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Chapter 20 Turns Upside Down

--The time when Eleventh was the last eliminated--
The twelve god's tower was called. Everyone was there except for Anastasia (Third) who was the first victim of the game.
Dreos stood up, "I'll reveal everyone of you here" he snapped
A light was with everyone, and everyone revealed their faces except for twelve who wear a heavy make up but as they perceived she was in the age as Penelope.
Ninth walked towards Dreos, "I am not include to this survival game, I am his messenger and your monitor" she said
"Hey, that's unfair!" Eighth protest
Dreos motioned him to quiet, "It's my decision and she was the one fitted for the position since she was once a notorious terrorist known as Lilith" he said
Everyone was very shocked to his words, "Wait, Are you the terrorist who bombed Naji City?" all of a sudden Tenth became mad
Ninth just bowed her head, "I'm very sorry about that, but someone wished me to change and became a mother of his child" she said "I will take the responsibility once my child grown up if I brought you some casualties" she added
"I'll arrest you once I am the one will win this game" Tenth pointed her shouting and crying like something was happened so bad
Everyone was looked at him with a fierce eyes, "Huh? what are you babbling for?" Sixth said
"Since you knew each other, I will change the rules of this game" he said then he get a paper in Ninth's hands, it was written there everything
These are the new rules;
1. Sketchbooks must be placed in a place where the battle was held.
2. There's no one can interrupt a battle even he/she was a part of the game if the challengers didn't invited you to join the battle.
3. Names are already revealed but I gave same restrictions.
a. You don't have the right to blame other players if something happen or he was one of the accomplice because of partnership
b. If you will survived the battle, you will not allowed to have a re-battle out of the presence of your opponent.
c. The battle will still a secret and you are not allowed to tell it who was not involved to it, at any case I will kill the outsider
4. The condition of the battle depends to the challenger on how they fight and the conditions.
5. No one can interrupt the battle no matter the situation is
"Is that clear?" he asked everyone
The lady wearing heavy make up raised her hand, "Can I ask something?" she said
He looked at her, "Yes? What is it?" he asked
She put her hand down, "Why all of the sudden, you change the rules of this game?" she asked
He just looked at them one by one, "I observed from the last games that some of them dies because of some uncontrollable situation" he answered
They looked at Second and First knowing that they defeated Seventh, Third, Fifth and Eleventh, so far they are the one who defeated them all.
Penelope just looked at them fiercely and embracing Sebastian telling them that no one will hurt him.
Dreos turned his back and snapped his fingers again to tell the meeting was dismissed. They turned back to where they are before Dreos called them for a meeting. Time has passed, everything was fine because Dreos changed the rule of the game. Some of them hired some investigator to find the other players and some plotted plans of killing each of everyone in secret.
Everyone who joined the survival game for their selfish wish was very disappointed to Dreos decision. Twelfth always look at the sky wishing that her plans will not affected by the changes. Tenth always checked and put a surveillance to Angela's house which was Damian's house. He reasoned out that was for Damian's family sake but the truth was he wanted to see if Lilith has something to do with the other players.
Sebastian seemed to be depressed because Penelope can't helped him anymore when someone will challenge him. When her grandmother was not around, he get his sketchbook and gave it to Penelope "Just kill me" he said out of nowhere that made Penelope shocked
She slapped him in the face, "What are you talking about?" she started to cry
He looked very depressed, "They know that you always protect me, that's why Dreos changed the rules" he said like a mad man
"I can't!" she said then she get her sketchbook "If you wanted to be killed, kill me first" she handed her sketchbook to him crying
He fell down on his knees, and faced ground so near "What should I do?" he started to cry "I certainly a dead meat when someone challenge me without your help" he was so depressed about it
She hugged him, "If you will be killed, I promise that I will follow you in the next life" she said leaning her head to his shoulder
He just cried on her shoulder. After they talked about it, he just locked himself and talked to Neko and Silly the whole day. He didn't want to get outside for a walk and even attending school, he didn't want to.
Their classmates even their teachers always asked Penelope about Sebastian, she just answered them that he was just sick and needed some rest.
After school, Geraldine approached her "Penelope, can you give this to Sebastian?" she handed her a pack of sweets "we used to eat that every time we got sick" she explained
Penelope was trying to hide her jealousy to her. Geraldine was one of Sebastian's friends since elementary but because she was a girl Sebastian always tried himself away from her. "Thank you, I'll give it to him" she received the sweets
"Thank you" she turned her back and went to her way , secretly smiling
Along the way, Penelope throw the sweets in the garbage can because she felt something wrong about her classmate but she still consider her jealousy towards her. When she got home, she asked his grandmother if Sebastian went out to his room once and she just answered her by shaking her head that made her more worried about him. She knocks to his door to check him, but as usual he was just inside his room and even his food was there.
She approached him and sat down, "Look Sebastian, it will not helped you" she said
"I just, I just want to die to end this" he said not looking to her
She started to cry again, "I wanted to make your wish come true and in the end you will be the one who will kill me" she said
Those insane words brought him to sanity again, "But, I am not that strong to protect you or even myself" he sat down and crossed his legs "I'm just a scared cat with a selfish wish but I can't stood up to fight for it" he said
She hold his hand, "Maybe you are a scared cat, but I know someday you will have the legs to stood up and you will protect me" she smiled at him
He felt comfortable at that time, for him she was like a fortress that he can lean on.
After several days, unexpectedly Tenth visit them. Tenth is Daniel Orposel, the commander in chief of the police station where Damian is working and the first he saw Lilith, he fell in love with her.
"Good morning Madame" he greeted the old woman when she opened the door
The old woman suddenly got nervous when she noticed that the man that morning is a policeman, "How can I help you Sir?" she asked
He smiled at her, "Don't worry Madame, I just wanted to talk to Penelope and Sebastian" he said calmly
She just nodded, "Please come in" she opened the door "Please sit, I' ll made a coffee for you" she said then she walked towards the kitchen
At that time Penelope will getting something in the living room, "Grandma, did you see my ..." she felt nervous when she recognized who was sitting in the living room
He looked at her, "Good morning Miss Penelope" he greeted her
She keep her guard, "What are you doing here?" she asked
He just smiled at her, "Don't worry, I am not here to fight with you, please have a seat?" he offered
She didn't down her guard, "What this is all about?" she said then she sat down to the next sofa
It's good that before the old woman came back, Penelope was already sat down "Sweetie, where's Sebastian" she asked when she saw that Sebastian was not yet around
She immediately stood up, "I'll call her grandma" she said "Sir, please excuse me" then she walked towards Sebastian's room. When she reached there, she opened the door immediately "Sebastian, Tenth was there" she said
He was frightened, "Tell him that I am not fine" he said then he covered his body with a blanket
She pulled the blanket, "Sebastian, he will just talk to us" she said
"Then what? He will kill us after?" he was still depressed "I just wanted to be Neko and Silly this whole day" he said
She have no choice, she held his clothes and pulled out "He just wanted to talk to us" she trying to convince him
"But ..." he was like a scared cat
"Please?" she asked
He agreed to her, he just change his clothes then they both went out.
"Good morning Sir" he greeted him and then sat down next to Penelope "How can we help you, Sir?" he asked
His grandmother sat down with them, "Is that serious Sir?" she asked
"No Madame, I just wanted to ask your grandchildren about the terrorist attack since a witness told us that they are there when the terrorist was there" he reasoned
She stood up, "Thank you for your clarification Sir, I thought at first that they did something against the law" she said "Okay then, I will let you talk" she walked towards the kitchen.
"Thank you Madame" he said
The young lady looked at him, "What is your business here?" she asked
He raised his two hands, "Don't worry I am not here to fight with you but I wanted to ask a favor to you" he said
"What kind of favor?" Sebastian asked
He get something from his pocket, "I wanted to give this to you" he handed them a bank book
Penelope get it, "And? What we are going to do with this?" she looked inside it. She was very surprised that it has a large amount of money but the name was not his
"I wanted you to give that to my family in the next city" he said "I know the rules of this game, when you are defeated everything about will be vanished so as you can see it was named after me" he explained
Sebastian was shocked to his words, "But why? Will someone will killed you?" he asked
He shook his, "I don't know but I received some threats this past few weeks and I don't know if that was from a player or an outsider" he answered
"Okay, we will grant your wish" Sebastian immediately answered
Penelope's eyes widened, "Are you going to commit suicide?" she asked him "we even don't know if that is a trap or not" she added
Daniel bowed his head, "I know you can't trust me at this time since some of the rules was changed, don't worry when you go to my family there I will ask the police station if they can give you an assistance" he said
"Alright, but when something happened there I will kill you for real" Penelope said
He looked at Sebastian, "You love him so much, Miss Penelope" he said "by the way, someone looked for your names and address" he checked his phone "please be careful, I will go now" he said
"Same as with you Sir, please take care" Sebastian said
Daniel left with a hope that they can deliver the bank book to his family then when afternoon comes there was a package sent to them. Two tickets from a couple, inviting all the sweet couple in the city that made Penelope very happy.

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