Jesse's POV

"We're gonna die!" cried Axel as he fell to the ground with a thump.

The smell of burning flesh filled the air. I watched as Axel rolled around in the tall grass. We were all worn out as we were fighting the monsters infesting the forest without breaks. I turned my head to watch Petra walking towards us. I moved my gaze to the ground, bent over, and put my hands on my knees, panting.

"Good job, you guys!" Petra called out to us. She watched and coached us from the top of the trees, eventually shooting a few sneaky monsters for us.

"Thanks... Petra..." Olivia said between pants, "but... Endercon starts... in half... an hour and... we're tired!"

"Don't worry about it," Petra turned her head to Axel, lying in the grass, "get up, big guy!"

Axel replied with a groan, looking at his bloodied fists, "Zombie blood smells gross," he mumbled.

"Come on, Axel!" I told him, already recovering, "Let's get to Endercon and show the Ocelots who's boss!"

"I don't know, guys," Petra spoke up, "They're pretty good fighters, so you're up for some competition. But, maybe I'm wrong. I haven't seen them train while you guys have been training for months!"

Nice cover up, Petra, nice cover up indeed…

Olivia looked her up and down before looking back at the ground, "I just don't want to get laughed at by them!"

I put on my woollen, soft but durable shoes for the third time today. The Order of the Pig had beaten the two other teams quickly and soundly, but that was thanks to Axel. He's made up of 90% muscle and 10% bone so he's almost unbeatable.

We only have two more fights and we win. Which is being a bit optimistic as if we lose this round, we get eliminated. The faint sound of the whistle blows, which means another team has fallen. I look to the left and see Olivia's leg jumping up and down, her face hidden in her hands. I look to my right and see Axel as hyped as ever and energetic, bumping his fists together.

The darkness of this little room is making me very nervous, and even more so when I hear the muffled voice of the presenter call our team name, and the man accompanying us pulls Olivia and I up and pushes us out into the arena. The cheers of the spectators fading as I feel dizzy and my knees weakening. I guess this is what it's like to be nervous. Very, very nervous. I almost faint as the presenter calls out, "The Ocelooots!" carrying the 'o' along.

Lukas, Gill and Aiden walks out of their little "house" waving and banging their chests and hollering. Lukas seemed embarrassed but also suspicious.

"Alright!" the presenter began, drawing a ring surrounding us in the sand with red dye, "New rule! Get pushed out the ring? Out! Other rules stay the same. Let's get this started!"

I gulped at that last bit. I looked back at the Ocelots and saw Aiden smirking at us. Gill winked at Olivia and Lukas stared at them, as if he was planning something. Even more suspicious.

"Go!"

Axel ran forwards and swung a fist at Gill. He quickly ducked and ran after Olivia, tackling her to the ground while she struggled to push him off. I charged at Aiden and shoved him. He almost fell back past the line, but got back on both his feet and ran at me. I covered my face for the impact but he fell over before he could attack me. I looked around and saw Lukas right there. I ran towards him to get myself pushed over and onto the sand. I flailed my arms aimlessly and I felt myself being dragged towards the red border by Gill. I used my strength to do a front flip, releasing myself from Gill's grasp and I kicked behind me (embarrassingly like a horse), pushing him out of the ring.

"Ocelot Gill is eliminated!"

I saw Olivia struggling against Aiden and Axel rushing to help. I could hear the yell of frustration behind me and I turned to see Gill pointing at me, gesturing to Lukas to go after me. I turn around and I get pushed to the ground by Lukas. I kick him off and scramble to my feet. He clutches his stomach in pain and I feel a pang of guilt. Instead, I rush towards Olivia and motion to Axel to deal with Lukas. As I get there, Aiden has punched Olivia, causing her to fall, her upper body passing the dyed sand.

"Order of the Pig Olivia is eliminated!"

I swerve around Axel, who looked like he was looking forward to punching the hell out of Lukas, and I run as fast as I can towards Aiden. He sees me rushing towards him, so he runs towards me too. When we were about a block and a half apart I turn my body and duck down, causing him to trip over me. I have to thank Petra for that one. I spin around and before Aiden could get to his feet, I pin him to the ground, arms pinned behind his back.

"3," the presenter screams, "2," it seemed to go on forever, "1! Ocelot Aiden is eliminated!"

I give Aiden a look of triumph, but before I can turn around, the presenter yells, "Order of the Pig Axel is eliminated!"

I see Axel lying face first in the sand and I hear Aiden and Gill's snickers from behind me. Lukas winces at Axel's feet and looks up at me. To be honest, Lukas is the nicest out of the Ocelots (which reminds me, where the hell is Maya?), and I sort of don't want to hurt him, so I think of a way to get him eliminated so we can advance to the next round.

I'm lost in thought but the screams of Axel and Olivia AND Reuben (!) wake me up. I smile and wave at Reuben and I charge myself at Lukas who looked like he didn't want to hurt me too. He keeps still and I rush at him but swerve around him quickly (teleport like an Enderman, Petra told me) and I get behind him. He turns around confusedly and I grab at him but I miss and I'm suddenly falling. I look around my shoulder and see the floor slowly coming closer. I turn around and see Lukas panic and tries to grab for me. I grab for him again and this time I grab his wrist and pull him down with me. We land on the dusty sand and a cloud of the stuff circles us.