Day 10:

District Four:

Soapy's POV:

This was getting so annoying! I had two hours of sleep, barely any water and food, and I was probably permanently blind for being in the dark so long! Memory kept taunt after taunt coming. If she kept this up, I don't know what I would do, but I would think of something. She can't have all the fun! As I thought of what to do next, I couldn't help but get even angrier at every jibe she made. Is it my fault she fell in love? Is it my fault she was put into these games? Is it my fault I just want to survive? Fine, two can play the game.

"Hey, carrot top," I yelled, "How about you shut up for a second and listen! I have had it! You think you're so high and mighty, well news flash, you so aren't! You think just because your idiot of a boyfriend sacrificed himself for you that you need to avenge him? You really think he did that for you? The real reason he did it is because he was weak! He couldn't play the games like I can, or you can. So get out of that little dream world you're in and wake up! Time to fight for yourself and play the game instead of trying to avenge someone who might not have even loved you!"

After my rant, there was an eerie silence. Crap, she is so pissed off. I had to get out of here now before she came looking for me. I took small steps to the right. If I went one way, I would eventually find a way out. I kept walking until I heard a foreboding crack. Was that her? Was she getting closer? I kept walking, listening tothe best of my ability. I heard footsteps ahead of me and jumped. Both Memory and I went down with a grunt. I tried to grab my whip out, but it was pinned under her.

We tossed and turned, wrestling for our lives. I knew she had an axe. She knew I had a whip. It was now just a game of time. Who could get their weapon out first? I grabbed a rock and jabbed it into what I thought was her head. I heard a screech and realized that it must have been her shoulder. Damn darkness! We finally separated and I felt my backpack slip. I was about to dive for it when I heard it get scooped up. She had it now and I was going to have to fight her for it.

As I prepared to tackle, I heard a rumble. Now this wasn't the kind of rumble that the earth made. This was the kind of rumble an animal made. I heard some sort of moan and saw what was coming towards me. It was some weird bat thing. The only difference between a real bat and this creature was that the mutation had arms and legs, its eyes were lit up like light bulbs, and, oh, yeah, it was carrying a giant knife. I could see Memory clearly now. She didn't seem as crazy anymore. She seemed scared. She wasn't in control anymore. Sadly, neither was I. We both started to run.

The thing didn't seem to be able to keep up. It was soon lost behind us. That wouldn't stop it. We were in a giant underground labyrinth. One wrong turn… We stayed together. I knew that for right now we were allies. We were bonded by fear, but we were allies. I also knew that if we both got out of here we would go back to fighting. I grabbed my whip and kept running. If that thing came to close I could do to Memory what she did to Iris…

I heard the swift movement of an axe. I knew what this meant. If I took her down, I was going down too. Smart girl. We took a right, a left, another right, and a left again. We didn't hit a dead end, so that meant we had to be getting somewhere, right? I could hear it again. Somehow it had gotten closer. Did we go in a giant loop? Did it just happen know the fastest way to get to us? I tripped over something. It was a rock formation.

"Memory," I hissed, "get your butt back here!" I could hear the hesitation in her footsteps. I squeezed in between the rocks and grabbed her hand, motioning for her to do the same. We were well hidden, but would that bat thing still find us? I could hear it getting closer and it took all my strength not to run screaming. It stopped right in front of where we were hiding. It let out a vicious scream.

District Seven:

Jessie's POV:

I could hear the sounds of violence coming once again from the depths of the forest. Of course, I had my own things to worry about. After I moved a couple dozen feet more traps began. I kept jumping, ducking, whatever. How the heck had this girl constructed all of this? She must have spent days planning this intricate system. I leapt up and did a somersault. I wasn't sure how much more of this I could handle. I jumped into the thicket and saw Taylor. She was dodging a boulder of some kind. I yelled her name and she looked up. All we did was nod. We were allies again, no debate whatsoever. I knew what we had to do. We had to turn the tables, catch Misty off guard. We had to make her the prey. Then an idea popped into my head, and I smiled.

"You dirty little witch," I screamed at Taylor, "You abandoned me to die in this forest! Serves you right that Misty came after you!" Taylor gave me a questioning look and I just widened my eyes. She needed to play along.

"Look who's talking! Little miss bossy! You thought you could just be the leader in this alliance, always planning out what we were going to do! Well guess what, I am a heck of a lot stronger than you!"

Good, she was playing along. "Yeah, well why don't you prove it?" I dragged my axe out, ready to throw. She jumped out of her last trap and drew a knife. We stood there for fifteen seconds, when I saw a flash of movement. I threw my axe in that general direction and heard a screech.

District Five:

Memory's POV:

I sat there, frozen. The creature had gone past our hiding spot dozens of times. It knew we were in this area, it just couldn't pinpoint where. Tomorrow we would make it out, but we had to stay here for tonight. The creature had to sleep eventually. I felt my enemy breathing. It would be so easy to kill her right now! To take out all my anger and revenge on her! I wanted so badly just to kill her now! Sadly, then she would give away our hiding place and we would both die.

I thought about Aidan again. I had been trying not to think about him, but I was failing. I missed him so much. I don't care what Sophia says! He loved me and I loved him, no matter how short a period of time our love lasted. I felt the motivation burn inside me. I had to keep going for him. He wouldn't want me to give up, he just wouldn't.

I realized that I couldn't just sit here. The Capital has designed this creature! Who knows if it would ever go to sleep? I waited and waited for it to come back. It stopped right in front of us and I took what might be my last attack. I grabbed my axe and jumped at it. It saw me coming and dodged and counter attacked. I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. Then I heard the monster screech again. Sophia was on top of it, clinging to it by its ears. I grabbed my axe again and swung. Its knife arm came flying off in response. Yes! It screeched some more and threw Sophia off. She hit her head and I could tell she was out of the fight. I stood in front of her, not wanting the beast to get to her. She protected me from this thing! I wasn't going to let her die!

It started to taunt me with its laughter. Is this what I have been like these past few days? Taunting my prey? Making them feel like there is no hope left? I tried to shake off the sudden guilt I felt for Amy and Iris. They didn't deserve that. Maybe Sophia did, but not them. I took another swing and it dodged again. I then dodged its counter attack. We then went into a whirl of attacks and dodging. It reminded me of that day on the beach. That day I asked Aidan if he would come dance with me. The way I ran away and made him chase me. The only difference was that was fun, this was life or death.

I felt its eyes on me. Those beams of red staring into my soul. If only I could…that's it! I held my axe up to my face. I heard it screech. I lowered my axe and saw the creature on the ground twitching. I had blinded it with its own extremely lit up eyes. I used the reflection it made on my axe to harm it. I raised my axe and finished it off, execution style. I slowly walked back to Sophia.

I couldn't see her but I heard her shallow breathing. I thought about killing her, but that wouldn't be fair. She couldn't fight. Plus, she had saved my life. We were even now. I sat down and went through her backpack. I felt bandages and wrapped my back up. It bled a bit and it needed to be covered. I then felt Sophia and realized her head was bleeding. I decided to patch her up, too. These were her supplies, after all. I lay down and started to drift off to sleep. Tonight, we would relax; and tomorrow, we would be enemies again.

I thought about myself for a moment. I was Memory again. I wasn't the vengeful girl who was bitter. I wasn't the crazy killer. I wasn't the girl who fell head over heels. I wasn't the prey. I wasn't the one who needed help. I was just Memory again. It felt nice. I wanted to stay Memory, but I knew I had to win. It wasn't for Aidan anymore, or Kylee, or even my family, it was just for me.

District Three:

Taylor's POV:

I looked over at the girl who was shocked we had tricked her. She knew we'd tricked her. She wasn't stupid. She got up and began to run. I sprinted to where she had just been and grabbed the axe. I handed it to Jessie and we were off. We ran and ran but Misty didn't slow down. She glanced back toward us a few times and started cackling. Did she find this funny?

I could feel that she wanted us to chase her, but what were we going to do? Let her get away? I don't think so! We continued to run and eventually caught up to her. I was about to pounce when all of the sudden the ground came out from under me. I could feel myself falling and waited for the pain. It didn't come. I was in a pit, but that's all it was. Just a pit. Then I heard Misty laughing some more and Jessie start yelling. Their conversation was indecipherable to me, but I could tell they were full-on fighting. I heard the clang of metal, their shouts, and the movement. I hoped Jessie was winning…she had to win… Then I heard the click, and I waited anxiously to see what happened.

District Six:

Misty's POV:

This couldn't get any better! Taylor in a hole, Jessie stuck in a net! They were mine now! They were mine to play with. Mine to control. I looked at my two new puppets. This just got a lot more interesting. I chuckled to myself. Jessie was squirming around in her net. I peered over the side of my pit. Taylor's expression went from hopeful to depressed. This just couldn't get any more perfect.

I thought about just killing them right now, but where would the fun in that be? It was getting dark and the anthem would play soon. I might as well leave my enjoyment for morning. I yawned and lay down, in plain sight of Jessie. This would just torment her all night. The anthem played, and of course, no one was dead. The Gamemakers might send a trap since no one has died today, but I hoped they wouldn't.

I wonder where Memory and Soapy are. I'm hoping they're battling it out to the death right now, but that's highly unlikely. I would probably have to find a way to lure them in here tomorrow, but I'd worry about that later. Just as I was about to fall asleep, I saw a package fall from the sky. Finally! A sponsor gift! I greedily opened it up and inside was the best thing I could have asked for. This would be helpful in a last ditch effort for sure! I settled back down with my new gift. Yes, I was going to win the Hunger Games, whether Panem liked it or not.

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