[ Recommeded Song ]: Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie

‼TW: Suicide ‼
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The group was facing different rounds. Each had already moved to their second out of three.

Wisteria smiled at the show on her screen, which shows the players' situations. Ambrosia went closer as she noticed something strange.

"How come Tris betrayed his friends? He even bad-mouthed his younger brother whom he sacrificed for so much." Said the young girl again. Wisteria merely looked at her with a stare.

"Because Tristan is dead, well... maybe not six-feet under, but inside. I can easily manipulate him now."

Ambrosia felt like a bucket of water was poured on her head. Tris? Manipulation? Dead? He gave up on his friends and himself so easily? "How did you manage to digest every single of everything? What are you planning? To use Tristan against the group?!"

Wisteria smiled as she played with her sister's hair. It left an uneasy feeling on the younger. "Grief, Ambrosia - he couldn't accept the fact that Dominic was deceased. He died before player Jimenez tried to because of guilt. It's a shame, we could've had three players dead from a strong group by now. By the way, had you forgotten? This is a game was so easy for them..."

Ambrosia almost fell in shock. "You controlled his mind, and you plan to repeat that cycle again?! So that you can have more victims to reincarnate our ancestors? Our whole family?! That trandition of San Vedra where they kill pupils in order to serve them as an exchange."

"What's with it?" Wisteria asked in a stern voice. "Don't tell me, your conscience is getting in your head again."

"In my head?" Ambrosia questioned in disbelief. "You killed innocent people just for this? Revenge? To reincarnate our ancestors? FOR WHAT, WISTERIA?! Let their soul rest in peace for Pete's sake! Mom and dad broke the cycle which brought freedom. These poor Vadrians don't even know what's our history with the owner!!!" She roared, unable to keep everything to herself.

"Are you turning your back on me, mei? Don't you dare forget, the owners started it all."

"I should've done that a long time ago. They killed us,"

Ambrosia turns to exit the door, however, her sister shut the door open using her powers. "You're not leaving."

"Let me go!" Ambrosia bangs on the door, but she can only bang it - nothing else. When Wisteria lost her patience, she pulled her sister's hair and started reciting something that locked her inside the doll.

"You will be trapped in there for a while, my dear sister." Wisteria says as she held the doll by its neck. "My patience for you has ran out." She continued as she remembers her own past acts.

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Flashback:

Jace's lip quivered as he cried. "I feel so bad, Jah. I feel so guilty... so much to the fact that I can't... I can't sleep well, that I had to take these pills. I understand if you loathe me so much...how Dominic is important to you. Because, you had a point, before me... Dominic was there... you shouldn't have chased me back then. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... love, please forgive me I..."

"Shhh... it's okay," Elijah rubbed soothing circles on his lover's back. "I know you tried what you think was the best for us. I'm sorry for pushing you too far off. I love you so much... I'm sorry..."

Tris witnessed everything what happened, he was there - it hurted him so much. He loved Jace, he loved him first, why is it so unfair?!

"Jace, why him?" Tris murmured to himself. "Wasn't I like him, too? We share the same surname, we share the same hobbies and habits, I was there for you when you needed me."

Wisteria and her lurking spirit finally found its next victim - it definetely wasn't going to be the last as well. The spirit of the female was used to manipulate Tris' mind which drove him insane.

"Cut, Tris, don't be scared..." Wisteria whispered on the male's ear, leaving a feeling of pain and a slap of reality to him. "Dominic is dead, isn't he? Use your ears to hear him... save him."

The horror Tris felt came back. The way he saw Dominic's head and body parted, blood spilled and creeped until it filled the very corners of the room he died in.

Tris hated that memory - he despised it so much.

"Tris, be with him, Dominic is the only one who loves you. Jace has Elijah, look at them... being there for each other during their lowest. Think about you, think about yourself." Wisteria whispered again. Cold air brushed against Tris' skin as he heard the voice he chose to ignore. He fought the thoughts of suicide, however, it didn't stop Wisteria from controlling him.

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Present [ Diana and Ryou's POV ]

Diana had successfully accomplished her first round. The doors opened to her for her second. There, she found Ryou fighting for his life against... cult members - five of them..The room was wide - something like a house.

'How the fuck did a cult even get here?' The latter thought inside her head before grabbing a vase and cracking it to the attacker's head. Thankfully, the fragile object cracked smoothly like an egg. The blow was hard enough to take one of the freaky people down. For the rest of the members, she stabbed them all and left the last with a sliced head.

"Are you okay?" Ryou asked worriedly, the female brushed her bangs to the left. "I'm fine, thank you." Diana replied as they left the room still holding their weapons.

"We need to find the rest of us all."

"Whers do we start looking?"

The two's mind went blank all of a sudden. There's no damn way their minds went on a shutdown in the middle of the round. This is the lowest pit of bad luck.

"Fuck," Ryou panted, as he clenched the side of his stomach. Diana's attention was quickly focused on him. "What happened?" She knelt and saw a cut on Ryou's stomach.

"WHAT THE FUCK, HASEGAWA?!"

The loud voice of Diana's scream clearly stated she was pissed and worried. "Can you stand up?"

Ryou tried to stand up while almost stumbling in the process. His legs dwelled between giving up and not.

In the middle of the already hard situation, they heard a voice growl as if it were a hungry beast. "Where... are... the humans?!?!?!"

As the shadow was visible, these cult and psychopath creatures found them and stared at them like hungry beasts.

Diana helped his male companion up and ran toward wherever their legs take them. There was one thing inside both of the survivors' heads.

They're survivors, they must survive.

When they reached the T-junction, Diana made a decision in a split second and turned left, dragging Ryou with her. Their chasers briefly panicked and rushed after them as their terrifying screams filled the air. They were furious and were out of their minds as their hunger for blood and human flesh took a heavy toll.

The two hid inside a room. Ryou was slowly starting to get weak. His energy was all used - and his injury's getting worse, he groaned in pain.

"Diana?" Ryou softly called to the female who rushed to him. Diana stared at the male in concern, "Are you in pain? I'll go, I'll find medical supplies-"

"No... No..." The male shakes his head. "I figured it, this is a house. A family lived in here... and they... they kept torturing bodies somewhere." Ryou grunts as his wounded side bled a lot.

"Ryou, stay with me, we need to find Jace. Stay with me, hey..." Diana cupped the male's face and caressed his cheek with her thumb. Tears slowly started to form in Diana's eyes.

"There are weapons kept in the kitchen part of this home... go through every door you must..." Ryou coughed blood as his breathing started to shorten word per word. "To proceed to the next round, find the rest... and thank them for me..."

"No, no, Ryou, stay with me! I can't do this alone, you have to survive please... don't leave me." Diana knelt beside him, tears streaming down her face. She had saved him from the psychotic cults, but at a very high cost. Ryou raised his hand to wipe Diana's tears. His voice was barely a whisper as he said the last words, he smiled. "You saved me... You can do it without me too... I believe... in you... Diana."

With those words, Ryou's eyes flutter closed, leaving Diana alone with her grief. She cradled the male's lifeless body, her heart heavy with loss and pain. "I love you, I love you so much, Ryou Hasegawa..." She sniffed and picked up her weapons.

Diana snuck out with her weapon attached to her hand. The anger that she was feeling right now was uncontrollable. She thought of nothing else but the love of her life dead.

Suddenly the sound of footsteps echoed in the distance. Diana's eyes narrowed, her thoughts tightened. The monsters that were responsible for Ryou's death are approaching and hunting for her.

"You sly little wench!!" Exclaimed the enemy who was standing right infront of the raging female.

Diana positioned herself, hands tightly gripped even tighter on her weapon as she carelessly approached the enemy. "How do I get out of here? Speak." She demanded in a cold tone aiming the knife.

"Kill me first," Said the person with a smug look.

"I was eager to slit your throat." The two charged each other. The head of the cult attacked Diana (mostly) first, however she walks with the speed and agility born of desperation. She skillfully accomplished blocking the blows and counters with calculated punches and stabs of her own. Like a recipe being cooked, her movements are fluid, a dance of vengeance and pinch of justice.

More men came to help their king. Diana cursed and swore them loudly while she wounded each and every one of them leaving no one clean - no one alive.

With each enemy Diana defeats, her rage grows. The pain of losing her beloved moves her to kill more carelessly and ruthlessly.

Once Diana successfully held the neck of her last target, she wasted no time in slaughtering him. The woman didn't dare to look back at the whole cults' disgusting faces as she went straight to where Ryou told her to go.

She's not worried anymore, Ryou's there to guide her, even though he's not with her physically.

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Kiara and Callista were together in their third round with Jace and Elijah. They were hung and taped by cults. The ties were made of iron which held them no chances to escape.

"YOU FUCKING SON OF A GUN!!!" Jace shouted at Tristan who stared at him in awe. Tris draw himself closer lifting Jace's face with an index finger.

"You look hot when you're mad. So this is why my brother chose you, didn't he?"

"KEEP YOUR HANDS OF HIM!!!" Elijah struggles to free himself, shouting these loud words out of his mouth. His mind wanted to slaughter someone.

"Or what?" Tris asks, "You can't do anything, little brother. You're tied," he replies looking at Elijah up and down at once. "So your boyfriend is mine."

"BITCH!! Where did you take Zack-ge?!" At this point, Elijah was at his limit. He wanted to strangle his brother to death.

"TRISTAN HARISSON-WANG YOU TRAITOR!!!" Kiara shrieked loudly as she protested with the chains tied on her feet and wrists.

"Where did you take my brother?!?!?!" Callista fought the chains attached as she was outraged from the betrayal.

"Somewhere the grim-reaper desires him to be?" Tris laughed like a psychotic maniac. His laughs grew evil and louder enough to provoke his youngest brother.

No, it wasn't Tris, it was Wisteria controlling him like a simple puppet. Seeing how provoked and mad Elijah and Jace were earlier because of the two girls (Kiara and Callista) being hanged while half-asleep drove hed crazy and brought her joy.

Moments later, the sound of gun being shot was heard. Tris fell on the floor, passed out.

"Hurry and untie them, find the keys!"

Jace and Elijah lifted their heads, eyes filled with relief and a bit of joy and worry. "Seb, Nathan, where were all of you this whole time?!?!"

The two smiled sheepishly. "That's a very interesting question to answer considering the masters did us dirty by enslaving us. It took us a long while before we escape because we needed supplies."

Elijah counted the group seeing only four of them. "Where's Damon, Atheena, and Atlas?"

The group was silent for a moment, they knew they couldn't keep such a traumatic experience shut. Maybe just for a little while.

"Atlas committed, Damon and Atheena died in the middle of the games we were forced to make by the masters..." Ezra replied sadly looking at the two after the other group set the others free.

The couple was speechless, sad, and in disbelief at the same time. Yskael shook his head and set the remaing two girls free. "We have to go! This isn't your brother but the master. Let's go, we have to leave before he wakes up."

The group stick together till they find the exit. How confusing - there were no doors available in this round. Jonathan placed his hand on the walls, he hoped to find buttons, spaces, or even holes that indicates an exit.

Seb joined him a few seconds after. "Any luck?" Jonathan shakes his head declining. "No, I suppose there's something holding us back from ending the game..." the latter turned to his group.

Ezra walks to him, "I think the reason is they're not yet completed. This is the final round," the male scanned the group and found five missing people, excluding Tris. "Where's the other five? Zack-ge, Diana-jie, Dominic-ge, Kai-ge, and Ryou?"

"Dominic is deceased," Callista could see the sadness plastered on the young ones' faces. "For the rest of them, I don't know, they must've been struggling the second round."

Jace hums, "We're inside a mall for our third round, isn't that strange? Think of it, we teleport rooms just because our last rounds had weird "magical" doors."

"If we're thinking this slow, we better hide." Seb suggested and led everyone inside a restroom that was just close to the candy shop.

Once everyone was inside, Elijah paced back and forth trying to think about what his lover said. "There must be something around this thing. A hard illusion to bypass?"

"It makes sense a little," Yskael replied pretending to have an invisible beard and stroking it. "Because it's impossible - the first day you're inside a university and after a few weird rounds you're stuck in a mall? Sounds ironic and funny."

"Elijah! Jace!?"

That familiar voice brought horror to everyone. It was followed by loud baby cries and wails. Elijah turned to the door when it shuts and the locks were triggered. "Diana? Zack-ge?! Kai!" The male hugged the visibly drained female infront of him. "Why is it the only three of you? Where's Hasegawa?"

"R-Ryou's dead..." Diana stutters as she fell on her knees. Jace stared at her for a while. "This is not funny, I'm sure he's just-"

"Jace, I saw it... he died right infront of me." Diana shivers as her words continued to leave her lips stuttering. "I'm sorry, I could've saved him, he chose to - I'm sorry Jace, I'm so sorry..."

Jace couldn't help but to bow his head and silently sob as well. "It's not your fault, don't blame yourself, Diana. The only thing you can do for him is live, survive this game."

Zack sighed in relief, his hand held onto a bat with spikes. "The door lead us here, who are we hiding from now?" Kai walked foward with something in his arms wrapped in a white blanket.

"Tris... we're hiding from him." Kiara replies with a soft sigh. Zack's eyes popped out like sockets. "What?!?!" The female just nods as she, too, was still shocked.

"He's being manipulated by the creator of this bullshit game." Ezra clarified, he turned to Kai with a bewildered look. "Is that... a baby?!"

"Oh fuck me," Yskael cursed in an almost inaudible voice. Seb turned to him and glared, "Kael, let's hear them first."

"Understood,"

"We found this baby inside a closet. The heart was still beating, we took the chance and took her with us." Kai looked at everyone and handed them a note to read. Jonathan took it without hesitation and read it.

"I don't think I will ever survive the game, my boyfriend is dead, and soon I will be too. To whoever finds this child, please make her live, her name is Rheanne Calypso, she's a newborn."

As Jonathan finishes, footsteps started to walk to where they were hiding. "You cannot hide from me, silly little dimwits!"

"He's still inside the other comfort-room, let's take the chance." Callista used a hand-signal and tried to quietly open the door.

"Three, two, run. Go!"

Everyone ran as fast as they could, little did they know a whole army of zombies are waiting for them.

"Protect the baby," Seb ordered strictly as he saw a crowd of zombies walking towards them.

Everyone had their weapons ready, Zack held Kai as the younger was the one who had the newborn.

The group attacked and made sure there was a wide enough path for them to go through. The exit was near, the finish line was.

"JUST KEEP GOING!!" Jonathan yelled so everyone could hear. Deep inside, he was praying for everyone's survival in a life-and-death situation like this.

[ With Ambrosia ]

The doll where Ambrosia's soul was stuck to moved - she can move herself. The young soul tried her best to crack the doll she was in to set her soul free, even if that means banging the head (of the doll) five times before it broke. "Ouch, that hurts!" She exclaimed as she stumbles down, groaning.

"Okay, now, I have to find these humans and stop my sister - wait, how?" Her eyes wandered for a solution. She hurriedly checked the books she'd been reading related to ghost magic.

As childish as it may sound, the book contains about ideas on how to execute a revenge plan for ghosts who had been wronged by humans. In this case, however, Wisteria decided to take everything to its limit after she was released from the gate of lost ghosts.

'Gosh, the heavens really loves conducting books with a long set of rules as if ghosts aren't going to disobey them for themselves.' Ambrosia brushed off the ridiculous thought, she was going to disobey it too. The book says that only ghosts who had died old enough (meaning 18 and above) gets to perform the ritual. Meanwhile, the one reading it is still a 12-years-old.

The young girl ran her fingers through a page, she opened it out of desperation. There was no turning back, and no other way to save those lives her sister has put at risk.

Chapter 230: Soulsistic Circle

Wandering spirits that seek trouble and vengeance tend to develop dark magic. Only a hidden ancient spell can do such work to cease it.

The Spirit Circle is a terrifying ancient spell, known for its power to trap souls forever in the depths of the Well of Doom. It is full of dark forbidden mystical arts and chants, and those who dare venture into magical chasms accessible only in the darkest.

The mandala itself is an intricate piece of art, carefully crafted with mystical symbols and sigils. It acts as a conduit, delivering the raw energy needed to trigger the spell. When cast correctly, the sphere creates a supernatural barrier that binds the targeted soul, preventing it from escaping and trapping it forever in the depths of the Well of Doom.

Doomsday is an abyss of myth and treachery, an otherworldly prison beyond the realms of the living and the dead. Legend has it that its depths reach the very center of the underworld, a place of no light and no hope. Once the power of the Soul Circle is channeled into the Well of Destruction, there is no escape from its eternal prison, and there is no rest.

To cast such spell, only those who are brave enough to step forward and offer themselves as sacrifice will be accepted. As they are slaughtered, their souls will be accepted either to the Heaven or Hells. While the other soul who intends to be stopped, will be lured to the deceased body. the corpse will be burned as it dies along eith the soul in the Well of Doom.

The subject must draw a circle, along with the word "soul" inside of it. He must be deceased as his body's being dragged. Summon the Lord of the Well, "Az'gon, the Lord of the Well, we summon you to take our sacrifice and lock our deal." until a black smoke arises. The subject(s) must make a closed deal to lock the spirit forever.

Ambrosia smiles and took the book with her as she teleported to the place where her sister spread unwanted darkness.

There, she saw the survivors fighting for their lives. WITH A BABY?! "How stupid adults can get when they see a child. Leaving the child there for safety is better." Ambrosia says, grabbing whatever she can find inside the mall and help blast the zombies with it.

Tris (Wisteria) on the other hand, tried to find them in the middle of the crowd. He smirked once his eyes locked on the first out of eleven.

"The crowd just keeps coming, we better hurry!" Ezra exclaims as he tried to find his leader. When the zombies are cleared mysteriously, they ran to find the exit.

"RUN AS FAST AS YOU GUYS CAN FOR THE GOOD ANGELS SAKE!!" Ambrosia roared in fear as she no longer could hold the crowd of zombies caused by the limitations of her powers (she was near her limit). The power she had was limited due to her age, young ghosts who died early aren't advisable to have magic - especially dark ones which she possibly holds.

When the group was far away enough, she released the zombies and created a distraction that she hoped was enough to hold until the survivors reach the exit.

Ambrosia flew to find her sister as the body the older female was using (Tris) disappeared. A black smoke caught her attention, as she flew toward the direction, she saw her sister, Wisteria, stabbing someone on the lower abdomen using a knife two times.

"No, no, no!!" She yelled furiously as she flew to the direction in a rush. The one her sister killed was the same person who held the baby a few minutes ago. Her eyes were filled with horror as soon as her sister was about to stab the baby too. "STOP IT!! YOU MERCILESS BITCH!!" She yelled pushing Tris' body away.

"Let go, Ambrosia!!" Wisteria growls, Ambrosia fearlessly tried to snatch the knife away from her sister. "GET THE BABY!!"

Zack and Jace ran toward Kai who still had the baby alive and secured in his arms. The trace of blood coming out from his body surrounded him like a pool.

"Kai, Kai, we have to get out of here, stay alive." Jace shook him gently while the younger only returned a soft smile. "Ge... the child... keep her a-alive..."

"No, shit! Fuck the baby, we're getting you out of here, all of us, alive!" Jace cursed out, Kai looked at Zack in hopes he'd consider. "Z-Zack-ge? Please..." Kai coughs blood as he pleaded. "E-Eerything's starting to blur... keep the baby alive... I beg you..."

Jace's tears couldn't stop flowing. His hands starts shaking as witness his own brother close his eyes.

"Jace-gege! We're running out of time, hurry up!!" Jonathan yelled as he glanced the Tris and the visible ghost, Ambrosia, fighting. He grabbed Ezra's bow and arrow and help the female ghost fight.

Zack took the baby in Kai's arms. "Jace, we have to go..." Jace looked at Zack and the baby the older was holding, he uttered nothing and ran to help Jonathan. He used his weapon to bang Tris' head which Ambrosia took the opportunity to chant a spell that could separate her sister from the body.

Tris' body shook as if he was starting to come back to his senses after being possessed. As the spell reached its end, Tristan's body shook even more violently. Sweat rolled down his face as he struggled to gain control of his own identity caused by the vindictive spirit in his body. Ambrosia continued her rituals, pouring every ounce of energy she had into the battle for Tristan's soul.

The squad soon joined seeing the others struggle. They chanted their hearts and voices out.

"Zombie crowd," Diana whispered to Zack who stopped chanting and turned to the new crowd of zombies running toward them.

"Jonathan," Diana calls out as she glanced at the crowd of zombies. Each word they utter, the zombies are slowly walking closer. "Continue chanting, hold the baby secure in your arms, we'll be back, promise."

Zack nods at Diana as they ran off to distract the zombies. They hid near a toy store and looked for distractions that could possibly come in handy.

"Run upstairs, find the nearest electronic shop and motor shop section, take as many gasoline as you can and we'll blow this place up, starting from the very end of the second floor." Zack released a shaky breath at his plan.

Diana looked at him in disbelief. "How will they get out?" Zack sighs, "they'll have plenty of time to do the ritual and get out of here, are you up for this?"

"Hell yeah, let's fucking die today." Diana huffs, she laughs, gently opening the door and started banging her weapon loudly on the walls.

"COME AND GET US YOU SON OF A BITCHES! WHOOOOOOO!!!!!" She yelled loudly to attract all of the zombies. At that moment, she thought nothing but the pain the games caused her, how she witnessed all the people she loved died in a very cruel way as possible.

The two ran for their lives until they reached upstairs. The zombies continued following them with struggles.

Zack went into the electronics shop as Diana went to collect gasoline. She started spilling the gasoline everywhere and by Zack's orders, till the very end of the second floor. The male meanwhile crushed the electronics to bits.

Zack rushed to the nearest staff room and spread gasoline everywhere. He turned the mic on. "Everyone, this is Zack, I'm with Diana right now and... as soon as you're done reciting the ritual, get out of here as quickest as your feet can take all of you, okay? Me and Diana will distract the zombies... until you guys get out. We will follow after you." With those final words, Zack turned the announcer off, his knees shook in nervousness.

"You know we'll never get out of here, don't you?" Diana asks as she hid with Zack after the zombies accomplished to follow them. Turns out, not all of them as slow and dumb.

Zack nods, "Ofcourse, I know I lied... Elijah's going to despise me for this, but what fucking ever - I'm going to die anyway." He laughs, Diana laughs along with him.

"You curse, huh?"

"I'm no saint in an apocalypse, let alone a weird set of game."

Diana started to lit the match, opened the door, and lit the fire.
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"Everyone, this is Zack, I'm with Diana right now and... as soon as you're done reciting the ritual, get out of here as quickest as your feet can take all of you, okay? Me and Diana will distract the zombies... until you guys get out. We will follow after you."

As the remaining people helped Tris throughout the pain within the battle between him and Wisteria.

Ambrosia weakly drew the array and forced herself to chant more spells until she exceeds. "We need a sacrifice... now."

"Put me in," Seb volunteers as he no longer could bear seeing Tris in pain. Jonathan stops him. "You're going ferall!"

"Stop... you... two..." Tris groaned as he could already feel himself burning in pain. Wisteria wasn't done yet, however, this gives Tris or anyone in general, the freedom to easily lock the ghost with his/their body in the well of doom. "Get out of... here! AAAGHH! RUN!" He roared. "Please... run..."

"Ge, I'm not leaving you here! We'll help you fight her, please!!" Elijah tried to walk close to his brother only to get pushed harshly.

"YOU IDIOT!! LISTEN TO ME, FOR ONCE AND FOR YOUR OWN GOOD. FUCKING RUN AND GET OUT OF HERE!!" Tris yelled out loud, attracting zombies. He crawled into the circle and copied what Ambrosia said.

"Elijah, we have to go, now!!" Callista pulled the younger enough to drag him to run seeing the zombies chase them like hungry beasts.

The fire started to spread, Diana and Zack smiled as they waited the fire to engulf them as more and more zombies try to hunt for their flesh and blood.

Tris on the other hand, decided to do the spell alive and half dead. He'd read about this, he started to cut wounds all over his body, but didn't kill himself so he can recite the chant.

"Az'gon, the Lord of the Well, I summon you to take my sacrifice and lock our deal."

Each time Tris would chant, he'd say it louder and louder endlessly, until a black smoke rises and infront of him was the one and only, Az'gon.

"What's your deal, young one?" Az'gon's voice brought fear to Wisteria's soul as she tried to take over.

Tris groans as he did his best to make sure he is the identity who's speaking to this Lord. "I... want... to offer myself as sacrifice." He groans, "Alive and dead, as the ghost inside me locks up in your... well."

"Are you willing to sacrifice thyself, Tristan?"

Tristan nods furiously, "For my friends, for myself."

"Then, prepare for hell." Az'gon disappears, fire gushed over Tris' body as he screamed in agony and pain. The fire (Diana and Zack) lit had spread over to the mall as fast as a bolt of lightning. The fire hugged Tris openly as he burned.

[ The Exit ]

"There's a fire!" Kiara shouted which made the group pick up their paces. "Ignore it, jump to the exit, three... two... JUMP!!" Callista commands as the others moved as she ordered.

All of them stumbled outside the building. Flames peeked as glass shattered. In three seconds, the building blew up - the mall was completely ruined, and the lives inside of them had no other chances but to be part of the fire.

Sirens blared loudly. All they could hear was people's faint voices, people screaming and crying.

"Is it over?"

"It is..."
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Hello everyone, to those who received a notification of this chapter updated multiple times yet can't open it - I sincerely apologize as I've been sleeping around. But good news! The Epilogue of this story will be updated today as well. Happy reading ♡. [ Comments, Votes, and Views are highly appreciated ]

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