The 2nd Hunger Games
Background
President Emerald, who was satisfied with the shock value of last year's Games, brought her friend Head Gamemaker Josephine White back for another year. This time, Josephine designed a second cliché Arena: a ruined city from the Dark Days. In the south, she had constructed a building that would gradually emit toxic fumes, forcing the tributes to find and kill one another. The public of the Capitol wanted to help their favourite tributes, and so, the first sponsor gifts were dropped in the Second Hunger Games, the system that delivered them again created by Josephine.
She decided to expand her team of Gamemakers to increase her control over the Arena, but again they built the same imposing walls to rise from the edges and push the last tributes inward. The city was filled with half-destroyed buildings and rubble, with only one still intact: the tallest of all; the one that housed the Cornucopia.
The tributes this year were slightly stronger than the year prior. In particular, the girl from One and the boy from Eleven, Sapphire Dawn and Thorn Lancore, seemed especially skilled, Sapphire excelling with the sword and bow like the Victor the year before while Thorn showcased his talents with the spear and knives. We now recognise Sapphire as the first Career. These two would surely make for a bloody duel. The girl from Four, Celia Ashton, was Cecelia's younger sister, and, angry at being Reaped, vowed furiously to win and avenge her, killing the boy from Three as she went, while the boy from Eight volunteered for his younger brother and allied with his district partner, who he had known for a while but was not particularly close to. The pair from Three were like Alexander and Alexandra Lockheart the previous year, allied siblings with the misfortune to be Reaped together, while the pair from Seven, both eighteen, understood the nature of the Game, allying for a chance at escaping death. We shall see how all this played out.
Tribute List
District 1: Sam Chisse, 12, and Sapphire Dawn, 18
District 2: Alistair Purdone, 16, and Samantha Keinne, 13
District 3: Efim Candella, 15, and Anabel Candella, 13
District 4: Wave Linaso, 17, and Celia Ashton, 16
District 5: Chris Delamor, 14, and Bella Cartney, 17
District 6: Avil Walle, 12, and Isadora Kent, 15
District 7: Wood Glint, 18, and Talise Oultento, 18
District 8: Flinne Levenne, 14, and Serafina Alvern, 15
District 9: Edison Sene, 16, and Sickle Isentore, 17
District 10: Cain Portsson, 17, and Elinore Quenings, 15
District 11: Thorn Lancore, 18, and Rune Grenet, 15
District 12: Rory Shadille, 13, and Eseden Corte, 12
The Games
As the tributes entered the Arena, many gasped at the stark contrast to the year prior. Where the Arena had consisted of natural beauty, it was now a desolate wasteland, the danger clearer than ever as they returned their attention to the countdown. Sapphire glanced around, nearly falling as she tried to scan the other side of the horn before righting herself and preparing to sprint into the horn. Thorn, directly across from her, stared straight at a lone knife resting on a crate, and also at the girl to his left, apparently prepared to kill to escape the Arena. Talise and Wood quickly acknowledged each other before signaling the axes in the Cornucopia, while Efim and Anabel, fortunately next to each other, positioned themselves to run for the supplies, knowing that with it lay their hopes of survival. Celia, unable to spot the boy from Three, focused instead on the spear she knew Thorn would kill her for, hoping to escape before she had to fight.
The instant the gong rang out, one tribute turned and ran: Isadora from 6. One of the year's weaker tributes, she did not want to risk being caught in the crossfire of the fight she knew would ensue between the giants of the year, or even from another outlier hoping to thin the field or prove their strength.
Eseden, Twelve's young girl, was surprisingly fast, nearing the Cornucopia as the first tribute made it in. Unfortunately, she had entered the horn at the exact moment Sapphire chose to turn, her sword gripped tightly and bow laying on a nearby table within easy reach, and she was soon impaled on the blade, her cries silenced as the older girl withdrew her blade and thrust it once more into the limp form.
Eseden Corte, District 12 Female: 24th, Killed by Sapphire, Bloodbath
Thorn had quickly reached his weapon, and as the unlucky girl ran by, he grabbed the back of her tribute uniform and yanked her towards him. When she began to scream, he quickly raised the knife and drew it across her throat, ending her struggles in an instant and throwing aside her body.
Sickle Isentore, District 9 Female: 23rd, Killed by Thorn, Bloodbath
Wave, being from Four, was obviously skilled with a spear or trident. Spotting his weapon in the Cornucopia, he ran in, but was greeted by the blades of the alliance from Seven, Talise burying her handaxes in his chest as Wood decapitated the seventeen-year-old with one clean axe stroke.
Wave Linaso, District 4 Male: 22nd, Killed by Talise and Wood, Bloodbath
Sapphire watched in satisfaction as Eseden's limp body slid off her blade. Once the young girl had fallen to the floor of the golden building, she turned to pick up her bow, and after loosing the first shot, she had the Cornucopia all to herself, Wood and Talise long gone, having already obtained their preferred weapons. The Career stepped out of the horn, bowstring already drawn, and barely a second later, a running Samantha collapsed, three arrows protruding from her back and her knife tumbling from her grip.
Samantha Keinne, District 2 Female: 21st, Killed by Sapphire, Bloodbath
Still unable to locate Efim, Celia wanted to prove her skills with the spear she had gotten. When a boy her age ran past, she abandoned all caution, throwing her weapon with all her might and running to retrieve it from his body before jamming it in once more to ensure her kill.
Edison Sene, District 9 Male: 20th, Killed by Celia, Bloodbath
Alistair, being from Two, had never gone hungry, and as a result had put on quite a few muscles. As he bore down on the younger Flinne, his district partner ran by, a knife grasped tightly in her right hand as she shoved the other into his grip. Knowing he could be in trouble, Alistair lunged, throwing himself at Flinne before the boy had time to react and burying the knife in his body. As he fell to the floor, Eight's boy threw his blade, collapsing with a dull thud as the knife found its way into Alistair's dominant arm. Serafina quickly struck, deflecting his stroke and returning it with a passion as her younger partner died.
Flinne Levenne, District 8 Male: 19th, Killed by Alistair, Bloodbath
Only a few seconds later, a now-weakened Alistair realised he couldn't hold her off with his wounds, and tried the same trick, throwing himself into another desperate attack. But Serafina was ready, sidestepping his blow and plunging her knife into him while he was off-balance, ending Two's hopes of Victory.
Alistair Purdone, District 2 Male: 18th, Killed by Flinne and Serafina, Bloodbath
Anabel had managed to lag behind Efim, and when he turned, he noticed his younger sister grasping a knife, sneaking up behind the powerful eighteen-year-old outside the horn as he entered the building. When she had almost reached her striking distance, the older girl turned quickly, sliding her sword across to block an attack that never came before thrusting it forth and watching as blood burbled from her wound. Anabel slid off the blade, allowing Sapphire to cut off her head with a clean strike as she slumped to the rocky floor in a pool of blood.
Anabel Candella, District 3 Female: 17th, Killed by Sapphire, Bloodbath
Thorn had made his first kill, but when his skilled adversary's young and weak district partner ran near, he wasted no time in pulling off the same kill, dragging the boy back towards him by the neck of his tribute clothing and slitting his throat before fleeing the carnage, one of the final tributes to do so.
Sam Chisse, District 1 Male: 16th, Killed by Thorn, Bloodbath
Sapphire had the Cornucopia to herself, along with all the supplies that came with it. She decided to rest for the remainder of the day, satisfied with her three kills of the Bloodbath. Efim had escaped the horn with a belt of knives and a backpack, which he opened after trekking north for around an hour, finding a bottle of iodine, one can of food and an empty plastic bottle. He searched around his campsite and found a stream, quickly filling his bottle and purifying it.
Celia had also gone north, having her spear and three full bottles of water. Head Gamemaker Josephine knew she and Efim would make for a bloody battle when they met, and one which the younger boy was almost sure to lose. Because of this, she refrained from guiding them together yet, waiting until they met on their own, which they were bound to do soon.
Chris had taken refuge in a small building that was only half-demolished, as far away from the Cornucopia as he could get on Day 1. He had only a single loaf of bread, having abandoned everything else he had gained in order to flee the range of Sapphire. Meanwhile, Bella was the only tribute to head south, nearing the toxic, green smoke billowing from the old power plant. Being the first day, the fumes were not yet blatantly visible, and the harmful effects of the smoke were still weak.
Avil ran east, barely a few hundred metres from his district partner, yet they never met throughout the entirety of Day 1. He had his knife and sleeping bag, while Isadora had ran, and so had nothing. Eventually, Avil laid out his sleeping bag amidst a pile of rubble while his district partner found a pile large enough to hide her small form from both other tributes and partially the cold.
Talise and Wood had gone west, and when they stopped, a silver parachute floated down from the sky. The first sponsor gift of the Hunger Games had been sent. It contained a new axe for Wood, the one he had obtained already dull, and more importantly an abundance of food and water. Contented, the pair built up some camouflage and tucked themselves away in yet another pile of rubble.
Serafina had escaped with just a knife, one of the tributes who had it worst on the first night. She decided to make camp near Sapphire, risking it for the precious supplies she would soon need. For the remainder of the day, she busied herself organising her hideout on the top floor of the nearest building and damaging the stairs to break if she broke the highest one.
Cain and Elinore had both gone east as well, finding shelter within yet more destroyed buildings. Elinore had escaped with a trident and a backpack, empty except for a single box of matches and some rope. Cain, however, had a broadsword and his strength. He had not grabbed sufficient survival supplies, deciding then and there to make kills and take the equipment from his targets.
Thorn and Rune ran east as well, seemingly the most popular direction. Thorn had managed a spear, a single knife and some rope, while his younger partner had absolutely nothing, barely having escaped Sapphire and Celia's power with her life.
Rory obtained a single dagger, and made camp in the west, not far from the Cornucopia. It seems he had much the same idea as Serafina, but he would not pull it off quite as well.
Day 2 was deathless, though Rune had a close call when Thorn stumbled across her in the afternoon, only just holding back his kill on the realisation that she was his district partner. He did not give her any of his scarce supplies, but he smiled, turned and walked off, making it clear he would not actively help her, but he would not become her killer until absolutely necessary.
On Day 3, Efim felt like he was being watched. When he turned suddenly to check his back, he came face-to-face with Celia, and their showdown began. It didn't take long, though, as he had no specialty weapon and was armed with merely a knife, at a reach disadvantage from the start. The older girl deflected his first strike, twirling her spear like her sister, before sliding his blade aside again and feinting an attack, causing a scream. As he tried to lunge, she easily sidestepped his blow, finally striking back and knocking him to the ground. Celia took her time as she lowered the spear until it was pressing against his uniform, when she began to push harder as Efim continued to scream.
Efim Candella, District 3 Male: 15th, Killed by Celia, Day 3
The same day, Elinore and Avil crossed paths, but a few seconds of stunned silence convinced Elinore to offer an alliance, which was quickly accepted. Sapphire began to scour the buildings near her camp, somehow not spotting Serafina's hiding place and missing the building completely, thought to be because she had thought she had already checked it. As she moved further out, Serafina climbed down from her shelter, snatching several survival supplies and quickly returning to hiding. Eventually, everyone fell asleep. Everyone, that is, except Thorn. He decided he would go tribute hunting through the night, and his efforts paid off when he found the sleeping alliance, cautiously tying down Avil before stabbing the older girl repeatedly. Her screams and subsequent cannon shot woke the boy, but Thorn had already prepared, and soon managed his fourth kill.
Elinore Quenings, District 10 Female: 14th, Killed by Thorn, Day 3
Avil Walle, District 6 Male: 13th, Killed by Thorn, Day 4
Bella seemed to be more and more on edge, whirling at any slight noise and frantically slashing at the air. Thorn continued to hunt, sprinkling short naps into his daily routine to substitute for his lack of sleep. Cain decided to explore west, deciding he wasn't finding enough. Rune spotted him passing from her hiding spot in the sparse trees, but unfortunately, she fell from her branch, and it snapped, somehow striking his head as she righted herself and hopped nimbly to a lower branch. But the movement had caught his eye, and he decided to throw some nearby rocks and force her out of her comfortable vantage point. Without anything to defend herself, Rune could only scramble around, attempting to avoid his projectiles, but eventually it was bound to happen. He gathered several stones and flung them in a single shot, and one struck Rune's arm, causing her to lose concentration and balance, tumbling from the tree completely and now an easy target for Cain's sword.
Rune Grenet, District 11 Female: 12th, Killed by Cain, Day 4
The smoke from the power plant in the south slowly became more evident, but Bella insisted on remaining where she was, the other tributes gradually beginning to avoid her sector of the Arena.
Isadora also received a sponsor simply for being there, surviving as a background character. She obtained necessary survival supplies, but after figuring out the water in her lake was clean, she ate half her food in one sitting as she caressed the blade of the knife she had been sent.
Day 5 saw another close call, Chris' footsteps echoing across the rocky, hard ground as his district partner checked her back yet again, her knife raking across his chest and opening a slight gash before he turned and ran.
On Day 6, Sapphire spotted Rory running to the Cornucopia, believing that she had left the night before as he did not see her return. Quietly, she picked up her bow and aimed at the distant figure, releasing several arrows in the space of a second, with two of them flying true.
Rory Shadille, District 12 Male: 11th, Killed by Sapphire, Day 6
Chris' wound also managed to become infected. On Day 7, despite his efforts to fight off the infection, he felt himself fading and began to plead for a sponsor, but in vain. He succumbed to his infection late afternoon.
Chris Delamor, District 5 Male: 10th, Killed by Bella, Day 7
That same day, the smoke finally got to Bella. She began to run, but half-insane, she went sprawling to the ground, instinctively inhaling the poisonous fumes as she attempted to get back up. Barely a minute later, her cannon fired and Five lost all hope of Victory.
Bella Cartney, District 5 Female: 9th, Killed by poisonous smoke, Day 7
This left the Final 8, although there were still no interviews: Sapphire Dawn from District 1, Celia Ashton from District 4, Isadora Kent from District 6, Wood Glint and Talise Oultento from District 7, Serafina Alvern from District 8, Cain Portsson from District 10 and Thorn Lancore from District 11.
Day 8 would see three deaths. Sapphire ventured farther out into the west, Thorn slowly headed north, and Serafina and Isadora met, but allied after a short battle. In the morning, Isadora, desperate and out of supplies, decided to attack Sapphire's camp, but Serafina happened to be outside, and when she was spotted, lunged at Isadora. When she avoided the blow, Serafina smiled, quietly beckoning her into the building she called home as a relatively skilled ally.
Just after noon, Thorn encountered Celia. Both armed with spears, it became a rather intense battle, neither willing to back down, as winning meant being a big step closer to winning, both being powerful tributes. After several minutes of fighting, Thorn messed up. Or so it seemed. As he lowered his spear point, Celia lunged, thrusting the spear forward. He tumbled to the floor, avoiding the strike, and when she moved to lodge the spear in his head, he jumped up, shifting right to dodge her, before burying his weapon in her body.
Celia Ashton, District 4 Female: 8th, Killed by Thorn, Day 8
Talise and Wood hadn't seen action since the Bloodbath, so when they noticed Sapphire approaching around evening, they both didn't need to say a word to understand that this was the time to fight her. They hid in the rubble, hoping to surprise the girl from the district of luxury. But she had seen them.
As Sapphire neared their hiding spot, the pair nodded to each other, then burst from their shelter, axes raised. When Wood made to swing his, Sapphire released the only arrow she would need, and by the time it had lodged in his dominant arm, she had her sword out and was fighting Talise. But a trained Career was still too strong for even the best District 7 tributes, and one clean strike forced the girl to the floor. She didn't risk killing her while Wood remained, though, preferring instead to stamp hard and knock her out while she turned to battle him. Without his ally, it was no longer as close, and he was soon forced to defend against her relentless barrage, quickly giving ground to her expert sword strokes. When he finally went to attack, she deflected the weapon almost casually, his superior strength rendered useless by her precise and skilled motions. With him unarmed, she struck, slicing off his dominant arm and relaxing slightly as she slowly walked back to the weakened but still conscious Talise. As she neared, Talise threw her last hand axe, watching as it flew end over end through the air. Sapphire stood, paralysed, as the weapon sliced the air in front, nearing her, before passing harmlessly, slicing off her rebellious ponytail. She snapped back to reality, lowering the sword point onto Talise's throwing arm, slowly pressing harder and harder until it broke the skin and blood burbled from her wound. From behind her, Wood screamed louder as the red liquid poured from the stump that was his arm, but she never once stopped tormenting Talise as she brutally cut off her limbs before finally severing her head. Barely moments later, Wood's screams abruptly cut themselves off as he finally succumbed to the blood loss.
Talise Oultento, District 7 Female : 7th, Killed by Sapphire, Day 8
Wood Glint, District 7 Male: 6th, Killed by Sapphire, Day 8
With that fight, the action-packed Day 8 came to an end, leaving first Career Sapphire, almost-forgotten underdog alliance Isadora and Serafina, average survivor Cain and powerhouse spear fighter Thorn to vie for the Victor's crown.
The next day, Cain too ran out of supplies, deciding to attempt a raid on Sapphire's camp. As he neared the Cornucopia, a parachute floated from the sky. Within it lay just one paper. He hastily ripped out the package only to find the crumpled slip. Unfolding it revealed two words: "Turn around." He dropped the sheet and whirled, sword raised abruptly to defend himself against whoever it was. Seeing nothing, he cautiously continued, constantly checking his back in anxiety as he remembered the dangers of his plan. Fortunately for him, Sapphire was still in the same sector as Wood and Talise were before they met, and was most certainly not about to kill him. When he neared the horn, he turned, and noticing the weakest, saw a chance to thin the field. He ran back towards the pair, and as he barreled closer, Isadora sidestepped his massive swing. Her ally wasn't so lucky. The broadsword cleaved Serafina in two, and with the last of her energy, she sent the knife flying. It lodged into Cain's head as she exhaled her final breath.
Across the Arena, Thorn had stumbled across Sapphire, but had the good sense to try to surprise her. After a brief attempt at holding him off, Thorn's speed and ambush won out, and the Career fell to the hard, rocky floor, unable to defend herself as the strong boy knocked her unconscious with a light blow and tied her down. He planned to take his revenge on the powerful tribute who had made him fear the entire Games, jerking her roughly awake before raising his spear, feinting attacks to elicit screams from the skilled girl before slowly cutting away at her body.
Back to Cain and Isadora, the older boy raised his blade, but before he could do anything, the blood loss kicked in and he fell to the ground, where Isadora, enraged over her dead ally and friend, dropped to his side, stabbing him repeatedly with her own weapon, unknowing of Sapphire's fate to Thorn and vice versa, until the hollow sound of a cannon rang out. But whose cannon? The Gamemakers during the 2nd have made public a record of the trackers, but only for this section of the Games.
Upon hearing the shot, Thorn stopped, and deciding he didn't need the rope to deal with anyone else, he walked off, leaving Sapphire bound and covered in shallow yet plentiful cuts that burned her skin and a much deeper one that had barely missed her heart. So did Isadora, leaving Cain's bloodied body in the dust as she realised what she had done. Ever the optimist, Isadora felt broken, but she knew the only way to escape the same death she'd given Cain was to either kill herself or win the Games. Obviously, like any sane person, she chose to fight for the latter, gathering her thoughts, giving Serafina a few final thoughts, and returning to what had become her hideout.
Serafina Alvern, District 8 Female: 5th, Killed by Cain, Day 9
Cain Portsson, District 10 Male: 4th, Killed by Serafina and Isadora, Day 9
As Thorn wearily trudged back to his sector of the Arena and Sapphire returned slowly to the Cornucopia, the anthem played. Sapphire knew she'd gotten lucky, the other tribute dying just before she, at just the perfect time to save her from Thorn's wrath. Upon seeing the faces of Serafina and Cain projected in the night sky, Thorn groaned softly. He'd have to face a revengeful Sapphire again. Isadora remained blissfully unaware of the other clash of the day, watching barely a few hundred metres from Sapphire's base camp as the sponsor of medicine floated down gracefully from the night sky. The girl was pleased to receive the gift, knowing she was in no state to fight Thorn again, and hastily applied the cream to her numerous cuts.
The next day, the unbreakable walls rose once more. Sapphire sharpened her sword and donned her quiver of arrows, keeping her bow ready to fire, an arrow laying close by. Isadora watched, tucked safely away in her hiding spot, a weak and useless thirteen-year-old compared to the two powerhouse eighteen-year-olds of the Games, hoping to steal Victory from the winner of the Thorn vs Sapphire fight. Her attempt at preparation consisted of hiding her knife within her clothes and holding her former ally's like it was all she had. Thorn took his time, slowly walking towards the Cornucopia where the Finale would commence.
The indomitable structures continued to close in steadily, but as they reached the halfway point of their journey, the Finale began and the Gamemakers dropped the walls. Thorn burst from the bushes, zigzagging erratically towards where Sapphire stood, ready, as she tried to shoot. Her first arrow whistled by barely a centimetre right of his head, but it didn't faze him, and he continued to run, barely flinching as the second did the same. Isadora heard the commotion and prepared to join them. She prayed that Thorn would win as Sapphire had been brutal the entire Game, and she correctly believed that the Career would never let her live long enough after noticing her for her to get anywhere near or even open her mouth to speak. Everyone, Sapphire and Thorn included, had forgotten about the young girl with only a single kill under her belt to his five and her six; everyone had forgotten about the girl who had barely demonstrated any skills while the other two had shown off their unchallenged strength with their preferred weapons.
As Sapphire loosed her third and final shot of the Finale, Thorn began to perform District Four's trademark move, twirling the spear faster and faster than anything Cecelia or Celia had shown before their deaths until it became a sort of shield. The arrow glanced harmlessly off the oak of the shaft, and with that, Sapphire dropped the bow, switching over to her sword inhumanly quickly and hefting it to counter her adversary. She raised her blade, deflecting Thorn's stroke, but he quickly followed up his blow, releasing his left-hand grip for speed over power as he brought down the spear onto the glistening metal, his spear tip piercing the sword and making a barely noticeable hole. But a hole is a hole. Thorn, spurred on by his miniature victory in terms of weapons, kept his whirlwind of attacks going, forcing Sapphire onto the defensive as she only managed to block them with her practice, beads of sweat dripping down her forehead as she focused intensely on the motion of his weapon. Similarly focused, Thorn never let up, ensuring she never had the chance to counter-attack before she would be impaled, his moves becoming fancier and fancier as the training he'd done both before and in the Arena started to show, drawing her eyes in until she seemed completely riveted on the tip. When that happened, he seized his chance, astounding the watching Isadora with his speed and tactics under pressure as he drew the knife hanging by his side with his now-unnoticed left hand that had long since released its grasp of the wooden shaft, thrusting forth his spear in a suddenly-basic motion and forcing away her weapon before stepping in close and slamming the blade into her side. She screamed out, abruptly cutting herself off as she returned to the fight despite the agony of the blow, but with the blood leaking from the gaping wound in her stomach, her reactions slowed, her power dropped and her technique was no longer as evident as Thorn managed to ram away her slowly-dropping sword with a single powerful stroke. Now unarmed and defenceless, she fell to the ground, hands pushed hard against the hole as if hoping to stem the flow of the blood. Thorn stepped back for a second, watching the pained and broken figure of the Career struggle to hold back the bright red liquid gushing from her side, before slowly stalking closer to the fallen girl. Sapphire could barely push away her tears long enough to stare up at his cold and merciless face before the torrent of pain flowed from her eyes once more, but it wouldn't cause Thorn to hesitate in the slightest. Slowly, deliberately, he prodded her hands with the spear again, the second time he'd defeated her in a battle, and this time he wasn't going to let the kill slip through his fingers. She looked up at his remorseless, battle-hardened features, attempting to compose herself, before forcing her hands back to the wound pouring blood. Smiling, Thorn pushed his boot hard against her body, forcing her down and releasing what little blood she had held back before gradually allowing his spear tip to rest on her exposed neck. As she finally allowed the screams and heaving sobs to escape, Thorn grinned evilly and began to pressure the shaft of his blade. He watched her yell for help that would never come to save her; he watched as she realised she was about to die; he watched as the panic took over her body and she tried to wriggle away from the lethally sharp point of his powerful weapon. Isadora watched the girl who had haunted her break down, mere seconds from death, and realised she had been wrong. Even Thorn would never let her live more than a couple seconds. After a few minutes he allowed the tip to pierce her skin and draw a single drop of blood as Isadora rapidly formulated a new plan, drawing Serafina's knife alongside her own. She'd never survive the fight, no matter how badly she injured him with two throws, if he wasn't dead. So, as he finally ended Sapphire's misery, plunging the weapon deeper into her neck, she went all in, throwing the two knives she had, hurling them with all she had straight for his own undefended throat, and her aim held true.
Sapphire Dawn, District 1 Female: 3rd, Killed by Thorn, Finale
Thorn, overcome with his intense hatred for Sapphire, didn't see the blades, but suddenly noticed the weird sound of something parting the air. He whirled, raising the spear, but too slow, as the first knife buried itself in his neck, blood bubbling forth from the wound as he realised he had been careless. The second sliced away the left side of his throat as Isadora turned and fled the site of twelve deaths, soon to be thirteen. Before Thorn was able to bandage his wound, the blood loss began to affect him, slowing his motion as he resorted in desperation to clutching at the thick liquid, but too late, he fell to the ground beside the corpse of his final kill, dying in almost the same manner a few minutes later.
Thorn Lancore, District 11 Male: 2nd, Killed by Isadora, Finale
"Isadora Kent of District 6, you are the Victor of the 2nd Hunger Games!" Flavius screamed the words into the Arena as she dropped to her knees, elated at escaping with her life as the hovercraft descended to collect the nation's newest Victor.
Victor - District 6 Female - Isadora Kent
Events
Isadora had a good Victory Tour, in stark contrast to Eli's the year before. Almost every district welcomed her, with the exceptions of 1, 10, and 11, for Sapphire's good chances, her repeated and admittedly slightly over-the-top stabbing of Cain and Thorn's messy and supposedly undeserved end at her hands as the underdog, but most of all Thorn's family, as they had fully expected him to come back after the first defeat of Sapphire.
Isadora moves into the Victor's Village of District 6, the first to do so.
List of Victors
1st HG: Eli Wendell(#1, #1, District 3)
2nd HG: Isadora Kent(#1, #1, District 6)
A/N: Hi again everyone! This chapter was over double the word count of the first Games, and it would be great if you could leave a review and let me know how I'm doing! Just to let everyone know, I'm sometimes going to do batch updates and sometimes I'm going to do normal updates, just because of my schedule. I hope you all stick around anyway, and don't worry if I disappear for a while because it means you'll get more chapters when I come back! I'll try not to make breaks too long though and inform you if I'm going to put it on hiatus(hopefully not!) Also, after the third Games, I need some time to continue writing because I wrote the first three before publishing this. Thanks again for your patience and see you soon!
