The Games We Play

Chapter 17: Behind the Scenes

Willow's POV:

I have three minutes am I totally forgot the camouflage my face. I'm screwed! I quickly try to cover my face with the fading time ticking by.

"Times up!" A game maker says, standing up looking confused. Apparently, they weren't paying that much attention to me since they didn't know that I was camouflaged. Now I know I did a decent job on my face. A

"Where'd she go?" One of them said.

"I don't know but if she left, she's gonna be in big trouble." The head game maker says, clearly annoyed and confused. I decide I should come out of hiding before they find me and execute me.

       "Hey guys! You looking for me?" I say, waving at the group of shocked game makers.

       "Well, since ten minutes is up, I'm gonna go... So, bye!" I say, walking out of the training room, headings towards the living spaces for district 12.

Finn's POV:

       Ok. So I get in there and press the "trident" button, blah blah blah.

       Maybe 2 minutes in, the mutts come. Lucky me. And just to prove my point, I take one look at the mutts and realize they are the exact ones that attacked my father right before Snow was murdered. He got really injured, but didn't die. Stupid sugar cubes.

       I try to use the trident skills that I was naturally born with, but they are apparently not working right now, so I practice the skills I learned with sword fighting. Hopefully that works.

       After the ten minutes were finished, I slay the head off the last lizard mutt and look up to the game makers. They look... Impressed, I guess.

        As I walk out, I say, "Thanks for your precious little time."

Maica's POV:

        I walk into the room that is specialized in— woah, no, no, no, no. I sound like a nerd. Anyways, I picked the "axe and skills combat" button and everything spring to life.

        Since I started literally tearing up the mutts that came my way, I've been doing good. Except for when the mutts that copy people you love came from the— you know what, I don't even know where they came from and I don't want to know.

I see one that is mimicking my mother coming towards me, looking friendly enough—no! Snap out of it! It's trying to find an easier way to kill you.

"Get away from me and don't do that person changing stuff." I say, killing the mutt.

I fight off a couple of other mutts when one catches my eye. It looks like...Rye. I swear if it morphs into another person, I will literally go insane.

I fight hand-to-hand combat with the Rye-looking mutt and let's just say, he was stronger than you would think.

After a while, I am still battling against the mutt. I check the big clock that is stationed upon the wall. 15 seconds left in training. Ok. I'm good. I—

I get slammed against the wall by the mutt with an arrow notched at my neck.

8 seconds left in training. It's okay. You can keep him from killing you for 8 seconds right? Right?! I hope so.

Rye's POV:

I select the "archery" button and start, well, arching.

Next thing I know, I am surrounded by 5 mutts that look like the people I love. Mom. Dad. Willow. Finn. And lastly, Maica.

"Shoot us, Rye. I know you can do it." The mutt looking like dad says.

"No. I mean yes, no, maybe?" I respond, being utterly confused.

"Aww. Looks like little Ry-Ry is confused." The Maica mutt says, walking over to me. "What shame it would be if you were like that in the arena."

"I agree. It would be a fright what would happen. A terrible path of the fates, actually." Mom (mutt) says with Willow (mutt) nodding in agreement.

I quickly kill 3 of the mutts before they can talk anymore. I keep the one who didn't talk alive, just to give the mutt a chance to talk.

"Hmm... Let's get say it would be horrible if all your friends, or what you call friends now, go against you in the arena. That's all I have to say. Bye." Willow (mutt) says as she fades to smoke as the clock strikes, meaning my time in the training is done.

A/N Don't kill me. I know, I know I haven't updated in like a million years, but at least I updated. 😂 Thanks for sticking with me this far into this story. Remember to vote, comment, and share with all your friends. Bye!!!!