Theo Kasius- Demarcus

No!

Theo couldn't be dead! He couldn't be dead because I was going to kill him! He took Blaise and I was going to hunt him to the ends of the Earth!

"Bring him back! I know you can! Bring him back and let me kill him!" I yelled at the picture. I'd hardly thought about winning, just my mission. Victory meant nothing without it.

Valerie Lenn- Karyssa Evans

I looked away from the picture not out of disgust, but from respect. Something went wrong with Valerie. It was cruel for the Capitol to do that. We loved them. We fought their battles. They had the power to put things in the Arena that messed with our heads, but why Valerie? All we wanted was death with honor. They shouldn't have stolen that.

Angelo Tempest- Careen Ellis

He thought he had us pinned. I didn't need a few cupfuls of water. I was no one-trick pony. He played himself right out of the Games.

Vextrix Webb

Now that there was only me, I had plenty of water. The Gamemakers had left us a trickling waterfall maybe a foot wide and twenty feet high. I was the first to find it. Lucky me. Lucky me with no allies and a dead best friend. Kerry was gone, too. The Careers must have found a way to climb up after him.

The Careers broke up while I was at my new camp. Only two were left. If I ran across one, there was a slim chance I'd live. I had water and food, and at this point they'd be running low. I wouldn't attack, but if I was cornered I might actually live.

It wasn't a Career that found me. It was the punk girl from Twelve. She was carrying a clanking sack that sounded like it was filled with cans. If I'd had any interest in it, I might have asked her to ally with me.

I was standing under the waterfall getting a drink when she saw me. I couldn't afford to lose my new supply, but I didn't want to fight if I didn't have to. The girl startled and looked me over.

"I need some water," she said.

"So go find some. Don't you have enough?" I asked, pointing at her cans.

"They're almost gone. Just let me get some water and I'll go," she said. I considered it, but there was only one option. I couldn't help my opponents. I couldn't help her live longer when it damaged my own chances of survival.

"You can't drink here. Go away," I said. She took out a pocketknife.

"I'll just take a bit. Let me drink and you won't get hurt," she said. I backed behind the flow, closer to the rocks. My machete was behind me, out of sight behind a rock.

When the girl got close enough, I grabbed her hand and pushed it up. It knocked her off-balance and she pulled back for a proper attack. I took up the machete in my other hand and stuck it through her stomach. She gasped and bent over as blood mingled with the water soaking her body. I pulled the machete out and brought it down full force on her head so it wouldn't drag out. I told her she couldn't drink here.

Peach Unk

I didn't think she was that strong. Guess I should have made sure I didn't bring a pocketknife to a machete fight. It sucked Tabby had to see this happen to me, but Dad would treat her better when he wasn't fighting with me all the time.

Karyssa Evans

I couldn't find the others anywhere. I hadn't had any water since before the Careers split up. In a few hours I'd have to abandon the hunt and spend all my energy trying to rehydrate.

At high noon, I gave up. I was so thirsty I popped a rock in my mouth and sucked on it so I'd make spit. I started to poke underneath rocky outcroppings and into piles of stones, hoping to find a puddle that had been protected from the sun. I scraped myself underneath a tiny culvert beneath a towering rock spire and felt the dirt for any sound of moisture. It was nice and cool out of the sun, and I appreciated the respite from the pounding heat that made my shirt feel like it was on fire.

I heard the buzzing of a bee and started to back out of the tunnel to avoid a nasty sting. I turned around for an easier exit and found myself face-to-face with a beautiful brown snake. That's when I made a fatal error.

Most people, when confronted with a snake, run for the hills. I thought it was gorgeous, and that half-second spent not shrinking away as fast as humanly possible was what did it. As I processed the fact that it wasn't a bee but a rattle, the snake shot forward and stabbed both of its fangs right into my cheek. I felt acidlike venom squirt into my flesh and shrieked. I tried to bat it away, but it shrank back before I got my arms up. I scooted out of the tunnel at top speed and crawled backwards away from it, staring at the motionless entrance.

My entire face was on fire. The area around the bite swelled up and my eyelids started to droop. We didn't have snakes in One. It was strange that something so beautiful could be so dangerous.

I couldn't believe it, but I actually felt thirstier. Water was the last thing on my mind, but my mouth was dry as a bone. When I tried to stand, my heartbeat felt so sluggish I fell back down. The impact sent fresh stabs of pain through my face. It felt like the poison went straight to my nerves and traveled through them like blood in my veins. I tried to press on the wound and dull the pain, but it was spread out over my entire body.

It was Careen's game now. I was starting to hallucinate. There was a blood-covered boy coming near me with an expression that turned my stomach. I was glad for my mothers, and also for me, that I'd be dead before he got there.

This whole time, the form said Vextrix. I remember thinking that would be a cooler name that Ventrix. Well no wonder. FAIL!

7th place: Peach Unk- Stabbed by Vextrix

Peach's form said she'd die, if she did, by attacking someone she thought was weak and getting killer by her own pitchfork. She didn't get a pitchfork in the Bloodbath and I didn't kill her by pocketknife because that would be so gross. I got close by having her attack Vextrix, who is definitely not weak. Peach was outspoken and she did things her way. She made it a long time and she didn't fizzle out. Thanks sister for Peach. She wasn't quite as popular as Silver or Daisy, and they'll both have a better chance in future All-Stars.

6th place: Karyssa Evans- Bitten by a rattlesnake

Karyssa's form said she'd likely die by mutt because she would think they're cute animals. I've been trying to have more natural deaths like Atala said, and this Arena fit perfectly. It all came together to make a rattlesnake attack. Karyssa was capable and strong, but her Achilles' heel did her in. Thanks Medicine Cat of the Opera for Karyssa. She was multidimensional and went further than being a simple Career. Most animals love her. It's just snakes that have to be dirtbags.