A/N: Hey guys I'm back :) sorry for the delay, I've been busy with school, and exam week is also coming up so I gotta study :P On the positivie side tho, I've been working really hard and it's been paying off, I just got my math test back today and it was my best one so far :D So hopefully I'll continue to get good grades :) I know it's been like a month since I've last updated and I want to apologize, I got two new reviews over the time being and that really motivated me to write :) So here it is, enjoy. Don't forget to vote on my poll btw.
Alliances:
The Careers:
Claire and Keaton (District 1 Tributes)
Melissa and Logan (District 2 Tributes)
Sophia (District 4 Female)
Hunter (District 8 Male)
The Outcasts:
Makayla and Tristan (District 11 Tributes)
Autumn and Austin (District 12 Tributes)
The Girls:
Ariadna (District 3 Female)
Silvia (District 5 Female)
Mai (District 6 Female)
Lillian (District 8 Female)
The Siblings:
Abigail and Nathan (District 7 Tributes)
The Awkward Duo:
Dale (District 4 Male)
Iris (District 10 Female)
Chapter 10:
Greed
"You had to have it all,
Well have you had enough?
You greedy little bastard,
You will get what you deserve.
When all is said and done,
I will be the one to leave you in the misery and hate what you've become.
Intoxicated eyes, no longer live that life.
You should have learned by now, I'll burn this whole world down.
I need some peace of mind, no fear of what's behind.
You think you've won this fight, you've only lost your mind."
Had Enough - Breaking Benjamin
Day 2
Lillian Conner's POV District 8's Female Tribute
The knife came thrashing down, piercing my heart. My eyes fling open and bring me back to reality. Just a bad dream, I sigh in relief, I'm quick to realize where I am. The Hunger Games. In this arena, reality itself is a bad dream. I stroll over to the massive whole in the apartment's wall, where I can sit down and observe the abandoned city. It makes me wonder how long the Gamemakers would've taken to make this. They must've had thousands of Capitol machines working on every inch of the city, making sure it had to be perfect for this year's games. After all, that's all they care about, the games, watching 23 children get slaughtered. It brings me to wonder about my District partner, and how he's doing. I hate him, there's no doubt about it, he's a career after all. But if I would want anyone to win, apart from myself, it would be him. Yes, despite the fact that he's a horrible person, he'd bring a year's worth of food for my family, and I'd rather have that than some random tribute, I don't even know, win. Even if they deserve to win more than Hunter does.
I hear a loud yawn from behind me and I quickly turn around, Mai has just woken up. The others are quick to wake after that.
"So what now?" asks Ariadna "We've got enough supplies for at least 1 week, and we've got shelter, what's next? Do we hunt for tributes?"
"No I don't think we should look for tributes, it's too early for that, most of them are still in big alliances, and if we encounter the careers we'll have a problem." Responds Mai critically. She's right, we're probably the weakest alliance right now, maybe apart from the District 11 and 12 tributes, and the girl from 10, does she even have an alliance? I think I saw the boy from 4 running away with her.
"Yeah I agree with Mai, we should probably stay here, or look for supplies in the outskirts of the city, there probably won't be many tributes there." I suggest.
"Yeah, we should try to avoid tributes, but I don't think they'll be many supplies in the outskirts of the city, we'll find food inside the city. I just don't know in what state it'll be in…" This comes from Silvia.
"Good point, but the Gamemakers would surely have some kind of food supply somewhere for tributes to find, right? They always do in the games. Maybe we could find an abandoned supermarket or something like that." I suggest once again.
"Yeah, that'd be good, we probably shouldn't stay in the same place too long. Anyways, the Gamemakers will force us out of here eventually." Agrees Mai. And with that, we all got up and started packing our supplies. From the corner of my eye, I notice movement outside. I quickly look, and to my surprise I find the careers strolling by the main street, looking up at the buildings for any tributes they could spot. They could look right through the whole in the wall and right at me, I quickly move out of the way and into a corner of the apartment, where they wouldn't be able to see me from any angle.
"What are you doing?" asks Ariadna in a confused manner.
"The careers, they're right outside, on the main street."
Panic arose for the three other girls. Ariadna's eyes widen in fear and the other two look nervous and confused. They all risk a peek through the hole in the ceiling to look, and they all see the six menacing tributes strolling down the main street as if it was just another casual day in their lives.
"What do we do?" asks Ariadna in fear.
"It would be smart to get out of here as soon as possible, there's only one way out, and that's through the stairs in the interior. If the careers decide to come inside the building and we tried to escape while they're here, we'd eventually meet, and we're in no condition to fight them. We're outnumbered, in terms of tributes and weapons. The smartest thing to do would be to leave now in hope that they won't decide to come up the building while we're leaving, if we wait, then we'll be stuck here until they decide to move on." Replies Mai. Once again, she's got the situation well thought out.
"Yeah but why would they go in this building. It's not like they're going through every single building looking for tributes. They're probably searching to see if they can find any on the street or close to them. Why would they come up our apartment block? It would make more sense to stay here and wait for them to pass and once they're out of sight, go down." This comes from Silvia.
"Yeah but what if they decide to come up our building? Then what do we do? Even if the odds of them coming up here are slim, in the event that they do, how do we escape without confronting them? There's only one way in and out. It's not like we can jump out the window if they're coming up. How can we be sure that they won't be coming up? The smartest thing to do is get out of here as quickly as possible before they decide what to do." Responds Mai. By this point, they're both arguing and screaming. The careers have noticed us, and they're headed towards the building.
Autumn Govern's POV District 12's Female Tribute
Going to the residential area was a pretty good idea. We didn't run into any tributes, and shelter is all around us. I got to sleep in a bed last night, something I never imagined that I'd do in the Hunger Games. I guess this arena ended up being a benefit for us. We decided to not stay in the same place all the time, so we all agreed to move houses every morning, that way if other tributes won't be able to pinpoint us so easily.
We stroll around the neighborhood of houses. Every house looks exactly like the typical houses you see in films. Well, houses from really old films, from the Pre-Panem era. The Pre-Panem era was the time before Panem arose from ashes. Then there came the Panem era, there are two sections in this era: The Pre-Hunger Games era, and the Post-Hunger Games era, one being before the Hunger Games were invented and the other being our current era, once the games have already been invented and are taking place. We decide to enter into on of the houses to have a food break. This is going to have to be our breakfast and lunch. As we enter the house I notice that there is a bookshelf on corner of the house. I walk over to it and take a book. It's extremely dusty, I blow some of it off the cover, enough so that I can read the title. Harry Potter. What an odd name. Names in the Pre-Panem era were really weird. They called children names like Molly and David. I know quite a few people in 12 that have names from the Pre-Panem era. Apparently their parents like these very old classical names. In our time, every District has their own series of names that they call their children. In District 1 people call their children things like Ruby and Gloss. They're kids are named after gems or words that resemble light. In District 2 & 6 they take names from ancient mythology. Names like Andromeda, Heleus, Ares and Hermes are quite common. In fact I quite like these kinds of names. Surprisingly this year there are a lot of tributes with names coming from the Pre-Panem era.
Lost in thought, I barley realize Austin calling for me. I turn my head towards him and see him next to some hidden passage door.
"We found a secret basement right here." He says, and points to the passage. I walk over to him as he climbs down the old ladder. I climb down with him. I find myself in a brick room with torches around it. There are cobwebs in the corners. There's quite a lot of dust on the floor too.
"Autumn, we found supplies!" yells Austin as I head over to him. There are four backpacks, two small black boxes, and a first aid kit. I take one of the boxes and open it and find it full of food of all sorts. I start filling my backpack up with us much of it as I can fit in there. I then proceed to examine the contents of the one of the backpacks. It's like the ones you find at the cornucopia, it has the same supplies as the one I got. Except this one has small binoculars. This doesn't make sense. Why would there randomly be all these supplies here in a room that wasn't even too hard to find? Tristan just pulled a lever and a passage opened up. This was too easy, plus the lever wasn't even hidden.
"Oh my god guys…" Makayla interrupted my train of thought.
"What is it?" I said in annoyance as I turned around to see whatever she was complaining about. I noticed my eyes widening in fear as a current of lava headed towards us. Where did this come from? I notice two holes in the ceiling of the room where the lava is coming from. We have to get out here now. I can feel the heat of the burning substance heading towards us penetrating my skin. Makayla and Tristan are almost out of the room in a blink of an eye, they barley took anything with them, just a first aid kit and a tiny backpack with food. I grab two backpacks as I run in their direction, but the room begins to shake and I trip over. Ruble begins to fall from the ceiling as parts of the room collapse. Loud bangs are heard, and a rock falls onto the lava causing some of it to splash near me. I know a few drops have hit me when a pang of pain hits my left hand. I get up quickly and look behind me once more to see if Austin is okay. I see him stuffing his backpack with supplies.
"Austin we have to get out of here! What are you doing?! We don't have time!" I yell on the top of my lungs with every inch of desperation in my voice. No reply, just a slight groan as a small rock falls onto his shoulder. The lava has now engulfed half of the room, and more keeps pouring out of the wholes in the ceiling. I hate to do this, but I need to move on, and if in order to survive I must leave Austin behind, then so be it. I leave quickly as the room collapses behind me, I find the passage where the 11's left through and I go through there. Once I'm through the entrance I risk a glance back and I find the whole floor of the room covered in lava, I hear shouts of pain from the very back of the room, recognizing Austin's voice sends a pang of guilt and sorrow through me. But I did what I had to do, I'd be dead if I'd done otherwise. The whole room now collapses at once. I manage to hear a cannon in the distance. Well, District 12's hopes are on me now.
I walk through the passageway behind the 11's. I hate myself, I hate these games, I hate Austin for being so greedy. I just want to go home. I don't want to stay here anymore, but I have no choice. Ugh. If only Austin would've looked around, maybe that would've knocked some sense into him. The truth is, there's no room for greedy people in the games, and it's better off that he dies like this than to the hand of a career. We finally make it back to the house, and we don't hesitate to leave it behind. As we walk outside, the night falls on the arena. The anthem will play soon, and Austin's face will illuminate the sky with the rest of the fallen tributes. But now that I think about it, I believe it was only Austin that died. We didn't hear any other cannons, so that would indicate that there are only 17 tributes standing. Which is quite a lot, but it surely makes me one step closer to coming home, if I win of course. Which is highly unlikely considering my odds that the Gamemakers gave me. Apparently I have the odds of 27-1 of coming out alive. I guess they should've slightly improved since 7 tributes are dead.
Loud music invades my ears and I'm quick to recognize it. The anthem. Austin's face solitarily illuminates the sky, it's quick to fade away. Then a big 17 pops up indicating that there are 17 tributes remaining. The sky now darkens. Sleep beings to consume me. I don't fight it.
Blight Bowers' POV District 7 Male Mentor
I watch Nathan take watch as Abigail falls rapidly to sleep. We had a fairly successful day, no fights, no inconveniences. So far so good. I look around the control room and find that quite a few mentors have already left. Joanna has left, and so have Heleus, Memory, and a few other mentors, which usually stay longer. The District 1 Female Mentor is still there, I think she was called Spinelle. Then there's Cecilia, the District 8 Female Mentor. I've talked to her once or twice before, she's usually cheerful except when the Hunger Games take place. It's like someone sucks the life out of her on Reaping Day. Demeter, the District 10 Male Mentor is also here, and Haymitch District 12's only mentor.
I look over at the death board. The only new addition to it is the District 12 boy. Both of my tributes are still alive, as expected. Last year we had a very good pair: A smart girl, Hannah, and a very strong boy, Joshua. Hannah came 6th and Joshua came 5th. Hannah decided to take on Joanna's strategy for the games and pulled it off very well, of course after a while people began to figure out her trick, especially since Joanna had used the strategy during the 69th Hunger Games, just 2 years before. That's why she didn't have the upper hand anymore when she fought against the District 9 Female. She fought well, but the girl from 9 was simply better. Joshua was different. I suppose the games changed him over time. I don't know what happened, but one night, he found the District 6 girl and the District 4 boy, which were in an alliance, he completely lost it and got into a fight with them. The District 4 boy and Joshua killed each other. Joshua knew he couldn't win against a team of two. Yet he picked that fight, I presume it was because he lost his mind, but I figured it could've also been an indirect suicide. He didn't want to show to Panem he was weak, and decided to die in a fight he knew he couldn't win. But why suicide? He was one of the strongest left, why take his own life after he'd gone so far? Questions I still have not managed to find the answer to. I look back over to my control screen; a shot of Nathan is shown while he sits on the edge of the apartment looking out at the abandoned city he's been left in. We've got a chance this year. Nathan's will to protect his sister is strong, he'll give up his life for her, and Abigail is a strong fighter herself, I believe in them.
A/N: OH LORD JESUS IT'S A FIRE! I'm sooo sorry for not updating in like 2 months or whatever. I've been busy, but mainly lazy. This past 2 weeks I've has exams so that's a bit of a valid excuse… I guess. I have been extremely lazy and kept on telling to myself: "I'll put up a new chapter next week" every freaking week. So I'm sorry. Forgive me? Yes? No? Maybe? :D I DO NEED YOU GUYS TO REVIEW! Part of what made me put up a new chapter a review I got begging me to write more, so pleaaaaaseee REVIEW and go on my poll and vote for your favorite character, a winner hasn't been determined yet so you have a chance at maybe making your favorite character last longer, or even win! :O
Dead Tributes:
24th Place: Rylie Naples (District 9 Female)
Killed by: Landmine
Place: Pedal stone
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 00:00:00:00
23rd Place: Malik Stevens (District 9 Male)
Killed by: Melissa Hemmis (District 2 Female)
Place: Cornucopia Bloodbath
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 00:00:00:56
22nd Place: Evan Stein (District 6 Male)
Place: Cornucopia Bloodbath
Killed by: Braydon Serre (District 5 Male)
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 00:00:01:03
21st Place: Braydon Serre (District 5 Male)
Place: Cornucopia Bloodbath
Killed by: Keaton Lentz (District 1 Male)
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 00:00:01:43
20th Place: Darren Hacker (District 3 Male)
Place: Cornucopia Bloodbath
Killed by: Sophia Press (District 4 Female)
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 00:00:02:01
19th Place: Andrew Stang (District 10 Male)
Place: Cornucopia Bloodbath
Killed by: Claire Cludiant (District 1 Female)
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 00:00:03:05
18th Place: Austin Pelikan (District 12 Male)
Place: Residential Area
Killed by: Gamemakers (Lava/Rubble Trap)
Time in the Games (days/hours/minutes/seconds): 01:13:56:13
Living Tributes:
District 1:
Female: Claire Cludiant (17)
Training Score: 10
Odds of winning: 5-1
Male: Keaton Gold (17)
Training Score: 10
Odds of winning: 5-1
District 2:
Female: Melissa Hemmis (16)
Training Score: 9
Odds of winning: 6-1
Male: Logan Voss (18)
Training Score: 10
Odds of winning: 4-1
District 3:
Female: Ariadna Meyer (15)
Training Score: 6
Odds of winning: 29-1
District 4:
Female: Sophia Press (17)
Training Score: 9
Odds of winning: 7-1
Male: Dale Alderman (17)
Training Score: 9
Odds of winning: 6-1
District 5:
Female: Silvia Heffernan (15)
Training Score: 7
Odds of winning: 27-1
District 6:
Female: Mai Kilson (16)
Training Score: 8
Odds of winning: 20-1
District 7:
Female: Abigail Gould (16)
Training Score: 8
Odds of winning: 22-1
Male: Nathan Gould (17)
Training Score: 9
Odds of winning: 15-1
District 8:
Female: Lillian Conner (16)
Training Score: 7
Odds of winning: 27-1
Male: Hunter Lever (17)
Training Score: 9
Odds of winning: 8-1
District 9:
District 10:
Female: Iris Perricone (14)
Training Score: 8
Odds of winning: 15-1
District 11:
Female: Makayla Zideck (15)
Training Score: 6
Odds of winning: 35-1
Male: Tristan Ray (18)
Training Score: 8
Odds of winning: 14-1
District 12:
Female: Autumn Govern (16)
Training Score: 7
Odds of winning: 27-1