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Chapter One The Blood Games

Slowly, everything returned to Elena. As her eyes blinked open, she groaned at the bright sunlight around her. Her head was currently throbbing, and she reached out with her hand to touch it. She had just closed her eyes when she heard someone speak her name.

Opening back her eyes, she truly took in her surroundings. She currently sat on a slab of concrete that had some form of wire lodged into its surface. The wire left the base of the concrete and enclosed her in a rectangular cage.

The worst part was that Elena couldn't remember how she had gotten here. As she thought back, the last memory she possessed was of her and Bonnie walking beside the Mystic Grill. There had been no one in sight who could have taken her. Her current predicament was an enigma.

Searching for answers, Elena pushed herself off the ground and surveyed the area around her. Outside of her own cage, she could see eleven more cages spread out in a large circle. In the center of the cages, a few hundred yards away, stood a stock pile of weapons and food. A tremor raced down Elena's spine as she saw the machetes, hatchets, and maces in the pile before her.

"Elena," someone called again, and Elena glanced to her left to see Caroline standing in the cage beside her. Fear seized onto Elena as she grabbed onto the wire that held her captive. The last thing she wanted was for Caroline to be in this creepy place.

"Where are we?" Elena found herself whispering. Caroline only shrugged in response.

"I was hanging out with Tyler. The next thing I know, I'm here."

"And you can't get out?"

"My cage is coated with vervain," she replied. "I can't even touch it."

Elena let out a deep breath as she nodded. Then, she allowed her eyes to span over the other cages. When she realized all the people held inside the prisons, her breath hitched in her body.

In the cage next to Caroline stood Bonnie, whose expression of absolute fear did nothing to alleviate Elena's own trepidation. Next was a woman Elena didn't know, then Stefan, Jeremy, a man, Tyler, Katherine, Alaric, a woman, Damon, and beside Elena was another man she didn't know.

"Who would come up with something like this?" Elena asked. "Why put us all together like this?"

As if in response, a voice echoed across the open area. Although Elena couldn't see anyone, she noticed two large speakers placed around where the food and weapons were located. She stared at the speakers as the person continued to speak.

"Now that everyone is awake, I feel like some explanations are in order," the voice boomed. Elena knew the masculine voice sounded familiar, but right now, she couldn't place it. "I chose each of you to take part in a game I've devised. I've been hanging around this town, becoming increasingly bored, and I thought I would spice things up a bit."

"Klaus," Elena breathed as realization hit. Her eyes drifted to Caroline, and knew she had figured things out as well.

"The rules to this game are simple," Klaus continued. "You are trapped inside this area outside of your cages. If you look around, you'll notice that there are weapons and food in the center of the arena. A forest lies on the outskirts of the arena that you are welcome to venture into." He let out an evil laugh. "The twist is that only one person will leave this arena. You are welcome to kill in any way you want to, just make sure you are the last person standing. Are there any questions?"

Elena's heart was beating unbearably fast. Nothing about this seemed fair to her.

"What happens if we won't kill each other?" Elena called out daringly.

"Oh, you will," Klaus responded. "The only blood in this entire arena is the blood that is flowing through the veins of the humans. After a while, the vampires won't be able to stop themselves… But, if I see that you're not being cooperative, I'll intervene and make sure people start dying."

Part of Elena wished she still didn't know the answer to that question, but the other part was glad she knew the answer. She would do everything in her power to make sure that the ones she cared about found some way to escape.

"If no one else has any questions, then I guess we'll start the countdown."

Elena eyed the area quickly as her mind fought to come up with a plan. She needed to reunite with those who would fight with her, but since they were all spread out, that thought seemed impossible. Plus, she wasn't sure how the strangers would react. For all she knew, they could be werewolves or vampires too.

"5," Klaus spoke, and Elena glanced to the man in the cage beside her. His eyes gleamed a vivid red, and she was certain at that time that he was a vampire.

"4."

Elena moved as far away from the man as possible, although there was little space in her cage to move.

"3."

The man growled, and the veins in his eyes protruded while his fangs extended.

"2."

Elena let out a deep breath to try to calm her nerves.

"1."

At this point, she really didn't have a strategy but to survive.

"Begin."

Elena's cage collapsed around her. Before it even registered in her mind that she was free, the male vampire was on top of her. With a speed she couldn't fight against, he reached down and bit into her neck.

a/n: The next chapters will be longer than this one was. Please review!