Chapter 5: True Fear (13/15 Alive) Day 2

 It started out light. Well, as light as a literal execution can be. Samael yanked her from the classroom slash courtroom, and dragged her into a door that I hadn’t realized existed until opened. Samael tied her to a pole next to six machines, each representing a different chess piece. Rook, bishop, knight, queen, king, pawn. After she was strapped to the pole, the machines started their mechanical whirring. Gabriella was still sobbing. We all knew that all of this was wrong. That some sicko was controlling the sick game, watching our agony and suffering. Then the pieces sped up. Her vocal cords were broken by now, there was no more wailing. The pieces were in a sick rhythm. 

And then it ended. A single queen's top slammed into her head, ending her life. The only sound that could be heard was the disgusting roar of laughter that erupted from Samael’s mouth. “Whoo-hoo! Extreme!” The machines slowed to a stop, revealing Gabriella’s bloody, beaten face. She was unrecognizable. It was hard to believe that the person who was standing in front of me… Was my classmate.