Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Adventure

John, Jack, and Cynthia set up camp. All the noise they could hear were crickets.

Back at home, Jordan and Maxiny were asleep. So were the kids.

"Hey John, why are you in the games this year?" asked Cynthia. John looked at her, "My kids I would say. Or actually my whole family." Cynthia nodded her head.
"My whole family, including all my cousins and aunts and uncles. It was one of their turns, so I decide to be in it this year, and the next 200 years later. And before you say something, the kingdom I'm from, injected me with a substance that gave me powers and gave me the power to live all the way up to 1,000 years, or 500. I don't know, I was screaming so I didn't hear them clearly." Her eyes sparkled.
"You'll be in this game every year until you die?" she asked with her jaw dropped.
"Yep, if I win every year, after I die, no one in my family will have to be in the games."

Jack sat up. He looked at them talking:
"Tsh, I have to be in it for 250 years. And I only live up to 450 years." They stared at him, Cynthia stayed quiet, John rolled his eyes.
"Night everyone" said John blowing the fire out.

Morning came, Cynthia woke up first. She looked around, everything was still dark. She got up and panicked, she looked ahead and saw John and Jack standing in front of her 20 feet away. She backed up a little.
"G-guys..." she stammered, "what are you doing?" John shot one arrow at her, but missed, then Jack did the same and missed. Later Fong emerged out of the shadows, Cynthia took off with her weapons. She looked back and saw John and Jack being stabbed through their chest and falling on their knees.
"Get back here girl, your king is paying high stuff for you!" shouted Fong.
Cynthia woke up, screaming. John and Jack got up, "You okay!" they both yelled. Cynthia node d her head breathing hard.

Fong and his gang walked around looking for clues.
"Yo boss, why are you in the games?" asked one the swordsman.
"The money," Fong answered truthfully, "kings pay me over 100,000 coins to kill threats to their power. Titans king, yeah. He's paying me 350,000 to capture the girl. And an extra 30,000 to kill John. I'll be rolling in money."
"What about us?" asked the second swordsman.
"I'll give y'all 2k each." answered Fong.

John and Jack found a group of people sitting around. Cynthia went and hid. John walked out, looking helpless. They went to kill him.
"Cynthia now!" shouted John. Arrows went flying by John, fast, killing two people. Jack came out and knocked the last three out.
"Grab everything, we'll need it." demanded John watching the prisoners.
"Alright," replied Cynthia.

They left. John looked at his hand, "Hate this bloody game." Cynthia looked at him, blushing a little.
"He seems so calm..." she thought in her head.
"Agreed." replied Jack kicking rocks.
"He seem so fearless..." she thought again.

"I don't like this Cynthia girl, blushing around my man." complained Jordan.
"She's 15, John's 25. Calm down girl!" commented Maxiny.

John fell to the ground. Jack ran to him, "He was shot!" he looked around, "Cynthia!"
"Ahh!" she yelled, "help!"
"Cynthia!"
"Jack!"
"Cynthia!"