13.Thirteen

4.Four

Alex experienced something the other kids must have seen hundreds of times; A new kid being thrown into the arena. The kids swarmed the newcomer, the new kid looked scared. Alex approached the new kid and offered him a hand up. "You okay?", Alex asked. The new kid nodded. "I'm Alex", Alex said. "Light", the new kid said. "You remember your name?", Alex asked. Light nodded. Eleven and Twelve came over to see what Alex was doing and they were shocked to hear Light could also remember his name. "Something isn't right", Eleven said. "Someone is messing with the system", Twelve said. Alex didn't know the arena language, but he guessed it was bad. "Come with me, Light", Alex said. Light followed Alex to the cabin and pointed to his bed which was marked one hundred. "Your the first number with three digits", Alex said. "I'm ninety-nine and a half". Light smiled. "Why are we here?", Light said, his smile disappearing from his face. "That I don't know Light, sorry", Alex said. Light looked disappointed. Just as Light was about to say something else, Eleven came looking for Alex. "Where are you guys?", Eleven asked. "We're down here", Alex shouted. Eleven came trundling down the stairs and had a grin on his face. "What are you so happy about?", Alex asked. "Riot, eight o'clock tonight. Don't be late", Eleven said. Alex nodded. He wasn't excited about the riot, but he was curious what it would be like.

Eight rolled around and tension was in the air. Alex asked Light if he wanted to come but he said no. "When is this going down?", Alex asked. "We have to wait for the signal", Twelve said. The signal was ten minutes later and everyone went crazy. Alex lost sight of Eleven and Twelve, so he had to improvise. Everyone seemed to run to one of the walls that had the iron gate. Alex saw the iron gate start opening and guards starting to enter. "Prepare for hell", a kid screamed at the guards. Alex wasn't sure about the riot, but he was part of it now, he wasn't going to back out now.