CHARACTERS:

Valt- ALIVE

Rantaro- ALIVE

Shu- ALIVE

Daigo- ALIVE

Ken- ALIVE

Wakiya- ALIVE

Ben- ALIVE

Zac- ALIVE

Akira- ALIVE

Lui- ALIVE

Xander- ALIVE

Yugo- ALIVE

Ukyo- ALIVE

Quon- ALIVE

Kris (Kristinia)- ALIVE

Free- ALIVE

Silas- ALIVE

Cuza- ALIVE

Clio- ALIVE

Joshua- ALIVE

Theodore Glass- ALIVE 

KRIS-

I wake up in an unfamiliar room, but with familiar people. Groaning, I shuffle my body, flipping over to meet Free's eyes. Thank goodness for someone I can trust.

I shake his figure lightly, as Free slowly wakes up, rubbing his eyes first, and then yawning. "Kris? Why aren't we in BC Sol?" 

"That's what I'm asking myself," I admit. 

"What? Last time we were in El Astro, and we will all challenging Valt to a match." Cuza says. 

"So why are we here then?" Rantaro questions.

"Xander!" Valt yells eagerly, hugging the red-headed giant. Next to him were 3 people I didn't recognize. 

"Hey Valt! Do you know where we are?" Xander questions, affectionately patting Valts hair.

"Funny, I was just at where the Bey Club used to meet," Shu says.

"I was in France." Emo looking kid answers. I think his name was Daigo. 

"Well, I was at Sunbat United," Wakiya says.

"Look, I love the chit-chat and all, but seriously, we need to know why we're here?" Silas groans.

"I never took you to be the serious type Silas," I say. 

"Maybe we should all introduce ourselves, so we know who we are in this room with," Shu suggests.

"Great idea! I'm Valt!" Valt smiles. 

"Wakiya." Wakiya answers. 

"Rantaro Kiyama, but you can call me Honcho!" Rantaro says.

"Shu." Shu answers. 

"I'm Daigo." Emo answers. 

"I'm Keru, and this is Besu. That's Ken." A blue puppet says, pointing to himself, the brown puppet, and the owner of the puppets. "That's Ben."

A magenta eyed kid growls. 

"He's not big on words," Besu replies. 

"I'm Zac the Sunrise, and this is my best friend, Akira!" A blonde-haired guy says, pointing at a shorter, pinked hair girl or guy? "He's a boy." 

Oh.

"I think all you know me." Lui scoffs. 

"Yup, we do." Valt smiles. 

"I'm Xander! These are my buddies Yugo, Ukyo, and Quon!" Xander points to a frowning kid, a blue-haired kid, and a skater boy. Yugo, Ukyo, and Quon huh?

"Silas," Silas answers curtly.

"I'm Cuza!" Cuza does a back-flip. "And he's Clio!"

"Indeed I am!" Clio grins, baring vampire-like teeth.

"I'm Joshua!" Joshua does a twirl. "Joshua Burns!" 

"Free." Free answers, walking over to the couch in the corner.

"I'm Kristina, but I prefer Kris," I say. 

"Glass. Theodore Glass." Mr. Glass answers and Shu immediately freezes up.

"Oh, it's you. I wonder why we got stuck here with you." I ask, standing up.

"Why the hostility Kristina? Besides, I'm not the one who sent you here, if you were wondering." Mr. Glass says.

"Maybe you're toying with us, like how you toy with Bladers!" I growl, mimicking Ben.

"Welcome to Flicker!" A voice speaks. We look around, but there was no one. "In this game, there is an Evil Team and a Good Team. The Evil Team must kill every person on the Good Team to win, while the Good Team must vote everyone on the Evil Team out to win. In a few moments, you will find a pen a journal in your pocket. Keep it. That is where your assigned role is. If you want your team to win, I'd advise you to not share your role that easily. Your role will be shared with everyone if you die, or are voted out. You have a pen, so you can write down anything you so wish for. Good luck. You'll need it." 

"So, this person has gathered us for a game? Seriously? I have training to do." Lui scoffs, walking away. 

"I'd advise you not to. I have taken the liberty of taking your launchers and only leaving you with your respective Beys. Sadly, you can't escape from here. Have fun exploring the area." The voice says.

"Ugh! Are you serious?!?" Silas groans.

"No, I don't think they are." Rantaro shakes his head.

A journal appears in my pocket, and I pull it out, staring at the contents. 

KRISTINA-

EVIL TEAM

DARK PSYCHIC

YOU ARE THE OPPOSITE OF THE GOOD TEAM'S PSYCHIC

YOU CAN FIND OUT IF SOMEONE IS GOOD OR BAD EACH ROUND.

HELP THE EVIL TEAM WIN. 

I gulp, closing my book.

"Everyone got their roles?" Akira questions. 

"Yeah." Daigo nods. 

"Flick. Flick. Flick. The lights switch on and off." The feminine voice says.

With each flick, the lights turn off and on.

"It's time to play." She says, and the lights turn permanently off.

"Something is... happening."

Suddenly, the room goes dead silent.

"The room goes dead silent."

My journal starts glowing, but no one else could see it.

KRISTINA

WHO WILL YOU PICK?

I look at Free's name and circle it.

I stare at the pages.

FREE IS... ON THE GOOD TEAM. 

Oh no. 

I try to speak, but nothing comes out. I close my journal, as the words fade away, and set it in my pocket. 

"Flick, Flick, Flick." The light slowly turns back on.

"We have our first death!" The voice sounded excited, which I didn't get why. People were dying!  "Oh my! It appears that two has died! Glass has died from the Murderer! He died by the Murderer chopping off his head! Joshua has died by the Assassin! The Assassin has dismantled his body. Joshua was the Savior, and Glass the Detective." The voice speaks.

"Do we really care about those people?" Lui scoffs.

"Discuss who may be evil." The voice calls.

"That sounds suspicious," Shu replies.

"Oh really?" Lui snaps.

"I don't think anyone in this room would kill someone though. Expect Glass. But Glass is dead." Valt says.

"But what if someone is actually killing them because of something they did?" I ask.

"Unlikely. A lot of people in this room would kill Glass, but not many would kill Joshua." Free answers, stepping up from the couch.

"What if we just not vote?" Besu questions.

Ben growls in agreement.

"Voting time begins. Write who you're voting in your journal."

"Can't we just not vote?" Zac questions.

"Maybe," Yugo speaks.

"We won't know until we try." Ukyo nods in agreement. 

None of us bring out our journals and pens.

"Voting time ends in 3... 2... and 1."

"No one has voted. Now we go to the wheel!" The voice seemed excited. 

"What? If we don't vote, then everyone has a random chance to get voted out?" Quon gasps.

"This is bad. Really bad!" Cuza says. 

A spin of the wheels was heard, and it slowly came to a pause. "Fun! Yugo has been chosen!"

The 4 people pale.

"And since Yugo's twin was Ben, he is also eliminated!" 

Ken and Ben pale.

Ben and Yugo suddenly disappear into thin air. 

"You have a few moments to hang around as the other room's match will begin."

"I can't believe it," Xander says. 

There's another room in a situation like us?

"Next time, we have to vote. We don't want anyone gone for no reason." Shu says.

"Yeah." Keru nods. Ken looked on the verge of tears, as well as Ukyo. Xander and Quon just looked gobsmacked.

"No use trying to sit here." Free stands up. "Let's explore this place."

"Yeah... Alright." Clio nods.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Lui grabbing Valt by the arm, and whispering something into his ear. Valt's eyes widen and then go back to normal. 

Are there two sets of twins? Why did Lui do that? I ignore any questions my brain has and follow Free.