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When dawn came each tribute was roused by his or her mentor and given part of what they'd be wearing in the arena to change into: dark-colored pants, a green tank top, a sturdy brown belt, soft leather boots with a narrow flexible rubber sole with treads which would be good for running over skin-tight socks. Once dressed, they were sent to a hovercraft, and once seated they had something injected into their arm. Their tracker someone said.

Coraline made sure to sit by Bella, who looked like she was about to be sick from anxiety. Ellie's team were all contained in their Pokeballs (yes, even Cream). Rita leaned against the back of the seat as they injected her tracker into her arm.

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Echo wore the clothes, and began making slits for her knives. She gave several cuts to those trying to put injections in her, having had bad experiences before. She sliced one’s torso, and cut one side of the other’s mouth. Yes, she knew they had to put the tracker in, but she still didn’t like it. She was clearly panicking, and in anger

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Both Charlie and Katana don't seem to react to anything. Although for different reasons. Katana had lost her bravery. For once, she looked terrified. While Charlie, as usual, looked bored. She had fought with the Peacemakers and her mentor about this, but they had allowed her to wear her mask. I won't need it for long she thinks to herself as she eyes her target. My job officially starts now!

It took about four Peacekeepers to hold Echo down and restrained while the fifth one finally injects the tracker into Echo's arm. Once the job is done they leave Echo be.

Ellie grit her teeth together when they injected her tracker, Cream's Pokeball rattled on her belt as though sensing her trainer's distress.

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Akiro sat against the seat, staring straight ahead. He apeared to be completley calm, his body relaxed and his eyes half closed. His fists clenched a little when they injected the tracker, but he didn't react any more then that. He knew that this was just one more step to winning the games. But now that he had properly got to know Rui, and Chelsea, he wasn't so sure if that was what he wanted..would he be willing to die to save lives? That would certainly mess with his plans. He flexed his feet, staring at the wall.

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Once they had arived at the arena, they were then transported to the arena's underground paths that would lead each tribute to their individual chamber, or the Launch Room. They would be the only ones to use this room. Once there, they were met by his or her stylist and were each given a thin hooded jacket that fell to their thighs.

Now they just had to wait for the call. The call to be put in the worst few moments of their life.

Ellie attempted to eat what she could, despite already having some extra pounds to spare. Coraline kept bouncing her knee as she waited for the call. Finally, a woman's voice stated that it was time for launch.

Bella stepped into her tube and the glass shut behind her, sealing her from her stylist, who nodded at her as if to encourage her. Then it started to rise, for about fifteen seconds Bella was in the dark before she was pushed up and into the arena. She struggled to see for a moment, blinking rapidly, but then she could see.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Claudius Templesmith's voice booms around the tributes through hidden speakers. "Let the MineGames begin!"

60 seconds to get a look at the tributes, standing an equal distance from the golden horn, the Cornucopia, that was filled with supplies that would keep them alive. Stepping a second before the time was up would mean death, as the landmines around the metal plates would go off.

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For 15 seconds, Akiro was in darkness as the tube rose. He could feel it underneath his feet. It took him a minute to adjust to the change in light, his eyes blinking. But he quickly recovered, his eyes falling on the Cornucopia. There was no holding back now, he could use his ability to quickly gather supplies and then run off. That way, he would be away from the fighting and have what he needed to survive. His eyes fell on Chelsea, and for a minute, he hesitated.

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59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54...
Charlie wildly looks around the Arena. She curses to herself, desperately trying to find her target. No, no, no, no! This was bad! This was-! She relaxes, finally finding the person she is looking for. She smirks, keeping her eyes locked on them. She is barely aware of the countdown. She doesn't care about grabbing supplies, no, her job was more important.
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53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48...
Katana eyes the Cornucopia. She'll grab one bag of supplies, that's all she can risk. It would take too much time and energy to fight everyone off and to protect the Cornucopia. She would be safer in the wilderness.

THE ARENA

45. 44. 43. 42. 41. 40. 99. 38. 37. 36. 35.

Ellie took a good look around her as she tried to plan her flight path. Straight behind her was water, a decent-sized river. Behind left was Mesa and behind the right was Taiga. To her far right was a large body of water, an ocean maybe? To her far left was the Plains. First thing was first, she needed to group up with Rita, Coraline, and Bella.

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33, 32, 31, 30, 29,


The time slowly ticked by. The first fifteen seconds spent in darkness, separated from her stylist. Echo’s eyes locked onto Cornucopia. “Supplies.” She thought to herself. Those were of the utmost importance, she would grab whatever she could, then leave, and maybe find a group or partner to team up with

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27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22...
Everything seems to slow down as adrenaline courses through Charlie's veins. She suddenly felt like an animal on a hunt. Her heart pounds with anticipation, each second was one step closer to her final goal.

21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16...
Katana wanted to disappear. She loses her focus for a moment when she looks around at the others. Will she be attacked? Jumped the moment the clock reaches zero? She'll have to be prepared for that. Hopefully that won't happen. She just wants to grab a bag and go.

15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10,

Akiro would normally just be getting more nervous, but this time, he was determined. There had to be a way to get out of here alive, without killing anyone. For now, the best he could do was just get out of there as quickly as possible. His eyes narrowed, and his fingers twitched, eager to use his ability as he had been stifiling the urge since he showed Rui, which he was starting to regret.

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Rita took a breath and honed her sights on a sheath of arrows and an already strung bow laying next to a bag. That was for her! She manages to lock eyes with Coraline and Bella, nodding towards the Ocean.

5. 4. 3. 2. 1-

The gong sounds. Bella and Coraline quickly dart over towards the Ocean, both scooping up a medium-sized bag. Rita grabs her sheath of arrows and bow and the large bag, the Ox boy lunges at her with a scythe, but Rita side steps and shoots an arrow into his arm. Unfortunately nothing fatal, but it's enough to slow him down for her to get away.

Ellie stumbles off her plate and grabs two smaller bags, as she makes her way to the ocean, a large female wielding an ax charges towards her, the weapon raised for the kill.

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The moment the gong sounded, Akiro took off. He had been tense and ready, and it felt like there were springs on his feet. While the time had been ticking down, he spotted a pair of daggers, lying a few feet away from a mystery bag. As one of the nameless tributes tries to knock him down, heading for the daggers, he remembers a trick from his days in the alley, dropping down, tripping him, and jumping over him to dive for the daggers. Once both are in his hands, he reaches out and draws the bag torwads him. Immieadiently, he sprints for the Forest, where there'll be more places to hide.

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Katana, sensing movement on her left, fires a blast at her attacker. Sending the poor girl flying away. She wasn't dead, or at least, Katana assumed that she wasn't. This quickly discourages any other (NPC) from attacking her. She quickly grabs a bag of supplies and takes off running.
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Charlie races after her target. She jumps over bodies, ducks under attacks, and side steps tackles. But finally, after a good sprint she is finally in the clear.

Echo sees the axe raised above Ellie’s head. “OH NO YOU DON’T” she screams, slamming her own axe in front of the attacker. “Attacking when someone’s back is turned, how cowardly are you?” She forces the axe weilder off, with her own axe, sustaining a gash on her cheek in the process. She lands the final blow, killing the NPC. She then heads to take her own bag of supplies, before walking to the ocean as well, blood dripping down the scar.

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Suvansh just winces momentarily when the tracker is injected into his hands.
As he was rising up the tube, his thoughts were clear. Shoot to the cornucopia, grab a large bag, grab some kind of a pocket weapon, and be off to the desert.
He did as he planned, when the countdown ran out. He managed to successfully grab a bag, a folding dagger, and, what he did not expect, was finding a mega bracelet in the stash. He did not have a Charizardite...but he took the bracelet nevertheless. If they had provisions for mega evolution...
Once he took it, he saw one of the NPC tributes lunge at him, with an iron sword at their side. Suvansh stimulates the escape route he practiced for so long. With a blast of air below him, he jumped into the air, higher than any human could, which doubled by pushing anyone near the cornucopia afar, released Flare, and without wasting a beat, boarded him. He could just imagine what would happen if this feat went wrong. He would fall...and he would be killed. But he didn't fail, and flew off into the desserts.

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Gasping for air. Katana places a hand on a tree to lean on while she catches her breath. She didn't know how she was still alive. But she was! That's all that matters. She gasps in surprise when ice suddenly forms on her hand, holding it in place against the tree. Charlie stands behind her with a stern expression. Ever so slowly, she walks around the tree and within Katana's field of vision.

"Oh it's you! You want a piece of me! Huh!" Katana asks while swinging her free hand at Charlie. Which she easily manages to dodge and calmly steps out of range. Slowly, she tears off the mask. Now that it no longer covers her neck, her lion tattoo is clearly shown on her neck. The same one as the engraving on the necklace that Katana is currently wearing. Just under her neck, is a large scar, which Charlie pays no mind in hiding. She watches Katana carefully, quietly awaiting her reaction. "Wha-what!?" Katana asks in disbelief, slowly lowering her fist.

"Have you connected the dots now princess?" Charlie asks smoothly. "You know, I was pretty mad to see you wearing that necklace. I really didn't want to protect you. But I was told- 'Charlie, you probably don't care about politics. So I'll mark my sister with a necklace of your tattoo.'" Her tone is mocking, her irritation clearly written in her words.

"What are you talking about!?" Katana demands.

"Quiet. Or I'll freeze your mouth shut." Charlie snaps. "Your brother sent me to protect you. He is pretty smart you know? He knew you would be sent here. That your parents would become desperate, and pay off the Capitol to get you here. He also knew that I am the same age as you. I wonder... If that's why he kept me in the gang for so long..." She mumbles. Her eyes were raised to the sky, as if she were lost in thought.

"Kept you in...? Stop lying! He isn't in a gang!" Katana argues.

"He is... He is the leader actually- the new one" she clarifies quickly, her eyes hardening for a split second as she remembers the old boss. "You see, The Liberation really valued him for his intelligence and physical skills. Also, he had a bit of money at the time. That didn't hurt his chances of getting in. Ah... the information he shared...and the changes he made... I give him too much credit. I can't lie, I had a few ideas that he took into consideration. He is the reason why the Capitol knows us by name. He trained me you know? So I wouldn't bother fighting me. If I can handle him, then you'll be a breeze. Just sit back and let me do my job. After the Games, I'll deliver you to your brother and we'll both be free. I'll also finally make a hefty profit."

"How?" Katana asks. Her eyes are wide, filled with awe and confusion as she struggles to keep up with Charlie. "My parents won't ever let me go. For good reason too."

"Your parents and their business will be no more. You see, he wanted you to be far away from them when The Liberation bankrupted the business. It's all nerdy stuff... Don't make me get into all of that. But 'here' is as far away as possible. In a few days, the business will be over and the Capitol's main source of income will be dried out. All we have to do is survive and wait." She leans forward, meeting Katana's eyes. "I'm sure The Liberation will pressure them into release the both of us alive. Everyone else will just be... Collateral damage." She winces at this, thinking of Rui and Echo. But she has come too far to back down now. She leans away and turns her back to Katana. "You are oddly quiet. Are you too stupid to comprehend all of this? Your brother is going to save you." She snorts. "You don't deserve him."

Suvansh could very well go on a killing spree if he wanted to, but the games had just started. For the first round, he'd mostly just be flying up and just doing random stuff to annoy others. He won't really kill people with Flare's flamethrowers, or flame grenades as he named the combo, but he would just create distractions and all, keeping himself out of harms way. If he would see anyone who he liked...Rui, Akiro, or Mare... He would just steer around and leave them be, and maybe even helping distract the enemy if they're fighting, though he did not want to be much of a focus as of yet. He did misjudge the distance of a flame grenade, and actually killed an unknowing NPC tribute by mistake, but that's all with the killings.

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"You don't deserve him." Katana already knew this. She lowers her head in disappointed, tears stream down her face as she listens to Charlie. "I would be ashamed to be related to you. His heart is too tender. He would be better off without you dragging him down." Charlie continues.
"Stop it!" Katana shouts.
"Do you even care about him?"
"I said stop!" Katana screams. Fire explodes from the hand trapped to the tree. The force throws Katana off her feet but she is finally free. She throws a blast at Charlie, who raises up an ice wall to absorb the blow. It immediately melts. Still, Charlie is left unscathed.
"So predictable." Charlie says boredly. Katana fires more shots, but Charlie simply does the same thing- builds more ice walls to absorb the blows. But she adds an icicle, which grazes Katana's face.
This sets Katana off. She extends both hands and blasts fire all around Charlie. Attacking every angle. Charlie yelps in surprise and forms an igloo around herself. But to her surprise, she suddenly realizes that her protective barrier is quickly melting. She suddenly screams out in pain when a blast fires above her shoulder, right where her base melted. Her shoulder blade was definitely burnt, but she assumed that was it.
"Am I predictable now?" Katana taunts. Ice appears on the ground and rises up. A wall of ice fires towards Katana, who simply shoots a blast at it. Smoke fills her vision and when it clears, Charlie is about two feet in front of her. Charlie jumps in the air and kicks Katana's chest. Knocking Katana to the ground. An icicle appears in Charlie's hand. She fires it at Katana, who rolls out of the way to avoid it. Exactly what Charlie predicted. The movement causes a huge gash in appear in Katana's back. The wound was a bit deeper than Charlie intended to cause.
"That's enough. Milo wanted you to come in one piece." Charlie snaps. She winces as she holds a hand on her shoulder and summons some ice. This was the worst way to treat a burn, but Charlie didn't see a better option.
"Don't you dare say his name! He means nothing to you! It's just business right?" Katana screams out, mostly due to her own pain. Still, her words slice deep.
"He means more to me than he'll ever mean to you!" Charlie yells back. Katana sucks in a breath, silently fighting through her pain to listen to her. "He showed me something nobody else could show me... Love." She lets the words drift between the two of them. The final word sinking deep. The two exchange glances, Katana somehow manages to pick up on the true meaning in Charlie's words.
"You are a fool to love him." Katana snaps.
"Maybe." Charlie mutters, bending down so that she can create ice around Katana's wrists, essentially creating cuffs. "But what would you know?"