Morning

''Good morning..'' Colton said while rubbing his eyes with his hands.

''Don't do that!'' Rosewood smacked Colton's hand.

''Ow! Do what?'' Colton asked.

''Don't rub your eyes with your bare hands! So many germs, Colton! At least wash them in water first..'' Rosewood sighed.

''Ok...?'' Colton said while dropping water from Claudia's water bottle onto his hands.

He made sure that he still had enough water to drink so that he didn't become parched. Colton looked over at Rosewood and wondered what was going through her mind.

''You ok?'' Colton asked.

''Yeah, why wouldn't I be?'' Rosewood wondered.

''I was just wondering.'' Colton said.

''Ok.'' Rosewood put her head down.

Senwe was still sleeping on top of the bushes. She woke up and heard the two speaking to each other.

''Don't you think that Senwe is a threat?'' Rosewood asked.

''What do you mean? She hasn't killed anybody, so how could she be a threat?'' Colton was confused.

''I don't know, she just seems like the type to know how to survive. You get my drift?'' Rosewood asked.

''I guess, but Senwe's a nice person, what are you suggesting?'' Colton was shocked by Rosewood's turn of attitude.

''We need to kill her.'' Rosewood said.

''So that you can have an easier chance to win?'' Colton asked.

''No.. It's not like that.. I'm just saying..''

''Saying what?'' Colton angrily asked.

''Saying that we should eliminate the biggest threat before things get out of hand.'' Rosewood said.

''And what happens after Senwe dies?'' Colton coughed.

''Then we fight to the death?'' Rosewood said.

''Wrong answer. Sorry, but you can try to kill her yourself.'' Colton angrily said.

''Listen, if you help me kill off Senwe, I won't target you, ok? I'll promise to let the gamemakers have something planned for us so that we don't have to hurt each other. Who ever gets caught by the mutations or other disasters that the gamemakers have planned for us will surely die. I think that's fair, don't you?'' Rosewood asked.

''Fine, but I won't enjoy it.'' Colton sadly said.

''That's more like it.'' Rosewood smiled. ''So, where do you think she is?''

''I don't know..'' Colton answered.

Colton continued to cough extremely bad. He didn't know the cause of it, and neither did Rosewood. Rosewood also started to cough a little bit, but it ended quickly. Colton fell onto his knees and he just continued to cough. Spit came out of his mouth, and he felt as if he was going to vomit. Colton eventually did vomit, but he just continued to. He finally stopped, and heavy coughs came running back. He coughed up blood for a while, and it got all over his clothes. Rosewood had no idea what to do while Colton just lied there on the floor. He finally stopped coughing, and started to walk again.

''Wow...'' Senwe said to herself as she looked up on top. ''You guys sure are good people..''

Senwe knew that Colton would never do something like that, and that he would probably back stab Rosewood, but he needed a perfect time to do it. She saw the two continue to walk until the both disappeared into the woods. Senwe quickly moved down, and she saw Colton's supplies. Rosewood still had hers. She grabbed Colton's weapons and his water bottle and quickly slid down the tree and landed on her butt painfully.

''Ouch!'' She said in a quiet voice.

Senwe quickly got up and ran to where Colton and Rosewood headed. She quickly spotted the two, but made her way slowly and quietly towards the two. She noticed that Colton was reaching into his back pockets to look for something. Senwe quickly assumed that it was the knives, but she wasn't sure.

''Colton, where are your weapons?'' Rosewood asked.

''I left them back on the tree.'' Colton said.

''Can you go get them?'' Rosewood asked.

''No, sorry. I can't climb trees without my knives. Plus, there's no reason to go back, don't you have your weapons?'' Colton asked suspiciously.

''Yeah, let's just keep on moving.'' Rosewood grinned.

Senwe speed walked closer towards Colton and Rosewood. Senwe wanted to get in front of them and pretend to walk into them so that she could use her plan. She reached into the bag where the poison berries that she had were, and made sure that they weren't the regular ones that you could eat. She put the poison berries into the water bottle that Colton had. The outside of the water bottle was dark coated so you could not see what was inside. Senwe made her way in front of the two and walked straight in front of them.

''Oh, hey guys.'' Senwe said.

''Hi.'' Both Rosewood and Colton said.

''Hey, have you seen Isaac? There are 4 of us left, and I was wondering if you wanted to team and eliminate Isaac. He's the biggest threat out of all of us.'' Senwe trickingly said.

''What are you talking about?'' Rosewood asked as she put her head down.

''?'' Colton was confused.

Senwe put her finger in front of her mouth and told Colton to be quiet. As Rosewood was looking down at the ground, Senwe threw both of Colton's knives to him, but he didn't catch them. He got scared the he was gonna get cut, so he moved out of the way, and picked them up before Rosewood noticed. He quickly hid them behind his back and nodded.

''Isaac's still alive.'' Senwe said seriously. ''We need to find him, and kill him so that the three of us can have a chance.''

''You sure?'' Rosewood asked. ''I swear that I saw his face light up, I think..''

''Yeah, I'm sure. Claudia placed 5th and Isaac, you. Colton, and I are the only ones left. Let's find him and kill him.'' Senwe put on a serious look.

''Ok... I believe you.'' Rosewood smiled.

''Hey, Rosewood. You forgot your water bottle.'' Senwe said.

''That's not mine, it's Colton's'' Rosewood stated.

''Oh, well sorry. I drank some of it, and there's still some left. Colton, is it ok if Rosewood can have some?'' Senwe asked.

''I guess?'' Colton didn't understand.

Colton continued to cough up blood and it gave Senwe goosebumps. Senwe didn't like that sight, and she thought that Colton might have come down with a sickness.

''You ok, Colton?'' Senwe asked.

''To be honest...'' Colton coughed. ''No!''

Senwe gave Rosewood the water with the poisonous berries in it, and Rosewood drank the water and swallowed at least 40 berries that were squashed or weren't noticable.

''Colton, you might be sick.'' Senwe said. ''Is there anything that you touched or swallowed that you think might have made you sick?''

''I drank a whole bunch of that rain water that came down a couple days ago.'' Colton said.

''That's it! That water might have been contaminated. How much did you drink?'' Senwe asked.

''A ton. I drank until I was full and went beyond that.'' Colton said.

''COLTON, That water might have been dangerous. You don't know what type of chemicals that the gamemakers might have put in that water!''

''Hey, what's in this water? There are... berries!?'' Rosewood asked as she swallowed one that wasn't squashed. ''Why are there berries in this water?''

''I don't know.'' Senwe tried to act as if she didn't.

''Don't play stupid with me. Hey, Isaac's not alive either is he? You lied so that you could get Colton and I killed.'' Rosewood smiled evilly.

''COLTON NOW, ATTACK HER.'' Senwe yelled.

Colton ran up to Rosewood while coughing, and he pulled out both of his knives. He tried to attack Rosewood, but he couldn't because he was coughing. He fell onto his knees and just couldn't get up properly. Every time he got up, he would fall back down.

''Oh, so the two of you are trying to kill me?'' Rosewood frowned. ''I'm heartbroken...''

''I over heard your plan in the morning, and I knew that Colton wouldn't really go by it. Why would he help eliminate me when he knows that you wouldn't keep your promise to let him live. He's not stupid you know. I'm pretty sure that he would rather have a fair finale such as him and I.'' Senwe said.

Colton continued to cough, and tried to reach for the knives. Rosewood stepped on his hand and squished it. Colton yelled in pain, but grabbed one knife with his left hand and quickly stabbed Rosewoods foot. She yelled and jumped off of him. Rosewood quickly got an ax and swung at Colton's head. Colton knew that he wouldn't be able to dodge, and all he did was smile at Senwe and draw the number 12 in the dirt as quickly as he could.

BOOM

''NOOOOOO!'' Senwe yelled.

''You don't have long to live.'' Rosewood said running at Senwe.

''Neither do you.'' Senwe shot back.

Senwe ran way faster than Rosewood since Rosewood's leg was stabbed. Rosewood tried to hold in her blood, but couldn't so she tried to ignore it and sprinted closer to Senwe.

''Where you going?'' Rosewood yelled out.

The chase went on for two minutes until they both stopped. Senwe stopped because she was tired, and Rosewood stopped because she felt pain inside her body.

''What's going on?'' Rosewood tried to catch her breath.

''You're almost dead.'' Senwe smiled.

''What did you put in that drink.'' Rosewood asked.

''I put one of he deadliest berries in the world. You know how the capitol is working on a berry called 'Nightlock?' Well, they had tons of poisonous berries in this arena, and I took advantage of that. I collected the deadliest that I knew, and I placed them in my bag. The deadliest right now is called Deadly Nightshade other known as Belladonna. It's known that one leaf is fatal to an average adult. You consumed at least twenty squashed ones, and that's definitely gonna kill you. Even if you kill me right now, you're gonna die. 20-30 Can kill a child, and one is lethal to adults, you're in the middle which is definitely going to kill you.'' Senwe smiled.

''Oh fuck you!'' Rosewood yelled. ''Why would you do this!?''

''Why wouldn't I? I overheard your plan to kill me.'' Senwe said.

''I'm just a person trying to survive, I don't think that I deserved this!'' Rosewood cried.

''Same here...'' Senwe shot back. ''Neither of us are villains... We're all just trying to survive as you said.''

Rosewood used all the strength that she had left, and Senwe and her both knew that time was an essence. Whoever took the longest to hurt the other would be the one to die. Rosewood knew that she needed to win so that the capitol doctors could fix her up instantly, but it was gonna be difficult.

''Your pupils are dilated.'' The effects are kicking in.

''I'm hallucinating, and my heart rate is abnormally fast!'' Rosewood was scared.

''It's called tachycardia, that's how I know that the effects are working now.'' Senwe shook her head.

''SCREW YOU!'' Rosewood yelled as she chucked her ax at Senwe.

Rosewood could barely see, but she aimed perfectly at Senwe who had her eyes closed. Senwe opened up her eyes, and now.. Time was the only thing on both of their minds, whoever's attack landed first would surely decide the outcome of this battle. Time.. the only thing left on anyone's mind at this point... Time...

BOOM