Surrendering Isn't an Option

-Part 4-

"It seems every paper has been ensnared by the flames. You will now be let out of your rooms. You may go to the dining hall located at the front of the Capitol to meet your fellow participants. Thank you, and enjoy your final day."

The heavy door opened and i felt some kind of weight lifted from my shoulders.

"Are we attending the dining hall?" jeered a guard, "To see the soon to be deceased allies."

"Cut the crap and leave me alone, I'm going back to my room."

The short trip back to my room was as uneventful as logical and I was soon laying down on the bed hearing the other human i saw getting beat up again until silence swallowed the sounds. I waited for what seemed like an hour and crept stealthily through my door. There was one guard near me but he looked so tired I was sure he wouldn't be able to see or hear me.

As discreetly as possible I found my way down the hallway and to the door that lead to the so called "Dining hall". I opened the door just a crack and saw blurrily two blonde girls, and one blonde boy, three brown haired people (one looked asleep), and someone with dark blue hair. And at the far end of the table, sitting on his meticulously crafted throne sat the King, resting his head on his fist, looking down at them with sick pleasure. I burned with the need to throw my hands around his neck and squeeze the life out of his cold eyes.

I snuck back to my room and laid down. I wanted nothing more than to extinguish the entire Neuros race.

It then occurred that the Neuros may be able to hear what i was saying, not that I often spoke out loud. If they didn't allow their guards to speak badly of the King, they probably listened all around the place.

Feeling a little stupid I said allowed, "I have a request."

At once I heard a static and then the female voice again, "What is your wish?"

"I want to go into the forest." I answered, because that was what I knew i needed. I needed to relax a little, and I knew the forest could give me that. I hated civilization.

"Reason?"

"I need to stop myself from dicing up your King."

"Reading.....guard available....positive. Entrance to jungle granted. Please wait for an escort."

The voice fell silent and I guessed a guard was being sent down. I would rather have gone alone in a restricted area, but I couldn't complain, I was getting out of this stupid building.

A knock on the door sounded a few minutes later and I answered it to find the electric blue, and strangely nicer neuros standing there, armed with a black gun. Wordlessly I followed him. We went through the dining hall, only the two blonde girls remained in the room, though i didn't really look at them. I could feel a heaviness start to weigh me down as they stopped conversing and looked at me. The main entrance of the capitol opened and I followed the guard out. Light flooded my eyes and so did color!

Carefree life all around and a sense of freedom!

My feet felt the purple flowers on the jungle ground again, soft, springy, and moist with the clearing up mist.

I looked up to the guard and asked, "Where can I go?"

"Where you please until I stop you." he replied.

So i set off towards the sides of the dome, where the large glass looking bubbles sat. I then just turned completely right, into the forest. Deeper I went until I could look back and see only tree and purple flower. I found a very thick and very old looking tree and put my hands underneath the orange flowers onto the rough bark. I walked around the tree once, and then again, looking up for the nearest branch. And then on the third time, something weird happened.