#Jovenrage

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Shayne is at the edge of the woods, peering out towards the cornucopia. He takes a quick glance behind him before walking a few yards to his right. He stops and looks at the field again. To his relief, he sees Courtney sprint past the cornucopia. Shayne steps out into the open and starts jogging towards her. As Courtney notices Shayne her pace starts to slow down. She runs into his arms.
''Joven is coming,'' she says while breathing heavily. She looks into Shayne's eyes. Shayne can see the panic behind her words.
''I stole his backpack,'' she states. ''I saw him kill Anthony with a rock, and he hadn't noticed me so I took his backpack and ran,'' she tells while her voice starts to sound increasingly more panicking.
Shayne softly grabs her shoulder. ''Hey,'' he says while looking into her eyes. ''It's going to be okay, we're together now.''
Courtney nods.
Shayne looks out into the open. He sees Joven inside the cornucopia. He picks up his axe and starts walking towards the cornucopia. ''Stay behind me, okay?'' he tells Courtney.

Joven runs into the open field with the blade in his hand. The cold wind is howling through the sky. He notices Shayne walking into the open and towards him. He has an axe in his hand. That's going to give him way more reach, Joven thinks. He thinks about running away but then he sees Courtney walking behind Shayne with the backpack in her hand. Joven sternly continues his walk towards the duo. As he approaches Shayne he immediately swings his knife. Shayne blocks his swing with the iron handle of his axe and kicks Joven backwards.
''Joven, we don't want to fight,'' Shayne tells.
Joven catches his balance. He spins the blade in his hand as he walks back to Shayne. Joven takes another swing, now aiming for Shayne's head. Shayne quickly dodges out of the way and jams his axe on the back of Joven's blade. The blade falls to the ground and leaves Joven extremely vulnerable. Joven takes a few steps backwards. Shayne carefully picks up the blade and tries to hand it off to Courtney. Joven uses this chance to leap towards Shayne and tackle him. Shayne falls with his back to the ground and Joven falls on top of him. Both the Axe and blade fall out of Shayne's hands. Joven sits up straight and punches Shayne in the face. Just as Joven is about to punch Shayne again, he notices Courtney going in for one of the weapons. Joven rushes towards the weapons and pushes Courtney backwards before she can get hold of them. Joven picks up his blade and swings it at Courtney. Courtney, out of reflex, blocks the blade with the backpack. Just as Joven is about to swing again, a spear flies through the sky and impales Joven from the side. Joven gasps for air. The blade falls out of his hands. He falls to his knees, not able to say a word. He looks to his right to see Lasercorn walking towards him. Joven falls with his face to the ground. Courtney drops the ripped backpack on Joven's back before running towards Shayne. The sound of a cannon can be heard as Shayne sits up straight.
''Are you okay,'' Courtney asks worried.
Shayne wipes some blood from under his nose. ''Yeah,'' he tells calmly. He stands up and turns to Lasercorn, who just approached them. ''Thank you,'' He tells him gratefully.
Lasercorn gives a small nod.

Ian and Noah are sitting behind some crates at the front of the cornucopia. Together they peek at the other tributes until they hear the dull sound of a cannon, indicating that Joven is dead.
''I'm going to try and form an alliance with them,'' Ian states determined. He stands up.
Noah pulls him back down. ''Are you sure? We can't risk a fight.''
''That's right,'' Ian tells. ''We can't risk a fight. We might be able to beat Shayne and Courtney. But now that Lasercorn has saved their asses and is probably part of their alliance, we definitely can't beat them. We are outnumbered. So, if you can't beat them, join them,'' Ian concludes as he stands up and starts walking towards the three tributes.
Noah doubts but decides to follow Ian.
As Ian and Noah are walking through the open field they see Lasercorn noticing them. He taps Shayne on the arm and points to them while saying a few words. Shayne looks at the direction of Ian and Noah and carefully walks towards Joven's body. He picks up the blade and axe. He hands the blade of to Courtney. Lasercorn pulls the spear out of Joven's side and smears the blood on the grass. They all line up as Ian and Noah approach them.
About four yards from Shayne, Courtney and Lasercorn, they stand still. Ian gets his knife out and throws it on the ground between the two groups.
''I want to form an alliance,'' he says.
Shayne looks at them confused. ''And you?'' he asks while looking at Noah.
Noah looks at Ian, who is looking determined. ''Me too,'' Noah tells while dropping his bag besides Ian's blade on the ground.
Shayne is hesitating. He looks at Lasercorn. ''What do you think?''
''I don't know man,'' Lasercorn tells. ''There are already 3 deaths that we know of. That leaves us with 9 people. An alliance of 5? That's more than half.''
''That will just make us stronger,'' Ian exclaims.
''It will create distrust and betrayal,'' Lasercorn states annoyed. ''You do realize not all 5 of us are going to get out of this arena, right?'' he asks Ian.
''We can agree to not harm each other until all the other tributes are dealt with. After that we all go our separate ways into the woods and let fate decide,'' Ian responds.
''And you really think that's going to work? You really think nobody will betray each other when their lives are at stake?'' Lasercorn asks in disbelief.
''Guys stop!'' Courtney speaks. Everybody gets silent. ''Have we really forgotten who we are? We are friends. We have been friends for years. Anthony was our friend. Joven was our friend. Are we really going to let this arena tear us apart? Are we not friends anymore?''
There is a long moment of silence.
''Noah, you haven't said anything yet. What do you think?'' Shayne asks.
''I agree with Courtney,'' he exclaims. ''Before the games had even begun, I had figured out all the tributes were going to be Smosh members. I tried to contact you guys to see if we could form an alliance. I figured we were still friends.
''You tried to contact us?'' Shayne asks.
''I wrote a note and hid it inside the training centre. It had a code-word that we could recognize each other by,'' Noah tells calmly.
''Pinecone,'' Lasercorn exclaims.
''Yeah!'' Noah says surprised. ''Did you find my note?''
''Yes, I found it at the fire-making station,'' Lasercorn tells.
''Okay guys, I think we need to decide. The hovercrafts can be here any minute,'' Shayne tells. ''I'm with Courtney, so it's up to you Lasercorn.''
Lasercorn looks at Shayne and Courtney. ''alright,'' he says.
Just as they all agree, the thrumming of a hovercraft can be heard.
''Let's go into the woods and find some shelter,'' Noah says.
They all run into the woods as the hovercraft approaches the open field around the cornucopia. They find shelter in an area with lots of trees and tall grass. They decide to spend the night there while taking turns in keeping watch.
Just as they have settled down the sound of an announcement draws their attention. The sign of the Capitol appears in the sky. They are announcing the fallen tributes. They all look up and through some openings between the trees they can see the faces of all their fallen friends. Sohinki; district 7, Anthony; district 6 and Joven from district 8. 

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