"Why do we have to do these things?!" I yelled into the black sky.

I was standing in front of the gate. The ground was shaking violently. The sky was black, but it wasn't night.

I heard mom sigh, "Just deal with what's going on. I have a feeling that this isn't the simulation. This is what's going to happen."

"Well then I'll sit and observe." I put my hands behind my head and sat down. "This should be interesting."

The gates flew open and these dog things ran in followed by humans. The dogs looked like they were rabid. They looked violent and dangerous. One of them padded over to where I was and sniffed the ground. I cringed and then tensed up. My heart started to beat faster as the dog's lip went back and it snarled. A human came jogging over.

"What is it, mutt?" They asked rather angrily.

The dog snarled again and I closed my eyes wishing it would go away. The human bent down, their hand a millimeters from my face. He closed the gap and ran his hand threw my hair. Shock was written all over his face, then he smirked. His hand started going lower and I sprang up.

"Holy shit." I muttered and the human's head snapped up.

I ran for it. The dog ran after me and so did the human. What the hell is going on? I tripped on a rock and put my hands out to cushion the fall but instead I heard something snap. My wrist was screaming in agony and pain. The dog and human closed in then I was back in the room. My wrist was still screaming in pain.

"M-mom, I think my wrist is broken." I looked into her worried eyes.

"How did a simulation do this to you exactly?" Dad gently touched my wrist and I winced.

I shrugged. "I don't know. I tripped and my wrist snapped."

"Just snapped? And then you woke up and it was still broken?"

"Exactly." I confirmed.

"This is just odd."

"Tobias, we really have to prepare ourselves." Mom and Johanna wrapped my wrist with something that will hold it in place.

"How could my wrist snap in both reality and my mind? How could they sense me and touch-" Dad's head snapped up and stared me down. "my head." I finished.

"We don't have those answers." Mom sighed.

"Finn, Mike, Lynn, and I will go check out the gates for now. Then we'll go to Ms. Prior and see what's going on there." Both of my parents nodded.

"Be careful." Dad said and put my arm in a sling.

I slid off of the table, kissed their cheeks, and left to find my family and boyfriend. They were sitting in the middle of the Pit slapping each other's hands. I laughed and made my way over to them. Finn rushed over immediately when he saw my arm in the sling. He caressed it carefully.

"What happened? Are you okay?"

"Well, I was in a simulation and my wrist snapped. How? We don't know."

He nodded and waved Lynn and Mike over. They made their way over and eyed the sling suspiciously.

"Did someone finally beat you in a fight?" Mike joked.

"Never." I replied.

He frowned but then smirked. "Good because I want to be there to see when it happens."

I laughed at him. "We need to go check out the gate. Get a gun or something then meet me in the car. Finn, since you're oldest, you can drive."

"Anything for you, love."

I smiled at him. "We need to get going. Make sure everyone outside the gate is okay. Then we'll go to all the factions. We need all the fighters we can get."

"So nothing has happened?" I asked Ms. Prior.

"Nothing. Finn informed me of some details so I have been keeping guards posted all around. They've reported nothing." She replied coolly.

"Good. Now it's time to check the other factions. How fun."

Ms. Prior smiled. "I'll see you kids later then. Good bye."

We waved good bye and walked back to the car. Gun shots went off and I was tackled to the ground. I pulled out the gun from my waistband and looked around. There's no one around. Huh. I got up and began to run towards one of the buildings but I was roughly pulled back. I cursed under my breath and glared at Finn.

"I have to make sure everything's okay."

"Ms. Prior can do that. We need to get back inside the gate."

Another gun went off and Lynn flew backwards. Her stomach covered in blood. I fell to the ground and crawled over to her. Tears were streaming down my face but I ignored them and focused on Lynn. She was shot. My best friend was shot!

"Help me get her in the car." When no one moved I screamed at them. "I said help me get her in the car!"

They moved and did as they were told. I sat in the back with Lynn's head on my lap.

"Stay with me, Lynn. You need to live. You can live through this. Please stay with me." I cried. Her eyes fluttered closed. A sob escaped my mouth. "Go faster!" I sobbed. "I can't lose her."

When we got back to the compound Mike took Lynn into his arms and ran to the infirmary. Finn took me into his arms while I sobbed.

"She has to live. She's my best friend!" I cried into his chest.

He murmured comforting words to me, but I ignored them. My best friend, besides Mike of course, was just shot in front of me. This cannot be happening. Finn led me to the infirmary and we waited. The whole family was there, but I was crying the hardest. This is all my fault. We should have just gone to all of the factions first. There were ways to prevent this. Mike and I were covered in blood. He was comforting me and I was comforting and dad were comforting Uncle Zeke and Aunt Shauna. After I cried out all of the tears I started hyperventilating. The doctor tried to get me to leave, but I suddenly got dizzy and passed out right in the middle of the room.

I was feeling nice so I left you guys with a cliff hanger