(Thanks to MentosGoBoom, Angie2282, Kookiemnstr4560, p0werduck, Nameless271, Percival Jones for your review! YIKES! Sorry for killing Sabrina everyone... guess she was a popular character... sorry... but, the poll at the moment shows Lazuli with the most votes, followed by Amber, and then Poppy. There isn't any love for Ryder or James though. Poor males... Well, this chapter starts with an approaching emotional breakdown, while the last part is an actual emotional breakdown.)

Amber Waverly POV

I still feel confused about that girl, Sabrina, sacrificing herself for Poppy. Human minds work in weird ways I guess. Unfortunately it's bad that her death was in vain, because I will not hesitate to kill Poppy when the time comes. I know that sounds harsh, but really, what else would I do.

I am not afraid of death. If it comes to me, I am supported by the fact I'll be rejoining Jasper and Jake. But, I'm not planning on dying any time soon. After all, I need to know the truth about Jake, and I need to avenge Jasper's death. Only after those two objectives are completed will I even consider the thought of dying.

But... a feeling still tingles my neck, a foreboding feeling. I feel as if this whole situation will be over soon, for better or for worse. I cannot explain what I mean, but... basically; I think that... time is running out.

It is then I hear footsteps. Slow, and by listening carefully, I think there is a slight limp. I hold the sword, which I kept from the fight with Sabrina, in front of me. Holding my breath. Who will it be? I wait in anticipation as the footsteps draw closer and closer. A drop of sweat slides down my forehead, and I lick my lips.

It is then that the figure walks around the corner, see's me, and then our eyes lock in place.

I already feel my mind cloud over as I stare at Ryder... No! Now is not the time Amber! Do not make mistakes, calm down, calm down, right now! I feel myself physically shaking, but I manage to close my mind, I manage to keep control. Although I'm not sure how.

Ryder

Oh man... I had to find Amber. Well, I guess I knew this was coming. I did kill her brother, after all. I survey her, and I see her shake, her eyes seemingly expressing her anger. I am expecting her to run after me with her sword to cut me down, waiting for her to try and exact her revenge.

That's why I'm rather surprised that she starts talking.

"R-Ryder..." she stutters, not out of fear, but rather, I suspect, out of the effort of keeping control. "Tell me... truthfully... does the name... J-Jake... Jake Tyler?"

Holy crap... don't tell me that she is... I think I may have just got a bit more than I can chew. I going to have to explain before she – oh... too late.

Before I can move I'm tackled to the ground, and both of Amber's hands are around my throat. "DO YOU KNOW JAKE TYLER!" She screams at me, and I can see in her eyes that she is on the verge of breaking point.

"Jake Tyler?" I repeat, before taking a deep breath. "Yeah. I know that name."

Lazuli Pyre POV

These games are getting to me... I feel blank, like I'm a completely different person. I've killed someone... and almost killed someone else... Onyx must have given up on me, and Nathan must be disappointed... God!

I don't get it; I don't get how the damn Capitol can pit people together in a death game! Do they not care about people's lives, do not care who they affect! Families broken apart, friendships snapped, just complete sadness! The Capitol don't give any though, they don't at all! This is some kind of punishment from 100 years ago? Well, I think we've already got punished enough, so many children have died! Why do they have to go on and on, why can't they just admit that the District's have learnt there place. We are not going to try an uprising when the children are on the line, when one mistake causes hell.

Frustrated is the feeling that fills me. The caves are repeating again and again. There is no stop, no hint apart from the arrows. But I'm not following it. I'd probably come across one of the other four, which I don't want to do. I do not want to kill anymore, I don't want to ruin families with my own hands, I won't, I can't!

I constantly feel the blood on my hands... both Olives and Tobias'. I'm scared, truly scared for myself. I knew what I did when I killed Olive, but I completely lost control when Tobias tried to break my token...

The Lapis Lazuli... my namesake... my gift... my reminder of Onyx.

"IT ISN'T ME!"

Before I know it I fling the stone far down the cave, my voice echoing of the walls. Isn't me... isn't me... isn't me...

Who am I! I don't know... I just want this whole thing to end, I don't want to crumble any more, I don't want to harm anymore, and I don't want any more lives to be just thrown around like pieces of trash.

Onyx... where has your sister gone? Where did Lazuli go? Who is this person in her place, who is this murderer with blood on her hands? Who is she!

Help me Onyx... help me... I feel so bad...

I realise that I've slumped down the cave wall, and I look at the opposite wall with blurred eyes. A sort of click draws my sight upwards where a hole opens up in the roof, before a package falls down with a parachute. I watch it fall to my feet, and continue watching it for a moment, before reaching forward and grabbing it.

I rip the packaging off and see a small, simple box. Curious, I open the box, and my throat contracts. To anyone else, it is simply a necklace with two different stones on it in the shape of ying and yang. To me, it's my lifeline. The left stone is none other than Lapis Lazuli, while the right stone is Onyx, referencing to my sister. The two intertwining stones, indicating the love between two sisters... but... I made this with Onyx... we gave this to my mother...

No way, don't tell me, the Capitol wouldn't... Mum, how did you get this to me? I remember their faces before the games started, when I saw them after all that time. Their hair cut short and their tongues... I once again feel the rage build up in me, much more than before because of my feelings at the moment.

I don't care anymore.

"Capitol! I know your listening, of course you are! Why do you do this to us! Why do you ruin so many lives and families! You even have slaves, the people you call 'Avoxes'! Slaves, really, do you need slaves! When I win this, I feel use everything in my power to free those slaves, free those suffering people! This has gone on far enough, gone on for way to long! Don't think I'm bluffing, because I am serious, Capitol! These games have gone on for long enough, the slaves have gone on for long enough, your own criminal offences and cowardly acts have gone on for too long! Trust me right here, right now, YOU WILL NOT LAST ANY LONGER!"

It's stupid to say this, I know... but as previously stated... I don't care anymore for this facade called the 'Capitol.'

(Uh-oh, Ryder and Amber, face to face, adn Ryder admits to knowing Jake. The fated confrontation will take place soon. But, will Lazuli's comments cause any adverse affects for those she loves? Only I know... and you shall know soon as well...

Thanks and see you next time._