Day 4 (And a half). 21% darkness.
0.1% of mutants and monsters awake.
Dead tributes: Seth, Ezra, Vein, Tidus, Tyler, Solice, Frae, Sarah, Elidh, korthos, Quin, Tain and Riki. (1/3 of tributes dead or more)

With one massive kick from Croy, the door to the point tower shattered open to reveal Tain's body lying on the ground on top of Riki. "Check their pulses." It was clear no one wanted to leave the tower in fear of being ambushed. "Fine, I'll go." Kiylee slowly walked out of the tower over to the two boys. Tain was lying face first over Riki, so when Kiylee picked him up she didn't see the arrows in his heart and neck until she turned him over in her arms.

In shock, Kiylee dropped Tain on the floor, pressing the arrow further into his neck, releasing additional spurts of blood. Kiylee staggered back and began to cry. Part pity and part fear with a little shock drove her tears. With her hand clasped over her mouth she ran back to the tower.

Unknowing to the alliance was Gloria sitting in a tree with her bow aimed directly at Croy's head. If she wanted, Croy could be dead already.

"I'll check if he's alive." Terris nodded at every one and smiled weakly before he walked to the body of Riki. Terris wiped large amounts of blood off Riki's body and placed his ear to his head. "No hart beat." Terris checked a few more vital signs. "No pulse. He's gone." Terris walked back to the safety of the tower with blood all over his face, unsure if it was Riki's or Tain's.

Gloria knew they would walk away soon, if she was going to shoot, she would have to do it soon. But she couldn't. They had done nothing wrong to her. The only reason she shot Tain was because of her reflexes and because he was going to hurt Riki. But she had known and liked these people. She talked to them a bit before the games began.

Gloria watched as the group walked back inside, Leaving the bodies of the two tributes behind.

15 minutes later

Swiftly and silently, Gloria climbed down the tree and ran over to Riki's body. Taking slow and deliberate breaths, she pulled out two needles. One empty and the other full. One needle once contained a toxin that faked the symptoms of death. The other was the cure. Riki was about to be filled with them both.

Gloria was slightly squeamish and had to look away when she stuck the needle into his wrist and pushed. Minutes later, Riki began coughing and opened his eyes. "Thank you." He said weakly. Gloria smiled when she noticed a big pair of eyes watching her from the tower. Gloria met the eyes with her own and felt her blood run cold as she stared at Terris. He stared back. His finger over his lips in the universal 'shhhh' signal. Terris smiled and nodded silently as Gloria and Riki walked away.

Once far enough away, Gloria turned around to see Terris still watching them. Even from such a great distance. Gloria knew he was smiling contently to himself.

Meanwhile

Shine had been searching for tributes for days now. She had found nothing

"Where is every one?" Shine was fairly certain that she was sane so she crossed out 'the voices' in her list for who it might be. The voice was deep and threatening. "No idea, hey did you hear that, Lars?" Shine heard it to, it was the sound of metal on metal. Something metal had been moved. Shine decided that she would follow the two and kill them after they found the source of the sound.

Shine sneaked upstairs in a nearby house and began leaping from roof to roof on her padded shoes. Not a sound was made by her as she neared the house Lars and the other tribute entered. Seconds after Shine arrived at the houses roof, Lars began to yell "What the heck is that thing!" Shine crouched down and waited. In a flurry of swear words, Gaet and Lars rushed from the house, following them was a small dragon. The dragon was blood red with thorns all over its tail. Gaet blocked a jet of flame with his shield and violently slashed at the tiny beast. The dragon was only 2 feet long and extremely evasive so Gaet didn't hit once.

Shine watched curiously as Gaet parried and blocked flames as Lars tried to hit it with his mace with little success. Lars finally landed a blow on the dragon causing it to begin attacking him instead of Gaet.

Gaet narrowly avoided a jet of flame seconds before Gaet decapitated the dragon in one fell swoop. Shine was about to throw a knife at Gaet when another Dragon emerged from the house, but this dragon was three times as big. Shine was horrified as the dragon flew into the sky and dived back down, just before it touched the ground it opened it's claws and attempted to grab Lars. But it failed.

Lars dived out of the way and narrowly avoided the dragon's claws. Gaet rushed to a house and opened the door. Lars sprinted inside and Gaet followed. The dragon scratched the door savagely but soon gave up. Shine took one step back, but the dragon saw the faint movement. The dragon looked over to Shine and Roared.

Shine saw only one escape route. She started leaping from house to house as the dragon flew into the sky and circled her from a distance. Shine found a flight of stairs and climbed down it quickly. In a hurry, Shine slammed a door close and hid in a cupboard. Shine waited for a few minutes in silence when she heard a door open and close. "I think it's safe in here."

Dragons weren't such a problem any more to shine

meanwhile

Hecate, Daniel and Caitlyn traversed the lonely street. "I recognize this place..." Hecate looked off in the distance and gasped. Not that far away was a hospital, the exact hospital the cult attacked her in. Hecate explained what happened in the hospital and Caitlyn and Daniel listened contently.

Hours later Caitlyn started noticing things that she recognized from her home. More precisely, her actual home. A replica of her house was inside the arena. Caitlyn was so freaked out she started walking to the house with out thinking about it. "What are you doing?" Daniel looked at Caitlyn's house with amazement. "Wow." Daniel suddenly noticed his own house next to Caitlyn's. "We have to check this out." With every step they took towards their houses, their emblems began to glow whiter and whiter. Daniel's was a strange combination of circles and lines. The entire emblem was likely an inside joke to his friends and family.

Caitlyn had an emblem of two hands holding each other. Hecate's emblem was grey. It was a series of numbers that a ot of people asked about. S1C8T3. Hecate saw the numbers and knew what she had to do. "I'm going to the hospital. Meet me there in a few hours.

Hecate was certain that she was about to launch a full on revolution against the capital but she didn't care. Hecate opened the door and walked inside. The moment she was inside the hospital, the door shut behind her and locked.

Daniel walked into his house; everything was exactly like his real house. From dents in the wall to what he remembered in the fridge. Daniel walked to his room and laid down on his bed. Daniel started to sit up just as the door slammed close and the unmistakable sound of a door locking shortly followed.

Caitlyn was sitting in a chair looking at a picture of her and her family all smiling and holding hands. As tears rolled down her eyes, the door slammed shut and locked itself.

Caitlyn, Daniel and Hecate all banged against the door when a voice began to speak "You three have been chosen to play games with each other. The games will continue until at least two tributes are dead. All games will be skill based and failure to complete a given game or task will result in death. We look forward to playing with you."

All three tributes felt the buildings they were in sink into the ground gradually.

"Your first game is. capture the flag. The rules for this game are as follows: You may not kill each other in this game. You must capture four flags guarded by several mutants and return it to your base; each tribute has their own flag to collect. The mutants are not lethal but they do have venom that paralyzes the body. You are not allowed to kill any mutants, crippling them and injuring them is allowed. If all three of you are knocked unconscious at the same, you will be tortured. Failure to get the flag in one hour will result in death for any one who does not have their flag back at the base."

Caitlyn, Hecate and Daniel were all suddenly sucked out of their rooms by giant tubes. All three of them arrived in a giant maze together. "The games will begin once the forth player has arrived."

Meanwhile

Clara laid in her bed. It was extremely strange how they put a building that looked just like her house in the arena. Suddenly the door locked and the building began to descend.

Meanwhile

Thalia licked her lips in anticipation. She was about to enter a room with a tribute in it. Slowly she opened the door and found the tribute asleep in a bath tub. Thalia took one look at the tribute and almost gagged. The tributes face was split in two. One half was slender and the other half was tough. One word echoed through her mind over and over again. Faith.

Thalia gulped and drew her short sword from its sheath. The hiss of the blade awakened Faith. Thalia stood silently and met Faiths stare. Faith glared at Thalia and Thalia glared back.

I'm going to write about every main tribute from now on. I don't know if I missed any... am I forgetting about any tributes? please tell me.

Three submitted tributes are in the "games" it is a sure thing that one will die. maybe two. But they wont die without doing somthing cool first. The games might take awhile. a few chapters. Every chapter will now at least have one paragraph telling you whats happening with that tribute.

The next chapter will have a death or two. maybe three.