Andy Wainnwright groaned as he woke up. He awoke to find himself in a big room with lighting from a few emergency lights.

"Huh what happened to the exam?" he said as he looked around the room. He saw Scarlett lying nearby, "Scarlett wake up!" He shook her. Scarlett opened her eyes and looked at Andy "What's going on here?" she asked in a scared whisper, the rest of the year where starting to wake up.

"Hey what the hell happened to our exam?" shouted Eda.

"Where are we?" asked Alisa

"I'm scared!" cried Laura holding Matthew close to herself he returned the hug.

"It can't be" he muttered to himself and looked carefully at Laura. He looked at around her neck there was a collar around her neck. Matthew touched his neck there was a collar around his neck to. He looked around all the other students where looking at each other they where all the same there where collars around their necks too. He looked around and saw Dave sitting on a table away from the others he thought he saw a faint smile appear briefly as the lights suddenly switched on.

Miss Hall walked into the room followed by Captain Black and six soldiers.

"Miss!" cried out Paul Mouland "Please tell us what is going on here!"

Miss Hall ignored him and walked towards a 72 inch plasma screen and then she turned around.

"Good you are awake" she said coldly. "Well I am guessing that you are maybe guessing what has happened to you. You have been selected for The Program!"

"Oh sweet Jesus!" moaned Alice as she stood up from the chair she was sitting on. "How is this possible? My father is the Director of Education for the Party how can we be chosen I am his only daughter!" she cried.

"Alice shut up!" shouted Miss Hall suddenly. "Ok well I suppose you asked a fair question. Well you know that any school can get chosen good school or bad school no one is exempt season four game three for example the best school in the country was chosen and it had the deputy chairman's daughter in it! Well she did win and what fantastic news that was for the party! A message to everyone that The Party remains the one and only party!" Miss Hall exclaimed. The students looked on in horror this was very real they would be forced to kill each other.



"Ok then I have to explain the rule to you. I know you know all of them but as of now we are live on television so it is a legal requirement! Ok watch the screen and believe me your lives do depend on this!" Miss Hall said. "Ok then you are in an abandoned town here." Miss Hall explained as a map showing the game area flashed up.

The game grid was labelled from A1 in the north west to A10 IN THE North East and down to H1 in the south west to H10 in the south east. A square in D2 was flashing red. "Ok you are here in D2 which is the command centre and media centre for the game. Once the last person leaves the entrance there will be a twenty minute countdown please make sure you are not in the D2 by the end of that time else something most unpleasant will happen, Ok I'll explain what happens if you stay in D2 ok at 06.00, 12.00, 18.00 and 0.00 I will announce the names of the students who have gone down in the past six hours and danger zones. Ok that gets me around to your collars, please don't try to take them off as they will blow up and also if you are in a danger zone one second after that zone goes danger it blows!" The students jumped at this. The odds where stacking up against them every second. "Any questions so far?" asked Miss Hall.

"Yes Miss?" asked Jade Willow.

"Yes Jade?" Miss Hall said calmly.

"What about our parents? Surely they objected to us being chosen the entire year I mean" she stammered Jade was a large girl with ginger hair who was bullied a lot by Chelsea and her gang. "

"They have nothing to say as it is the law and well law is the law obey the orders at all time and you will live so I hope that you are all listening to this and well I guess some of your parents will be glad to be rid of you." Miss Hall replied looking at Chelsea. Chelsea glared back at her.

"Ok then I will continue in a few minutes you will be issued with a supply pack with three loaves of bread, six bottles of water, a map, a compass, a pen, a torch and a randomly selected weapon. Oh yes before I forget any of you think that you can escape by going off the map the game zone is surrounded by a fifty meter high electric fence with a hundred thousand volt shock so don't touch it else well you be dead!" Miss Hall grinned. "And escape by sea is impossible as there are boats there which will use you for target practice should you be foolish enough to escape by sea. Ah yes game time is the standard seventy two hours and if there are more than one left by the end of the time all remaining collars will blow up. Ah here are your weapons!" Miss Hall exclaimed as three trolleys 

each containing twenty bags. "Ok well we have got ten minutes before the game begins so any final questions?"

"I'll never do it!" exclaimed a voice from behind a group of students. The four students turned around towards where the voice came from. It was Daniel St John Smyth "I'll never play this fucking game!" he repeated.

"What did you say Daniel?" asked Miss Hall a little shocked "Daniel your brother won the first game and you don't want to play? I can't believe that don't you want to live up to his legacy?"

"it's fucking evil this game and my brother murdered so many I won't do it!" Daniel said calmly.

"Final chance Daniel!" Miss Hall replied.

"No I won't play ever!" Daniel shouted.

"Suit yourself Daniel! Captain?" Miss Hall said suddenly.

Captain Black pulled a pistol out and fired one shot at Daniel hitting him directly in the head. Daniel flew back and lay dead a pool of blood oozed out from the wound.

"Fuck!" shouted Sandra as she looked at Daniel's body.

"Now come on you lot this is what you'll be seeing during the game and now you have seen it personally. Ok I'll show you again why this is the only option." Miss Hall explained she motioned a solider that had a handheld computer. Suddenly there was a bleeping sound.

The students looked around to see where the beeping was coming from.

Alice Smith face went white the bleeping was coming from her collar.

"Help me!" she shouted running up to Rachel. Rachel pushed her friend away and Alice fell to the floor. "Help me someone help me!"

Bang! Alice's collar exploded sending blood all over a wall. Her limp body fell onto the floor.

"Does anyone else want to object?" asked Miss Hall.

Silence.

"Ok then we have ten seconds to game time so Boy Number One Fairfield James!"



James ran to pick up his supply pack and he ran off towards an exit.

"Girl Number One Jones Laura!"

Laura started to shake as she headed to collect her pack Matthew pulled her back and kissed her.

"I'll find you and protect you I swear!" Matthew said softly.

"How touching Matthew" said Miss Hall sarcastically.

Matthew glared at her and shook his head he hoped he would be out soon.

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