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Chapter 1: District 9
It has been over one hundred and twenty four years sense the creature known as the Beast gave its powers to the conduit Cole Macgrath. He was supposed to be are hero from what I have been told, but he surcame to his darkness in side of himself and started to destroy human kind to make room for the conduits. He destroyed most of the United States before he stopped. He decided to let some of the humans live to run Districts to help his Capital. He established 13 Districts that each supplied something different for the Capital. Most of the districts are poor and are struggling to survive.
After some time conduits started to show up in the districts and started to develop a plan for rebellion. District 13 was the first to rebel. Cole came to deal with the problem him self and flattened district 13 to a giant chasm of smoldering ash. After he destroyed the district, he established the Hunger games were a male and female conduit between the ages of 11 and 18, from each district, would fight to the death in a giant arena. Most of the districts are now filled with conduits to fuel the games but every one still fears the aged conduit king.
Now after all this time it comes to the seventy fourth year of the Hunger games and all eyes are on a conduit in district nine as it comes to the day of the reaping. His name is Chris Dunbar and his power is gas/smoke. He is a very outgoing person and is just one of those people who is fun to be around. He just turned sixteen, his fifth year of the games. He woke up and rolled out of bead to hop into the shower. He lived alone sense his mom and dad both died from the effects of the Ray Sphere plague that still lingers in the districts. He grabbed his nicest cloths, that by the way were not the nicest pair of cloths, and tried to look as best as possible. As he finished up his daily routine, he heard a knocking on his front door.
"Coming," the knocking continued, "I said I was coming!" he yelled at who ever were behind the door. He spit out the rest of the toothpaste in the sink and walked to the door. When he opened it his friend James was standing at the door he just turned eighteen and was his last year in the reaping. He was planning on getting married and getting a farm some were in the district. Their district was peaceful. We had more freedom then most of the other districts and every thing was more of a rural life. The only time things got interesting was when the reaping happens.
"Oh its you." he said sarcastically.
"Well it is good to see that you're alive." James said with a smile, "There is only thirty minutes till the reaping happen lets go wish who ever gets picked good luck."
"Let's go then."
We walked and talked about some of the things that were happening in the districts. We saw some of the other conduits rushing by us to get to the reaping area. In my opinion, some people were too exited to go and fight to the death. Most of them just wanted to show of there powers to the world but there are people in the games that are smarter, stronger and have practiced with their powers for years. Secretly it terrifies him every time they pull a name from the jar.
"Hey, you think they will call my name?" Chris asked.
James looked at him and smiled. "There is a better chance that you get struck by lightning. And besides if you were to get called you are pretty dang good with your powers."
He sighed and looked at James. "Thanks. I just always get nerves around this time of year. I just don't want to hurt any one you know?"
"Like I said the chances of you getting picked are very slim." James patted his young companion on the back.
We came upon the reaping just in time to get in are places. James was in the back, while I was stuck in the front. I looked are representative from the capital. He was a well-dressed man that was probably in his early thirties. He wore an all black suit with no tie and the first few buttons on his suit were undone. He looked like a playboy, rich guy.
"It is an honor to be here and to choice the next brave conduits for then upcoming seventy fourth hunger games!" he sounded happy but his face showed sorrow as he said these words. "Well let's get this started then, shall we? As always let's start with the girl… and the lucky lady is… Hannah Harding!"
People started to clap and cheer as a short read head girl was pushed out of the crowed. She looked to be my age and was wearing a very nice black dress. She had tears in her eyes, but she refused to let them fall down her face. She stood on the stage looking at her family trying to be brave. She put on a fake smile and waved to them. He couldn't help but feel bad for her, she looked so sad.
"Well congrats to are next champion! Okay time for the boys." he reached in to the bowl and pulled out the next poor soul for the games. "And the next conduit is… James Wright!"
The world seemed to have halted and stopped as the name snaked its way out of are representative. He looked at James to see if he had herd right. He saw him shaking his head with tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe it; James was called to the games on his last year. He worked his way out of the crowed and started to walk to the stage. As he past Chris, he couldn't help but feel destroyed on the inside. One of the only people that have been there for Chris is going to the games and the chances of him coming back are slim to none. All his hopes and dreams of having a somewhat decent life gone in a blink of an eye.
As James looked at him from the stage words whispered out of my mouth. "I volunteer…" he let it linger in the air before he repeated it, louder this time, "I volunteer!" Chris pushed his way through the crowed of people to the stage and looked at James. "I volunteer."
James hugged Chris now with fresh tears, tears of joy and sorrow. "Thank you. Thank you. I owe you so much but I might never get the chance to pay you back."
"Just promise me that you will get me diner when I get back from the games, okay?" Chris said with a smile and tears in his eye.
"I promise"
James walked of he stage and back to his row. "Well it looks like we have are first volunteer. What is your name son?"
"Chris, Chris Dunbar."
"Well Chris you are one hell of a friend and are new conduit for the boys. Now to get things rapped up and taken care of because you two leave first thing in the morning for the seventy-fourth hunger games! May the odds be ever in your favor!" as every one cleared the stage there rep gave them the basic they need to know to get ready to leave to the capital.
"okay first of you don't need to bring any thing with you," the rep started, "secondly you will have thirty minutes to say good by to your loved ones and then we head of to the capital."
"Is someone missing, because I always thought that are previous hunger game champ was supposed to be with us." the rep looked at me and smiled
"Smart kid, you are right there was one other person supposed to be here with us, but she is a little…"
"Late?" we all looked towards the door to see a tall, beautiful woman with long blond hair raped around her body silhouetting her strong frame. "That happens a lot but don't worry I will try to help you guys as much as possible."
She wore all green and had flowers on her dress. Her lips were covered in a dark green lipstick that almost looked black and she smelt like a tropical forest. Looking at her, I could feel my self-getting lost in her dark green eyes.
"Any ways go and say your good buys and we will meet back her, okay," the rep said. "Oh I almost forgot, my name is Nathan Gray and this… exotic woman is Danna Ross."
He looked at both of them, smiled, and walked away. Hannah went of to say goodbye to her family while Chris went to ay by to James.
Hannah's point of view
What the hell, I can't believe this out of all the people to be chosen for this I had to be chosen. I can think of ten other girls that deserve to go here. But, why me? Now I have to go see my family for probably the last time before some guy comes and kills me on TV just to prove that the president still has all the power. This is totally unfair.
I continued to walk until I got to the room were I had to say good-bye to my parents. I walked in and they both looked at me and began to cry. I hen start to cry and we haven't even said any thing to each other. We just now that this might be the last time we ever see each other. We hugged and cried knowing this. I was so heart broken. So many things I wanted to do before I died and now they will never happen.
"My little girl. You are so strong." my mom started soon you will be gone and I haven't even taught you how to cook yet. My baby. Oh I know you will come back to us because you are strong and brave." mom pushed me way a little to get a better look at me. "You have your dad's powers and my good looks." she pulled my back in for one more hug.
"What if I am not strong enough to make it back to you guys? What if I never see you guys again? What …" I was cut of by my dad.
"You will be fine. You have my powers. Hell my powers rival the president's ice powers." he said with a smile. "You will be fine and you will come right back to us in one piece. We will go t your favorite place to eat and you will be able to get what ever you want." I smiled at the confidence my dad had in me and it made me feel better about my self.
For the next thirty minutes we sat there talking about little things trying to make it seem that there was no such thing as the games and that every thing was going to be all right. The guards came back into the room and escorted me back to the room were I was supposed to meet back up with the rep' and are previous champ. When I got there, the rep was there but not the other two.
"Where are the other two?" I asked.
"Oh hey, you are early."
"No I am on time."
"Oh well they should be here soon. Why not sit down and relax. Take a load of," he looked at the beer next to him, "hey you want a beer?"
I shook my head and decided to relax a bit.
Chris's point of view
I went to talk to James but there really wasn't mush to say. We pretty much said it all on the stage. I took my time walking back to the meeting area and decided to go to the green house to kill some time.
The green house was made a few years ago I think the victor Emily actually had it made or some thing. It was open to every one and the plants in there are very beautiful. I go there from time to time and I claimed a plant as my own scenes it looked like smoke. The whole place reminds me of a kind of home away from home. It is always peaceful and it smells great. There are birds of many species that live in there. They flock around and snag flowers every once and a while. There are even a few mocking jays in there that like to repeat me all the time.
As I walked through the garden, I saw a familiar silhouette in the back by my plant. "So is this what you do in your spare time?" I asked the silhouette. The person turned around I could se it was Danna, the victor that was supposed to help us in the games. She had vines from the plants rapped around her arm like an exotic bracelet. Every plant seemed to be beating with life around her. As she moved the plants out stretched to try to touch her pale skin. I could tell that her conduit power had to deal with plants in some way, shape or form. As she waved her hand the plants started to slither away and go back to there original form in the garden.
"My power if you couldn't figure it out is plants and I can make them grow and bend to my will. I also produce pheromones that can make men or women bend to my will," she purred. "Why are you here?"
"Just trying to kill some time before we have to leave to the train station. And the plant that you are fondling is my plant, by the way." She gave me a questionable look and I thought I should explain. "Well it's not my plant but I clamed it as mine because I nursed it back to the life. That plant is strange it seems to feed of smoke so naturally I was drawn to it." again she gave me a questionable look and I realized I never told her my power. "Oh shit I never told you my powers, did I." she nodded me a 'no' so I continued, "well my power is smoke and not just regular smoke. My smoke becomes tangible and explosive so I can use it to hit people, make grenades and all that good stuff. The only problem is that smoke is not too easy to come by."
She eyed me up as if I was a peace of meat she was going through on the fire. "well your powers are more interesting then what I had to deal with the last few years and well, you can see wear they are now. You have some promise." she looked around the room then back at me. "Well lets get back to the team, they are probably waiting for is by now." I looked at her and nodded.
We started to make are way down the hall to the train station. Many people stared at me as I walked by them. Some congratulated me on being tribute while others stopped to pity me. I did not like this not one bit. I really don't have any thing to come back to. I have a few good friends and the cloths on my back. None is really going to miss me or morn my death. Most will probably see me as the kid who volunteered and lost. Not mush to fight for, but I had to stay positive. I had to find something to keep me going. Something.
As we approached Nathan and Hannah, I could tell that Nathan was getting a little inpatient. "What the hell guys we have been waiting for you two for the past thirty minutes. Are train leaves in…"
Danna cut him of "in ten minutes we know. Relax we have plenty of time and I really don't think the train will leave with out us so."
"Let's just hurry up, okay."
"You got it chief." I said with a mock salute.
We walked in silence to the train. A few people here and there stopped to wish us luck, but other than that, we were pretty quit. I took the chance to get to know Hannah see what she was about.
"Hey," I said to her
No answer
I repeated it this time with a little more umph "hey."
Still no answer.
I stopped trying to talk to her and just continued to walk to the train.
Once we got there we received are room numbers and were they were located on the train. I was about to say some thing when Hannah cut me of "okay look, me and you are going to end up fighting to the death in a giant fucking arena with twenty two different people that we never met. I really don't care about you and your past hell I don't even want to now your name. I just want to fucking get this over with and the less you try and be friends with me and just leave me alone the faster I can try and fight my way back to my family. You got that?" she turned and just walked away to her room on the train.
"Well fine little miss sun shine." I just wanted to se how she felt on the games, but now I just wanted to say one more thing to piss her of. I yelled the first thing that came to mind. "THE NAMES CRHIS BY THE WAY!"
As she walked by some plants down the hall, they withered and died like they had the life force literally sucked out of them.
"Well at least now I have a good idea on what her powers are." I said to no one
Authors notes:
Hey, thanks to who ever is reading this right now and I really like to thank you for reading this. It is my first crossover and I thought it was a good idea sense no one has really expanded on the evil side of Cole from part two. I decided to make my own conduit with smoke powers because I am going to throw in a special character from one of the three games so I hope you don't mind.
Any ways here is the important part of this little rant. I need some conduits to throw in to this story. I was hoping to maybe, if you guys are up to it, you could help me out on this one. All you need to do is leave me there…
Name + male or female
Power
District
Some personality things
Appearance (be descriptive please and thank you)
And some back-story
I can only pick a few so make them good. Don't forget to like or fallow and don't be afraid to leave a review to help me critique the story and fine-tune it for you guys. Stay sweet.
