[ WP ] You just started a new job in a large office building and what you do n't know is that at twelve o'clock every day , there is a office wide Purge style battle to the death , those who survive an hour get a significant pay raise and can come back tomorrow . A bell just went off , it 's twelve o'clock .

As I finished up my research on Alligator breeding habits for a story I was tasked with writing, a bell began to ring loudly throughout the office. I could feel the sound vibrating off the cubicle walls. I looked over my cubicle wall to ask a co-worker what the bell was for. 
 
 I watched as he calmly opened his desk drawer, to reveal a small armory. There were multiple handguns, knives and magazines and other assorted weapons neatly stashed away. 
 
 `` What the hell is that for?'' I questioned loudly, and nervously. 
 
 The man looked me in the eyes, and pointed his handgun at my face. I saw my life flash before my eyes, and could n't understand what circumstances had arisen to put me in this position. I heard the gun fire, and the sound of the shot rang through my ears. 
 
 I heard something hit the ground loudly behind me. I turned to see the woman who had hired me yesterday, lying in a pool of blood on the floor. She was holding a rifle in her arms. I looked back at the man who had apparently just saved my life. He seemed to be about 40 or so, well built, muscular and had a scar down the right side of his face that went from his forehead down to his beard. 
 
 `` She liked to go after the new hires'' he explained in a deep voice. `` She hires the ones she wants to kill'' 
 
 I was n't sure what to make of this, but my thoughts were cut off by the sounds of screaming throughout the building. 
 
 `` What's happening'' I asked, barely able to look my savior in the eyes. 
 
 `` You survive today, and you'll receive a bonus of $ 5,000 and your salary will be raised 5 %'' I cut the man off. 
 
 `` What does that?'' He continued to speak, while motioning me to stop taking. 
 
 `` I'll keep you alive, if you give me your bonus and half your raise'' He finished. 
 
 I just nodded, still unable to understand the position I was in. 
 
 He grabbed my arm so hard I thought it would break, and pulled me over the cubicle wall, and under his desk. Then, he placed a gun in my hand. 
 
 `` The safety is on, and it's fully loaded with one in the chamber'' He said, pointing to the safety switch. 
 
 The weapon felt heavy in my hand, I flicked the safety off with my thumb and gripped the gun tightly. 
 
 The man looked down at his watch. `` 45 minutes to go''
