42 STUDENTS. 3 DAYS. 1 SURVIVOR. NO ESCAPE.


Bagpipe music woke everyone up the next morning. Kamon cleared his throat when using the mic.

"Rise and shine everyone! I hope you slept well while your friends are getting their asses handed to them. Now for the people eliminated. Girl #14: Clarity, Boy #1: Micah, Boy #9: Davis, Boy #10: Logan, Boy #17: Grayson, Girl #5: Vanessa, Girl #4: Miki, Boy #21: Zack, Boy #8: Tyler, Girl #21: Shayla, and Girl #3: Susan. That's 11 students! Wonderful work everyone! Though, the number of deaths might drop as we go on. Now for the forbidden zones!"

As Kamon announced the forbidden zones, Cooper and Riley marked them their map. The cave they were hiding in was about to be a forbidden zone at 7:00 am, so they left quickly.


As the two trekked through the forest, they were ambushed by Theo. He was dead set on killing them.

"Theo?" Cooper nervously asked.

"I'll get you! I'll get you!" He screamed as he charged for Cooper with a hatchet.

Cooper dodged the blow, but Theo managed to slit Riley's left arm. Cooper got himself back up and grabbed Theo from behind. Theo flipped him over as Cooper swept his leg under Theo's feet. The two were sent falling down the hill. When Cooper got back up, he could see Theo trying to stand up as well. His hatchet was lodged in the back of his head. The latter muttered to himself before dropping dead on the ground.


While this fight between Cooper and Theo was happening, Girl #9: Fox was hiding in the bushes with her survival pack. When she saw Cooper "kill" Theo, she ran as far away as she could.


"Cooper!" Riley said as she ran towards him.

"Did I kill him?" Cooper panicked. "You were watching the whole thing!"

"It was an accident!" Riley said.

BLAM! Riley hid behind Cooper as another student came out from behind a tree. Boy #20: Joey was the smartest kid in the class. But even he seemed to have a meltdown in a situation like this. His usually neat hair was disheveled, eyes bloodshot, and his glasses smudged, and trembling on his revolver.

"X=B over 2A. No, B squared minus 4AC. Everyone's serious, huh? Fine." Joey said to himself. "I'll survive, and get into a good school!"

"Stop it!" Cooper yelled.

Before Joey was able to shoot, a shot came from another direction. Joey was knocked onto the ground. Cooper and Riley looked on wear the shot came from. It was Boy #5. He pumped his Remington 870 (a pump-action shotgun) after shooting his first round.

"Don't try and stop me!" Joey said as he charged for the boy.

BLAM! Joey was blown away. Boy #5 went over to Joey's corpse and looted his gun. He pointed it at Cooper and Riley.

"What weapons have you got?" He said.

"Pot lid," Cooper said showing his pot lid.

"Binoculars," Riley said, doing the same.

The two could see the boy chuckling to himself as he ran over with his gun still pointed at the two. He pried the hatchet off of Theo.

"Everybody! Stop fighting!" A girl's voice on a megaphone called out.


Two girls, Girl #6: Lucy and Girl #7: Sara, were standing on the edge of a cliff. Lucy spoke through her assigned weapon, a megaphone, while Sara tied her map at the end of her weapon, a broomstick, to use as a flag.

"Please hear us out!" Lucy called.

"This is Lucy and Sara at the cliffs of the north mountain!" Sara said. "Everybody come here. We'll figure this out together!"

"Bastards!" Boy #5 said. "They're just giving their location away!"

"I don't know..." Cooper said. "They seem to know what they're doing."

Cooper and Riley ran for the two on the cliffside only to be stopped by Boy #5.

"Where are you going?" He said.

"To go and meet them," Cooper replied.

"You're just getting yourself killed."

The boy fired his shotgun in the air, terrifying Lucy and Sara.

"Don't shoot!" Lucy said on her megaphone.

"RUN!" Cooper screamed.

But the girls didn't listen. Then...

RATATATTATATTATATATATTATAT!

Casper continued his killing spree. He gunned down Lucy and Sara with just a few shots. He then went over to loot their corpses. Nothing good. He still took there food and water though.

"NO!" yelled Riley.

Boy #5 knocked some sight into Cooper and Riley.

"He'll come here next! Move!" He yelled.

"Run if you want. You're a murderer!" Cooper yelled back.

"There is a way out of this game."

Cooper and Riley looked at the boy.

"Commit suicide. Both of you, now. If you can't do that, then just run."

The two watched the boy pump his shotgun as he ran off.

BOY #3: THEO, BOY #20: JOEY, GIRL #6: LUCY, AND GIRL #7: SARA DEAD. 25 TO GO.


It was noontime. Kamon announced the new deaths.

"It's noon. Are you hungry? Time for a break in the killings. Here are the people who went down this morning. Boy #3: Theo, Boy #20: Joey, Girl #6: Lucy, and Girl #7: Sara. It's tough when you lose your friends but that's all for now! Now here are your forbidden zones..."


As Girl #13: Ashley trekked throughout the woods, she could see Andre pointing a crossbow at her.

"Ashley!" Andre said.

Ashley embraced Andre.

"Thank god you're alive!" Andre said.

"I'll say... what are you doing with three bags?" Ashley said, noticing the bags.

"Oh, this isn't mine. I had to take them off of Micah and Clarity."

"Oh. I'm sorry about that." Ashley sighed.

"But we're here. Together. Now we need to think up of a plan..." Andre said.

Before Andre could think of anything, a sickle struck in the back, killing him instantly. Ashley stood back in shock. Victoria came out from hiding. Ashley tried to run, but Victoria pried her sickle out of Andre's back and struck her in the leg.

"You know, Ashley. You were always the pickle in the jar."

"What does that mean?" Ashley whimpered as Victoria went to search the corpse of Andre.

Victoria pulled out a semi-automatic pistol, Andre's weapon. She shot down Ashley as she left.

"I don't know. I like to make up phrases I don't know." She said to herself.

BOY #16: ANDRE AND GIRL #13: ASHLEY DEAD. 23 TO GO.


Boy #14: Cory stood on the southern side of a mountain. He was asked by Davis and his gang to go interrogate Casper, but he refused. In reality, he knew it was a trap, proven when he witnessed his friends get blown to bits by Casper. His plan to win the Battle Royale? Stalk Casper around until it was just him and Casper. Then he can shoot him with his Derringer and that would be it. The ammunition was magnum, extremely lethal at close range, but not the best in a shootout. After witnessing him kill Lucy and Sara, he knew Casper was killing machine. So going in guns blazing was a poor man's choice.

"So I'll follow him to the very end," Cory said to himself. "After he kills the last one, I'll surprise him and shoot him in the back."

He had a good strategy, he would stay at least 20 meters away from Casper. He'd moved when Casper moved and stopped if Casper stopped. Cory noticed Casper on the move again. He looked intimidating from the front, but...

"Your back's wide open..." Cory said to himself.

As Cory followed Casper, Casper then went into a bathroom stall. Cory never saw Casper urinate. Not even once. So it was amusing. Cory checked his watch. 4:57 p.m. The area that he and Casper were at was D=7, which would become a forbidden zone at 5. The sprinkling sound continued.

"You must've held it for a long time, Casper."

The sprinkling continued.

"Jesus, hurry up already. I need to kill you."

Just then a sudden wind blew by opening the door to the restroom. It was empty, save for a bottle of water slit on the side.

"Wh-What?" Cory gasped. "But what happ-"

Cory heard a thud. Whether it was him or that rumbling collar around his neck is up to debate. His headless body thudded onto the ground. One hundred meters away, Casper checked his watch as he didn't even look back.

Seven seconds past five.

BOY #14: CORY DEAD. 22 TO GO.


Riley and Cooper sat near the cliffside. Suddenly, Riley felt her head hurt.

"You're sick..." gasped Cooper.

"I'm fine..." muttered Riley.

"Don't worry, I'll help you," Cooper said as he took her to a nearby house.

The nearest house was just a few miles away. When the two got there, Cooper didn't notice his leg pulling on a rope trap. It rattled a cluster of beer cans and bottles as someone appeared in front of the house with a shotgun.

"Pot Lid and Binoculars, what do you two want?" Boy #5 said.


Boy #19 along with Boy #2: Lucas and Boy #12: Asher were setting up a generator.

"Whew. That was heavy." Lucas gasped.

Boy #19 brought an old computer in the room. Before turning the computer on, he noticed something on his collar through the reflection on the screen.

"Shit! So that's their trick!"

"What is it?" Asher asked.

Boy #19 motioned for the two boys to approach him. As he turned the computer on. He used the notepad function.

They're listening.

A mic in the collar.

Asher and Lucas were shocked but did not say a word.

Now to business. Find the following:

1. Fertilizer

2. Pesticide

3. Charcoal

4. Propane

5. Sulfur

6. Kerosene

"Find these and bring them back here." Boy #19 stated.


It was 6:00 p.m. The next announcement was up.

"Here's a list of goners for the afternoon. Boy #16: Andre, Girl #13: Ashley, and Boy #14: Cory. That's three. You're slacking people. And for that, I'm going to put up more danger zones."


Boy #5 helped Riley out of her illness. It wasn't much, but he found a small heater and filled a pot with water. He moved the pot over the heater and heated the water. He then took out some packages of instant noodles and gave them to Cooper and Riley. He watched as the two ate.

"This is good," Riley said. "Why didn't you eat with us?"

"I had enough food..." Boy #5 said.

"Thank you for everything. But why did you help us? You look like you've been through hell." Cooper said.

"Was. I was in this game a year ago, had to kill each other to survive..."

"So you are?" Riley gasped.

"A winner. Of the last game." Boy #5 said. "I was the winner of the Program last year. You wanna know what happened to the survivor of this game?"

"What?" Cooper asked.

"The winner is forced to transfer to another school and is ordered not to mention the game. He is then told to lead a normal life."

"But I thought you were brought up in front of the camera and that's it," Riley said.

"You're half-right. I also got a card autographed by the director of that program. He was not Kamon, but instead some fatass that enjoyed munching on cheeseburgers. What an honor it was. It looked like some little kid scribbled on it and called it a day. But honestly, I never even asked to be part of this again."

"But they said you volunteered!" Cooper said.

"That's what they want you to think. I bet that other guy who volunteered was kidnapped."

"I'm sorry you got chosen-" Riley began.

"Caldwell. That's my name." Boy #5 said. "I do know a way off this island."

"You do?" Cooper gasped.

Caldwell gave Cooper the revolver he got off of Joey. He handed the pack of bullets to him.

"Use it to protect yourself-"

"Cooper," Cooper said.

"Riley," said Riley.

RATATATATATATATTATATATAT!

The three took cover. Right outside, Boy #4: Blake was escaping Casper by bike. Casper knocked him off the bike, leaving Blake to run as fast as he could before being cornered.

"What did I-"

RAATATATTATATATTATATATATTATATA!

Blake was "killed" by Casper. He lied onto the ground motionless for a while. He sat up when he was sure Casper left. It was amazing what a kevlar vest could do. But he wasn't out of the woods. Just when he was sure that Casper left, Blake heard the sound of a katana. He looked up to see Casper readying his blade. He jumped down.

BOY #4: BLAKE DEAD. 21 TO GO.


When they thought it was safe, Caldwell peeked out the window. Suddenly, the window crashed on the other side. Blake's decapitated head was thrown in. And this time, he had an explosive surprise.

"Take cover!" yelled Caldwell.

The three took cover.

RATATATTATATATATATTATATAT!

"Run! I'll distract him for you!" Cooper said.

"Cooper!" Riley gasped.

"Take care of her"! Cooper said as he ran out the door.

Casper then focused on Cooper as he ran after him.


Meanwhile, Boy #11: Hunter was sleeping inside one of the houses. He heard gunfire. Quickly, he took out his assigned tool, a tracking device made for the collars. There were two dots on the radar not far from his location. He could see Cooper being chased by Casper on the next cliff over. Cooper jumped off the cliff. Casper fired a hail of bullets in the water before leaving.


After a long day of scavenging, Asher and Lucas came back with a truck filled with the supplies that Boy #19 wanted.

"Hey, I never got your name," Asher said.

"I don't prefer being called by name." Boy #19 said.

"But we got everything," Luke said. "What are we even going to do with all of this?"

Boy #19 handed Luke a packet.

"A Ticking Clock? What is this?" Lucas read.

Boy #19 held his hand over the mic on his collar. Lucas and Asher did the same.

"Why are we doing this?"

"I found a way in which they cannot hear us." The boy said. "Now, we're going to make a bomb from all of this. One gunshot and everyone who did this to all of us will rot in hell."

"No way!" Lucas gasped.

"I didn't sign up for this. But I'm willing to protect as many people as possible. We're going to survive this fucking game." The boy later stated. "Are you in?"

Lucas and Asher looked nervous.

"Or will you rather kill each other?"

Both boys shook their heads.

"Can we all go home together?" Lucas asked.

"Yes. And destroy this stupid system. Then we'll all escape together."

The three boys went back to work.