Darkness.
A lanky and nerdy young man is sleeping on a bathtub. He snores loudly, more loudly than your average teenager. Suddenly, while unconscious, the boy sinks into the water. That wakes him up immediately.
"…the fuck? I'm drowning!" yells the boy, while trying to fight to stay above water.
"Just get out of the bathtub, you idiot" a sharp voice said.
The boy, despite being still distraught over his awakening, manages to grab both sides of the bathtub and sits on it. Yes, he wasn't in danger of drowning, especially at his age.
"What a dumbass I am" the boy said, criticizing his own stupidity.
"Whatever, man" the mysterious voice replied.
Then, a light turns on, lighting the room.
The lanky boy gets out of the bathtub and looks around, his eyes still getting used to the light. After accustoming his eyes, the boy finally sees who are in the room with him: a punk-styled boy with a green-dyed mohawk, a cowboy hat-wearing boy with a pink and unbuttoned shirt, a tanned girl with brown hair, a blonde girl with a sky-blue hoodie, a tough-looking muscular girl, a toque-wearing boy with a greenish jacket, two scantily clad girls (one thin and one fat), a muscular boy with a white hat and a tracksuit-wearing boy with brown hair.
"Hello there" the boy said. "Who are all of you? My name's Harold"
"Name's Duncan" the punk boy responded. The voice that had spoken to Harold was his.
"My name's Courtney" replied that tanned girl.
"Hi, I'm Bridgette" the sky-blue hoodie-wearing girl said.
"I'm Eva" said the muscular girl.
"Name's Ezekiel" stated the toque-wearing boy.
"I'm Tyler" said the boy with the tracksuit.
"I'm DJ" said the muscular boy.
"I'm Katie" said the scantily clad thin girl.
"And I'm Sadie" accompanied the scantily clad chubby girl.
"Nice to meet all of you" said Harold.
"Sadie, you're with me" said an excited Katie.
"Oh, Katie. You're here!" responded Sadie.
The two girls embraced each other while squeaking.
"Yeah, yeah, have you finished with your little love-fest?" said Courtney. "I don't know if you two have noticed it, but we're trapped in a room!"
"Gosh! What has happened before I woke up?" asked Harold.
"Wow, dweeb. I don't know if you just noticed it, but we're trapped in a room. I thought your kind was much more intelligent" replied an exasperated Duncan.
"What do you mean with that?" said an angry Harold, clutching his fists.
"I think he insulted you. No offense, eh" responded Ezekiel.
"Guys, guys" intervened Geoff before Duncan and Harold could fight, with the high possibilities of Harold getting hurt. "We are not going to get out of here fighting. Calm down and we can discuss it"
"Fine" replied Harold while striking some karate poses "Because I warn you that I should not be provoked, 'cause I'm a black belt when it comes to fighting tough guys like you"
Due to the seriousness of the situation, Harold's cellmates did their best to not laugh at him, but chuckled a bit.
"What's so funny?" asked Harold, a bit annoyed.
"Nothing, man" said Geoff "Look Harold, we woke up before you. Duncan woke up first, and he then woke up us. I guess he didn't wake you up because, given your bathtub's position, he may have thought we were just ten, until he heard your voice and turned the lights on" speculated Geoff.
"Not because of that, but because his snoring confirmed that there was some guy there. On the other side, your annoying snoring woke me up, so thanks I guess?" interrupted Duncan sarcastically.
"The thing is" continued Geoff, ignoring Duncan "that we have woken up all in this room without explanation. Do any of you remember what you were doing before this? I was sneaking out from my house to go to my friend Brody's party"
"Well, I was at Magic Steve's Magic Camp, waiting for my mother to pick me up from" said Harold proudly, before seeing the incredulous looks of his cellmates "What? I'm a good magician. I get hired a lot for little children's birthday parties, especially to those of my little sister's friends"
"Anyhow, I was flattening the tires of my philosophy teacher for kicking me out of the class just because I started meditating like most philosophers do. He's a jerk" said Duncan.
Several of the teens, especially Harold and Courtney, looked at Duncan with blank stares.
"Actually, that's what yoga teachers and students do…" tried to say Harold.
"In my case, I was walking back to my house after saying goodbye to my girl scout friends" said Courtney, interrupting Harold "I'm a CIT, by the way. The best of my troop"
"Whatever. I was leaving the gym after hours of training" said Eva firmly.
"I was at my house, practicing for my next Spelling Bee contest" said Ezekiel proudly "I have been a Spelling Bee champion since my homeschooling days and just some months ago I have started classes at a public school"
"I was at the locker room from my beach's bathroom after surfing during the afternoon" said Bridgette.
"We were just jumping the rope at the park!" said Katie and Sadie in unison.
"I was at my local theater, preparing myself for my ribbon dancing number" said DJ, before looking at a snickering Duncan "Hey, I'm the finest ribbon dancer in my family! My momma says that from all my brothers, I'm the best one"
"Don't worry man, ribbon dancing is a fine talent" said Tyler to DJ "As for me, I was about to go with my football team to celebrate our victory against the rival school's team, and then…I was here"
"Okay" said Duncan "So, in conclusion, we were all doing our own things when we were suddenly kidnapped. Unless we are all insomniacs and decided to throw ourselves into this room"
"Man, insomnia doesn't work that way" Harold responded, but Duncan scoffed.
"Dweeb, can't you recognize sarcasm?" Duncan replied.
"I know, punk-head. But I have insomniac relatives, so please don't mock their condition" Harold said.
Geoff felt that a potential fight was about to start, so he intervened again.
"Guys, common. Let's search for a way to escape this room with the lights on" proposed Geoff.
"What about this screen, eh?" asked Ezekiel.
All the teens turned around and saw a huge screen next to Ezekiel.
"How did you find that?" asked Duncan.
"It was covered by a blank. I have taken it and discovered this" responded Ezekiel.
All eleven teens gathered around the screen. As no one dared to do it, Duncan pressed the "Power" button. The screen turned on and showed them a room, but not one with no occupants. The room was filled with eleven individuals, also teenagers. Another group of teens like them? They had leather collars on their necks, chained to a wall behind them.
"Maybe we aren't the only ones here" mused Tyler.
"Hey! They are waking up!" pointed out Bridgette.
XXX
In another room, eleven unconscious teenagers with leather collars to their necks are sleeping. Suddenly, one of them starts waking up.
"Hey! Who turned the lights on? I'm in the middle of my beauty dream" asked a handsome Hawaiian boy.
"Where am I?" asked a laidback boy with a green shirt.
"What the heck is this?" asked a beautiful Asian girl.
"You aren't the only one who thinks the same" responded a gothic girl with greenish black hair.
"You should be nicer, she can't know what do you think" said a girl with brown hair and glasses.
"Yeah, sista. I would ask myself the same if I woke up in a room with people I don't know" said a ghetto-looking black girl.
"Oh my" said flirtingly a lanky boy with brown hair "Am I dreaming? I hear beautiful voices of so many chicks around me!"
"I would prefer waking up and finding a buffet!" responded a fat boy with blond hair, who farted immediately afterwards, much to the disgust of the others. His fart waked up the girl at his side.
"Paula, have you placed a stinky bomb in my room? I don't like your pranks! Sorry for saying that you had diarrhea during your date!" said a blond and busty girl.
"Unless intestinal smells count as hand-made stinky bombs, you didn't smell one" sarcastically replied an Indian boy who was at her side.
"Oh yeah! We're trapped in a dark room! This must be a cool" yelled a redhead and excited girl, much to the surprise of the others.
"Well, if I'm correct, we're in a game just like the crazy redhead assumes. But not a fun one, at least for us. Let's introduce ourselves, if it's of any help. My name's Noah" said the Indian boy, noticing that his teammates were about to scream if he didn't say something.
"I'm Owen" said the fat boy.
"I'm Lindsay" said the blonde and busty girl.
"My name's Trent" said the laidback boy.
"I'm Cody" said the aspiring-casanova boy.
"I'm Beth" said the girl with brown hair and glasses.
"I'm Leshawna" said the ghetto-looking girl.
"I'm Heather" said the Asian girl.
"Name's Gwen" moodily said the gothic girl.
"My name's Justin" said the Hawaiian boy.
"Hello everyone, I'm Izzy" said the redhead girl, but most of her cellmates weren't paying attention to her but to Justin, whose good looks were enough to distract both girls and boys. Even Izzy fell for the Hawaiian's appearance.
"Okay, okay" said Noah "Unless this is a special school assignment that requires the teachers kidnapping the students, I guess we have all been kidnapped, don't you think, guys?" he asked.
"Well, what you were doing, buddy?" asked Owen "I went on with my pals to eat at a restaurant, but stayed to eat their leftovers and then I remember being hit by something…"
"Interesting story, dude" sarcastically complimented Noah "I was reading at the library for an upcoming history exam before I was kidnapped"
"I was leaving my dance classes after getting on a fight with my dance teacher" said Leshawna "That jerk doesn't seem to appreciate my sweet moves!"
"Yeah, and her loud voice" snickered Noah to Owen, who smiled at the joke, though this earned them a disapproving look from Leshawna.
"I was at my house, dressing for the occasion" said Heather, before noticing how everyone was seeing her skimpy clothing "Hey! My school's football team won and I, as president of the cheerleaders, was going to celebrate with them!"
"Why didn't you just go with your cheerleading outfit?" asked Gwen.
"Because, unlike you, gothball, I do prioritize my appearance, plus who knows if maybe my cheerleading uniform could get dirty while partying" rudely responded Heather before taunting Gwen "Are you jealous that I joined the cheerleading squad and you not?"
"Naaa, I'm fine with not dressing like a slut" sharply responded Gwen, shocking Heather, who tried to attack her but got restrained by Leshawna.
"Take it easy, white girl! You provoked her!" warned the ghetto-looking girl.
"Leave me alone, ghetto fatty!" Heather demanded, but Leshawna prevailed.
"Whatever, if anyone is interested at knowing what I was doing, just gonna tell you guys that I was alone at my room, writing in my diary about how bratty rich kids like Heather suck" Gwen responded, tauntingly smiling at the restrained Queen Bee, angering her even more.
"I was at the spa, preparing myself for my mud bath" said Justin, taking the attention away from the girls. "I hope that kidnapper doesn't hurt my beautiful me, as my contracts with several firms depend on my looks"
"Are you serious, dude?" asked Cody, leading Justin to look annoyed at him. "I don't think caring about your looks right now is something that important" explained Cody "By the way, I was playing with my keyboard for a music concert my band is gonna held in a few days. I'm sure several chicks are gonna attend, so I must show them a good impression, uh?" Cody winks at Gwen, who just scoffs at him.
"That's easy for you to say as you aren't that good-looking" mockingly responded Justin, but Cody paid him no attention as he was still fixated on Gwen.
"Well, I was recording a song at a music booth" said Trent "I have a YouTube channel where I upload covers for my fans. I went there after finishing with my homework"
"I was walking back home when I got kidnapped" said Beth.
"I was taking a shower!" said Lindsay excitedly "I was exiting the shower when suddenly everything turned black!"
"Wow, whoever kidnapped us must be a creep if he thinks he can knock out a naked girl and dress her while unconscious" said Leshawna, to which Gwen agreed.
"Oh, it's fine. I love being admired for my beauty. My friends call me "Admiral Lindsay Her Hotness!" proudly exclaimed Lindsay.
"Okay, looks like she isn't the brightest bulb here, ah?" asked Gwen to Leshawna, who agreed with the goth girl.
"And I was exploring my school's ventilation systems!" remarked Izzy, confusing everyone. "What? I really like combing a building to check on what others do. Besides, if we have been kidnapped by a serial killer, counting with a master detective comes into handy, right?"
"Wait, wait, wait. A killer?" asked Leshawna.
"Yeah! This kidnapping pattern seems to indicate that we have been kidnapped by…" Izzy said.
"Uhm, guys" asked Noah. "I'm afraid Izzy's right" Noah then suddenly said. "Hey, here's something at my side"
Everyone turned to see how Noah grabbed a TV control at his side and pressed the button. Nothing happened, but suddenly sounds came from something covered by a blanket.
"Too bad we can't take the blanket off" said Noah.
"Can't you reach the blanket with your feet, string bean?" asked Leshawna, evidently annoyed at Noah not looking for the obvious solution.
Noah tries to and succeeds.
"Guess I could?" sarcastically asked Noah.
"Look!" said Gwen "There are other people there" pointed her out. The other eleven teenagers we already know have stopped looking at their TV, instead looking for ways to leave the room.
"Aren't we the only ones here?" asked Beth.
XXX
Suddenly, in both rooms, another TV emerged from the roof and turned on. To the surprise of the twenty-two contestants, an image of a bathroom appeared with a robot. The robot was turned on and said:
"Hello, dudes. I want to play a game"