Ralph Shepards cowered his way through a clearing in the forest, a small lanky boy behind him called Chris Hope was trailing him, carrying a baseball bat in his hand. Ralph was the class nerd, he was over-confident but extremely weedy at the same time. The smallest things would scare him. Chris Hope was his close friend, the attractive one but nobody paid him any attention because of his self-opinionated attitude. It was a turn off.
"Tho-those gun shots huh!" said Ralph, holding his wrist which was bleeding.
"Nyeah, get used to it newbie." replied Chris, his bat rested on his shoulders, his hands hanging over. It was only an hour ago that they had seen Sam Lucaros and Harry Jones duelling it out near the school. Chris and Ralph knew that Sam and Henry were the big players of this game. The weapons they were carrying were horrendously powerful compared to theirs. They now knew all the rumours about Sam were true. He had been given black ninja clothing and two kunais as his weapons because he is already thoroughly trained in martial arts. Henry however had such speed, it matched the ninja abilities of Sam. He had been given two long black looking bats with huge metal spikes sticking out of the end. Chris could observe the game already, he had played online games before and knew what races had which abilities but he knew his classmates better, he already knew who'd be up there on the big fat threat list.
Chris and Ralph had watched Sam and Henry's duel from the bushes and none of them won. Their duel was interrupted by somebodies gun shot which repelled Sam and Henry away from the scene. They must be deadly serious about staying alive.
"I wonder what the girls are doing?" asked Chris, smirking to himself. Already he had formed ideas that the tough girls like Rosario Green, Evelyn Ladel and Alesha Parkers would of grouped together and used their huge confident egos to conquer anyone who crosses their path. Then there was Alannah Grottle and Rachel Pole, two religion-obsessed best friends, they would of gone to the abandoned church, no doubt they would die in the first six hours. Amelia Brown and Stacey Richards would definitely go off together but because of Amelia's duel-nature, she would probably turn on Stacey which ranked Amelia in the middle threat sector. Kelly Sommers and Katie Winters were both friends but often bitched about each other behind their backs, they would either stick together and betray each other, or go their separate ways and tag onto the stronger people.
"No idea, I don't think they would last long heh." smirked Ralph, hoisting his bag further up his shoulder. Chris shooked his head,
"I beg to differ mate, there are strong girls in our class. Sarah Petil for example." replied Chris. Ralph threw back his head and snorted a geeky laugh.
"Heh heh heh, she'd be too worried about her nails or her hair, I bet she's already dead." said Ralph.
"Yeah, killed by another girl, perhaps Yazmin, you saw them both arguing outside the coach yesterday morning." Chris said, his ankles prickling as they walked through a shrub of nettles. Both of their trousers were half-mass.
"Yazmin? She's a psycho, I wonder what weapon she got. Oh and her friend Victoria, heh heh, them too are well hawt." grinned Ralph, smirking to himself as if he had a chance with them. Chris rolled his eyes and began to think some more. The time was 2:45am, it felt like it had been a day already been stuck in this game.
Patrisha Lowe is always a possibility of being a strong threat but she was quite fat and her reflexes are probably low. Then again, she could bulldoze people down. Hmm, Emily Park is the class geek snob, I bet she would be a strong one with her logic but I doubt she would of gotten a good weapon, her knowledge in weaponry is weak. Emma Lyon will be surely dead in the next six hours, she's terrible at everything…
"What about the guys huh?" asked Ralph, stopping in his tracks. His legs were aching him. He sat down on a big log and pulled off his bag. Chris stopped with him and sat down opposite Ralph, pulling out a pen and a piece of paper.
"There are a lot of guys in our class who are solid." said Chris, his voice shakey. He was thinking about Danny Harper and his crew. He knew that Sam Lucaros had gone lone which was even worse because he was no longer tamed by Danny. He would of expected Danny to be with a group of people now, leading it along. George Wittleshire was too much of a Yorkshire man to stick by Danny, too independent, however he does have a crush on May Yagami so perhaps he could of gone with her.
"What about May and Alex Yagami, they are brother and sister no?" asked Ralph, eating a bit of bread from his bag.
"Ah, but they haven't spoken to each other in years remember? Heh, this is such a soap opera, honestly." snorted Chris who was starting to write on the back of his map.
"Whatcha writing?" asked Ralph.
"The threat list."
Ralphs eyes widened, his mouth opening a little to reveal his food inside. Chris tutted and rolled his eyes,
"You're such a noob Ralph, I'll show you when I'm done." said Chris.
"Ya know, Victoria Evenspire is a very strange girl, I bet she has some right violent tendencies. These girls are mental when they get going huh? Evenspire, she sounds like an elf, she moves like an elf aswell. Mm, my fantasy. I bet she's got a bow and arrow…" dazed Ralph, looking into the sky as he spoke, a grin on his face.
"Micheal Mont and Nick Lawn are both guitarists, I wouldn't expect them to have much knowledge in fighting etcetera." said Chris, still writing.
"Well, they smash guitars and stuff don't they, that's violent. I bet Lewis Parkinson is shitting himself right now heh heh, probs went to that cave on the other side of the island, probably giving himself a good seeing to." Ralph said, taking another bite into his bread. Chris looked at him in disgust.
"What the fuck?" said Chris at Ralphs masturbtion remark. Ralph merely shrugged and carried on eating, his greased down hair shining in the moonlight.
"Dave and Henry Smith, those two will definitely together, they're good with electrical things, I wonder what they have got?" asked Chris who was quite interested. Maybe they had a tracker to track students with so they knew not to run into any trouble. They could have a device they can hook up to their gameboys.
Suddenly, a crackle sounded in the distance and then a harsh ripping sound. Mr Killian's voice boomed through the air through anonymous speakers placed all the way round the islands.
"Morning kids, giving you an update on the following coordinates and students deceased. C4, D9, H3 and K2 will all be out of bounds in one hour, careful kids. Students which have been killed since the start of the game are as follows in order of death. Molly Drive, Janet Dyke, Sarah Petil, Madison Jole, Josh Shining, Paul Letresh, Emma Lyon, Katie Winters. Over and out, bye kids." Mr Killian's voice faded off.
Chris hurriedly marked the coordinates on his map, lucky for them they were on none of them. He couldn't believe how many have been killed already.
"Fuck me, how many dead, Paul Letresh as well, thought he did basketball?" said Ralph, drinking some of his water. Chris shook his head and smirked,
"I knew he'd go down first, I bet him and Josh dueled it out and both died. As for Emma and Katie, I don't know. As for Sarah Petil and Madison Jole, holy shit, I bet May took them down, heh heh, good girl." said Chris, finishing off his list. He handed it over to his friend. Ralph scanned the sheet thoroughly. It read,
Threat List
High threat
Sam Lucaros, Henry Jones, Danny Harper, Will Senate, May Yagami, Alex Yagami, Donald Winters, Rosario Green, Yazmin Mae (perhaps) and Victoria Evenspire (perhaps).
Middle threat.
George Wittleshire, Amelia Brown, Joe Don, Lucas Shire (only a threat because of his love for Emily Park) - Michael Mont, Nick Lawn, Evelyn Ladel, Alesha Parkers, Patrisha Lowe.
Low threat.
Henry and Dave Smith, Lewis Parkinson, Simon Bennett, Stacey Richards, Jemma Mitra, Kelly Sommers, Alannah Grottle, Rachel Pole.
"Woah, nice analysis, where are we?" asked Ralph, puzzled. Chris smiled.
"That is not for us to decide." Chris said, putting his pen away and taking the list back into his hands, staring at each other expectantly.
33 Students remain.