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With every part of the climb, Jade could feel the strain of her small injury causing her to feel the exertion of her climb, she watched as Onyx passed her easily and then made her own way to the edge of the island. Her muscles were screaming at the last moments of the exercise and she caught her breath while sitting a few feet away from the ledge.Â
“That really took it out of me.” Jade admitted as she lay on her back, allowing the wind to whip around her. “Give me a second.” As she lay there, Jade took in her surroundings on the island, there wasn’t anything that was of note except what looked like dark rocks on the surface. Jade rolled onto her front and brought herself to standing, her eyes transfixed on the landscape. “Is that…” she began to ask. “Are those supplies?”Â
Her feet took her to running before her brain knew what was happening, the thought of anything that could help her with The Arena made her heart skip a little with excitement. She crashed to her knees next to a pack that was a little bigger than the one they already had, even if it wasn’t full there was enough in there to be happy about. A set of 6 throwing knives with their own holder, another canteen of water and enough rations to see them both through at least one day.Â
“Jackpot!” She shouted to Onyx, giving him an excited smile at what she’d gotten, Jade was already strapping the set of knives around her thigh, when her mind snapped back to Onyx. “Is there anything else around?” She wanted to search herself but exhaustion from the climb hit again and she decided to sit on the edge of the island and look out over the arena below. If it wasn’t so deadly and possibly the place where she and Onyx would take their last breath it would certainly be something beautiful to behold. She pushed the thoughts away through and decided to take a moment to sip her water and look through the food she’d found.Â
“I’ve got more food too.” Jade called. “And look, Knives!!”Â
Onyx turned to face Jade, worry spreading across his face as he saw her lay down, her eyes fixed on something a little way ahead of them.
“Supplies?” Onyx said, following the path of her stare and noticing the small collection of goods that rested on the centre of the island. He followed after Jade, letting her take the pack as his hand closed around the spear.
This was more like it.
He moved it from hand to hand, testing it’s weight. Being alone with Jade meant that for a second he felt as though he was back in the training centre in One when the games were so far away that he didn’t even have to think about what they really meant. Spears had always been his weapon of choice - he always preferred never to get too close to his target.
“I don’t think there is.” He responded to her question, checking the ground beneath them for anything they might’ve missed. “Do you think we just got lucky, or do you think all the floating islands are like this?”
He watched as Jade sat down and rooted through her pack, joining her in her excitement with the new goods they had acquired. This put them in much better standing for any fights ahead, especially if nobody else had managed to get their hands on any ranged weapons.
“You okay?” He asked her, sitting on the ground beside her and looking out over to the other floating islands.Â
Maybe it was just an excuse to try and avoid what the point of the games really was, but he enjoyed the challenge of moving from one island to the next to see what other goods there might be scattered throughout the arena. But this climb had winded Jade, and it was only looking at her now that he realised how much of a strain it must have been to pull herself up with her injured arm. It might be better for them to stay on the ground, at least until Jade’s wound healed.








