Last one standing

2~ So it begins...

Where I lay to sleep is cold. They have no care for anyone but themselves in Argon. My mother was taken from above when she was pregnant with me, they don't know who my father is and well they don't care who he is because they assigned one when my mother arrived. His name is Talon. He was a soldier above. He was sent out with his team to survive and he came out to be the strongest, his whole team died and they brought him back to protect the pregnant women. Each soldier is assigned to a woman and they are the father of the baby automatically. I've learned to love him like a real dad though since I didn't know mine. From the age of six I was taken into training along with all the other kids. I know almost everyone in my class. We don't get our teams assigned until we are almost ready to leave Argon.  I am the youngest in my class, I'm 17 and everyone else is 18 and older, so I'm treated like a baby.  "Tomorrow class, everyone will be assigned to their teams. You will get to know each other for a week then you will be sent off."  This is it, this is the moment we have all been training for. We didn't get a choice we are forced to fight and survive. But growing up, watching everyone, I know who I would want on my team to help survive. No team all together has survived but if a team did it would be crazy in Argon. My team is going to survive all together.  I head home after training to tell my parents the news. "Hey mom, hey dad" I say as I enter the living room of our small apartment/dungeon. "Hi honey, how was training?" my mother asks curiously, she has this false hope that I won't be sent off to above. "It was good," I say trailing off "you know the norm, but tomorrow we get our teams..." I start before I was cut off by my mothers gasp. It is then when her hope is crushed and silent tears take over her. "Oh mom, you knew this would come we can't avoid it." I say rubbing small circles on her arm. "I know Bella but it hurts to see and let my baby go." she says wiping her tears and standing up. She hugs me tight and walks to her room silently. Talon gives a small nod and follows her. He knows who my team is so he hasn't said a word to me in over a week that's how I knew this day was coming fast... he is part of the team that creates the teams, so let's hope I had some persuasion on him for who I want on my team. Thankfully there is no team captain we all have to work together. I go to the bathroom and start to undress to take a shower. I throw on a pair of shorts and cropped tank top and head to the kitchen. I grab a water and make a salad before heading to my room to eat. It's freezing in my room and we can't get Argon to send anyone here to fix the heater for my room. I guess it is better to get used to things I won't have above. I grab my favorite book, art of war, and start to read while I eat. After I finish I clean my dishes and head to bed.

  I'm getting ready for training, today is the day we get our teams. I have on black pants, a black tank top, my hair in a ponytail, and combat boots on. It's 6 a.m. and I have to be to training by 7 a.m. I toast a bagel and put some cream cheese on it, I grab a water and sit at the table, my dad has already left and my mom is sleeping. I start to walk to training by 6:40 a.m. thank goodness its only 6 minutes from my apartment. By the time I get there almost everyone else has arrived and sat down. I'm not as nervous as everyone else is, I feel like since I'm the youngest and everyone treated me so differently it made me stronger for this day so I can show them I can kick ass too. We are all placed with a partner and we start by sparing, then we are told to sit down and wait for the announcement for our teams so we can get to know one another since these are the people we now have to trust with everything. The lady is calling off names and mine is yet to be called, some people I wanted on my team were taken but some still available. Finally though, "Bella-17, Taylor-20, Olivia-19, Paul-20, Jake-18, Luke-20, and Daniel-19, you are all a team, gather up." I look around at them forming and head over to introduce myself. We all sit around talking till it's time to head home. The week went by pretty quickly, I had most of them over at my apartment hanging out and we have all gotten really close. I'm the closest to Jake,  he is like an older brother figure and he has taught me a lot in the span of a week. 

My mother is sobbing on the couch, Talon is holding her whispering in her ear. I gave her a kiss swiftly on her forehead and say "I love you mom, I'll see you real soon." I walk out the door fast with my backpack and all my bow stuff. I take a deep breath and head to where we trained all our life, by the time I get there it is 4 a.m. My team is waiting on me so we can take the elevator to be released above. We all say hi, and head towards the elevator, looking back one last time before the doors close. The next time the doors open, we see a bright light, brighter than anything we have seen before. It's called the sun, it lights us up and hits us with warmth. We take one step onto this new land and we take in our surroundings. We learn to see everything around us quickly to protect ourselves. "My dad told me of a place we can stay while we are up here." Olivia says starting to walk. We all follow as we have trust in each other only. She leads us to a tall building named Hampton. "It's called a hotel he says" she explains. "He told me to go to the 16th floor and go to room 1631 and 1632. We will have to share beds but there is 2 beds in each room and the youngest can have her own bed. I nod and we walk up the stairs till we reach our floor and our room. As we are about to open the door we hear a scream and running coming toward us. I take my bow out and aim it ready to fire, I see a man running toward us bloody with a knife, I don't even hesitate, I let the string fire and my arrow goes straight through his neck. The man drops and I take that as a sign to put my bow away and retrieve my arrow. "I guess this means we have dinner." Paul jokes.  They all roll their eyes and look towards me as I head to get my arrow. "That was badass youngin" Taylor says, I nod and take my arrow out of the guys neck. "Check his pockets" Jake calls out, I nod again and start to dig through them, I find a knife, I throw it to Paul, I find money, I throw it to Olivia, and I found matches, which I threw to Luke. We go into our rooms and are hit with a bunch of things. There is food in piles on the table and in the fridge, there is stuff to shower in the bathroom, clothes and shoes, and even weapons in the closets. Olivia's dad made a place filled with things people needed to pass to his son or daughters team, thankfully she happened to be on my team. "Wow Olivia he had the full set up" Daniel says laughing. She nods and bites her lower lip looking through everything. "Guys look at this." Taylor calls out to us. We look at a picture of Olivia's dad and his old team. One of the guys looks exactly like Olivia. "Maybe that's your real dad O" Luke says shrugging. She nods and walks away. I look out the window carefully and see its getting dark, in Argon they control the lights to show day and night, here the sun does it on its own. "We should get rest." I say and everyone sighs and nods. Daniel and Olivia share a bed, Taylor and Paul, Luke gets his own and I end up sharing with Jake, which I didn't mind really. 

I wake up suddenly from the sound of a gun, my hearts racing and its so dark my eyes are still adjusting. I hear someone walking up and down the hall and every so often he shoots and laughs and someone screams in pain. I slowly get up to peak through the peep hole but I'm pulled  back to the bed by Jake, "don't move" he whispers. I nod and he gets up, he looks out and holds up 3 fingers, meaning 3 people are out in the hall. I wake up Taylor and she grabs a spear, I grab my bow, and Jake garbs a knife. He counts down and on three we go out to the hall. I shoot my arrow at the guy with the gun but he dodges it, I kick the gun out of his hand and we go hand to hand fighting, Taylor threw the spear into another guy and is going for the gun, Jake stabs the last guy and comes towards me and the other guy. He stabs the guys leg and kicks him in the chest, I get him down and choke him with my legs, Taylor takes her spear and stabs him in the chest. "we have to hide the bodies, so no one knows we are here." I say as I get off the floor. We each grab a guy and push them off the balcony, their bodies falling onto the ground outside. We lay back in bed, but I can't fall back asleep so I lay there thinking about my mom.