The cargo planes and fighter jets took off from the military air station and begun their journey to Western Australia. The flight had been planned for this very date about five years ago and everything was running to plan, the army general was very pleased indeed.

It was the second day of the summer holidays. “I’m so glad the school year is over,” said Billy to himself.

“See ya mum I’m going to the park for the day with my mates,” stated Billy as he scoffed down a slice of toast.

Billy stepped outside, all his emotions were cast aside as this feeling in the bottom of his stomach made him feel unsafe and worried. He shook his head and jumped on his bike and rode to the park to meet up with his mates. As Billy rode you could tell that he was a really fit and athletic boy, his long brown hair flew behind him being thrown around by the wind.

“Hey, how long have you guys been here?” Billy questioned them friendly.

Billy dumped his bike next to the tree. “Aww not very long, where have you been”, Liam and Ben asked him.

They were sitting on the other side of the park on the steep hill. Liam was 13 years old and Ben was the eldest of the group, he was in year twelve at Como High School. The three boys started kicking a footy around. Gus and Oli arrived together a few minutes later on their BMX’s.

Now that every one had arrived they played footy for a while. But Billy sat down on the cricket pitch as he once again encountered that really bad feeling in his stomach. They all sat down on the cricket pitch with Billy and talked. Towards lunchtime more kids came down to the park.

As the day progressed there were at least twenty kids about Billy’s age at the park.

“Hey, there’s like heaps of kids here, lets like play capture the flag!” suggested Liam eagerly.

“Yeah, that’s a h-h-hea- heaps good idea”, stuttered Ben.

The group of friends went round and gathered some other people to play capture the flag.

After they gathered everyone, they returned to the cricket pitch. Billy started to explain the rules.

“Okay guys, basically each tem has a footy as their item, they have to hide it somewhere in their base and must stay three metres away from it until it is touched by the opposite team.”