Part 2: The Games

Chapter 10

The Professor walked me up to the helicopter; he held my hand the whole way. I was so lucky to have him as my mentor.

"Remember what I said, don't go for anything in the Cornucopia, just run, there should be a few packs scattered around the area. Another tip, head towards a source of water or a forest, which is probably your best chance at staying hidden." I stopped when we reached the ramp to get inside the helicopter, "Be careful Flora, I believe in you, I really do," He kissed me lightly on the forehead.

"Thank you," I whispered in reply as Scotland Yard officers began to pull me up. I didn't get a chance to say good-bye.

They sat me down in a seat, in between Nina and Luke and strapped me in. It felt like my stomach was going to explode, I wanted to throw up. I was flying to my death. I looked around at all the other tributes, some looked terrified, while others looked as if nothing was going on. I closed my eyes and just sat there holding back my breakfast. I opened them to the painful feeling of a woman inserting a little microchip into my arm.

"What is that?" I asked nervously.

"Your tracker," she replied boringly. I took a short breath, while she inserted everyone else's trackers and went to go sit in the cockpit. The lights went off and I felt the helicopter lift into the air. My stomach did flip-flops.

…

In almost no time at all I was walking along side different Scotland Yard officers in the catacombs. They shoved me in the launching room, and I tripped into Celeste.

"Aw, sweetie," She hugged me tight, I didn't cry, I held it in, but I wanted to so badly, "I know you can win Flora," she paused, "I believe in you."

Celeste put my hair up in a low pony tail, and helped me into my clothes. It was a black t-shirt and black stretchy pants, with back leather boots. I don't even like the color black on me. She put a black jacket on me, it was tight, so she could fit the large black raincoat on me. In earlier years, the tributes were wearing florescent orange, so I should be grateful that I blend in… at least at night.

"Celeste, what if I die?" I asked her, "What if I never make it out?"

"Flora, you can't have that attitude," she told me, "Say to yourself, 'I will try to win, I can win, and I will win.'" I smiled at her.

"Thank you," I gave her another hug.

"Wait Flora," She took out my pin and my ribbon, she folded the ribbon over into a bow type of shape and pinned the cog to my tight jacket, "The picture of a victor, Flora the electric girl." I cried silently in her arms. She was my only mother figure at this point in my life beside Ingrid, but Ingrid wasn't real, she was just a robot.

"Thirty seconds," a robotic voice echoed from the transport pod. I looked over at it and then back at Celeste.

"You'll do great, honey," she said to me. I walked slowly up to the pod.

"Twenty seconds," I put one foot in the pod and looked back at her; she gave me a weak smile.

"Ten seconds," I stood inside, my breath made marks on the glass. She looked at me and nodded. I swallowed as the pod moved up and up until I saw my arena.

We were standing in the middle of a field full of flowers of every color, the golden horn was overflowing with supplies, I even saw a bow and arrow, but no I have to run for the forest, if there is one. I looked behind me, a thin forest stretched for a while, I saw in got thicker the farther down. On the other side of the arena was a valley, there was probably a lake in the deeper areas, but I had to run for the forest I had to.

"Thirty, twenty-nine…" I looked over at the other tributes, I saw Nina, and Arianna, Luke, Amelia, Katia, Ilyana, Sammy, Rosetta, Becky, Clive… he was even looking at me now. He shook his head at me, as if to say, don't go for the arrows, don't. I nodded and looked back once more, I saw ten or eleven packs scattered, I would have to head for one of those.

"Ten, nine, eight…" I swallowed, "seven, six, five," I have to run as soon as the gong sounds, "four, three, two… one," I ran off my pedestal and towards the packs, I didn't watch the death, I tuned the screams out. It all happened so fast, I grabbed a pack, slung it over my shoulder, and started to run. I heard the knife strike the pack, but I didn't stop running; I didn't even know who threw it.

I ran into the forest, it did get progressively thicker the farther I ran. It also headed up, as if there was a hill or mountain. I ran up and I didn't stop. My breath was dry and my heart was pounding. I was exhausted and sick, but I couldn't get far enough away fro the Cornucopia. Had Rosetta thrown that knife or did Ilyana? Was Clive still alive, or had he been killed? Suddenly I heard a canon go off and I tripped and fell into the leaves and dirt. One person had been killed, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen. Half of the tributes were dead. Half of my competition was dead, gone, no longer living. I survived the bloodbath. But I couldn't help but wonder who was dead, did Nina and Arianna survive, did Becky? Had Ilyana and Rosetta killed them?

I decided not to worry about that, I myself, had to stay alive. I picked myself up and slowed myself down to a walk and continued into the forest. When the air began to get cool and the sky became a bit dark, I decided to pick a tree and look through my pack. So far, the games were going alright for me, and I was going to keep it that way.

I picked a tree that was thick all the way up and had strong branches to support me. As I climbed I began to feel more and more confidant that I could win this thing that I could go home. I sat down on a high branch, which was large and a bit comfortable, but I wasn't looking for comfort. I took the pack of my back; the knife was still lodged on the exterior of the pack. I pulled it out and stuck it into the tree while I skimmed through everything else.

I had the knife, a canteen that was actually full of water, but I didn't drink any yet, I needed to save it. The pack also was full of rope and wire, two packets of crackers and a one of beef jerky. I also had a flashlight, I was surprised to see that, there weren't many flashlights in the Hunger Games; I would have to keep this one safe. Another surprise was a grenade, I didn't' really know how to use it, but it would provide some use eventually. I put everything back inside of the pack except for the rope, I used that to tie myself to the tree, so I wouldn't fall if I fell asleep.

Suddenly London's anthem began to play, and looked up at the sky, now to find out who died, and who lived, to see if I have a chance. Both tributes from District 2 died, that means Rosetta and Luke both survived, Percy was still alive, was boy from District 4 died, as did the girl from District 6. Both tributes from District 7 and 9 died. Every boy tributes from Districts 10, 11, and 12 died also. The anthem was played again, and then signed off.

So that means that Rosetta, Luke, Percy, me, Amelia, Becky, Clive, Sammy, Arianna, Crow, Katia, Nina, and Ilyana survived. This was going to be an interesting Hunger Games indeed.

This is an interesting Hunger Games! I'm sorry it's a lot like Katniss's time in the arena, but it will be different, trust me! I hope you enjoy reading it, because I'll have fun writing it. And again, I want to know who you want to win and who you'd bet on. I'm interested!

Also, I'm going to camp for the next few days, so I will not have anything new! (Just until Sunday hopefully!)