Adrian Petronius:

Of course he'll be in the greenest place he can find, I think as we jog towards the park, it's about to become night now and he'll be relaxing; hopefully it should be an easy kill.

"Wait" calls Aries "I don't want to rush into this, if he is there I want to know where he is and what his condition is before we charge in"

"But we outnumber him five to one" Ursa sulks "I know he could probably beat your pathetic behind but all of us" she laughs "I don't think so"

"You go ahead then" Aries tells her "see if you can scout the area out before we attack"

"If I see the little shit I'm killing him whether you're there to cheer me on or not" she announces stomping off her sharp flail hanging from her belt.

"You know my sister isn't going to join us again once he's dead" I tell Aries

"You don't know that, we will need to keep together to defeat the others. If they are together I'm looking forward to it, a showdown" his eyes light up, "Now all we have to do is wait for a scream, Ewan or Ursa I don't care"

"Interesting plan" I reply, sitting down on the hard ground "let my sister do all the work"

"What you accusing me of" Aries snaps back, not the reaction I was expecting

"Nothing!" I reply, no wonder him and my sister were at each other so much, there actually pretty similar people, I make a mental note not to tell either of them that, I'd like to keep my head a little bit longer at least.

Ewan Hawthrone:

I've found it, the place I've been looking for all this time. Grandfathers told me of this place and the moment the plate lifted I've been searching for it, even when with the careers. It's the real cornucopia in this arena, not filled with weapons or food but filled with knowledge.

Unfortunately it's occupied.

I take it slowly as I move around away from the direct view of the large windows; finding a nearby building with a low window i sit myself in a corner of the building. From here I can see them but I'm pretty confident they can't see me.

"ouch" I grunt as I rub my ankle I keep forgetting I hurt it so early in the games, it's not been too bad since the first day it happened but I'm pretty sure that the adrenalin is just blotting out the pain. That and the fear of what the careers would do to me if they thought I was weak.

To focus myself away from my ankle I make a count of the people in the building, five in total, five of them five careers and me stuck in the middle. If I'm going to survive this thing I realise that I have a lot more competition than I originally thought. It wasn't much of a talking point in the career camp of whether the others would have allied up but I think we were all pretty sure they'd be working separately. That's how it works!

The building itself is what I had expected it to be too, its where they can watch and see the state of the other tributes, though I assume not the location as they hadn't come after me once I arrived, yes I'm pretty sure they don't know I'm here. I wasn't sure how such a large alliance was still surviving and not at breaking point like the careers had been since day one.

It almost looked fun in there, they were talking and smiling, you don't smile during the games.

My mind is so messed up I can't focus I feel tired and hungry and I just want to go home. Home to Grandfather and district seven and my friends. I don't want the glory anymore I just want to feel safe again.

I close my eyes to blot out the thought and feel myself drifting off to sleep.

Aries Dartrush:

It's all quiet as we wait for Ursa to return or the cannon to fire, we're all looking at each other waiting for someone to snap, someone to decide the alliance is over. Well it sure as hell isn't going to be me.

Adrian is muttering under his breath, all part of the constant brain activity that seemed to be going on over there. I contemplate for a second that it might be hard to kill him. In the end. But no I have a job to do here, that's why they call us careers. It's a strange name really but it works, this is what we do. When we come out of it we get paid. Simple as can be.

"I don't like this" Gunnar comments eventually "she's been too long"

I have to agree, it's been nearly an hour since she wandered off and here we were sitting around like idiots waiting for her to return.

"I say we move on without her" Adrian says

As much as I want to agree, I think of our sponsors in the capitol, would they want us to go off alone or go looking for her, do they even care or do they have a soft spot for one of the others.

If I don't get out of here I'll never know.

"We go on without her" I order, heading off in a random direction, as expected the others follow.

We travel for a short while just turning corners and walking around the maze of an arena, I walk with purpose acting the whole time, I'm hopelessly lost and I have a feeling the others are too, never mind the other tributes I'm not quite sure I'll be able to find the training centre again.

I'm not telling the others that though and there not asking questions. You can cut the tension with a knife.

"Aries" calls Gunnar I notice he's fallen behind, "I'm going to go check this block for supplies, I don't think we've been here before"

"Good Idea" I call back and watch as the others head into the building leaving me alone for the first time since the games began.

I look up to the sky and breathe slowly, not wanting to show weakness or emotion I cover up my few tears with a pretend cough, I gulp from my water and splash a little on my face to hide my emotions.

That's when I hear it.

"Bleep Bloop Bleep" I almost scream with excitement as I spot the silver parachute descend from the sky, it floats slowly down below the buildings and into the street where I stand.

It lands by my feet.

"Thankyou Father and Thankyou to my sponsors" I rattle off in the proper way before opening it a quietly as possible.

Out of the silver capsule slides a small round device, no larger than a walnut, its smoth and silver apart from a round eyepiece like a camera a button next to which my father has attached a note,

'push me'

I push the button, the front of the device lights up and projects an image, no not just any image. A Map!

A map of arena and not just any map!

I can see me on it, and Gunnar and Adrian and ... and Ursa, she's stalking around the area where we left her and then I see them

The others.

The other alliance.

Let the games begin!

Still Alive:

Careers: Aries, Pheonix, Ursa, Adrian, Gunnar

Ally's alliance: Ally, Cane, Tiffany, Miriam, Jay

Solo: Ewan