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He looks back at her and smiles.
"You're lucky your cute." He said and leaned back to kiss her for a second time, less forceful than last time.

He placed his hands on her waist and deepened the kiss, moving so that her back was on the tree, and he was in front of her. He didn't want this moment to end. It felt too good. He pulled away for only a second to regain his breath and was immediately back to kissing her.

'Wars could be adverted with communication...

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...Turning animosity into admiration'

She stares at him in surprise.
"What...?"
Confusion remains on her face for only a second longer until it is replaced by pain.
"Oh...the Games."
She smiles sadly at him andd releases him from her embrace. After a moment of sitting there awkwardly, she sighs and pulls him into a hug.
"I understand. I won't make the end of these Games harder than they need to be..."
She kisses him once more softly.
"Goodbye Devault."
She leaps up into the tree and takes off, leaving the medical kit with Dev and keeping only her weapon.

Her heart aches in her chest as she leans against a tree trunk. The rain starts to pour down around her, but she doesn't care. There were things much worse than a little rain. Her tears begin to mingle with the raindrops on her face and she gasps in a breath, trying to hold in the racking sobs that are building up. Down below, branches crackle and she notices a dark figure blurred by the rain. With a start, she realizes first that it's human and second it hasn't noticed her. The figure pauses and looks to the west with a puzzled expression. Celaes follows his gaze and freezes where she stands. A thin line of smoke is trailing up from where her and Devault's camp had been. The figure below her chuckles and heads towards the camp, a small dagger in his hand. She forgets all about the tears for now and focuses on keeping up with the figure as he gets ever closer to camp.

Celaes smiles sadly as Devault takes care of the tribune.
"Glad you can take care of yourself Dev."
She replaces her bow onto her back and steps onto a nearby branch. Her foot slips on the slippery bark and she falls a couple of feet before she manages to catch onto a thin branch.
"Sh**."

Celaes blushes slightly before righting herself on the branch above. She leans back against the tree gasping for breath.
"Sh**,sh**, sh**."
Glancing down below, she sees Devault leaving. Tears pool in her eyes and fall slowly down her cheeks as she sits limps in the tree. A strange noise from above temporarily distracts her as a parachute gets hung on the branch above. She rips it off and opens it to find only a message:
Alexander is in.
Her hand trembles and she drops the paper as though it were a snake. She throws the packaging onto the forest floor and runs as quickly as she dares through the tree limbs...


Alexander squints in the bright light around his transport container. Where was he? One moment he was sitting at home, the next he's being taken by men in dark suits to this strange place. He glances around and his stomach clenches as he notices the Cornicopia.
"Aw sh**..."
He was in the Games now. He runs a hand through is hair and cusses again before running off towards the woods. The last place he'd seen his sister was with some guy in those trees. The thought of the unknown boy playing tricks with his sister made him angry. He sprinted faster towards the trees in the distance, anger and hatred burning in his veins.