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[Chapter 16] Reaching Zero

Abby, Mari, Phil, and Anna all swallowed hard as Felix grinned evilly. "I should kill you right here, right now," He told them. He hung his head and sighed, "But I won't." The four relaxed, but only slightly. "Only because I need to send a message to your friends out there. That you can't escape me. That you can't escape this camp. And that you most certainly can't escape death." He shot his hand in the direction of the door to the right, "Anthony, Rachael, take these idiots and prepare them for the next challenge."

Anthony and Rachael nodded their heads in understanding and each pulled out two syringes filled with an anesthesia. They inserted the needles into the escape group's necks and injected them with the serum. The four immediately knocked out. Anthony and Rachael walked around the chairs, pulling knives out from behind their backs and slicing the ropes off of the escape group's wrists and ankles. Anthony picked up Phil and Anna and slung them over his shoulder. Rachael grabbed Abby and Mari by their collars and dragged them out, Anthony following behind her.

They took them into a room where, in the center of four boxes large enough for a person to stand in, stood a familiar face.

"What we do we do now..." Anthony began to ask as he squinted his eyes to read the name tag on the person's black shirt, "...Sergeant CG?" He set Anna and Phil's seemingly lifeless bodies on the ground.

"Put them in the boxes," Sergeant CG ordered.

"Yes, sir," Both Rachael and Anthony retorted in unison as they did as he said. After placing the bodies in the box standing up, they locked the escapers' ankles and wrists in a cuff so they would stay in place. Once they were locked in place, Rachael and Anthony slammed the wooden front of the box shut and nailed it shut. Sergeant CG walked up to the boxes and placed a bomb on each door, setting them for twelve hours.

"Alright. TAKE THEM OUT!" He screamed. The ceiling of the room slid apart in two parts to reveal four helicopters hovering above the room. From each helicopter descended a hook, which grappled the tops of the wooden boxes and brought them up in the air. The helicopters whirred away and the ceiling retracted.

"Let the challenge begin," Sergeant CG remarked as an evil grin grew on his face.

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"Hello campers. I see you didn't heed my first warning about escaping - it's impossible," Natalie read the note that had been taped to the mess hall's doors, "I caught your four friends almost as easily as I caught the first three. This time however, it's your job to find them. They've been hidden somewhere in the camp in wooden boxes. Time's running out - you have less than twelve hours to find your four friends before the time on..." Natalie's eyes widened, "...the time on the bombs reaches zero."

"The bombs?" Ian repeated in disbelief.

"That's what it says..." Natalie remarked.

"Let me see this," Zach demanded as he snatched the directions out of Natalie's hands. He skimmed over the note and had the same reaction Natalie had when she read the line, "Oh my god...he's going to blow them up!"

"What happened to Felix?" Toby inquired.

"Fame happened," Molly snapped at him, crossing her arms over her chest, "Fame happened, Toby."

"As I was saying," Natalie snatched the letter back and continued reading it, "Blah blah blah...time on the bombs reaches zero. On the windowsill to the right, there are four wire cutters and four keys - all of them the same (I thought I might make this challenge just a bit easier on you). Once you have successfully defused the bombs cutting the correct wire(s), you will need to have the right key to unlock the cuffs on whichever YouTuber, challenge girl, or advisor you stumble upon. Meet back up at the mess hall. I recommend you pair up, one person to disable the bomb and one person to unlock the cuffs. Good luck and you better hurry, time's ticking by."