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"Girl #1, Jessica Adam," Sakamochi called out. Jessica was 5'11, thin, had brownish-blonde hair. She was a popular girl in school, had many friends, and was liked by many boys. Her school was pretty dull due to the lack of attendance. All 9th graders took English, math, Life Science, health, and got to pick between basketball, tennis, or track or Marching Band for physical education credit. Also they got to pick from band, choir, or computers; not the fun classes like web page or computer science, just plain boring computers. She had chosen Track and Choir for her electives.

Jessica was dubstruck. She was still trying to figure out how her class could have picked for this. Why didn't anyone ask that? Were they just too scared to speak up?

"Hurry up, everyone's waiting for you Jessica" Sakamochi said.

"Um, Mr. Sakamochi, why was our class picked for this?" Jessica said as everyone stared at her.

Sakamochi gave the same eerie smile. "You see, your government tried to stop our game, and as you can see, they failed. Now we are just showing America how much fun our game really is. But your class in particular, that was chosen by lottery. Now hurry along."

"What do you mean we tried to stop your game," Attushi Nakamura interrupted.

Sakamochi's smile faded revealing his frighteningly intimidating face. He stared at Attushi for a moment, and Attushi stared back with an almost as equally as intimidating face. Sakamochi sighed as he glanced at the floor, then he looked back up and opened his mouth. "It would be a waste of time for me to explain right now."

The entire class was silent. Everyone was anxious to know now that it had been brought up. Was he hiding something?

"Now, where was I?" Sakamochi said. His semi-sarcastic happy tone resurfaced as if nothing was ever mentioned. "Oh yes, Jessica you must be on your way now."

It took a moment to soak in, then Jessica realized what he just told her. She grabbed her purse and walked out the door.

"Now, Boy #2, Aaron Baines." Aaron was 6'1, he had short blonde hair and was built. Aaron was in the choir and popular as most choir kids were. He stood and walked out the door.

"Girl #2, Abigail Crabtree." Abigail, or Abby as her parents called her, was 5'7, had black hair to her chin, braces, and was of average weight. Abigail had no real friends; she didn't socialize with others and hardly ever talked. She was made fun of by other students and hated them for that. She stood and left the room.

"Boy #3, Jack Baxter." Jack was the tallest in the class at 6'4. He had semi-long, semi-curly black hair. It was best described as just a mess of black on his head. He was big. Not fat, not muscular, just big. He stood and walked out of the room.

"Girl #3, Kate Darko." Kate was a strange girl. She was 5'8, had red hair, and a mouthful of braces. She stood up and had a smile on her face almost as creepy as Sakamochi. She looked at the floor still and walked out.

"Now that's the spirit! Boy #4, Scott Berman." Scott was 5'9, had brown hair up to his eyes, and was a nice guy. He had many friends, two of which were his best friends, James Wessel (Boy #20) and Chris Yu (Boy #21). They were always together and were even called "The Three Stooges" by other students. Scott got up and walked out of the room.

"Girl #4, Samantha Davis." Samantha was 5'1, had long curly brown hair and a great personality. She had many friends and was a funny person. She mainly hung out with Ani Halajian (Girl #7) and "The Three Stooges". She got up with the same look almost everyone had. It was a look that is hard to describe; a mixture or confusion, fear, and a little bit of disbelief. She looked at her friends. James opened his mouth to say something but couldn't speak. She gave a look implying "it's OK" and turned to leave the room.

"Boy #5, Michael Dixon." Michael was 6'0, had chin length dark red hair, and strange eyes. One was blue, and one was green. He looked older than the other students. He silently stood with a calm look and began to walk out of the room, when Sakamochi stopped him. "Michael, do you know this girl is?" he said, pointing to a girl who no one had seen before.

Nathan then remembered he couldn't decide who the girl looked like. OOOOOHHHHHH, she looks like Michael! Why couldn't I think of him?

Michael took a quick look and then relied, "No."

"Well, this young lady here was a pain to get. We had to find where she was. You see, according to our records, she was signed up for your school, and a school in Japan. At first we weren't going to even bother with her, but we decided the class wouldn't be complete without her. So we located her and brought her all the way here, just to play with you."

"And why do I care?"

"This young lady is your sister, aren't you Brianna?"

The girl just stared. She had been in a state of shock ever since Sakamochi called Michael's name. She wanted to say something but Michael began speaking again.

"I don't have a sister, I don't have any family," Michael said. Then he turned and walked out.

"I was just trying to create one of those dramatic family reunions, oh well. Girl #5, Brianna Dixon." Brianna was 5'3, had long brown hair and was very pretty. She stood up and ran out of the room as fast as she could.

Every student was confused. Who the hell is she?

"Boy #6, Nathan Dobson"

Nathan turned. Shit, it's my turn. He stood up and walked out of the room.

He was now in a long hallway. He kept walking and looking around. The hallway had many doors and he saw a sign that read "stairs" at the end of the hall. He entered and walked down about 3 flights of stairs before reaching the lobby. A man in a military uniform handed him a bag and pointed at the large exit. The bag was heavy. He carried it and walked out.

He looked around once he was outside. What do I do know? He started walking. My bag! He stopped behind a rock and opened his bag. Then he saw what was so heavy. Inside his daypack was a metal pole attached to a large spiky ball about 8 inches in diameter by a chain. He reached for it and held it in his hands. Then he felt a searing pain as something dug into his neck.

He screamed and turned to see what hit him. Standing about 15 feet from him was Kate Darko. She had a devilish smile and Nathan instantly knew she was the attacker. He screamed again as she rushed towards him. She pushed him over and he fell face first into the dirt. He couldn't breath. He panicked and tried to get up, but he couldn't. The last thing he felt was a pain in his left temple, and then he lied there lifeless.

Kate reached over to pull her ninja stars out of Nathan's head and neck. No one shall beat me! She heard rustling and turned to see what the noise was. Suddenly something was jammed in her left cheek. She screamed as in tore through the skin. She rolled over on the floor face up next to Nathan's corpse and dropped her ninja stars. She felt so stupid for letting her guard down. She looked up and saw her attacker. She reached for his throat and then remembered she had the ninja stars. She turned and reached for them but they weren't next to her wear she left them. She felt a wave of panic flow through her. She jumped up and ran at the attacker. She lunged out at him and fell on top of him. She saw the fear in his face and smiled. He pushed her off and ran to Nathan's bag. Kate got up again and ran at him screaming. Then she felt the mace that once belonged to Nathan, hit and crush the right side of her skull.

Scott Berman stood over the bodies of Kate Darko and Nathan Dobson. He clutched a pen (his weapon) in one hand, and the mace in his other. He stared down at them. He looked at Nathan's body and then at the murderer, Kate. That sick bitch. He grabbed their daypacks and started running, his eyes were beginning to tear.

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