A/N: Sorry about the cliffhanger in the last chapter. Anyway, onwards!

Also, this is kinda short too. This was originally one chapter, but I liked the tease at the first part, sooooo...

Warning: It's gonna get a little bloody from now on...

The games start now!

Get a canon ready! :3

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Chapter 7: Let the games begin! Pt. 2

"This is the arena?!"

It was huge! We were standing in the middle of abandoned buildings, cracks were in the concrete, windows were shattered, and the buildings were overgrown with greenery. I looked around; some of the buildings were so big that they went past the cloudy sky.

'It's true! I mean; we don't have buildings this big in District 12!' I recalled saying at the interview.

Most of the buildings were a few stories, but some were huge.

I looked around the other pods; Bay was on my right, Oak on my left. Next to him was Ivy, and so on, et. ...

"Welcome tributes, to the 73rd hunger games, and may the odds be ever in you're favor... Now let the games... Begin..."

The countdown started, I had one minute till my life was in serious danger.

59. 58. 57...

I looked around nervously. I noticed, the boy from District 9, with blackish brown hair, looking pale and clammy. I felt so sorry for him. He looked like he was only twelve.

45. 44. 43. 42. 41...

I started trying to come up with a plan. There was a backpack that was not to far from me.

27. 26. 25. 24. 23...

I didn't dare try to get to the cornucopia, where all of the weapons were, that's where the careers were going to head for...

19. 18. 17. 16. 15...

I gulped and tried to figure where I was going to go after I got the pack.

10. 9. 8. 7. 6...

There! There was a building behind me, that might be able to hide me...

5. 4. 3. 2. 1...

Everyone jumped off their pod and raced toward the cornucopia.

Bay rushed and got a single pack and raced away from the pods.

Following his lead, I ran toward the pack I wanted, but a girl reached there before me. I flinched when she was decapitated by a flying ax. I grabbed the pack and ducked as a knife flew above my head. When I looked up, I saw in horror, that the boy from 9 was being stabbed by the District 2 female.

I turned and ran to the building I had seen before the end of the countdown.

Another knife flew past my head, I could feel the blade swing past my hair, grazing me. It hit the stone wall, of the building, and fell to the floor. I quickly crouched down and got it, before entering. The entire room was covered in dust. It was a hotel. I walked to the wooden desk, where the manager would have been. I couldn't find anything there, so I continued on my way. I walked down a hallway to my left. Rooms were on both sides. There was a slightly cracked door, at the end of the hallway, to the left. I reached for the handle slowly, and opened the door. Nothing. Just a dusty computer, a bed, and a closed closet. As I turned to leave, I heard a sound coming from the closet. Wary I walked slowly toward it. Reached for the handle. And opened the door. There wasn't anything in there. Just some brown dead leaves. I turned to walk away, when I head a slithering sound. I turned around, and what I saw turned my blood cold: It was a snake. A sand colored snake, with brown markings around it's body. It was hissing and bearing it's fangs. I walked backwards slowly. Never taking my eyes off, the deadly snake. I hated snakes. I was bitten once by a black colored snake, back at District twelve. Luckily it wasn't poisonous. But I still got myself checked out by Katniss's mom.

After I reached the door, I quickly ran out and started back down the door. I saw someone coming into the building. I stopped and tried to figure out who. It was a girl, long hair, and she was carrying... A sword!? I backed up and tried to get one of the other doors open, but they were all locked. The only other room open was the room with the snake. I was cornered. The girl walked toward me slowly. Almost, like she was playing with me. After I was backed up in the right corner of the hallway, she came to a stop in front of me.

"Well, what do we have here?" She said.

It was one of the District 2 tributes.

"Please..."

"'please' what?" She asked, with a evil smirk.

"D-don't hurt me..."

She grinned and looked around. "Tried to hide in here, didn't you?" She asked, taking a knife out of a patch she had. "You have something of mine..."

"I don't have anything!" I tried to tell her. " "Don't lie to me." Was all she said. She crouched down and held her knife to my throat. "Where's my knife?" "I don't have anything of yours!"

"You're lying..."

"Juno? You in there?" I heard a man's voice say.

Juno grinned, turned around and said: "Over here!" Before she turned back toward me.

"There you are! What have you got here?" It was Romulus, the male tribute of District 2.

He too carried a sword.

"Got a little rat, here." She said to him.

I saw him smirk and felt my spin shiver.

"Well, let's have some fun then, shall we?"

"NO, PLEASE! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

"QUIT!" I felt the wind get knocked out of me, and fell to the floor, with a thud.

"Yeah, I'm gonna carve her up real nicely..."

"H-elp..." I tried to call, but I couldn't get my voice to work.

But, just as Romulus lifted his sword, someone leaped on his back, causing him to loose his balance. After saving me, the mysterious person, ran toward the exit.

"Juno, come on! Let's get this asshole!"

They chased the person, and left me alone.

I sighed, and got up.

"Thank God..." I said, before I quickly left the building, in case they came back.

Outside it was getting dark. A light snowfall was coming down. I shivered and started trying to find a place to camp for the night.

Walking down an ally way, I found a cardboard box, and quickly got in it. It wasn't comfortable in the least. But at least it would keep me warmer then being outside. Besides; The careers were less likely to find me here. I closed the opening and tried to get to sleep.

"Thank you, for saving me. Whoever you are..."

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A/N: The games have officially started!

Lily, was lucky not to have been killed by the careers... But who was the person who saved her? What do you think? Was it Bay, Oak or Ivy?

Thanks for reading and goodbye for now. R&R!

Bye!