I slowly felt my body and mind recover conciousness, my neck felt a bit sore probably from the position it was in for so long...

I felt a light tap of an object at the back of my head...

I lifted my skull off the desk and froze up a bit seeing the object was a gun...

It was two triangle-guards, both armed making me slightly nervous...

"Come on, you got to get back to the other players before the light turns on"

I quickly nodded and got up, quickly dusting off my clothes.

They led me out the room, grabbing each of my shoulders.

I fiddled around with my fingers, nervous of what i might see...

I stopped in front of the door that led to the others...

"Alright, well quickly push you in. After that the other guards will break the whole situtation up" one of the two said.

"Oh by the way" the other one tapped my shoulder "im glad you survived the second game"

"Huh? Were you..?"

He nodded

I coudlnt help but hug him immeadiantly, "thank you sir, i owe you my life!"

He patted the back of my head seeming a bit nervous, "heh, come on kid. Get back in there already"

I nodded seperating myself from him.

"Dont get yourself killed, id hate so my favorite player go" the first one said as he unlocked the door leading to the room.

For some reason i felt my cheeks heat up a bit...

A few seconds after i was quickly shoved into the room.

My eyes widened a tiny bit as trough the flashing lights i could spot corpses as the whole room was full of screams.

I gulped attempting to hide behind one of the knocked over beds...

I heard crashing sounds as i buried my head in my arms...

I heard screams, crashs and a lot of other stuff i couldnt make out a word for...

Suddendly i heard a crashing sound right behind me as i flinched away from my hiding spot.

There was some guy with an iron bar, most likely from one of the beds in his hand, probably about to crash it down on me...

I gulped, too startled to even start screaming...

But suddendly the lights switched on and guards started roaming in breaking up the fights that were happening.

Luckily the person standing over me dropped his weapon, probably out of fear.

I quickly crawled away a bit.

I froze up as i saw most of the player coated in blood and some badly injured, while others were dead...

"Drop your weapon"

Some players got scanned and announcements started to pour in...

"Player 277, eliminated"

"Player 74, eliminated"

"Player 198, eliminated"

"Player 222, eliminated"

They started to bring in multiple coffins that honestly looked more like chocolate cases, to transport the corpses...

I tried not looking around too much, disgusted by the amount of brutally murdered people...

I felt a lot of relief as i Gi-hun, sang-woo, 199 and 001 all still alive standing next to me...

The situation finally calmed a bit, and honestly i couldnt express how glad i was i missed it...

I quickly sat down next to the others, i realized 067 was also there...

"Are you alright?" Gi-hun asked 001

"What?"

"When did you climb all the way up there? Its not safe"

"We were worried because we couldnt find you" 199 told him

"Its a relief none of us are badly hurt" sang-woo added "were where you the whole time?" He looked at me.

"I hid..." i quickly lied.

There was a short silence

"Why dont we take this opportunity to exchange names?" Gi-hun asked.

"Come to think of it, most of us dont know each others names"

"I know your name already sir" 199 replied.

"Ssangmun-dong"

Gi-hun laughed a bit, "Ssangmun-dong is the towm i live in"

"My name is Seong Gi-hun, Seong Gi-hun from Ssangmun-dong"

"So whats your name?" Sang-woo asked.

"Ali, Ali Abdul"

"Oh, thats such a pretty name!" I smiled.

"Oh, thank you maam/sir"

"Which country are you from?" Gi-hun questioned

"Pakistan"

Oh... i remember seeing that on a map... i heard it was pretty hard there...

"Pakistan? Where is that?"

"Right above india" sang-woo answered his question

"Yeah, hes right"

"Of course he is, this guy graduated from Seoul University, Business-"

Sang-woo seemed to be getting a bit annyoed with Gi-guns rambling about his school...

"Im Cho sang-woo" he cut him off

"Its nice to finally know everyones name... im y/n, y/n l/n"

"Oh, where are you from?" Ali asked me.

"Im from europe, Germany to be exact, its right next to poland!" I smiled.

We all glanced back to the girl sitting behind us...

"Come on really?"

"Were on the same side now"

"We at least need to know each others names to build a bit of trust"

She hesitated for a bit, "Kang Sae-byeok"

"Sae-byeok?"

"Thats a nice name"

"Yeah, it really is" i agreed

"Though im not sure how well it fits" he added, i gave him a slight glare but shook it off.

"Old sir, whats your name?" Ali asked 001 who was pretty quiet the entire time.

"What?"

"My name?"

He spoke out some pretty weird nonsense for a while.

"My name is..."

Gi-hun chuckled a bit, "its okay, old man, must be pretty shook up today"

I looked at him, "do you mind if i call you grandpa? Serial codes are so weird..."

"No, no not at all... id be happy if you called me that" he responded.

I smiled a bit, i actually tought that was quite a wholesome nickname...

Most of us decided to settle down and catch some more zzz's, i stayed up tough. I had a pretty good rest, even if it was on the desk.

I glanced over at sae-byeok, she was fast asleep, almost looking a bit less terrifying.

After a few hours the classical music filled the room again, waking most of us up.

"Hm? Maam/sir, did you stay up all night?" Ali asked me.

"Hm? Yeah... i wasnt that tired"

"Also... please just call me y/n, its weird getting called maam/sir by someone older than me..." i chuckled.

I suddendly heard the female voice echo trough the speakers, "attention players, the third game will begin momentarily"

"Follow the staffs instructions and proceed to the game hall"

Shortly after we were all quickly led to the third game hall... it was a huge, white room with just one door..."

I glanced around for a bit...

"This game will be played as a team"

"All players, please divide into teams of ten"

"You have ten minutes, ten minutes"

The timer started to tick down.

I first went to my group.

"If the game is played by teams of ten, maybe its Tail tag or Why Did You Come To My House" gi-hun said

"If its tail then running is involved. If its Why Did You Come To My House, its just Rock Paper Scissors"

"What should we do?"

"We already have an elderly man and a/two girl/-s, so the rest needs to be all men"

"What if they make us play Elastics or Gonggi?"

"Women are better at those."

"Thats true, but probability-wise, men are better at most games"

"Were betting our lives right now"

"We just need four more people, lets split up and bring one each, okay? Y/n, if you dont mind-"

"Its okay, i dont think i can pick to well either" i smiled scratching the back of my neck.

I sat against one of the walls as i waited for the others to return...

After they apparently found their members we sat down in a circle together.

Gi-hun started to count us each...

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... nine- oh.."

"Wait, who didnt bring another person?"

"It was me i didnt" grandpa replied.

"Who brought you here?" He pointed at another girl in our group.

"Her" she pointed at sae-byeok

"I told you that were only getting men"

"Well, this is pretty awkward"

"Did i join the wrong team?"

"Then ill see myself out"

"Wait. Just sit there"

"We dont even know what were going to play next"

"We dont have much time either"

"Lets just find one more person to get to ten"

"We already look pathetic. Who would volunteer?"

"Once everyone finds a team, well end up with the person left over"

"I am not a leftover!" I suddendly heard a female voice call out.

"Boys, ill grace you with my presence"

"Consider yourselved lucky, my gosh." She forced herself between the other girl and gi-hun

"I bet im way more useful than these scrawny girls"

"On top of that, im good at everything except for the things im not"

"And that are?" I asked hesitantly.

"Oh shut up you!" She replied

I honestly had to chuckle a bit, she was pretty funny to me...

"Time for the selection is over"

I gulped looking at my team...

'Well this gonna be a ride..'