Last Man Standing

Chapter 3

(Sky's POV)

[Training- Day 1]

Tiffany woke me up early the next morning.

"Get up sleepy head! It's time to practice!" She hollered, pulling the blankets off my bed. I jumped, horrified that she saw me in nothing but boxers.

"Get yourself dressed, and be down in the cafeteria in 5 minutes, or I'll start you off with a 10 mile jog!" She said sternly. She then left the room.

Grumbling, I pulled on my clothes, tied my hair back, and got down to the cafeteria with 20 seconds to spare.

"Ah Sky, your here." Tiffany greeted, handing me a tray of what looked like a piece of bread and some water.

"Um, what is this?" I asked her, and she scoffed.

"Your going into one of the harshest environments created in the history of the world. It is going to be hard to find fresh food and untainted water, so your going to have to teach your body to run on small portions. Training does start today after all." She explained. I sighed.
I ate the toast and water all too quickly, and before I knew it, I was ushered over to the workout machines. The kid with the bandaged eye, as well as the two that were boxing yesterday, were already there, and they all were giving me hard stares. I just ignored them.

"Ok Sky, were gonna start with a simple muscle workout. Your going to do 150 reps on the Dumbbells, and then bike OR elliptical for 30 minutes. You will repeat that 5 times, and then we will move on to boxing." Tiffany said, clapping her hands. I groaned, but I quickly realized that if I wanted any shot in winning these games, I had to train as hard as I could in a week.

So, I got to work right away.

After the last minute of biking was done, I was exhausted. My arms and legs hurt, I was hungry, and I had sweat pouring down my face.

"Come on Sky, on to boxing." Tiffany said, motioning me to follow. I sighed, and put on the protective gear that was provided. A lot of the other people who were competing were starting to file over to the boxing arena as well. A few new faces appeared, but most of them I had already seen yesterday.

"Alright competitors, we, the council, have decided that much of your training will be spent in the ring, because melee attacking is statistically show to be the most common fighting method. Train hard here, because you will be able to learn a bit about your different opponents, like strengths, weaknesses, and Habits. You all will box with at least one new competitor every day."

Everyone looked at eachother.

Well, this is going to be a rough seven days. I thought to myself.

"So, with not a moment to waste, our first competitors to fight eachother will be: Sky and Mitch."

Before Stepping into the boxing arena, Tiffany pulled me off to the side.

"Today, you will be boxing with that kid." She said, pointing to the kid with the checkerboard hoodie who was now stepping into the arena. "Make sure to watch his movements, and see any strength or weakness. That observation might be the thing that saves you or kills you during the games." She whispered, and I nodded. She then pushed my away, and I stepped into the arena.

Mitch looked at me with his big brown eyes, and they were filled with some sort of malicious excitement. He smiled as I walked up to him, but I knew better to trust it.

"May the better man win." He said coolly, nodding to me. I nodded back, not breaking any eye contact with him.

"Alright boys, when the whistle blows, begin." One of the other council members said. He looked at both of us, waited a moment, and then I heard the whistle blow.