Now starts the second chapter of District zero! (I wrote both chapters while waiting for my 2 day delay to expire. wasnt fun waiting =/) anyway, i dont own The hunger games, bla bla bla. Read, review, sell your soul for the next chapter, enjoy! o.O


I get ushered by a group of peacekeepers into a plush lounge style room, very classically designed, which feels out of place in our district full of sleek modern designs. The first people to come and visit me are my aunt and my cousin. "Dante!" Liam squeals, running up and giving me a big hug. "Dante, please don't go!" he cries into my pant leg. I grin at his mother, who silently mouths a thank you.

"Don't worry kiddo, it's just like being sent on another long assignment. I'll be back before you know it. But will you do me a favor?" I ask him, waiting for him to look up at me. "What's that?" He asks. "Make sure the car is nice and clean. I'm going to teach you to drive it when I get back." His face lights up at the idea. "You're going to teach me to drive your car! Oh my gosh you get going and hurry back!" Liam squeals in joy. I brought the thing back with me from one of my first assignments in japan, when I was his age. Gosh, that was almost four years ago now. It was the envy of all in district zero, a relic car from long ago. It's called the Nissan GTR R35. Soon the peacekeepers come and lead me to a plush train where Liz is already waiting for me, with none other than our trainer, Ken. "Who would've guessed you two would volunteer to be in the games. Oh, wait, everyone who helped train you. We actually had a bet running on who from the program would volunteer." Ken says with a smile as we all board the train and sit down to watch the other reaping's. "Snow is going to throw a fit that you volunteered Dante." Ken chuckles, and I grin mischievously. "I know." I reply. We watch the reaping's. District one, a girl named Glimmer and a boy named Marvel volunteer. They're both fit, being from a career district. Then there's Cato and Clove from district 2. Cato is huge, tall and cut like an ox. He looks to be about four inches taller than me. "Think I could take him?" I ask sarcastically. "Under normal circumstances? Probably not. But you two have been trained almost from birth for fighting and survival, plus you both had a few enhancements from Zero's wonderful gene mutating programs. So as it stands now, I honestly feel bad for the poor bastard." Ken says. It's true. We were exposed to enhancements to make us better weapons for the Capitol. We can recover from wounds that would in general be fatal to anyone else, we are faster and stronger than a majority of the population, even though our sizes wouldn't give that away. Now, strip us down and it'd be obvious. Our bodies are perfectly sculpted and show off every muscle. We're practically shoo-ins for large amounts of sponsors.

The only other tributes that catch my eye are those from eleven and twelve. "No matter what, I'm protecting that girl from 11." I whisper to myself. I get off the couch and walk to my room on the train. I walk into the bathroom, turning on the radio as I go, and get into the shower, which I set to the hottest setting available.

Liz and I sit at the dinner table and stuff ourselves with the amazing foods from the capitol. We're so used to scraping by on iron rations, scavenged foods from wilderness missions, and the crap from our district that the meal amazes us both. "So, the games are going to be a lot different than what you two are used to. No firearms, everyone will be expecting you to be trying to kill them, and I can almost guarantee Snow has told the Gamemakers to make it harder on you as far as getting kills." Ken says casually. I nod, still more focused on my food than him. "Plus, you have to think. The two biggest threats out there will be you. And only one of you gets to come back." He points out. Shit! I hadn't thought of that. Liz and I have known each other our whole lives, we trained together, and we saved one another countless times out in the field. And now one of us might be faced with killing the other. "When it comes to that, I say we don't do any tricks. We fight it out with dignity, and whoever wins gives the other a good, clean death." Liz says, looking me in the eyes. I nod in agreement, then excuse myself and go to my room. Can I really kill her? I don't know if I would be able to do it. Damn this game.


Ok, chapter 2 is done, tell me what you think! also, tell me who you think Dante should fall in love with! should he chase Liz, Cato, Peeta, Katniss, or maybe someone else? (I really hope you all dont ask for me to have him go after Katniss, she has to many boys chasing her. Just saying.) anyway, have fun and review!

Bman