Day 10

I'm back bitches! I almost cracked after a day; a fricken day. But then I kind of lost inspiration and couldn't write so for once writer's block worked in my favour; go figure. Anyways, today the tributes brought BACK FROM THE DEAD will return to the arena. On a completely unrelated note, does anyone think I should do a Hunger Games RP Forum; it'll be kind of like an SYOT but people get more control over their characters? Let me know in your review if you want. Enjoy the Chapter and May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favour!

Ruby Rachel Rodriguez POV

I wake up on a white bed in a white room. It's like I've been in a dream, but I've woken up again. I remember everything, right up to the end. My end was cruel; I wonder if the person who brought it is still in the games. How long has it been since I died? Is the arena still a labyrinth? Did my family see my painful death? A peacekeeper enters; for a moment I feel strange about talking again so just let out a kind of wince. The peacekeeper raises his eyebrows and grabs my shoulder; hard. I pull away for some reason. I feel afraid of him, even though I know what he is.

"You have to come with me; it's protocol" he mutters.

I want to ask him what's going on, why I'm alive, where he's going to take me, but I decide to go safe; look where taking risks got me last time. So I slowly walk towards him and he grabs my shoulder again. I tense slightly but let him lead me. The room he takes me too is white like the previous but inside are three launch plates like the ones we used to enter the arena plus a table. Soon after, the boy from 5 enters; but he's dead. Then I remind myself- so was I. We are both joined by the girl from 3; surely she didn't die? She's tall and strong. Finally, after what feels like forever, a sickly thin man, with black hair and a thoughtful expression enters carrying three backpacks like the ones from the Cornucopia. I'm instantly drawn to a red one.

"Hello tributes" he says with little emotion "By the power of I, Hades, you, being the three most popular deceased tributes, have been chosen to be brought back from the dead; due to various arena changes you have been given some extra supplies. In each of these backpacks are three random things to help you survive."

I grab the red one before anymore can be said and Hades doesn't react; the girl from 3 looks annoyed however and grabs a greyish slate coloured backpack leaving the boy from 5 with a grass coloured one. As soon as he picks it up we hear the countdown begin again.

"Please enter the launch plates; they will take you up to a random point in the arena where you will have one hour of protection before you can be killed by your fellow tributes again" Hades explains; we obey, the girl from 3 slightly more begrudgingly.

As the launch plate rises, I try to think of every event that happened before the end. Right, I need to find Clio and Dani. No matter what happens; I have to find them.

Clio Slate POV

I throw a knife at a bird and it's pinned to a tree; I lean up beside it.

"You must die so my ally and I can live; I'm sorry" I push the knife into the bird, killing it.

What I'm doing is risky… yet I've never felt so alive. I might actually have a shot at this thing; my knife throwing is better and I'm already halfway. It matters even more now Lisey's gone. But when I look at Dani, guilt fills my heart. I know I won't be able to end her life, which means I'll have to abandon her sooner or later so she's left at the mercy of another tribute. Maybe that's why I suggested the two of us found food separately, even if it is a good idea regardless.

"Aaa" a sharp pain enters my neck, and then I'm falling.

I go to pull it but it hurts more so I leave it. Someone turns me over- the boy from 11?

"Please, my ally, my friend; she's waiting for me. I told her I'd come back" I plead with him.

"Then you shouldn't have left her in the first place" he scowls at me in disgust "Now she'll feel what I feel; emptiness and regret."

He yanks the object- a dart- out of my neck and leaves me to die.

Aurora Felici POV

BOOM

I wonder who that was for. There's a reason I don't know; I'm weak. Look at me; I have a perfectly good weapon at my disposal and I help save some girl. I stop some kid eating nightlock because about the same age as Opal; I can never just let things happen can I? From now on I can't be merciful; I won't win that way. I will kill the next person I find. I hear something and jump on top of it before it can get away; I'm not even sure if it's a person or a mutation but I don't care. From the groans it sounds human. I pull him up by his shirt and do a double take when I see his face. It's the boy from 5, but I'm sure- I'm seriously sure that I saw his face in the sky one night, on the list of the fallen. A very Career like thought appears in my head, but I don't mind.

"I'll ask you one question kid and if you don't answer yes or no I'll slit your throat so fast you won't even get a chance to scream" I warn him "Have you died before?"

The boy blinks at me, almost frozen in fear. Then slowly, he nods.

Ares Tower POV

We've called it a day with the hunting which means we're altogether which is good I guess, but it's not like we have anything to talk about. I mean, we're barely friends; we're just four people with a common goal. Juliette is sound asleep and without warning, Angel appears beside me.

"Can we talk?" she asks; I don't look at her.

"Go on then; talk" I reply shrugging my shoulders.

"Ok, I know your pissed at me and I'm sorry. But it doesn't change my feelings for you are real."

I look into her eyes.

"You have feelings for me?"

"Yes but that's not the point. We can't be together; you must know that."

I stand up and look away again.

"Why? Who says we can't be? The way we feel is the most natural in the world; why shouldn't we act on it?" I growl.

"It's not just the games; you don't know me. Face it, we're strangers."

We both pause for a minute; I wonder if we should both just end it there. But I have more to say.

"I know you. You're Angel West. You're from district 8. You don't like being told what to do, especially by guys and you always have a clever comment to throw right back" I take a step closer to her "You're- you're the most amazing girl I've ever met."

"Oh; Ares" Angel smiles sadly at me "But you need to know, even if we did both make it out, we still couldn't be together."

"If I don't make it out, I want you to know I loved you" I pull her towards me and our lips slowly meet.

The kiss is short, but sweet. Yep, sweet is definitely the right word.

Annaliese Slate POV

Oh I'm gonna get that bitch that killed me; what was her damn name? Nicola or something; I don't know. I do know its number 2 on my list of things to do. But number 1 is to find my brother; that should have been my number 1 from the start. It's starting to get dark but luckily I got a torch in my backpack. I'd better be careful with it though; I nearly dropped the bloody thing when I heard something go past. There was also some dried beef and a roll of bandages. Why didn't those idiots give me a weapon? I'm not saying I don't need a torch, dried beef and a roll of bandages but even the most peaceful of people will tell you that you need a weapon to survive these games. I hear water running; I could do with a drink. But wait, someone's near the river. Isn't that the girl from 12? She's about Clio's age. I run up to her and she jumps back, narrowly missing the water.

"You- you're not- Clio's sister, Lisey?" she whispers, her eyes bright in the torch light.

"My name is Annaliese; where is he?" I ask aggressively; it's the only to get results.

"I don't know."

"Where is he?"

"I don't know!"

"Where is he?"

"I swear I don't know; we split up to find food but he didn't come back."

"Well you had better hope he turns u-"

"ARRH!"

She points at the sky and I look up.

District 3: Clio Slate

I look up at my little brother's face for the last time; he looks scared even there and those pictures were before the games. I'm so sorry Clio.

Sad ending for a poor little boy; I'm sad now. I also feel like there's a slight role reversal between Aurora and Annaliese but I'm gonna decide what I do with that. Dudes, what about Luke's cold blooded kill? My next chapter should be up on Sunday but I'll see how I go.

Death List

24th- Lewis Simmons: I had no problem with him but I thought one of the alliances should have a loss plus I think following Ruby is the kind of thing Lewis would do. I will miss him though; he was all cheery.

23rd- Mai Moonheart: I always felt so sad when I was writing for her; I had no idea what to do with her character. I thought it'd be best if I just ended her pain.

22nd- Coal Hartcell: I felt kind of bad killing him because he's been pretty popular but I struggled to write for him.

21st- Terrian Demetrius: I'm sorry to his creator but he was one of the hardest characters for me to write for. I have no idea why. Plus, he was all bitchy towards Cersai and I'm thinking "this girl has enough issues without you targeting her".

20th- Riddell Thicket: After not giving him an alliance, I didn't know what to do with him. Sorry to everyone who supported him.

19th- Dusty Abernez: In short, I thought I should have another death and believe me, choosing who to kill off was pretty bloody hard. In the end I chose Dusty, just because I thought he'd fallen under Whittier's spell the most and was therefore most likely to do something stupid.

18th- Ruby Rachel Rodriguez: I literally chose the first person who I could think of a death for; it was the only way.

17th- Annaliese Slate: Pretty much the same reason as Ruby but also because I didn't want her death end up too cliché.

16th- Jayden Williams: He wasn't as popular as some other tributes and I thought he'd run his course.

15th- Reedman Phelps: Like Jayden, he wasn't overly popular but I did like him quite a bit; at least he died a good man.

14th- Jenneth Myra Speare: She was actually reasonably popular but I just wasn't feeling her storyline anymore; also, I unfortunately left her in an awkward position what with her critical injuries and all.

13th- Clio Slate: I just couldn't think of much more to write about him and I thought he should go out before his storyline got boring. Also, selfish as it is, I kind of felt like his death will somewhat do Annaliese good.

Remaining Tributes

Both District 1 Tributes

Both District 2 Tributes

Annaliese Slate of District 3

Santana Wolf of District 4

Riddell Thicket of District 5

Both District 6 Tributes

Nicole Jade Smith of District 7

Angel West of District 8

Cersai Grace Helms of District 9

Ruby Rachel Rodriguez of District 10

Luke Matthew Pond of District 11

Dandelion Wildflee of District 12