Hello, fanfic readers! Lols I kno I havent been writin much l8tely tis summer but I did get halfway into chapter 9, da last chapter b4 da official games! Sorry it took so long, enjoy Garnet in action!
Chapter 8-
When I'm under extreme pressure, I pretty much think of everyone. Countee, Misty, My father, Finnick, Onyx, even Linney. Linney is someone who understands and avenged me for so many years. To be honest I thought of everyone to be stronger than me, because I know my limits and how fragile I am and it's nothing compared to everyone else.
Last year, a female and male tribute were also reaped for the 64th Hunger Games, the male was Linney. Linney, in the games, was the most superb out of everyone else. In the final four, Linney and his tribute took on two last enemies. Linney took the larger male, while the female tribute took the scrawny male. Linney and his opponent were in the meadows with no trees, for cameras to take a direct shot of the battle. Linney won that battle, with such a victorious killing edge. As for his tribute, when he came for her battle, she was found dead by the scrawny looking one.
Linney was really infuriated, he literally cut the weak, final enemy in two. By that said, he won the 64th Hunger Games. That is also a reason why I want to live back in Victor's Village. For my family, my soul mate Finnick, and to reunite with my one, true friend, Linney Mayday.
I step up. Towards the center of the area where all my weapons and equipment I see in Training are there now. I stand slowly in front of the Gamemakers podium, watching them feasting, drinking, and laughing uncontrollably. All of them knowing the fact, that they will see if I will survive or not, in their Games. Games of bloodshed.
I stare at the Head Gamemaker, traditionally wearing white. White robe, white hat, white shoes, and white makeup. He looks beastly, but judging by his tone, he seems kinder than I thought.
"Don't be shy. Pick from the layout of weapons, and target dummies and show us if you…" He stands up, his hand over his chest. "If you are, the next champion of Panem!" All the other Gamemakers clap in unison and stop when the Head is seated. "Continue please."
I'm staring, frightened by what they'll say next. Will they say why I'm just standing there? Or the fact that I just swivel left and right, with my hips following, like I'm ready to dance or something? Instead of them just awaiting my performance, they take matters into their own hands.
The target dummies appear suddenly and, like robots, attack with no pause. As I pull my hair back in a ponytail, with my bangs swept to either side, covering my total eye view, I offend soon enough. I grab the sword from behind of me, and the first dummy, I cut it's head clean off. Two robotic dummies drive, from side to side, towards me. Both of them, grabbing me by both of my arms.
As I try to struggle free, another unexpected dummy comes right towards my chest and punches me brutally. When I try to look up, the dummy hits me a second time, on the head. In a wild daze, I trip the two dummies trapping me in their mechanical arms, and the puncher dummy misfires his punches. I rise up, behind the puncher dummy, grab my sword and behead it, like the first one.
The other two arise from the stone ground, and try to catch me. But I was too fast for them, I jump up and kick one of them to the ground. I run to the weapon station and get a bow and arrows, where I shoot the last dummy into motor bits and bolts. Most unlikely, more bots come towards me. They grab onto me, I then stab them with my arrows but it was no use. Soon enough, a grand pool opens up where I push all the dummies holding onto me into the water thus plunging me with them. All the dummies died, but I try to swim up, through the heavy mechanical bodies of metal and rust. It was too much, I could've easily died from suffocation and oxygen starvation. Luckily, Blight came just in time to save me.
I just respond, gasping for air "What happened?"
…
Blight and I just arrived, in time for the results of the scores of each of the tributes for the 65th Hunger Games. I just wanted to lay down and enjoy the cool, free air I have in my room. When I'm there in my room, I dry off with several towels and put on my clothes to sleep in, knowing right after the scores, it's back to bed for me.
I come into the couch room where I see everyone, overzealous for the news of the Gamemaker scores. Onyx offers me a seat next to him. When I accept his offer, he just wraps his arm around me. Like nothing has really changed. From me waking up in his bedroom, to the lunchroom event, to the false Session confessions, everything seems okay, for now. I ask Onyx,
"How do you think you did?"
"I think I did pretty well. Actually, when I walked out that room, every Gamemaker had their mouths dropping from their lips to their necks, which is a good sign that I really did do good. Did that answer your question?"
"Yeah, it did."
" Hearing from what you guys are talking about, I know that fact what Onyx said is true! I heard some good gossip about that. Can you give me some details of what really went on?" One of his stylists eagerly asked for.
"Lets just say I crashed their podium and ruin their weapons, along with their dummies and their afternoon snacks."
I'm sure he did do some heavy damage in there. I think that's why there was a shortage of dummies on the attack, and they weren't that difficult to perceive either. Imagine in the games, compare to what he does in District 7 and the Gamemaker sessions, he can do a massacre all his own.
When the Capitol news pop up, with Caesar Flickerman always the center of attention, on TV and the Hunger Games publicity, a pause unexpectedly occurs on the screen thus causing everyone to curse and moan.
Cariba enters, with a long face that no one has ever seen before. She is only covered in a glossy, soft towel wrapped around her chest to her thighs. Blight stands up and approaches her, and says, "What's wrong? And why are you naked? In front of all of us, deary?"
"Nothing's wrong, handsome. Or I think so…" Cariba then blurts out with guilt. "Oh, there is something terribly wrong! Even more important than the scores!
What could be more important than "the scores"?
"I meant to pause the screen to say something, and grant my apologies to some very important people. Like, for instance, Garnet and Onyx."
Everyone was shocked, around us both, they glare in confusion and amazement. "What did you do?" Blight said out of the blue to Onyx and I.
Cariba starts with, "Well, I want to apologize to you two lovebirds…"
There she goes, she thinks were dating. What a sudden, unfortunate turn of events.
"…that I've caused nothing but embarrassment and neglect to you two and I am deeply sorry!" She cries and whimpers some more. But with no tears streaming down her face due to her excessive makeup and facial reconstruction and surgery, I do understand what she is talking about. Finally, she's come to her senses that she made it harder for me on this brand new experience, but I don't wish to say that out loud, of course. I look to Onyx, he still wonders of what Cariba's talking of. Typical him.
"Oh, I am sorry for passing out drunk on the first day when you guys arrive to the Training center where hunky Blight had to revive me. I'm sorry for Garnet that I walked out on her for her first makeup day with the stylists, and oh I'm so sorry…" Cariba directs her attention to me, "for punishing you and the Avox when you guys were having a fun time dancing. I didn't know what came over me, I really didn't!"
This is all going very nice and I never expected of how humiliating would Cariba go to such great lengths for me and Onyx to forgive her where we don't even care. Is this her first time doing this for anyone?
Cariba then decides to fall on top of us both and screams, "Forgive me, forgive me, oh please! I mean no harm, I swear I don't!" Her towel drops and I see Onyx blushing until his face turns red. And Cariba is still on top of us. Onyx soon puts his two hands on his face. In the meantime, Blight takes her off of us, and wraps her again with her skinny, short towel.
We decided to both say simultaneously, "We forgive you!"
"Oh thank you, from now on, I will be the best escort I can be, I swear!" Cariba promised chivalrously. From that moment on, she tidies up and puts decent Capitol clothes on, and finally we continue onward to the scores.
Basically, the scores are determined by the Gamemakers to the Capitol public to show the Training and Sessions combined stamina & endurance that the tribute achieved thus calculating survival and endurance for the tribute out of all the other tributes. From what I remember from my Sessions, I was starved from oxygen, couldn't swim well, but an excellent opponent in battle. Although, I can't take on numbers, which will be a huge decay in my scores.
Judging from Onyx's star reputation accelerating to massive proportions, I believe everything went well in the Sessions for him. Sure, I can be jealous at times, but it depends who it is, like Onyx. I can't let him win. I have to promise myself, if my score is higher than his, then I can take him on myself & I'll make sure he's one of the first killed. If his score is higher than mine, well I'll just isolate myself away from him, for good, so others will target and kill him.
I can't take chances that will only limit and sacrifice my victory in the Games. As for my love life, I'll just have to find someplace in my life so Finnick can be apart of my forever. But from right now to the end of the Games, we're partners until further intentions.
Blight plays the screen, and the scores are back on. The scores are viewed nationwide, in every home, district, and room, everyone is going to examine all our fates. How exciting.
From what the screen tells us, District 1 male, Axel, has 9 while his partner, Radiance has 8.
District 2 both have 10s & as for District 3, the male has 7 while the female has been ranked to a 6.
District 4. My Finnick, who is only 14, has 11, and his District partner has a solid 9.
District 5 and 6 are ranked from the lowest-5 to the highest-8.
The moment the stylists, Blight, escort Cariba, Onyx, and I have been waiting for has arrived at last.
The screen says exactly:
District 7
Garnet: 7
Onyx: 12
What?
How could've I got only a 7? I mean I guess that seems standard for my performance, but it doesn't go well with my plan at all! I was supposed to have a higher score than he does, not vice versa. I want to explode in tears now, but I try hard to hold them back. I mean, it is my District number, but not the best score I was hoping for.
Onyx just turns his head to me, and kisses me gently and passionately on the cheek. I didn't know if this affects our relationship or not, but it seems like it doesn't affect him. Everyone's jumping and screaming and cheering, and drinking for the both of us. But you can tell, I don't seem happy with my score at all. Onyx is just being the most happiest out of all us, making these last moments together worthwhile. He's just yelling in my ear, possibly drunk that
"We're gonna win! We're gonna win!…."
I just stay there, staring at the screen, looking as the other District scores past by on the screen, missing it all because I'm not paying attention to that right now. Just when this night is over.
When the scores are over, everyone sober retreats to bed. Onyx is just kind enough to escort me to my bed which is nice of him, but selfish of me to not feel thankful to him of how he's trying to change. But I guess it's not enough to impress me.
Instead, of feeling really aggravated about my scores, I just decide to suck it all up. Like I've sucked up all my feelings and dark thoughts in the past, especially the ones with Onyx in them. To be honest, I think Onyx really loves me. How I know this is because he touches me all the time and has always something nice to say and he never tries to kill me no more. The rules we agreed on in the beginning of the Games don't even apply no more.
Onyx always wants to flirt with me and wants me to sleep with him. This one night, since I've changed mood quickly, I've decided to give him that one special favor. He comes into my room, undresses in front of me. I undress in front of him, and we both lay in our undergarments and private wear. Now, we just lay there in my bed, talking about anything. For example, Why we hated each other in the first place?
He tells me, "The truth is, Garnet, our family has hated your's ever since we were little kids. And also because you guys have caused us so much damage in the past. Like my mother's sudden death, stealing our hard-earned work, and you Garnet, you're kinda the reason why my father abused me. I was always manipulated by you because I had the biggest crush & my father never wanted us to be together and nurture children together so that's why I had to brutally hurt you guys, so you & your sister can stay away from us, for good."
"Is that why Talitha was hurt badly before the Reaping, and never wanted to speak to me again?"
"Yeah, that was because of my father. She was always the stubborn one and the hardest to discipline so that's why she said that. Because of my father's lumberjack fists in her face…" Onyx tears up a bit, but on the inside, he wants to let out a waterfall. That gives me the signal to close in on Onyx's sweaty abdominals and rise up to his cheek, give him a kiss or two. This very moment, I now know I don't have to isolate myself from him in the Games, I can just manipulate him like I always had, that can work in any intense competition, I just have to make him think I love him. Nothing can stand in my way.
Before he tongues me passionately, I say one more thing. "Do you think you can sacrifice the Games, for me? For us?" Me again. Thinking selfishly, and physically mouthing my every thought once again. To be thinking of the Onyx I always knew, he would say….
"Yes, I would. For you happiness."
I never expected him to feel that way towards me. Again, so unlike him. And again, so like me to please his emotions for my selfsih desires...
With that said, my secret operation is still a go. So to end our late night talking- covers up, a kiss, with tongue, and that seals the deal…
Garnet gets more evil and determined every chapter i upload, mak sure youll still readin every step of the way. 1 more chapter until da Games! xD
