"Ok you lot listen up" their form teacher Mr Thomas called out in their registration class. "We have been selected to stand on the Admiral Station and cheer when the Leader's train passes through. A few groans echoed through the class. "Sorry people party orders."
"No problem Sir we'll be more than happy to make sure we look good even though he more than likely won't even see us when the train passes through" Luke Fairfield remarked. Luke was the head boy he stroked back his long blonde hair and smiled.
"When is this trip then sir?" asked Cara Foster she was a bit of a wild child but her heart was in the right place.
"We leave in a few minutes people!" replied Mr Thomas. "Oh and Max?"
"Yes sir?" replied Max. He was one of the class jokers but also a genius in the classroom, his girlfriend Sarah Patterson looked at him.
"No messing around Max we've got to look good for the school and the leader of the party."
"Understood sir"
The class left some of them glared at Gemma Wainnright she was a strange girl her father was in the party as a regional education officer. Gemma had stated earlier in the year that she wanted to be a junior member of the party when she left school. Gemma just shrugged at them she didn't care much for her class she only really spoke to her younger brother Andrew who was in year eight in the school.
The students boarded a coach which had been laid on by the party. Graham Davis Max's best friend sat in the seats opposite to him and Sarah. Graham's girlfriend Joanna Potter was starring out of the window as the coach pulled out the school grounds.
The trip was only going to take about fifteen minutes to reach the station that's when something weird happened. Luke looked around and saw that Dinny had fallen asleep on his shoulder he saw Andrew Platt fall off his chair into the aisle into an untidy heap. He saw Kelly Jones a martial arts expert stand up and look at him her face look terrified and then she fell over into an untidy heap. Luke's eyes grew heavier and heavier and then he fell asleep.
At the same time all the parents of the players where being informed of their children's fate. Their parents protested but accepted their fate it was pointless to go against party orders.
Luke woke up with a start he was in a dark room. Wait a moment he thought what's going on here? I remember the coach trip and then I wake up here did we crash? He looked around and saw Dinny asleep next to him. He crawled over to her.
"Dinny? Wake up!" he whispered. "We're in trouble!"
Dinny groaned. "Luke what's the matter?" Then she looked in horror at Luke's neck. Their was a metallic collar around his neck. "Oh my God what's around your neck?"
Luke touched his neck and felt it. It felt uncomfortable Dinny reached up and touched her neck again a collar was around her neck too.
More groans echoed through the room the rest of the class where waking up.
"What the hell?" shouted Brett Thornton a loud mouth bully who enjoyed pushing some of the class like Andrew Platt and Adam Hudson about.
"Where the hell are we?" called out Richard Champion. An all star athlete he was Southern England Champion he put his arm around his girlfriend Christine Prescott who had started to cry. The class had even noticed four new additional members of the class in the room with them.
Suddenly the lights came on and six soldiers marched in, then two men pushing two trolleys with kit bags on them, followed by a man dressed smartly in an expensive suit.
"Good Morning class I am glad you're awake at last so we can get the game underway. My name is Charles Black I am your new teacher for the next three days your class has been selected for the first class to play the game. Battle Royale!" He exclaimed.
Kelly Jones shrieked.