Hopeless

Population control has become a continually increasing threat in the small town of Ahern, California. In the mid 1960's, the government scrambled to take action, and they began with the weaker ones. Anyone over the age of 80 disappears. The disabled and handicapped cease to exist. The number of people ages 18 and under decreases by ten each year.

In a sort of game called "The Competition," ten kids, typically thought to be delinquents, are chosen to be shot on sight. It has transformed from an essential element for survival into a sadistic game, in which children are chased down like they're wild animals. They have all but ten minutes to pack and run... leaving any earlier starts the game sooner than they'd like.

As they begin the game, they lose any and all innate rights, and it is normally over within a matter of seconds...

But what happens when these ten kids find out about their draft before they're supposed to?

When the children thought to be "delinquents" happen to be the smartest kids in the town?

When, for the first time in years, there's

COMPLETED -- OLD WORK OF @DWITTB AND @_CLGF_