tsk sound with his teeth. "No one survives the execution, Wyatt. I do what I'll do to kill those who deserve it."

"YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS TO US!" Wyatt screamed. 

"Hmm...what is this? You think I'm the one doing this to you? I've got news for you. YOU'RE WRONG! You're the people killing off your own friends! My job is only to do what I have to do and set the right environment! What did Amanda say about Torch being a demon? Well, she was right! You guys are the demons living in this place! You kill off your own friends and start this entire ordeal!" Dagger yelled back, "You thirteen people are the DEMONS OF THIS MANSE! SEE HOW WONDERFUL DESPAIR IS? IT TURNS YOU INTO THE TRUE MONSTERS YOU ARE, MAKING YOU DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO!" He smiled sweetly as he turned around, back facing them. "Think about it hard. What did I hear you guys talk about the very first day? You said you wouldn't kill anyone and you would defeat me without the cost of so many deaths. Now, look at yourselves. Fucking hypocrites. You're all liars. Now there's only twelve of you left."

Wyatt and the others could only listen and cry at the words of Dagger, not only because of the fact that they had lost another comrade that day.

Deep down, in their hearts, they agreed with Dagger's words. What were they doing? They had already failed at their promise to each other in such little amount of time. 

They were the true demons of the Manse of Despair.