The next morning, Cancer woke up in a hospital bed. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Scorpio. Scorpio was starting to get more and more pale. Pisces slept on a bed on the opposite side of Scorpio. Cancer quietly jumped off her bed and crept over to the screen by Scorpio's bed.

"Uh... screen person?"

"How may I assist you?"

Cancer quickly looked at Pisces. He was still sleeping. "Uh, can you turn the volume down?" Then a volume bar appeared on the screen. Cancer moved it to almost the beginning. "Uh, is there any kind of treatment for the Venom Mouthed spider bite?"

"The Venom Mouthed spiders Venom can be cured by a medication called the Anti-Venom
Ointment. There are no medications like that in this building. Anything else?"

"What percentage does she have of waking up?"

"24%."

"How long does she have?"

"The venom in her bloodstream will take fourth eight hours to completely stop the patients heart."

"Why did it drop?"

"The patient is getting closer to death. About thirty six of her hours remain. To make the chance of the patient waking up increase, there are several things you can do."

"LIKE WHAT?" Cancer covered her mouth with her hands. Pisces still snored on his bed.

"The patient's temperature is rising. Keep the patient cool and nourished."

"How do I nourish a comatose person?"

"There are several syringes in this room that can provide required nutrients to the patient. Doing so will increase their chance of waking up."

"Where are the syringes?"

"Red cupboard first sh-"

Cancer ran to the red shelf and accidentally tripped over a bottle of pills. She crashed into the orange shelf, making it fall over. Everything in the orange shelf crashed to the floor. Pisces shot up from his bed and quickly scanned the room.

"WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"Nothing. I tripped."

"ehehehe."

"What was that?" shrieked Cancer.

"What was what?"

"The ehehehe!"

"I didn't hear anything."

"It better not be you trying to scare me Pisces!"

"I'm not that much of a jerk to scare someone while we're trapped in a haunted maze thing. We're all terrified as it is."

"ehehehehehehehehehehe."

"AHHHHH WHAT THE FUCK IS MAKING THAT NOISE?" Cancer got up, grabbed a few syringes from the red shelf and ran over to Pisces. Then she nervously stuck the syringe in Scorpio's arm, trying to make her hand shake as little as possible. Then Cancer threw the syringe in a yellow bin on the wall.

"Cancer, you're going crazy because you're scared out of your mind. It's okay, there's nothing in here." Pisces hugged Cancer and comforted her.

"Thanks Pisces."

"EHEHEHEHEHEHEHE."

"AHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Pisces and Cancer.

A big blurry black shadow with red eyes popped out of a grey cupboard. It's mouth opened to reveal pointy red stained teeth.

"EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE."

"Run!" Cancer grabbed Pisces' arm.

"What about her?" Pisces looked back at Scorpio.

"She has a twenty four percent chance of waking up! The monster won't hurt her anymore than she's already been hurt. Plus I don't know how to fight a ghost! If we stay here we'll die!"

"You're right. Wait my trident!" Pisces ran over to the bed, grabbed his trident, then him and Cancer sprinted out the door.

"Ehehehehehehehe!"

"ITS CHASING US! BACK OFF YOU STUPID GHOST!" screamed Pisces.

"WHERE DO WE GO?" asked Cancer.

"ANYWHERE BUT HERE! QUICK THIS WAY!" The hallway branched off into three different hallways. Pisces pulled Cancer to the right and they ran as fast as they could.

***

Leo, Gemini and Aquarius were sleeping in a room. The three ghost zodiacs were also in the room, although if they woke up, the alive zodiacs wouldn't be able to see or hear them.

Virgo smirked and sat beside Aquarius. "Woooooo I'll kill you in your sleep!"

Sagittarius rolled his eyes. "He can't hear you, idiot."

"Well they can't feel us either, but that's not stopping her."

Sagittarius turned to see Aries, cuddling Leo in her sleep. For once in a long time, she was smiling with a real smile on her face.

Sagittarius slumped his shoulders. It made him sad that his friends couldn't cuddle each other anymore. It also reminded him that he wouldn't be able to hold Cancer again. Or kiss her.

"Everyone's so sad. Like boohoo, we're dead and that sucks! But now we're ghosts! Isn't that hella awesome?"

"Virgo shut up."

"Sheesh. Aren't you in a bad mood today."

"Sorry I just, I want to be able to see her again."

"Yeah it would be cool if we could see Scorpy again. Oh wait, you meant Cancer."

"Why would I want to see Scorpio rather than Cancer."

"I don't know. But I want to see Scorpy again more than Cancer."

"Aww, I thought you'd want to see Libby more than Scorpio."

"Maybe it would be better to see Libby instead. Because Libby won't yell at me for dying on him. Or, he won't scream at me for dying in his arms. Because that happened with Scorpio, not Libby."

"You died in her arms? Ooh she's going to be real pissed about that when she sees you again."

"Maybe it's a good thing I'm a ghost."

"Yeah. But you and Scorpio can't have ghost children together because you can't-"

"I do NOT need an explanation of how that won't work, thank you very much. Why do you always have such dirty thoughts?"

"It's funny how you're saying that."

"What do you mean?"

"You and Aquarius love making those kind of jokes."

"No. That's all him."

"Nu-uh!"

"Oh my god. You're both dirty minded, now shut up so I can continue relaxing in peace!" yelled Aries. Sagittarius and Virgo decided to be quiet and Virgo continued trying to bother Aquarius, while Sagittarius constantly reminded him that Aquarius had no way to know he was there.

***

Leo woke up. For some reason, he felt warm.

"Finally, you're awake. Let's go slay some monsters." Gemini popped a strawberry in her mouth.

Aquarius frowned. "For some reason my ears are ringing. I hear like a faint buzzing or a faint whispering. It's been going on all morning."

"Maybe some kind of ghost is haunting you," laughed Leo.

Gemini chuckled. "That would be hilarious." Then she opened the door and they walked into the black hallway. Their weapons glowed.

"Watch out for traps. I'm almost certain there's secret panels hidden in this part of the maze as well," warned Leo.

"I doubt it," said Aquarius. Then the floor collapsed beneath Aquarius.

"AQUARIUS!" screamed Leo and Gemini. They ran over to the hole, but they couldn't see anything.

***

Aquarius landed in a strange room. A wind current blew under him, to catch his fall. Aquarius stood up and heard Leo and Gemini's faint voices above him. He could use his powers to fly up again, but he wanted to examine this room first. Aquarius looked around. This room looked like a bedroom. There was a bed in the corner, a desk, a mirror on the wall, a closet, etc.

Aquarius sat in a chair beside the desk and opened the laptop. Everything was covered in a layer of dust. Aquarius shrieked when he accidentally swiped his hand through a spider web. Whoever room this belonged to, no one used it in a long time.

Aquarius turned on the laptop. It was password locked. Then the buzzing in his head got louder. Aquarius closed his eyes and leaned his head on the desk. His head was throbbing and the whispering got louder.

"thE pAssWoRd Is 1331!" whispered a faint voice in his head. He could of sworn it sounded just like-

A roar shook the walls. It came from above the room. Aquarius has to hurry up so he could go help his friends.

Aquarius quickly typed in the password. It worked. The laptop only had two files. One was entitled My story while the other one said Game Rules. Aquarius clicked on My story. The folder opened to reveal a document full of words and pictures.

The first picture was a girl with shoulder length brown hair and green eyes. Aquarius read the caption below it.

My name is Octavia Blue. This is a picture of me when I was fifteen years old. This photo was taken three days before the incident.

The next picture was a picture of a map of a house. Aquarius gasped. It looked exactly like like the map of the Inner Maze, except there were rooms labelled differently like Octavia's room where ..........i....us... r...m was written on the new map.

I lived in a maze. I love mazes. If someone were to break in, they'd get lost. Meanwhile, I know every twist and turn. I know where every hallway leads.

Aquarius scrolled down to the next photo. It showed multiple people throwing rocks at Octavia.

They never liked me. They never accepted me. That was fine. After finding out who I really was, I wouldn't blame them. I would of done the same. I don't know why everyone hated me so much, I just want to belong.

The next photo was a new map. This one was identical to the map of the Inner Maze, with a very large maze surrounding the Inner Maze.

He put an identical copy of my house into his simulation. Except my house was surrounded by another maze with no escape. Somehow he kidnapped me and forced me into the simulation. I lived here comfortably for a while until...

Aquarius jumped back. The next picture was a gory picture of the girl being devoured by a hungry monster.

He put himself in the simulation to take pictures. He said he took the pictures with the purpose to taunt me later. He could enter and escape the simulation as he pleased. I was only fifteen when I died. He later took my body, the one that wasn't in the simulation, and burned it. Even though I was a ghost, I could feel every burn. I'm still a ghost and I still want revenge on the ones responsible for making me live this way. I want to torture the ones that didn't stand up for me and let get rejected!

It was obvious that the "he" she referred to was Hydrus. The next photo was a creepy photo of Octavia. She looked blurry around the edges and she was covered in burn scars. Any remaining clumps of hair were black. One of her eyes were gooey looking and it looked like some parts of her skin were melted.

This was me after my real body was burnt. This is the way I look. In this photo I'M FIFTEEN! I spent the rest of my days miserably in my simulation house until I discovered what I could really do.

Aquarius' eyes widened at the next picture. His mouth hung open and he froze for a few seconds. The next photo was a girl with loose curls in her red hair and a devious grin on her face.

I stopped using the name Octavia. It's not my real name. After I learned that as a ghost, I could alter my appearance, I became once again beautiful. He let me regain control over when enter and exit the maze,
just like him. I might as well tell you who I really am. My name is Ophiuchus, and I'm the thirteenth, rejected Zodiac. And that is my story.

Aquarius closed the folder and stared at the screen. Since Ophiuchus was rejected as the thirteenth Zodiac, she was hated when she was sent down to earth. But why did Hydrus put Ophiuchus in the simulation maze? And since then she's been living here? For how many years? So that's why she helped Hydrus capture us. This is revenge because we didn't stand up for her when king Cepheus questioned her place in the zodiac? I don't know what to think about this.

Aquarius clicked the file Game Rules.

Game Rules:

-the zodiacs can only eat food out of a room that reflects the colour of their element or their team colour

-they each get one weapon to fight the monsters

-the monsters get stronger as they get closer to my former house...

Aquarius skimmed through all the rules that he already heard. Hey, maybe I can delete some of there rules. Then Aquarius noticed all of the delete keys were broken, along with a few other keys on the keyboard.

Aquarius started typing.

-All participants receive a free complimentary moustache

Aquarius waited. Nothing happened. Then he clicked "save" and saved the document. All of the sudden Aquarius screamed as he felt something fuzzy on his face. He reached up and felt a fake moustache. This folder must be linked to the simulation in a way that these rules control the simulation. So I can add any rule I want as long as I click save.

Then Aquarius noticed a number in the corner of the screen. 5/12 remaining. Aquarius looked puzzled at the number. By twelve does it mean... all twelve of us? Five remaining? Let's see... the water signs, Leo, Gemini and me. That's six. But how are five remaining if there's six of us? Then the migraine returned. Aquarius clenched his teeth together and rested his head on the desk.

"SOmeoNe DieD, IdiOt!" Then the migraine went away. Aquarius knew that voice had to belong to- wait, the readers already probably know who it is. There's no need to say it out loud.

The migraine went away. Aquarius felt a sudden urge to check on his friends, but first, he decided to mess with the rules. He typed in a new rule and saved the document. Then he thought of a great new rule.

-All dead zodiacs will come back to life as soon as Aquarius snaps his fingers-

The laptop shut off before Aquarius saved the document. Aquarius repeatedly tried to turn the laptop back on but it didn't work. Then he completely froze in place. He couldn't even move his eyes.

If you don't leave now, I'll dig up my book of torture methods and use each one on you. GET OUT!

The voice sounded like it was directly inside Aquarius' head. The he unfroze. Aquarius turned around. Right behind him, the burnt and melted skin version of Octavia stood in front of him, grinning. Aquarius screamed at the top of his lungs and used air currents to swiftly blow him out of the room. When he looked around, Leo and Gemini were nowhere to be seen. Great. One of them are dead and I don't even know where the other one is. Also I'm all alone. FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

***

A few minutes earlier...

"How do we get him out of there?" asked Leo who looked down the hole where Aquarius just fell.

Gemini started hyperventilating. "He... could... be... dead... or... something... AQUARIUS.. ARE... YOU... ALIVE?"

"Okay, you need to stop hyperventilating. Deep breaths, in and out, in and out. Now hold your breath. Just like that. Keep holding it, now exhale."

Gemini exhaled and collapsed.

"GEMINI?"

"Relax, I'm fine. I'm just tired. I'm tired of the maze and I'm tired of losing my friends. I want to go home."

"Me too Gem, me too." Then they heard a roar. A giant lion about three times the size of Cancer, charged at Gemini and Leo. "Gem you kind of need to get up right now!"

"Why? What's going on?" Then Gemini looked up and gasped. She grabbed Aquarius's sword and prepared to fight.

***

Capricorn, Libra and Taurus were in a haunted house.

Capricorn looked at the crooked floor boards. "The scenery is oddly fitting. Reminds me of the maze."

Taurus sighed. "Aries, Sagittarius and Virgo still didn't show up."

Capricorn smiled. "That just proves our theory that they broke their collars!"

Taurus grinned. "The others are definitely going to win with the those three back on their team."

"I still don't think that's what happened."

"Why?" asked Capricorn and Taurus.

Libra sighed. "it just doesn't feel right. Virgo would of told me if he planned on breaking his collar."

"Where are they then?" asked Taurus.

Libra shrugged. "I don't know but I bet they're still dead."

"So what, are they floating around as ghosts? Hey Aries, I can't see you because Libra thinks you're a ghost. Oh wait Sagittarius and Virgo are probably invisible too. Hi Sag, Hi bestie. Oh wait, that's ridiculous!" snapped Capricorn.

"First of all, I didn't say they were ghosts. Secondly, we're dead. I'm sure we'd still be able to see ghosts."

"Okay, so they're not ghosts. Where. Are. They?" asked Taurus.

"How should I know?" retorted Libra.

Taurus crossed her arms. "Well you "know" that they didn't break their collars."

"I said it just doesn't feel right."

"Stop. We should not be fighting." Capricorn sighed. "Fighting won't help out situation."

But you're the one that snapped. Thought Libra. "Alright. Let's put it all behind us. What now?"

"There's not much we can do until we wake up," replied Taurus. Then a light started glowing in front of them all. Another zodiac appeared in Dream Land.

***

Cancer and Pisces were walking through the hallways. They lost the shadow creature a while ago.

"Let's find a room. I'm tired," admitted Cancer.

Pisces checked the map. "Only another ten minutes of walking until we get back to the infirmary. I'd feel better if we stayed with Scorpio."

Cancer sighed. "She's probably the safest out of all of us. But she's also likely to die in a little more than twenty four hours."

"Wait, what?" asked Pisces.

"Huh?"

"The spider bite didn't kill her yet?"

"Umm... no."

"But... our weapons upgraded again. I thought the venom killed her and I wanted to go back just to confirm that she was the dead one."

"The venom wouldn't have killed her yet, so someone else died?"

"Obviously."

"Oh no."

"But wait. I've been feeling this dread lately. That's why I was sure it was Scorpio."

"I've been feeling that since she got bit."

"Wait. I hear something." Then Pisces and Cancer listened. They heard the sound of something dripping. Cancer's stomach churned.

"Is that... the sound of dripping blood?" asked Cancer. Pisces, who was as pale as a ghost, nodded. Pisces and Cancer cautiously walked towards the sound.

Pisces pointed down a different hallway. "It's coming from there."

"But we, we looked, we already looked down that h-hallway," said Cancer nervously. "It's, it's a d-dead end."

"Come on." Then Pisces and Cancer walked down the hallway. Eventually, they reached the spot where the hallway ended in a dead end. Blood dripped down the wall in front of them.

Pisces and Cancer slowly looked up. The words TIME'S UP were written in blood. And stuck to the ceiling, was Scorpio with a spear through her stomach.

Ehehehehehehehe...