The Games

9.

We were all eventually far enough from the Beast. It was still dark out, but it was darker than before. We couldn't see a thing. But that didn't stop us, so we had to be somewhere where we were going to be able to see. Then all of a sudden, Janiza whispered, "Stop." Jordan and I stopped walking.

"What's wrong?" Jordan asked.

"Look around," Janiza said.

I looked around as well waiting for my eyes to lay on something. And that's when I saw it. I saw a fire not pretty far. I turned back around at Janiza unable to see her.

"A fire?" I asked.

"Yep," She replied.

"So what?" Jordan asked.

"Really? Let's go over there, and kill that person," Janiza said.

"Well, what if we know the person?" I asked.

"I guess that's different..." Janiza said.

"Yeah, but what if it's the careers?" Jordan asked.

"We can't kill them... At least not now," I said.

"Why not now?" Janiza asked.

"Well if you actually pay attention, you'd know they have 4 people in their group," I replied.

"That doesn't make a difference," Janiza said.

"But not now... What if they kill us?" Jordan asked.

"We can't just keep running away from them... We're going to have to kill them at some point," Janiza said.

As Janiza said that, I actually listened to that... She's right.

"You're right... Let's go," I said.

We all walked together sneaking upon them carfully. As we got closer and closer, we were all prepared to kick the shit out of the careers. But we noticed something... It wasn't a group of careers, but a different group. But it was a group filled with our friends. It was still dark around the fire, but since we're closer to the light, we were all able to see each other.

"Boo!" Janiza yelled.

The group all get scared, especially Marco. I look around and see 4 people. Marco was this chubby kid, who was currently wearing a white shirt, with brown shorts. He also has glasses, but I wasn't sure where they were. He was also this stubborn kid, who I didn't want to argue with. Janessa was a skinny cheerleader at our school, she was wearing a green shirt that said, "Cheer," I thought it was pretty basic. And also wore black leggings. And her brown curly hair. Jade had long bright brown hair, who had pale skin. She was a remarkable brilliant student, and she was a really great friend of mine, and I was happy she was there and alive. But she was wearing a grey shirt with a black vest over it, with blue pants. And Caleb was this very intelligent kid, and he'd be the kid to make you laugh. He had his black hair brushed down, with a blue shirt, and dark grey pants.

"Holy shit!" Marco says.

"Oh my god," Janessa says in shock.

"Well... At least we have more allies," Jordan says.

Marco gets up from a log, and comes towards us.

"Come, come sit with us," Marco says.

"Thanks," Jordan says.

Janiza and I didn't talk. We just followed.

"So tell us... How are you guys doing?" Marco asks.

"Well, we could feel better, but.... You know, we're in hell," I said.

"True, true. And how are you guys staying alive?" He asked while leaning closer.

"We have Alan. And he's been there the whole time to keep us alive," Janiza replies.

"But there has also been conflicts with the situation..." I said.

"What do you mean?" Janessa asks.

"Well, we would've met up with you guys with a bigger group of people, but their all dead," I said.

"So how many people did you have with you?" Caleb asks.

"We had 6, but they all died one by one," Jordan says.

"Wait, so you've been with?" He asks.

"Anaja, Joselyn, and Alondra," I answered his question.

"All females?" Jade asked.

"Yep, and it's really hard to get through with," I said.

"Would you explain how they died?" Marco said.

"Anaja and Joselyn got into an argument, and Joselyn stabbed her in the stomach, with a sword. I shot Joselyn in the hea-"

"Wait, so tell me what you killed Joselyn with," Marco interrupts.

I show my bow by holding it up with my right hand.

"Wow... Didn't know you knew how to shoot," He says.

"Well you never expect the nerd to have skills," I replied.

"So tell us how Alondra died," Jade says.

"She was killed by a Beast. She was bitten into half and was eaten," I said.

There was a pause. But then Caleb spoke.

"We also had a group of people. We had 3 others," He says.

I look at him sad. Not wanting to talk about the innocent people who didn't deserve to die.

"Who?" Jordan asks.

"Ian, Kaylani, and Gianna," Jade says.

"I guess it's your turn," Janiza says.

He chuckles, "We were deep into the forest where I thought it was safe... But then it started to rain, we all thought it was just normal water. But then it began to rain hot, thick, blood.  I call it the Bloodrain Ian died from chocking on the blood. Kaylani was then killed by running through the forest, then she was struck by lightning. After the two deaths, we were in a different area. We then met up with monkeys, and we thought nothing at the moment, but then they attacked. We fought back. I had knives, Janessa used her gymnastics, Jade and Caleb didn't have any weapons, Ian had a spear, and Kaylani and Gianna both had a sword. But they eventually got Gianna, they bit her and we couldn't do anything... She was killed there."

I could see Janessa tearing up, and I still felt devastated.

"Do you guys know who put us here?" I asked.

"No," Marco said with a long pause.

"Don't worry... We'll find out the assholes who put us here," Janiza says.