Zack, the small class clown of Croswell High. He's grades are ok but not as good as the other students but he's amazing at sport, can't be beaten , but now Zack doesn't find anything funny. He doesn't find anything laughable. He feels like he can't speak to anyone except the gods….well his gods. His imagination was always big but being put in the program has cracked a lock on his head that stopped his imagination from driving him insane. Now all he believes is that he must obey his gods, Kiro. You've never heard of Kiro? He's from a television show ,demons and angels, Zack loves that show. Ever since he first watched it he always has a feeling that Kiro must be real somehow, and now it's like he can finally speak to him. In the distance Zack can see two females.

"Kill them" Kiro whispers "They are not one of us, they are the enemy"

"The enemy" Zack whispers picking his machete out of his survival kit "Must destroy enemy"

"Kill the enemy, they are not worthy to be here. You are the chosen one Zack" Kiro continues to speak in Zack's mind "Kill them and you can finally join us"

"Join…JOIN" Zack screams charging towards the two females

He swings his machete high above him and…

BANG

BANG

BANG

Yes, Zack couldn't be beaten….until he met Katie.


Natalie runs through the island clutching her collar in pain. She seems to be doing that a lot lately, clutching her collar. She's terrified that it could blow up at any moment. For days she's been searching for Ellis, she needs to tell her that she isn't playing the game, that she killed Doug in self-defence, and that all she wants is to protect her and her friends. Natalie knows that Ellis is scared, so is she but they've been friends since they were 3 when they first met. They've been through everything when Ellis pet rabbit died, when Natalie broke up with her first boyfriend, Ellis was always there for her.

FLASHBACK

Natalie sits on a bench crying her eyes out. Her eyes are red and she is looking anything but attractive. Ellis sits next to her and rubs her eyes.

"He said that" Natalie sobs "That he hadn't liked me for a long time"

Ellis nods her head and strokes Natalie soothingly

"Imogen said that she saw him kissing Gabriella at least two hours before he broke up with me. The stupid bastard was cheating on me. He made me feel worthless"

"Hey" Ellis almost shouts "You are not worthless, you're my best friend. Now I'll tell you what we're going to do, we're going to order a pizza, some ben and jerry's ice cream and we're going to watch pop channel whilst reading teen girl magazine. And we will continue doing that until you forget about that piece of crap"

Natalie laughs gently before her and Ellis run off.

END OF FLASHBACK

Tears slowly form in Natalie's eyes before she giggles. Now she knows she won't give up.


Derek, student number 54, runs through the island. He holds his weapon an old shovel in his hand. He decided yesterday that he will defiantly be playing the game. The classical music fills his ears and he clutches them in rage, he hates that noise so much.

"Sorry the announcement is a bit late today students" Mr Jackson shouts over the music "I have been slightly busy with the body count. I know some of you may be complaining about every time you cross a dead body of your friends but just remember that they died for being cowards, do them proud and prove how much better you are"

Derek laughs, of course he'll show everyone else how better he is.

"Now which of your friends died yesterday. Student number 63: Gabriella, student number 43: Penny, student number 32: Lauren, student number 49: Edie, student number 28: Ellie, student number 14: Amy, student number 56: Gabby. 7 in total, very good warriors I am proud. Enjoy the day and make sure you don't forget to kill your friends and enemies. Happy killing!"

"Derek?" a voice asks and Derek turns around to see his friend Mike

"Mike" Derek smirks "I'm so glad I found you"

Derek whacks his shovel into Mike who collapses to the floor. Violently Derek slams the shovel onto Mike's head multiple times.

"ONLY….ONE…..SURVIVES" Derek shouts murdering his friend "ONLY….ONE…..SURVIVES"

Mike is defiantly dead by now but Derek can't be too sure. Derek has to slam the shovel onto him still screaming "ONLY ONE SURVIVES" and then he finally hears a crack. Derek pants looking at his friends mutilated head and deformed face before running away.


Liam sighs typing away at his computer. His eyes are baggy and his skin pale, he's been up all night doing this but he will not stop. He must disable the collars.


Amelia and Annamaria begin their walk back to the English corridor after their trip to the science building so Amelia can dip her boxing gloves in the liquid nitrogen.

"So you found Lucy and Shauna" Annamaria asks Amelia "In the maths corridor"

"Yes, I got a survival kit and left first. Lucy and Shauna left at around the same time so they met up quickly. They found me at about 6:00 am on day 1" Amelia answers

BANG

Amelia and Annamaria drop to the floor. They look around to see Ted, a short ginger haired boy who looks younger than his age, holding a rifle and aiming it shaking at the two girls.

"Get home" Ted whispers "Get home, learn, get good job, have future"

"Ted!" Amelia shouts "Stop! We're not playing"

"Get home, learn, get good job, have future" Ted repeats "HAVE FUTURE!"

BANG BANG BANG

Amelia and Annamaria dodge bullet after bullet.

BANG

BANG

BANG

They continue to duck and dodge bullets.

"I WILL HAVE A FUTURE!" Ted shouts

"PISS OF YOU LITTLE FUCK" Annamaria shouts and she rips off the pin of a grenade and chucks it at Ted.

BOOM

Amelia and Annamaria duck so the explosion doesn't hit them. They can hear the boom and Amelia has to cover her eyes to stop the fire from burning out her sockets.

"Is he dead?" Amelia asks

A small pale finger lands in front of the two and Amelia screams.

"Yep" Annamaria sighs "He's dead"


DAY FIVE: 7:00 PM. 24 STUDENTS DEAD, 39 REMAINING.


DECEASED STUDENTS

63. Ryan – student 57

62. Daniel – student 13

61. Owen – student 33

60. Kieran – student 40

59. Kayley – student 23

58. John – student 30

57. Chloe – student 21

56. Cara – student 24

55. Callum – student 46

54. Peter – student 31

53. Doug – student 27

52. Cameron – student 62

51. Markus – student 29

50. Megan – student 47

49. Gabriella – student 63

48. Penny – student 43

47. Lauren – student 32

46. Edie – student 49

45. Ellie – student 28

44. Amy – student 14

43. Gabby – student 56

42. Zack – student 25

41. Mike – student 41

40. Ted – student 15


REMAINING STUDENTS

Annamaria – student 1

Paul – student 2

Theresa – student 3

Lewis – student 4

Ella – student 5

Carlos – student 6

Tom – student 7

Taylor – student 8

Abi – student 9

Katie – student 10

Eleanor – student 11

Molly – student 12

Amelia – student 16

Lynette – student 17

Natasha – student 18

Jake – student 19

Kirsty – student 20

Ellis – student 22

Jenna – student 26

Rebecca – student 34

Zane – student 35

Natalie – student 36

Alice – student 37

Dylan – student 38

Eve – student 39

Grace – student 42

Charlotte – student 44

Imogen – student 45

Lucy – student 48

Liam – student 50

Joe – student 51

Jessica – student 52

Shauna – student 53

Derek – student 54

Ashley – student 55

Lisa – student 58

Olivia – student 59

Becky – student 60

Kelly – student 61