Chapter 3
I ran alone in the woods and saw Drew kneeling down. Once he spotted me, he ran off. I ran over to where he was and looked around. I looked down and gasped in surprise. And ran off before his rope trap could get me. I looked at it. Of course he would do this. He was an excellent trapper. I heard a yelp, followed by a rope trap snapping. I ran to it and found Trixibelle hanging upside down from a rope trap. She was trying to get out of the trap by untying her ankle. I looked at her and she saw me. She laughed awkwardly. "H-hi Poppee... Ummmm, could you help me?" She asked. I sighed and aimed my crossbow to the base of the trap. I shot the arrow and hit the rope. Trixi fell over and untied the rest of the rope from her ankle. She stood up and held out her hand. "Team up?" She offered. I shook her hand, "Alright then." I said.
We wandered in the woods for a while, following the squeals of the hog. We heard leaves crunching behind us. I turned around swiftly. I saw a white mask with a face drawn on it duck behind a tree. Lucas. I sighed and shot the tree he was hiding behind. I heard him yelp and run off. Easy.
After about another hour of wandering, we heard soft whispering. We were nervous and looked around. After a while, I looked back to Trixi. "I don't see anything." I walked back over to her, but fell down at the sound of a crossbow shooting and a striking pain in my shin. I gasped looked up. Trixi was standing with her hands up. I looked over to my shin. There was an arrow coming out of it, blood trickling out of the wound. I looked up to see who shot it, and came face to face with an arrow charged in a crossbow. I looked up to see who was holding the crossbow and saw Beatrix. "Breatrix!? What the hell!?" I yelled. She tilted her head. He muffled voice spoke up. "We're allowed to... Thin out the competition. Aren't we?" She laughed. I glared at her. Beatrix held the crossbow up. "That's what I'm doing." She said, ready to shoot. "Yea! But I'm pretty sure we aren't supposed to KILL each other!" I yelled. Beatrix growled. "6 never said we couldn't." I sighed. "You've been spending too much time with him." I said. "He's my main Caretaker!" Beatrix yelled. "Now prepare to-" She was cut off by someone throwing a rock at her head, knocking her out. I gasped. Lucas ran over and knelt down over to me. After we finished treating my shin, we checked Beatrix. She was still unconscious.
Trixi and and Luke helped me up. We heard a whistle ring through the woods. We sighed in disappointment, knowing the whistle meant someone had killed and brought back the hog. We went back to where the others were. Apollo and Andriette were standing proudly. They had obviously won. Drew was sitting down with his arms crossed, being a sore loser. Colby was leaning against a tree, taking in that he lost. 6 looked over to us. "Where's Beatrix?" He demanded. Luke looked nervous. "U-um, she tried to kill Poppee, so I knocked her out with a rock." Luke stuttered. 6 growled. "Well, go get her, Lucas!" He yelled. Luke yelped and ran off to find Beatrix.
After a while, Luke came back with a now conscious Beatrix. We all sat down. 6 announced that Apollo and Andriette had won, and they were allowed to go back inside the mansion.
Great.
6 smiled at us. "Now get ready."
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