Hey Loveys!
Are you ready for a very exciting chapter?! It tis the HUNGER GAMES!
RUE POV
All of us, the careers that is, got up early to get in some extra training and discuss our plans for the arena. AKA listen to Cato tell us what to do for two hours. Cato's beside me mutilating a dummy with his sword. I'm trying to get expertise with more than just my slingshot by copying the other careers movements. I can't let them think I'm a weakling... "Hey guys," Zach enters the training room and heads to the trident station, clearly avoiding all of our gazes and the question that we all know is coming.
"Where is she?" Cato barks at Zach, I wince in sympathy for Zach, but just keep working on hacking up my dummy, knowing its better to stay out of it. Besides, I don't need to be on Cato's bad side. I'm pretty sure he already thinks I'm a weakling. Meredith seems to have the same approach as me, seeing as she just keeps throwing her hatchets at the target.
"She obviously didn't come Cato, which means," Clove began haughtily only to be interrupted by Bex. It was no secret Clove disliked Cameron. She hasn't stopped complaining about her ever since she showed her up on the first day of training.
"She didn't join." Bex filled in for Clove with a smirk. Though she didn't real seem to mind Cameron, in fact, I'd say she admires her. But she and Clove have this weird friendship. They always agree with each other and back each other up, but are also always at each others throats.
"You said you'd get her to join!" Cato's rage starts to build. He turns away from the dummy he was working on to face Zach. Now I'm really glad I decided to keep to myself. If Cato glared at me like that I'd probably drop dead on the spot.
"Listen bro, I tried but she seems to have it all figured out." Zach starts to attempt explaining himself.
Thats when we hear a girl's giggle approaching the room accompanied by running footsteps. We all turn to the door to see the infamous Cameron leaning against the frame yelling down the hall.
"Listen, I'll catch up with you guys later!" She walks in and nods to us still laughing. "Hey guys! I guess I'm not the only one who came down early to warm up!" She weaves through all of us at the stations till she reaches the swords, all the way at the end. She waves at Cato cheerfully, he just scoffs and glares down at her.
I really wouldn't do that i I were you. He's mad as it is. She grabs his sword and starts hacking at the dummies with just as much strength and fluidity as Cato, but with an added grace. Cato continues to look at her in disgust. "Ya know Cato, you'd be really attractive if you didn't look like you were constipated or in pain all the time. Hell, I bet if you smiled once in awhile even I could fall for you," She says nonchalantly as if it's a common place thing to say. We all just stare at her in shock, Macey dropped her carving knife and the sound of the metallic clatter echoed through the room.
"I'll have to remember that," Cato says as he regains his composure and accompanies it with his signature smirk.
"And if you lost the smirk." She stops hacking and hands him back his sword. "By the way, that's not the right style sword for you. You'd be much better off with this one," She hands him one with a longer blade and bigger handle. "It has more weight to it so that you won't over rotate after a swing because of the extra force. Therefore it'll save you time during battle and keep you from getting too badly blind sided,"
Oh no, the last thing Cato likes is to be instructed on how or what to do. She really must have a death wish.
Cameron looks as if she's trying to choke back a laugh as she sees the vein in Cato's neck pulse in his rage. Cato roughly grabs the sword from her grasp and weighs it in his hand.
"How do I know you aren't just tricking me so that you can getting the other sword in the cornucopia?" Cato asks in a gloating tone, as if he's ruined her big master plan. Really Cato? We all know this girl is smarter than that...
"Well, A, thats not my preference sword. B, you could just try it for yourself right now." She says matter-of-factly and accents it with an eye roll "Honestly, its like you think I'm stupid or something..." she huffs before Cato attacks one of the dummies with the new sword, she was right. If I thought he was mad at Zach earlier, then he was furious with her. His right eye started to twitch with rage. "See?" She said smirking up at him, "Oh, and you might want to get that looked at," She added pointing to her right eye. All of us started coughing to hold back our laughter, successfully angering Cato further.
"So, what is your preference sword?" Bex says, trying to change the subject
Cameron eyes break away from the stare down occurring between Cato and herself to scoff, "I honestly can't believe how stupid all of you think I am! I'm wounded, really," She held her hand to her heart mockingly.
"Hey Cam! Our mentor wants to see us," 'her little boyfriend' says, poking his head in.
"I'll be right there, you make sure to get Minnie up," He just nods and walks away. I can't help but roll my eyes at him, just letting her order him about like that. He may have been given a high number but he was just a coward.
"See you guys in the arena," She says as she saunters out the door. Then pokes her head back in to say, "Oh, and Cato, I wasn't lying when I said I could fall for you."
CAMMIE POV
Why did you just say that! My mind screams as I get in the elevator to our floor. I cannot believe I just said that. My heart pounds, I can't tell if its because I'm scared of what Cato's gonna do to me or if its because Im going to be in a fight to the death today. "Hey guys!" I say with a calm cheerfulness that contrasts with how I'm actually feeling right now
"Why were you training with the careers this morning Cam!" Great, I haven't even had coffee yet let alone actually get into the arena and Gale's already acting all over protective and yelling at me.
I can't help the annoyed sign that escapes me lips or the roll of my eyes "I wasn't training with them, they just happened to be there. I don't know what your deal is Gale, but just because someone looks at me doesn't mean the want to fuck me!"
"Whatever,"Really Gale? 'Whatever,' that's the best you've got. I sit down at the table and start to heap food on my plate. Minnie walks into the room and her spin immediately straightens. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife and Minnie clearly doesn't know how to handle it so I try my best attempt at diffusing it. "So, why'd you want to see us?" I ask our district mentor who's sitting across from me. He seems to let out a breath he must have been holding and began,
"I just wanted to make sure you guys went over the plan and know what you're doing," The three of us nod in agreement. "So just remember, if one of you doesn't make it back to the others DON'T go looking for them. Find somewhere safe to camp. If their face doesn't show up that night you know they're safe and hope they can handle themselves. Looking for them will bring attention to yourselves and the alliance. Let them find you," We all nod once again.
"Your prep teams will be here in five minutes!" Our escort calls out from the living room.
"Shit! Oh, damn it, I mean. Sorry for swearing Minnie!" Gale says as he starts shoveling food into his mouth in a rush.
"Gale, she's in the Hunger Games, I think she can handle some swearing," He rolls his eyes in reply and keeps shoving everything in sight into his mouth, "Stop being such a pig Gale," I'm still pissed about before and everything he's doing just annoys the crap out of me
"I'm not being a pig!" He replies indignantly with bacon hanging out of the corner of his mouth.
"Yes you are! Eat slower or you'll get sick and thats really going to help the alliance!" I protest.
"Yes mother," He whispers under his breath. Normally I'd let this slip, but not today.
"Oh, and whats that supposed to mean?" I put an icy clip on each word.
"Just that I'm sick of you always telling me what to do and bitching at me about everything I do wrong," Gale says standing up from the table and glaring down at me.
"Well maybe if you weren't such an overprotective pig-headed jerk I wouldn't have to!" I say standing up as well.
"If I'm an over protective pig than you must be a whore running around flirting with all the careers like you do!"
"Excuse me!?" That little shit head!
"You heard me! You've acted like a complete slut, I wouldn't be surprised if you spread your legs for the game makers to get that twelve!"
"I. Hate. You. Gale Hawthorne." I say evenly before turning sharply on my heel and storming to the elevator "I hope you die in the arena!" I yell back over my shoulder before riding up to the roof.
OH MY GOD I'm such a terrible person! What if that's the last thing I ever say to him. Maybe I should apologize...no. He started it.
CATO POV
I'm sitting on the edge of the roof when I hear, "God, why do you have to be here right now!"
I turn to face Cammie. Well Cammie's back "Hey, its just me, I know I'm amazing but I think 'God' is going a bit too far." I say smirking, "So are you here to say you've changed your mind?" I smirk at her. Her backs turned to me and I hear he sniffling. "Wait, are you... crying?" I ask incredulously, there is no way she's crying.
"Screw off Cato!"
I stand up and walk over to her. I reach out to touch her shoulder, "I said fuck off!" She tries to wrench her shoulder out of my grasp but I just spin her around and pull her into my arms. I'm not really sure what brought me to do this, I just did. She looks so innocent and small with her eyes all puffy and tears going down her face. Nothing like the warrior I've seen in the training center. Something about it makes me want to protect her with all my power yet at the same time my minds screaming, What are you doing?!
"Hey, whats wrong? Did your little boyfriend break up with you?" I decide to throw a jab to make up for the fact that I may or may not be hugging her but it doesn't come how it should've. It comes out sounding like I actually care... which I don't... I can't.
"He's not my boyfriend," She says whispers laying her forehead on my chest.
"But it is about him?" I ask, apparently a little too arrogantly because she attempts to push me away from her yelling,
"Just leave me alone Cato, its none of your damn business! Let me go you bastard! I said Let me-"
Thats when I kissed her. It sounded like a good idea in my head, besides all her screeching was giving me a headache...
*jfusgfuyhddiuh*
ASH POV
The platforms rise and I look around, we are surrounded by an endless expanse of blank, white space. "Tributes!" The voice erupts from an unknown source and echoes through the white abyss, "To celebrate the fourth Quarter Quell on the 100th anniversary of the Annual Hunger Games, we have added an extra surprise. The arena will change every day at midnight. In addition, there will not only be supplies within the cornucopia, but hidden within the arena as well! Now, let the 100th Annual Hunger Games begin!" The arena slowly begins to materialize around us as the countdown begins.
BIRCH POV
60 I am going to die
59 My Gran is going to watch me be murdered
58 Cato is going to chop my head of with his sword
57 I can't believe this is happening
56 Fuck, the arena's cold
55 I wish my grandma was here
54 Actually, I don't
53 Wish I was with Grandma
ZACH POV
52, 51, 50, 49, 48, 46
Come on Cammie, wink! Please just wink! I don't want to kill you!
GALE POV
45,43, 42 , 41 ,40
Please Cam, don't do anything stupid! God, please forgive me Cam!
MEREDITH POV
39,38,37 ,36, 35 ,34
They are going to kill me. When they figure out I'm betraying them, they'll kill me!
BEX POV
33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28
Damnit! Fire bitch is on the other side of the cornucopia!
CAMMIE POV
27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22
The edges of the cornucopia are appearing...
FOX-FACE POV
21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16
The cornucopia's a house?! Weird...
CLOVE POV
15,14,13,12,11
DAMN! I wish I could see my knives! All the good stuff must be in the house!
ASPEN POV
10, 9, 8, 7, 6
Maybe I should just step off my block and commit suicide, it might be less painful...
CAMMIE POV
5,4,3,2,1
Everyone better follow the plan!
KATNISS POV
BOOM!
My ears ring as I dash forward into the house. I climb the stairs, running up two at a time. Sprinting through the halls I see other supplies and tributes but no weapons. I keep going, my heart feels like it's going to pound out of my chest as I run up another flight of stairs. I see an orange pack at the top and grab it, I can't waste anymore time in here. That's when I hear Glimmer's indignant shout from the bottom of the stairs,
"Where are all the weapons!?"
Damnit! The careers are coming! I race down the hall and duck into a random room, closing the door behind me. The room is bare with no furniture. I slide down against the door and let out a sigh of relief as I hear their pounding footfalls pass outside my door. I can hear the screams of other tributes as they get killed, probably having their necks snapped by the brutes from 2 and 11...
I decide to open my pack, it'll be awhile before its safe to leave any ways.
CAMMIE POV
Think Cam, think! They wouldn't put the weapons upstairs, that's too easy, too obvious... I watch as tributes race up the stairs one after the other, pushing each other down the stairs to make it up first or to get out of the careers way. The careers storm up the stairs, Cato and Thresh snapping tributes necks as the run. A tribute slips down the stairs right in front of my feet, their neck snapping with a sharp crack Wait a minute... DOWN! The weapons are downstairs!
I race through the house jumping over the bodies of a few tributes and searching for a staircase that leads down. I shove through the chaos, all of them flocking up the numerous staircases, leaving me alone on the floor.
Here it is! It was a steep, rickety, winding staircase. The stairway was only light by the light from the floor above. I grabbed a pack resting beside the first step and rifled through it... a flashlight and a map of the house.
Probably figured that if you were this close to the stairs you knew what was going on...
I flicked on the flashlight and unfolded the map. The house went up six stories and only had the basement below it...
I applaud the game makers , the careers were probably on the top floor by now, but It'll buy me some time.
I race down the stairs as fast as I can while watching my footing. When I reach the bottom I'm in the corner of a humongous room.
Here it is... Completely unscathed...I bet Honorius is having a field day going on about the intelligent and deadly tribute from district ten right now.
I flick on the light switch and turn off the flashlight. The room is filled with supplies and weapons, an amazing treasure trove... Knowing I don't have time to just stand about I scan the room quickly, racing to the middle I take off my jacket to hide the knife vest underneath, knowing that it was meant for Clove. I grab the large duffle bag that sat beside it and unzip it.
Food, extra weapons, matches, clothes... the list goes on forever...
It was easily the biggest pack in the room yet was incredibly light...
Gotta love the Capitol and its magical technology...
I scanned the walls. Weapons were placed all along them. I grabbed the belt that was looped around the duffel bags straps and fastened it around my waist. The belt had loops on it, perfect for carrying weapons... I grabbed the high-end set of bow and arrows from their respective peg on the wall and slinged them over my shoulder,
Sorry fire bitch,
Then I took the samurai swords that rest beside them, putting them on opposite sides of the belt.
Hmmm... I hope Marvel doesn't miss these spears...
I think as I pull the whole set off the wall. These were easily his favorites and for a good reason... Next I nabbed the sash that had some nice carving knives, hatchets and discs and throw that on over my shoulder. Taking a last scan around the room I make my final selections. I swing the second largest bag over my shoulder, pickup a nice trident, and my favorite weapon... A dual ended sword. With that I run like my life depend on it up the stairs and out of the house. The game makers must be on my side because all of the equipment feels light as a feather.
No one caught me.
I bolt towards the woods secretly reprimanding myself for hoping Gale's okay.
CATO POV
We finally reach the top floor and what do I see. I see a sign that fucking says 'Maybe you should try checking the basement?'
I roar in frustration before yelling at the others "Go downstairs! And kill anyone in your way!" They all groan before catching sight of my deadly glare and high-tailing it.
We thundered down flight after flight killing seven tributes on the way down. As we reach the ground floor I growl in frustration. There, right by the edge of the woods is district ten carrying a shit ton of OUR supplies.
"Cato! I found the stairs!"
THE FALLEN TRIBUTES
Jonas-District 3
Mya-District 3
Mickey-District 5
Anna-District 6
Demetri-District 6
Xavier -District 6
Aspen-District 7
Birch-District 7
Bow-District 8
Sasha-District 8
Tina-District 8
Marley-District 9
Rye-District 9
Ash-District 12