User blog:Tiki tooki/The 275th Hunger Games

Hello! This is my second hunger games, and it will be a quarter quell. I'll post the theme, arena, and twist soon.

Tributes
'- More than one tribute helped kill him/her.

Sponsors
Just tell me what you want your tribute to have, and I'll buy it for you. Each tribute starts off with $1000. The prices will go up the longer the games go. Also, you can switch your money from one tribute to another. For example, if your female tribute is your favourite, you can give your male tribute's money to her. But, say she dies, you CAN NOT swap your money back over. It's a gamble that you're taking, so be careful.

Chariot Rides
District 1

Revenge and Lucy are dressed completely in clothes made of diamond, because they have a machine in 1 that can turn graphite to diamonds. They are not real diamonds of course, but they look very close. Light reflects off them at all angles, nearly blinding the crowd. They have huge (And rather fake) smiles on their faces, and are waving cheerfully to the crowd.

District 2

Razor and Spirit are dressed as samauri warriors. They have chain-mail armour, huge swords, leather boots, and an iron helmet. The armour was made to make them look a foot taller and 50 pounds heavier than they actually are. The crowd cheers. District 2 is always a favourite, and they love the originallity.

District 3

Damien and Celeste are dressed as giant iPods, as 3's industry is making electronics. They can scrole down the playlist on their costumes, and then it plays music for the audience. The tributes don't exactly look atractive in the costumes, but the crowd loves the playlist idea, and the originality of the costumes.

District 4

Dondo and Ronda are dressed as pirates. They look very realistic too. They have long sabres and fake peg leags. Dondo has some artificial stuble on his chin, and Ronda has her hair in one long pony tail. Their teeth have been painted the colour of their throats, so from a distance it looks like they are toothless. Their chariot has an unloaded cannon on it, and they shoot at the crowd, waving and laghing.

District 5

Lewis and Jazz are dressed like scientists. Their chariot is full of beakers and chemicals. They have lab coats and safety goggles on. Then, they each take a beaker. Lewis pours his into Jazz's. Suddenly, it expoldes into a green smoke. Once it clears, the crowd looks for ther chariot. It has dissapeared. The crowd likes it, and slowly begins to cheer.

District 6

Talon and Pren are dressed in normal clothes. Their chariot is just wooden. There is nothing special about it until the tributes each take a pill and swallow it. Suddenly, the pills light up in their stomachs and begin changing colours from the inside out. The tributes are living rainbows! The crowd screams. This is one of the most original ones yet.

District 7

Snow and Marko are dressed in suits made of bark. It doesn't sound that great, but the stylist has made patterns in the bark that make it look like they are in regular clothes. It has all the regular folds, and even makes it look like they have things like bracelets and shoe laces. the crowd likes it very much.

District 8

Nylon and Silk are in a chariot made out of soft silk and velvet in every colour. They are both in PJ's, Silk's are made out of silk, and Nylon's out of nylon. The crowd loves this unique chariot ride, and so do the tributes, who are waving hapily to the crowd.

District 9

Gray and Lark are dressed in huge bomb suits. Their chariot is a tank with missile launchers and automatic machine guns. The crowd likes it, even if it's not the most appealing costume ever. The tributes are waving and probably smiling (You can't see their faces well in the masks).

District 10

Fred and Lillith are dressed as chickens. The crowd laughs at this, very ammused. The tributes are dancing around, having a great time. To make it even funnier, they start pooping out little fake eggs! The crowd is cheering and laughing at the same time, loving the show they're giving.

District 11

Dave and Rose are dressed as fruits. Dave as a pear, and Rose as a cherry. They are scented too. You can actually smell the cherry and the pear. The tributes look nervous, and rarely look at the crowd The crowd laughs at this. Not the most originall costume, but still good.

District 12

Deedee and Peter are dressed in the coal miner's outfits again. But it's not the costume that the crowd likes. The tributes are acting all wild, doing cartwheels and summersaults, waving and smiling at the crowd the whole time. The crowd likes the performance.

Quarter Quell Twist
On the 275th Hunger Games, to remind the rebels that even united they can not succeed, all the tributes must be related. From each district, the tributes must be siblings or cousins. Any child that doesn't have a living relative in the age group is exempted from the reaping. The tributes do not have to have the same last name, just be related.

Arena
The arena is octagonal. This year, it is a volcanic wasteland. On each of the eight corners of the arena is a huge volcano. Inside the arena are lava pits, piles of rocks that explode on contact and thousands of geysers that can shoot out boiling water, sulfuric acid, lava, toxic fumes, hot blood, ash, and if you're lucky, cold drinkable water mixed with minerals that strengthen you. In two parts of the arena there are forests of trees that have been burnt by lava, so there are no leaves on them. Under the center volcano is a network of tunnels. There are dozens of chambers inside that contain supplies. In one giant chamber is a lake with an island in the center. On the island are weapons such as guns, chainsaws, and grenades. The only way to get there is to swim, but when someone enters the water, a giant wirlpool sucks them up and kills them.

Day 1
The cornucopia is in the forest of dead trees on the eastern side of the arena. The tributes rise up into the arena, and Claudius Templesmith begind to announce.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, let the two-hundred and seventy-fifth Hunger Games begin!"

After sixty secongds, the gong sounds. Peter and Deedee from 12 run away immediatly. The careers begin to assemble. In the group are districts 1, 2, and 4, along with Rose, Talon, and Nylon. Marko and Snow alliy and decide to take their chances. Jazz and Lewis, a pair of siblings also risk it. Damien, Celeste, and Fred have also allied, and are standing back, watching the acction.

Marko and Snow rush in, and Snow takes a spear and throws it at Talon. It skewers his lungs, killing him. Spirit pulls out the spear, also pulling out chunks of flesh with it. She stabs at Snow, hitting her arm. She then takes a knife, and slits her throat open.

Jazz and Lewis sneak in, and grab supplies but no weapons. Dondo from 4 notices them, and throws a knife which hits Jazz's thigh, but doesn't take her down.

The careers take off, all except for Razor. He is staring in horror at Snow's body. He can't believe what his cousin, his friend, has done.

"Razor, are you coming or not?" shouts Lucy.

With a shake of his head, Razor runs off alone.

Rose looks back at her cousin, Dave, who is gathering supplies at the cornucopia. Damien and Celeste are sneaking up on him.

"I can't let him die", she thinks.

And with that, she too abbandons the group, but not before stabbing Revenge in the heart.

Lillith runs up to Fred, Celeste, and Damien.

"Hey, can I join?" she asks.

"Yeah, come on," replies Fred. "but right now, let's go take down this guy over there," pointing to Dave.

Rose sprints back.

"DAVE WATCH OUT!" she screams.

It's too late. The other group reaches him first, and Damien beheads him with a sword. He sees Rose, and turns toward her. Terrified, she runs to Lark and Gray, hoping for mercy.

"Alliance?" she asks, gasping for breath.

"Sure. Let's go." replies Gray.

They head towards Silk, who is armed with a short sword. She whips around, and slashes at Lark, grazing her arm. In retaliation, she slices with her axe, cutting both her legs open. Then she takes out a knife, and begins to cut Silk up, finally stabbing her low in the chest, and finishing her off.

"Wow Lark, I didn't know you could be so vicious." Says Gray.

"Whatever. Lets just get out of here, quickly."

Marko is alone with a few weapons when he runs into Deedee and Peter, just outside the area of burnt trees surrounding the cornucopia.

"Truce?" asks Peter.

"Hmmm, let me think about that. No." He then takes a club, and bashes Deedee's brains in.

"See ya later." He says to Peter, running away.

"DEEDEE! DEEDEE! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" He screams.

But Deedee can't hear him. She can't hear annyone. She is dead.

Back at the cornucopia, Pren is gathering supplies, and no one notices. she grins at his good luck. After she gets an assortment of weapons and supplies, she sprints away.

Fred, Lillith, Celeste, and Damien are drawing closer to the careers. When they meet, Dondo charges strait at Lillith. Terrified, she runs away. Dondo closes in on her, and knocks her to the ground. Lillith is crying, begging for mercy.

"Please! Don't hurt me! PLEASE!" She screams

Dondo ignores her, and slices her back open. Lillith screams in pain, sill alive. He walks away, leaving Lillith wailing in pain. The careers run away, as Celeste, Damien, and Fred are coming towards Lillith.

"How bad is her wound?" asks Damien.

Celeste takes off Lillith's shirt, and examines it.

"There's no way we can fix this. She has hours at most," replies Celeste.

Lillith is already nearly unconcious.

"Let's put her out of her misery. Any volunteers?" asks Celeste.

No one puts up their hand.

"Let's just leave her. She's already unconcious, she probably won't deel any more pain," replies Fred.

"Okay then. I guess we'd better get going."

A while later, Lillith's cannon finally sounds, along with six others.

Everybody has cleared away from the cornucopia, and the careers are miles away when the seal appears in the sky.

"Lets see who died today!" says Dondo, sitting down on one of the thousands of geysers.

"DONDO, DON'T SIT ON THAT!" shouts Ronda.

"Why not?" asks Dondo. Just then, a gurgling sound comes from the geyser.

Dondo's eyes widen. He jumps off, but it's too late. A small spurt of lava comes from the geyser, and Dondo gets his behind burnt badly.

The rest of the careers are on the ground, laughing. Dondo turns purple with rage.

"It's NOT funny! I almost died!" He screams.

"Nope. Nothin' funny about that!" says Spirit, trying to keep a strait face.

"Whatever. Lets just see who died," says Dondo. He decides not to sit down on anything else that night.

Day 1 Deaths/Injuries
Deaths

Talon- speared by Snow.

Snow- throat slit by Spirit.

Revenge- stabbed in the heart by Rose.

Dave- beheaded by Damien.

Silk- stabbed by Lark.

Deedee- hit in the temple by Marko.

Lillith- back sliced open by Dondo.

Injuries

Jazz- stabbed in the thigh by Dondo.

Dondo- buttox burned by explosive geyser.

Day 2
Marko is all alone, with few supplies. He's taken shelter behind the biggest boulder he can find, since there isn't much concealment anwhere else.

Jazz and Lewis are together, but Jazz is wounded badly. They then recieve a sponsor gift that has medical supplies for Jazz, and 30 knives.

The career group consists of Lucy from 1, Spirit from 2, both from 4, and Nylon from 8. Razor from 2 is by himself. Razor recieves a sword, and Spirit recieves a pair of steel claws.

Pren is by herself with an abbundance of supplies.

The tributes from 9 are allied with Rose from 11.

The tributes from 3 are allied with Fred from 10.

Peter is by himself, mourning his sister.

Jazz and Lewis are nearing Marko's camp. Marko sees them, but decides to hide behind his gigantic boulder. Both are armed. Marko has a sword. They are only a few yards away when Marko jumps from behind the rock. Lewis and Jazz jump back. Lewis throws a spear, but Marko deflects it. Marko charges forward and slices at Jazz's hand, severing it.

"NO! JAZZ!" screams Lewis.

She cries out in pain. Lewis punches Marko, knocking him out cold. Lewis doesn't bother to finish him off, though. He is just intent on getting his sister away, somewhere safe.

He looks around, and sees that at the bottom of a huge geyser, there is a small cave, wich leeds to the maze of underground tunnels beneath the arena. He doesn't hesitate. He drags Jazz into the tunnel. It slopes down, and when they finally reach the bottom, he cllapses in relief. Then he looks around at the catacombs he has just entered, and his jaw drops. The entire cavern is made out of pure diamond.

"Wow... This is amazing! Jazz, look at this!" he says to his sister.

Then he remembers why he is here. Because his sister is wounded, bleeding, and crying.

Gray, Lark, and Rose are hiking up one of the many volcano's. At first it seemed like a good idea, but now the wind is high, and ash is blowing in their faces.

"Why are we wasting our time hiking up a volcano?" Gray demands.

"It was your idea," replies Rose.

"You guys agreed to it!"

"It doesn't matter. Lets just get to that ledge you saw from the ground, and set up camp," said Lark.

"Hey guys. Guys! I see people up on that volcano!" shouts Nylon to the rest of the careers.

"Yeah, I see them too," replies Lucy.

"How many are there?" asks Ronda.

"Probably two or three. Lets get them!" says Spirit.

Gray, Lark, and Rose don't notice the careers until they're only a hundred yards away.

"IT'S THE CAREERS!" shouts Rose. "RUN TO THE TOP!"

They climb as fast as they can, and they are almost at the ledge that Gray spotted when it explodes, sending their only safe haven up in flames, leaving them at the mercy of the careers.

The careers come up like wolves. They are there before the alliance can draw their weapons.

"Rose, Lark, run. I'll hold them off!" shouts Gray.

"No, I'm staying here," says Rose stubbornly.

"Lark and Rose, you have to get out of here!"

"No!" replies Lark

"Run! Now! Please Lark, just get yourself to safety. Please," says Gray.

Lark looks him in the eye, and nods. She and Rose take off. Gray draws his sword and charges strait into the careers. Before they can react, he stabs Lucy in the heart, and knocks Dondo off his balance, and sends him tumbling down the slope. He is about to kill Ronda when Spirit stabs him in the arm and takes him down.

"Guys! Help me carry Gray! We're going to throw him into the crater in the top of the mountain!" she tells them, with a rather scary smile on her face.

Spirit, Ronda, and Nylon carry him up the mountain. They are on the edge of the crater, and bellow is a pit of lava.

"Lets let Gray here go for a swim!" shouts Spirit.

Gray has time for one last thought.

"I hope Rose and Lark know it was worth it," he thinks to himself before Spirit throws him into the lava bellow.

Rose and Lark are sprinting down the mountain at full speed. They get to the bottom, and run into a small patch of burnt trees for cover.

"Do you think Gray survived?" asks Lark.

"I heard two cannons. Sorry Lark, but I doubt it," replies Rose.

Lark closses her eyes for a moment.

"Okay. Okay. What do we do now?"

"Lets make camp somewhere. No use running any more, we're both exhausted," replies Rose.

Peter is walking towards the camp, exhausted, weaponless. He walks up to the two tributes, and asks them for an alliance.

"Yeah, sure, why not? says Rose. "Hey, where's Deedee?"

"She- she- she was killed. By Marko from seven."

"She was your sister, right?" asks Lark.

"Yeah."

"I'm- I'm so sorry." replies Lark.

"It's okay, it wasn't your fault," says Peter.

"So who else is dead?" asks Rose.

"I didn't really pay attention to the deaths last night. Anyone you know dead?"

"At least one career. And- and... Gray."

"Looks like we've all lost someone. I just wish-" Peter is cut off by the anthem, then the daily death toll. Lucy from 1, and Gray from 9.

Day 2 Death/Injuries
Deaths

Lucy- stabbed by Gray.

Gray- thrown in lava pit by Spirit.

Injuries

Jazz- hand cut by Marko.

Marko- punched by Lewis.

Dondo- fell down mountain slope.

Day 3
The nightmares continue for Nylon.

Ever since he went to sleep last night with the careers near the top of the volcano, nightmares have plauged his sleep. Nightmares of Silk's death, which he didn't witness, but could imagine vividly. Nightmares, of Gray's face right before Spirit tossed him into the volcano. The cruel, uncaring look on Spirit's face. Like she didn't care that he had a cousin, who would be greiving him somewhere in the arena. A family that would not sleep tonight, just like Nylon.

He had thought about telling the rest of the careers, but that would just result in mocking, and possibly abandonment for being weak.

Then again, mabye being abandoned by the careers would be a plus for Nylon.

"No. Don't think like that. You need them. Go with them, and you can win," he thinks to himself.

Then the nightmares of Silk's death come rushing back to him.

"In the morning. I'll decide then," he decides.

He is just about to fall asleep again, when he recieves a silver parachute, containing a giant needle. He puts it in his backpack, just before sleep overcomes him.

The careers wake up, and debate what to do next.

"We need to look for Dondo!" suggests Ronda.

"Who cares about him?" asks Spirit.

"Umm, I do! He's my brother!" shouts Ronda.

"Allright, allright. We'll look for Dondo. Let's go."

They look at the base of the mountain for an hour, when they finally find him. He has a few broken ribs, and a sprained wrist, but luckily the slope he fell down wasn't that steep.

Damien, Celsete, and Fred are in the west side of the arena, on a huge plateau, far away from everyone else. They have no weapons, other than Damien's broken and dull sword, which he broke when he threw it at a large rodent that was passing by.

Pren has a large amount of weapons, and is also on the plateau. Granted, she only got a five in training, but she is in good shape, and is running hard and catching up to the district 3/10 alliance. She is half a mile away when they spot her.

"Hey! Guys! Another tribute!" shouts Celeste.

"Who is that?" asks Fred, squinting at the fast approaching figure.

"Looks like the girl from six. And she's armed," replies Damien.

"Let's run. There's a drop off over there, and it doesn't look too steep. We'll take cover there," suggests Fred.

They start running. They have less supplies than Pren, and are only half a mile away from the drop off when they hear a gurgling sound coming from beneath them. The tributes eyes widen, and start to run the other way. A huge blast comes from behind them, and they look behind them to see a fountain of lava spraying from the ground in front of them. The ground starts to fall away in the lava, and the fountain soon dies down, but the ground in front of them is now one huge lake of lava.

The lava starts flowing towards the drop off, but more just takes it's place. Cracks in the ground start forming, and they spread towards where Celeste, Damien, and Fred are standing.

"RUN!" shouts Fred. But it is too late. The cracks run faster than them. Then, the piece of ground Celeste is on cracks away from the rest, and she starts to float off alone. Straight towards the waterfall of lava.

Damien then jumps onto another chunk os stone, and uses a jagged piece of rock to paddle himself towars his cousin.

"Celeste, jump onto the edge!" screams Damien.

Celeste stands up slowly, and leaps towards the shore, and crumples on the ground. Damien is about to jump too when a small wave of lava splashes up and hits Celeste's hand, burning it beyond repair. He starts to drag her away, back towards Fred.

Back in the underground tunels, Jazz is dying. Her wounds have not healed, and she has bled to death. Lewis stays with his little sister all the way, until the cannons sound.

Razor is all alone, with only the meager supplies he found at the cornucopia. He had hoped to slip into the career crowd, and do as little killing as possible. He had hoped that Spirit was thinking the same thing.

She was not.

When she killed Snow, Razor was stunned. Without thinking, he ran away. Now he was searching for a new ally, someone who could help him take on the other careers, and get Spirit back to him, the way she was before the Capitol twisted her mind and made her into a killing machine.

Pren cursed herself.

She had been so close to finishing off three more tributes, becoming three steps closer to home back in Six. The death of her cousin had barely affected her. He died with the careers, and it was his choise to join them, not hers.

"Oh well. At least one of them got burnt by the lava," she thinks to herself.

Then she got a nice surprise. The three tributes she was chasing were coming towards her, probably hoping for mercy.

"Yeah right. That'll happen."

The three tributes run towards Pren.

"Please let us go Pren! Just this once! We'll owe you one," coaxes Damien.

Pren is about to shut him up withher sword when she stops herself.

"Mabye- mabye if I pretend to have an alliance, I can kill them all! If I try to kill them now, at least one is going to escape."

"Okay, fine. We have an alliance."

Day 3 ends with only one death, Jazz from 5. Her brother is still in the catacombs, alone.

Day 3 Deaths/Injuries
Deaths

Jazz- died of injuries

Injuries

Celeste- hand scalded by lava

Day 4
Back in the burnt forest, Lark, Rose, and Peter are about to launch an attack against the careers. Rose has just returned from guard duty.

"Hey guys, I see some black smoke coming froma few miles away. It might be the careers, they're the only ones dumb enough to start a fire in this place. It's got to be over 120 degrees."

"How do you know it's the careers? It might just be one of those geysers, shooting out smoke and ash," replies Peter.

"Mabye, but lets go check it out just in case."

"Sounds good to me," says Lark. "Lets go."

They are advancing slowly, hiding behind any cover they can find. Eventually, they hear voices. Lark recognizes the voice of Spirit from 2.

They are hiding behind a large chunk of rock when they see two silver parachutes dropping to the ground. They hope it is for them, but they realize it's for the careers. The parachutes contain two tridents for Dondo and Ronda.

The group is only a few yards away when they charge. They realize immediatly that they are outnumbered, but they don't retreat. The careers are startled, and they all retreat to grab their weapons. Rose sprints towards Dondo, and slices his back open with a machete. It didn't hit his spinal cord, and he is still alive when his sister throws her trident, aiming for Rose. Rose dives behind Dondo, and half of the trident hits Rose's foot, and half hits Dondo's shoulder. Rose starts limping off, but no one follows her. Dondo's cannon soon follows.

Peter is trying to hold off Dondo, and Lark is running towards Spirit.

"YOU KILLED GRAY! YOU'RE GOING DOWN!" screams Lark.

"Oh really?" replies Spirit.

Lark charges with a sword in hand. She may have only gotten a 5 in training, but she was still one of, if not the best fighter in the arena.

Spirit picks up a sword laying on the ground.

"BRING IT, DISTRICT 9!"

The two girls charge. Everybody stops fighting. Rose and Peter back up Lark, and Ronda backs up Spirit. Nylon is by the supplies, watching, waiting.

"I can't let Lark die! Not after what happened to her brother!" he thinks to himself.

He flashes back to training, when Lark and Gray had invited him into their group. They had been so kind and patient. They had talked about a possible alliance in the arena, but then Nylon went and joined the careers. The same group whos leader, Spirit, had killed Gray.

"I won't betray them again!"

He looks back to the battle, and Spirit got a lucky strike. She had disarmed Lark, and Lark was running, trying to grab her sword. Spirit was chasing her, about to finish her off.

"NOOO!" screams Nylon. He grabs a shield, and blocks Spirit's strike. This gives Lark time to regroup. Lark looks around at Nylon. He had betrayed the careers.

"Nylon, catch!" shouts Peter, who throws him an axe.

He catches it just in time, because Spirits next strike is aimed at him, and he just manages to block it. Nylon swings with his axe, and skins Spirit's arm. She backs up, and looks murderously at Nylon.

"Next time, punk, I won't go so easy. Next time," she growls. She and Ronda then run off.

The other group, now four strong, take what ever they can carry, and make camp in a small area consisting of thick bushes and trees, the only green area in the arena, other than the burnt forests.

"Thanks Nylon, you really saved my butt there," says Lark, sitting down on a log as night falls.

"No problem."

"Hey, I was wondering. Why exactly did you join the careers?" asks Peter, joining them.

"I don't know. Me and my sister, Silk, had a big fight right before the games. I was angry and I guess I jst wanted to get away from her. It was a stupid move," replies Nylon.

"Why didn't you quit earlier?" asks Lark.

"I was going too, but when I saw that Silk was dead, I thought, mabye these guys could help me get revenge on whoever killed her."

Peter, Rose, and Lark exchange glances. They know that Lark killed her, but they don't tell Nylon that. They didn't want to risk breaking an already tense alliance.

"Well, umm, mabye we can help you catch them. If they're not already dead," lies Rose.

Day 4 ends with one death. Lewis Clark of 5 has come out of the labrynth of tunnels, and is now tracking down Marko. The careers are recovering, and Razor is spying on Lark's camp. Damien's group is drawing nearer to the others, with Pren forming a plot to betray them.

Day 4 Deaths/Injuries
Deaths

Dondo- killed by Rose

Injuries

Rose- hit with trident in the foot by Ronda

Spirit- cut with axe by Nylon

Day 5
It is early in the morning at Damien's camp. The only one up is Pren, who has a knife in her hand.

''"Soooo... Who to kill?" ''she ponders.

She decides on Fred. She sneeks up to him, and raises her knife.

"Pren? What are you doing up?"

Pren whips aroung to find Celeste looking at her. Celeste then sees the knife, and screams. Pren stabs Fred in the heart, and runs away, leaving the tributes of three all alone.

Back near the center of the arena, Lewis is tracking Marko, the tribute who killed his sister.

The ground is covered with ash, so it's easy for him to make out Marko's footprints. He follows them until he reaches a steep drop off. At the bottom, There are boulders, geysers, and some bushes, which would give Marko good concealment. He rappels down, and begins searching with only a spear in hand.

He suddenly hears a rustle ina bush behind him. He whips around, expecting to see Marko, but he only sees Peter of 12.

"Why are you here?" asks Lewis.

"Just scouting. I'm with Lark, Rose and Nylon. You?"

"Hunting down Marko, so shut up before he hears us."

"Wait. Marko from Seven? He killed my sister!" replies Peter.

"Me too! Deyja vu much," exclaims Lewis. "Wanna help me find him? We can torture him together, and you get the final kill," says Lewis.

"Yeah sure."

"Alright. I followed his foot prints down here, but over here they just disappear," says Lewis, pointing to a spot on the ground.

"Well mabye he-" Peter is cut off when he sees Marko sprinting from behing a boulder and making a break for it.

"THERE HE IS! GET HIM!" Screams Peter.

The two boys take off in pursuit of Marko. They catch up, and Lewis slashes at his legs, cutting him. He stops, turns around, and swings his sword at Peter. Lewis deflects it with his knife just in time. Marko stabs at Peter, this time finding his target.

"NOOO!" screams Lewis. He throws two knives at Marko. One cuts his forehead, the other hits his ribcage. He stumbles off wounded, but Lewis stays with Peter.

"Peter? Peter! Talk to me man!"

Peter groans, then screams in pain. Lewis tries to cover up the wound with bandages, but it's too late. His cannon sounds. Lewis swears revenge on Marko, and sprints after him.

Damien and Celeste are all by themselves, alone.

"Man, I can't believe we trusted that jerk! She completely blind sided us," says Damien, talking about Pren.

"Yeah. We have to be smarter than that, if one of us is going to win," replies Celeste

"From now on, no more alliances with anyone else."

"Agreed."

It is in the evening, and it's starting to get dark out. Lark, Rose, and Nylon are worried about Peter.

"I heard a cannon earlier. Do you think it was his?" aks Rose.

"I don't know, but we have to look for him," replies Lark.

"Should we all go, or just one of us?" asks Nylon.

"I say just one. The other two will stay here, or follow from a distance," says Rose.

"So, who should go?" asks Nylon.

"I'll go," says Lark. "I'm our strongest fighter."

"I wouldn't say the strongest," says Rose. "You're only thirteen."

"I'm still a great fighter."

"Oh, come on! Just because you were able to kill Silk doesn't mean that-" Rose stops mid-sentance, realizing what she just said. They look at Nylon, whos face is pale.

"You killed my sister?" he asks, barely a whisper. The look on his face is horror, fear, and digust all mixed into one.

"Nylon, listen, it wasn't anything personal, she was trying to kill us, and we just had to-"

"YOU KILLED HER?! I KNEW IT! I NEVER SHOULD HAVE TRUSTED YOU!"

While all this is going on, Ronda and Spirit are near by, waiting to attack.

"Nylon, please! I- I'd take it back if I could, but now-"

"Shut up Lark, just SHUT UP!" I never want to see you again!" screams Nylon.

He stumbles off, crying. Lark is standing up, begging him to come back. She doesn't even notice Spirit running up to her, and she barely has time to turn around before Spirit stabs her in the back with a sword. Rose screams and runs away.

Spirit pulls out the sword, and speaks to Lark before she dies.

"Whos the better fighter now Lark?" she says, right before the cannon sounds, ending one of the strongest alliances in the games.

None of them know this, but Razor is in the bushes, hiding, watching the whole thing. And once again, he watches his beloved cousin commit murder.

Nylon is stumbling around, bleeding and crying. He climbs up a burnt, blackened tree, and flashes back to Lark's murder.

He has time for one final thought before he blacks out. ''"She deserved it..." ''

Day 5 ends with three deaths. Fred, who was betrayed by Pren. Peter, who died fighting Marko. And Lark, who was stabbed to death by Spirit.

Day 5 Deaths/Injuries
Deaths

Fred- stabbed by Pren

Peter- stabbed by Marko

Lark- stabbed by Spirit

Injuries

Marko- wounded in the head and chest by Lewis

Day 6
Damien and Celeste are far away from the other tributes, but are slowly walking towards them, back the way they came. have little supplies, and are near starving. When they reach the end of the plateau that they are on, they come to an area filled with geysers that shoot out lava, ash, gases, and acid. They make their way through it slowly, getting burnt and bruised along the way. Near the end of the geyser-filled area, they find a geyser sqirting out water. Both are so thirsty that they lap up as much as they can, not stopping to wonder if the water is poisonous. The water seems to give them new life, and they surge their way through.

When they finally reach the burnt-down forsest, they find Lark's camp in ruins, everything stolen or wrecked, and blood on the ground.

"Someone died here," says Damien.

"No, really?" says Celeste sarcastically.

"Thats not my point. This place gives me the creeps, and whoever killed this person could still be near by. We should get out of here quickly," replies Damien.

"Agreed. Lets go that way, i think I saw a-" Celeste stops midsentance, looking at the trees. "IT'S ANOTHER TRIBUTE, DAMIEN! RIGHT OVER THERE!"

"Where!? I don't see it!"

Just then, Spirit comes rushing out, preparing for another kill. She slashes at Celeste's foot, cutting it. She falls to the ground in agony. Damien rushes in, hip-checking Spirit to the ground. He picks up one of her long knives, and stabs with it, just missing. Spirit rushes over to finish off Celeste, but Damien blocks her.

"NO! NOBODY TOUCHES HER!" he screams at Spirit.

Damien is a year older and much bigger than her, but Spirit holds her ground.

"Oh yeah? Ronda, come out here!" she yells. Ronda comes out of the bushes with a trident. Both careers are armed and deadly but Damien stays where he is.

"You are not. Getting. Past. Me," he says slowly.

Ronda charges. Damien is quick and ducks under her, grabbing one of her knives from her belt. He stabs her in the arm, but she stays standing. Both careers attack at once, and somehow, Damien holds them both off with only knives in hand. He blocks everything they throw at him. He would not let these beasts touch his cousin. He fights them off to the edge of the clearing, unwounded. He throws both knives at once. One hits Spirit's thigh, the other grazes Ronda's forehead. They both make a run for it, which is kind of stupid because Damien is now unarmed. Damien runs back to Celeste, and to his relief, she can stand.

"You- you saved me," says Celeste faintly.

"No, really?" replies Damien, repeating what Celeste had said earlier.

They both grin. They are safe, and now have the weapons and food that Spirit and Ronda dropped.

Pren is tired, hungry, and unarmed except for a knife. She is trying to follow Damien and Celeste, but is falling behind. She is in the geyser section of the arena when she hears a faint gurgling sound. it is coming from one of the volcano's on the edge of the arena. Lava is flowing out of it at incredible speed, and it is rushing straight towards Pren.

She turns and runs, hoping to outrun the flow until it settles down on the floor of the arena. She is still tired, and the lava is gaining. All of a sudden, and geyser explodes right in front of Pren, squirtting out sufuric acid. It hits her face, blinding her instantly and burning her mouth. She wails in pain and drops to her knees. Soon, she is dead from sheer exhaustion, the acid, and the scortching burn of the lava flow, which reaches her soon affter.

Lewis is chasing Marko, and Spirit and Ronda are near by. Marko is slowing down and Lewis, even though he's only 13, is catching up. Marko hides behind a bush, waiting for Lewis, and hoping to tackle him down. Then he hears a voice. It's Ronda, and she and Spirit are right behinde him. he bursts in to the open, and Lewis sees him and throws his sword. At the same time, Spirit throws a knife at Marko. Both weapons hit, and Marko is taken down. Lewis is celebrating his victory when he notices Spirit. He doesn't hesitate. He pulls out the sword from marko's chest and bolts. Spirit and Ronda stay behind and take what they can from Marko's backpack.

Day 6 Deaths/Injuries
Deaths

Pren- killed by sulfuric acid

Marko- killed by Lewis/Spirit

Injuries

Celeste- cut in the foot by Spirit

Spirit- stabbed in the thigh by Damien

Ronda- cut on the head by Damien