Awaken in a hexahedron A single hatch on each face No memory of arrival Controlled induction of retrograde amnesia The first dies sliced Ensnared within the twisting wires Motion and sound, chemical sensors detect the beings within The next one dies, acidic substance eats to the bone The edge is reached A sarcophagus 400 square feet One man breaks Murderous impulses, crippling paranoia Psychotic delusions of a master plan Cube positions shift Permutations mark the moving point in four dimensions A paradigm shift Astronomical calculations to decompose the composite number A rush to escape as time runs thin Follow the path the numbers lead Impaled from the back through the chest Stabbing wildly with rage unfurled Trapped between two cubes The bridge shift slices his torso in two