Chapter 6 - Let the Games Begin

The platforms containing the 24 tributes were being raised. There was a last minute change to make the cornucopia an open field like in the 74th games, as opposed to an arena initially surrounded by water. However, Scorpion was nowhere to be found. Many tributes thought this was done intentionally to perhaps it giving them a fair start. Looking at cornucopia it was filled with weapons while containing food and shelter supplies scattered throughout the grass here and there. Each of the contestants had their own strategy for survival.

3...2...1... GO!

Katniss' Point of View

Quick, I need to grab a bow fast. Peeta and Mags are going to grab food and shelter items. Me and Finnick need to protect them in -case they are attacked. This Scorpion guy isn't here, but that doesn't mean we can waste time salvaging supplies.

"Katniss catch!" shouted Finnick as he threw her a bow and arrow.
"Thanks, I got you covered. Find yourself a trident."

"Peeta, Mags gather food and shelter supplies and be quick." Katniss commanded.

Katniss was on guard like a sentry trying to watch out for the safety of her 3 allies. She glanced at a sole tribute, which appeared to be the male morphling, running straight towards the western wilderness without grabbing anything. From a distance it looked like Johanna and Blight were guarding Wiress and Beetee while they were digging through various items crates. They were obsessively searching for something.

Katniss then glanced towards the right of those 4 she could see Brutus, Enobaria, Gloss and Cashmere engaging other tributes. She was tempted to try snipe one of them while they were distracted but her priority was to make sure Peeta and Finnick were safe as they were moving closer and closer to the base of cornucopia.

Wiress, Beetee, Johanna, Blight's Point of View

Wiress and Beetee was desperately digging for the a electronics kit hidden in one of the crates. But this meant staying in the bloodbath. Johanna was getting impatient and warned the two, "you too geysers better hurry up and find that box you're looking for."

Beetee responded, "calm down. It wasn't our fault we got a last minute notice the device we need is in one of these boxes. First this Scorpion guy, now this. It's like the game makers are onto us."

Blight wanted them to dig faster and interrupted the conversation, "stop talking and find it now! With this Scorpion guy in the games we need to escape as fast as we can..."

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM

Blight reacted to the cannon sounds signaling the death of the tributes, "Shit! The careers are coming. Johanna! Brutus is coming towards us. Ugh?, Do you think you can take him. I don't think he'll hit a girl you know."

Johanna was nervous at the idea that she had to engage a muscle head like Brutus with a spear in hand. She had no weapons; all she had was a shield she picked up running towards the crates. But someone had to stay on guard for Wiress and Beetee. She made her decision and told Blight, "So much for chivalry, I'll try to distract him. Just make sure nothing happens to Wiress and Beetee."

Brutus point of view (Moments before)

Brutus, Cashmere and Gloss just finished killing three tributes.

Brutus said while cleaning the blood of his spear, "As much as I would love to be the one who kills the Capitol's star tribute, I don't think waiting for this Scorpion dude at cornucopia is a smart move."

Gloss responded to Brutus' concern with, "If there is any chance we have against this dude, its right here with all these weapons. Plus I rather it be us that gets recognized for killing the Capitol's tribute than one of them. With me, you, sis, and Enobaria we stand a chance. Out there in the wilderness we are sitting ducks."

Brutus, replied "I suppose it's better than the alternative of him killing us in our sleep."

Cashmere chimed in the conversation reminding them to get back to killing, "Let's hurry up and kill the other tributes. I am going to help Enobaria. Brutus, you see what those four fools are doing over there."

Johanna vs. Brutus

Brutus began walking up to the crates Wiress and Beetee were searching through. Johanna walked up to confront Brutus. They stared at each other. Brutus was trying to scout if Johanna had a knife or blade hidden in her pocket, but it looked like she had no weapons on her. Johanna tried to talk Brutus into an armistice, "A big guy like you wouldn't hurt a girl would you."

Brutus wasn't in the mood of negotiating. He hadn't killed since his last time in the games and he was hungry to kill again. He responded with, "Shut that deceitful mouth of yours. I know how you won your games by tricking everyone to think you were weak and pathetic. It won't work this time! Not with me!"

Johanna was getting scared as she couldn't verbally calm down Brutus. She knew fighting him armed with his preferred weapon of a spear would mean almost certain death for her. She then saw a spear coming right towards her….

BOOM! BOOM!

Meanwhile, Finnick finally found a trident. However, he just heard two cannon fires in the sky.

In the background he could faintly hear, "help. Help! Help! HELP!"

That voice sounded familiar and he realized it was Johanna, and she was in trouble.

Finnick realized Brutus had tackled Johanna to the floor. Brutus threw the spear to force Johanna to block with her shield, then followed up with a tackle while she was hid behind her shield. Now Brutus was fully mounted on top of her. At the moment they were both unarmed, but he saw Brutus searching his back pocket for a blade. He pulled one out and was about to stab her.

Finnick reacted and threw the trident at Brutus. Brutus narrowed dodged the trident and was forced to dismount off of Johanna. Finnick shouted at Brutus. "Hey muscle head! Didn't your mother teach you not to hit a girl," Finnick teased. Their conversation was interrupted…

Beetee yelled "FOUND IT! Let's get out of here. You know where to meet." Blight dropped his shield to reduce his carrying weight and spirited away from cornucopia along with Wiress and Beetee following behind. Johanna took advantage of the distraction to recovered to her feat, and snuck in a low blow to Brutus groin. With Brutus stunned, she escaped and followed the three.

Brutus feeling humiliated that he let a weakling like Johanna escape from his grasp expressed his angry, "Hey bitch, I ain't done with you yet," he complained. He then picked back up his spear and went to pursue those four.

Cecelia tried to take off with Blight and Johanna, but Enobaria stepped in front of her away. "Where do you think you're going sweetheart." Enobaria taunted.

Katniss saw Cecelia was in trouble and fired an arrow at Enobaria. Enobaria dodged it but was slightly scathed in the right shoulder by the arrow. "You bitch!" Enobaria shouted at Katniss.

However the fighting all came to a halt as everyone heard Peeta yell "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" All eyes were fixated at the man in a yellow ninja costume as he slowly walked towards cornucopia.

Casear Flickerman commentates to the Capitol audience, "Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived. Let's hear a round of applause for the Capitol's very own Scorpion!"