Chapter 4

"Min!  Where are you?!," Arden yelled.  It was sun rise and she was lying on the ground, in pain, surrounded by the masked members.  The masked members held samurai swords as if they were about to stab Arden in the chest.  Dark-Min appeared like a ghost and smirked.
"I heard you calling my name," Dark-Min said as he smiled, " How are you still alive?  I thought you were dead?!  You're not supposed to be here Sumi, I thought the Wild Dog burned you."
"Randall and Andrea made me a 'fire' kitsune so they told the Wild Dog to put me into Door 4.  How are you an 'oni' now?  You were dead the last time I saw you."
" I'm only a spirit.  I'm supposed to be killed by these members to be gone for good," Dark-Min started tearing up, and Arden started to feel bad.  "Why didn't you just stay with me Arden?  We were so happy together; none of this wouldn't happen if we were still together."
"Min," Arden spoke softly," I had to leave you; I couldn't let you kill anyone so I had to leave you in a soundproof room until they needed you for another test."
It was silent until Dark-Min said, "Kill me, kill me Arden Sumi, make those members proud."
"I'm not going to kill you.  I know it'll make you-"
Arden got cut off until Issac and Min came; they looked like they just woke up until Issac started admiring her beauty and Min noticed that Dark-Min was there and his masked members held their swords.  "Arden!  Can't you see that he's here?  Do something or else I will!," Min yelled.  Min pulled out an arrow out of his quiver, loaded an arrow, and was immediately at full draw, ready to release.
Arden's eyes widened and yelled, "NO!  DON'T!"

"Where's Min Park?!," the dark version yelled, "Min needs to be destroyed so that I WIN!"
"Win?  What do you mean by 'win'?," original Min whispered to himself.
"I'm pretty sure he means by your 'pack' or group against which is pretty much everyone in the trails against him and the dark spirit," Issac said.
"It's not only me and my dark spirit, it's me, the subcutaneous infected crows, and MY group!," dark Min yelled.
Suddenly, twelve subcutaneous infected crows appeared as well as the ten people who were covered in black, Japanese-kitsune-fox masks.  Min's stomach churned from nervousness and his eyes widened.  He also remembered what happed to the poor victims that got pecked by the crows and noticed that the masked members held samurai sword in their hands- the same ones that Issac has.
Dark Min, the crows, and the masked members vanished into the air like dust.  Original Min's members spit up into groups of four-Min was with Issac, Ray, and Colton.  Min held a wooden shaft, Issac wore his samurai sword belt and his quiver while holding a recurve bow, and Colton had a samurai sword as well.  A girl walked out of Door 4, limping, and collapsed to the ground.  She had beautiful dark hair, patches of burnt looking skin and the same samurai sword belt as Issac.  "My-my name is Arden S-Sumi," the girl said," They sent me here to help you."

"What do you think happened to Ray yesterday Issac?," Min and Gavin asked.
"Did you not hear? He either got pecked from an infected crow or some mudda butthole spread the disease.  What's wrong with-"
An older looking chiseled face boy cut Issac off and said," Ray's calm now."
" Okay.  Colton, did they say what happened?," Issac asked.
"No, but they need you and Min to go there like now," Colton replied.
Min and Issac rushed to the Blood and Tech room and saw Ray strapped on the bed.
Colton also ran to the room with a worried look.  He was panting from running and had holes on his shirt.  He looked like he was running away from a demon in Door four. Then Colton said then showed something that changed everything in the trials:
"Issac!  Hurry we need your help! Look what happened!"
Min looked out the door and saw a dark and bloody version of himself. He pointed at the dark version and said, "Is it about that?" to Colton.
"Yeah!," Colton yelled," He walked out of Door four with a note." 
He showed Min and Issac the note and it made Isaac furious.:

 

It's another version of Min Park.  He's possessed by an 'oni' and you need to kill the 'oni spirit' to complete the trials.  Someone will come to help you kill the spirit.  Be nice to her. 

 

"Her? Who's her?," Min whispered to himself," And why is it another version of me?"

Chapter 3

Issac, a dark skinned boy, and a tall muscled boy saw Min with a British boy, Nicholas; they were holding wooden recurve bows and wore quivers with a dozen arrows, while Issac held an extra bow and quiver with arrows and walked up to Min and said, "You're one of us now.  Dom, Gavin, and I are going to teach you how to shoot one of those subcutaneous crows to defend yourself."
"What?!  Who is Dom?  Who's Gavin?  And why are you making me do this?  Just leave me alone for once and I'll calm down," Min whined and complained," Stop making me do things I can't or don't want to do Issac!"
"Bro, I didn't even want to teach you.  ray is making me do this, I ain't the leader here, he is," Issac replied.
"Fine, let's go and get this over with," Min said and rolled his eyes.
Issac and Dom, the dark skinned boy, grabbed Min and dragged him across the field to the archery range.  Ray suddenly ran up to Min and punched him in the stomach, making him get pushed back three feet.
"Hey, what did I do now?," Min asked.
"You!  I need you dead!  We all need you dead!  If we don't kill you soon, we're al going to die!  Issac!  Dom!  C'mon shoot him already!  Issac slice his head off with your katana already! What are you idiots doin'? Just kill him!," Ray yelled.
Both Winston and Jo wore lab coats, and chased Ray with two syringes.
"Hurry up!  He's also infected like Dave!  We finally found the cure!," Jo yelled.
Dom and Gavin pushed Ray to the ground and held him down so that Winston could inject the 'medicine.'
Once the 'medicine' was injected, Ray stopped panting and could finally calm down.  A few seconds later he passed out and was dragged to the Blood and Tech room.  As he was being dragged, Nicholas spit at Ray and said, " Ha, that's what you get for calling yourself the leader," to Ray.

"Please don't send me in there," Dave pleaded, " I can't stay there, I can't die in there."
Dave was sobbing and begging on his knees.  He kept yelling and calling for help, thinking that someone would help him.
"Let's go, we'll put him in there now," Issac said to Min.
"Wait.  What?  Why me?  I just came yesterday.  I don't know anything about this place,"  Min replied to Issac,"choose someone else, I can't do it."
"You're learning, so now LEARN how to kill someone who needs to be killed."
Issac and Min grabbed Dave by the clothes, strapped him on a large piece of wood, and dragged him in front of Door 4.
"No, please don't.  There are demons in there that will eat me alive," Dave begged. "I can't -"
"Dave shut up!," Ray yelled," We can't have people like you in here!  You're out of control!"
"Min, Issac, let's put him in on a count of three," A British kid said, "One, two, NOW!"
Jo opened the door and Min and Issac threw him onto Door 4.  Min's eyes widened and was scarred for life.  He heard him scream and yell and get eaten alive and burned from the demons from hell.

Min slowly walked to the Blood and Tech room and saw that Dave couldn't stay still on the bed he was strapped in; he kept twisting  and turning to get out.  There were wires and tubes connected to a computer and his brain; Min saw small, neon colored particles on the computer screen.
"What are those?," Min asked.
Winston's and Jo's eyes widened then looked at each other and said, "Um...  You don't really need to know."
'What do you mean?"
"I mean, it's not important," Jo replied.
"Just tell me!"
Winston rolled his eyes and said, "Those particles are a bacteria that makes your brain lose some memory and if you lose memory from that bacteria that the crow may have, then you'll want to attack everyone that you don't know."
Min couldn't understand what Winston said then replied, "The bird made him like this?"
"Maybe, but it can come from someone that already has it since he got here or the crow that pecked him in Door five."
" If it was someone, who do you think it was?"
"Jo's face lit up as if he knew who it was then said, " I'm pretty sure its Alan.  You know, the six foot kid that threw a stone at -"
A few seconds later, Dave's eyes turned red and yellow then screamed as if he had so much pain in his body; the windows started breaking, and the Blood and Tech room started to fall apart.
"Dave!  Stop screaming!," Winston yelled, "It's making it worse!"
"That's it.  Dave, we're sending you to Door four, where the fire and demons are," Jo said furiously.

Chapter 2

Min woke up early in the morning. He saw Ray and another member sleeping on another bunk to his right- Ray on the top bunk, the other member on the bottom bunk- and to his left was Issac and Jo. He stepped outside and saw the numbered doors again. He ran to one of the doors as fast as he could in case anyone saw him.

He ran in front of Door 4; suddenly, when he was about to open the door a pale boy body slammed him and pinned him to the ground and said, “ Do you want to be killed?!” then started punching his chest until Issac shot the pale boy with an arrow. The pale boy let go of Min and screamed from the pain in his arm. Everyone woke up and gathered around them while Issac pointed a fifteen inch knife towards the pale boy's neck.

Two dark skinned boys pulled Min away and took him to Jo so that he could check on him.

“What are you doing?” asked Min.

“Dave punched you in the chest right? Can you breathe normally?” Jo asked.

“Um yeah. What's his problem?” asked Min

“We don't know. Winston and I need to check and go into his brain to see what's making him act this way 'cause Dave is never like this,” Jo replied

“Hey stupid, why were you even near Door four? There are flames and demons from hell in there,” Issac asked.

“Why can't I go in there? Why can't you tell me what 'The Unknown Trials' are?” Min asked desperately.

Ray rolled his eyes and replied, “ Just shut up. This place is like prison. There's no way out, even if we find the keys.”

Cont'd III Chapter 1

“ So which leader is he gonna get Ray?,” a British Boy said

“Be patient you sick- faced freak,” Ray replied, “We need to know his name first.”

The 5'10'' Asian American kid said, “I'm Issac- Lee- Suzuki. I take care of the archers and sometimes the runners since the leader passed away, Ray Perry takes care of the knife throwers, Jo Gold takes care of the ones infected from the subcutaneous infected crows, Wesley Glass takes care of the Blood Rooms which are the numbered doors, and Winston Ty takes care of the technology in the Tech room.”

Min's heart started beating when he heard about the subcutaneous infected crows; one of the crows just flew passed him and Issac immediately shot the crow with his arrow- when it flew passed him, his eyes enlarged and felt like it was about to fall out of his eye sockets because of how disgusting it looked to him. The crow was three feet tall with the infection on its face.

“ My name is Min Park,” he whispered softly.

“ Huh? I can't hear your sick voice. Just. Say. Your. NAME!,” Issac said in an upsetting manner.

“ It's Min Park,” he said clearly but nervously.

“ Thank You,” Issac replied.

“Issac, why can't you just calm down for once?,” Jo said.

“Just shut your face Jo,” Issac replied.

Suddenly Ray, the leader, took a step forward. Him and everyone else wore the normal clothes- buttoned shirt, khaki pants, military boots, and their gear. The clothes looked better than he expected- he expected something that looked like one piece suits. They all had clean- shaven faces but none of them laughed, or cracked a smile once since he got there.

Issac walked into Ray's and Min's conversation with Winston and said, “Winston just saw Dave get pecked by a crow in number five.”

“Okay. I'll go get AJ to help me carry him to Jo,” Ray replied.

“Aye Issac,” Min said, “Can you tell me more about this place?”

“Really? Now? When I need to practice shooting?,” Min complained.

“I'm desperate,” Min said.

“Fine. Where you are is a place where no one wants to be. Every two to three months someone like you comes. The only reason why we're here is because we need to find the 'key' in each door, and once we find all of them we're out. And so far we found nothing,” the words that came out of Issac's mouth made fear take over Min's body.

Cont'd II Chapter 1

 

He stood up and slowly rotated in a circle. His new companions stared and whispered; and some kicked his leg to see how he would react. Min felt dizzy, and his eyes started flickering because of the strange, bright place he ended up in.

“Aye, stop that,” Min said.

“Yeah don't kick the lil' bug,” a deep voice said.

A 5'10'' Asian- American kid with well done hair and thick biceps crossed his arms and gave him a disgusted look as he examined him. A blonde six foot teenager threw a large stone at the back of his head and said, “I've seen you somewhere. Are you sure that you don't work with Randall and Andrea?”

“Um, I don't... really... think... so,” Min replied.

“Huh. I really feel like you do. You better not lie; they're the ones who put us in this mess.”

“Shut your face Jo!” a dark haired boy yelled, “One more time you pick on someone, you'll stay in Door number four!”

He's probably the leader...or protector, he thought to himself. Hating how everyone gazed at him, he started to walk towards the door that says 'Door 1.'  A dark skinned boy then pushed him two yards back and said, “Don't go there.”

“What is this place? Is it like... prison?” Min asked.

“No one's gonna answer your question you noob,” Ray answered.

He looked up in confusion; the sky looked artificial- blue sky and hardly any clouds. The grass was green, but to his left, he saw doors numbered from one to five. There were a few trees draping over the doors, the roots looked like gnarled witches' hands digging into the dirt. To his right was a stone wall with all their names; some of the names were crossed out and near it had the words 'Rest In Peace.'- he assumed that they have already past away. Then, below all the names had the names, 'Ray Perry,' 'Jo Gold,' 'Issac- Lee- Suzuki,' 'Wesley Glass,' and 'Winston Ty.' They were all under 'Leaders'- whatever that meant to him.

He didn't know what that meant. He didn't know that any of this meant. He suddenly woke up in a metal cage, ended up in a field with numbered doors, and couldn't remember anything.

He just couldn't understand what he did to be there.

Cont'd Chapter 1

He backed into the corner of the cage again and sat in a fetal position and started shivering. He started sobbing from fear and frustration; his heart started beating as if there was a demon in his chest that wanted to jump out of his body and eat him alive.

For some strange reason, he screamed, “There's a demon trying to eat me alive! Someone... help me!”; when he screamed, it felt like his throat was tearing apart.

He could feel himself getting closer to the location.

A loud sound from the metals banging each other scared him, making him twitch and gasp as he looked up. When he looked up, he started to see the ceiling opening, and Min started to get blinded from the bright light. He quickly looked away, then covered his face with both hands.

He heard male voices which made fear take over his body.

“Hey, what's your name?”

“You smell like a dude's locker room.”

“It looks like a piece of dirt.”

“Aye, be nice to the lil' newbie.”

Min was so confused and started to panic again. The voices he heard sounded foreign yet so familiar. He slowly turned around to see. He squinted his eyes and tried to adjust to the bright light. He fell back and panicked when he saw a group of twenty- three boys that seemed like they were his age.

Slowly, like a camera focusing, he could finally see their faces clearly. Since they were only young teenage boys, he started to feel less scared, which made it calm his racing heart.

A heavily muscled Australian kid jumped into the cage and grabbed Min by his clothes and threw him out of the cage. Then the Australian kid said something that made him gape his mouth, “I'm Ray, and welcome to 'The Unknown Trials'.”

The Unknown Trials- Chapter 1

Chapter 1





It was the beginning of a new world for Min Park.

He woke up surrounded by the cold darkness and filthy air. All he could smell was his own sweat on his forehead from fear, and metal from the cage.

A staggering shudder shook the floor underneath him, and before he knew it, he felt himself going up like an elevator. He started shuffling on his hands until the back of his head was hit against the metal cage. He stood up, but then kept falling back down because of the metal cage jerking upward like an old elevator in an old, abandoned building.

There were loud echoes from the metal chains and pulleys that sounded like an old factory. He started to feel so much pain in his ears from the echoes and harsh, shrill cries from the metal.

The weightless cage started jerking up and down, but at the same time swaying left and right, making Min's stomach feel sour; suddenly, a smell like body odor made him feel like throwing up. Because of all the pain and frustration, he started sobbing with tears falling down his face like a waterfall.

“My name is Min... Min Park... I think,” he said to himself, “And I'm going to 'The Unknown Trials' whatever that means.”

He didn't understand how this was possible. He suddenly woke up in a metal cage with almost no memory. He only remembered what he said before he went into the cage which was his full name and where he was going, but he didn't know what 'The Unknown Trials' meant.

He started to picture the location with nice, sunny weather, a green grassy meadow, eating organic foods, and going into a clean, sophisticated building with people wearing white lab coats while creating things that would be useful for businessmen and women.

Minutes felt like hours, however, every time a minutes passed, it felt like a decade. Trusting his own instincts, he knew that he was moving for at least twenty five minutes. He was dying from boredom and his forehead and chest was beaded with sweat from fear despite the cool air. Suddenly, he started to panic, then it alternated to intense curiosity. He was so desperate to know what was happening to him.