Student #1- Alamar Santana
Student #2- Alana Alex
Student #3- Andrew Less
Student #4- Beth Wynn
Student #5- Carlos Vespucci
Student #6- Tiffany Lorenza
Student #7- Zak Bell
Student #8- Heather Rayn
Student #9- Borris Apfel
Student #10- Brianna Mill
Student #11- Jack Bell
Student #12- Domonique Willow
Student #13- Ace Nacht
Student #14- Joy Queen
Student #15- Wolfgang Pfirsich
Student #16- Madison McDonald
Student #17- Damian Stone
Student #18- Kelly Ott
Student #19- Pete Donnavon
Student #20- Cidney Sweet
Student #21- Tyrone Cook
Student #22- Stephany Hester
Student #23- Ron Golden
Student #24- Katie Cox
Student #25- Keith Fischer
Student #26- Amanda Flight
Student #27- Jones Rang
Student #28- Tasha Davis
Student #29- Tom Craft
Student #30- Tia Made
"Settle down, students" shouted Mr. Hughes, the stern and strict principal of Coolsville High. The students were chatting away while sitting in the school auditorium waiting for the buses to come and take them on their annual Spring field trip to a local amusement park.
"I said, settle DOWN." repeated Mr. Hughes. The students began to silence themselves, save a few chuckles that they always saved when a teacher tries to take control.
"Now that we're situated, I'll begin to explain to you that whilst you're on the field trip... School rules will still apply" Directed Mr. Hughes as the ceiling vents, unnoticed by the students, began to turn on. While Mr. Hughes was lecturing about littering, a stray paper ball flew up and hit him in the face. The crowd of Sophomore students burst into laughter, and Mr. Hughes angrily left the stage, but returned a grimace as he left the room. The boy who threw the ball, Tyrone Cook (Student #25), ran up to where Mr. Hughes was on stage and continued to entertain the crowd with his obnoxious gestures and jokes, before everyone started to drift to a black slumber.
"How am I already on the bus?" Ace Nacht (Student #13), a pretty-faced boy with blue eyes and freckles asked himself confused. He was sitting by the class clown Tyrone Cook (Student #25) who was still sleeping, and the last thing Ace could remember was Tyrone imitating Mr. Hughes and making inappropriate gestures before drifting off to sleep. Behind Ace he saw Domonique Willow (Student #12), his best friend, starting to wake up also. Ace begun to ask what happened and noticed Domonique was wearing a small metal dog collar around her neck. He reached up and felt a metal collar around him too, and began to panic. More people began to wake up confused, and the bus pulled into a dark garage.
Men in army uniforms stormed into the bus, pulling everyone out and having them sit on the concrete floor. Girls and boys began to cry and shout, and Tom Craft (Student #29) tried to fight back. One of the soldiers pulled out a small taser and used it against Tom's chest. Screams of terror came out of everyone's mouth. Tom's body went limp, and he was thrown out of the bus. No one else resisted being directed out.
The students huddled together on the floor in a corner, when a door opened. A man walked out and the students immediately recognized who it was, their principal Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hughes walked over to a desk and chalkboard and started to explain the situation.
"I know you're all wondering what is going on" said Mr. Hughes and he surveyed the faces of all the students.
"And I know YOU'RE GOING TO tell us what is going on, HuGHESS." shouted Tasha Davis (Student #24) as she stood up in the crowd. She stood there arms folded and lips pucked together.
Mr. Hughes grabbed a coffee mug and threw it at Tasha, hitting her directly in the face. Tasha screamed and Tyrone Cook (Student #17), her boyfriend, got up and ran at Mr. Hughes. Soldiers ran in the room and push kicked Tyrone to the floor, and then pointed their guns at him. The crowd gasped and screamed as Tyrone lied on the floor in shock, and then crawled back to the crowd.
"Now then..." Mr. Hughes said. "You're all here today because you have been chosen by the government for a new test that will go on on this very island!"
"Island?" Questioned Ron Golden (Student #19)
"Yes, Mr. Golden, an island not too far from the coast of Maryland. You have been asleep for quite a while and have been shipped to a small evacuated island for the testing."
"What is all of this talk about testing?" Sassed an angry Heather Rayn (Student #8), a popular athletic built girl as she comforted a crying Tasha Davis (Student #24) after she was hit with the mug.
"Twenty-nine of you will die. Only one person will leave here alive, and you must kill each other till that one person is left." Explained Mr. Hughes.
The crowd of teenagers widened their eyes, some gasped, some shrieked, and some began to cry.
"That's a load of BULL-SHIT" screamed Tom Craft (Student #29) as he stood up, still hurt from being tased and thrown out of the bus.
"Is it?" said Mr. Hughes calmly as he reached in his coat and pulled out a small remote, pointing it at Tom and pressing a button.
The collar on Tom's neck began to beep slowly, and then faster and faster. Everyone's eyes were on Tom as he panicked with the collar, and with a bat of an eye a loud popping noise went off and Tom's neck burst open spraying blood on everyone and fell to the ground.
Everyone was screaming at the top of their lungs, running and crawling away from Tom's corpse. People were having panic attacks and some tried pulling out their phones.
"Your phones are useless here." Shouted Mr. Hughes over the screaming crowd. "Now, settle down before all of you're heads get blown off like Mr. Craft's.
The crowd began to hush down out of fear of someone else being the next target of Mr. Hughes.
"Now then..." Mr. Hughes began to explain the situation over again. "Only one of you will come off this island alive. You will all be equipped with one of these bags..." Soldiers carrying bags ran in and threw them on the floor in front of the students. "Each bag contains a water bottle, bread, map, compass, and of course.. A random weapon." Quickly and sternly said Mr. Hughes to avoid being interrupted again. "The weapons could vary from a fork to a machine gun, so hope you get lucky with the right bag!"
Joy Queen(Student #14) nervously raised her hand.
"Yes! Question, Ms. Queen?" enthusiastically said Mr. Hughes as he was surprised that a small and sweet girl such as Joy was brave enough to.
"W-..Why Us?" said Joy as she whimpered down and hid behind her long blonde hair.
"Unfortunately for you, out of every public school in the United States, your class won the lottery no one wants to win." Mr. Hughes said coldly as he looked down at the crowd. "Now about the collars of your neck... Around the island there are sections mapped out like so." Mr. Hughes picked up a piece of chalk and made a circle on the board, and then made a checkered pattern down it. "Every morning at 7:00 AM sharp, I will give an announcement on who has died, and what sections will be claimed as 'Danger Zones'. Basically, if you're in a Danger Zone by 12:00 PM, your collar will explode like Tom's, this is to keep you on your feet and moving around. This building will become a danger zone thirty minutes after the last person exits, so don't stay around too long. You will not be supplied with watches, so make sure not to daze off to sleep before announcements!"
"Now if there aren't anymore questions, I will begin calling everyone out to grab their bag and exit, and let the games begin!" Applauded Mr. Hughes.
29 Students remain.
