Diamond Kai POV

With so many Tributes I'd expected an easy first hunt. Unfortunately, it seemed we'd gotten most of the loners at the Bloodbaths and the alliances were somewhat large to attack just yet. Rapture and I hunted through the forest, but so far all we'd found were trees.

"Hey, I was thinking," Rapture said.

"Did it hurt?" I asked.

"Ha ha. Anyway, I was thinking whichever of us won, the other one can just come back and win the next Resurrection Games," he said.

"How do you know there's going to be another one?" I asked.

"Because one of us is going to die and Panem can't live without us," he said.

"Genius," I said. He had a point, though. The Resurrection Games were a humongous hit. It was inevitable that the Capitol would try again. But what if we were both in the next ones? I didn't know if I could bear to compete with my brother again. Honestly, I hoped if we both died I went first. I didn't want to mislead him again.

"Hey, what happens if we run across one of the alliances?" Rapture said.

"I think we can take the girl alliance. Other than that they're too big. We should wait for the others," I said.

"Maybe we could pick some off," he said.

"Yeah, if we get the chance," I said. We hunted a few more minutes.

"Let's get rid of Gordon pretty soon, too," I said.

"Yeah, he gives me the creeps," Rapture said. I knew we'd be taking turns sleeping that night. We'd have to watch out for the other Careers. They'd know we were a pair and we were the biggest threat to them. It felt good knowing even though I was a Career, someone had my back. I wasn't used to trusting my allies, but Rapture was my brother. No matter what, that would stay the same.

Kestrel Hood POV

This is taking forever.

I just wanted to kill a few losers. Was that so much? I'd been hunting for hours in the nasty jungle. I could tell this Arena wasn't nearly as fun as my last one. It was wet and mucky and crawling with mosquitoes. My skin stung from the dozens of times I'd slapped at it. I was starting to get pretty ornery when I finally found a target.

Usually us Careers would head for the water source, but in this Arena there were way too many of them. I crossed a dozen tiny rivers before I saw a girl crouched beside one. I crept behind a tree and slid an arrow from my quiver. Finally, after all that muck, I was actually getting somewhere. I fell into the age-old stance as I drew back my arrow and aimed at the girl. She was far enough away that it would be a thrill to hit her. Maybe I wouldn't even be able to kill her and I'd have to shoot twice. I didn't know which was more thrilling: two shots or one good one. I was proud enough of my skills to hope it only took one.

It did.

Calvary Warsaw POV

I bent down and scooped some water into my canteen. There was no way we could drink it as it was, but after we boiled it it would be good as new. We were trying not to think about Natasha and carry on as usual, but it was easier said than done. Jay was taking it especially hard, and of course Alex was devastated. Since Zach was Jay's friend, Asper was a sweetheart, and Apollo wasn't a robot, we were a pretty sad bunch. I was the most functional of the group and I hoped if I put on a brave face the others would have some stability.

I filled the canteen and was about to stand up when a cannon sounded in the distance. I only relaxed after a few seconds went by a no more followed. Whoever it was, it wasn't a Jayhawk. The Careers must have started their hunt.

Hadley Kinneth POV

The arrow punched through me like paper and my thoughts flew to Skyler. That was how she died, too. Emma cut off her life like a wisp of thread. I remembered how peaceful she'd been and how her last words were encouragements to me. Back then, Skyler only had one ally. I was her only chance to help her family and I didn't. I'd failed again, but Skyler had such better odds this time. Alayza, Valerie and Haber were dead, but Heidi, Emmaline, and Bree all might win. Any of them would remember my old ally. Even Chantal might help her, especially since she'd given her word. She had the best chance of any of us, her and Emmaline. I didn't remember what had happened after I'd died the first time. If this one ended up permanent, I hoped I got to see Skyler again. Wherever she was had to be good, so if I was with her everything would be all right. Were all the Tributes from all the Games together afterwords, free from the violence and free to get to know each other for who they really were? I was about to find out.

Dominique Rindelle POV

The Gamemakers must have been watching the Careers. The Anthem didn't play until late into the night. That might have been a good sign. Maybe they thought no one else would die until morning. I was supposed to be my alliance's moral support. I was supposed to sweet talk the sponsors and bring in the gifts. But this wasn't the time. The dead were about to show, and we all waited in silence.

The pictures started to show. First one, the loneliest number. Two, like a pair of fingers held up in a peace sign. Three, the strongest number for building. Four, a square. Five, like the fingers on my hand. Six made a half dozen. Seven faces that were definitely not lucky. Eight, a sideways infinity. Nine, my District. Ten, the base of all our math. Eleven, like the pipers in the old song. Twelve, one for every District. Thirteen, a baker's dozen. They just kept coming. Fourteen, thirteen Districts and a Capitol. Fifteen, as old as Peppermint when she won. Sweet sixteen. Seventeen, the syllables in a haiku. Eighteen, the last year we face death. And then nineteen, the first year we're safe. That's when they ended. Nineteen people who weren't safe. There were still more of us left than a normal Games. The odds were against us, just like they were against the faces in the sky.

35th place: Hadley Kinneth- shot by Kestrel

In keeping with the normal pacing of canon Games I wanted someone to die by Career the first night, when they start hunting. Most of the Tributes were in large alliances, so I looked through the loners. Hadley was with the Amazons but she hadn't found them yet, so I picked her. Then I added Calvary as a red herring so the order of POVs wouldn't give it away. Hadley was strong, but there are a lot of tough players this time around.

Next up is the cannon POVs, so each death will be addressed again.