Battle Royale – A Game To Remember

Prologue

Disclaimer : I solemnly swear that I do not own the movie Battle Royale – or any of the ideas put into it – I do however, know that the characters and the way that things go for them is completely my idea, since I either made them up myself, or based it upon real events (none that occur to me, of course)

Summary : The BR act has been modified, and so it becomes more entertaining for its many adult viewers. How will the disruptive teens of the new era endure this grueling game of survival? 40 Participants. 40 different personalities. 40 ways to die.

So, on with the story...


The static of the radio pitches into all sorts before a voice coughs loudly into the microphone; it's time for the Government to ensue their weekly radio broadcast. The static rises into a harrowing noise one more time, echoing amongst the silence of the listeners, before the broadcast finally begins…

Not only has the number of teenage crimes gone up over the years – including gruesome massacres, vast suicides, skipping school and gang fights – but it has been doubling over the past few months of this New Year.

Schools are scarcely open nowadays and have been left to become abandoned sites - holding empty hallways, burnt down classrooms and rotting books within their once respected exteriors. Only very few countries in the world still have perfectly normal and still running compulsory education, so basically there is no hope left.

One by one the most developed countries in the world fall to terrorism and intense poverty, leaving their corrupt Governments to turn to the only solution left untried and at hand: The New BR Act. Deriving from Japan, almost a decade ago, the modified act has proven to, not only discipline the few remaining uninfluenced teenagers, but also halting the collapse of the country altogether – once more, the balance has been restored in the BR practicing countries. The children now fear and respect their grown ups.

After taking in and adapting the BR act, America has been making progress with restraining their teenagers from bringing upon mass destruction and chaos. Each year, a class is chosen at random to play the game, much to the entertainment of millions of the country's residents. And each year, only one student survives after being traumatically forced into killing their friends for the safety of their own lives. A selfish game of blood, tears and survival – there is no guaranteed chance of living through to the end.

But what do you win, what could you possibly gain from surviving the death match that could either continue or end your short-lived life? That is, you don't get anything; you are thrown back into the reality of the world, left with only your dying conscious and the memories of all your dead friends, whose lives you've sacrificed for your very own.

Last year, Sarah Field, won the battle outstandingly, showing no signs of mercy whatsoever for any of her victims. Unfortunately, as a waste of her survival and her great potential, she committed suicide shortly after being declared winner of the fight, finishing in a record time of exactly 36 hours. Oh well, her loss. But now, there is a new act, simply because… the old one got boring. Can this year's set of lucky hopefuls cope with such an enjoyable task?

America has entered a new revolution, a new era and nothing, repeat, nothing can stop it. A new dawn has been revealed, a fate for the youths of the country – "all you can do is kill, or be killed."

The haunting voice on the radio rings in the listeners ears before the broadcast ends, leaving nothing but the silent absence of words and the sound of pitchy static once again.