B#37 - Oamil P.O.V.
I have waken up by the lights that surrounds us. I open my eyes and see we're in a military base. I look at my side and see Jayrome sleeping. His attire has been changed. He's wearing a military uniform. I look at my suit and to my surprise, I'm also wearing it. I nervously look at the back and see everyone is sleeping and they're also wearing military uniform.
I try to wake Jayrome up. I shake his shoulder and he moans. He slowly open his eyes and look at me. His eyes suddenly widen and look at his clothes.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Why would you ask me?" I answered.
He looks at the back. He goes to the front. I've got a bad feeling about this. My heart suddenly pounds hard. It seems like my heart wants to get out of the rib cage. I start to breathe heavily. Everyone starts to wake up.
"Ow, my head hurts," said Vernon.
"Yeah, me too," said Fritz.
"Hey, Jayrome, why are you wearing a military uniform?" asked someone at the front.
Jayrome starts to run towards me.
"What's gonna happen?" he asked.
"I don't know," I answered.
I look at the window and see another bus. Inside the bus, the girls are starting to panic. I see that there are soldiers go inside their bus and start to drag them. Our bus door open and a bunch of soldiers go inside. All of us start to panic.
"Go down, now!" ordered an officer.
The soldiers go to the back and start to push Troy and his gang to the front. A soldier drag me. They are pushing us to the door. Some of us got off the bus. The girls have a different line from us.
I have finally got off from the bus. The soldiers are still behind me and they are still dragging us. We are heading for a storage room. The storage room has two doors, the other door is where the girls are heading. The girls are screaming, some of them are crying, some are shouting for help.
All of us finally got inside the room. They have locked us up in a huge cage. We see the girls on the other cage. I look at the front and see a stage and a blackboard.
"Big brother," I hear Lhycka said. From the tone of her voice, I know that she's crying.
"It's gonna be alright, little sis," replied Gilbert
"What are they going to do with us?" asked Lhycka.
"I don't know, just pray that everything will be alright," replied Gilbert
A soldier taps his right hand to his right leg three times, then all the soldiers start to salute. We look at the back, curiously.
"Okay, put it down now," someone said from behind.
We all look at the person. My eyes widen and some of us start to say their name.
"Sir Chard?" asked Troy.
"Ma'am Lorraine?" asked Alexis.
"How are you guys?" asked Ma'am Lorraine.
Everyone starts to ask questions.
"What are we doing here?" asked one girl.
"What is this uniform for?" asked one boy.
"I thought we're going to have fun in Boracay?" asked a girl.
"Yeah," all of us said in unison.
"Shut up!" shouted Sir Chard.
"You're not here to have fun!" he continued.
All of us look at them confused. Where did I watched this?
"You're here to play a game," said Ma'am Lorraine.
"What kind of game?" asked Troy, I know he's smiling.
"Battle Royale," Sir Chard answered, smiling.
I look at them horrified. My knees start to shake and my eyes start to water. Where did I heard this? Why do I have a bad feeling that something horrible is going to happen?
"What is it sir?" Nomer asked.
"Well, it is--" sir Chard said.
"It is a reality game show where we are going to kill each other," I interrupted.
Everyone looks at me. Sir Chard claps his hands. We all look at him.
"Well said, Mr. Oamil! I'm proud of you!" Sir Chard exclaimed.
"It's a good thing that one of your students knows this," Ma'am Lorraine said.
"Yes, that's right," Sir Chard said.
He looks at me. I look at him furiously. I hold my knuckles very tight. My anger is rising up. I start to approach them.
"Why did you chose us! There are other dumb junior high school students out there!" I shake the bars while I say it.
"Plus, this is a catholic school and the principal said 'yes' this?" I continued.
"Well, calm down Mr. Oamil, let us explain," said Sir Chard.
"There's no need to explain!" I shouted.
"Calm down, Charles," said Jayrome.
He holds my arms to my side.
"Let me go, Jay!" I shouted.
I try to escape from his grip. I sway my body. Troy and his gang come to me and stops me.
"Let me go, assholes!" I shouted.
"Let us explain okay, or would you like to explain Mr. Oamil?" said Sir Chard.
"How can I explain? I don't know your f*cking reason!" I answered.
"Well, okay, you have been chosen to play the first twist of Battle Royale in our country. Like Mr. Oamil had said, you will kill off each other, but this time, the boys will kill the girls and the girls will kill the boys," said Sir Chard.
All of us start to make a noise. A 'what' here, a 'what' there.
"B-But, sir," said Lhycka.
"No 'but's, we don't care if you have a relative on the other side," said Sir Chard.
"Big brother!" shouted Lhycka.
"You can't do this!" shouted Gilbert.
"We, but the government said this," answered Ma'am Lorraine.
"Damn!" shouted Gilbert.
"Okay, let me explain the mechanics, listen carefully," Sir said.
"Sit down!" a soldier shouted.
All of us obey. I'm still not getting my eyes off of them.
"All yours, sir," said the soldier.
"Thanks, seargent," said Sir Chard.
The soldier goes to the side. We didn't take our eyes off the teachers.
"The rule has been said by Mr. Oamil. So thanks again," he said.
I grumble at him.
"The mechanics, your necklace will let us know of your location and your pulse rate. If you try to take it off, say goodbye to Mother Earth," said Sir Chard.
We all hold our necklace. I see a scene like that before.
"If you also try to escape from the island, say goodbye," he added.
"Go on!" I shouted.
"Now, the island composes of zones. Starting from the morning, we will announce the danger zones. The danger zones are the restricted areas. If you go there, your necklace will detonate.
"Next, the weapons, some of you will be given a special weapon. Some of you will be given an ordinary weapon. Some of you will be very unlucky," he said.
"What do you mean?" Jay asked.
"Most of you will recieve a rifle. I think, nine or more of you will recieve special weapons. Then, others will become medics," he answered.
"Next, in the island, there are three attack points: west, central, east. Assign different persons to be positioned there.
"Next, if you have eliminated all the members of the other group, the survivors of the remaining group are the winners. There are more winners in this twisted game.
"Now, any questions?" sir asked.
Karen raises her hand.
"Yes," sir said.
"What about our parents?" she asked.
"Almost forgot about that, we have informed them, they want to send their kisses, hugs, goodbyes to you," he answered.
"I don't believe it," I said.
"Then don't," he said.
A group of soldiers go inside the room. They bring many bags inside. There are numbers in each bag.
"I know that you know your respective numbers, so get your bag over there. Don't get the bag that isn't yours," Ma'am Lorraine said.
We all take our bags. We go to our place after we take it. All of us have a bag now.
"Now, we will send you five by five, the first five of the girls and the first five of the boys, move out," Sir Chard said.
They stand up and the soldiers lead them. They go into a huge door. We see many lights when the door opens. We all look on the teachers, they are talking to each other. They are also laughing.
"How could you laugh at times like this? Huh?" I asked.
"Well, you should laugh out your problem," answered Sir Chard.
I approach them again. I put up my right hand and point my middle finger at them. Ma'am Lorraine gasped. Sir Chard laughs. I put my hand down and sit again.
"Next, Boys and Girls #6 to #10. Move out," sir said.
They stand up and go to the door. I didn't look at them. I have to win this. I have to.
"Oh yeah, I suggest that you don't look at your weapons until you're on the island," sir said.
"Why?" asked Gilbert.
"To have more thrill on the game," sir answered.
I look at Gilbert, his eyes are looking furiously at sir.
"Next, numbers 11 to 15 on both sides," said sir.
They all stand up and go to the door.
G#48 - Villaroman P.O.V.
More and more of us are going outside. Fewer and fewer remains.
"Next, numbers 36 to 40 on both sides. Move," said Sir Chard.
Charles stands up with his mates. He is looking at me very furious. I raise up both of my hands. He walks out with the other nine. I put down my hands and look at sir. He's talking to Ma'am Lorraine.
B#37 - Oamil P.O.V.
We have finally move on. The motorboats are on auto. We have the same speed as the girls. I look at them, they are very focused on the way. I open up my bag and get my rifle.
"Hey!" all of my mates said.
I point it at them and shoot. The girls duck and cover and shout. They all look at me.
"You cheater!" shouted one of the girls.
"It's not cheating, it's surviving," I replied.
She also takes out her rifle and shoots. She hits Alexander on the head. His brain splash into the water.
Boys #38 - Ocampo
DEAD 99 students remaining
Boys: 49
Girls: 50
Winning Team: Girls
They laugh at us.
"That's what cheaters get!" shouted the girl that shoot.
I point my gun to their motor. They look at where I point and they start to plead. I shoot the motor and their boat explodes.
Girls #36 - Manrique
Girls #37 - Manjon
Girls #38 - Mipa
Girls #39 - Natividad
Girls #40 - Pelayo
5 DEAD 94 students remaining
Boys: 49
Girls: 45
Winning Team: Boys
My mates look stun at what they see. I sit down and lift up Alexander's body and throw it at the sea. They don't talk about it, about what just happened.
G#48 - Villaroman P.O.V.
It's our turn now. The strong wind makes my hair go to my face. I brush my hair to the side and still, it's irritating. I look at the boy's boat. They are very serious.
"Hey, look over there," Bridget points to our left.
We all look at the direction where she points. I gasp and cover my mouth. There is a burning boat. We can see the bodies inside. There's one holding out her rifle. I hear Lhycka sob. I go to her side and comfort her. She hugs me. I feel a tear escape from my eye.
We finally reach the island. There we see our group also crying. Looks like they know what happened.
"Who were they?" I asked Monique.
"Violet, Kristina, Mipa, Sharlene, and Pelayo," she answered.
"What? Violet is dead?" I asked her again.
She nods. I fall to my knees and bury my face in my palm. My best friend, is dead! Who killed them? Who did that? I'm going to avenge them.