The arena was huge, the victors looked around and saw a giant meadow all around them in a sort of circular shape with the cornucopia in the middle on a small hill. Behind the meadow there were five different types of areas: a forest, caves, a desert, a mountain range and water with what seemed to be a beach a few miles back.

Brian took in the arena and his eyes locked onto the trees. Instant cover without being vulnerable to an attack. When his eyes went back to the cornucopia he caught sight of Meredith.

Meredith.

He knew he should run. His plan was always to run and come back later. But he knew she would go in, she was too stubborn to walk away with nothing. It was very tempting. Would he be quick enough to get in and out without any trouble? But then there was Meredith. If she ran in then he'd have to make sure she was safe.

Ok, new plan: Run in to where Meredith was heading, grab her, grab the first pack to hand, get out. He prayed that her leg was in good enough shape and they'd move fast enough and that the others would be too involved in killing each other to notice them.

Lauren looked around the arena, the words of the tributes resounding in her head. Her family's voices joined them, they had never thought she would get anywhere in life, let alone survive one second in the Hunger Games. Their disappointment filled her head, their vicious words hammered themselves through her skull and she shut her eyes tight to try to drive them away but it didn't help. The roaring coarsed through her body.

The klaxon went and Lauren's eyes flew open. Rage took over her body. She only saw people who had wronged her, people who didn't think anything of her. She was about to prove them wrong.

When klaxon went Brian ran forward without skipping a beat, his eyes trained on Meredith. Everything seemed to be going in slow motion. He saw the bag she was heading for, it was open slightly and some wires were spilling out of it. He had no idea what it could be, but Meredith obviously did. His focus locked on to it but he was taken by surprise as someone fell infront of him, it was the boy from Meredith's district, Corey he thought she said his name was, with an arrow through his skull, he looked over to see the tiny girl from 9 laughing manically as she loaded another arrow into her bow and ran further into the bloodbath. Brian was shocked, she seemed so innocent and such a mess, she must have snapped. The reality of the games had become so apparent in only a few seconds of its start.

He quickly turned to the backpack, in the second that had delayed him Meredith had managed to get to the pack. He went to go towards her, then he saw it. The boy from 1. The knife in his hand. Standing over Meredith. Everything slowed down even more, every millisecond felt like an hour and there was nothing he could do. He felt himself shouting her name. She looked up at him just as the boy plunged his knife into her back.

Brian ran to her knowing there was nothing he could do, the boy from 1 was already running away. He had almost made it to Meredith when Dolphin-eyes got to her first. The little girl picked up the pack that Meredith had wanted and ran off without a second glance. Anger boiled up inside Brian. His whole body filled with a rage as hot as a thousand suns. He had no idea where Meredith's killer had got to, so he went after the thief.

He ran after the little girl, no idea what he was going to do when he got to her. He focused all his hate on Dolphin-eyes, ready to pull her apart. Suddenly he tripped up on something and fell flat on his face. He looked back, it was a spear. Perfect.

He jumped to his feet, grabbing the spear as he did so. She hadn't got far. She didn't get any further. Brian ran up to her, the spear had pierced her body in such a way that she was still standing. He went in front of her and pushed her limp body over the top of the spear, he watched as it crumpled on a heap on the ground in the most unnatural pose, no one could mistake her for sleeping. He pulled the spear out of the ground and ran into the woods.

Joe had ran straight for the cornucopia, he didn't know what he'd find but he knew that the best stuff was always in the middle. He dodged a few people on the way, he wanted a weapon before he started any fighting. Joe saw Lauren run into the cornucopia and come out with a golden weapon. As she ran towards him he saw it was a bow and arrow. He knew how dangerous she could be with that, but how useless she had been under pressure. She was so tiny, he could take her out with one swipe of his arm, but as they past he just couldn't. He had no idea why, but there was something inside of him that just couldn't hurt her. He shook his head and turned his attention back to getting a weapon. The cornupcopia offered an array of weapons, his eyes widened on a hammer that leant against a big backpack brimming with food and he jumped straight for it. He turned back to the bloodbath and saw that nerd get killed by Darren and her boyfriend run after Jaime. He ran out and saw the girl from 8 holding a small backpack and trying to run away, she had the most terrified look on her face and was running straight for him. Perfect.

He ran straight for her and by the time she realised, it was too late for her to turn and run. She stopped in her tracks and a split second later he was towering over her hammer raised. Paralysed with fear she couldn't even scream, she could only stare at the manic look on Joe's face before his hammer smashed into her skull. Her body flew a got few feet from where they were stood and Joe took a moment to admire his strength before turning back to the battle.

He saw Jim towering over everyone and headed for him, he may only be from 9 but his height made him intimidating and Joe wanted him as an ally. He had only taken a few steps when he saw Jim suddenly fall. He ran quicker and got close enough to see the district 11 girl laughing manically and shouting "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" before jumping over his body.

Next step: find the careers. Jaime was probably dead but he hadn't seen Joey yet. He ran through the crowd, pushing through people but not killing them. The rate these games were going he needed to find an ally. The weak districts were suddenly coming up trumps, he couldn't have district 9 winning over him, even if the victor was Lauren.

Lauren. The tiny girl's name jumped into his head as he saw her standing next to the cornucopia, arrow loaded and trained on someone to Joe's right. She let the arrow go and Joe followed it as it whizzed past him and spiked a boy straight through his heart. It was Joey.

"DAMMIT!" Joe shouted. What the hell was wrong with these people? They're supposed to be CAREERS! He turned back to Lauren just in time to see a knife plow into her forehead. His heart jumped into his throat and he had no idea why. He shook the confusing thoughts away and looked back just in time to see Darren run up to her and retrive the knife. FINALLY someone doing their freaking job!

He ran after Darren but just as started off he heard a crazy yell coming towards him and turned to see the 11 girl running up to him, he lifted his hammer ready for an attack but before he got a chance to use it the girls head had come clean off and was rolling away from him. Joe barely had enough time to take in the scene before Devin grabbed his arm and pulled him in the direction of Darren.

"You owe me now." She smiled, Joe looked in her other hand and saw a bloody sickle. Now they were getting somewhere.

Joe heard a high-pitched scream from behind them and couldn't resist turning to see who it was. It was that blonde chick from 10 being beaten by Alle-Faye. Joe had to stop, not only to wait for her so she could join them but also to admire her rage, she'd always seemed so calm in training.

"Joe, come on!" Devin shouted at him.

"We need All-" was all Joe managed to get out before a dart shot into his neck. He turned to see where it came from and saw the boy from 11 run back into the woods.

"JOE!" Devin shouted as he fell to his knees. She seemed so far away. Whatever poison he'd found, it was working fast. Joe could feel it corsing through his veins. Every beat of his heart bringing him closer and closer to death. His own body betraying him.

He saw Devin run towards him only to be pushed back by Alle-Faye. In his last moment Joe saw them run off to join Darren. His last breath caught in his throat as he looked to the sky. Then he saw no more.

A/N: I know you probably weren't expecting some of those deaths...sorry. Please don't kill me!

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