Momentum carries my sword into Stian. I pull it out and turn to see Sefie, who screams and starts sobbing over his body.

Then her screams stop, just like that. A knife protrudes from her chest.

Pretia's knife.

Two cannon blasts break the silence, but Sefie wasn't alone.

The trapdoor bursts open and the Crane siblings jump down, followed by the district 3 boy, who is dark-haired and skinny, but armed with a sword that is obviously too big for him. I take him down easily, then turn.

Just in time to see the Crane girl stop by Pretia's bed. Her brother grabs me in my moment of shock and gets me in a headlock.

"You are going to watch this," he says, a sadistic smile plastered to his face. His sister bears down on Pretia.

"No!" I scream "She's defenceless, no!"

Tears pour down my face as she murders Pretia. She does it slowly, so that it hurts us both even more. I struggle against the boy, but rage is making me stupid and blind.

When Pretia is gone, she turns to her brother.

"Kill her. Slowly."

The fog in my head clears. I still have my sword, so I shove the hilt into his stomach, making him loosen his grip enough for me to slip free, grab the pack which has all of my food and weapons and run. I make for the woods, not caring where I go.

Tears pour down my face as I leave the girl from 7 behind.

Dusk falls. Tears fall faster when her face appears in the sky.

The mercy of sleep does not come.

And I've forgotten the medical kit.


The Gamemaking Centre

Lissy was tired. She'd been on night shifts all week. Nothing interesting ever happens at night, especially not with capitol citizens.

She sighed. The 'careers' were so tame compared to past years. I the 70th games-

Something caught her eye on the camera nearest to the careers. Movement. The flash of a knife. She smiled.

"All cameras on the District 4 male!" She called. The sleepy team moved to watch.

The boy from 4 was meant to be on watch, but now he was creeping over to the girl from two, a knife in his hand. He grabbed her, and, in one fluid motion, slit her throat.

It was quick, but not quick enough to stop her from crying out and waking everyone else.

The boy from two was the first to act, grabbing a bow and shooting the boy from four before he could even turn around.

And then the boy from two grinned, proud of himself. So proud, he didn't spot the last career, the girl from four, until it was too late.

Lissy set off three cannons as the girl from four grabbed as much stuff as she could carry in two hiking packs before running off.

A while later, Lissy got up. Finally. Shift over.

A young girl called Cassie took her place. She was quite a new recruit: this was her first games. She wasn't taking it very well, though – being too nice, letting tributes do things they shouldn't. Her specific work this year was the girl from 12, and she was getting a little too attached. Lissy was surprised that she was here, after her breakdown when the girl from 7 died yesterday.

Whatever. It had nothing to do with Lissy.

Cassie watched as the little dot that was Catriona moved towards the border. She was well into the woods now, with all of the other tributes still in the actual district. If any of the other Gamemakers saw her, they would send her back, or worse.

Where was that invisibility button?

Too late.


A/N: What do you think of the gamemakers? Are they good? Tell me what you think, as they will/will not make a return depending on what you say!