Chapter 3

Spikes and Explosions

"Hide you idiot!"

"W-where?"

"It's a dark room! Anywhere!" Some kid stumbled around in the dark. However, there was something unusual about him, better yet, something unusual about his face. A huge…throbbing…boil, that talked! Before 'these two' could continue their conversation, the door to the room cracked open. Jimmy stood in the doorway, crossbow in hand.

"He has a gun," the boil yelled, "wait until his back is towards you, then attack!" The boil kid held a blunt object, a shoddy club. Jimmy walked forward a few paces. "Now Elmer! Kill him!"

Elmer jumped to his feet and swung for Jimmy's head. Good thing he was the only one that could hear his boil, if Jimmy heard it, he would have been looking down the business end of the crossbow. Jimmy felt something hit his head, or rather, pass through his fudge hair.

"There's nothing under that hair," Elmer said out loud. Jimmy span around, by the time he aimed the crossbow, Elmer had already ran out the room.

He fumbled noisly down the stairs. Brittney sat on the left side of the front door to the house. Instead of taking his chances with her, Elmer headed for the back door. He heard foot steps inside, surely the fudge head and the girl would chase him. As soon as he was on the outside, Elmer slammed the door and broke the handle. After that, he ran off into the night.

Brittney heard the back door slam shut. She didn't notice Elmer when he fumbled down the stairs.

"We have to go," Jimmy ordered

"Huh? What's wrong?" Brittney's body had shut down momentarily, she needed her rest.

"That kid made too much noise! We have to go!" Jimmy had learned how much of an effect noise could have, that's how Brittney found him to begin with. Against their will, Brittney made her legs respond, there were off again.

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Elmer had no idea where he was running. Judging from the stars, he was going north east. He didn't know much about astrology, it was something he picked up while listening to AJ at the lunch table. If he remembered correctly, he should be coming to a grassy field. There was something to the right of the field, but what was it? About another minute of sprinting in the dark, put him at the field, and the school. The school! He could hide in there! He burst through the double doors. As soon as he did so, his collar let out a small hum. There was a click, another click, and another click. After the third, spikes shot out from the collar. Blood dropped down Elmer's chest and shoulders, he then fell over.

26 students remaining

Instead of moving out of the area completely, Jimmy and Brittney decided to try another house. The next one they entered was just as nice as the first one. Well, as nice as a house can get while fighting to stay alive. Jimmy checked every nook and cranny, the house was empty, he made sure of it.

"What now," Brittney asked.

"I guess we rest," Jimmy suggested, I'll stand guard. You get some rest." Brittney nodded, found a spot on one of the sofa's in the room, and in a matter of seconds, she was asleep. Jimmy was completely baffled. Brittney had complete trust in him. He didn't understand it. She never hung around him in school, why the sudden change of heart? The thought of Brittney having an elaborate plan crossed his mind again. Was she just waiting for the right time to stab him in the back? He violently shook his head, that couldn't have been it. Why would she willingly fall asleep? Why did she hand over the crossbow? Does fear really bring out different sides of people? Jimmy gave up thinking on that thought for the moment. All that mattered was to think of a way out.

"Wait a minute," Jimmy said to himself. All that thinking jogged his memory. His watch! He had a break through with it before. He turned the watch on, and flipped up the video screen. A blue glow filled the room.

"Goddard, come in Goddard. Come in boy"

"You called Mr. Neutron," Sakamochi's voice echoed through the watch.

Instantly Jimmy turned the thing off. He should have known that the island would be cut off from the rest of the world. There had to be another way, if only he had Goddard.

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"What was that," a small boy with a white t-shirt and blue shorts asked.

"What was what," a girl with a blue v-neck sweater asked. She had on a skirt, which was ripped on the left side. Maybe she had been running. Back in her school, she sent others running. Her sheer size had gained her the name 'Big Patti

"There's something in the bushes," the boy from before said. This kid defines bad luck. He has been through it all: from broken bones, to being stuck on amusement park rides, to losing and imaginary pet!

"Maybe your just hearing things," a second girls suggested. This one had blonde hair, which was tied into six tails that stuck out like insect legs. Maybe it had something to do with her hobby. Catching butterflies during recess, owning a cockroach collecting and owning a pet tarantula.

"Maybe Nadine is right," Patti said, "I didn't hear anything either."

"There coming. There coming. We're all gonna die! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Everybody froze. The fourth person in the group had complete gone insane. He was sitting in a fetal position, rocking back and forth.

Patti growled, "enough of this." She waked over to a set one of the bushes that surrounded their camp sight. She then reached in and pulled out….Carl!

"Who is that," Nadine asked.

"Relax, he looks harmless," the kid with the bad luck said.

"Don't let looks fool you," Patti said. She then threw Carl in the middle of the group by his shirt collar.

"Hi, I'm Eugine, what's your name?"

"Don't be an idiot," Patti interrupted.

"I-I-I wasn't doing anything. I got hungry so I started looking for food and got lost and fell in the bushes and…and…BAD TUMMY!" All the kids stared at Carl for the moment, their faces all said the same thing, "weirdo."

"He's come to kill me," the insane one blurted out," I won't go alone! You're all coming with me!" He made a mad dash to the pile of knapsacks.

Patti rushed over, "Curly, don't do anything stupid."

Curly already had something in his hand. "redrum! REDRUM!" Something hit Patti on her forehead. It seemed harmless, whatever he through just bounced off.

"Curly's officially insane," Nadine said, shaking her head from side to side.

"Hey," Eugine asked poking at the thing Curly threw, "isn't this a-"

BOOM

The trees that surrounded their gathering was ablaze. Curly stood, two knapsacks slung on each arm. "AHAHAHAHA! BURN!" Where's your fire alarm at now Principal Wartz?" Blood dripped from his face and onto the ground. Curly dug trough the knapsaks for another grenade and tossed it in the blaze.

22 students remaining

"Did you see that," Sakamochi asked, he was ecstatic. "Four bodies in two seconds, that one is bad ass!"

"He won't last," someone said from behind.

Sakamochi stood, spun around and saluted, "Sir!"

"At ease," the guy said. The tag on his uniform read Colonel Sae Oh. Apparently, this guy was the head of command. "That mess is still in the hallway."

"The hallway," Sakamochi asked.

"Did you not tell these students that the school was off limits when the game officially started?"

"I did, sir."

"Did you now? Then why is there an ugly sight in the hall?"

"We'll get right on it sir," Sakamochi answered, heading towards the classroom door.

"Did I say you could leave our post?"

"No sir, my apologies sir."

"Report back to headquarters when the winner is declared."

"You're leaving sir?"

"Who do you think has to make sure that this location stays unknown until the game is over?"

"Right sir," Sakamochi saluted again.