the platform and song seemed to continue playing for a solid while. she stood there with her group, trying to stay focused on the multiple doors.

suddenly, the platform came to a halte. "ten players." the voice spoke out within the place. they all looked at each other before a group with two girls and three males came up.

"we have five!" they exclaimed over the many voices that were speaking and shouting. nam-gyu tried to protest to thanos but was already getting pulled into a room.

"welcome to the thanos world, my people!" thanos said thugly after seo-yoon shut the door with all her strength. se-mi watched her with determination.

the seconds ticked down as people tried to tug on the door. just as the clock had hit zero, the pulling and tugging seemed to had stopped immediately.

seo-yoon sighed in relief. she leaned against the door in exhaustion even after a round. "you're strong for a girl." a male from the other group said, nodding towards her. se-mi slightly scoffed at that statement.

seo-yoon didn't say anything about it, as she was too tired to acknowledge anything. nam-gyu and thanos were making faces at each other. it wouldn't be hard to say that they were on drugs.

sooner than later all the bodies were cleaned up and soon retreated back to the platform. the blood was still on the floor from the others before them. seo-yoon stared at it for a couple of seconds before the moving of the platform made her focus again.

"we will clap our hands and sing. la-la-la-la, let's have fun dancing."  the song continued. se-mi looked around in slight fear despite her tough looks. nam-gyu and thanos were dancing arm in arm besides all the commotion that just went on.

seo-yoon was shaking slightly with her hands. she exhaled shakily before shaking her head and clenching her fists. she didn't want to look weak, especially at a time like this.

the platform stopped. "four players."  it rang out. all of them looked at each other. thanos specifically had a plan. he looked at seo-yoon with a smug look.

to save herself the lecture, she quickly spoke up. "i'll go." she said, her words falling out quickly as she tried to swallow the lump in her throat.

"seo-yoon, you out!" thanos said before kicking her in the stomach. seo-yoon fell with a thud. she groaned to herself as people began stepping on her fingers.

"i need three people!" a voice exclaimed throughout the platform.  seo-yoon quickly got out, fingers scrambling to get her to her feet.

she looked around the platform before noticing two people together. she ran towards them quickly, noticing it was young-il.  the person next to him was..

they were soon ushered into a room by a nearby person.  the door shut just in time luckily for them.  seo-yoon felt as if she could breathe again.

her fingers trembled slightly as she noticed the teared skin and blood on them. "thank you guys. for saving each other." seo-yoon said with a slight smile after.

"it was really me who needed the saving. thank you." young-il said with a polite smile and a nod towards all three of them who were infront of him.

"it was no problem." the person from besides seo-yoon said. she looked towards the person, noticing it was myung-gi. what a small world.

"really sir, it isn't." the other man from besides seo-yoon added along. young-il nodded with the smile still on his face.

myung-gi looked down at seo-yoon, noticing her trembling and bleeding fingers. he looked away, not wanting to say anything about it before deciding to do it.

"uh, that looks.. not good." myung-gi said with his mouth slightly in a state of shock. she looked up at him slightly before swallowing and looking back at her fingers again.

"yeah, well.. not all things can be good." she said with a small shrug. she looked up at him as if it had double meaning to it. that sentence did, but came unnoticed. he looked at her up and down slightly in curiousity.

the guards cleaned up the bodies quickly, finally letting the players onto the platforms again. seo-yoon stepped out, as well as the rest of them.

before she could say anything to myung-gi or the other male, young-il was already walking her over to his group. the recognized faces hitting seo-yoon like a trainwreck.

"gi-hun!" young-il exclaimed with a smile. seo-yoon followed behind him, his arm behind him as well to try and make her less scared.

the others exclaimed his name as well. "you know, people say i'm pretty friendly so i do all right in these kind of games." he said with a smile as jung-bae wrapped his arm around his shoulder. "i think you guys won't mind that i brought a friend." he then moved to the side slightly to show seo-yoon.

"oh not at all. she can join us." gi-hun said with a smile at seo-yoon. seo-yoon smiled back slightly before glancing at jun-hee.

"glad to see you, seo-yoon." she said with a smile and a tilt in her head. jun-hee then turned her eyes back to young-il when he started to speak.

"oh how are you feeling jun-hee?"

"i'm feeling all right, thank you. we're all really glad to see both of you."

"hold on, i just realized. if we have to form groups of seven next round, then we won't need anyone else." young-il said, pretending to realize something. seo-yoon couldn't help but smile at the joke he was trying to crack.

"why?" dae-ho asked, confused.

"oh, cause the baby?" jung-bae said finally getting the joke that was told. seo-yoon let out a small chuckle at the light-hearted- yet funny joke in these times.

"ah! that's a good point." dae-ho said, clapping his hands as he realized. the rest of them laughed in realization. "you're right. but wait, what if it's twins?"

myung-gi watched from afar. he looked at jun-hee and then jun-hees enlarged stomach. after seo-yoon finished laughing, she looked over at him, seeing him staring at jun-hee. she looked down before smiling to keep up the group dynamic.

after a couple of minutes, they were all on the platform again. seo-yoon was standing with jun-hees group, as if she always belonged there. she still wanted to see se-mi and min-su, despite nam-gyu and thanos.

"round and round, round and round. let's go around in circles and dance." the song started eruptly. the team stood in cautious states, looking forward at any door that was in sight.

suddenly, "three players."  the team looked at each other before discussing who should go with who.

"you three go, hurry up!" gi-hun ushered dae-ho, jun-hee, and seo-yoon. the three traveled to one of the rooms quickly. seo-yoon stood closely by jun-hee as they ran.

the three ran into a room quickly. dae-ho locked the door as the timer ran out finally. seo-yoons breath trembles slightly. "are you guys okay?" dae-ho asked urgently, lightly glazing over jun-hee and seo-yoons arm.

"i'm just.. i'm just scared." seo-yoon said softly, as if she didn't want to be heard by jun-hee or dae-ho- not anyone.  jun-hees eyes softened slightly. her feelings had been like that not even a day ago, she had known what it felt like.

"i know, i know." jun-hee said to her, gripping onto her arm softly as her other hand gazed her stomach. her hand rubbing up and down. the tears threatened to spill as the shots went off. the sound of the bodies hitting the ground echoed.

the three sat in silence for a while- at least until the bodies were off the floor and they were back onto the platform for another round. it felt as if it had been going on forever.

the song went on. the multiple of groups that were once on the platform were now either killed or still breathing. a lot of them were killed, making the sick happier. "let's go around in circles and dance."

the platform stopped yet again. "six players." the voice spoke out. the two groups collided. seo-yoon exhaled shakily as she looked frantically at them.

"four women, two men, go!" gi-hun exclaimed at them. jun-hee grabbed seo-yoons wrist, symbolizing seo-yoon to come with her.

"my mom and i stay together." 007 said, gripping onto his mother like his life depended on it, which it did.

"i'll go." dae-ho said, putting his hand up as he volunteered. they went quickly with no hesitation. soon enough when they were running, seo-yoon realized it was seven and not six.

"jun-hee, let me go." seo-yoon said to her softly, letting out a breath of determination. jun-hee furrowed her eyebrows.

"what?" she said in confusion, gripping her belly as they continued to run with the group.

quickly, seo-yoon began to run quickly to someone outside of a door that was putting a hand up and shouting, "one more!"

she looked at the person also running for the person. it was the one girl she despised the most, player 44. the person who was shouting moved into the room quickly so whoever made it first could shut it.

seo-yoon reached for the door handle with all her might as she then shut the door harshly, leaving player 44 on the other side. player 44 harshly bangs on the door.

"no!" she said in frustration before running to another room just as quickly. after a few more seconds the locks click, leaving whoever was outside for their deaths.

seo-yoon let out a exhale of relief after the rush of adrenaline. "you saved us all, thank you so much." a lady said. seo-yoon nodded in response, too tired to say anything.

she looked down and swallowed the spit that was bubbling in her mouth. her tears webbed up again before letting it die down, not wanting to show weakness.

once the bodies were cleaned yet again, she started to walk out the room. slowly but steady. she looked to the left to see if the people who she had laughed with minutes ago had survived.

she had watched all the people who had came out. everybody looked fine but hyun-ju came out looking down, clearly in sadness or frustration, next came jun-hee whos head was held high but also in slight fear, and the very last one was myung-gi. she didn't remember him running with them at all.

seo-yoon started to repaint the picture in her mind. everyone was running, and jun-hee was holding onto someone elses wrist, not just seo-yoons. she remembered the person with short black hair and remembered that the number was 095.

she then glanced towards the blood stain on the door. her mouth gapped slightly. she had heard someones body thud before the timer went out, what if..

she had blocked all of the thoughts out of her head, following behind hyun-ju as myung-gi held jun-hee aside to talk. "i didn't know her. i just know she was a nice soul." seo-yoon said softly to hyun-ju. she wanted to remain soft, considering the lifelessness that they had probably witnessed.

"attention, players. the final round will now begin." the voice said into the place. the groups were now back together fully- and myung-gi.

jun-hee stood next to seo-yoon as the platform began spinning again like it always had. "round and round, round and round."

"what number do you think we're gonna get next?" jung-bae asked gi-hun. everybody had overheard them, since he was quite loud.

"two." young-il spoke up. seo-yoon looked towards him slightly in curiousity. "we're at 126 people and there are 50 rooms. even if there's two in every room, then there's still only enough for 100 of us. if you don't find one fast, you're done for."

as he said his final sentence seo-yoons heart sank. those words were not very encouraging besides all of the chaos and exhaustion they witnessed in the games.

the platform came to a halte for the final time. "two players." the voice spoke out into the place. seo-yoon looked around. she thought that jun-hee would grab her quickly, but jun-hee was running with myung-gi.

the others around her went together and now she was left alone with the odd number. her breathing became uneven as she looked around just as quickly as before.

before she could look around for the millionth time to check, somebody grabbed her hand and began to run for a room that wasn't already closed.

se-mi closed the door once they were both inside, just as soon as the lock clicked. seo-yoon and se-mi let out an exhale of relief as always. they had made it through yet another game. another deadly game.

it isn't far until more comes. the world can never predict when it could come. it could come tomorrow, in a week, and even in an hour, you never know. but just when?

LONDON SPEAKS !!

omg omg guys i MADE IT ‼️‼️‼️

i need this to get to like 1k by february fourteenth cause im single and dont have anything to celebrate sigh..

anyways yall like the tiny details in this chapter..

rora was DISTRACTING me while making this so hi if you're seeing this you are a HO. 🤧

YOUNG-MI 💔💔💔