The Red Cube: execution

12. Same Time

"I guess you won this one Pharaoh. I got y'all next round." Nathan angers losing one of his alliance."

Winter still sits in her seat facing away from the empty chair. She's lost and confused on her own without Hazel. Not sure if she should keep her promise with her to leave the twins or to stay with them. Pharaoh sits where Hazel once sat to comfort her mourning.

"Get away from her. She's with us." Roy holds Nathan back from going up to pharaoh.

Elisabeth's bond with Pharaoh has grew to a point of unbreakable. She would probably attack Nathan if he touches Pharaoh even if he's a foot taller than her. She's in the arms of William while Jenna studies the players of the ninety-eighth game of this.

"Calm down. We have the numbers to win the whole thing. We just have to stay low then both of us can win." William quietly speaks to Elisabeth.

"I can't let that happen. Jenna needs to win. She's only twelve. She has a whole life ahead of her. At least one of us needs to go to protect her."

"You can't think like that. You have to look out for yourself. She is twelve and I know what happens after you get out this cube. You can't leave this game. It's embedded in your soul. The two winners last year are trapped in the system. They have no life outside the government. And they are only eighteen and fifteen. We can't let Jenna live like that and it's sad that's the truth. We need to win so we can stop this."  William speaks louder.

Elisabeth embraces William into her arms. "What did they do to you?" She chokes.

"Enough."

She quickly pushes William off of her. "I'm sorry. I can't curse you too. Everyone I touch gets eliminated."

"It's okay." He spreads his emotions with another hug and a kiss on the forehead. Jenna waddles her way and joins in on their hugging session.

"Final three."

The friendship of the three is cut of by Jenna noticing a familiar face on the walls. The walls transitioned to Swift's faces, but by a different name. The name shows Myther Hawthorn #100. The male is clearly him. Same body type. Same hair. Same skin. Just on a teenager's body.

"So this is what the game change you into." Roy complies.

"You can't win this." William adds.

The pictures clearly show him sitting on the block with four different playing the same game as the people here. He looks to be in his late teens where he remains the lone winner that season. He was skinny as can be with curly black hair. He's wearing a grey tee shirt and matching grey shorts. Probably the lightest clothes he ever wore. In the pictures that everyone gazes at shows his alliance of all older people who all got taken out early in the games. Every picture after his whole alliance was taken away from him has a group of people disconnected from him. He was the Xavier of his time, but somehow he became the winner his season and became the host of the game.

Swift's hologram appears with his signature curly black hair on the top of his head. Instead of a dark suit, he wears a light gray suit with a white buttoned shirt and a red tie.

"I see you all found out I became victorious in the hundredth game. I played a very low-key game, but I used my social skills to talk everyone into going against the other until I was the last person left. I remember that game like it was yesterday. Actually it was only twenty-seven years ago, so not that long compared to the first game. Anyways back to this game. Since you reached the final seven, there will be five blue cubes and two red cubes. If you choose a red cube then you automatically have to sit while the rest vote out one of you. You may now choose your cube."