5

By the time you woke up, you were in an unfamiliar room similar to the room you woke up in at first. Avery was nowhere to be found, and it seemed like you were alone in the room.

You sighed, a throbbing headache immediately found its way to your brain, making you grunt. You needed a cold shower, immediately.

You stand up on your feet, but collapse almost immediately from the weakness. Your stomach grumbled again, reminding you of the terrible hunger. Not being able to take it anymore, you opened your databot and selected the last biscuit and bottled water from your inventory.

After eating, your body seemed to be restored with a little strength. You got up and walk towards the door you had assumed to be the bathroom. The bathroom was small. It only had a toilet, a sink, a small mirror, a small cabinet and a shower hose, decor seemed to be the last thing on these people's mind.

You take off your clothes, albeit slowly as your entire body ached. Catching your reflection in the mirror made you stare, this was the first time you were noticing how you looked like.

Long tousled black hair graced your back, looking very much like a bird's nest than hair. You had a pair of black eyes that seemed as if they had seen everything there was to see in the entire world. An oval shaped face seemed to be the only feature that helped your features remain pleasant.

You pulled out the piece of cloth wrapped around your face. The blood from the injury was already dried, and it felt a little bit sticky to touch. It formed a big clump over your face. For fear of infection, you reached out your hand to break the clumps of blood from your face.

After you were done, you took the shower hose and allowed the water pressure to wash you clean.

..................

You stepped out with a thin piece of cloth wrapped around your chest— it was a little something you had found after years of searching.

You rummaged through the room, in search of a new pair of clothes but you couldn't see a thing apart from your old dirty clothes from earlier. With no choice left, you had to wear it.

Just as you let the piece of cloth cascade down you legs, the door was suddenly open with a bang. You didn't have time to react as someone had walked into the room.

"Oh my God!" You yell when you realized it was a boy.

"Oh my gosh!!" Was his reply.

Without waiting another second, you grab the thin clothe and wrapped it immediately around yourself. "Are you freaking dumb? Haven't you heard of the word knocking?"

You hollered, your ears fuming from blazing anger. You glare at him, noticing his facial features for the first time. He had a pair of bright green eyes that stood out to you almost immediately. Full plump and inviting lips that looked kissable, dark, messy hair and a lean and alethic physique. He was a bit taller than you, so you had to strain your neck to meet his gaze.

"I don't think knocking applies when the room is yours. And please take a picture, it'll last longer" Your face flushed red from his response but the anger in your chest had yet to dissipate.

"This can't be your room, this is my room. They can't pair both genders in the same room"

"Oh sweetheart, this is my room alright. And trust me, they can" He ignores you thereafter, walking towards a bunk bed and collapsing on it with a visible smirk on his face. "Your body is nice, not my type though!"

"You freaking asshole!!" You yell, your intuitive thought wanting you to shove your bloody clothes in his rotten mouth. However, before that was possible, the door once again was unlocked. A group of people strutted in. Two girls and two boys immediately came into your view.

One of the girls had a shaved head, died pink and a piercing on her lips. She looked like the type of person that would survive in an apocalypse. The other girl though, had a more docile look. She looked so much like a cute porcelain doll. The two boys, you hadn't paid close attention to them, but you could tell they were brothers and they were Asians.

You say nothing, walking towards the bathroom to change into your clothes. By the time you came back, everyone else had already selected their chosen beds. You had to take the only bed available, fortunately, it was at the bottom. You glared hatred at the asshole as you walked passed, and he gave you an annoying smirk.

An awkward silence reigned over the room, and you were in no hurry to break it. These were unfamiliar people, maybe forming alliances with them might be a good thing, but you were to low on the social battery to talk to anyone else.

"I think we should all introduce ourselves you know. Get to know each other" The porcelain doll spoke, drawing everyone's attention towards her. "My name is Mila, and I think I'm eighteen"

Everybody remained silent, making the porcelain doll's face flush from embarrassment.

"Well..." Your gaze immediately shot towards the asshole who had just spoken. "The name's Axel, but you're welcome to call me handsome, cutie, baby. Anything you want" Mila— porcelain doll giggled, clearly charmed by his attitude. You scoffed, rolling your eyes.

"Narcissistic bastard!!" You muttered under your breath.

It seemed like you weren't the only one annoyed as the pink head girl scowled. "My name's Maze, I'm 20" Everyone nodded in understanding. One of the Asian brothers stood up, seemingly to introduce himself.

"My name's Ajay, and this is my twin Arman. We're both indians" He introduced, a shy smile plastered on his face.

Once almost everyone had introduced themselves, their gazes automatically turned to you. You immediately felt uncomfortable from all the attention.

"I'm Hazel" You say, keeping it short and simple.

"Wow, a pretty name for someone like you..." It was the arrogant asshole. Feeling tired of his shenanigans, you ignore him and turned to your bed.

"Since we're all done introducing ourselves, we might as well go to bed, it's already nighttime" These were your last words before you slumped on the bed, asleep.

•••••••••

By morning, you weren't woken up by the pleasant songs of birds or by the warm light from the sun, you were woken up by the well acquainted robotic voice.

You rubbed your eyes to wash the sleep off before staggering yourself towards the bathroom. You wore the same clothes from yesterday, which disgusted you so much, you gaged. It stank.

You really needed to find new clothes. You thought. The others were still fast asleep, you ignored them and left the room.

You made your way towards the cafeteria where the robotic voice had asked everyone to be present in. By the time you reached, there was already a long line. You stepped into line, relieved that they seemed to be distributing supplies.

About an hour later, you were handed a relatively large box by the person behind the counter. You rushed straight back to your room.

All your roommates seemed to have left as once you entered, you did not notice anyone but Avery's presence in your room.

"What are you doing here?" You asked, surprised.

"Nothing" He shrugged. "Thought I'd come see how you were doing"

You nod.

"I see you've got your supplies" He remarked, pointing at the box in your hand.

"Yeah, I just got it. I'm yet to see what's inside. Have you gotten yours?" You asked.

"Yeah, it had few clothes in it. Grain crackers, beef jerky and a machete"

"Wow!" You exclaim. Avery was lucky. Those supplies were really useful in times like this.

"Go on, open yours. See what's inside" You agree in excitement, quickly opening your box.

You brought out your stuffs one by one, out for Avery to see. two t-shirt, one pair of jeans, one pair of shorts, canned food and a pair of scissors.

"Are you fucking serious!?" You groaned.

"That's wild!" Avery exclaims. Of course it was wild. Out of a billion weapons in this world they could give you, they gave you a pair of scissors... A small pair of scissors!!

Why not an Axe??

"Don't worry, all hope's not lost" Avery mocked, giggling at you. You glared at him.

Just as you sat there, whining over the almost worthless equipment they had given you, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Axel— the arrogant asshole strutted in with his box in hand like a king.

"My God, if you don't knock before you enter this room one more time, I'll cut off your head and feed it to the wild animals"

Axel chuckled, mocking you. "What? You're trying to hide your little boyfriend from everyone"

"Avery is not my boyfriend!" You gritted out.

"Oh Avery is his name. How sweet!" He smirks. "Sweetheart, guys named Avery are all heartbreakers"

You fumed, almost launching toward him and biting his head off, "I only met you yesterday but I already hate you so much"

"But I love you princess, that hurts my feelings" He placed a hand on his chest, feigning hurt.

"Who the fuck is this?" Avery interrupts, effectively stopping you from going on a killing spree.

"Just an asshole we all should ignore"

"Oh please, like you're that good at ignoring me." He mocks. His eyes shifts to your box and he catches sight of your mallet. "Oh, they gave you scissors. Sad. I got an Axe" He then proceeds to empty his box, allowing his supplies to fall out.

An axe, a few clothes and three packets of instant noodles. That lucky bastard.

"Good thing they gave you new clothes, now you won't stink as much" He remarked.

"How thoughtful of you to be concerned about my stench? Why don't you instead focus on yours – the one oozing from your attitude?" Your retort seemed to have stunned him for a moment as he remained quiet. But after a few seconds, he flashed you his signature annoying smirk.

"That's actually a great comeback sweetheart. Now I'm looking forward to our fights together in the future"

You ignore him, not wanting to lose anymore braincells. The door was pushed open, and somebody walked in. You looked up, realizing it was porcelain doll and pink head girl. Porcelain doll seemed shook as pink head girl had her arms around her.

"What's wrong?" You asked, concerned.

"Someone stole all her supplies"

"What?" Both you and arrogant asshole chorus.

"Yeah" Maze continued. "She was unboxing and then, out of nowhere, someone snatched it"

"Did you see their faces?" Axel asked.

"I wish we did. Mila hasn't stopped crying ever since"

"I mean it's normal. Now she won't have any change of clothes or food." You say.

"That's not a problem, I gave her mine" Maze responds, and you nod. She was really brave to actually do that. Truth be told, you knew you wouldn't give anyone your supplies.

"Who's this?" Maze suddenly asks, her gaze turning to Avery.

"Oh, that's her boyfriend" Axel responds before you could even say a word.

"He's not my boyfriend" You defend. "This is Avery, my friend"

"Come on, don't friend zone the poor guy" Axel mocked and in unison, everyone in the room rolled their eyes.

Avery steps forward to handshake Maze. "Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too" Maze responds, and you didn't miss the glint that flashed through her eyes.

Just as you all stood there, an announcement boomed through the entire base.

"All survivors must be at the conference room in 30 minutes for their faction tests. All survivors must be...." The voice faded off.

"What the fuck is a faction test?" Axel asked.

"We'd have to be there to find out!"

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