I'm really sorry it took so long to update! I've no excuse really, I've just been busy.

The fight was almost gone now. As soon as Corey woke he found Roxana and took her away, planning on breaking the alliance with the careers that way. If they followed him then he'd have to think of something. He wasn't sure that he and Roxana could take on Shiloh and Jade.

Brita had hit Eliana down with a vicious slash across her arm, but instead of killing her she had run away. Brita was worried and she felt certain that if she tried to kill Eliana that Jarsen would come and finish her off. And Brita was scared of only two people in the arena. Jarsen and Jade. The rest she could take on easily.

Brita had run for a while, but she was tired from the fight and was wounded.
She'd eventually found a small space behind a large boulder that looked as if it had once been lived in, but Brita felt safe. She hoped to hold out there long enough for some more tributes to be killed, and then she could turn up again and fight it out with the remainder. Or that was the plan.

Electric ran fast, well, as fast as he could. He'd had asthma when he was younger and still couldn't run fast very comfortably. He didn't know why he'd helped Allie. He'd needed to get past the fight, but he could've gone around it. Maybe he'd helped her because she was pretty, or because she needed help. Anyway, he'd done it and he couldn't think about it too much. He had to run because anyone could be after him now. It had been a stupid risk and Shiloh or Jade could've seen him knock Corey down, or maybe Jarsen. But he was certain someone was following him now, very slowly, but all the same.

Electric stopped when he came to a giant waterfall. The bottom was clouded in water vapour but he imagined that it lead off the edge of the mountain.
He hid in the shadow of a tree and waited. It was about five minutes before they appeared and he was surprised to see it was Allie and Cole. But Cole was barely conscious, with one arm around Allie's shoulder as she used all her strength to keep him upright. Blood stained his clothes and poured down his face grotesquely.

"Kid? You here?" She called quietly. Electric stayed hidden behind the tree hiding. Allie sighed and put Cole down on the ground.

She took off the piece of cloth she must've wrapped around Cole's head and gave a panicky look to the blood-soaked material before tearing another piece off her jacket and wrapping that around Cole's head.

"Don't worry; it'll be OK" She promised softly as she stroked his face. Cole made a faint grunting noise as the only sound which proved he was still alive and conscious.

"Allie…" He moaned.

"Cole?" Allie asked excitedly, hope growing in her eyes.

"Allie - I love you, but don't waste your life, I'm a goner. But remember one thing-"

"Yes? What Cole? What is it?" Allie asked desperately, grabbing his hand.

"Shut up, I'm being deep and romantic." He managed to laugh, and Allie let out a laugh that sounded more like a sob. "I will always love-" he began.

"What, Cole? What?" Tears fell from Allie's eyes onto Cole's face. He gave one last attempt at a word, but his eyes closed and Allie cried louder than ever. She hoped he had been about to say her name, but for all she knew he could've been about to say 'Celery'.

Cole wasn't quite dead; Allie hadn't noticed that the cannon hadn't gone off. She was crying too much to notice him pull himself agonizingly into the river that flowed down to the waterfall. By the time Allie noticed that he had moved Cole was in the water and about to plummet down the waterfall. Cole liked it better that way, the capitol couldn't pick him up if there was no body, and he hoped Allie understood. There was silence when the cannon echoed through the mountain.

Jarsen had fought until it was clear they were getting nowhere. He and Jade were too equally matched, and Jarsen ran as soon as Jade let her guard down. He'd watched Allie all-but drag Cole away from the fight and Jarsen couldn't imagine that the poor kid would live much longer.

Eliana had long gone, not willing to be made a target, but she was probably lingering around nearby waiting for him.
That was another problem. Jarsen knew that he should break the alliance with her; he couldn't win by working as a team with her.
But could he kill her? No, he didn't think so. He'd have to leave, maybe in the middle of the night?

He'd been right, she was waiting for him half a mile away from the scene of the fight.

"Jarsen! Are you alright?" She asked hurriedly when he came into sight.

"Yes, fine. Just a few scratches and bruises." Eliana smiled.

"You?" Jarsen asked. Eliana frowned and hesitated.

"Some long cuts along my arm and my chest. It didn't hit anything vital, as far as I can tell anyway."

"We should find some water to clean the wounds" Jarsen suggested but before Eliana could even acknowledge the advice a silver parachute landed at their feet. The number twelve on the top didn't help them decide who it was meant to be for.

"You take a look" Eliana told him. Jarsen bent down and discovered it was a medicine package.

"Must be for you," he said, but Eliana took one look and shook her head.

"No, this stuff isn't for me. Your name is on the inside" She pointed and handed it back to Jarsen, who frowned.

"You can use it anyway"

"No way! No offense, I'm not going to live off you. Besides, the cuts just hurt. I'm not losing blood or anything. Put those plasters on that cut on your face or something" Jarsen shrugged at Eliana. If she wanted to refuse his charity that was her problem, no matter how stupid he felt putting creams and plasters on wounds that were nothing compared to a day's work down in the mines back home.

"At least take some of this -" Jarsen squinted at the label "Um, antibacterial cream?" Jarsen shrugged and forced it into Eliana hand and turned around to walk. "Come on; I want to be far away from here by night. The careers might still be hanging around" Eliana followed, shoving the white tube in her pocket.

"I'm sorry Jarsen. I didn't mean to lead you to a trap" Jarsen grunted in response, then surprised Eliana by replying.

"Don't worry; it's a few less people to have to kill" Eliana looked down at the ground, fat tears growing in her eyes.

"I bet Cole's one of the dead ones. I liked him" Jarsen said nothing, only closed his eyes for a moment to remember his friend. He didn't just hear the cannon go, he felt it. The entire arena seemed to vibrate and even the trees seemed to stop rushing for just a second. He could hear Eliana crying quietly behind him but he didn't comfort her. Sometimes you just need quiet to remember the people you loved.

Electric had watched Allie cry with pity. He didn't dare run, after what had just happened he didn't want to disturb her. Especially not if she was unhinged at all and he felt bad for not helping her even if there hadn't been anything he could do.
But now she was setting up a tent and Electric was getting stiff legs from standing so long. He carefully and quietly backed away, praying to whichever god that was listening for Allie.

Corey was worrying about Roxana. She been knocked out far sooner than he had but she still wasn't awake. Yet there was no denying she looked better, she seemed only asleep now. Corey quietly kissed her on the forehead and was about to poke the fire when he noticed Jade striding towards them, armed to the teeth with weapons as always. His heart sank; he'd hoped to escape Jade.

"There you are Corey. I hope you weren't planning on running away from me, were you?" Jade smiled, but Corey saw the threat beneath it. 'Don't you dare abandon me. I'm not done using you'

"Of course not. I was setting up camp a safe distance away" He said, meeting Jade's glare, however unpleasant it was.

"Good." Jade sat down and Corey moved his body so that it was protecting Roxana from attack. He knew that Roxana would be absolutely mortified, but he didn't care.

Jarsen couldn't sleep. In fact, he'd been having less and less sleep lately. He thought about things, his mother and father, his invalid brother. But now he was thinking about Eliana. She loved him, like all the girls back in Twelve, the difference being that he loved her back and there was no use telling himself otherwise.
The Games were a horrible place, no kid should ever be sent there and it made Jarsen flinch every time he imagined Cole receiving that killing blow, every time he envisioned Allie being stabbed through the heart. Every time he pictured a new, horrible and terrible death that Eliana might suffer. He turned his head and saw her breathing slowly and deeply in her sleeping bag beside him. Jarsen gripped his knife that he always slept with tightly.
Jarsen sat up and looked at Eliana, remembering everything about her. He lent forward, kissing her on the forehead before slowly stabbing her through the neck, knowing that that would kill her quickly and painlessly.

I know it's a bit short, but I wanted to put something up before the end of term because I'm not going to get any less busy! With any luck my update punctuality-ness should improve over the Christmas Holidays, you know how once you've done everything a few days before Christmas and there's nothing to do? Plenty of time for writing! So, the three questions, thirty points as per usual.
Where is Brita now hiding? (And for a bonus 10 points, who was there before her?)

What does Jarsen give Eliana out of his first aid kit?

What did Electric do after witnessing Cole's death?