Hecate sat behind a door with her sword gleaming in the slits of light coming out of the blinds. On the other side of the door was Caitlyn and daniel whispering to each other. "Who do you think we should team up with?" Suddenly Hecate didnt seem so keen to kill them imediately. "I dont know, Croy, Terris, Tain, any one who can old them selves in a fight who is nice."

Daniel paused for a moment. "Terris cant fight. Why him?"Caitlyn chuckled a bit. "He's adorable, who could kill somthing that cute?" Daniel began thinking of practical aplications for that fact. "What about Lars, Gaet and Hecate?" Caitlyn paused for a bit and so did Hecate. "Lars and Gaet, no way, i dont think they would even join us if they had the choice. But i would probably take Hecate if she came along."

Hecate began putting her sword away. (She got the sword in the first few seconds of the games from her sponcers. She had so much money from the Cult story that she had nearly one third as much money as all the other tributes put together.) Hecate began thinking of ways to aproach them and ask for an aliance. Nearly every idea seemed to suspicious.

Hecate put her sword in her sheath with a hissing noise. "Who's there?" Hecate cringed, they heard her put the blade away. "It's me, Hecate. I heard what you said. I would love an aliance." Hecate walked into the room and dropped her sword to the ground and kicked it over to Caitlyn.

Hecate spent a few minutes convincing them not to kill her. She eventualy succeeded.

"So, what do we do now?" Hecate bearly finished the sentence when the skyscraper began to smash.

Caitlyn suddenly realised that she hadn't seen Sarah in awhile.

"Wheres Sarah?" Caitlyn suddenly looked worried. "Daniel, wheres Sarah!" Hecate, Daniel and Caitlyn started searcing franticly untill they found a note posted to a wall. Going to the skyscraper. I need to do somthing. Caitlyn looked over at Daniel and Hecate. "What if she was in the skyscraper when it fell down!" Daniel gave Caitlyn a hug and comforted her. "Lets go find out. You coming Hecate?" Hecate smiled. "I wouldent miss it for the world." Daniel and Caitlyn smiled as well.

Meanwhile.

Veron laid back in a chair. "I love this place!" Veron, Tylon and Kiylee made it to one of the point towers in the first few minutes of the game. They didn't dare eat anything untill midnight where they would pay to learn what was poisoned and what was not.

"Dont be to loud. Its only an hour untill midnight. People might come in just before midnight for the money."

They waited silently (almost, Tylon and Veron whispered a bit) for almost an hour when the door to the tower opened. Kiylee listened and heard only one pair of footsteps. "What do we do?" Kiylee looked over to Veron and Tylon. Both of them shrugged.

"Hello. Any one there?" The voice belonged to Terris. Everyone was silent and didnt move. "Its safe, come in." Terris was joined by an unknown number of people who began walking upstairs. Kiylee beckoned over to a cupboard and every one hid in it.

Croy began speaking. "I'm gonna buy some information." Croy began clicking rapidly on his arm band as he began typing in what he wanted to know. "What do we want to find out?" Terris sat down on a chair and began spinning on it. "Well, first, find out who is dead."

Croy started reading out the names of the dead people. "Well, aparently. The dead people so far are... Tyler, Vein, Tidus, Elidh, Seth, Ezra and Hecate. Thats it so far. Ten tributes already dead. Phew, only 26 still alive." Tain was also sitting in a chair and spinning. "Yeah, but three tributes died before the games even began. That doesent count."

Kiylee, Tylon and Veron all looked concerned about what they were talking about. What if one of them asked where the other tributes were?

"Ok, look up what people have bought with their money so far."

Croy typed it in and started reading. "nothing very interesting except for about 12 weapons being sent. ahhhh... It seems that some body ordered a batch of bath crystals and sugar. Alot of it actualy." Tain, Croy and Terris all started laughing. The other Tributes kept silent.

"Ok Tyra, anything you want to know?" Tyra was silent for a bit. "Ummm. Where are all the other tributes located?" Croy typed it in and looked shocked. That costs more then twice the money i have! Any thing else cos i ain't buyin that?"

Tyra thought about it for a bit. "Whats with the buildings?" Croy typed it in. Croy gulped and began reading. "Each house has a diferent set of mutants in it. After awhile. The mutts will come and hunt down the tributes." Every one was interested by that. "Hang on, this arena has no where to go except for the houses... There has to be at least 100000 mutants in the arena then!"

"Thats enough questions. I just lost about one third of money with this."

Tylon shifted his weight and fell over. All three of the tributes tumbled out

"Ello children, what brings you here?" Croy smiled and drew a short sword in each hand. Tain lifted his hand in a fighting position. Tyra lifted her Crossbow and aimed it at Tylon's head. Terris didn't move he just sat in his chair.

Kiylee knew that if Croy and Tain wanted. She would be dead. Kiylee and her two companions slowly stood up. "What if we team up?" Terris suddenly sprung up and started jumping up and down as he clapped his hands "YEAH! LETS TEAM UP! THE BIGGER THE BETTER!" Tain looked over at Croy. "What do you think?" Croy looked at the two boys then at Kiylee. "Alright, but they need to remember that me and you are the boss."

Kiylee, Veron and Tylon were all pleased that they had an aliance. "Wow, seven people in an aliance. We must be the biggest team." Tylon was talking to Croy. "Actualy. There is another person. She is just checking out the food supply." Tylon frowned. "Who?" Croy smiled. The key to making our aliance as big as ten people. It's a girl called Sarah. with her, we can recruit her sister and Daniel."

"What happens when our team gets to big?" Croy didnt have a reply.

"WHAT!" Tylon was almost yelling. "We fight. We die." Croy stood up and walked away.

Meanwhile

Hecate was looking at the list of dead Tributes. All she could think about was why she was on the list.

Incase your wondering. Elidh, Seth and Ezra are the names given to otherwise unimportant characters. They are part of the cannon fodder.