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Sunday: June 2nd, 2010 – 11:29 P.M. (Deserted Island: Farm Corp.)

Tori's fingers swept through the patches of grass as she sat down with her legs outstretched and crossed over one another. She looked up into the purely black sky that was sprinkled with beautiful starlight and felt the gleam of the moon caress her toned face. It had been nearly two agonizing hours since the two groups have intertwined with one another and to be frank…things were surprisingly going well. Katniss, Jake, Beck and Hayley were all kept up in the corporate garage with only a flashlight flickering from overhead; the string suspending it was tied to a rotting and descended rafter. The light illuminated the large room in millisecond flickering patterns that almost made the group go drunk and dizzy.

The discarded elements within the garage created disturbing shadows upon the tin metal walls and sent shivers up Beck's spine. "So…" Jake began with his all too familiar smirk and began typing things into his document with quick haste while Beck and Katniss leaned forward intently to get the message. Jake raised one of his eyebrows in an attempt to show how ingenious his plan was as he relayed his message to the group.

HERE'S THE DEALIO, WE TAKE THE BOMB UP TO F6 AND GET OUR SWEET BABY INTO POSITION. THEN, ME AND BECK WILL HOOK IT UP ONTO THE ZIPLINE THAT ANDRE AND I SET UP AN HOUR A AGO! WHILE WE TEND TO OUR LITTLE TASK, KATNISS! HAYLEY! I WANT BOTH OF YA TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT!

Katniss stared at the bright computer screen that almost blinded the others and nodded once in confirmation with her beautifully lit up eyes looking like silver stones.

WAIT. WHAT ABOUT TORI? WE'RE JUST GONNA LEAVE HER AND CAMILLE HERE? ALONE?

Beck scribbled his message down in chicken scratch while shining the flashlight on it to make it visible, but barely readable. Katniss grabbed the notepad from his clammy hands and dug through her dufflebag with her eyes squinting tremendously. After spending a few seconds digging desperately through her assortments, she pulled her bright-red coated hand right out with a pencil in-between her sticky fingers and began to respond.

OF COURSE NOT. I STILL DON'T BELIEVE CAMILLE IS 100 PERCENT SANE YET BUT I'M NOT GONNA HIGHTAIL HER…ANDRE IS GONNA STAY BEHIND IN ORDER TO TEND TO TORI'S WOUNDS. DON'T WORRY BECK…SHE'LL BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

With that, Katniss gave Beck a reassuring smile that felt more real than anything before. The reason being is because he could feel the friendship behind that one smile…The damp environment began to ruin the moment sadly, but Beck returned the smile and mouthed the words 'thank-you' with a sincere expression. Katniss merely nodded softly before reengaging in the intense plan that was about to be carried forth at last.

Hayley felt an overwhelming happiness crash into her system and she took hold of Jake's laptop which only caused him to yelp like a young child getting their ice cream cone being taken away. Hayley paid him absolutely no attention as she smacked the keys feverishly with her fingers with a cute smile on her face before turning it around for everyone to see it.

The screen illuminated an entire half of the shadowy garage and occasional breezes crept through the rusted vents overhead; creating a ghostly moan to faintly echo throughout the giant space.

YOU GUYS ARE AHHHMAZING! I LOVE EVRY SINGLE 1 OF U! 3 :D I'M SOOO GLAD THAT I GET TO BE WITH YOU GUYS LIKE THIS FOR NOW SOON WE'LL ALL BE HOME TOGETHER AGAIN!

Everyone began to feel their desensitized hearts warm up instantly from the touching note Hayley typed out before them. Beck crawled over to her without hesitation and wrapped his arm around the back of her tan neck and hugged her with large amounts of joy within him. Katniss even smiled a bit…

AIGHT…THIS IS SWEET AND ALL, BUT WE KIND OF HAVE SOME BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF, OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN. AHEM, 16 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT ANYONE?

Jake sighed with a tired look upon his face that could only captured in the flickering glow of the flashlight. Hayley rolled her sparkling eyes and scratched something down on the pink notebook she had resting in her lap.

OKAY, OKAY…LET'S FINISH THIS!

Jake smiled once again with mischief overlaying it and unveiled his final note.

ONCE AND FOR ALL MY FRIENDS!

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Sunday: June 2nd, 2010 – 11:42 P.M. (Deserted Island: Lighthouse)

The moonlight pleasantly gleamed through the window panes overhead in the kitchen. The breezes whistled against them as well and nothing could be heard except an occasional rustle of sleeping bags on the freezing floors. Kendall sat on the plush sofa with his eyelids drooping terribly…to be honest, Kendall was fatigued to no end and would give anything to visit dreamland for at least a few good seconds.

A dream about their last basketball game before their years at Garside were up began to play colorfully in his head as he began to take a deep breath and sigh.

"Five seconds to go! The ball is in possession of the Guardian Angels from Garside. James Diamond is in clear possession of the ball for the team and must decide whether or not he should pass…or shoot himself."

"Yeah…those were the days," Kendall sighs with a half-smirk on his face as he felt something stir on his leg. He looked down slowly with a warm smile and saw his little snoozing friend, Carlos, with a peaceful look upon his cherubic face. "Litos," Kendall whispered with exhaustion overtaking his voice, "You're safe with me…you're all safe with me."

Kendall scanned the glistening tile floors with his emerald green eyes and spotted Logan cuddling within his fat blue sleeping bag like a lazy caterpillar in its cocoon. He found Carly snuggling with her pillows underneath her fuzzy hot pink blanket with a bright smile on her pale face; signaling that she was having yet another dream about some guy she liked…typical Carly Shay. Cat had her Mickey Mouse toy wrapped tightly against her chest with her petite arms and her velvet red hair was tousled delicately over her purple pillow as she dreamt about Unicorns and Disney Princesses.

Kendall felt his heart tank instantly and he felt tears brim his eyes as he realized something. What if they don't survive? He was the leader after all…he had to save them…he had to save his best friends!

"I…will get us out of…here. I swear I…will," Kendall yawned while placing his hand firmly on Carlos' relaxed back and began rubbing it gently. He did this ever since they were little kids…it always soothed Carlos no matter what.

The kitchen was decorated with bright white strings that stretched in every direction that held all of their recently washed clothes up with pins Cat found in the cupboards while playing pretend. The floors were a little moist due to the clothes still being a bit damp, but what else could they do?

Kendall sat there with nothing but thoughts running through his head like a train running diligently on its tracks.

"Jo…" he groaned with his bright green eyes still fixed on Carlos' closed eyelids. "I'm sorry. I can't believe you died like that…"

Jo's vibrant smile filed his mind and he couldn't help but sob in silence. Fresh tears rolled down his cheeks as he recalled their memories together…however, one thing kept them close…a little too close and even led to their break up…

It was a bright Valentine's Day morning. The halls of Garside were bustling with excitable students holding overplayed gifts for the 'love of their lives'. The lockers were decorated with bright pink hearts that screamed cute puppy love and the ceilings resembled vines of drunk pink hearts that only made people like Lucy and her crew sick to their stomachs.

Kendall, however, was the exact opposite…especially today. It was junior year, and his current girlfriend, Jo Taylor, was standing at her locker with her cheerleader uniform on. The uniform were the colors white which outlined the free skirt and cuffs, silver which made up the stretching body, and crimson red which made up the Bolded letters GJSHS across her chest.

Her beautiful blonde hair was pulled tightly back in a ponytail using a dark red ribbon causing her hair to fall down in the back of her head like free gold curls. Her lips were shamelessly baby pink…softer than anything he had ever touched before. Kendall began to stride over to her with a bright smile as she pulled out her Chemistry 101 textbook from the depths of her locker and placed it into her pink jansport backpack. Her eyes looked tired though…like she had spent her entire night in a crying state. They were pinker than her soft lips and she still had mascara running down the sides of her pale face like a miserable waterfall.

"Hey, beautiful," Kendall whispered into her ear while wrapping his muscular arms around her trim waist causing her to almost jump in fright with a shriek.

"Oh! H-hey," she laughed while wiping her teary eyes with the cuff of her uniform which did nothing but spread the makeup even more.

"Are you okay?" Kendall asked with concern in his voice as he kissed the crook of her neck softly. Jo merely nodded with a pitiful smile on her usually bright face. Her overzealous boyfriend did nothing but tilt his head like a small puppy while taking her hands in his; their fingers intertwining as they did so. "You're lying."

He gave her a sincere look that only made her feel more vulnerable…she felt her mind spin intensely as she realized that her eyes began to burn from the tears coming from the sockets. Stupid! She screamed in her head. How stupid am I! She shook her head frantically as she began to sob even harder and the mascara coated her skin like mud. She felt her form become enveloped in a meaningful hug that made her feel so much more secure.

Kendall held her close to his chest; his pale hands cradled her head lovingly as he received stares from several students passing by, even from pesky faculty members. "Do you wanna talk about it?" he asked quietly against the side of her trembling head. All he felt in response was a nod that lightly wrinkled his freshly ironed dress shirt…yep, his mom ironed his clothes.

"C'mon. Let's go in here," Kendall held her close to him in a one-armed hug as he shoved through a few kids still making their ways to their Valentines with cliché boxes of chocolates or overstuffed teddy bears. Jo covered her stained face with both of her hands as she continued to weep a river of tears that dripped through her fingers and dropped onto the hallway floors in drops. They both made their way into their abandoned classroom (Class 3-C) on the third floor. The classroom still looked gloomy from the clouds shunning the sunlight from entering through the wide framed windows and the room smelt like warm cinnamon thanks to Mr. Sikotwitz plugging in an air freshener only yesterday. Kendall grasped Jo's hand delicately and led her to his seat that still had his nametag still stuck firmly to the top reading 'Kendall Knight'…It was a bit childish, but he loved it.

"Kendall," Jo wept profusely, "I-I did something stupid…actually, we did something stupid."

"What are talking about Jo?" Kendall chuckled lightly while still holding her hands; their fingers still intertwined. Jo looked down in shame still having tears drip down to the floor of the classroom.

"Remember last weekend?" she bluntly asked with her head still hanging in shame. Kendall arched one of his eyebrows as he tried to recall last weekend…suddenly his eyes shot open like shutters in a window and he felt his cheeks flush terribly in humiliation. "Oh! Uh…y-yeah," he replied shyly while rubbing the back of his neck as his eyes began to look down at the floor. "It…it was amazing huh?"

"Yeah, yeah it was," Jo tried to smile through her tearful presentation but failed miserably. To clear the confusion, Jo and Kendall were in a loving and committed relationship since freshman year. They had it all from the title as Prom King and Queen to the title as the 'IT' couple in Class 3-C, and for the first time last weekend they finally gave their virginity away to one another. It was a magical and beautiful experience to both of them…that is, until Jo began to experience a terrifying news breaker that almost sent her into a state of shock.

"Wait," Kendall whispered with sadness, "Do you regret it?"

"No…maybe a little-" Jo trailed off while seeing the pain in her loving boyfriend's eyes. "But Kendall! You have to know that it was the greatest experience I have shared with anyone…okay? I love you with all of my heart, and I'm so glad that you were my first, but-"

"But what? Jo, tell me what's been bugging you," Kendall asked while standing up to brace himself for what she had to say.

"I-I…I'm…I'm pregnant," Jo sighed in fear which caused Kendall to smile in disbelief; not letting it sink in.

"Wait, you're what?" he chuckled nervously while straining his eyes at her.

"I'm pregnant," she said once more while staring at his chest with a blank pair of transfixed brown eyes. Jo felt Kendall's hands instantly grab her shoulders in a panic and he shook her a bit in a confused state.

"No. You…You can't be p-pregnant! How-"

"You 'went' inside of me! That's what and how it happened! Now Stop it! You're hurting me!" she cried while yanking his hands off of her with a look of seriousness mixed with misery. Her eyes still looked horribly pink like the morning horizons and she still had occasional sobs leaving her as the two ceased the conversation to just sit down and let it all sink in.

"Oh My God," Kendall whispered while covering his mouth with his trembling pair of hands. His green apple like eyes began to quiver as he felt a wave of stress set over him. "W-wait…Jo? Are you sure?"

Jo nodded quickly while taking his hands in hers before bending down to kiss his forehead. "I took the test yesterday…I haven't had my cycle yet, so I thought about it. When I took it, it came out positive."

"What are we gonna do? Jo, we can't raise a baby yet. What will our parents do when they find out?" Kendall babbled with his mouth going dry.

"We can't! They can't find out! Okay Kendall? They'll kill me…literally! I'll lose everything."

"Jo, we can't just keep this whole thing a secret. We have to-"

"No!" she cried causing the tears to come flooding back to her eyes. "We can't okay!"

"T-Then…what do you want to do baby? No pun intended," he asked her with sympathy on his face which only caused her to glare at him before a small smile set upon her face.

"I don't know. Let's just wait…okay?" she responded softly while staring into his eyes.

"Whatever you want. At lunch we can go and talk more okay?" Kendall suggested while giving her a warm smile to compliment her. She returned it with one as well, before leaning into him for a kiss. Their lips softly touched as their eyes closed slowly and they could feel the passion setting in…until Kendall stopped it. "Hold on…I don't want to have twins okay," he joked lightly while pulling away from her. "Oh…I almost forgot about your present! Hope this doesn't ruin my special gift to you."

Kendall took off his backpack instantly and pulled a pretty little pink box decorated with beautiful flowers out of it. On the top it said "To: my gorgeous gold goddess…From: your loving boyfriend who will always be by your side".

"Kendall…what did you do?" she giggled while wiping away her tears.

"Just open it," he smiled through his sentence as he watched her pull the top of the box off. Her face immediately lit up after her eyes set onto the gift. She carefully took it out of the box with a smile the size of life itself.

"It's beautiful!" she squealed with joy while holding out in front of her. It was a glimmering gold necklace that had 'Jo Taylor' engraved into the heart shape pendant that hung on it. Within the pendant was a picture of the both of them holding onto each other like they might never see each other again while smiling happily into the camera.

"I'm glad you like it," Kendall mused with his eyes dreamily fixed on his girlfriend. "I Love you."

"I love you too," Jo responded with a giggle while throwing her arms around his neck and placing a sweet peck on his lips.

Before they knew it, the bell rang loudly through the school and they could hear their friends and classmates bustling to the door with conversations following them. The doors flew open with one forceful push from Cat who skipped through the classroom singing a little song on the way to her seat. With that, Kendall gave Jo one last hug before letting her go back to her seat.

"Kendall!" James cheered; his smile burning bright as always. Kendall returned the greeting with a wave before turning his attention to Jo's desk near the back. She was surrounded by her girlfriends…laughing and talking happily in order to lift her spirits up and that's what Kendall loved about her.

"Kendall!" he heard a voice whisper violently from above. "Kendall! Wake up dude!"

Kendall immediately snapped out of his dream and was met with an overwhelming blanket of darkness. He tried to peer through the gruesome blackness and recognized the three sleeping forms still on tile floor.

"Kendall?"

"James?" Kendall whispered, still waking up from his little nap.

"I'm sorry for waking you dude, but it's your turn to for lookout," James whispered while leaning down on the couch arm to be at level with the dirty blonde boy.

"Right. Here, help me out James," Kendall yawned while visibly motioning to Carlos' slumbering form. James nodded with a smile before gently lifting Carlos up by the back so that Kendall could quickly slide out without waking him.

"Poor, 'Litos," James sighed while brushing a few strands of sandy brown hair from his face. Kendall gave James a disappointed nod before patting him on his back.

"Yeah…it sucks seeing him like this."

"Definitely…Kendall?"

"Yeah?"

"You're possibly the closest thing I have when it comes to a brother."

James' comment caught Kendall completely off guard causing him to squint his eyes and give a confused grin. "Where did that come from?"

"I don't know I just…I don't want to die without telling you how much you- no, all three of you guys mean to me," James whispered with a depressed grin. His deep brown eyes began to brim with tears before Kendall took hold of his shoulder gently and gave it a reaffirming shake.

"Hey, who said we were gonna die? You, me, Logan, Carlos, Carly and Cat," Kendall motioned to all six of them as he pointed this out, "Are gonna get out of here okay."

"But-" James sighed with an undetermined expression before Kendall cut him off.

"Okay?" he asked once more with a confident smile. James slowly smiled back before slowly nodding in agreement.

"Okay."

"Good. Now while I'm up there take care of these three will you James?"

"You got it boss," James laughed while giving the leader a solid salute causing them to both burst out in a fit of chuckling. Without another word, Kendall took off up the steps with the M16 machine gun that James had while on lookout duty and felt the smell of seawater fill his nose instantly once he made it to the top. The swift breezes seemed to be getting slightly stronger as the night progressed and Kendall saw the horizon twinkle like a city of stars dancing happily.

"I'm glad you like it," Kendall mused with his eyes dreamily fixed on his girlfriend. "I Love you."

"I love you too," Jo responded with a giggle while throwing her arms around his neck and placing a sweet peck on his lips.

"Jo!" he hissed in pain while thinking about the good natured girl. All he could think about after speaking her two-letter name was the image of her body lying face down in a pool of night-colored blood with a bow sticking neatly from her head. He remembered Nelson touching her…He remembered Beck finding her…He remembered not being there for her when she needed him the most.

Kendall? I love you…Hope to see you soon when your time is up…

He heard her angelic voice speak up softly within his head causing him to cringe in disgust. He had to survive; not just for his sake, but for Jo's as well.

Soon after, Kendall heard a loud screech erupt from the main speaker from the army controlled school building and everyone knew what that meant. It was time for yet another heart lifting announcement about who else died…

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Monday: June 3rd, 2010 – 12:00 A.M. (Deserted Island: Cave mouth)

Lulu Johnson was huddled within the interior of a damp cave that only homed a few creatures before her. Her small hands were clutching the strangely difficult map they were given to read for this game since yesterday as Mr. Eikner's annoyingly cheerful voice rang through the island like an unpleasant telephone chime.

"Hello! Hello! How are my beautiful contestants doing this evening? Oh, well now I hope you're not sleeping because I have a bunch of updates I'm going to have to give you, so rise and shine little warriors cause here it comes," Mr. Eikner sang through the ringing megaphone. Lulu's fingers ached terribly from holding that kitchen knife so tightly…all day long, but she was just so scared. Her flowing jet black hair swept over her emotional expressions as she held the map on her lap tightly in order to keep it from blowing away with the gusts of refreshing winds that would sneak in.

"T-There's only twenty…only twenty of us left and it's only been one day!" Lulu whimpered with horror filling her voice as she spoke. "True…Stevie! I can't…I can't keep doing this! Soon it'll be me lying on the ground dead like True was," Lulu couldn't contain herself any longer, especially after seeing her best friend this afternoon, sprawled out on the dusty roads near the farmhouse with nothing but despair in her lifeless eyes. It was all too much. This game was messing her mind up beyond belief, and it felt like there was nothing she could do about it.

"What!" the psychotic man boomed over the speaker causing Lulu to shiver in absolute fright. "Only one! You have to be kidding me!" he continued to scream in anger. "Girl # 11. Jade West. Gah! I'm starting to get annoyed with the lot of you! Here are the danger zones, so get ready to mark your maps! Can you believe this?" he hissed to the soldiers on the side but it could still be heard through the intercom.

"Alright kids, at 1:00…F6…I repeat, F6…Next at 2:00…E3…Got it? Good! At 3:00…B4! Then at 4:00…D4, hurry along and mark it so we can move on! You guys have it? Lastly, at 5:00…G2! G2! Okay, little warriors! Just because you severely slacked off so far doesn't mean you can't redeem yourselves! I still have faith in the rest of you…while you're still living that is."

Once he hung up, everything seemed peaceful yet haunting. Lulu could hear the rumbling waves swallow the shaded shore as each minute passed and she hear a few seagulls make a few eager calls before soaring off to rest for the remaining night. Her handy flashlight sat motionless at her side with a stream of light jetting from the tip of it and lighting up the rocky wall on the opposite side. Irritated spiders scurried around endlessly for a few seconds on the surface of the cave wall before burrowing themselves into the deep cracks to be shielded from the blinding light.

Lulu nibbled the tip of her green nail polished thumb while examining the marked map; trying to determine where she should head off to next. Her Uggs fit tightly against her feet as she stomped them rhythmically against the crumbled cave floor trying to calm herself. She knew that panicking at this moment wouldn't do her any good, in fact it would get her brutally killed even sooner…but what was she going to do?

"If I head down to D3 I should be able to keep an out on anyone coming my way, but if I head there someone could have already beaten me too it," Lulu tried to debate with herself as she squinted at the map in frustration. "It's pointless, Lu…hiding her for now is your best bet."

"Lu! We'll always be besties okay!" True smiled reassuringly while clutching the poor girl's wrist. Lulu returned the smile and nodded.

"I know True…besties for life right?" True nodded and gave a cheery little chuckle.

"True. I miss you so much girl," Lulu sighed with a deep sadness filling her up. "I wish you were here with me…we could be jamming out to Will Smith right now.'

Lulu imagined True laughing right at her side like she always did and trying to brag about how big of a dance prodigy she was. True…

"Hey Lu, can you come back me up," True asked loosening the crimson red school tie around her neck. Lulu nodded as she ran over to True. "Andre, play something by Will Smith," she requested while clutching her locket that contained a picture of her idol, Will. Andre shuffled around in his iPod until he came across 'Summertime'by Will Smith. After hearing the song play, True started to nod her head rhythmically.

"Alright True," Andre beamed while turning up the volume.

"Okay Will. Let's show them what we've got," True smiled. She began to move her body with the rhythm of the music.

"Go True," Lulu cheered from the sidelines. A crowd began to gather as True began to create her own dance number with every verse of the song. Kacey, Amanda, Jo and Carly rushed over to join in on the excitement while Gibby awkwardly tagged along behind them. Jo's hand was entangled with his as she urged him to come over and join, against his will.

All the memories from that joyous Saturday morning swept through Lulu's fragile mind as she began to think of her best and (sadly) deceased friend. Lulu's skirt began to flutter delicately as the occasional breezes flew through the moist cave. They felt nice…the only thing that feels and looks nice is the nature over toning the horror of this barbaric game.

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Another Chapter! How did you guys like it? Seems as though the bomb is about to be put into action! Please Review guys :) And... how about the fiasco between Jo and Kendall? What will happen now that Katniss and Beck are slowly starting to develop a more friendly and less hateful relationship? Ah! I love where this story is going...trust me heehee ;) Leave your reviews!

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