After they got changed into some clean clothes, they were taken to another tent called 'Recreational activities." It had a few couches and a TV that didn't have cable, but it was connected to a WIIU. There was also a bookshelf that seemed to have most of the Harry Potter books.
Betty and some of the other seniors started a Smash Bros. tournament. Betty's Luigi was currently pummeling Chuck Clayton's Rosalina. "So how long do you guys think they're going to keep us here?" Veronica asked.
"Until they find a way to stop making us, you know," Betty said. She then made an exploding gesture with her hands. Chuck used this as his chance to knock Luigi off the screen, causing Betty to be down to her last life. "We were on pause!"
"Alls fair in a Smash Bros tournament," Chuck shrugged. That comment caused Betty to get snapped back into the game. She brought the beat down on Rosalina, and when the smash ball arrived she smacked it with all her might.
"And what if we don't stop exploding?" Veronica asked. "Like there isn't a cure."
"Then they'll send us home when they're sick of us, or they find something better to do," Betty said, knocking Rosalina off of the screen. The words 'Game' appeared on the screen as it slowly froze. They were them taken to the victory screen.
After a few hours, they were taken to another tent to have dinner. They were given peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a bag of potato chips, and cookies that tasted like Plato smelled. None the less, they ate all of it.
They then were taken to a new communications tent. They showed their parents outside of the camp. They were at a vigil, sending their children the best of luck. Ethel's parents were there, holding a photo of their daughter while sobbing.
Toni Topaz was also there. It was Betty's first time seeing her since freshman year. Her blonde hair now had pink streaks in it, and she had grown a few inches. She had three little boys hugging her legs. She was rubbing one of their backs. The boys looked a lot like Jughead.
After the vigil, they went to the sleeping tent. Everyone was given a cot that had a blanket and pillow on it. The people ruining the place told them to stay in their cots, but they weren't in the room. That's how Betty, Jughead, and Veronica ended up in one cot.
"Today was something," Jughead said. "That was my first time seeing someone explode up close. I mean, I was there when Reggie exploded, but I was sitting in the stands, and he was surrounded by the football team."
"It gets better after the first three," Betty whispered.
"I hope that I don't have to see it more than once," Jughead whispered.
"Will you shut up?" Midge shouted. "Some of us are trying to sleep!"
Betty wanted to point out that Midge was being louder than them, but she kept her mouth shut. She closed her eyes and began to fall into slumber. Before she fell asleep, she could have sworn she heard another explosion.
In the morning, they discovered that Ben Lewis was the one who exploded. They were forced to leave the tent early in the morning so they could clean up. They were taken to the dining tent so they could have breakfast.
After breakfast, they went to another tent so they could have testing done on them. They went in alphabetical order, so Betty Cooper was amongst the first to have her testing done. They took a sample of her blood and asked her a few questions.
Once she was done, they were allowed to roam around the camp. They could go anywhere in the walls of the chained fence. So Betty roamed around while she waited for Jughead and Veronica to get done.
Lunch was better than dinner. Chick-Fa-Le agreed to cater, so they had chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. Veronica wasn't done with her testing yet, so it was just the two of them.
During lunch, they announced that more people would join them. It was the people who had left their school in the past four years. Betty knew that meant Toni Topaz was arriving soon.