Chapter 1

The Abduction.

It was a cold morning, I was in my car but the people I passed were cold. I could see it in their faces. I could even see their breathe. Their bright scarlet lips stood out like flowers in the snowy morning. It was almost done being winter though. Today was supposed to be our last blizzard.

I was on my way to work, in the crowded city of Denver. I worked as a salesman in a timber company. I could tell wood by looks in a second, and sell it in 5. This morning though was going to be tough. People loved timber, but wet timber, not so much. The snow killed our business. My father owned it, but when he went missing, I was swept under the rug and now just work here because if they fire me, its a lawsuit.

Work was OK that day. I had a little bit of sales but I definitely didn't meet my quota. I decided that I would be eating dinner at the local diner, and then I would go to the gym. I turned off the snowy road and into the diner parking lot. Walked in, and was greeted by a waitress that I recognized as my usual waitress. I sat at my normal table, again, like normal-alone. But after I had just ordered, I was visited by a man.

He was tall and had on a black hat. Overcoat made it official, he was kinda creepy. He sat down and greeted me. "Are you Gale Greenwood?"

"Yes, I am. Might I ask who's to ask?" I asked with my voice trailing off as to not seem intimidated, which I kinda was.

"You can just call me Gee One. I will make this quick, let's cut to the chase. Would you like to know more about your fathers disappearance?" I was shocked that a man who'd literally just met me would come out and say something about my dad. But I wanted to know. This question had lived inside me since I was 3 and he left. I was always told that he just ran away, but why? I had been born and he loved me, and he had a great job?

"Yes, I do,"

"Then come with me!" He said, and I fallowed him out of the restaurant. He took me to his car, a fairly new Jeep. I hopped in and I saw a row of spears in the trunk of the jeep, all I saw was the spear heads but I knew what they were. There was perhaps 5 of them. He drove off quickly and in a direction I had never gone.

The windows I couldn't see out of. But I figured He could. Because there was the occasional stop, for a stop light perhaps. If we were out in the wilderness, perhaps a train or an animal. Nor could I hear. I heard the occasional bump, and the spears rattled in the back, but I heard nothing from outside. It was like magic.

It was a few hours but we arrived. It was a big building 6 stories up and at least an acre around. There were no other cars in the driveway. I saw it when I stepped out. We were in the forests. He told me to fallow him. And I did. It was bigger inside than it looked like out. We were in a room now. It was pretty big. It took up one entire floor of the building, "This is your room now. We train you in here and then you fight underground in the arena. Ill train you tomorrow with the spears."

"What, I don't quite understand."

"You see, you are on a list of very important, very dangerous people. I got you, and now you fight to the death with 5 other people that were on the list. We call it the GAMES. Because that's what it is, a game."

"And If I win?"

"Then you fight me." He said with a chuckle.

"To the death?" I asked in a very scared tone.

"No, I will go easy, all you must do is draw blood, then you win."

"Then I can go home?"

"No, I am afraid you are home. You have 5 days to prepare and train, then you go into the arena, best of luck," and it was with this that he left. I then sat there. Looking at my room. A row of spears was on one wall, and then target dummies and a few other things like armor and gunpowder were in the cabinets on the other side other room. It was big but I could see it all. I decided to pick one of the spears up and throw it. I'd never thrown one before, never actually touched one actually. Bu when I threw it it went straight into the dummy. Maybe there was a reason I was on this 'list'. Maybe If I survive, I can live long enough to figure out an escape.