The teens watched in silence as here host Chris McLean pressed several buttons on the keypad. Duncan tried to memorize the code but Chris was moving too fast. Chris stopped and the doors opened shaking the entire base. The competitors stood there eyes gaping with shock looks on there face. There were plain white concrete walls with a staircase on each side. Both of these staircases led to a control room hanging above the ground. Inside was a very unhappy looking Chef with a headset on. What really surprised them though were the fifteen giant tubes with one side open. Inside of each was a helmet and gloves, on the outside were cables going into the walls and a few the ceiling. Chris smiled and said "As you can see I have many friends who owe me." They couldn't hear but Chef said "You have more that you owe." Chris then screamed as he walked into the control room "Turn them on!" At that moment every single tube lit up and hummed lightly. The one on the left became louder and erupted into an inferno of flames. "Wrong button, Wrong button, did you read the manual!" Chris screamed at Chef. "I read the back flap!" Chef said and seconds later holes in the ceiling opened, and white foam took out the fire.

After some reassuring conversations and threats all the campers had selected a tube and were waiting inside, all the campers except Duncan. Duncan stood there with his arms crossed saying "I'm not getting in that fire trap." Chris sighed and then smiled "You get to hurt other competitors." Duncan considered this deal and said "Nice try, but no." Chris' smile disappeared and he said "I'll go with you." Duncan immediately ran to one of the last tubes and jumped in. Chris scowled and everyone was ready Chef activated the tubes. They hummed again and each tube closed completely.

The scene changed to a silver fortress which was hanging half a mile above the ocean, with no walls or ceiling. All thirteen teens and their host appeared in front of a little bunker with two doors and a slanted wall on the left. Everyone except Chris was wearing red armor with no helmet. If there weren't any helmets you might mistake Owen for a giant. Chris smiled and looked around "It seems that everyone is here and has their limbs. Now let me welcome you to the Cage, this is the map where you'll fight zombies." As soon as he said that a shotgun and pistol appeared in everyone's hands. Charisma then jumped up and down with her hand rose. "Yes Charisma." Chris reluctantly said. Everyone was annoyed with Charisma except Katie who was thankful she wasn't in a bad mood. "Are these real guns?" Charisma asked. Chris seemed stunned and said "That's actually a good question, and yes they are in this world." Owen didn't seem like he believed so he took out his pistol and said "So this will work." Then he shot Noah in the leg. Noah fell down screaming and said "Way to go a-hole!" Bridgette immediately said "Rules". Chris sighed as Trent and Lance were about to pick him up, until Owen started crying and pulled Noah in a bear hug. Chris then screamed "Chef will you heal Noah and activate the shields!" At that moment Noah stopped screaming and then started again when realizing he was in Owens armpit. Suddenly a faint light appeared around everyone's armor. Chris then started again "As you can tell Owen the guns are very real. I will now explain the rules. This is infection, there are three rounds every game, and the person with the most kills win. If you kill another teammate or jump off the edge you will lose a point. If you jump off the ledge you come back as a zombie. If you're killed by the zombie you come back as a zombie. The zombies run super fast and are very strong. They have a sword that kills you with one sweep. So basically, don't let them get close to you." After Chris's explanation everyone took a minute to face the fact they were fighting zombies. You could clearly see some didn't have a problem with it like Charisma, Noah, Robin, Jodie, and Lance. Some of them were shaken to the bone with just the thought like Owen, Katie, Jane, Trent, and Bridgette. While Duncan, Gwen, and Adam couldn't be any happier.

Jodie then raised her hand and asked "What if you accidently push them off the ledge?" While most people were still too shocked to hear what she said, Noah caught this and rose an eyebrow in suspicion. Chris pondered this for a moment and said "I'll look at the video and decide. Now I'm going to leave and let you explore the area for five minutes and you'll hear Chef give the countdown and the three zombies will spawn." At that moment Chris disappeared and they were standing there alone.

People started to get into groups and go into different parts of the map. Duncan, Charisma, and Adam went into the bunker and counted there ammo. Jodie took Jane and Cody down a right hallway that led to a small open area with nothing that looked interesting. "Should we stay here?" Cody asked Jodie. She considered it a moment and said "Well there's only one entrance to hear and its not very big, only two people could fit side by side." "Or one Owen and three Noah's." Jane added. Jodie laughed and continued "So Cody you stand there with your shotgun and we'll stand behind you with our pistols." Cody and Jane nodded and got into position happy that she was their leader. Meanwhile Noah, Gwen, Katie, and much to Noah's dismay Owen went down the left walkway. As they continued walking they found a two story tower. It didn't have and walls but, was too high off the ground to jump on. As they walked into the tower they noticed another corridor. "We could use that as a last resort." Noah pointed out. "Shouldn't we check to see what's down there?" Owen asked. Gwen then said "I stopped counting a while ago and I don't know if well have time to." Noah agreed with her but Katie asked "How do we defend this place? There are no doors and a giant hole in the wall upstairs. If they get in they can jump through." Noah thought about it for a minute and said "Has anyone actually shot a gun before?" Gwen raised her hand and the others looked at her skeptically. "What," she asked "it was at my uncles shooting range." Noah then continued "Alright so Katie and Owen cover the two entrances at the bottom and Gwen and I cover you from the top with our pistols." Gwen then asked "How do we kill them with this tiny thing from fifteen feet away." Noah smiled and said "Gwen, you've seen the movies well just get a headshot."

Trent and Bridgette were in the open area in front of the bunker unsure of what to do. Trent was going to go follow Gwen, but as he watched Jodie and her group go she took off. He was going to go in the bunker but Duncan's group was already there and he didn't want it to be crowded in there. Bridgette wasn't sure if she could do this. She had never used a weapon of any kind and was proud if that. Trent suddenly asked her "Why are you staying here?" "Well I thought they would just go after them because their isolated and don't really have shelter. Really I'm just hoping that they go after them first and time runs out while were still here." "Good plan." Trent said "But, what if they come here first?" Bridgette pondered what he second and responded "My first reaction would be to run to the bunker if there's one or two if there's more I'll run down the walkway their not coming from." Trent looked away stumped wondering why he hadn't thought of that. Suddenly he heard Chefs voice.

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As soon as Chef said go Gwen saw two people appear down their last resort walkway. When she strained her eyes she saw something glowing in their hands, she assumed they were swords but couldn't be sure. She told Owen and Katie to keep their guards up and too aim. She took stock of her ammo and found forty bullets for her pistol including the clip that was in now (each clip contained eight shots), and eighteen shotgun shells (the shotgun held a maximum of six shells). The zombies hadn't moved yet and she studied them. They had green armor like them but also had green helmets. Noah gave a signal for her to aim, hey had talked earlier and decided she'd cover one walkway and he the other. Gwen took a deep breath leveled her pistol she took aim for the one that was closer. She shot and could literally see the slug go past the zombies head. The zombies jerked around stared at her and the charged for the base; she panicked and tried to regain her composure. She leveled her pistol exhaled and sent one shot through the first ones head. She smiled for a second until she realized the second was getting closer to the tower. She tried to speak but was flabbergasted and shot three more times. Two hit it in the arm and one in the chest, however it just slowed him down and he kept coming. Luckily, the shots alerted Noah of the zombie's presence, but Katie had her back to it. The zombie came up behind her kicked her in the shin putting her on her knees, stepped on her leg and shoved the sword into her neck. Owen stood there not knowing what to do as Katie was torn apart. He gulped as the zombie turned towards him and closed his eyes. He stayed like that for a couple seconds until he opened his eyes to see Noah! Owen looked at the zombie on the ground with a knife in his head.

Cody gulped as he pulled the trigger for the third time. Five zombies had approached them since Chef had finished the countdown. The first one that came was quickly dispatched by Jane, nothing came for a few minutes after that but then suddenly two zombies came sprinting down the walkway. Jodie just screamed whenever one got close and shoots Cody in the back, luckily his shield took the shots but was starting to get worried. This time three came and Jane hasn't gotten many headshots, and if four or more come they'll stomp right on us.

Trent was shaking with fear; just a second ago a zombie came down and nearly cut Bridgette in half. Thankfully Charisma shot it down with her pistol before it was on top of Bridgette. A second later Bridgette fell to her knees and started to cry. Trent took a closer look at the zombie and saw two bloody pigtails. Duncan and Adam came out, and took Bridgette into the bunker. He was now standing next to Duncan, and looking at the newest zombie Duncan killed. Two more had come and both times Duncan saved Trent. Trent new he had too man up and be more prepared. That was his last thought as a zombie came from above and landed on Trent knocking him down. Trent watched with fear in his eyes as the zombie severed his spinal cord.

Duncan had to admit that he let that one kill Trent. Seriously how could he have not heard him coming, half of the thing is glowing purple. Duncan raised his shotgun and killed his third zombie, without his bait (a.k.a Trent) it was too dangerous out here alone. He slowly moved back into the bunker and saw Charisma with her pistol pointing out the window watching his back. Duncan nodded to her and saw Bridgette next to her with Adam guarding the entrance on the left. "They got him?" Bridgette asked. Duncan nodded and rose his shotgun at the right entrance.

Noah knew they shouldn't have come here, ever since Katie died Owens been watching the walkway in the tower. Gwen had long ago ran out of pistol ammo and was pointing out targets to Noah. Noah heard his gun clicked empty and decided its time to go. He took out his shotgun and said "Last resort time." He got Owens attention and told him "How many are down there?" Owen responded "Two!" "Give me your pistol ammo" Noah demanded. Owen gave it to him and he gave it to Gwen. He then told her "Make sure none get on my tail." With Noah jumped off he top turned around and blew one apart with his shotgun and stuck Gwen's knife in the other ones back. He called Owen and Gwen down and they moved down the last resort walkway. Their running backwards so they can shoot anything that gets too close. Noah was surprised with both Gwen and Owen. Owen quickly got over his shock and showed no fear when a zombie was less then an inch away from him, and the only time he saw Gwen hesitate is when Trent comes running towards them. When they reached the end of the walkway they found a glowing purple platform. Gwen turned around and said "What the hell is this." Noah hadn't realized they were at the end at walked right into it. Once he touched it he was launched into the air screaming onto anther platform. Gwen screamed thinking Owen was dead then turned around seeing a zombie Charisma kill Owen. Gwen thought for one second I could break my back or be cut into tiny pieces. She didn't really have a choice because when she fired her shotgun dismembering Charisma the pullback pushed her into the launcher.

Cody was confused it's been a good two or three minutes since anyone had come. Earlier a zombie jumped over Cod and Slashed down Jane, Jodie put a whole pistol clip into it before it died and she was out of ammo. Cody heard two screams and Noah fell down rolling behind him quickly followed by Gwen. They landed and quickly ran down the walkway with Jodie behind them. Cody yelled at them to stop but something landed on top of him and crushed his windpipe.

Adam stood at the left entrance with his pistol ready, Duncan was at the right entrance and Bridgette at the window. Earlier while Bridgette was crying Charisma was in a bad mood and was yelling at her. Apparently she didn't notice a zombie jumping through the window until it impaled her. Adam heard yelling and saw Gwen, Noah, and Jodie running down his walkway being chased by six zombies. The three of them shot down as many as they could (four) but two of them caught and killed Jodie. Bridgette ran to go and help Gwen and Noah but was caught by Owen from the left hallway. Just as they were about to surround Noah and Gwen all the zombies disappeared. Gwen and Noah quickly ran to bunker and then Chris appeared.

Chris' smile quickly disappeared as he tiptoed around dozens of bodies to the bunker. "Congratulations you survived round one of game one!" he screamed. Now I'm going to list your kills."

Adam 7

Gwen 11

Duncan 9

Noah 13!

Hope you liked it third chapter and round two will be up soon!