Her heartbeat raced in her chest as she gripped her sword tightly in her right hand and entered the cage.
The faces were a blur.
She could see some with eyes wild with bloodlust, and the weaker ones, their eyes brimming with fear. The urge to drive her blade through their chest shook her body with a shiver of anticipation.
It was as if there had been some sort of silent cue. Just a moment before they had been sizing each other up and then before she even knew it, the fight had started.
She barely had time to recall Jace's advice as she was thrown back into the side of the cage, the cold metal bars stinging against her flesh as she winced from the impact. Blood welled up from the deep gash in her left shoulder. Gasping in pain she met the crazed eyes of another girl. One of the battle hungry ones. Fear rose up in Katarina as she realized that her sword arm was pinned against the bars and she was left defenseless.
Easy prey.
The girl already had thick black blood splattered across her face which matted her dark green hair and stained her light grey skin. Her eyes glowed eerily in the weak night light as she stared directly at Katarina. Katarina could feel chills tickle her spine and she shuddered and pulled back from the girl, as if she could escape by pressing herself harder against the metal bars behind her in an attempt to create some distance. The girl suddenly smiled, the corners of her mouth stretched in an impossible way, enlarging her mouth to a huge gaping slash in her grey face.
What was she?!
Hot breath fanned on Katarina's face and she let out a terrified scream, attempting to raise her sword arm with renewed vigor. An eerie shriek escaped the green haired girl's mouth, tearing at the air, a voice to the soundtrack of the madness and chaos of the ensuing battle. It made Katarina shake in a sudden burst of fear.
It all happened so fast she didn't even have time to blink.
The girl was dragged off her and flung into a corner by a tall shaggy haired boy. He turned to face Katarina and her thanks came out as a strangled gurgle as she watched in horror as his head separated from his torso in an arc of dark green blood.
Vomit rising in her mouth she quickly ran to the side of the cage and began to climb. Banishing the thought of that girl's terrible face and the sudden death of the boy, both of which nearly paralyzed her with horror. The boy's face forever stuck in an state of shock imprinted itself in the forefront of her mind as her hands shook and slid on the bars.
Never had she been so scared in her life.
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