The Countdown: first part

Profile #200

Name: Erza Justine

Age: 14

Home: Paris, France

Chance of survival: 0.01%

Infection Status: CLASSIFIED

After looking around for a few minutes, everything is starting to make more sense. I though my mom was joking when she signed to me and told me I was being put in the Rally.

We have seen deaf children in the Rally before, but I never thought I would be one of them.

We have never seen one of them win before.

Tears start to pour out of my eyes. I am so weak and small. There is no way that I could win the Rally. I am not strong. Im not the smartest either.

They took me when I was reading in my bedroom. They suddenly burst in. the last thing I saw was my mom. She signed to me. She said she loved me. Stay strong.

When they pointed the camera at me, I didn’t know what to do. I started to cry. I decided to sign, I love you. I hope my mom knows how much I miss her.

Russ

Profile #06

Name: Russel Luke Banks

Age: 8

Home: Idaho, USA

Chance of survival: 0.0009%

Infection Status: CLASSIFIED

I will not kill.

I will not kill.

I will not kill.

I repeat this over and over to myself as I walk. Its what mommy and daddy taught me.

I will not kill.

I will not kill.

I will not kill.

I was helping mommy water the plants with the rest o my family. We were celebrating my brother, Adam’s birthday. He just turned 8. Now we are the same age! Hes eleven months younger, so for one month each year we are the same age.

When they came to take me, my parents reminded me that I can still win without killing anyone.

I must outsmart them

Cause them to kill themselves.

We have seen it done before. We have seen children trick other children, by leading them to poisonous food or loose tree branches.

They may think I have no chance at winning, because I told them that I will not kill, but I think I can

I know I can.

When they pointed the camera at me, all I said was,

I will not kill, but I will win.

Elizabeth

Profile #123

Name: Elisabeth Sariah Andrews

Age: 13

Home: Alberta, Canada

Chance of survival: 0.49%

Infection Status: CLASSIFIED

They took my sister too. We are identical twins, actually. Her name is Esther. We have seen this many times in the Rally. They always put at least one or two pairs of twins or triplets, as well as siblings.

I cant even imagine what it would be like if I was in a situation where I needed to kill her.

I could never do it.

Hopefully she feels the same way.

We were eating dinner when they took us. My mother screamed and my father yelled even louder. There was nothing they could do.

Hi, im Elisabeth and I am 13 years old. I have a twin sister named esther, she is in the Rally too. I am a strong fighter and I know that I will…

That’s all the time I had…

Lucy

Profile #63

Name: Lucy Ella Franke

Age: 4

Home: New York, USA

Chance of survival: 0.0005%

Infection Status: CLASSIFIED

I know that I am in the Rally. Mommy told me that it could happen.

It makes me sad, because I don’t want to be in the Rally.

I want to go home.

They made me o to sleep and when I woke up they were putting a camera near me. They told me to introduce myself.

I just cried.

Now I don’t know what I need to do. I woke up on a beach. Im just walking around. I tried to make a sandcastle, but it fell down.

PART THREE

THE ANNOUNCEMENT

Every year, at the beginning of the Rally, we must let the children know what to do.

This is done, by giving them the Announcement.

Hello Children,

Congratulations! You are all participants in the 2020 Rally! It is such an honour to have you all here. Thank you for your cooperation.

We know that the past few hours have been difficult for all of you, but the adventure is only beginning!

You are all very lucky. This year, the Rally will be different. We have never had a Rally like this before. Normally, the participants are placed in obstacles or challenges that they must escape. For example, in 2004, he children were all placed in a ginormous maze, full of traps. The objective was to escape. Another year, in 1977, the children were required to retrieve ten hidden objects to escape. Many other years, children had to kill a certain number of other participants to escape. This year, we are combining a bit of everything.

We are pleased to announce. That this year, the name of the Rally is,

THE RALLY: MUTATION GAMES

Similar to the Rally of 1963, we are involving something like an illness.

Brief rules have previously been explained to viewers at home, but we will now give the full rules and explanation of this years games.

There are 200 participants in the Mutation Games this year. All between the ages of 4-14.

One of you has been given a mutation. This mutation was given to you while you are asleep and you do not know if you have it.

The person who has the mutation is very unlucky. In order for thwn to win, they must be the last one alive. All other 199 participants must die before you can win.

Everyone else, is a little bit more lucky. In order to win, you must simply kill the person with the mutation.

Sounds simple, right?

WRONG!

All participants are only allowed to kill five other players. If you kill more, you will immediately be killed by the games coordinators.

Now, you may be asking, how am I supposed to know who to kill than?

You see, the mutation is special. In order to be a MUTATION, it must MUTATE something.

The mutation changes two things about your body.

First, it causes your blood to turn purple.

Second, you will have a small circular mark somewhere on your body. This is all of the information that we will tell you about the mutation, but I am sure there are many things to be discovered in the future.

Unlike the rest of the children, the mutated child is allowed to kill as many people as they want.

Every three days, an announcement, called a Calling will be given. This will supply whoever can complete it with an advantage. The advantages will be revealed later on in the games.

You are in an arena that is the size of British Columbia, Canada. There are plenty of animals and fresh water. But be careful, there are also many raps planted throughout the arena, in places you would not expect.

NOW!!!

LET

THE

GAMES

BEGIN!

PART FOUR

THE MOST UNLUCKY CHILD

RUN!

Run!

Run!

Fall down.

Stand up.

Keep running.

Fall down again.

Climb the tree.

I think he is gone.

They cannot see me up here.

Wait for a long time.

Try to climb down.

Fall down the tree.

Get hurt.

My arm is hurt.

Look at arm.

Purple blood.

PART FIVE

THE FIRST NIGHT

Each night, an announcement is made.

The children are so scared, but the announcement is even scarier.

They find out who died.

And who didn’t.

It is the first night. Here’s what They said.

Hello Children!

Wow! What a fantastic start to the games!!! 17 deaths in the first six hours! What a surprise!

Isn’t that exciting?

We are so proud of you! Good work!

The mutated child has not been killed yet.

For following participants have been killed:

Numbers 23, 24, 67, 89, 90, 99, 100, 107, 111, 124, 125, 130, 135, 137, 147, 178, 199

That’s all of the deaths for today!

Thanks for playing!

Then, it was silent.

It was silent as the children cried.

Many cried, but many were filled with rage. They were going to win and nothing was going to stop them.

PART SIX

THE BIG KIDS

The big kids were really big. They towered over the smaller children. Together, the group of Big Kids had 7 members so far. The group was led by a tall, british boy, named Andrew, who was number 26.

Andrew was a good leader. His chance of survival was 2.88%.

The second highest in the entire game.

Andrew was tough. He would stop at nothing to win.

He gathered other older kids and formed the Big Kids group. Together, they went around capturing younger children, cutting them and checking if their blood was purple. So far they had not seen anything out of the ordinary.

So far, the Big Kids had captured 6 other children.

Andrew was feared and nobody wanted to get in his way. Andrew and the other Big Kids were responsible for 9 of the 17 deaths the night before.

The Big Kids gang consisted of Eden (1), Rook (10), Julia (46), Hans (58), Finley (113),Easton (154), and of course Andrew (26).