Gooday mates. Ok so a bit of information about the last chapter, so the note Maria received was from her mentor, 'W'. 'W' is Woof. Just thought I'd let you know. Anyway, please review!

~Kendyl~

It was pure chaos at the career camp. Warm blood sprayed across Sia's face and cannon sounded not long after. She whipped around, slung her backpack over her shoulder, and took off. Kaleb was right on her heels. Natalie and Kai's eyes snapped open at the sound of the cannon. They both sat straight up and then noticed Stephen. Dead. Natalie sprang up just as Kai did. They both noticed the pack and weapon sitting by their heads. With a simple head nod, the two of the scooped up their things and ran in the opposite direction. The alliance was broken.

Meanwhile in the mentor station, Stephen's siblings were throwing a fit. The other mentors were looking at them like they were crazy. Sure he's their brother, but if you didn't want him to die, why let him volunteer? Why not wait a bit longer? Its Mags from district 4 that finally calms the two down. They still have the girl and that's who they should be focused on. Should be. Though they won't. They'll just continue to throw a fit over their brothers death, and shout mean and horrible things at the district 2 mentors. As if it was really their faults. It was their tribute. Not them. It was Sia's fault.

Natalie stumbled across some unknown path. How did this happen? Treason. They had a plan! More importantly who? Sia? Kaleb? Which one! It was frustrating enough not knowing who killed your district partner, but even more frustrating because now she has to carry district one's win on her shoulders. Her shoulders alone. She checks her quiver. 5 arrows left. "Hey Amethyst! If I have any sponsors left would you mind sending some more arrows? Pleaseeee?" she calls up to the sky. Not 10 seconds later she hears the beeping. "Thank you!" she says running over to catch it. She quickly open it up to reveal a whole new quiver. She slips the old one off, removes the arrows, and throws it into the shrubbery. She puts the extra 5 arrows into her pack and slings the new quiver over her shoulders. Then she notices the miniature note in the bottom. "Turn around -A" she slips it into her pocket then strings up an arrow. She slowly turns around only to see the unthinkable. A mutt. She freezes. Its glowing red eyes and razor sharp teeth stand there looking at her. Then it pounces. She quickly aims at releases the arrow. With a soft whimper it dies. She takes a breath and strings up another arrow and takes off in the opposite direction of the mutt. That's enough excitement for one day. At least she thought it was.

Cecily eyes snap open at the sound of the anthem. The seal appears only to be replaced with Stephens face. Cecily's eyes widen with surprise. The pack is broken up. She's made it to the final 8. No way. Her face breaks out into the biggest smile. She could go home. She could win it all! If she just stays up in the tree and waits them out she could win! She laughs in spite of herself. She could see Blaine! And Tanith! Everything would be perfect! Oh sweet joy. She quickly jumped down out of the tree and hit solid ground. Then she sang.

"I'm coming home, I'm coming home.

Tell the world I'm coming home.

Let the rain, wash away

All the pain of yesterday.

I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes

I'm coming home, I'm coming home

Tell the world that I'm coming... Home."

She smiles pleased that she remembers the song her mother used to sing to her. It always seemed to calm her down enough to the point where she could sleep. Her mother always seemed to know just the way to put her children to bed. Or send a message to everyone. Her mother always did have a way to get through to her. Though, it doesn't matter now. Her mother is gone and there's no getting her back. Just like Drake's never coming back. Oh here we go again.

Sia hasn't stopped running. She doesn't think she can. Kaleb is still right behind her egging her on. This had been the plan all along. They would break up the pack and get the hell out of there. Mission accomplished. She ran out of breath and collapsed. Apparently Kaleb didn't see her or something because he tripped right over her. He landed with a sickening thud. "Uh are you ok?" she asks him. "Yeah.." he says pushing himself up. She had to laugh. They stood and faced each other. "Good luck" he said giving her hand a shake. "You as well." she said returning the shake. They offered each other a final smile and headed in the opposite direction. Sia was once again on her own. Just like after their deaths. Her sisters and her mothers. Her father wandered the streets and didn't pay her much attention until she told him she wanted to train. Well, you know what happens next. Anyone that truly knows her knows what happens next. So that means... Kaleb is the only one. Well isn't that special. So special indeed. She absently throws a knife at a tree. Will daylight ever come? Yes, and then it will be gone as quickly as it came. Just like any other day in this prison. Just like any other day.

Towner watches as Natalie rushes by. She must have seen the mutts too. They're everywhere. It kind of scares her a bit. She hears a growl. "Another one seriously?" she mumbles turning around. Sure enough, there sits a mutt. Before it even as time to process the situation her spear is lodged in its stomach. She wanders over to it and gives her spear a yank. It comes out like a knife is butter. She wanders back to her post. She can't sleep. Can't even think about it. Not with the mutts roaming around. Not with the careers roaming around. She's come too far to die right now. Come to think of it they all have. The final 8. Its time for Towner to come out of the shadows. She has what it takes to win. Now she just has to show them she can.

God finally the sun is coming up. Kai stumbled across some path he's been taking. Apparently not a good path to take. He hits a trip trigger. Lily's axe cuts through the air. He catches sight of it and scrambles to get out of the way. Not so lucky. It catches him right in the stomach and he falls over. His vision is doubled but he can clearly see another figure walking towards him. The glint of an axes edge gives her away. Its Lily, and she's come to finish her kill. He closes his eyes waiting for her to end this. There it is. The blade enters his chest and he's met with an extremely bright white light. Well that wasn't good.

The cannon boom seems to echo off the boundaries of the arena. It sure is hell scared Maria half to death. She's always been a very jumpy person (Mostly because she's always alone) but in the arena is magnified by 10. She jumps at every little sound. Though some are just begging for it. I mean they've all seen the mutts. She doesn't want to be their dinner. Wait a second... if they can't eat one of us, what do they eat? Or don't they? That's a question that will leave her hanging. Though she laughs because really what does it have to do with anything? Nothing at all. She rakes her fingers through her hair trying to get rid of the various leaves and smaller twigs that have found their way into her wavy locks. She grabs one of her knives and brings it to her hair. She cuts a good inch off the bottom resulting in the cut hair to fall to the ground. Along with some leaves and a bit of dirt. She can't stop though. So she cuts off 4 more inch's so that her hair is just below her shoulders. It feels like a weight has been lifted. She feels really free in a way. As free as she can be in this place. She steps out into the early morning's breeze. She lifts her arms slightly and stands on her tiptoes letting the breeze rush through her. She closes her eyes and dreams up something. Anything. Freedom. "Freedom." she whispers out loud. The word feels nice coming out of her mouth. Freedom.

Now that she's on her own, Natalie is craving for a kill. She may just have one too. She's been following a series of footsteps for a while now. Snap! Natalie whips her head in the direction of the sound. Snap! Snap! Two more. She smiles widely as she strings up an arrow. A blur of red catches her attention. There! She lets the arrow fly and the thud 5 seconds later confirms a hit. Unable to control her excitement, she rushes over to the body. "Om my god..." she mutters realizing who she had hit. Cecily. The cannon sounds signaling the older girls death. Natalie pulled her arrow out of her neck and once again notched the arrow preparing for anyone else. Noone. Well, today might not be so bad after all.

Kaleb simply raised an eyebrow at the sound of the cannon. Who could that be? Seems everyone is all of a sudden dropping like flies. It really annoys him. Mostly because he should be out there getting the kills. Fighting for the chance to go home. To see Delilah again. His thoughts are interrupted by an annoying buzzing sound. "Not again..." he complains swatting at the mosquitos. They have been bugging him non-stop. "I hate the freaking woods." he mutters getting up and moving. Seriously the things are more annoying than flies in the summer. Well, all bugs for that matter. To top it all off the sun is setting again. What is up with the game makers and time? Honestly. Its quite annoying. Like really annoying. Must everything be annoying?

Once a freaking gain it was night time. Sia muttered all kinds of profanity at the game makers for messing with it. Honestly its pitch black out. What are they gonna do, make no daylight at all? That's extremely boring. The anthem blares out causing her to stumble slightly. Wasn't expecting that to happen. The seal appears followed by Kai's face. Her breath catches. "I'm so sorry Kai..." she whispers to herself. Then its Cecily's photo. Sia shrugs that one off. The girl meant nothing to her. Nothing at all. Sia clears a little space in the dirt and spreads out her sleeping bag. she wriggles her way into it and lays her head down. She closes her eyes slowly and lets Kai's face cloud her dreams.

RIP Kai and Cecily.

Kai- I'm going to miss him :(. I literally cried while I wrote this.

Cecily- I also really enjoyed this character. :( I cried again.

Ugh again its so shortttttttt. Ugh. I got a headache during it so that really didn't help. Anyway, I don't own the song "Coming Home". So yeah, please review!

P.S. your final 6!

Natalie Warner

Sia Delaria

Kaleb Tides

Towner Hills

Lily Moore

Maria Kingston

~Kendyl~