Yes, this is a redo of the chapter. I'm sorry about the last one, i just wanted to publish it ASAP, and I didn't even bother to look over it and make changes after I first wrote it. To Ashbrie13, I know that I was wrong to make Ashtra kill herself, I just wanted to do something to make her seem good, because she was acting too much like Crimson. Killing herself was going too far. As for all of you, the third death (because they said "five" tributes) is still a mystery, which I will reveal in the next chapter.

Day 11-Pain and Sorrow

D2-17-Ashtra

Uhh…where-where am I?

My eyes slowly flutter open and I lift my head slowly, my sight blurry. When I look up, I see a dark-skinned boy holding a knife at my face, snarling.

"Who are you?" He snarls, bringing his knife closer to my neck. I stand up slowly, stepping back. I don't look for my sword, I can feel that it's by my side. I don't dare grin, simply reply to the boy's question.

"Ashtra, District Two."

He grins. "Jamar. District Eleven."

I smile in response. "I remember you. You're the punk who turned us down."

He doesn't reply this time, although he lowers his knife. I keep my eyes on the piece of stone, and I can tell that he's keeping his eye on my sword.

"Soo…" I begin casually. "How long have you been up here?"

He shrugs. "Ever since the first night. There's no way off." I'm taking slow steps towards him. My hands clutch the hilt of the sword, and I begin to pull it out. Luckily he's not looking, so I pull the sword and put hold it beside me. He sees the sword and frowns.

"You don't want to fight me."

I'm about to reply when a sharp pain coarses through my head. I scream and collapse to my knees.

D11-17-Jamar

The girl is on her knees, clutching her head and screaming. I don't even know what I want to do. I could kill her right here, right now. But she's in such pain…I slowly lift my knife and walk towards her to put her out of her misery. But as I take a step to her, she stops. Opening her eyes, she backs away from me, panting. I step closer, and she waves her sword around madly.

"Get-get away from me!"

I pull back for a moment, confused at her sudden outburst. She's trying to shield her eyes from me now, as if I'm some sort of monster. I don't want to hurt her, not while she's like this. But…she's still screaming…she looks like she's in a lot of pain.

I clutch my knife tighter and walk towards her.

"I don't know you too well." I say quietly, raising it high above her shaking body, now positioned like a rock. "Please don't take this personally." I close my eyes, bringing the rock towards her body. I am surprised when she grabs my arm with her one good hand. She stand up, a murderous look on her face. However, even with that, I can tell that she still fears me. She is simply making the decision to fight.

However, with that expression, I'm not sure whom she thinks she's fighting.

Doesn't matter. I will beat her, and get off this mountain.

I back away, holding my knife between my fingers, like a claw. She cringes for a moment, but then goes back to looking murderous, raising her sword high and coming towards me.

D2-17-Ashtra

On a good day, I probably would have been able to slaughter another tribute with my weapon easily. But this is not a good day. My arm is practically falling off, I just experienced an extremely painful and head-splitting migraine, and I'm not even dueling another tribute. I know that I have to kill this-this thing, unless I want it to kill me. Jamar has transformed into the creature from my nightmares, the twisted, mangled wolf-man that had always terrified me as a kid. He growls and swipes his claws at me as I bring my sword closer to him, roaring with pain as it enters his body. I take the sword out quickly, grinning as he convulses on the ground. I did it! I conquered my fear!

I look down at the wolf-man, wondering why he is still alive. I just beat him. It's over; he'll be dead in a second.

"Don't do this." I can hear a whisper. I look down and see that it's coming from the wolf-man's mouth. He closes his eyes and I grunt, kicking the body forward until we're looking over the edge of the mountain. With one final kick, he falls, almost as if he's flying.

However, as the wolf-man flies through the air, I don't see a monster, but Jamar, bloody and falling. The cannon goes off, and I just stand there, staring at my own handiwork.

What have I done?

I'm asking myself this as I feel a sharp stab of pain in my side. I put my hand on it and take it off to see a large wound, bleeding quickly. It seems that he got me after all.

I collapse and feel my breathing get more and more shallow, my vision go blurry. No…I don't want to die. I can't die. I have to get home to Rose! To my family!

But my own thoughts don't change Jamar's death, nor my own, which is coming soon.

I whisper one more thing to the cameras before blacking out.

"I'm sorry Rose. I failed you."

D5-15-Aurora

It's time.

No doubt about it. Above the door to the castle is a large sphere, much larger than the kind for regular wasps or bees. A nest this big can only hold one thing.

Tracker jackers.

Mason's fear. If I am to walk another step, they'll hone in on me and attack. And this is the only way in or out of the castle. And there are only four of us left. If we stay here, they Gamemakers will force us to get out.

"Mason! Mason!" I call as I ran back through the halls. "Mason! Where are you?!" I don't stop running until I find him in the back room, swinging his sword around aimlessly. He pauses when he sees me come in.

"What's wrong?" He asks.

"There are tracker jackers outside."

Mason cringes for a moment, but then collects himself. "So? Then we just stay inside until they leave." His words are logical, but his voice is shaky.

"Mason, think." I reply, crossing my arms. "This is your fear. The Gamemakers know that you'll try to hide, and they'll probably do whatever they can to lure you towards the nest."

"Any ideas on how?"

Just then, a voice blares above us. I have to cover my ears as the announcer's voice begins to speak.

Congratulations to the five remaining tributes of the one-hundredth Hunger Games. In exactly thirty minutes, the Gamemakers will obliterate one of the islands, based on a Capitol vote from earlier today. The winner is Island Three, also known as "Castle In the Sky." The clock starts now. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour.

"Shit." I see Mason mouth the words as I bring my hands down.

"How will we get out?" I ask. He pauses for a moment, but then grins.

"We set the place on fire."

I stared at him open-mouthed for a moment. "Are you stupid?"

"No, listen! The smoke is like a drug to the tracker jackers, and it slows them down. If we can keep the fire going long enough, we'll be able to slow them down long enough to get off of the island!"

Well, it is a great idea. The problem is that the Gamemakers will do what they can to kill us because of it. But Mason probably would have figured that out already. But the whole point of these Games is to conquer our own fears. I will do whatever I can to protect him from those evil people.

Mason and I agree to go our separate ways for the next few minutes to find wood and supplies for when we get off of the island. I don't fear the tracker jackers, and I break a few chairs, throwing the wood in front of the castle door. Luckily, the tracker jackers aren't paying much attention to me, so I'm managing to get the fire set up without getting stung. As long as I continue to set it up quickly, we'll be able to get off the island in a few minutes.

"Mason!" I yell after I have everything set up. I close the door when he appears, grinning when he throws me my pack. I smile and hold out my hand, giving him a light kiss when he hands me the matches.

"It'll be okay." I say, opening the door. Mason stays behind for a moment, looking at the floor. I quickly light a few matches on the rock wall, bending down and lighting the wood. The fire rises quite quickly, with the leaves from trees surrounding the castle making the smoke thick.

However, when Mason comes walks out of the castle, I look up and cringe.

The tracker jackers aren't fazed at all. In fact, they look angrier than ever. They see me and begin to converge, coming at me like bullets. I shield my body with my arms, preparing myself for death.

"Mason, run!"

Yes, Ashtra is scared of werewolves! :D I get that Jamar was a bit OOC, but hey, he's dead now! (jk, I loved all of the tributes that died in this chapter). I'm sorry if the fight was confusing, I hope that you guys will figure it out. Basically, Ashtra hallucinates the werewolf. She fights Jamar and eventually stabs him (but there's the magical time skip!). He dies, she blames herself and kills herself. The end for the Careers.

Don't ask why, I couldn't think of anything better. I wanted her to believe that Jamar himself was her fear, and originally I had been given the same thing as Echo.

It took me SOOO LONG to write this chapter, and you guys don't know how sorry I am for the delay! I don't have any excuses, I've just been too lazy to update for ages. I've been doing camps and stuff, seeing relatives, you get the idea. However, in my absence, I watched Dark Knight Rises, and the Olympics (which always drive me crazy with excitement :D. I love watching all the teams, and this was definitely an…interesting set of games XD). And more movies...and more books…I know that I've been slow with these updates, but I promise that the sequel will be underway by the end of the month. And the chapters will be longer in the sequel

I will not reveal what happened to Echo or everyone's favourite romantic couple until the next chapter, but I hope this wasn't too bad. I had been planning the battle between Ashtra and Jamar for a while, but I would constantly have to make little changes to how it would go, and now it's really weird... RIP all of the tributes who have died so far.

So…I have to ask...how should I set up the victor interview and victory tour? All one chapter, two separate chapters, no tour, or nothing at all?

And I still have Districts 7 and 8, and the boys for 6 and 12 available. SUBMIT!

(And, I'm considering taking out the twist. Should I?)

I will have one more chapter before the finale, which will be very very short, and will be the final death before the top three are revealed. I think you guys can guess who they are already, though. XD