Game #3 Surprises [Eli, Claire, Noah]

[Axel Hayden Evans]

He woke up, chained against a wall as he looked around in slight panic, noticing Claire wasn't too far from him either. "Claire..." He whispered, "Claire!" He then raised his voice, trying to wake her up from whatever slumber she was in. He didn't know what was happening here or how he even got here. Where where they?

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

The smell of boiling flesh was gone, thank fuck! Walking into the next room with a slight limp, he could hear slightly voices but the room was pitch black except for - the beam of light on the TV screen as he moved towards it. Another game, god he was excited. He turned the TV on, and the doll's face came up again. He looked at it, squinting due to the new found light as he saw its face. What now? Torture, death, decisions; already done.

Hello Eli. Congratulations, you have made it to your last and final test. Unfortunately it will be the hardest you have to make. What is stronger Eli? Blood - or body?

Eli's eyes shot open as flames rose from the next room. It lit everything up as he looked forwards and saw Axel laying on a mesh platform, along with a bunch of other people suspended in the air, and above the fire. "Axel, are you okay?". Before he knew it, the mesh folded over and they hung from their hands over the flames, only inches away. He looked at them, and then lights flickered to the room next to Claire being tied to a chair with blades behind her. "Claire!". His eyes shot wide but he looked back to the screen.

In front of you is the man you love. He is the one that has held back the darkness within, and the one you care about. It is time for you to make a choice. For you to decide what is worth the flames; three innocents or Mr Evans. If you do not make a decision, then the blades constructed behind your innocent sister will be driven into her limbs, each by each. Remember, totems are constructed around the area. Dark magic won't work here Eli, nor will Axel save himself. In fron of you are two panels, in order to save these people you must apply pressure on both of them to hold their chains in place. It is a choice of playing God, but will you smite the innocent, or let the man who makes your life worth living die? Its your choice.

Static hit the screen as Eli immediately moved towards the panels. Looking to his hands for a second and then up to his boyfriend and innocents, he pushed down on both of the panels. Holding them down, he heard a click as a timer shone above Claire for one minute. He could hear the blades behind driven up into her forearms as he screamed for her. "Claire! No!". But he went to let go of the panels but as soon as he did, the chains unlocked and dropped maybe an inch before Eli slammed his hands back down. But was that - heat. The panels were turning red with heat as Eli looked down at it in fear. Oh god! It start to sizzle as he held on and started yelling in pain. Screaming out loud, he looked to Axel. He understood now, he had to let go of one to save another, or Claire dies within the minute. How could he do this! This wasn't just a game, it was becoming murder.

[Axel Hayden Evans]

At Eli's question, Axel gave him a blank stare. "I'm chained to a platform which has me facing into a fire. No I'm not okay!" He sighed softly, as he noticed some other people nearby. Then he heard the rules of the game, and his eyes widened. What the...He thought to himself. What kind of sick game was this, and who was behind it? "Eli, can you hurry up and get me out of these chains so I can beat the fuck out of whoever is behind this sick game which puts Selena to shame?" He tried struggling, but it wasn't doing anything. Not like it doing anything would help, as he would fall into a pit of fire. He was feeling pains just thinking about that.

He watched as Eli held the two levers and he begun to get that 'saving the world' vision which would inevitably get him killed. He wasn't going to let Eli sacrifice three innocents for his own life, that was for sure. But before he got into sacrifical mode, he was hoping they'd be able to get out of here. The anti-magic runes made Claire's power useless. And Axel's powers were completely useless regardless, so that was out of the question as well. "There has to be a way of avoiding anyone dying!" He had to think...Think...Nothing. This person was smart, that was obvious. He feared this person went to such difficulty that there was no escape except choosing, and Eli didnt' look like he was in a posistion to help either anymore.

[Claire Diastone]

When Claire eventually woke up, she had no idea at first what was going on, how she got there, or why she was feeling so weak and strange at the same time. For some reason she couldn't really describe it completely, but she couldn't feel her magic inside her as clearly as she usually could and it was honestly a feeling that kind of frightened her. When she finally opened her eyes she quickly noticed Eli and her eyes narrowed a bit to focus more on what he was doing, holding the two panels. 'Eli? What's-' She started asking softly but before she could finish she heard the sounds of metal very close her her and less than a second later her eyes widened at first before closing shut as she screamed out loud in pain because of the blades that had shot into her forearms. She tried to focus on her magic, trying to at least use something to get her out of this or lessen the pain, but she couldn't, she just couldn't and it made this even more a scare of her life, not being able to do ANYTHING at all. 'I can't... I can't do anything!' She said desperately.

It didn't take long for Claire as she looked through the tears of pain welling up in her eyes to notice the people hanging and recognizing Axel there too which made her quickly look back at Eli. What kind of sick something was this? What kind of even much much MUCH sicker person would have put any of them in a position like this!? It was like some movie she would never watch in her life anyway. 'What's going on!?' She yelled now that she had the chance and looked scared and painfully toward Eli before her eyes shot up for as far as she could and saw the timer above her own head, which again made her eyes widen in shock and looking back toward Eli, clearly not having any idea of what to say, or do, she could beg him to save her, but would that just motivate him more or just distract him from whatever sick thing he had to actually do? Which she wasn't fully sure off, seeing as she was unconscious at that moment.

[Axel Hayden Evans]

Against Axel's reluctance, Eli sacrifices the three innocents to save his lover's life. After going through the ordeal and being released, Noah reveals himself to them, admitting that he has been behind the whole thing. This prompts Eli to want to rid the world of Noah permanently.