Chapter 22
<TheSyndicateProject's POV>
No. I-I failed.I failed to protect Tucker. When he fell down, I immediately turned around and tried to get to him but it was too late. The fog caught him. I screamed, a very manly scream. And when the cannon fired my heart sunk. I had lost everyone. Tucker died and Sparklypants probably doesn't trust me anymore, since I attacked him. This time, Tucker's death wasn't temporary like in Trinity Island or on Minecraft. This time, it was real and he wasn't coming back.
<Houston Taylor's POV>
Another person died to the arena. Wow, 5 kills for the arena? Do we even need to hunt each other down? I think back to the days Emily and I recorded little funny vlogs for YouTube. I think about the times we spent together, like the time I righteously defended my oranges. Emily and I sit down on the ground and Emily begins to cook some leftover wolf meat. Emily loved it. "So what is our plan?" Emily asked me. I thought for a moment. "Well, we could find the weakest tributes in the arena. We are the higest scoring tributes in the arena." "Well, first we need to figure out who is left," Emily said. I nodded in agreement. I grabbed a stick from a tree and began to write our names on the dirt. "Well, we are obviously still alive and our score is 15." I drew a 15 next to our names. Emily took the stick from me. "Then there is TheBajanCanadian and ASFJerome. Canadian's score was an 11 while Jerome's score was a 14." "Tyler Oakley has a 10. TheSyndicateProject has a 14." "CaptainSparklez has an 11 and Paranormal Cookie has a 9." "JackSepticeye has a 9 as well." "SkyDoesMinecraft has a 10. And finally, Bodil40 has a 10." I counted the number of remaining tributes. "So there is eleven tributes left." "Hey! We're getting closer to winning!" Emily said, smiling. I smiled. "Yep!' We stood back up and I pointed North of us. "Come on,Emily! Onward to victory!" We heard growling behind us.
<Paranormal Cookie's POV>
"Your eyes are green," I said, with my eyes wide. I know I'm not going crazy. His eyes just turned green after he mention Simon. Then I realized something. I know for sure that Mitch or Jerome didn't have green eyes and Bodil definitely didn't have green eyes. He took out another knife. "You killed my friend...and you will pay for it!" Then we heard a wolf howling close by. Our attention quickly turned to that. I saw Bodil's eyes turn back to their original color. A wolf mutation jumped out of nearby bushes and growled at Bodil. Bodil threw the knife at the things head. It hit but the wolf just shook it off. Bodil was surprised and he took out a bomb. He quickly lit it and threw it on the ground and he began to run away. My eyes widened. Oh no! It exploded but instead of fire and heat, smoke came out. I coughed a lot. Good, a smoke bomb. I'm not dead. I decided to use this as my advantage. I slid down the tree and I finally hit the ground. I ran out as quick as I could in the opposite direction that Bodil ran.
<Tyler Oakley's POV>
"You belong to us now," said a voice in my head, "and you will kill anyone you see in the arena. Anyone. Everyone. We will protect you from the wolves...for now."
<TheBajanCanadian's POV>
Jerome and I sat down at our little settlement at the Cornucopia. We decided to, instead of hunting people down, to gather up our supplies. We finally had a lot of supplies. Then we heard the wolf mutts. I grinned. The Centre can be so generous sometimes. They were bringing the tributes to us.
<CaptainSparklez's POV>
I heard someone running towards my location. I held my gun tightly. It could be one of those wolf mutts that I've been hearing. It wasn't. It was Cookie. She looked terrified but what could she be running from. I watched as she sat down next to the tree I was hiding behind. She groaned and wiped her face with her hands.I stepped out from behind the tree and startled her. She got up and turned to me. She sighed in relief. "Oh my gosh, thank goodness it's you." She hugged me and after a while she broke away. "What were you running from?" I asked her. "Two things," she told me, " a wolf mutt and another tribute." "Wait, what?!" "Don't worry," she said, "I'm pretty sure Bodil is far away from here. I ran in the opposite direction he ran. And I'm pretty sure I lost the mutt." I sighed in relief. "Well, at least your safe. Although you do have a bit of explaining to do!" She grinned. "Yeah... I already know that..." We decided to head towards the Cornucopia. Maybe we could get some supplies there.
<Jacksepticeye's POV>
I decided to stay at the lake for the night. I climbed up a little tree and tied myself to it, using the net. I fell asleep fast.
< Emily Edgerton's POV>
We sped into the Cornucopia. We had tried to kill the wolf mutt but for some reason it was immune to our attacks. As we ran, I noticed that the wolf wasn't trying to run as fast as it should of. Was it holding back? There was nothing at the Cornucopia and I looked out for the wolf. It was gone. "Something isn't right.." Houston murmured. Then we saw two people running into the Cornucopia. I made a fireball and Houston took out her knife. Then we recognized who it was. It was CaptainSparklez and Paranormal Cookie. Oh no...do we have to attack them??? Cookie had her knife and Jordan had his gun out. They stopped dead in there tracks when they saw us. Cookie smiled. "Hey guys! I was wondering where you was!" Did she not know that we left the group? Houston lowered her knife and I absorbed the fireball. Then we heard footsteps from behind us. Before I had a chance to turn around, Cookie gasped and threw her knife. I heard the knife hit someone and that person cried out in pain. It was Jerome. Mitch yelled out. "YOU'RE A MONSTER!" He threw his spear and it landed short of Cookie. She squealed and jumped back. I got my fireball out again and Houston took out her knife. Jerome was just lying on the ground, with a knife on his ankle.I threw a fireball at Mitch but he dodged it. "You can't stop me!" he said. Then Jordan walked over to Jerome and Mitch stopped. He stared at him. "You wouldn't dare..." he said. Jordan,hesitantly, aimed his gun at Jerome's forehead. "Watch me..." CaptainSparklez said. "Don't do it... Don't you DARE do it! He's my friend!" I frowned. "Yeah?So?" I said," imagine all the friends YOU killed in this arena. Danisnotonfire, ZaiLetsPlay and Biggs87... Should I continue the list?" Mitch glared at me. "Shut it,girl. Or I might make you next on my list." Then he looked down at his friend. "I...am...SO SORRY biggums." Mitch ran away. "What do we do now?" Houston asked. "Kill him," I said, "Mitch needs to learn how to suffer like all of us." Cookie nodded in agreement. "Yeah, as much as I hate it...we have to do it. What else are we suppose to do anyway?" We all agreed on killing Jerome. "Look away," Jordan told Cookie, Houston and I. We did. We did not want to see this. I winced when the loud boom of the gun echoed in my ears. The cannon went off.
"ASFJerome has fallen. Two death points for CaptainSparklez."
None of us dared to look behind us. We were scared of the bloody mess we could possibly see. So we just looked away. Jordan walked over to us and he put a hand on my shoulder. I looked at him. "Are we...allies again or what?" Houston asked him. Cookie's eyes widened. "Again?" "Long story," I told her. She nodded. "Depends on what you girls want," he answered, "I'm just going to say this though. I am not going to kill you." We nodded and I looked at Houston. Before we had a chance to discuss it, we heard footsteps coming from outside. We turned around and saw Tyler Oakley with a bow drawn back. It was aimed at us. I drew out another fireball and Houston took out her knife. We threw them at him at the same time. He let his arrow fly. Time slowed around me as I realized that it was coming at me.
<Houston Taylor's POV>
Our attacks hit Tyler and he fell to the ground. I felt extremely bad for killing someone but I had to protect Emily. The cannon sounded and I heard Cookie scream. I turned around and saw Emily on the ground, with an arrow in her chest. I cried out in fear and quickly ran over to her. I carefully pulled the arrow out and I saw that she was bleeding badly. We had no bandages. I began to cry as I looked desperatly at Jordan and Cookie. "Bandages?" I asked them weakly. They,sadly, shook there heads.I used a little cloth I had to clean up the blood on Emily. "Emily...I am so sorry...I failed." A tear drop landed on her wound. I couldn't do anything, I felt helpless but I had to do something. "It's okay,Emily," I whispered to her, "it's going to be okay." "You have to win," Emily said. She coughed out blood and acid. 'C-can you s-sing for me?" Emily asked. I nodded my head and took a deep breath. I began to sing.
"Come little children, I'll take thee away,
Into a land of enchantment.
Come little children, The time's come to play,
Here in my garden of shadows.
Follow sweet children, I'll show thee the way,
Through all the pain and the sorrows.
Weep not poor children, For life is this way,
Murdering beauty and passions.
Hush now dear children, It must be this way,
To weary of life and deceptions.
Rest now my children, For soon we'll away,
Into the calm and the quiet.
Come little children, I'll take thee away,
Into a land of enchantment.
Come little children, The time's come to play,
Here in my garden of shadows." I looked down at Emily. There was a single tear on her eye. She was staring blankly at the sky. Then I realized that she was dead.
"Tyler Oakley has fallen.One death point for Houston Taylor."
"TWISTEX3 has fallen. One death point for Tyler Oakley." The cannon went off. I am so sorry Emily. I'm so sorry.
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