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"Mom, why can't you let me be absent from this crummy school at least today?" Lin Lee whined, holding the grip on two of her backpacks (one was for the survival test in the woods, and the other for school) even tighter. Her mom sighed, keeping her hold on the steering wheel firmly as she continued driving her kids to school. "Tenshi, this is you're second day here at this school, and you need to attend it if you want great marks on you're permanent record. And I'm not just letting you skip school because of this so-called 'blondie pretty boy' you despise so much!" Lin Lee frowned, mustering words of anger under her breath.
"Ha ha! Lin Lee's got a BOYFRIEND!" Vic (her younger brother) yelled out obnoxiously. He looked like an exact replica of his older sis, except for the height. Lin Lee glared at him, getting her fist ready. "Bradin's NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" she shouted. "Bradin and Lin Lee sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, next comes marr-"
"Shut up! He is not my boyfriend!"
"Yes he is!"
"No he is not!"
"Yes he is!"
"No he is not!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Kids, stop it!" Mrs. Chang shouted, frustrated from their bickering. Everyone was silent for awhile. "I can't believe my sister has a love life!" Vic muttered to himself a little too loudly. "At least I HAVE a love life!" she snickered in return. And that, well, heated things up…………
Vic pounced on his sister, pulling at her hair ferociously. She screamed loudly into his ear, making him recoil for awhile. She soon bit him on the hand hard, making him yelp loudly. "KIDS!" they both turned towards their mother, who was fuming. "DO YOU WANT ME TO DO PUNISH YOU LIKE LAST TIME?" Both of her kids shook their heads fearfully. "THEN BE QUIET!" They entangled themselves from each other, being silent for the rest of the car trip to school.
They soon arrived at Playa Linda High, and Mrs. Chang parked at the front of the school to drop off her daughter. "Bye sweetie. Good luck on the test, and see you in two months." Mrs. Chang waved at her as Vic opened the door for his sister. She soon climbed out, realizing that "blondie pretty boy" Bradin was standing around a palm tree nearby, obviously waiting for her there. "BYE SIS! And have a nice time with you're husband! And I REALLY don't mind if I become an uncle in two months!" Vic shouted loudly so that everybody around could hear, and unfortunately, they did. He waved a last goodbye, snickering as he closed the car door.
Holy shit! Lin Lee slowly looked around, noticing that everybody outside was staring wide-eyed at her. This is so humiliating……………… "Um, what was that about?" she looked up, and found a pair of olive-green eyes staring into her hazel ones. Bradin was giving her a peculiar look, a slight tinge of jealousy streaked on his face. "You're having a baby? With who?" Lin Lee was immediately taken aback. "NO! I DON'T HAVE A BABY!" she shouted. Damn, Vic! I SWEAR when I come back from this stupid test I'll tie you up to some railroad tracks!
"Oh…………so, we're partners for the test, huh?" Bradin gave her his 'flirty, but charming' smile, but all she did was roll her eyes. Like duh stupid! Who else would I be partnered up with? George Washington? Lin Lee snorted as both of them entered the doors of Playa Linda High. "I tried to talk to you yesterday after school, but you ran off with some girl to somewhere before I could catch you." Thank goodness! I can't thank you ENOUGH Simonia for saving me! "Well, heres Mrs.Whitens, both of our first period class. Talk to you later." he took the same seat like yesterday's, as she did the same. "Hello students. And we will continue our study of the atom, and as soon as we are done, we will take a pop quiz……………" Mrs. Whitens continued on and on, starting off the long and boring day of Playa Linda High.
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"Kids! HURRY UP! It doesn't take you this long to board a bus, does it?" Coach Williams shouted. Teens were mumbling words to themselves as they slowly climbed up the steps into the huge yellow school bus, taking a last look and whiff of civilization before the bus doors closed and started to drive off. Simonia sighed, brushing a piece of her hair from her face. "I'm going to miss this place." she said to Lin Lee, who had her face pressed against the glass window, staring outside as the world as she knew was disappearing right before her eyes, dragging her into a new one, otherwise known as 'the wilderness'.
"Yeah, even though I've only been here for two days I have to agree with you!" she replied, staring over at Simonia, who was leaning back against the plastic covered bus seat. "Hey, at least you have a decent partner you can actually have a chance of SURVIVING………." Lin Lee added in. Simonia immediately shook her head to that comment. "You even have a MORE decent partner!" she replied. A noise was suddenly
made by Bradin and Roberto, who were sitting in the bus seat in front of the two girls. They were laughing loudly, Roberto holding a can of spray cheese and squirting it all over into his mouth, while Bradin was spitting spit balls at the bus driver with a long straw. "Example one……….." Simonia pointed out. Both girls started to burst out with laughter, while the two guys looked back at the girls, giving them a questioning look before turning back to what they were doing.
45 minutes later
"Students! WAKE UP!" Coach Williams shouted, ringing a loud brass mini-bell he had in his hands. Everybody stirred, rubbing their eyes crankily. "WE'RE HERE!" he shouted again. "Okay, okay, no need to fucking yell!" Roberto mumbled, making Simonia giggle. All the students reluctantly got up from their seats, grabbing whatever bags or stuff that they brought along with them. The bus doors soon opened, Coach Williams ushering out the teens. "What IS THIS PLACE?" Shelly asked, a disgusted look appearing on her face. "It's called a place OUTSIDE of the mall! Otherwise known as 'the wild outdoors'!" James joked as everyone laughed. Shelly scowled, dragging her 6 wheel bags behind her. She cautiously stepped onto the ground, mistakenly stepping on some 'waste'. "EW!" she screamed. "I HATE THIS PLACE ALREADY!" she cried out.
"Ms. Jackson! RELAX! You have to get used to this place already, since you're going to live here for two whole months!" Coach Williams appeared, holding his usual clipboard. "Easy for you to say……….." Abby muttered, staying the farthest she can away from Frederick. Everybody peered around, staring in amazement (or horror) at the place that would be called their new home.
"Now everybody, take out a ANY electronics that are in you're bags!" the coach ordered. The teens groaned, opening up their bags and digging into them. Cd players, cell phones, walkie talkies, blow dryers, curling irons, Ipods, and all sorts were taken out and handed over to their coach. Coach Williams grinned; his arms piled high with stuff. "You will all get this stuff back in two months. Now take out any shampoos, make-up, or anything that's for you're hair." Everyone cried out, especially Shelly. "But how are we supposed to stay clean?" she yelped. "You have to make your OWN shampoos to make yourself clean!" Coach Williams replied, as students handed over more stuff to him.
"That's all for now………..and I'm going to hand over you're essential things that I was permitted to give to all of you." He reached into a big black bag, taking out white boxes with a red cross stamped in the front. He handed over one to each pair of partnered students, and a gray bag to go along with it. "Um……..what are these?" Bradin asked, staring at the white box and gray bag blankly. Everyone else was giving the objects the same peculiar look. "These are you're First-Aid kits and tents, all donated from the military!" the Coach informed them. "Oh…………" everyone muttered.
"But now, I will point all of you out to where you're camps are going to be!" he took out colored papers with lines and marks scribbled all over them. He handed one each to every student. "These are you're maps! As you might have noticed, none of them are the same, except with your own partners. For this reason, so that NOBODY will try to escape and find more of their survivors. There is a compass stapled to the back of you're maps, so you can find the way to all sorts of places. It is IMPOSSIBLE to find anyone else, since each of you're camps are separated miles away from each other. I have excused you from ANY homework from you're high school, which gives you time to accomplish my EVEN LONGER ONE!" the teens groaned loudly, knowing there was a flaw.
"You're assignment is to sketch, describe, and write about EVERY plant AND animal you have seen on this experience. Minimum of descriptions will be 50!" he announced, leaving everyone else around him shocked. "Wow………..that's a lot!" Lin Lee whispered softly to Simonia, who nodded in response. "In each of you're first aid kits there is one firecracker, which can lead me to you if you're in danger. But ONLY if you're going to die, not if you're sick, since you already have a First-Aid kit with you."
The coach stood up from the big rock he was sitting on, making his way to the bus as he shouted over his shoulder, "And now I'm going to leave you with you're partner! Be sure to use you're maps and compasses to guide you to you're camp place, and GOOD LUCK!" he waved them a last goodbye, climbing into the bus, and driving off before anybody could say anything.
"Great…………" Lin Lee muttered, staring over at Bradin, who was staring back at her with googly eyes. "Just great……………"
Hey guys! This chapter, in my opinion, is completely boring to my own self. I just wanted to write how everything had started and what stuff they had left to survive. Hope you all liked it though! I'd like to especially thank these people:
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