Another Update.

Sorry about the confusion with Serena and the scythe... I'll fix that...

Okay. Here's the plan.

Update Schedule:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and so on.

Unless I'm feeling anxious and update sooner or something comes up and I can't.

Or I'm just lazy or Writer's Blocked.

Enjoy :)

Orchid Whishart

Left, right. Left, right.

Open your mouth.

Chew.

Swallow.

Left, right. Left right.

Check up on Ribbon.

Left, right.

You really don't know what losing this much blood feels like. People that do aren't around to agree.

Left, right.

I've almost past out numerous times, I think an infection's setting in to the wonderful shoulder wound Azura gave me on accident, I have an alliance to look after, and I have to tell my self to do the simplest commands. Sounds legit, no?

I sigh and stumble along, Dixie helping me while Ribbon skips on in front of us and I can't help smile, even if it is that small ghost of one.

" 'Ya need a break?" Dixie asks me as we come to a stair case. I shake my head no slowly then wince in pain as Dixie pulls me to the ground to sit on the stairs.

"I'm fine. Can we get a move on now so no one finds us? Please?" I tell her weakly, and Dixie shrugs and helps me up.

"Can we go up the stairs?" Ribbon asks sweetly. I contemplate.

No way to know what's up there, and I'm really not willing to get hurt anymore than I already am. What's upstairs? The Careers? Julius? Ben and Motrid? Spiral?

Then it hits me.

"I think that we should find Spiral," I say slowly. "If she's still alive." I add. Dixie nods and Ribbon starts up the stairs, with us close behind. Ribbon gets a bit ahead of us and I don't worry too much.

That is, until I hear her scream.

"Ribbon?" I call up to her. "Ribbon!"

"Help!" she shouts and Dixie and I go up the stairs as fast as we can.

And then we're caught in the net too.

Brook Phillips

I stop in a cavern on the first floor and half sit and half fall down, a bit woozy from my cut. I inspect it quickly and nearly faint from how gruesome it is.

Stupid Serena Dragimir.

The positive thing about this experience? I'm now armed. I took her weapon, her scythe. And while I know she undoubtedly has more weapons, it feels good to know that she isn't as skilled with other weapons. I smile a faint smile and try to run my hand through my hair, as I always do. And then I realize I haven't brushed it in forever, and my hand gets stuck in the tangles and knots.

Ugh.

On a whim, I grab the scythe and make a quick cut through my hair, shortnening it. It stays there for a second, as if hanging there, frozen in time, then falls to the floor, dead. I do the same to the other side. Short hair would be much more efficient if I'm running around, trying to stay away from people. My hair, bright and blonde, is surely how Serena spotted me. I take my limp, knotted hair and stick it in my backpack. Maybe I can use it. Somehow.

I reach into the pack and take out a few berries and look at them. I remember seeing them at the edible pants station... But I don't remember if they were edible or not. I look at them and wrinkle my eyebrows, attempting to remember, but then give up and put them in my pack and pull out a mushy red apple.

Oh well. Tributes can't be choosers.

I pull it in half and take small, slow bites. It doesn't matter how rotten it is, it just feels good to get some food in my system. The apple struggles to go down my dry throat and I have to swallow many times before I can actually digest it. If only I had water.

Hey, a girl can dream.

I lean against the back wall of the small cavern I'm in and then in goes woozy. Wait, did I say I was in a cavern? I'm not in a cavern, I'm in a train. The new one my parents made. But what in the world is Azgaro Ice doing in the train, chasing me? Getting eaten by wolfish mutts. That's what Azgaro's doing. Then the mutts are after me. No, what am I saying? Those aren't mutts! They're obviously... They... No, it is Spiral Blue, the little girl. Begging for help. In the forest of District 6. What's Spiral doing in District 6? She's telling me... Something... What is she telling me... That I lost to much blood? That I'm swimming in a pool of infected blood? That sitting here is... What's the word... Suicidal? Spiral... No, wait that's not Spiral... Azura... yes, Azura Night... Is telling me that I'm dying?

And then I snap out of it. I lost too much blood. I look around cautiously and no one's around me.

I'm hallucinating. No one's here. I've lost too much blood. Way to much. Then I remember, in a blur, the first aid kit. I take out some gauze and clumsily patch up my cut. In minutes the bandage is soaked through red, and I know I need medicine.

I won't go down without a fight. I put more bandage over my cut and stumble on.

I wonder where the Careers keep their medicine?

Stupid question. The Cornucopia, obviously. Where else? I pick up my pack and sling it over my shoulder and get up- or, should I say, attempt to get up. I fall over quickly, losing my balance from being light headed and wince as my body impacts the ground. Ow.

I finally manage to stand up without face-planting. Don't I deserve a pat on the back. Anyways, walking is a whole 'nother story. It feels like I'm walking on a tight rope. And then it feels like the tight rope disappears with every step I take.

And that's when I realize it is. The first floor of the arena is dissolving, dissappearing at the touch of those stupid GameMaker tricks.

So I start running. The ground is rapidly disappearing behind me. I sprint to get to the stairs, praying I'm the only one at the first floor.

But of course, I'm wrong.

Right there, and the Cornucopia, the Careers and the Antis are in battle, apparently not noticing that the Earth is disappearing with every step they take.

Tasi is engaged in battle with Azgaro, the side of Tasi's forehead is leaking out blood. Azgaro seems unharmed, but he winces as Tasi's sword grazes his side, leaving one of those tiny cuts that tend to pinch you. Azgaro whacks and stabs Tasi with his trident.

And then there's Azura and Serena, axe versus sword, swinging away at eachother, the loud noise of metal on metal threatening to deafen me.

Then, Kendrick takes a step back.

His foot falls through the ground, as I knew it would, and he's left hanging, gripping the quickly dissolving Earth. He moves his finger a bit, to adjust his position, and the bit of ground he was holding disappears. With a scream, he's gone, falling deeper and deeper into the 's a few seconds until you hear the boom, either the fall or the speed of the fall has killed him.

Mila stops her battle with Acacia, throws her weapon on the floor, and falls to her knees, crying, while everyone else tries to run, find the stairs, and eventually they find a way out. Slowly, I follow them, Mila eventually catches up and passes me.

The Antis are running up the stairs, being pursued by the Careers, armed and ready to kill. I follow silently,stepping on the tiny bits of land nobody stepped on. It looked like this was a dried up pond and I was hopping on lillypads.

We all make it up the stairs, that are fortunately solid, then fortunately right when I took my last step onto the second floor, the stairs disappear and the second floor falls to where the first floor was, crushing anyone that is still there.

Miraculously, I don't hear any cannons.

Tasi Merkava

And then, the battle continues. I grab my axe from my belt and go at the closest Career; Acacia.

She pulls her sword and sheild a millisecond after I swing my axe at her, so I bury it in her side and she screams in pain and anger as I take it out of her. She makes this face, a fierce face like she can't believe I just did that to her.

"Why you little..." She swings her sword at me aimlessly, blood pouring out of her side, when the sword actually makes contact with my body, leaving a long cut on my neck, not enough to kill me.

And then I swing another blow at Acacia, successfully cutting through her stomach, spilling acid and blood on the floor. Woozy, the District 4 tribute collapsed.

And that was the end of Acacia Yandalu.

BOOM!

Ben Striker

"Who was that for? And the other one?" Spiral asks. I sigh.

"I don't know, Spiral, at least it's not one of us." I answer morbidly.

"Maybe everyone died at the same time and they fired two extra loud cannons so the three of us win!" Motrid says excitedly and throws his arms up.

"I seriously doubt that," I mumble, face palming. And then the second floor goes dark and the anthem starts. The Capitol seal appears in the sky and then there's the faces.

Motrid crosses his fingers and shuts his eyes tight, whispering the word everybody to himself.

Kendrick ReddWillow, District Two Age: 20

Acacia Yandalu, District Four, Age: 25

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