Laser Collars

## Design and Function

The Laser Collars were two large metal collars, connected to the walls by retractable metal rods, that had eight powerful laser cutters attached to them. These lasers would turn at an interval and eventually slice the victim's head into eight pieces. However, one of these collars was removable and fitted with fake lasers and vials of fake blood, while the other collar was not removable and had the strong laser cutters.

The catch of the trap was that within 60 seconds, the victims had to choose to go first or one of them would randomly be chosen, with the aid of two buttons in the middle of the room. The victim then had to confess their crimes or the lasers on the collars would rotate the full 90 degrees required to slice the victim's head open.

## History

### Preparation

Ten years after John Kramer, the original Jigsaw, created his first game, Logan Nelson, one of the original test subjects of the Murderers Trial, who later became the successor of Jigsaw decided to replicate the first game by John Kramer. The five victims of this new game were five persons who committed a crime but lied to the authorities not to be judged. The people tested were Edgar Munsen, responsible for the death of Logan Nelson's wife, and Detective Brad Halloran, responsible for releasing several criminals including the other four test subjects.

Therefore, the four Halloran clients were abducted by Logan Nelson, the successor of John Kramer, better known as the Jigsaw Killer. After subduing them, Logan placed three of Halloran's clients in the first room of the area and put a bucket in their heads and collar around the neck of each one of them and put Edgar Munsen in an abandoned warehouse by leaving him lying down before leaving. Later, after Halloran had followed Logan to Pig Farm, Logan would then abduct Halloran and would then put him in the same place where Shotgun Keys was developed. Finally, Logan Nelson would pretend to be another test subject so that Halloran did not believe that Logan Nelson was the real culprit. *(Jigsaw)*

### Introduction

When Edgar woke up, he noticed that he was in an abandoned warehouse and next to him there was an audio tape that had written: "Play Me". The audio tape which gave him the instructions for a test. At a certain time, he had to find a trigger and use it to start a game involving five people, who were trapped inside a barn outside the city. If he refused to do so, he would be killed on his own.

Deciding to play the game, Edgar attracted the attention of the police, which resulted in a car chase. With his car, Edgar sped down the roads until he was outbarked by spike strips laid out by the police on the street and eventually hit a street barrier, consisting of numerous water barrels and police vehicles. He smashed his window and climbed out of the car to continue his flight on foot. Pursued by officers, Solomon and Palermo, Edgar eventually reached the warehouse where he previously received his instructions and made it to the rooftop. There, he noticed a red "X" drawn on a steel scaffold, which marked the position of the trigger. Just as he grabbed it, the officers arrived and aimed their guns at him. In the distance, Edgar saw a clock tower and told the officers that five people would die if they didn't call Halloran.

The officers did as he said. As the time passed, Edgar started to panic. However, Halloran finally arrived along with his colleague, Detective Keith Hunt. Edgar told him that he was given the choice to either start the game or die on his own. Halloran ordered his man to aim for the trigger and tried to convince Edgar to drop it, but as the time ran out, Edgar activated the trigger. The officers immediately shot the trigger. However, unnoticed by them, Logan was watching them from another rooftop nearby and shot Edgar in the chest with a sniper rifle. As Edgar collapsed, he told Halloran that the game had begun before he passed out due to his injury. *(Jigsaw)*

### Culmination

Later on, Halloran ordered Keith to arrest Logan as he had started to suspect him. Logan, however, told Keith that Halloran was actually the killer and the one responsible for shooting Edgar on the rooftop. Keith gave him the opportunity to prove his theory and accompanied him to the morgue. Logan removed the projectile from Edgar's chest and put it into a cleaning solution. Unnoticed by Keith, he replaced it with a bullet of a Glock 17, the gun used by Halloran. Therefore, he finally convinced Keith that Halloran had killed Edgar. After Eleanor Bonneville found out the location of the barn, she and Logan went there to investigate it, but unknown to them, they were followed by Halloran to location of the Game.

Once they entered the barn upon searching the place Logan found the Cycle Trap which he had seen before at Eleanor's Studio which Eleanor had made a replica of after buying the blueprints off the dark web, Logan then accused Eleanor of being responsible of the latest Jigsaw murder Eleanor denied responsibility for the murders. Suddenly Halloran came out from hiding and then ambushed Logan and Eleanor. Halloran grabbed Logan and then pinned him on a worktable, Logan told Eleanor to run which then did so, Halloran began shooting at her to stop Eleanor from escaping but this allowed Logan to break free from Halloran. Logan then attacked Halloran giving Eleanor the chance to escape and find help, Eleanor managed to escape, while Logan was knocked out and Halloran was attacked by an unseen assailant.

### Halloran's Execution

Both men awakened in a room, inside of collars rigged with laser cutters. A loudspeaker informed them, via John Kramer's voice, that they were the last two players of the game, and to survive their test, they needed to confess the reason they deserved to die. The voice also told them that they could choose who would face their test first. After they received their instructions, both of the men initially hesitated to go first. Halloran appeared to choose to go first, but then pressed Logan's button instead, forcing his collar to retract and activate. Logan confessed that he mixed up the x-rays which led to John Kramer's cancer not being treated fast enough. However, the lasers on the collar turned the full 90 degrees and appeared to slice through Logan's head, who then fell to the floor. At first Logan appeared to die from the trap, though his collar had less powerful lasers on it, so after his "death" Halloran confessed that he was responsible for the deaths of the people that Logan performed autopsies on. His collar turned off, relieved he waited for his collar to unlock but then he realized that Logan's collar did not cut through the ceiling unlike his.

Confused about this Halloran looks at Logan and realized he was alive; Logan gets up and revealed his collar had less powerful lasers and had fake blood installed to make it look like he was bleeding. He also revealed that he was a victim of the Jigsaw Killer and eventually an apprentice. He would not give Halloran a chance especially because Halloran forced Logan to go first and did not confess all of his sins. Halloran said that John would give his victims a choice, a way to win the game, but Logan rebutted by saying that he had a choice, to scream or not. He activated Halloran's collar to the latter's protest, which had functioning laser cutters. The lasers sliced Halloran's head into eight pieces and then released his corpse, which fell to the ground.