Cupurnia Flight, District 2
"Let's watch the reapings recaps!" my freakishly happy-go-lucky, annoying, and pitiful excuse for an escort squawks with a ridiculous smile on her face. What's her name? Topaz? More like To-spazz. By the way my District partner, Caligula, practically glares daggers at her every time she opens her mouth, I think he'd like that nickname too. He seems smart, and like a real competitor, so it looks like I'll have to take him down before the games start. But how? Or should I do the the opposite, and take him down harder once the games begin? Or should I just kill him when the gong goes off? No, that would be no fun. Get rid of all the weaklings at the bloodbath. Kill everyone. Sounds like my kind of game!
Right when I'm trying to plot Caligula's (and many others) death in peace, Tospazz grabs my arm and drags me in front of a TV, where an Avox is turning on the recaps quickly, looking fearsome and shy. She takes one look at me, and her eyes somehow get wider, and her move get quicker and more klutzier. At this rate, I could kill just by looking at someone! I think I look very fierce, with an angular face, and muscular and tall build. This Avox sends confidence through my veins, as if I already didn't have it! There was no way I was coming back to my family in a coffin! I'll show my Victor-brother, Dacius, that he's not the only important one in the family. I bet most of the other tributes will be just like this Avox: puny, scared, and breakable.
The Capitol logo flashes unto the screen, which awakes me from my fastny of killing 23 kiddies. Including Caligula. And maybe I'll add Spazzy to the list. And the long list of people I mean to kill in their sleep. I don't know who came up with the idea of the reapings, but they were sure thinking the right stuff!
The next time I bother to turn my attention back tot the screen is when the District 1 escort, who might just be more annoying then Tospazz, is opening up the envelope that holds a card which the name of the Girl Tribute is printed on. I hope I can manage to get along with this girl, because I'll need allies to work for me before I kill them. Then Tospazz's competition opens up the gold envelope and reads the name, Diamond Cross. Ew. Typical District 1 name.
Then, a girl starts walking towards the stage, not looking upset, but not happy. It looks like shealmost expected it. I see most guys in the crowd looking at her wide eyed with tiny smirks. Not a surprise. This District 1 girl looks like your typical; idiot hooker. Most of her girl peers are glaring, and the older women are looking like they did the right thing of voting her. After the girl steps unto the stage, I can't help but smirk. This girl looks like she'll be easy to manipulate. Maybe I'll make her do all my dirty work. She surly won't last long.
I don't bother to say my plans out loud, because the last thing I need is Caligula knowing all my plans. He is simply an ally, until it is appropriate to kill him slowly and painfully, just like everyone else. He oddly doesn't seem effected by District 1 Whore's looks.
I'm about to get to the bottom of that, when the District 1 male walks up to the stage. He was reaped, but most likely for his strength. I mean... It's looks insane. Almost odd how strong he looks! Is he 20 or something? It looks...
"What the-?" Caligula says, with mixed emotions.
To my supervise, Tospazz opens her mouth to squeak, "Why are you mad? Aren't the people from 1 your allies?"
"For now..." Caligula growls. Something's up with him... District 1's going down. Hard.
I watch myself volunteer, and I look like a Victor. Caligula looks decent, at least he's not sobbing like some other tributes will be. Topspazz tries to lighten the mood by telling us how amazing we looked. Because of that, we missed the District 3 girl be reaped. The boy looks disappointed when he walks unto the stage and guilty, but I don't see any tears from him. Damn it! When is someone going to cry? I need entertainment! I see only a flash of the District 3 girl. She has a tear rolling down her pale face, and has straight dark hair. I think her name is Finn, or something. I give her 2 days, tops.
District 4 is most likely the last District I'll fully pay attention to, because they'll most likely become allies. I hope this girl I can generally get along with, but still be able to kill. The last thing I need is two prisses ticking me off during training. Then I have the Freak-of-Nature from 1 to figure out. The escort from 4 calls out the name Ariela Crest, and a tanned girl, maybe 1 year older than me, shakily walks to the stage, looking on the verge the crying. She has nice eyes, I'll give her that, but that's going to help her in the games. The boy looks strangely relaxed and calm. I'm suprised there aren't any volunteers in 4 this year. Whatever! Just makes my job easier.
I watch the rest of the recaps, half paying attention, half imagining their deaths in my mind. Some tributes were actually more laughable than I thought! For example, District 5 isn't going to make it past the bloodbath this year. Who are their tributes? A trans-gender who flipped out for being the female tribute. I doubt they ever even touched a weapon! Who was the male tribute? A retarded kid who couldn't say his own name properly! I give them each 5 minutes, at the very most. Why District 5 would send two weaklings to the games is beyond me. No one else really caught my eye, except for two more tributes. Swallow Ruse, from District 9. I don't know, but maybe we should let him into the alliance. Before I get ahead of myself, I should watch him train. He might just be worthy enough to help us out. If I bothered to remember his name, he has a good chance of surviving past the bloodbath. The last tribute that caught my eye was the girl from District 10, who looked half the size of her partner, and only a fraction of my weight and height. Why would a District send a little 12 year old to the games? When he name was called, people booed the escort. I they didn't want her in the games, why'd they vote her in? She looks like she's 9, rather than 12. Once again, only makes my job easier. I bet people are making bets whether her, or the retard will last longer.
Nikandros 'Nick' Redutrib, District 3
The only feeling I got from watching the re-caps was fear. Fear, mostly for myself, and my little sister, but a little bit for some other tributes. The careers look deadly this year, mostly from 1 and 2. As much as I'd like to say I'm innocent, and I don't deserve to be here, I can't. Everyone, unless they volunteered, is here for a good reason. Whether they were disliked, or they blew up Peacekeepers things. No one is innocent this year.
I look over at my District partner, Flynn, who hasn't spoke a word yet. Not 'hi', not 'hello,' not, 'isn't this silence really awkward?' Nope. The most interaction she'd had with me so far is watching the re-caps. Every time I try to make conversation, she just sits there. Is she an Avox? I thought she was, until I saw her yawn before, and she had a tongue. She just watched the re-caps, eyes squinted, studying every move of the tributes. At dinner, she ate a little bit, and ran off. She's awfully strange. Do I scare her?
And, the most cruel thing about Flynn is her eyes. Wide and a bright shade of blue, surrounded by dark lashes. Why is that so cruel? They look nearly identical to my half-sister's. Except, something's different about Flynn's. While Alez's are wide and innocent, Flynn's are like they were made of glass, and shattered, and put poorly back together. Is that why she doesn't talk? Like, at all? Alez's eyes almost looked like Flynn's when we were saying goodbye.
The door slowly creaks open, and there I see Alez and my father. My father looks like he's been thinking a lot, and my sister is trying, but failing to hold back her tears. Alez loses it when she sees me and sprints at me, hugging me tightly. When Alez hits me, reality hits me; I may never see her again, ever again. She may watch me die on TV, and then she'll have no one decent to take care of her. A tear rolls down my cheek, as I hug her back, not wanting to let go of her. She looks up at me, unintentionally piercing right through me with the bloodshot look in her eyes.
"Please come home." she whispers before baring her face into chest again.
"What are you looking at?" I heard a tiny voice say, snapping me out of my flashback.
The voice is unfamiliar, and I look around the room to see who could say that. Our escort, May, is already sleeping, and I have no idea where our mentors are. The only other person in the room is Flynn, but she's not looking my way; She's looking out the window that leads out to the vast darkness of the land between District 3 and the Capitol. I realize while daydreaming, I've been looking out the same window the entire time. I can barely see Flynn's reflection in the glass, and she's looking right at me. Her strawberry blonde hair is tucked away from her face in a complicated looking braid, so I can clearly see her small face with sharp features in the reflection. She raises an eyebrow at me, wanting an answer without asking for it again.
"Nothing." I answer. "I was just thinking about home."
"Oh." she says even quieter than the sentence before. The noise of the train is the only noise filling the air. Still looking at the reflection rather then my face, she asks, "What's your name?"
"Nick." I say simply. "Your Flynn, right?"
She nods her head. I get the courage to ask her one question that has been bugging me all night. "Flynn?" I ask, wondering if I should regret this.
"Hm?" Flynn hums, still not looking directly at me.
"What are you in for?"
And that is where I will be ending. For now. I will continue typing tonight, and if I'm lucky enough, I'll have another chapter up for the first day of training this weekend! No promises, but I'll try my best to update regualrly. I hope you like that chapter! Sorry it's kind of short, and not everyone is included, but A LOT more characters will be in the next chapter.
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