I never knew about your red horns
I never saw your evil scar
You used to be what I would live for
But then you went and stabbed my heart
-Run Devil Run by Ke$ha

I felt the tears pricking my eyes. "You know what's so funny?" I asked all of them. Blue was still frowing and Faith looked sympathetic.

Cristan, the idiot he is, looks at me dumbly. "What?" Even his voice sounds stupid, I bit my tongue from laughing.

I took the knife in my hand and flung it at Cristan. I landed perfectly in the center of his face. I held up three fingers and slowly brought down one at a time then when I reached one I pointed to the ceiling of the cave. The cannon fired in response. I grinned in satisfaction.

"The fact you I wouldn't fight back." I said demonically. I knew Jessa would want to leap at me. "Now," I said carefully. "I'll ask once. May I join the Careers?"

Jessa was red eyed. "Why would we need a twelve year to join us?" She sneered. "We have everything we need. Do you know that our sponsors have sent us every meal we've had so far?"

At the mention of the word sponsor an idea pops into my head. Before I could stop myself I leap into action. "I have so many sponsors I can have whatever I want on demand." I said simply.

"Yeah right." Jessa snorts and Blue's looking at me like I wouldn't dare. The twins have curiousity in their eyes.

"Come outside." I said innocently. I led them out of the cave. "I'll show you."

"I'd love to see this one." Jessa muttered to herself.

"If you'd shut up I'd gladly show you." I shot. "Now, let's say I want a knife five inches long with a nice curve. I say knife." I held out my hand and prayed Calypso understood what I was doing. Please, let her understand.

The parachute becomes visible and it lands right on my palm. "See, right on command." I grinned foolishly.

"Let the girl come." Fathom said. Jessa was about to say something but Fathom was pissed at her for reasons well...I intend to find out why. "No Jessa! You have the murder of a twelve year old and that's disgusting and I'm not going to tolerate your stupidity especially if Cristan isn't here to back you up!" He shouted at her.

"So I kill a twelve year old and that's terrible but this twelve year old killed my partner and thats fine?" She yelled back a him.

"It's a thing called self defense." I defended myself. "And revenge but nonetheless you should be thankful I didn't kill you."

She ignored me and was still glaring at Fathom. "Like you are any better." Jessa hissed at him.

"I haven't killed anyone. Neither has my sister of Blue. And Serenity's slate would have been clean if you hadn't killed her alliance." Fathom was looking in her eyes.

"This is the Hunger Games!" She shrieked. "The purpose is to kill! I'm following the rules. Some Two tributes you and your sister are."

"Never insult my sister." He warned and that was the end of that, or at least I thought it was. "Step out of line and I won't hesitate to beat the living shit out of you."

"Fathom!" Faith hissed, but I could see she was just trying her hardest not to smile and laugh.

"Thank you." I whispered as we walked back. He grunted in response. "No, really, you might have just saved my life."

Fathom smirked. "So how did you really get that knife of yours right down to the T?" He asked.

"A true magician never reveals her secrets." He shot me a look. "I have my ways," I said slyly, walking quickly up to Faith before he had the chance to interrogate me any further.

"Who would have guessed that Serenity Starr would have made it to the top ten?" She asked softly.

"Serenity Starr." I replied.

"Calypso and Apollo think alike." She simpered, a smile dancing at the corner of her lips. I was going to ask her how she might possibly know but she held up a bottle of tiny pills. "He sent this to me on the second day when I requested it. They make people sleep in discretion. If I slip it in their food their gone for eight hours."

I smiled. Faith was playing a dangerous game but yet she seemed to be dominating. "An overdose of those could kill someone." I realized and she nodded.

"I knew that Jessa was going to kill the guy from Nine, Ebony's partner. I snuck into his food supply and put these in, hoping he would die off before Jessa would bother with him. It's terrible, I know, but Jessa takes her time sweet time to deliver pain." She said quickly as an explanatory.

I shrugged. "I think you did the right thing, better to die painless in your sleep then by that beast."

She thought. "I don't think it was for him. I think it was for me. I can't stand a long brutual death. Is that selfish? That I potentially killed a boy so I wouldn't have to witness Jessa doing it?"

I shook my head. "I don't think so. You almost saved him for agony. Maybe you didn't know this but I think your intentions were not just about helping yourself but helping him as well."

She considered this. "Maybe. And maybe Blue doesn't like Jessa but he's just protecting you." She added.

I frowned, this girl was some sort of mind reader. "Blue wouldn't..." I trailed off. He wouldn't do that, right?

"Oh yes, yes, Blue would." Faith said softly. "You're like a younger sister to him, I can see that and I don't think he think's he's going to win. I think he thinks you can outlast everyone."

I felt my cheeks burn. I was shocked that he thinks that but also appalled. Me, out of all the other teens, because really you took out all the young ones, he thinks I can beat everyone. First of all I'm not killing him. I'm not killing Faith. I don't know how the mental boy kept himself alive this long but I'm not killing a cripple either. Fathom just saved my life, so he's off that list too. That leaves my two enemies. Titus, who I would gladly kill any day and Jessa, who was close to that status. I may hate her but she didn't kill Ebony. Cristan did. And Cristan was ordered to kill me. That's why he's dead.

Because he messed with me.

All of the sudden the energy was hyped up again. We were in an unfamiliar territory, a frozen ocean with glaciers and high snowy-top mountains. I knew the arena was huge but this one goes on for forever.

Apparently Blue spotted the boy from Seven on a glacier. He was trapped between us and the icy cold water that would kill him ten times slower than Jessa would. He ws the last non-threat and if we left him alone then he could sneak up on us and kill us. Anybody could but I think we have more dignity to die by a more worthy opponent. So Jessa pulled out her spear and flung it at the boy, who fell backwards into the water and to my surprise, got electrocuted by tons of electric eels. The cannon fired seconds after.

Note to self: Don't go swimming.

No one said anything about that death. Actually I think we were happy he's gone. It's now Titus and crazy Tye against five Careers. We could easily hunt them down and kill them, then there's five, hopefully four if one can manage to get Jessa off our hands, of us left to battle it out. Whoever wins get the battle of the century with a full top five full of Careers to battle it out. One of us will come out and honestly, I'm fine with anyone of us winning, disregarding Jessa.

"I think we should go back to the horn." Fathom said after staring at the electric eels for a while. They were sparking up the water making it look like thousands of lightning bolts were hitting the surface. "It's getting dark."

The journey back was, surprisingly, short. I settled saftely next to Faith, who was next to Fathom. The anthem played and there was three faces tonight. Cristan, started off the night, then the boy from Seven, then Ebony.

"I'll take watch tonight!" Jessa announced after.

"Then I'll join you." I said, yawning. I did not trust Jessa alone at night with all of our weapons and the anger of me killing her partner. Only an idiot would go to sleep. And me lasting this far, I don't think I'm an idiot.

Faith rolled her eyes. "Don't be silly, you need your rest, look at your eyes! I'll watch with Jessa."

Fathom chuckled but said nothing. "Okay..." I said slowly. I trusted Faith, to some extent. I knew she could kill and that fierce girl at the beginning of Opening Ceremonies is still there inside her but she has yet to show her.

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"...Where are they...?" I woke up to the sound of Faith and Fathom talking in hushed voices. It was still dark outside. What the hell was going on...

...And why wasn't Jessa or Blue here?

"What's going on?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. I patted the floor around me to find my knife. I bolted up and started patting the ground again but there was nothing. "Where's my knife?" I yelled, furious.

"Oh Serenity, I didn't mean to wake you up." Faith frowned. "And I don't know where your knife is, I haven't seen it since last night."

All of the sudden out of no where the cannon fired. It made all of us jump, even Fathom. "You don't think it's one of them."

Faith smirked. "Maybe Blue decided to get rid of her after all." She looked pleased.

I shook my head. That makes no sense. Why would he kill her with my knife? I know he has swords and Jessa doesn't fight with small blades. "But with my knife..." I said uncertainly. "Maybe we should go look for them."

The twins decided not to push the matter and joined me. There was no sign of Jessa or Blue or any other tributes. "Hey Serenity I think I found your-" Faith called but stopped. "Oh shit."

Her and Fathom exchanged glances. I ran up to see my knife but it was covered in bright crimson blood, fresh. And the next to it was a shirt. Blue's shirt.

And the next thing I know was Fathom shouting. "Are you kidding me?"

I whipped my head around to see Jessa. She was covered in blood. I don't know if it was her's or Blue's or another tribute's but it was obvious she was apart of the death that just happened. I felt my stomach hollow as Blue didn't return.

"Fathom, listen-" Her voice was pleading.

I couldn't take it. "You killed him?" I screamed. "YOU KILLED BLUE?" Then I realized the knife was stained with Blue's blood, not anyone else's. She stole my new knife and used it to kill Blue.

"Serenity calm-" Faith started but I couldn't help but ignore her.

I was fuming now, and I felt tears of betrayal and hurt and anger and sadness and everything rushing down my cheeks. "You thought this was your way of getting even, huh?" I continued. "Don't kill me but kill my partner?" I was getting dangerously close to her. Dangerous for her.

"Why would I do that?" She asked like I was stupid but suddenly her face drained of color. Sheer white.

It was one thing to get rid of Ebony or even Trey but this...This was too far. She just killed my brother. My partner. My best friend. The guy who just risked everything to keep me alive so I could win. The guy who gave me advice. Who defended me. Would have died for me. Did die for me. Did she not know how much that hurt?

"I'm not stopping her." Fathom's voice was cold. "You put yourself in this mess Jessa, and now your gonna have to clean it up."

"I'll do anything, I swear it was-" She was begging. The nerve.

I flicked my knife. The same way I did in training and it landed in her lower abdomen. "Rot in hell." I muttered and turned to Fathom and Faith.

"Well played." Fathom commented. "Look, therer's no Blue or Jessa to hold us together. I'll agree to leave each other alone and go our seperate ways."

Faith interjected. "Fath, I'm not leaving her alone. It's not right and especially after this she doesn't deserve to be alone."

I slouched miserably. "You don't have to do this."

"I want to do this." Faith persuaded. "I like you with us. Your a good fighter and a good person."

Fathom grunted. I couldn't read his face again. "I guess it's all up to you, Serenity."
I nodded and looked up at the sky. "Let's take those two bitches down." I said confidently even though the tears still poured out of my eyes.

And like a signal of good hope, the cannon shot.