Mace Tomahawk's POV

Sometimes, I just hate that James kid. I only keep him in the alliance for strength in numbers. Well, he does have some skills in throwing knives and tridents, but I'd never admit it out loud. I just can't believe him! We let a twelve year old into our group, and he repays us by adding a little girl from twelve into the pack. I didn't want to come of as a jerk so I had to let her in. But I know that it will only be a matter of time before I come up with a cunning plan to get rid of this Heaven girl.

Marble and I go over to the swords station to blow off some steam and plot on how to get rid of Heaven. My slashes at the dummies get more and more fierce as I try and fail to plot against our unwanted ally.

"I'm surprised you let that girl into the pack, I haven't seen her at weapons at all. She spent the entire morning at plants and fire building," Marble says as he decapitates another dummy.

"I had to. With the lack of careers this year, we need as many tributes in our pack as possible, even if they are worthless pawns. The other day, I talked to the seven girl, who's better than James, Rora, and Crystal combined to join, but she just glares at me and walks away," I respond.

"I swear, that girl has mental problems. I don't know about you, but she's first on my kill list."

"Not for me. The twelve girl, Heaven, is going down," I sneer.

"So what's the plan. You don't want to openly betray her, that may cause the rest of the alliance to turn on you. Not like they could kill us or anything," Marble brainstorms.

"What if we get a tribute, one who would die without our help and make a deal," I plot, coming up with a genius plan, "We tell them that if they kill Heaven in the bloodbath, then they could join the pack with us. Seriously, anyone would be better than that weakling."

"So, who do you think we should ask?"

I gaze around at the tributes in training. We didn't want someone too strong, or they'd be too powerful. But we didn't want someone too weak, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to kill. The fat kid from twelve is too weak, besides, I'm pretty sure he'll die anyways. The boy from ten looked too strong, with his seven feet height, besides, he seemed to already have an alliance. Finally, I spot the right person. The District Nine girl, Starr.

"That one, over there, the one at the climbing station," I point.

"Starr? Good choice," Marble comments.

The two of us strut over to the brunette who is flying with ease from obstacle to obstacle.

"You, Nine, come down here!" I whisper loudly, so that no one, except for us three would hear. I didn't want word of our alliance spreading.

"What do you want?" She asks, she seems unsure, but is hiding behind a sliver of confidence.

"I want to make a deal with you, Nine. You in?"

She seems reluctant at first, but finally makes up her mind, "Fine. What is it?"

"Do you see that girl over there, at the trapping station?" I point to Heaven, who is expertly tying knots.

"Yeah, Heaven."

"You want to win these games, right? I can give you a fighting chance, as long as you kill Heaven in the bloodbath," I demand slyly.

"If you want her dead, why don't you do it yourself?" She asks stubbornly.

"Because, she is in the alliance. The boy from Four let her in," I tell her.

"Fine but on one more condition."

"What is that?"

"I want a bow. And a nice supply of arrows. If you get me that in the cornucopia, she's dead."

"Fine. Do we have a deal?" I ask, holding out my hand to Starr.

"Deal. Devil take the hindmost." She grasps my hand firmly. With Heaven out of the way, I rush to the sparring area for a victory fight.

Dannin Grande's POV

I hurl knives at the dummy in the training center. I know that I must win this. But how? The career pack is strong, as usual, and there is a growing alliance from the outer districts forming. I realize that the only solution is to make a pack of my own. A pack where the underdogs go. We may not be the strongest, but if we work together, we could have a shot at the victors crown.

I gaze around the training centre. Marble, Mace and Starr are talking at the climbing course, the fat kid is attempting and failing at spears, the District Eleven girl is working at camouflage. Finally, I spot someone who may be a good ally. Lacey Gage, the District Three girl is over at the knot station making a very strange contraption out of rope.

Deciding to invite her into an alliance, I quickly walk over to her. She's holding a rope with a loop around it and many coils.

"Hi I'm Dannin. I was wondering if you would maybe like join in an alliance?"

"Thank God! I thought I would be stuck with Edward. He's such a stuck up snob. I can't stand him. I'm in," Lacey responds, great fully.

"Awesome! By the way, what is that?" I point to the rope that she's holding.

"This? This is a Punjab Lasso. Many years ago, there was a book about a man at an opera house who would use this to terrify everyone there! There are very few copies of it in existence, but I managed to get ahold of one and it's an amazing story. It works much like a noose, but it much more fun to use," Lacey explains, "It's my weapon of choice. So is there anyone else who's going to be in the alliance?"

"I'm not sure. I may ask Gertrude and maybe another person," I respond.

"How about Justice? I've seen her with a bow and arrow and she's quite good,"

"I don't see why not," the two of us wander over to the edible plants, where Justice is expertly working.

She turns around when she sees us coming. "Hey, I'm Justice! Let me guess, your wanting to be in an alliance?"

"How did you guess?" Lacey questions.

"When a tribute comes up to another tribute in training, it's either to pick a fight or propose an alliance. Since you two didn't seem like the people who would pick a fight, I just guessed. By the way, sure. I'll be in your alliance."

"Great! So it's settled. I'll see you guys around. I'm gonna go up to my room and get dinner."

The three of us split up and I head upstairs to my room.

A/N

Here are our alliances so far!

1. Careers, Marble, Mace, James, Rora, Crystal, Heaven, Starr

2. Natasha, Alex, Hayden

3. Dannin, Lacey, Justice

Heres the trivia.

What book/movie/musical did I reference in this chapter?

Thanks and please review!

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