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Tom Mcdine (male student number thirteen) sat in thought. The corpses of Georgia and Laurie lay before him. Whoever, tom thought, had killed them probably did it in panic because they had not emptied either of their packs. Laurie's pack only had food and water in it so tom guessed whatever weapon he had was probably taken by his killer. Georgia's face was almost missing so tom guessed she had only just been hit with a magnum or some other powerful gun. Her pack still had some bullets in so tom took them along with her food and water. The bullets wouldn't fit in his shotgun but if he picked up a pistol then he could use them.
Vinny checked the suitcase once more. If he looked at it from the side it seemed deeper than when he actually put his hand into it. Feeling around the edges Vinny confirmed what he suspected. The suitcase had a false bottom. Lifting it out Vinny's eyes suddenly became wider. Here was something that could really take people down. It was a stack of Semtex along with a detonator. Underneath it was a note. Vinny expected it to be from Mr Henderson but it wasn't. It was from…
"FREEZE". Vinny turned to see Tom pointing his shotgun at him. "Put the rifle down Vinny. Don't do anything stupid, I don't want to have to shoot you."
"Tom, I know this looks bad but it's-
"Shut it Vinny. I saw the bodies outside. I can understand why you shot Matt but why Georgia and Laurie?
"I didn't kill Georgia and Laurie. I've been here the whole time. What does this note mean? Why is it signed by you?" Tom let the shotgun fall.
"You found it? I can't believe they missed it. And the Semtex too?"
"Yep it's all here. Is it true? I thought this was the first UK program. How can you have survived one that was held on this island too?"
"This may be the first UK program but the Republic of Ireland had one last year. I was in it. I killed people. It was awful. It wasn't like this time. I didn't know them. I didn't know whether they deserved to die or not. Maybe no one deserves to die." Tom was almost in tears at this point. Vinny put aside his rifle and over to him.
"Hey, come on tough guy. You know the people here. If you have to kill them then you can grieve properly. We're just trying to survive here. That's all. Come on. There is a general store in the North West, not to far from here. When it gets dark again we can head there and get some proper food. What do you think, eh?"
Tom grinned. "I hope they have bacon"