I rushed away from the scene, the six cannon shots still ringing in my ears. I wiped some blood from my forehead, where Abbey fought back. I tried to make it back to the forest, but it was nearly impossible thanks to the pouring rain obscuering my vision.

Eventually, the ringing in my ears stopped, and I ran into a tree.

"Di Immortales!" I screamed.

Using the tree's as guidence, I made my way deeper into the forest.

"Annabeth!" a voice cried. I classified it as Percy immediatley.

"Percy!" I called out.

I hugged the tree as the howling wind whipped my coat all about. I heard feet pouding on the ground, and in seconds Percy was next to me. He helped me back to the lean-to, and my vision finally cleared.

"Annabeth!" Ethan hollered. We had to scream over the wind in rain, which undoubtedly was a hurricane. "Where were you?!"

"The carrers asked me to join them!" I cried. "I called first watch," I took out my knife, which was now clean thanks to the rain. "And you can guess what happened next!"

"We need to find better shelter!" Percy yelled. "This lean-to won't survive much longer!"

We all agreed, and ran into the raging storm. In a few hours, we broke free from the forest and ran into the mountains. We ran through the rain, which had turned into snow. My feet became very damp in the slush, and my head became foggy because of the cold.

I was about to suggest turning back, when we found a cave. We ran inside the cave, and into a surprise.

"Hey!" The district 11 girl cried. "What are you doing here?"

Her eyes loomed to me, and she giggled.

"Hey, 1," she told me. Then she noticed Ethan, and she screamed. "WHY DID YOU BRING 11 HERE?!?!"

"Uh," Ethan mumbled. "I have a name you know."

"Jenni, right?" I asked. She nodded. "Why don't you and Tony form an alliance with us?"

"It's our best bet, Jenni," Tony told her.

Jenni heaved a big sigh. "Fine." she agreed. "But only to take out the careers."

"Oh, uh," I exclaimed. "They're-"

I was interuppted by the anthem playing in sky, and the rain let up. Just as I predicted, all of the carrers were dead. No one else. The seal closed, and Percy looked at me in awe.

"Hey," I told him. "I've fought Titans and Giants. Those six were a piece of cake."

"Who do we have left then?" Jenni asked.

"So, first there's us," I began. "The girl from district 5, the girl from district 7, and the boy from district 10."

"Only three besides us?" Jenni asked. "On the third day? That's got to be a record."

"A not so good record," Tony pointed out. "The Gamemakers will find a way to draw us further apart. They want the games to last longer."

"And considering the kills Annabeth made last night," Percy responded. "They won't need another death anytime soon."

"They'll try to break our alliance," Ethan added. "Spread us out in some way. They won't want five against three, the games just don't work that way."

"I have an idea!" Ethan called. "Why don't we split into groups of two, one goes solo? We'll be an alliance in complete secrecy."

"That's a great idea!" I exclaimed.

"I call Annabeth's team," Percy called.

"I guess we could be together," Jenni said, gesturing to Tony.

"Are you fine with going it solo?" I asked Ethan.

"Sure," he shrugged. "I got this!"

Sure enough, right as we seperated into our different teams, and explosion went off. Percy and I were flung out of the cave, right into tornado area in the rising sun.