Cassio Marony, D1

Cassio knocked the blade from the girl's hand. She was one of them. One of the mutt creatures sent to the arena in the guise of a loved one. She had jumped him from behind, slicing right through his backpack.

"Who are you with?" He shouted at her, pressing the tip of his sword against her throat. But before the girl could answer, Cassio saw Ruben break through the trees, his sword raised. Cassio stumbled back quickly in order to defend himself. Unfortunately, it gave the blonde girl enough time to scramble back to her feet and grab her knife. Cassio sliced through the air, trying to get Ruben to back away. He'd need to take one of them out pretty quickly if he wanted to survive. And he had an idea about how to do that.

"Who is she to you, Ruben?" said Cassio. He hadn't expected Ruben to stop attacking, but surely he was capable of conversation during a fight.

"You don't get to know!" shouted Ruben.

"Sister? No, you don't look alike. Girlfriend?" He noticed a change in Ruben's face. He'd got it. "Ahhh, she's your girlfriend. Well, Ruben, I hate to tell you this, but your girlfriend over there isn't who you think she is."

"Kill him, Ruben!" shouted the blonde girl. But Ruben was frozen.

"She's not your girlfriend. She's not even human…"

"Liar!" Ruben swung again, but Cassio managed to deflect his attack.

"She's a mutt! You must have noticed that she's different. Trust me, I didn't believe it at first either, when I saw my sister!"

"You saw Kari?" Of course Ruben would know his sister's name. She was famous across Panem.

"Yes, and no. It wasn't her. Just a mutt that looked like her. And now it's dead. Killed by some tribute after she admitted to not being Kari." That seemed to catch Ruben's attention. He lowered his weapon, and both of them turned to face the blonde girl.

"Nikki?" asked Ruben. But instead of reacting the way Kari had, this girl broke down.

"It's me, Ruben. It's me. Nikki. You know me. Please!" she begged, and she started to cry. "Please, just kill him! I want to go home!" Cassio saw in Ruben's face that he believed her, so, before he could attack, Cassio ran.

He didn't get that far before he turned around to find that Ruben wasn't chasing him. Good, he'd have that mutt to deal with eventually.

Sloan Nyval, D9

"So, where to, now? We need to try to find tributes." said Sloan, who had refused to let Damien carry her anymore. The main reason was that she wanted him armed and ready, but she also didn't want people in the Capitol to get the ring idea of their alliance.

"No we don't You need to rest so you can get better. We can wait out the games as long as possible once we find good enough shelter."

"No we can't, Damien. The gamemakers want a show, and they'll force us to entertain." She had expected an argument, but instead, he just laughed. "What is it that you find so funny?"

"You've never called me Damien before. It's always been Greyson. It's just a nice change of pace, is all."

"Either way, the mutt that was with me gave me a message. We were brought here to kill. Not to survive, but to make sure the others don't. We're supposed to be hunting and when we just sit back on the sideline and let the games go on without us, the gamemakers get upset, and they send in an attack. And between you and me, I'd rather not get attacked again."

"Fine. Rest today, and we'll go hunting tomorrow." Sloan didn't argue with him.

Carsander Amell, D8

Carsander marveled at the snares. A bunch of them, all hidden in this one patch of open space. Behind leaves, attached to branches, under the grass. He was lucky to be alive, because someone went far out of their way to make sure that anyone that ventured through this grove didn't leave. Carsander had spotted the first snare sticking out of the taller grass when he'd found the grove, and had decided to check the rest of the area. He'd found six other snares, one of which had managed to catch a rabbit. Carsander started up a fire, and began cooking the meat. He tried to move quickly, but left the fire burning when he finished.

Carsander climbed one of the sturdier looking trees that surrounded the grove when he finished cooking the rabbit. He settled in for the night, hoping luck would favor him. And hopefully a tribute would see the fire, and come looking in the grove. And they'd get caught in the snares. And Carsander would kill them. And he'd be one step closer to going back home.

Ruben Jackson, D4

"Nikki…Nikki what are you doing?" Ruben backed away from the girl, as she moved closer, aiming her knife at his throat. As soon as he'd come back after chasing off Cassio, she'd been different. Almost… animalistic. Ruben was starting to realize that Cassio might have actually been right.

"Please. Nikki. Don't do this. I can get us both home!"

"Don't act like you still think I'm Nikki."

She attacked.

The Fallen

Ruben Jackson, District Four. Killed by Mutts

Hey guys, sorry for not going in depth on Ruben's end. I wanted it to almost be like Cassio walks away, and just as he gets to his shelter, he hears Ruben's cannon go off.

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