I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for not updating in a little pass forever! I could give you a list of excuses but that probably wouldn't mean much. But I finally got some ideas so I'll be updating quicker.

Ariana Periwinkle POV~

My eyes dart in the poorly lit cave, awaiting the enemy. I go over the hasty plan we thought of in seconds, and hope that it'll be enough to get us all out alive.

But a tiny voice my mind is constantly telling me that it won't be that easy.

It never is.

An arrow flies through the air the corridor where we stood only moments ago.

"What the-" The district 4 girl, Dia starts, but not even seconds later a knife is thrown from the shadows opposite of me. Unfortunately it narrowly misses the smallest girls head and she lets out a piercing scream. Her older brother Pine shoves her out of the way and scans the area hoping to find us.

With my hands shaking slightly, I pull out my dagger about to attack, but someone else beats me to it as another dagger is thrown, skillfully hitting the district 11 boy, Nate in the calf. He groans in pain, hastily pulling it out, and with the eyes of a beast he easily sends an arrow sailing to the direction the dagger was thrown.

Maggie's corner.

Warm metallic blood coats my tongue, as I bite my lip to keep from crying out when a pained scream rips through the air.

Without thinking I hurl my blade towards him, aiming to kill, and another dagger is thrown from Kathy's corner striking Pine in his thigh. They both fall to the ground clutching their wounds and soon after blood pools under them.

Seizing my chance I sprint to Pine's sister, and press the blade to her neck. She screams and Dia whips her head towards us. With adrenaline pumping a steady beat in my ears I say in the calmest voice I can muster, "Alright I don't want to do this, but if you guys try to put up a fight, I'll have to kill her."

"And if we do leave peacefully?" She questions

"We'll let you guys go."

She studies me and contemplates my offer. My eyes dart quickly to Kathy's corner and hope that she's ready to strike. I can feel Willow tremble under me, and swallow down any guilt and regret that dares question my choices.

I can't give up now.

"Dia, what are you waiting for." Nate hisses angrily at her.

Finally Dia speaks up. "Alright I-" she begins, but before I can even process what happens, she bolts to the end of the passage, and Kathy attempts to hit her, but is not close enough.

I growl angrily, and without thinking drag my blade against Willow's throat. Her body falls limply to the ground, and my heart squeezes as Pine shouts her name, agony slicing through his voice. I stare in horror at my doings, and my eyes flicker to Pine, though I can't bare to stare as he struggles to crawl towards her body.

Kathy slowly comes out of her hiding spot, her eyes transfixed on Willow's body, with a look of surprise gracing her features. And Lillip is not far behind tears streaming silently down her face.

Realization hits me and my breath hitches as I remember Maggie.

I sprint to her hiding spot, and I try to calm myself by remembering the absence of the cannon when she was hit. As I reach the corner I gasp as I see streams of blood stain the ground, and run down like a spider web from the dark void.

"Maggie?" I choke on a whisper, peering into the shadows.

I'm met with silence, and my heart pounds a frenzied beat in my chest.

"Maggie?" I say a little louder, walking farther into the darkness.

Again only the sobs of Pine echo through the corridor.

"Maggie!" I shout, and search blindly flailing my arms hoping to find her.

I keep walking farther and farther into the shadows until it finally clicks; this isn't a corner. It lead to another maze of hallways.

Maggie wasn't here.

~Glamour Reeves POV~
"Vesta, where are we going?" I ask timidly, scared she's going to yell at me. Ever since we came to the Games she's been more on edge than usual, and she's starting to snap at me more too.

"Why don't you ask the crazy jackass leading us." she growls.

"Look I know where we're going okay!" Malus hisses.

"Is that why we've been walking who knows where for hours?" She snaps.

"Just shut the hell up will you!" He shouts. I eye Vesta fearfully knowing that that was a big mistake on Malus' part.

"What-" She begins, but Axel quickly interrupts her.

"Quiet." He whispers, and stops suddenly.

Vesta glares at him, opening her mouth to retort until she stops too, her posture alert.

Malus smiles sickeningly, and shivers run down my spine at the sight. That kid really freaks me out sometime. Well all the time.

"Jackpot." He whispers, as a piercing scream tears through the air.

He makes to race towards the sound, but Vesta grabs from the collar before he can.

"Wait you dumbass, we can't just rush there without a plan." She hisses.

"How can you possibly make a plan, you don't even know the circumstances?" He growls.

She glares at him, before turning to Axel. "Well a plan couldn't hurt." He shrugs innocently.

"Yeah well you guys do that." Malus wriggles out of Vesta's grip and sprints towards the direction of the ensuing screeches.

"That son of a bitch is going to get us killed." She growls and runs after him. Truthfully I don't know why she still lets him in the alliance, but I guess she still has some use for him.

Axel and I quickly follow her, and in minutes we finally catch up to him. At first I don't even see him, but as my eyes adjust I see he's stopped among the shadows and is listening intently at what seems to be a fight.

He spots us and smirks, "What happened to your precious plan?"

But before she can answer he creeps farther into the darkness.

Vesta curses so colorfully that I don't even know some of the words she utters. But nonetheless we follow the deranged boy into the ominous shadows.

"Vesta I don't like this." I whisper, fear laced through my words.

"Shut up Glamour, they're going to hear us." She snaps, but quickly apologizes as I whimper, "Sorry." she mutters, though her voice is deadpan.

I cautiously walk blind through the passages, and lightly brush against Vesta every once in a while to make sure I don't get lost.

Soon after we hear someone begin to speak. I can't distinguish the words though, but soon Malus stops abruptly and Vesta runs smack into him.

"Wh-" But before she can finish I hear him smack his hand on her mouth, silencing her and finally I understand why he stopped.

Shallow breaths and whimpers echo against the walls, from a mere couple of feet ahead of us.

I can tell Vesta also gets it as she rushes ahead of me a plan already forming, and a tiny scuffle can be heard from in front of me. In no more than 30 seconds Vesta returns and zooms past us whispering, "Follow me."

"But-" Malus starts.

"Now." She says firmly, and we all quickly navigate our way out. A dim light weakly makes it's way into the unwavering darkness until finally we are where we began.

Though this time there are 5.

My eyes lock on the wounded little girl Vesta is holding by the hair, and a pang of sympathy hits me as I see she can't be any older than 8 or 9.

Vesta studies the girl silently, before smirking triumphantly at her finding. "Maggie right?"

The little girl simply stares at Vesta, her face a mask of raw terror.

"I asked you a question!" I flinch at Vesta's tone.

"Y-yes." Maggie stutters, tears beginning to coat her cheeks.

"Good." A smug look crosses her face.

"So tell me again why you brought this brat, instead of killing her?" Malus raises an eyebrow clearly annoyed.

"How about you tell me something. Would you rather kill one measly girl or about 3 other bitches?" Vesta questions back.

A smile creeps onto Malus' lips and he replies, "Go on."

"Wow your an idiot. We use her as bait obviously."

"How?" He scrunches his eyebrow ignoring her insult.

"Like this." She pulls out a dagger and viciously plunges it into Maggie's already wounded hip.

She lets out an anguished screech, which rapidly grows louder as Vesta twist the blade into he bloody side.

"MAGGIE!" Someone's voice rips through the cavernous grounds.

Vesta pulls out the bloody knife and smirks. "Now we wait."

Dead Tributes

Willow Greene-District 12

I tried to make this chapter a little longer for you guys :) So do you still hate me? Yeah? Well I can't say I blame you, but I promise I won't abandon this story and I'll update quicker!