Benny Erikson

"'I don't want to do this,' Benny was saying, shoulders heaving as tears coursed down his cheeks. It was cold in the garage and his breath misted in little white clouds. 'You're asking me to shoot you, Darren.'"Benny Erikson is one of the Fire Lake sophomores. He is described as being rail-thin with shoulder-length black hair that he often wears in a ponytail.

In the Program
Benny and his boyfriend, Darren Phelps, live on their own for most of the Program. When Sarah Harden's blizzard begins, they and Rachel Stein track down Derrick Morris's car in search of help, joining the Life-Trading Team. Benny shoots Darren to make it past Sarah's deadline. He survives the rest of the Program and is resurrected with the rest of his classmates.

Chrysalis
Benny lives in Home Town until Corbin O'Brien sets out to build the Outpost. He lives there until Nemesis 3 captures them and brings them aboard Chrysalis. Benny passes his tests until a breakout attempt in the testing facility, causing him to be selected for repurposement. He tries to fight back but is overpowered and dragged away to die.