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Chapter 14

The sun had started to set as the teens waited desperately outside of the tunnel exit. They were on the side of a rocky hill with the sea in view. Geoff and Bridgette held onto each other sitting on the ground. Gwen rested in Trent's arms as they leaned against a rock. Courtney remained restless pacing around and LeShawna sat on a bolder alone.

No one said a word, silence filled the air. They were all caught up in their thoughts wondering when those who had stayed behind would return. They were aware most would were not coming back, but that few. They waited desperately for their return, for the thought of no one coming back was the scariest of all. Since leaving the cave they had spoken very little. They did not know how long they were willing to wait. Some were willing to wait a lifetime.

Commotion came from inside. Everyone's heads immediately turned and looked at the tunnel entrance. This was the first moment Geoff thought that if they failed at covering their tracks, that those could be foot soldiers headed their way. That thought though quickly vanished as two dark figures could be seen running towards the outside. Everyone's hearts started to pound at the sight of two living beings and their worst fears put to rest. Those few seconds when they could not make out the identity of either of their classmates seemed to last an eternity.

"Duncan!" Courtney yelled, tears filled her eyes as she ran and tackled him into a hug. "You're alive, I can't believe it. I thought you were dead for sure," she cried, but for these tears were different, they were tears of joy.

Duncan held onto her as tightly as he could. Words can not explain how good it felt for him. "Me too," he whispered so low even Courtney could barely hear.

Izzy took a deep breath standing next to Duncan. She looked at the others who were all staring at her. "Just the two of you?" Gwen was barely about to muster to ask, her voice sounded as if the last of her soul was nearly escaping her. In what Izzy could only describe as one of the hardest actions she ever forced herself to do, she nodded.

Immediately Gwen broke down, her knee's gave out and she dropped to the floor. "Cody… he's dead." She began to cry uncontrollably. "No! It can't be! He died because of me! It's all my fault!" She began to go into hysterics. Trent grabbed her and brought her into his arms but she resisted him. She punched at him with all her strength trying to break his grasp. "No! Don't fucking touch me! This is your fault! You made me chose between you!"

No matter how hard Gwen's punches were Trent did not let go. "His death is not your fault, nor is it mine." Trent told her in a stern voice. "It's nobody's fault. He chose to sacrifice himself, for you, for us. He was the bravest, kindest man I'll ever know. All he ever wanted was for you to be happy. He has given us this chance, and I won't allow it to go to waste."

After hearing Trent's words, Gwen stopped resisting. She held onto Trent with all her strength and continued to cry. Trent kept his firm grasp and pulled them even closer.

LeShawna walked up to Izzy and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Did you get your chance to say what you needed to say."

Izzy pulled LeShawna into a hug. "Yes, thank you. I'm sorry about Harold."

LeShawna just shook her head. "If only he had told me earlier." Their embrace became stronger as tears began to fall from their eyes, remembering those who they lost.

Over to the side stood Bridgette and Geoff, they had remained silent watching the others. Bridgette let out a sigh before looking up at the sky. "I'll always remember you Eva, I promise."

Once Duncan and Courtney finally broke their embrace, Duncan walked over to Geoff. Duncan extended a hand which Geoff swatted away and gave Duncan a bear hug. "I thought I lost you bro." Geoff said as he began to cry. "I love you man."

"I love you too man. I'm just glad it's over with." Duncan said as the two best friends held onto each other before finally letting go.

"But is it really over?" Trent asked.

"This story is over, but the next one is just beginning." Duncan said as he and the others all looked forward.

Winners:

Boy 1, Duncan Boy 5, Trent Boy 9, Geoff

Girl 2, Courtney Girl 3, Bridgette Girl 5, LeShawna Girl 7, Gwen Girl 9, Izzy

Afterword:

Well that's my story. I'd like to thank everyone who read and reviewed it. I had a lot of fun writing it and am very pleased I actually finished it. Like I said before I wanted to make a kill everyone story that was really sad and depressing, and I think on that front I was very successful. I also wanted people to grow very attached to these characters and feel sad when they died, tell me how I did on that front. Now I get a chance to reflect on my story as a whole.

The story actually deviated very little from my original plan, I had the kill list all worked out before I started writing. The only characters I felt unsure about whether or not to kill were Duncan, Geoff and Bridgette. I thought about killing these characters, especially Duncan but in the end decided the ending I chose with Heather staying instead I liked more.

Eight survivors in my personal opinion is too high. I would have loved to have shorted the list down to five or less survivors but each one provided motivation to another character who dies and Duncan: Courtney and Geoff – Duncan, Gwen and Trent – Cody, Bridgette – Eva, Izzy – Noah, LeShawna – Harold. Without them living those who volunteer to stay behind would not have any motivation to stay and fight.

There was actually an alternative ending halfway through when I wasn't sure whether I wanted to continue the story or not. Basically I would have just ended the story there and killed every character. It would have taken place right when everyone was racing towards Chris except Chris didn't see the collars and actually kills almost all of them. Heather would have won.

The story originally was going to be more focused on Noah and Duncan bonding and becoming friends by the end. However I decided it better to give Noah a reduced role. Even with the reduced role he was still one of the stars of the story. Noah is my favourite character, and I feel with these kinds of stories the biggest compliment you can give a character is kill them off towards the end with a cool death. Instead of either killing them early or letting them live.

One thing you need to keep in mind when writing a story like this is that you have to be a little OC with the characters because this situation is so drastically different. It is okay to have some character quirks here and there but for the most part try to keep everything in context. People aren't going to act the same way they do on a television show, with apathy and witty one liners than when watching friends die. On a related note if you don't a curtain aspect of a character, change them. Harold never says 'Gosh' in my whole story because I hate that.

The part I liked the most about my story was just that instead of the tough guys (Duncan, Geoff, Trent) staying behind and fighting while the weaklings (Noah, Harold, Cody) fled I reversed it. So it's the geeks and rejects who stay behind and fight to save the fleeing jocks and cool people, all with understandable reasoning. Something a little different.

I was a little disappointed that no one sent me any feedback or questions however I've already talked a lot. So here as promised is a little random trivia/facts.

1 Everyone who volunteered for Chris' "Suicide mission" (Noah, Heather, Eva, Harold) was killed, making it a true suicide mission.

2 Geoff is the only survivor to have killed a rebel.

3 DJ, Katie, Sadie, Sierra, and Lindsey are the only ones to not fire their gun.

4 By word count, Beth had the longest death, 613 words between being shot and dying.

5 Tyler and Cody, who interact with each other on the bus are only ones to die by their own accord.

6 Alejandro and Heather are the only ones to not have someone say something on their behalf after being killed.

7 Everyone who fired their grenade launcher died.

8 Hatchet gets the first and last kill of the story.

9 Heather is the only one to kill two rebels, Rebel 2, and Rebel 6 (Chris)

10 Geoff and Bridgette are the only survivors from Team A.

11 Since Team A only had eleven, one can assume it was the team DJ was supposed to be on.

12 Of the four social groups at the beginning on the bus, Jocks, Preps, Geeks, and Rejects each with six members. The Jocks suffered the least casualties with just two. The Rejects suffered the most casualties with all six. The Preps and Geeks both lost four.

13 In Chapter 13 Noah admits to Heather he didn't think he would make it as far as he had. In Chapter 1 he says to Hatchet "the very unlikely event I make it out of here alive"

14 I killed the black guy first, I just realised this.

15 Duncan, Izzy, Geoff are the only survivors to have killed someone.

16 Both teams use their smoke grenades right away.

17 In Chapter 7 when everyone is racing to reach Chris, and we get a glimpse into everyone's psyche. The farther back someone is in the group the less confidence they have in their survival. So those at the front really want to win and those in the back feel they have already lost.

18 In Chapter 10 Cody tells Noah that Duncan, Trent, and Geoff always win, get the girl, while they always lose. In the end Duncan, Trent, and Geoff are the only male survivors, each with a female companion while Cody and Noah die right at the end.

19 Izzy is the only one to kill someone with a grenade without trying to shoot them first.

20 Heather, Hatchet, and Chris' personality is much more based on their Battle Royale 2 counterpart than how they act on the show. Their analogues from the film are, Heather – Shiori Kitano, Hatchet – Riki Takeuchi, Chris – Shuya Nanahara.

Kill Count

Heather 9 (Rebel2, Chris)

Chris 8

Eva 8 (Rebel4)

Cody 4

Harold 4

Duncan 3

Noah 3

Hatchet 2 (DJ, Heather)

Izzy 2

Rebel1 2 (Sadie, Katie)

Rebel2 2 (Justin, Owen)

Alejandro 1 (Beth)

Ezekiel 1 (Rebel1)

Geoff 1 (Rebel5)

Rebel4 1 (Alejandro)

Rebel5 1 (Ezekiel)

Tyler 1 (Rebel3)

Total 54

(Not including those killed with explosives)

Sequel? Sure. But I'm not writing it. So if anyone is interested in doing a sequel, prequel, or retelling of this story you have my full blessing.

Lastly I want to leave you with a little advice. If you want to write a story like this and finish it. Don't post a chapter until you have the next one completed. It's the best strategy you can have to motivate yourself to keep writing.

I also just saw that someone is now writing a story called Total Drama Royale (which is what my story was originally going to be called) based off the original movie. So make sure to go and check it out. When this story was first going to be an adaptation of the first movie my final three was going to be Duncan, Geoff, and Noah (Duncan winning). I'm interested to see how this person does it.