The Survivors (started)

Alice.
It all felt like too much. First she had been minding her own business exploring rooms with Mark when the noises started. They were terrible noises, screams and the howls of the wind. Mark grabbed her arm and they sprinted from the room.
They came across the others surrounded by cans of soda, the contents spilled all over the floor and each other. It looked as though they were having fun at first but now they sat with solemn expressions. One girl Alice couldn't remember the name of held a note tightly in her hand as she starred at the floor.
"What's going on?" Mark asked. Nobody responded. Then did Alice notice the broken window. She shivered, trying to ignore the scene outside.
Everyone sat in silence until the girl read the note to Alice and Mark.
"There are one too many survivors. One of you does not belong. One will die within twentyfour hours or else one will be chosen for you."
The words felt like a knife on Alice's heart.
Somebody's going to die? she thought. She sat and joined the others in their silence. Mark joined her, obviously shaken by the news, too.
Why was the world becoming so chaotic?

sorry, just ignore this.

Alex shivered. He was sticky. He was cold. He had no idea what to do. He sat down cross legged and stared at the floor hard. All he had done since he had arrived here was fun and games, it was now time for the overachiever inside him to take over. He stood up and walked blatantly into the middle of the room, staring at every person there, trying desperately to place anyone of them in the possibility of danger but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't think of how any of them were different from one another, and how he was the same as any one of them. He went over the list in his mind.
They were all teenagers or young adults. He wasn't.
They had all come in alone. He had been pushed in by the girl.
They were all completely stupid and annoying. He wasn't. He reminded himself that some of them had been nice, but all he could feel was anger. If it was his name of Satan's list then he would be determined to cross it off. He looked at the girl by the window. Maybe someone would push her out and it would all be over. He looked at the boy who was playing music despite the dire circumstance. Maybe he would slip on the soda. He looked at the ground. Maybe a hole would open up beneath him and swallow him up. All of a sudden he didn't want to be the only smart one in the room. He wanted an adult, he wanted his dad or his mum or his big brother.

Alex sat down on the floor, curled his head in his arms.
And cried.

And then someone screamed.

Tadge Shadows

Tadge was shocked when they found out someone will die. Death Such a small word but can cause so much pain to everyone. He sighed and held in music box closer to his chest. He didn't want to be the one who died. "You won't die, stop stressing" He whispered to himself. He was determined to stay alive. Tadge looked around everyone had gone off somewhere.

Tadge walked into a room and saw the smallest of them all on the dirty ground. He prayed the it wouldn't be Alex. He was curled into a tight ball and was breathing heavy. He was crying.

Tadge was about to go over and comfort the child when he heard a scream. The little boy sat up with wide eyes. Tadge rushed over to the little boy. He was so scared. "Shh." Tadge consoled the young boy. Tadge picked him up like he was as light as pebble and patted his head. The boy cried into Tadge's chest. Tadge pulled out the music box and wound it up so the music started playing when he opened the lid. Tadge rocked with the boy in his arms and hummed to the music.
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"Its okay.. " He repeated over and over tho the boy. "We'll be okay." Tadge felt like crying himself, but he held them back.

It was twenty minutes later and Tadge's shirt was a little wet from the boy tears. Alex must of been tried cause he had fallen asleep. Tadge himself was feeling sleepy. But he stayed up and made sure that Alex was alright. Tadge had never seen this side of him. No one had, he hoped the no one would. His tough act wouldn't stay long if they did. . .

Lily Colton
Lily looked up from the map to check the markers just in time to feel the earth shake beneath her feet. She knelt down and placed her hands on the dirt ground to stabilise herself. She didn't think much about the tremor as small ones like it were frequent in this area of the Pyrenees. It was what made the climbing so interesting. She waited a few seconds before standing again.
BANG!
Darkness surrounded her. She was still awake, that she was sure of. The ground underneath her was steady. In front of her, a note floated to the ground. She picked it up and read it.
Go to save haven. You will be safe there.
Up ahead, a light blew away the darkness, showing a large building on an island. Safe Haven. Wow, she thought. You can't get much clearer than that. Another note floated towards her.
Go you idiot! Run!
Charmant The tremors started again as she started to run towards the building. She stumbled through the nearest door, almost loosing her rucksack full of climbing equipment as she did so. She slipped into the room beyond and huddled into a corner, ignoring the other people in the room. She didn't want to draw any attention to herself this early in the game.

As other people filtered into the room, she huddled further into the corner.
A boy stood up and introduced himself as Liam. He quickly took command of the group and decided that they were going to go and get food. Once everyone had filed out of the room, she stood up and followed them tentatively, leaving her map on the floor. She grabbed at the dog tags around her neck and rubbed them together, trying to work up the courage to edge closer to the group. She saw people starting to group together and fell back again. She had lost her chance. Not that she particularly minded. Being alone wasn't the worst thing that had happened to her.
The group quickly found a store in the building and started pillaging it but Lily hung back, not wanting to enter a place with other people in it. There was a little boy, not much older than 9, who reminded her of her little brother slightly.

Her heart clenched as she realised that her brother didn't even know that she was missing. It would be a while before anyone at the camp noticed. They were used to her disappearing for half a day. No one ever missed her anyway. Unless you counted the racist bullies who were everywhere. She yanked on her dog tags again, then sung her backpack from her shoulder and pulled out a notebook with a pencil clipped onto the front. She opened it and flicked past different blocks of writing and drawings before reaching a blank page. Sliding to the floor, she quickly started noting down the events and the names that she could remember. Liam; Alex, the little boy; Tabitha; Tadge; Alice; Mark; Raisa; Mark; Steave... Suddenly, she heard screams behind her.
She snapped the notebook shut and peered around the doorway. Glass littered the floor and a note lay among the shards. A girl picked up the note and read it aloud. "There are one too many survivors. One of you does not belong. One will die within twenty-four hours or else one will be chosen for you."

Quelqu'un va mourrir? she thought in french, tugging on her dog tags again. She looked around the corner and saw that they had sat down, evidently shocked. They had just learnt that one of them was going to die. She couldn't think of them as "us". She wasn't part of the group. Maybe it would be her who would die. No one would notice, they probably didn't even know that she was there. The little boy, Alex started to cry. Lily's heart twinged. He reminded her so much of her little brother that it hurt. She itched to go and comfort him, but she couldn't get her legs to move.
The other people in the room started to filter into the aisles and a boy, Tadge, went over to the boy. She sighed and turned back around.

Spoiler

Hey everyone! Sorry I'm so late! I was in Finland when everyone started.

Age: 20


Name: Melissa Melone

Gender: Female


Where you are from: Jamaica


Appearance: Black hair with dark red streaks, 5'6, Dark green eyes


Personality: Melissa is a smart woman, she normally knows how to get out of sticky situations, but sometimes her mind wonders to much and she starts panicking. She is a laid back adventurous package. One thing she promises not to do is... fall in love.


History (where you where when the world turned to madness): She was in bed at her apartment.


Up for love? (yes or no) If you can get her too.


Other: Her mother died of cancer and her dad is in an insane asylum. No other siblings.

Mark Handley

Well that was a rain on my parade. I thought to myself as I sat down besides Alice. I wrapped my arm around her, almost naturally, because she looked like she needed it. I think we all needed it.

I looked at the others. I couldn't imagine what they were going through, having found the note in the first place.

Who writes these notes? Who the hell is making this and how will they be able to enforce it? The first notes were basic, leading us together into this place. But this one... Who will be able to know if this is real, or even could happen.

I piped up, cutting the almost life threatening silence with a blunt butter knife. "Look, I know we're all--" A girl next to the window screamed and pointed outside. We all immediately forgot about our own mournings and ran over to look at the thing that was caused her to scream.

It was a tornado. Coming our way. No, no. Two tornadoes. Make that three. The sky was a dark orange, the sun about to set, painting the tornadoes a vivid color as they danced around each other and caused havok on the buildings. They were heading our way.

"Well, I guess the note's right. Either we choose who's gonna die, or the tornadoes will." I said grimly. Look at the bright side. I thought. Oh, wait, there isn't one.

One of us is gonna have to die or all of us.

Spoiler

Sorry, I just had to spur this on. Someone had to, and I basically know that this isn't what you guys had in mind, but hopefully it'll work.

Also, pandabear, unless someone else says no, the girl that screamed can be you. What better way to get in the game than to scream your head off so people can hear you.

Thanks! I'll do it. Besides I needed to get brung into it

I did in the post above

Melissa Melone

"Oh my god!!!" I screamed in panic not knowing what to do. Everyone was froze and we just got up trying to stay together. "What do we do?" some guy in the back asked. My mouth dropped open with awe. As the tornadoes came I saw a blue streak of lightening, it was the most beautiful thing I saw all day. Every day it seems to have gotten worse and worse. "I know what we have to do." someone screamed from the back, I couldn't make out if it was a girl or a boy because I felt my head getting light headed and I fell to the ground.

Tadge

I sat there with the small boy in my arms while all this was going on. Alex was shaking from the fright. "It's alright buddy... We need to find Rai (Raisa) and get out of here." I stood up with Alex slipping off me and standing by my side.

"I know what we have to do! We all need to get out of here. This building isn't going to last very long!" I yelled getting everyone’s attention. "Get everything you can that would be helpful for everyone. We are going to all have to stick together!" I continued once I knew everyone was listening. Alex was nodding his head beside me. He is such a cute little kid. I pulled him to my side.

"I'll help you and Alex." Someone said from the back, it was Raisa. My eyes went wide but I quickly composed myself and nodded. "Okay everyone... We need to be as quick as possible. Or one of us maybe even more are going to die! Let's get moving." Besides the shock everyone was in, including myself, I've never ever, ever made a group speech, no has ever listened to me.

Everyone hustled around to grab more supplies. Alex looked up and me and gave me two thumbs up, "You did great!" he squealed, his former self came back.

"Thanks, little buddy." I messed up his hair and half smiled.

"He's right." Raisa agreed, "You really showed how much of a leader you could be." She smiled.

"Liam is the leader. I was just taking authority." I held my head high but looked down at her. "So I guess I'm stuck with you...” I half smiled at her

Alex

There was one thing Alex hated more than stupid teenagers.
Being babied.

He would have said something, but being the sensible boy he was he decided now was not the time to make a fuss. No. Alex feared for his own life. He didn't want to die. He was too young. He hadn't even grown up yet! He hadn't even had a chance to drive a car yet! He had dismissed the boy with piercings after giving him a thumbs up. Best have them believe they are a success at life. That's what his dad always used to say about his older brother when he was lazing around the house.

"Stop." Alex yelled, in no way exclaiming or urgent. Just a calm but firm stop. Everyone froze, surprised to see the kid yelling. Alex looked over his shoulder at the tornado's and judged their speed, their distance, the science fair scholar inside of him took out judgements.
"Stop grabbing all this junk!" He said firmly. "We have five minutes to live. The tornado's will hit in five minutes. Run now. I don't care if you want to die. I don't want to die!"
Alex stepped forward stridently toward the doors that everyone had seemed to forgotten in the midst of urgently gathering their hearts out.
It was a pull door. He used both his arms to wrench the handle open and slip inside before the crushing door closed on him again. Below him was a flight of dimly lit concrete staircases. The door behind him opened again, letting in a fountain of light that illuminated the hollow walls, and someone entered to follow him. Alex lead the way, marching down the shallow steps, two at a time, his legs cracked as the soda encrusted fabric bent with the hurried motion. At the bottom of the stairs another set of double doors were indented into the wall, this time push doors.
Alex threw his weight against them and they popped open into a vast open space. An underground parking complex, full with two stories of emptiness and dotted with several vehicles. Alex looked behind him to see a trail of teenagers tumbling down the stairs. he looked at his watch and briskly walked over to the most solid looking corner. He couldn't tell if all the teenagers had made it down the stairs but it had gotten to the point where he didn't care anymore. He braced himself like they had done in earthquake practice, hands over head. The walls shook.

Impact.

Melissa Melone


Waking up, everyone was in a group huddled around each other. I stood up looking around, I still seen the tornadoes from a distance so that meant we still had time. I looked over at two people huddled together. Alice and Mark came to my mind so I walked over and stood beside Alice. Looking at Mark, I whispered, "what's going to happen? Are we ALL gonna be safe?" tears poured from my eyes. I know I'm suppose to be strong, but it all freaked me out.

Mark Handley

I tried to find something nice to say, something good to say. But I didn't know. I really didn't know what would happen.

The roof on the garage shuddered, pouring dust on us. "I don't know, Melissa."

Alice was in the corner of the room, to the right of me. She was shaken up. I had to figure out how to comfort them. "We'll figure out all of this as we get there. For now, we just have to stay here for now."

I looked at Alex. Natural born leader over there. He was covering his head with his hands. He's not someone to be underestimated, which happened often to children. Alex had to grow up, fast. Way too fast for comfort.

I looked at Alice and handed her my camera, showing her how to record. "Since we all might die soon, I want to record all of this." She nodded and clicked record, spanning around the room, looking at everyone. She eventually stopped back at me.

I nodded and walked silently over to Alex. "You did something that the adults couldn't do." I said gently. "I have often felt that children react best under straining times."

"I don't care." He mumbled quietly.

"Well you should. You just saved us." I pulled him up out of his position and looked him in the eyes. "So, what next, leader? Wanna kill some more sprinlers?" He grinned softly, but it quickly faded.

Spoiler

Alice and Melissa should get to know each other

Also, Alex, you should totally become the leader.

Hmm, my next post is gonna be my last. I decided that I will be the first to die. It will be some time before I find a way to though, but that's why I gave Alice the camera.

Melissa Melone

I walked towards Alice, wiping my eyes from the tears. "Hello. My name is Melissa." I said to her. She looked at me with a smile and said, "Alice. Nice to meet you. I assume you know Mark?" Smiling, I look at Mark and turn back around. "No. but, I do now. He seems very sweet."Alice looked at me with a little concern, not that she felt sorry for me, more of because I sorta had a crush on Mark within a day. Wow, I'm weird.