A/N: Thank you for being patient! I'm really sorry this took so long, but I just haven't had time to write.

Thanks to bailyflan, Theatergirl6, and amethystaquamrine34azure for reviewing. I really liked how this chapter turned out (it might be my favorite so far) so please let me know what you think by reviewing!

The sudden shift of the ground knocked all three of us off balance. Siren and Jett both fell to the ground, but I managed to stay on feet, stumbling backwards a bit. I put my axe back in the strap so I didn't risk losing it. Suddenly, the cornucopia flipped up on its side so the opening was on the bottom. The back of the cornucopia (now the top) twisted and contorted until it former a point, making the cornucopia look more like a cone. The center of the arena where the cornucopia was then began to sink into the ground alarmingly quickly. The ground around me began to sink to and I struggled to not fall and slide down into the cornucopia. I turned and fell on my hands and knees as the sink hole continue to grow and deepen. I scrambled frantically to get out, Siren and Jett doing the same. I allowed myself one look down at the bottom of the sink hole. The bottom exposed the opening of the cornucopia and was incredibly muddy, but after a few seconds water began to replace the mud. The water reached the opening of the cornucopia and the sinking stopped. The hole was probably over 50 feet deep and the three of us were probably about half way down it. I heard the snap of a wire and instinctively rolled quickly away from where I was. Sure enough, Siren had fired an arrow right where my head had been. She had managed to find another arrow during the sinking. I considered trying to hit her with a knife throw, but she was pretty far away and probably out of my range. She'd most likely dodge it too, and I needed my knives. A loud mechanical noise began we all looked at the obvious source, the cornucopia. I looked down and saw that the water was being pulled up out of the ground and into the mouth of the cornucopia. Suddenly, out of the top of the cornucopia, came small specks of...something. Then I realized what it probably was and took off towards the woods. Sure enough, when the specks showered on me, I felt my skin begin to burn. I kept running until I was into the woods, and I knew that Siren and Jett had probably done the same. Fucking Gamemakers, can't they come up with anything original? The algae thing has been a bit overplayed. I really shouldn't have asked that the question. A loud cracking caught my attention, and I turned to see a massive pine tree falling in my direction. I quickly got out of the way, but several more cracking sounds followed. Not good. Trees were starting to fall left and right and I frantically scrambled to avoid getting crushed by their massive trunks. The trees continued to fall all over the hill, as did out cover from the algae rain. Aside from dodging and diving away from the falling trees, I had to deal with the occasional yet painful burn of the algae.

I had just avoided being crushed by an enormous oak when a knife struck me in my wounded shoulder. I winced in pain and saw Siren approaching me. I ducked as she threw a second knife aimed right at my head. I pulled the knife out of my shoulder and hid behind a nearby tree. However, I could feel my cover falling away from me as the tree fell to its side. Great. I turned just in time to catch a glimpse of Siren before she roughly tackled me to the ground. Unlike Iris and Jett, Siren was more my size and probably wasn't much stronger. I threw her off of me and realized I may actually have an advantage, but then I remembered how incredibly quick she was. As soon as she was off of me she was up and charging me with a knife. She raised her knife and stabbed at me but I ducked under it. My shoulder in her stomach and her weight going forward, I lifted and threw her over my shoulder. I got her over and she landed awkwardly on her back, but the motion of her arm had got her knife lodged in my left thigh. I bit my bottom of my lip as I yanked it out. However, as soon as my wound was exposed, some algae rain fell on it, increasing the pain. I did my best to forget the pain and turned to Siren. I threw her knife back at her, but she rolled away from it. She rolled back over to try to grab the knife, but I had taken my axe out of its strap and swung it down at her arm as her fingers reached the handle of the knife. She quickly withdrew her hand to avoid losing it completely to my axe. She violently kicked my left thigh, sending waves of pain through my body and giving her time to reach around my axe and grab her knife. She was quick to get back on her feet and swung her knife at me, but I blocked it with my axe. She kicked me in the chin and sent me stumbling a bit down the hill. Trees continued to fall around us and I nearly backed into the path of a falling spruce.

I was getting used to the pain from the algae and hadn't really noticed it while fighting Siren, but I now noticed that both my arms were singed all over. Siren ran toward me but abruptly stopped as a golden sword whirled right in front of her face and stuck in the tree right next to her. She was probably two inches from being dead. She turned to confront a now charging Jett. Siren slashed at him but Jett ducked under it and lunged upward with his right arm, elbowing her in the face. The blow gave enough time for Jett to grab his sword out of tree. Jett had his back to me and I once again took the opportunity to try to bury my axe in his spine. But the cracking from a falling tree nearby caught both of our attentions. We both had to dive to avoid being crushed. Jett took one quick swing at me with his sword, but I avoided decapitation and ducked under it. Jett began to pull himself up but was completely blindsided by a kick to the side of he face from Siren. Jett went over the fallen tree and tumbled far down the hill. I didn't see how far because I was soon faced with a scary looking Siren. She seemed incredibly angry, and growled as she swung her knife at me. I backed away, the knife barely missing my chest. I felt my hand hit a rock and I chucked it at her as she prepared to swing again. The rock distracted her long enough for me to get a better grip on my axe and get back on my feet. I ran away from her but she chased after me. I should've known that running was useless, she was faster than me after all, but I ran regardless. I abruptly stopped and turned to run downhill as a tree crashed right in front of me. But just as I turned, Siren charged into me and sent both of us over the trunk. I lost my grip on my axe, and when I hit the ground I had no idea where it was. Siren brought her knife down but I moved my head to the right to dodge it. I leaned over and bit her hand as I hard as I could. She released her grip on the knife and growled in either pain or anger. I threw her off of me and took her knife out of the ground. I looked up and heard a crack, a tree right behind was about to fall. I got on my feet to see Siren charging me. I stepped to my right and struck her in the back of the head with the butt of my knife when she got to me. The combination of the downward incline and the impact sent her to the ground face first as the tree began to fall. She began to push herself up when the trunk of the tree fell on and crushed her head. The cracking sound from the impact matched the ones from the trees, and blood splattered everywhere, like when crushing a watermelon. Her body was completely limp, and blood pumped from where her neck met the tree. The cannon went off, but the sound was lost among the other chaos. I would've been much more disturbed by the scene had I not been frantically scanning the immediate area for Jett or watching out for any other falling trees. The pain from the raining algae had gotten worse, and I decided to go downhill, where more trees still stood. I found my axe lying on the ground nearby and made sure to grab it before running down the hill.

I could feel the ground begin to sink a little more and realized that the entire hill was beginning to collapse. I looked across the arena and realized that there were no longer hills in the distance. Those hills must have already sunk into the ground. I got to the bottom of the hill and was relieved to have more protection from the algae rain. I still had to be wary of falling trees though. I ran a little further and felt a splash at my feet. My boot protected me from the algae in the water, but I was surprised to be at the swamp already. Then I realized what was going to happen if no one won soon: the Gamemakers were going to turn the arena into an algae infected pool. At least there was only one more to go.

Speak of the devil.

Jett's heavy footsteps gave him away. If he'd been quieter, he'd have probably caught me off guard. But instead, when he charger I already had my axe at the ready. He violently swung his sword; I blocked it but the power behind the strike caused me to stagger back a bit. He swung again, with just as much power. I blocked it again, but the powerful strikes continued in rapid succession. Meanwhile, trees all around continued to fall, algae continued to rain, and the swamp continued to rise. I was stuck on the defensive while he was mercilessly swinging his sword at me. The falling of a nearby tree distracted Jett and gave me a bit of an opening. I quickly pulled a knife from my belt and threw it at Jett. It wasn't thrown well, but it didn't need to be. The knife forced Jett to delay his attack and dodge, giving me a chance to go on the offensive. I swung my axe and he blocked it with his sword. He seemed taken aback by my strength and I had even forced him to take a step back. But he was quicker with a sword than I was with my axe. He ducked under my second strike and suddenly began attacking again. I had to back up as he swans and stepped back in the swamp, which had risen a considerable amount. I blocked another strike when I used my foot to splash some water onto his leg. Both of our feet were protected by our boots, but the algae ate right through the material of his pants and onto his leg. Jett hissed in pain as I turned and ran. He wasn't far behind and I could hear him grunting as he ran. I was now sloshing through algae infected water and it wouldn't be too long until the water rose above my ankles and past my boots, which right now were the only things protecting me.

I heard a louder grunt come from Jett before feeling a light sting on my back. He had been close enough to scratch my back with his sword. I ran faster, trying to stay in shallow water as much as possible and dodging falling trees left and right. The falling trees became extra annoying as the water rose, splashing algae on me and making the burns even worse. I didn't want to imagine what my arms and shoulders looked like from all of the algae.

My feet suddenly fell out from under me and I tumbled down a rocky surface. I had fallen into my cave! Water began to surge into the cave as I quickly pulled myself to my feet. Jett had jumped in immediately after me, and I stepped to the side to avoid the sword he swung down. I swung my axe at his side but he ducked and kicked me in the stomach. Water was quickly filling the cave and we both groaned in pain when the water passed our ankles. The water filled my boots and caused an indescribable amount of pain in my feet. Jett swung his sword across his body and I leaned back to avoid the hit, but it cut me a little. I spotted my bucket of algae sitting on the cave floor. I figured that the water would've caused the algae to disperse, but it was worthy shot, so I tossed whatever remained in the bucket at Jett. A surprising amount of algae had remained in the bucket and it hit him in the chest and in the face. He screamed in pain and dropped his sword into the water. The water was now at our knees and it was a pain to move even an inch, but I sucked it up and stepped forward to swing my axe at him. I swing across my body and cut his chest pretty deeply. I swung again but he stepped forward and caught the handle, fighting through the immense pain he must've been feeling. I couldn't pull the axe out of his grip and he violently smashed his head against mine, dislodging the axe from my grip and sending me staggering back into the wall of the cave. He rushed forward and brought the axe down at me, but I rolled away. The axe stuck in the cave and it took him a few seconds to get it out. During this time, I reached down and cupped some water in my hands. When he turned to face me with the axe, I threw the water into the open wound on his chest. My hands hurt from holding the algae-water, but I was sure his pain was worse. He screamed and dropped the axe into the water from the pain and seemed momentarily incapacitated by the pain. I reached up and grabbed his head, and threw it into the cave wall. He tried to right himself and stop the collision, but his head still hit the wall hard. He was hunched over after the impact, so I brought my elbow down on the back of his neck. He gasped for breath and blindly swung his arm back at me. I caught one of his fingers and dunked his hand into the water, eliciting another groan of pain. The water was now at my thighs and my feet were in so much pain. I was getting worried about how badly my legs were burned and how far through my leg the algae had gotten. I grabbed his head and violently kneed him in the face. The impact actually really hurt my knee, which had been in the water for a while, but I pushed it aside. I had to finish this and win.

Jett struggled to move and I reached across his back and grabbed his side. I pulled him and he toppled into the water. He thrashes violently as the pain swept through him, but I was working hard to keep him completely under. I brought up my leg and pushed down on Jett, who was becoming very weak. The state of his injuries kept him from getting out from under my leg; I had him effectively pinned underwater. The water had risen further and I clenched my teeth from the overwhelming pain. Jett's body continued to struggle a bit, and I was really hoping he would die soon. The pain was starting to become to much for me to handle, and I screamed in agony. The water reached my hips and I had lost all feeling below my knees. I couldn't tell if Jett was still struggling, but I was praying that the algae would hurry up and kill him.

I leaned my head back, closed my eyes and whimpered a bit when a cannon sounded. I opened my eyes and looked around expectantly. Water was no longer pouring into the cave and I could hear a hovercraft outside of the cave. I looked at the mouth of the cave and a blinding light hit me...

"...Johanna Mason! Victor of the 69th Hunger Games!..."

A/N: What'd you think? I thought it turned out pretty well. And Johanna won! But I'm sure that didn't shock anyone...

I'll post again as soon as I can. I'll have some good writing time tomorrow, but I won't have much time to write for the rest of the week. So the next update will probably come either on Monday or next weekend. I'll try my best for Monday.