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Chapter 9 - The Hell Of Training.
"We have got things to do you two, Wake up!" Triston shouts down the hallway.
"Like always Triston, shut up!" I shout back at him.
"What did you say to me?" He then shouts back through the hallway.
"Never mind!" I shout back at him.
I then half pushup myself off my bed, throwing my doona off. I then goto my closet, grabbing out my training clothes. I then walk into my bathroom, splashing water on my face to wake up. I then comb my hair the way I've had it since the chariot rides. Walking out of my bedroom, I bump into Trinity. We both walk down the hallway together to the dining room.
"So then, what are we doing today?" I ask Justin as I sit down.
"Training course." He says back to me, his face half stuffed with chicken.
"Okay then, will it be hard?" I asked, Justin responding with a shrug of his shoulders.
After our usual breakfast, Triston guided us down to the training centre. I looked to Atala, the head trainer who was standing in front of a massive training course. She got all of the tributes lined up. She then started to explain.
"You tributes are here today to complete this training course. This is to show who of you are behind, and who are in front. We will start with the District 12 Female then end with the District 1 Male. So that means for instance the district 11 male will be fourth in the line, got it?" She said whilst all of us nodded in approval.
I then had a look at the training course. It had twelve stages. First stage had a punching bag hat you needed to punch a certain height to continue. The next stage you needed to carry a 13kg block to a pressure plate to open the door to continue. The other stages I couldn't see yet. We were then sorted my gender and district. I was fourteenth and Trinity was thirteenth. After what seemed to be ages, they allowed Trinity in. She weakly punched the punching bag and it appeared to have hurt her hand. I heard careers behind me giggling like little girls. I saw Trinity being led away by Atala for more training. So far no person has passed the course. I went up and I got ready to start punching. As I punched he punching bag, I got mad it barely moved. It then came back and it knocked me to the ground. I got up whilst having to listen to the careers laughs. As Atala went to come up to me to take me out, I stopped her. I noticed the careers were watching me with intent. I reered my hand back and I swiftly punched it. Like training with Justin, it nearly broke off the hook. It slammed into the wall as the door opened. The punching bag making a giant hole right next to it. I looked back at the careers and I laughed inside at their shocked faces. I then went up to the door and I walked through. I smiled as I heard the door slide shut behind me.
Here is were I see the 13kg block and he pressure plate. As I lift it up, I remember to lift from my knees. I then move closer to the pressure plate, making sure when I drop it I don't drop it on my foot. As I drop it I jump away to make sure it doesn't hit my feet. I then walk through the next door.
What is weird about this stage though, is that as soon as the door shuts I feel like I'm starving I look around and I see berry bushes everywhere. I then head over to a few and I see nightlock. I wont eat that. I then keep walking around and I see a root. The root is Katniss and I decide to eat it. My hunger then being gone as the door opens.
When I progress through the next door, it is hand to hand combat. There is a dummy there and I sigh. I send one blow to the cranium and I send it flying. The next door then opening. I, walking through it.
The next stage, to my delight is throwing knives. Four dummies pop up as I grab four knives. As they are coming at me I strike three in the heart, but I miss one. I then grab a knife out of one of the dummies that have been hit, using it to spear the remainder in the neck. The next door then opening as the knife hits the dummy.
As I walk through the door I come into a area with sticks. Thinking back, I make a firepit. I then use a rock and a stick to spark the fire. When the fire is there for about a minute the door opens and I am allowed to continue.
I then see a bow and arrow and I automatically know what I have to do. As soon as I grab the bow and arrows five targets appear I then put a arrow in the quiver and I pull it back according to how far away my target is. I then aim and I fire. Hitting the target straight in the middle. I do the exact same thing to the other targets. Overall I hit all of them in the middle. I then put the stuff down and I continued through the door.
This time there was a tv screen, and it had a two minute countdown. It also said HIDE. I looked above the tv and I saw a moving webcam. Instinctively, I picked up mud and I threw it at the camera. Just to make sure, I covered myself with mud as I hid in the mud. I then hear the buzzer go off for the countdown as I continue hiding. Im there for about a minute bedore the door opens.
As I walk through it, I'm sprayed with water. A poster on the wall indicates I need to look for someone camouflaged. I then kick bushes apart just to be sure. I then snap a stick and I run accross mud with it. Then I see one more thing a person could hide in: a little pond. I goto it and I search the lilipads. When I goto lift one up, a dummy with a string tied to its foot comes up. The door then opening so then I decide to continue.
In there is the sword fighting instructor, when the door behind me shuts, he throws me a sword. I catch it and we proceed to fight. The clashing of our swords is that loud that I reckon the careers woukd be able to hear. With one strong blow, I send his sword out of hks hand. It then is knocked into the roof, causing cracks to appear. The door to the next room opening as I proceed through it.
On the other side, There are swinging punching bags, there is a course with a open door on the other side. As I'm running through careful not to fall into holes, I nearly get hit by punching bags. When I'm about halfway there, I have an idea. As a punching bag is coming towards me, I jump and hug it. As it swings around it gets near the open door. I then jump off and slide through the open door. It then shuttig behind me.
On the wall there is another tv, it tells me that I need to show I can use all the weapons before continuing. I then pick up a mace and a dummy pops up. I then sideswing it at the dummys face and it gets sent to the ground, the mace remaining in its cheek. I then pick up a axe and I swing it down on a dummies head. I then grab a harpoon and I throw it into a dummies head. I then pick up a sword and I slash the dummies neck. The door then opening and I walk out. I then sit on a couch and I wait. Only Jake Peterson makes it through though.
"Listen I'm sorry.." He begins.
"Me and my mates were wondering if.. You wanna join the career pack with us in the arena." He says.
"I don't know, I'll think about it."
"Youd better, one wrong move and your dead. Remember that." He says, threatening me.
The door then opening as I walk outside wanting to think. I then go up my elevator to my level, where I meet Justin. We then all sit down and wait for Trinity. It is around 10PM she gets back, looking exhausted.
After dinner, I invite Justin into my room to talk.
"I've been asked to join the careers, Justin." I say when the door shuts behind him.
"And what was your answer?"
"I'll think about it."
"Think fast Will, careers arent patient." He says with a grim look on his face.
"So they would kill me, if I don't think fast?" I say.
"Probably." He says.
"This could also be a trick." He says, whilst walking out of my room.
I then take my clothes off, throwing on my normal night clothes. I then jump into bed, ponderig my decision. Before going to sleep, I fiddle with my silver train pin, left on my table. Pretty much as soon as I put it back, I fall asleep.
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