THE COUNTDOWN

[RoleplayChiQ]

..... THREE

Kira Jordan wakes up in a pitch-black room handcuffed to a metal wall. She has 60 seconds to escape, Thus begins a game where to lose is to die...

. . . . . TWO

The man she's been partnered with - her only ally in this nightmare- is a convicted mass murderer. But if he's so violent, why does he protect her? And stranger still, what is it behind those haunted sea-green eyes that makes her want to protect him?

. . . . . ONE

No one to trust. Nowhere to run. And the only hope of survival is working together to beat the

COUNTDOWN​

@Roger Greyson


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"Hello..." Kira called out as she slowly regained her consciousness. Her eyes as far as she was aware of were already open, but how come she can't see anything? Nyctophobia... Kira remembers her fear of darkness and unfortunately this is what she woke up from. She was on the cold floor, her head felt heavy like it was about to explode at any moment. Slowly she stood up but her the sound of chains like it was being dragged... "What the hell..."


For a moment her brain lagged, then she realized the undeniable heavy sensation on her wrist. Slowly she tried to walk forward but found herself halting. With a strong pull she tried to yank her arm but instead she heard the clinging of the chains again. That was when she realized she was chained, slowly her hands felt her ankle's... Unfortunately it too had a chained wrapped around it.


Kira tried to remember the last memory she has before this... She was caught. Stealing a pair of red shoes at a mall by the owner. But wasn't she able to run away from that? She remembers getting out of the mall and running out to the streets where in the Store owner lost her tail. But was is this? is this a dream? is she in prison perhaps? At the mere thought of being in prison made Kira's heart beat fast against her chest.


Prison was the last place she wanted to be at... If ever this is prison, all those years of stealing, running and being abandoned were all for nothing... "Shit" Kira cursed from under her breath as she tried to break free from the strong chains. But she knew it was useless. "Ugh!" She grunted as she gave it another shot. But a scuffling sound that appeared to have come from somewhere inside the room made her stop... Someone else was with her. letting go of the chains she stood up straight and tightened her knuckles shut. "Who's there...." She spoke tot he darkness. Her breathing ragged as she readies herself. "I said who the fuck's in there!"

 

[Roger Greyson]

Shaking himself from torturing nightmares of his past sins, Rogan woke to an even darker reality... literally. As he tried to move, he realized that he was chained to a wall, "what the?" he asked under his breath.


I said who the fuck's in there!





Rogan heard the girl's voice from the darkness, he tried to look in the direction the voice came from. Squinting, he still couldn't see anything in the piercing darkness, "That depends... i don't even know who you are! Why should I tell you who I am?" he asked, "As if I would want to be chained up in here... how do i know you won't kill me if you decide you don't like me?"


People often dehumanized murderers... acted like there was something wrong with them, calling them names like 'sociopath' and 'psychopath'... Rogan wasn't a bad person, he became who he was today after a long series of crappy experiences he had been forced through, and though his morals had been stretched thin, he still had some... though not even Rogan was sure what those morals entailed, or how much of a hold they even had on him.


Tugging on the chains, Rogan already knew he wouldn't be able to break them with sheer force, nor would he be able to slip his fat hands through them... maybe there was something on the floor that could help him...

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira heard the deep manly voice, approximately a few feet in front of her if she was not mistaken. The idea of having someone else in this dark room made things even worse for kira. She tried squinting her eyes, hoping soon her cornea would adapt to the darkness, but it was useless. It was all pitch black, it was the same as closing your eyes. It was obvious for Kira that even the man across from her was also tied up in chains, the sound of it sounded so sharp in what appeared to be the small room they were in.


"I'm not killer... For all I know you might be." Kira said as tough as she could though the truth was she was so nervous that her knees can barely hold her. "WHO THE FUCK DID THIS!? HELLO!!!" This time, Kira's words wasn't meant for him. Whoever did this she was hoping that they could hear her. "What the hell do you want..." Kira continued weakly calling into the darkness. "Money?! Well sorry to bust your nut but I'm broke as a rat in a god damn sewer okay, so just let me go!"


As if on cue, a bright light came out of nowhere from above. For a few seconds Kira was blinded from the sudden burst of brightness. Squinting her eyes she waited till her eyes fully adjusted to the light. Now everything was clear, and she was right. She was chained against the wall both her arms and her ankle were locked up with heavy metal. It was a white room with four walls, it wasn't that big... But everything was just white. Then she remembered that a person was with her. Glancing towards in front of her she saw a man in the same situation as herself. He was tied up, only difference was he looked... Worn out.


A beeping noise came from somewhere, Kira looked around to find a source but there was nothing... No speaker, no mic.. Nothing.


"You have regained consciousness." A feminine robotic like voice spoke from 'somewhere' "The game will begin once I have finished giving my instructions."


'Game? What game?'


"You have approximately sixty seconds to escape those chains." From the right side of the room a door opened. "The ceiling will slowly start to drop down till it hit the floor, if you have not managed to escape by then you will die."


'What?! What is this shit?!'


"Only ONE of you can go through the next round... Unless you decide other wise. A murderer and a thief. Will one trust the other?"


Kira's eyes grew wide at the word 'Murderer'.


"You have sixty seconds. The countdown starts now..."


((You don't have to give that long Answers Btw. Just long enough for me to continue something out of your replies lol its just that I'm also doing the environment.))

 

[Roger Greyson]

As the bright light burned around him, Rogan squinted in pain, even in normal conditions, he didn't like the light, it reminded him of what he did to those people... When his eyes adjusted to the light, he noticed that across from him, a woman, presumably the girl who had spoken before. As the voice pierced through the speakers, Rogan noticed that the word "murderer" had come up... until that point, he hadn't been paying attention, he had been looking around for a way out, she was obviously the thief, and as she looked at him, he looked at the ground, guiltily. She was beautiful, for a thief, that is, "When we find the way out... you take it, I was going to the chair, anyway... I deserve it...."

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

59.....


Kira was no longer paying attention to the man's word, instead she had her eye on the opened door on the right side of the room. She needed to get out of here... If only one of them had to Kira wanted it to be her. She always had a knack of being selfish sometimes, but this time the punishment of putting someone else before her is death. And that is the last thing Kira wanted. Looking at the man he looked... sad... But his eyes were saying something else. Kira clenched her jaw as her heart beats faster and faster even more. "Well what?! No idea's?! Nothing at all?!


56...


That's when she noticed something on the ground next to Rogan... Something small and shiny. Realizing what it was she was about to point it out to him... But her subconsciousness told her other wise. Looking at the same side where she found the key next to him she also saw one at her's. Quickly reaching for the key she tried to unlock it... But it won't fit. "SHIT!" The roof now started dropping an inch causing Kira to panic even more. But she knew that won't do her any good. "They key to your left try it! Now!" She yelled to him.


50...

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

@Roger Greyson

 

[Roger Greyson]

Looking at the key next to him, he began to think, what's the point? Ill die anyway... nevertheless, he manouvered his body too pick up the key, despite the ropes and chains binding him. He pushed the key in the lock, and tried to turn it. It didn't turn. "No luck...." thinking about the situation, and an answer came to him, " we may be able to both get out of here... I have an idea, but you have to trust me...?

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

'Trust? Trust who? You?! You're a god damn murderer for crying out loud!' Kira thought and wanted to yell as her answer, but she knew better than to be an ass in a situation where in her life could end within the next seconds.


"Fine!" She yelled as panic rose over her! "Yes okay I trust you just tell me what damn it!" She tried to pull the chains again but knew it was useless. Instead she looked at him with fear in her eyes.


46...

 

[Roger Greyson]

"Fact: we are both tied to the wall and locked by chains... fact, we both have keys that don't work on our locks," he waited a moment to let the thought set in, most people weren't as intelligent as him, "it stands to reason, that our keys work for each others locks..."


Rogan my had already found out what this was, he had had friends who had survived these before, the people watching... the innocent murderers who enjoyed seeing people shed blood... they needed both of them, rogar and this girl, to survive... and this girl needed rogan, there would be tests that needed them both...

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira couldn't believe it, everything he said actually made sense... She found herself staring blankly as she tried to let it escalate to her. Of course that's how it should work, aside from the keys in this entire room there is absolutely nothing else of their reach that they can use to escape... His idea is the only plausible one that might actually work. After all if the person who did this wanted them dead they already should've been in the first place.


Kira nodded as she tightened her grip around the key on her hands. "O-okay fine. You throw me that and I throw you this.-"


'Could I trust him?'


"On three..." She gulped barely even able to speak, her hand shaking making it even harder for her to hold the key.


"One...."


'I don't think I can....'


"Two...."


'Don't throw it Kira....'


"Three!"


39.... The ceiling dropped for another 3 inches as a key was now flying in the air.... But there was only ONE.


(I didn't GodMod you okay? lol it was just for the drama effect :3 if Rogan chose to be the one to not throw it then yes you can do that. But if not, then it was Kira who didn't throw the key. But trust me, they'll both get out alive )

 

[Roger Greyson]

Rogan threw the key, and though kira hadn't thrown a key back to him, Rogan didn't blame her. She may be a thief, but he was a murderer, and everyone knows not to trust a murderer. "Go ahead...", rogan said, "take your life, and your freedom... I had this coming to me, anyway..."

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira quickly catched the key the man threw and unlocked her cuffs both on her wrist then on her ankle. A flood of relief came over her as it snapped open and she was finally free... Glancing at the door she was about to run towards it but the corner of her eyes she saw him looking like this was something he already expected. Feeling guilty kira bit her lip and ran towards him unlocking all the chains and standing up in front of him. "You're welcome." Kira said and ran towards the door and found herself in another white room....

 

[Roger Greyson]

When the girl unlocked his bindings, Rogan couldn't hide his surprise, but he didn't have much time to acknowledge it, as the ceiling was getting lower, as he got up, it forced him to crouch to move, and he had to jump to the doorway as the ceiling sped up, slamming down on the floor just as he cleared the doorway.


Walking to the girl and breathing hard, he said, "thank you... now, what's next?"

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira grinds her teeth together in frustration as they found themselves in another white empty room. The only difference was in the middle was a round silver disk that seem to be floating in thin air. Slowly Kira took a step closer, and suddenly a burst of green light appeared revealing what appeared to be a hologram of the map. A map that Kira was familiar with, everything was in 3D and Kira quickly recognized all the turns and spots that were floating in the air. "Its the city..." Kira whispered to herself, then came entering the same feminine robotic voice.


"Congratulations for surviving round 1. Now its time for round two... In this map you must locate this man..."


Suddenly the holographic map became an ID with a picture of a bald man. He was young, early 30's as his Card says.


"What are we suppose to do when we find him?" Kira asked as she stared into the floating image in front of her.


"To successfully accomplish this level.... You must find this man... And kill him."


"WHAT?!" Kira yelled and quickly glanced at Rogan. "No... No I am not killing anyone! He probably can but I won't!" She continued and realized how insensitive her words were. For a while she found herself silent and ducking her head, but right now was not the moment to feel bad.


"Rules... You must not try to run away from the borders of the inland city, doing so will cause you disqualification... Disqualification... Means death. Inside your head is a micro chip planted. That is how you can hear my voice... Disobey the rules and we will activate the chip... And explode your brain to pieces. Other actions that will cause disqualifications are telling anyone about the game, and being too far of distance from each other.... You have 1 hour to complete level 2... Good luck."


After the voice ended the hologram vanished leaving Kira staring at the man in front of her.... Then suddenly another door opened revealing the city.... But they were not free... Because the game was only about to begin.

 

[Roger Greyson]

"Killing people... no matter how many times you do it, doesn't ever come easy..." Rogan said, "I won't make you do it, but I may need you to set a trap for me," though he may have murdered people, and though that may have been the action that led him here, he by no means enjoyed it. He still had nightmares, years later, of those bodies... pieces of meat.. on the floor. He would never put that on anyone...


"We need to find this man, but first, we'll need communication, do you think you could find some 2-way radios?"

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira listened to him patiently as she crossed her arms over her chest. His idea might actually but work, but wasn't he listening to the voice earlier? "No." Kira said sounding dryly. The thought of them having to kill someone was nowhere near comfortable... If anything it made her feel worse. And who wouldn't in a situation like this? "Didn't you hear what that voice said? Being too far away of a distance with each other will cause them to activate the chip inside our heads and send chunks of our brain flying in air. So scratch that idea..."

 

[Roger Greyson]

"Well... how far is too far? He lied before, when he said only one of us would make it out of that room, so isn't it possible that he could be lying right now? How are we going to find this guy, anyway, if we can't split up?" It was true that Rogan didn't have a death wish, and didn't want to tempt fate, but sometimes, the ends justify the means, and right now, it was near impossible to find the guy without splitting up

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira thought about it.... What if he's right? "We have to be sure." kira turned her back from Rogan and stared at the city street up ahead. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and started running away from the opposite direction where Rogan stood. A few more meters then a beeping started coming from her head.... Then a shocking pain made her drop to her knees as she clutched her head. "AAAAAAAH!" Kira Yelled as she turned around, this time she was crawling in an attempt to close the distance between her and him. "Get closer!" As she sees it, he can feel it too....

 

[Roger Greyson]

"ARRRRGGGHHH!" Rogan shouted, clutching his head, as he fell to the ground. He had felt the sting of electricity before, but never like this. Between the shocks, he moved closer and closer to Kira, hoping each moment that the pain would cease. When it finally did, Rogan sat there, clutching his head in the fetal position. "I... NEVER... want to feel that again..."

 

[RoleplayChiQ]

Kira lay down next to Rogan as her hands remained clutching her head. "Never." She echoed him in agreement. Slowly she sat up and draw in a deep breath as the pain vanished as fast as it came. "Okay... Well we know not to do that again. Ever." Glancing towards Rogan's face Kira can see that he was really attractive, his eyes were just... Beautiful. Kira cleared her throat as she stood up and gave her black top tank a pat. 'what the hell was I thinking?!' Kira thought to herself as turned her head from left to right. "I'm Kira..." She said realizing how they never really both introduced themselves.


Looking from afar and judging by that map earlier it only means that the man was near this area, for sure he hasn't crossed the border's yet. But why? Why would they let them kill a man as a challenge to this bullshit? Kira found herself over thinking everything, but she knew that if they failed to kill him... Its their life in return.

 

[Roger Greyson]

"My name's Rogan.... nice to meet you Kira." he offered his hand to her. Fact was, just because he WAS a murderer, did't mean he had to be uncivilized. "This man... what could he have done to deserve death... that's what we should ask before we do it, that way, we can know if we just did it for survival, or if there was another purpose to it, that would make it easier to live with it."