Chapter 10: Bolt's attack

For two days after the feast, Silver Worthy and Bolt Plugson rested while holding on to the gifts they received at the feast. Silver was still very angry about Daniel Season killing his district partner. Well, I'll make an example out of him, Silver thought. If I have anything to do with it, they'll all die!

Silver wanted to wait before hunting down Daniel, Jessica, and Trunk. Bolt seemed to disagree. When the third day after the feast began, Bolt sat up.

"Hey, Silver, let's go after those three remaining tributes", Bolt said.

"Not right now", Silver said. "Like I said before, let's wait a little."

"Well, I'm going", Bolt said. "We might as well split up now. There's only five of us left."

"Fine", Silver said. "We should split up."

"I'll be taking the knives and three swords. I'll also take one of the machetes and the radioactive explosives", Bolt said.

"Go ahead", Silver said.

Bolt packed what he needed and gave Silver a curt nod before going on his way. Silver watched Bolt walk into the distance out of sight. Silver thought, Now it's every man for himself, Silver thought. If I see Bolt again, I will kill him, make no mistake.

Meanwhile…

Daniel Season, Jessica Wheaton, and Trunk Redvalley all decided to take a walk. As they were walking, they saw Bolt Plugson a few feet away from them with a dangerous smile on his face.

"Where's Silver?", Daniel demanded in a nasty tone.

"Oh, I came alone", Bolt said. "I really don't need him anymore at this point. There's only one winner in the Hunger Games. Alliances become pointless eventually. Surely all of you dolts realize that. I would expect even children from poor districts to know the rules of the game by now."

"But why join the Careers?", Daniel asked in disgust. "Why be one of them?"

Bolt then replied, "I've always to participate in and win the Hunger Games, ever since I was a child. My mentor, Erg Geiger, was my inspiration. I loved the brutal manner in which he killed those losers in his Games. I wanted to follow in his footsteps and carry on his legacy. I wanted to bring honor to District 5. Anyway, I'm going to kill all three of you, then take care of Silver and finish him off, then become a victor."

"Not if we have anything to say about it!", Jessica shouted.

Bolt threw one of the radioactive explosives at Jessica. She managed to dodge out of the way, only getting a scraped knee from the impact. In anger, Daniel lunged at Bolt with one of his spears. Bolt blocked the spear with his sword. Bolt then slashed Daniel's face with his sword.

He's obviously had plenty of practice, Daniel thought as blood gushed down his face.

Trunk then threw one of his axes at Bolt. Bolt managed to dodge the ax and threw a radioactive explosive at Trunk. Trunk tried to dodge out of the way, but he wasn't fast enough. Blood spilled from Trunk's kneecap as a result from the explosion.

"Man, you're all pathetic!", Bolt yelled as he walked towards Jessica holding his sword high in the air. Daniel ran towards Bolt before Bolt could reach Jessica and tackled him to the ground. Bolt and Daniel started fighting for control of the sword. Trunk ran over to assist Daniel and tried to yank the sword out of Bolt's hand. Bolt then stabbed Trunk in the stomach with his sword. Trunk fell to the ground, and Daniel knew that Trunk was going to die from his wounds in only a matter of moments. Daniel then reached over and bit Bolt's hand as hard as he could. Bolt screamed in agony as Daniel ran towards his spear, then came back and stabbed Bolt in the throat with the spear. Bolt's cannon fired.

Then Daniel and Jessica ran towards Trunk, who was on the ground with some blood spilling from his stomach.

Daniel then grabbed Trunk's hand. Trunk then weakly croaked, "Daniel…Jessica…thank you so much for helping me. I always knew I was going to die. I knew I would never return to District 7. But…will one of you win… please?"

"Yes", Daniel said. "One of us will win for you, Trunk. It was a pleasure to break bread with you."

Trunk then smiled before closing his eyes. Daniel watched as Trunk's breathing movements got slower and slower until eventually, there was no movement. Trunk's cannon then fired.

Jessica sobbed as she hugged Daniel. Then they moved out of the way as the Capitol hovercrafts came to pick up the bodies of Bolt and Trunk. Daniel and Jessica both sat with disbelief on the ground for the rest of the day. Later, night came and the anthem played. Bolt Plugson from District 5 appeared in the sky, then Trunk Redvalley from District 7.

"Wow", Daniel said. "Only three of us left."

"Yes", Jessica said. "It's just us and Silver now. One of us could go home."

Daniel knew his plan was to make sure Jessica would return home safely. Daniel loved Jessica, and that love only grew as they had fought together in these Games. Daniel hoped that they could kill Silver together. That arrogant and egotistical maniac needs to be taught a lesson in humility, Daniel thought.

Author's Note:

Tributes Remaining: 3