Rory Harrow's POV

I had been lurking in the woods, when my egg dropped from the sky. I figured out how to open it, and inside I found some kind of mask. I could tell it had a special purpose, but I couldn't tell what. I knew this was useful, but so far the only use it had provided was to block the rain from my face.

A cannon went off a few hours ago, and the light was starting to fade now. The rain of course went on steadily. It also seemed to be getting colder. I was wearing my jacket now, but it was almost night time. I'm sure everything will warm up once the sun comes up.

The anthem began and I looked to the sky to see who'd died today. I was surprised to see the girl from 2. This meant either I had an adversary equal to a career or they had a fight. If they'd fought I'm sure I'd see more people in the sky.

I choose a tree and climbed into it. I was having trouble falling asleep, my stomach growled and I had no food to stop it.

Fredalina Hefley's POV

As night fell and the careers decided whether or not they would hunt, I sat poised in my tree about 20yards from their camp sight. Perry made the final decision that they wouldn't. That girl was his district partner. Ha! Maybe he'd even cry!

Tonight I put my plan in motion, my plan to lure Perry away from the careers and use him to win. He's come once he saw me beckoning him, I had a way of making guys come to me.

They all started settling down for the night. In my smooth melodic voice I spoke to him, as if I was whispering in his ear. "Perry, Perry, come to me." His eyes opened and I new he'd heard. He got up and started walking towards me.

"Perry, dude where are you going?" The district 1 girl sat up and asked him.

"Um, bathroom." He kept walking and she watched him go. I crept to the next tree as best I could.

"Come on, let's go." I kept whispering to him as he followed my voice deeper and deeper into the woods. After about a mile I climbed down and onto his back. He looked surprised but didn't seem to mind. I kept whispering in his ear. "They'll kill you tonight, unless you come with me."

He said only to words to that, "Kiss me." I slithered around to the front of his body, and pressed my lips to his. I thought he was going to embrace me when he moved his arm. That is, I thought that until his knife slid up under my ribs. I let out a blood curdling scream and fell to the ground as he shoved me off. He jerked the knife further upward before pulling it out. I was bleeding heavily, I barely registered the pain, but I knew it hurt, so I kept screaming. He stood there and watched me die. He laughed as my eyes closed and my breathing slowed.

Boom!

Lyla Alby's POV

I yelped as the loud sound woke me up. I'd been cradling my new chemistry set, and had been dreaming about all of their uses. I heard a shocked cry from a section of caves about half a mile from where I stood.

I started walking towards them. My foot steps sounded very loud in the dead of night, so I started jogging. I was a little quieter, but it still annoyed me.

I reached the caves in about 10minutes, and peaked into them. One of them had a glow, and a streak of blood from a hole in the wall. I walked inside cautiously, and looked into the hole. There was a boy, he looked surprisingly dry for all the rain we'd had. There was a pool of blood, but no body, either he killed somebody recently or he'd had an ally. Three people died in the earthquake the other day. He could have easily been allies with one of them.

The rock I'd been leaning on gave out and I narrowly avoided falling. The rock made a loud sound and the boy whipped around from his place at the edge of the water.

"Go away." He said calmly. "She died here. I'm leaving soon as well." I could see his pack was ready to go and a sword lay against the wall. He hadn't moved since he spotted me.

"It's raining. Are you sure you want to go?" He shrugged and started climbing the wall with his possessions, including that sword. I backed up to the other wall, and waited for him to emerge. As soon as he did, his eyes went to the lizards on my belt. "They're poisonous. I'm going to poison the careers water." It hurt me to say that, but I had to if I didn't want this small boy to kill me.

"Alright, can we eat them?" He asks plainly like I was holding a chicken, not the key to success.

"Um, I wouldn't recommend it, but I suppose, their blood is poisonous too." I'd torn pieces off my undershirt to wrap their heads in, so I didn't lose any precious blood. He was about to speak, but he was interrupted by growling from the inside of the cave. Some kind of creatures with wings and snouts crawled forward slowly. They looked similar to bats, but they were the size of a horse. Their mouths were open and I could see their pointy teeth, and immediately noticed their claws, well more like talons.

All of their eyes centered on one thing; the fresh meat at my belt.

"Run!" I screamed, and Lamb took off into the rain. I started after him fumbling with the latch on my belt. The creature started to take off and swarm me. I gave up on the belt and just ran, I'd never been so fast in my life. I stumbled and fell, they began tearing at my belt. They soon lost track of what was already dead. They started to sink their fangs into my hip. I noticed Lamb come back, for a moment to stab a few, but he realized they would keep coming. He gave me a wave, mouthed I'm sorry, and ran, off. "Lamb! No! Save me!" I screamed although, I knew his decision was wise. I laid my head back, and felt one of them dive for my throat.

Boom!

Merritt Reading's POV

I was on the outskirts of the woods zone. I had a bunch of fish in the small pack I had. I weaved a net to catch them in. They were all cooked and ready to eat. I also had my knife in my hand, and was walking forward, half hoping I would run into Cin, but I also hoped nobody would materialize. The rain was making it hard to hear and it was distracting.

If I was right, there were only 12 of us left. 12 children dead, 12 left to kill each other, and it'd only been a week.

I'd received a harness for gliding in my egg. I had the wings strapped onto my back and I was coming to the realization, that I could travel a lot faster if I glided around. I climbed a high tree as high as I dared. I held my breath and jumped.

Cin Reese's POV

Hush and I were in a tree. She was asleep and I was on watch. I couldn't help but wonder who'd died about two hours ago. Was Merritt still alive? Was it one of the 12 year olds from 7? I wouldn't know till morning, and I didn't want to see the face of the dead. I just needed to know who it was. I was thinking about waking up Hush, but I kind of liked having the space to think. She had a way of invading your head. I was sure she didn't know, but I enjoyed being alone either way.

I sat and watched the sun creep up over the horizon. Hush woke with a start to the anthem. The seal of Panem appeared and we both gawked at the sky. The district 6 girl's face appeared, and I started to look away. I was shocked when another face, the face of the district 9 girl appeared. I hadn't heard two cannons. I must have been asleep.

Hush looked to me, in surprise, because I was supposed to wake her, but I didn't want to explain my reasons.

Caden Archilles Brown's POV

Katerina and I had both slept night before, we figured the tree would shake if somebody tried to climb it. It was a very uncomfortable night. I slept with my head bowed, and my back curled, I was very soar and achy, as I unfolded my self from the tree and climbed out of it. Katerina followed with a little less difficulty moments later. She was smaller, so I guess she had more room.

The rain had lightened, but it was still getting colder. I wished I had a jacket. I wasn't going to ask for mine back from Katerina, maybe we could find somebody to kill and take theirs.

"If we head up to the mountains there might be caves, we could get shelter from the rain." Katerina said, and I looked at her. She looked so beautiful, almost untouched by the rain. I nodded and I started to head that way. She came around to stand in front of me. She was holding my pack and the basket. The food was missing and I assumed she put it into the pack. The 2 egg remained in the basket and we questioned whether or not to open it. After a few minutes of consideration, I picked it up and opened it.

Inside there were a pair of night vision glasses and an ear piece for better hearing.

"Pick one." I said holding the egg out to her. She gabbed the glasses and I put the ear piece in my right ear. Wow! I could hear everything, the sound of rain was magnified, but I could hear both of our heartbeats now as well. I gave Katerina a hug out of excitement and she popped some bread in my mouth. I gave her a kiss and swung her around.

There you have it. We're down to 12 tributes and its day 9. Lyla will be dearly missed. Thank you to everyone who submitted a tribute or two in giraffe13's SYOT. There are still spots open! 30 points a tribute!

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Canfan-40

Nightfall12-115

Skgirl4ever-120

Cloudy-TheNightMareQueen-255

Hunting Destiny-235

Hbrooks-165

Hungergames8- 165

T-Switzy-65

Love Brings Pain-105

Mystery45-45

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