CHAPTER 7:

When we enter the training center, I can see that we're the last people to come. Everyone is scattered around the center. I can see the district twelve girls at the boxing station. She has a strong arm by what I can see. I walk towards the knife throwing station but hand grabs my forearm before I can go any further.

"Remember you two; don't show off to the other tributes. Try other things you don't know." Cyrus said. Marcus and I nodded. When the door closed we looked at each other.

"What would you like to try first?" I asked. Marcus pointed towards the obstacle course. There weren't any tributes around there. There was a woman at the station who instructed us on what to do. When she blew a whistle I and Marcus sprinted across the course. I jumped aver hurdles and climbed a wall. We swung over a ditch and crawled under wires. Marcus was way ahead of me. After that he went to sword fighting and I went to the treadmills. The girl from five was already running at top speed. I started running next to her.

"I thought I was the only one that fast." She said.

"I've been running for a couple years now." I said.

"I'm Celeste." She said.

"I'm Camellia." I replied.

"What district are you from? I've never seen anyone run as fast as me. I mean, in district five, there's lots of places to run." Celeste said.

"I'm from district 11. I usually run in the fields." I said.

"We'll I'm glad I met you Camellia." She smiled. I walked off towards the knives section. There were other girls there. I saw the girl from district twelve looking at me. She looked me up and down and chuckled. I grab a handful of knives and started flinging. I got more than have of my knives at the dummies chest and the other half at the head. The girls from twelve and four were looking at me. They fallowed me to the darts section and I got my darts in the neck. When training was over they talked to the guys who I was sure would be in the career group. We would be presenting to the game makers in a couple days. I had no plan and I couldn't think of anything to show. I started to leave when the career group walked up to me. Marcus was with them.

"Hey you!" the girl from 12 called. I turned around.

"I'm Lei. I saw you at the knives section and couldn't stop thinking that you have amazing aim. And then at the treadmill we saw how fast you could run. What are your plans for the games?" I shrugged.

"To not get killed I guess." They laughed.

"We'll, if that doesn't work, you can hunt with us in the games. If you know what I mean." She smiled.

"You want me to be a career with you guys?" I asked.

"I guess you can say that. Think about it." She walked off with everyone else but Marcus.

"So you plan on accepting their offer?" Marcus asked.

"What about you? Did they offer you the same thing?" I asked.

"Only if you join they let me stay."

"Then I think we just became part of the career pack." I smiled. He put his arm around my shoulder and we walked out of the training center. I thought to myself 'Maybe I won't die in the arena. Maybe I will survive. And maybe I won't have to kill Marcus myself. Because If I leave, then he's out too. I started thinking of my plan for the games. I had a plan to have them get rid of Marcus before I have to myself. I knew I wasn't safe with them. And they must know that too.