It’s a town where not much happens, where few
people have jobs and even fewer people have the ability to get out of Carp. Boredom,
drugs and drinking rule not just the adult world, but the adolescent world as
well. That was what started it, the boredom and wanting to get out of the town,
that is was fueled Panic. Panic was simple, in theory at least. Everyday for
the entirety of everyone's senior year they had to give a dollar, and then
whoever won Panic would get the money, usually around 50,000 dollars. That was
more that enough to get out of Carp and never look back. The day after
graduation, any graduating senior who wished to declare their entrance into the
games would go to the top of the cliffs near the lake and jump. That, would be
the easiest part of Panic. From there, every activity would get harder and
harder, scarier and scarier. Every year, people died and ended up in the
hospital, but the hope and possibilities that the money of winning Panic
offered was more than enough to entice even the most chicken of 18 year olds to
try. This year, the stakes were higher, and the money pot was greater with nearly
67,000 dollars going to this years winner. Heather had no real interest in the
game, she thought it was stupid, but after her two best friends announce that
they are getting out of Carp, heading to college and the possibility of a
modeling career ahead of them, not to mention her boyfriend cheating on her in
front of the entire Panic party kickoff, Heather jumps of the cliffs without
thinking, hoping to escape her mundane future of waitressing in Carp. But
things in the game of Panic are never as they seem. Her best friends start to
lie and betray her in order to get ahead, the strange and mysterious Dodge is
suddenly hanging around and "helping" when things get crazy, and
someone is squealing to the cops about the game. People are being arrested,
thrown in jail, hospitalized, and after one crazy and terrifying event... dead.
Heather knows she should just withdraw, but her anger is fueling her more than
she ever could have imagined, and she’s starting to think she just might win
it, if she doesn’t end up dead. ''
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