[ WP ] All humans vanish , except for the students of one high school , which must now rebuild all of society .

“ Because I ’ M THE PROM KING, Sheldon, it ’ s even got King in the title, ” Chad said, the crowd murmuring to each other even more loudly than before. 
 
 “ That ’ s retarded, ” Sheldon said, “ This is still the United States, we should at LEAST have a Republic. ” 
 
 “ I thought this was a democracy, ” Stacy said, clinging to Chad ’ s arm. 
 
 “ And THAT ’ S why neither of you should lead. The government you ’ ve lived under for eighteen years should be common knowledge for you at this point, ” Sheldon said. 
 
 The murmuring crowd only got louder, the circle that had formed around the trio were looking for leadership. Sheldon couldn ’ t let these morons lead them straight into a Lord of The Flies scenario. 
 
 “ Did you guys even read Lord of the Flies? ” Sheldon asked, “ Because, if you did, you ’ d see how quickly this is starting to become a similar situation. Why don ’ t we just become a Parliamentary Democracy? That way, every group will get a voice in the government and it won ’ t be some retarded dictatorship that you are clearly trying to start. ” 
 
 “ That ’ s stupid, ” Chad said, “ What are we, the French? ” 
 
 “ Yeah! ” chimed in Stacy, still wrapped around Chad like a toga. “ We ’ re Americans! 
 Why should we have to listen to you anyway? You ’ ve never been in charge of anything in the first place! ” 
 
 Murmurs of agreement were going through the crowd, it was just as Sheldon feared. 
 
 “ The French have the same government we do, you idiot. ” Sheldon replied, “ We need to learn from the mistakes our country made. The ones that got us into this mess. I won ’ t rule alone, there ’ d be an entire group of delegates we elect to represent us. The Prime Minister could only make decisions that the Parliament voted on. We could really do this right the first time, instead of sliding into a ridiculous dictatorship that YOU ARE going to start, revolting, and then setting it up anyway. ” 
 
 The crowd was starting to favor Sheldon, he could hear whisperings of, “ That ’ s right! ” coming from the crowd, they were going to side with him. Sheldon was worried, though. The factions in this school were already well established. Chad would have the most muscle at his command but there is power in numbers. All he had to do was convince enough people and they could make something happen here. 
 
 “ Plus, ” Sheldon added, “ There ’ d be a vote for the Prime Minster as well. You could run AND win, Chad. But this can not be a monarchy or whatever bullshit you ’ re thinking of. We both know that the smallest amount of power would break you. ” 
 
 “ I ’ ve already got power! ” He said, and as if on cue, the rest of the Football Team 
 made their way through the crowd, surrounding Chad like a gang of goons. “ I ’ m the Prom King, Captain of the Football Team, Captain of the Baseball Team, AND 
 Captain of the Basketball team, I ’ ve got the most experience leading. ” More of 
 Chad ’ s supporters started to crowd around him, menacingly. 
 
 “ Do you guys see what ’ s happening here? He ’ s already threatening violence if he doesn ’ t get what he wants, are we going to let him be our leader without giving anyone else a fair chance? ” Sheldon asked the crowd, trying to incite a riot. 
 
 “ NO! ” They responded, the fervor almost made Sheldon jump, he couldn ’ t believe this was going to work. 
 
 Chad started to look around nervously, for whatever reason, there was only six 
 Football players left in the school. The rest hadn ’ t shown up that day. The rest of the teams he lead were in a similar state, God, it was a bad day for this to happen on Senior Skip Day. Chad only shown up because he wouldn ’ t graduate if he missed anymore days of class. 
 
 “ What do you say, guys? Do you want to have a voice in who leads? It could be anyone here! Don ’ t let Chad bully us into a system we don ’ t want. We can change the way this country works all because of right here and right now, what do you think?! ” Sheldon shouted. He felt the adrenaline start to pump, the power of leadership over anything beside the Glee Club felt intoxicating. He crossed his arms and smugly looked at Chad. 
 
 “ YEAH! ” The crowd roared, the chorus was almost rhythmic as students started beating on their faded green lockers like the drums of war. Students were jumping up and down in the crowd like a molly-fueled rave, the feeling in the air was completely electric. 
 
 Sheldon paused for a moment, letting this overwhelming feeling soak in before he began to lead this new nation. He couldn ’ t believe what a great public speaker he was, all he had to do was try. He couldn ’ t believe he never tried out for the Debate Team in retrospect, he would have done great. 
 
 “ Okay, then, ” Sheldon shouted over the crowd, “ Then LET ’ S ALL VOTE! ” he finished triumphantly. The crowd had gone completely silent. Sheldon started to panic. 
 
 What was going on, he thought. This should be the moment everyone cheers. This should be the moment we all charge forward and establish our own country. 
 Sheldonland, he sighed in his mind, the name had a nice ring to it. What is happening right now? Why aren ’ t they still hyped up? I need an angry, mob mentality crowd. I can ’ t do anything with one that thinks! 
 
 “ We have to vote? ” One student in the crowd asked incredulously. 
 
 “ Fuck that, ” a student said. 
 
 “ Man, fuck that. ” Another one echoed. 
 
 “ I like Chad and Stacy ’ s idea! ” one girl said. 
 
 “ Hey, yeah! That did sound pretty good! ” Someone shouted over the crowd. 
 Sheldon listened in horror as the pendulum swung back to Chad. He could only stand there, staring at the now smirking Chad as the voices started to rise again in his favor. 
 
 “ The people have spoken, Sheldon, and they want their King. ” 
 
 “ Oh, fuck it, ” Sheldon said, “ This is why we got Trump in the FIRST place. ” He turned on his heel and left, defeated. 

