SURVIVAL 11: REFLECTION

"Players, back to the game. I repeat, players, back to the game. Round 4 will start in 10, 9,”

I smiled at her and stood up, then held out my hand. "Let's go?”

She grabbed my hand and stood up.

"8, 7, 6,"

We're back, and the sky still looks the same.

"5, 4, 3,”

"1, *whistle*”

Before round 4 started, we discussed that we would play normally and not chase the ball too much because of the trap that was ready on our sides.

01:12

I passed the ball to the other team before Sixzen ran closer to the ball, and it fell completely to the floor. The ball turned to gold. Inside, the side became a heart, like Sixth’s case. The middle of it was a torn leaf.

Sectwen's eyes widened for reasons we don't know. She couldn't focus on the game. Another bizarre behavior. She is the sixth victim.

"Sectwen!" Twentieth shouted but she did not catch the ball and Forzen chased the ball.

Forzen stumbled, crossed the line, and fell. We were shocked because it was no longer the sky that was beneath us but the sea. A sea with a strong storm!

"Help!" she shouted while supporting her weight using her hands.

"Aeizen, help her, we'll play!" Sixzen commanded. I noticed that her single hair bun is messy and loose. Her hair might be in the way of her eyes.

Sixzen can't help but continue the game because she's the best one on their team.

"Focus, Sectwen," she also advised Sectwen, who looked startled.

Everyone is distressed because a while ago it was mud, sky, and now it’s the sea. What's worse, it's stormy and it looks like there's a tsunami.

"I-I'll help her!" Sectwen pulled Forzen's another arm and helped.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as Forzen was safely lifted.

*whistle*

Round 4 ended. We are looking forward to not scoring anymore. Sectwen told me why she suddenly lost focus. She remembers something about her memories from the past.

"Players, back to the game. I repeat, players, back to the game. Round 5 will start in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6,”

We are back again. Last round, finally!

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1,”

The timer was delayed again in counting.

"This last round will be a special one. Previous rules were eliminated except for one new rule: There must be one team ... who will win this game.”

Very similar to what it said yesterday.

*whistle*

The gold team settled first. The ball is directed in my direction. I passed it to Fourth. I nearly missed it, but I got lucky. Tenth spikes it. I notice that she adapts from playing volleyball.

Unfortunately, it was less than thirty minutes into round 5. The gold team had already scored. The ball turned silver, in the middle on one side there was a heart, in the middle was a... baby?

We were the first to set, but it went to the other team. While playing, I could hear a deep breath to my right. I turned my back at Tenth. Her eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost. While looking at her, I didn't realize that the silver ball was flying towards my face again and...

"Second!" my team shouted.

The ball hit me in the face and knocked me down. There’s a sudden appearance of an image in my mind that I can’t describe clearly what it is.

*whistle*

Round 5 is over, finally.

"Second!”

I feel heavier on my eyelids. I heard their callout. Someone is running. I felt tired. I can’t stand this anymore. Then everything faded and became dark.

***

"Hey, are you okay? Wake up!” I heard the husky voice of Aeith. Yes, it was her.

I opened my eyes and saw the two worried faces of Aeith and Fourth.

"I-I thought you wouldn't wake up, Second!" Fourth sobbed.

I noticed that I was lying on the floor of the fifth floor. I'm back from wearing a school uniform. It's a bit dark, and the court is gone. The game must have been over then.

I feel better, yet I feel weak. I want to rest.

"How's the game?" I asked them. I passed out, so I don’t know what happened and what the results are.

"It's okay... well…" Fifth can answer me directly.

"Tenth is dead," Fourth burst into tears and Fifth immediately calmed her down.

Third explained. "After the game, while you lost consciousness, Tenth lost control and she hysterically shouted in agony while hurting her stomach. We stopped her while she was crying. We didn't know why she was doing it. We asked her. She said she remembers her past on Earth. A reality that broke into her is the fact that she was carrying a baby.”

I have no idea that Tenth suffered this much from her past. She seems like a lighthearted person.

“In the end, she gave up. Author killed her silently, and her corpse was taken a few minutes ago.”

***

If the boys have felt physical pain playing basketball, the girls have felt mental and emotional pain. The victims lose their focus on playing because something disturbs their minds.

The brain is an image inside the ball that represents mental torture. Everyone has a different image that is projected in the ball because we have different experiences on Earth.

Twentieth - with white paper in the center of the ball—that is a school card. She remembers how dismayed she was at her school.

Sixzen - with letter F—is a mark on an exam. She said she failed her major subjects before, and because of that, she studied so eagerly that she no longer has time to play volleyball.

Aeith - with a currency bill—a financial problem. Aeith had already told me about the hardship she went through until her mother was fortunate enough to be able to go abroad.

Forzen - there are some wrinkles in the middle of the ball—that is ‘stress’. Forzen was overly stressed with issues at school, home, and her mental health.

On the other side, here are victims of emotional torture. A heart is the image inside the ball. It affects the victim emotionally.

Sixth - holding hands but with a crack in the middle—means friendship. Sixth had one of the most important people in her life lost.

Sectwen - leaf torn in the middle—that is a family. Sectwen's father and mother are separated.

Tenth – baby—this is the child Tenth was carrying.

Second - the image in the ball is heart-shaped, which is broken and bleeding. Fifzen said that’s what he saw. I recognized that mine was the most different because the image of the other victims is animated, but mine was a real heart that was broken and bleeding. Similar to the reactions of the seven victims, my eyes also widened. I got confused, and I was unable to think and focus on the game.

Perhaps all Tenth's memories came back before she died.  After her death and was declared that stage 2 had been cleared.

Author announced the winner of both games. In basketball, the silver team won. The silver team won because of First, which I don't understand. In volleyball, the gold team won.

I went straight to the art room and was about to turn on the lights when the lights were on, and the door was slightly open. He can’t sleep either, I see. There must be something bothering him.