AN: Hey, first Battle Royale fic. I have another planned, so I hope you enjoy! This one will be using original characters, while the other will be using the actual cast. It will update at least once a week, though I may attempt biweekly. In this one, the perspective will switch per chapter. Comment, message, do anything you like if you like! EDIT: Sorry for the delay. Significant family and health problems prevented me from updating. However, it should now follow the described schedule.
Warning: this is a Battle Royale fic, labelled M. You should know what you're in for, but just in case, material throughout the fic may be TRIGGERING. Love and take care of yourself.
Fuck, Chen thought, I got way too drunk at Austin's.
His mind reeled, trying to piece together his surroundings. Although his cheek was pressed against a cold floor, it felt nothing like the concrete of Austin's basement. It was too clean, anyway- if it were Austin's place, the floor would probably be splattered with molded beer and other grime. Chen dragged himself up and tried to look around. The room swam before him. Bright lights blurred in with still bodies. Wait, bodies? Damn, that party went out of hand.
Chen blinked again. The world slowly came into focus, though nausea lingered in the pit of his stomach. He appeared to be in a small classroom, though it was completely bare. His class mates lay sprawled around him, some verging on wakefulness as well. All wore strange metallic collars- Chen found one on his own neck as well, though he gave up fiddling when he found no fastening. He checked around for his friends, especially Kara. Her characteristic blonde ponytail-and-headband combination was easy to spot. He saw her propped up in the corner, her head lolling at a strange angle as she began to stir. Trevor's wooly hair also popped out in the crowd, although he remained still. Austin lay close to Trevor, though his hyperactivity nearly had him fully restored. Luca rubbed his eyes at a glacial speed, looking no less bleary than he usually did on a Monday morning.
That's right, Chen thought, his memory coming back in pieces. Monday. That was yesterday, right? Or maybe today. How long have we been out? He had actually bothered to show up this time. The class had a field trip - to the Science museum, lame - in the city, so Chen and his friends were going to ditch as soon as they got into a city. To find a bar shitty enough to serve minors. But he couldn't remember anything past the bus ride.
We were sitting near the back. Pretty good view of everything, not that we were supposed to care. Austin wanted to see if we could get away with smoking some pot before we hit up the city. But I've kind of always liked people-watching.
Holly and Madeline sit near the front. It's not like they're dorks or anything, we actually talk a lot. But they're twins. I mean, straight up twins, none of that fraternal bullshit. They act like it, too. You don't really see them apart, so I guess it's just natural by now that they sit like that. They're chatting casually, something about hanging out with Kelly and Sophie later. Those two are also sitting together, in the seats across from Holly and Madeline. Kelly and Sophie are pretty different, I guess. I mean, looks, first of all. Kelly wears her hair short, kinda edgy. She dances or something too, she's artsy. Sophie reminds me of a cocker-spaniel. She's always prim and proper, but she's ditsy. Totally empty-headed. How she gets the grades she gets, I'll never know.
Then there's Adam and Tim. They're okay, I guess, but I don't really like them. Tim, well, he's not the sharpest crayon in the box. The girls say he smells bad and breathes heavy. Personally, I'm just sick of him picking his nose all the time. And Adam seems like he's just Tim's support system. I think Adam's like that with his brothers, too. Paulina and Colin are sitting near them. Paulina, she's really smart, but she works for it. She's classy. Colin is a real geek. Like, he plays Minecraft in class. He's pretty funny, too. A good guy to sit next to in class- cheats and jokes galore.
Molly and Lindsay are sitting behind them. Molly looks a little... annoyed? Worried? I can't really tell. Then again, I don't really care. It's a bit funny to watch Lindsay flail, though. Lindsay's a worrier, but she's quiet, too, so I don't think she knows how to deal with it. Then again, usually Molly is a really warm person. She draws, does these really cool collages. I hear she's accepted to art school already. Eliza and Lauren sit across from them, bickering about some other girl at our school. You know, it's funny- Lauren claims to be 'so not girlie' - as if that's a bad thing?- but then she's always acting like a bitch. Lakshmi and Alexandra sit behind them. Usually, Lakshmi would be bitching right along with those two. Right now, I think she's distracted texting her boyfriend. He's a college student- it was a big scandal when it got out. Alexandra has better things to do- and by better things to do, I mean check her nails.
Jesse and Adriana are sitting together, but it's more that they couldn't find better seats. Adriana is twisted around to talk to Whitney and Meridith. I think she's using that to look at someone else, too, but I'm not sure who. She's not the type to be boy-crazy, anyway - she's your classic tomboy. Probably why Lauren doesn't like her, come to think of it. Meredith is really sweet. She bakes everyone in the class shit sometimes, just because. She's really good at math, too. Whitney's really quiet, kinda goth. It's odd that they're friends, but weirder shit has happened. Jesse's plugged into his ipod, probably nodding along to some metal. We used to be really chill. He's sub-free, though, so he didn't like how much time I spent with the gang. Fuck him anyway.
Justin and Keane, next up. They tried to start a band once. Justin was lead voice and guitar, Keane was keyboard. I think Thomas was the drums, he's sitting behind them with Jose. None of them really committed, though they play at school events sometimes. Justin might actually go on to do music, though. He's currently yelling back and forth across the bus with Jayson, who's back here with us. They're close. Keane is a bit too wimpy, even for a keyboarder. Well, not wimpy I guess, just gangly. He's got those big glasses, too. Maybe he's secretly Superman. Thomas and Jose tend to sit together a lot. Which is odd, because Thomas's more friends with Liam, Everett, Lucia, Danica, Britta, all of them. I guess they feel comfortable with each other. Thomas's really hipster. All I've ever heard him talk about is bands and movies that you've probably never heard of. Taller than any kid I've ever seen, either. Jose, he's just quiet. Not shy, just quiet. He's smart, I heard he does computer stuff, and he's actually ripped, too- I mean, I wouldn't usually notice that kind of thing, but he even makes the jocks look bad- still, he never talks.
Liam and Everett are sitting together, as usual. Everett's a British exchange student. Or, well, he was when he first came - I think it was two years ago? - so he's still got the accent and all, but he's been here for a while. He's on the lax team, despite being friends with all them. I guess they might be considered outsiders at other schools, but there's too many of them here for that to be the case. They're okay by me, anyway. Liam's on track, and in drama at the same time. I don't know how he doesn't have a heart attack. Lucia's in drama, too, and does dance with Kelly. The two of them must share seizures then new essays are assigned. Lucia's really pretty- I guess I still like her a little, even though... well. She's also got a seat to herself, though it's not out of a lack of people to talk to.
Then there's Britta and Danica. Danica's new this year- she just transfered in from... Slov... Slov something? I can never remember. Britta's always helping her out, Britta's good with stuff like that. Writing specifically, I think. Danica has great English for her situation but you know, she's still foreign. They seem really close, I don't really know them though. They're with the rest of the outcasts. I never really noticed before how the foreign students seem to fall in there. I still have a Chinese accent though, from when I came here in fifth grade, so I guess it depends. David and Roger are sitting in the seats next to them. David's old for the grade. He's built, too, and not too friendly. I guess he's not a bully, but he's not gonna want to talk to you, either. He's talking to Roger about some new military drone. I guess Roger's into that sort of thing, we don't really talk.
Erin and Dante are sitting together, occasionally interjecting into Jayson's and Justin's conversation. That's a really weird group. I can never figure out how they all got along without killing each other. They go to the same parties I do though, so I can't judge too hard. Jordan and Katelin are sitting together too, chatting with Prasad and Kevin. Prasad and Kevin both work student government, while Katelin is a techie for drama. Katelin's hair is super messed up- she dyed half of it platinum, half of it black, and then just went and shaved most of it off. She's one of those who is hyper and quiet at the same time, too. Jordan is on the soft-ball team, but she doesn't really chill with the other jocks. She's really cold to a lot of people.
And of course, Bianca and Tanner, making out in front of me. How did I manage to ignore that for so long? Tanner's a little bitch. I mean, I wouldn't want to mess with him in a fight, but that's all he does. He's a bully if there ever was one. Major napoleon complex, too- Bianca even has to lean down to swap spit with him. Gross. She wouldn't realize that, though, she's dumber than a box of bricks. She speaks Spanish at home, and she still got a 12 on the midterm. Something about thinking the essay was multiple choice. Austin's making faces at them right now. He's... immature. Loud. Annoying. I guess I should think better of him as my friend, but he's really just a clown. And not a funny one. Daniel's the only one laughing. Daniel is always laughing. He's also actually making people laugh. For real, not like dipshit Austin. Luca and Trevor don't seem too amused, either. I mean, Trevor's always kinda tripping, so there's that, but Luca's fully conscious. Luca is head of the school soccer team. He's good, too, viciously good. A lady-killer as well. I should probably ask him about Kara.
Kara. We're sitting together, at the back of the bus. All I can think about is how many things we could do with nobody knowing. If she wanted to. I can't think of anything impressive to say to her, or anything to say at all. And she sits there snapping her gum, wearing the same old neon hoodie she always wears, narrowing her eyes at all the loud assholes in our class.
Chen couldn't remember anything other than that. He usually had a superb memory, too- he never even had a drunken exploit that he couldn't remember, often to his chagrin. The holes in his memory bothered him immensely. However, they did not bother him more than the holes in his understanding of the current situation. By now, every student was conscious. At least, to some level. Alexandra got up and tested the single door. It must have been locked from the outside. Keane scrambled up to the windows soon after, and found that they wouldn't budge either. Chaos erupted. Students began shouting at each other, at the walls.
The door slammed open causing everyone to quiet down, though more in apprehension than in respect. Military personal strode into the room, filing into the front. Several of them wheeled out large carts stocked heavily with duffel bags, while another pulled in a boxy television. Lastly, an elderly man in a suit walked in and stood front and center. Despite his age and the propriety of his dress, there was something wholly savage about the way he stalked in and eyed the class through his glasses. He smiled crookedly, revealing crowded teeth.
"Welcome, Americans, to Battle Royale."