A/N: Hello tributes!
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Your Gamemaker, Ellie x
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Chapter 10
District 10, Roll the dice
-.-.-.-.-Tara Able, Female, 15-.-.-.-.-
Coursing through my veins is a drug that can control me.
Force me into strange actions.
Leave me defenceless...
I've never been defenceless.
Being daughter of District 10's mayor, I was always assured food and clean water.
A bed and a house.
A family to wake up to.
A group of people I could control.
And the protection of the peacekeepers.
I hadn't realised how cushioned my life had been until yesterday night.
I mean, even that morning I had still been in that stupid daydream; believing I wouldn't come to any harm.
Because I'm the mayor's daughter.
And harm doesn't just happened to people like me.
I glance around the small, sedated lounge.
My eyes flicker over the prep teams and then to my escort.
Nothing but angles in a hard wooden chair, Dolyce's eyes haven't left the TV screen in half an hour.
A shiver shakes my body.
I can see she's not looking at me but I still feel like her eyes are trained on my face.
Banishing the thought, my blue eyes flutter across to Juan, my District partner.
He too is looking down at his hands, like I was only a minute before.
They're big hands, too big for his small body.
I don't know why that was so important to me.
Maybe I just needed to distract myself from the numbers that would be appearing on the screen.
My eyes trail over the rest of him, noting how the rest of his seems to be mismatched too.
I stop looking when I see the scar.
Pulling my eyes back to my knuckles, I'm silently praying he didn't see me.
But he did.
I can feel his stare piercing my lily-white skin.
I know I should feel ashamed but all I can think about is that scar.
And not a scar.
The scar.
The scar of the century, I'd bet; all pink skin and worn blisters.
A burn mark perhaps.
A sort of chafing?
Or maybe something else entirely...
The thought has my stomach doing acrobatics.
So absorbed in 'the' scar that I don't notice the pre-game waffle has finished and the first Districts are receiving their marks.
It's not till District 4 that I zone back, training my eyes back on the screen.
It's a nice screen. Flat and sharp.
Just like a good man should be.
But here I am, getting distracted again!
I peer at the people flashing up on the screen and listen intently to the sounds.
"Talise from District 4 getting a good number with 10."
I'm not surprised really. Teaming up with the brainiac from 3 has already proven she's not completely brain dead.
I glance quickly back at Juan, who's staring at me disapprovingly.
I sigh softly.
Boy must be a mind-reader.
I don't know what he has to disprove but I know I'm not being honest.
Talise is super sweet and kind AND she has a hot boyfriend.
I examine my cuticles hard. If I'm going to be completely honest here, which, let's be honest, is super hard and something I hate doing, I'm probably just...
Just jealous.
Oh my-
"What is happening to me!"
I'm never jealous! Why would I be? I'm amazing and damn sexy.
And of a pathetic girl from 4!
The world ought to be burning.
In my horror, I'd accidentally shouted the words out loud.
The preppers-or what ever you call them-stare wide-mouthed at my out burst.
Juan gives me the once over, bemused.
Doylce's eyes still haven't moved.
"Well shut your mouths, then," I'm so livid and their reactions I can feel steam coming from my nostrils "You don't want to be catching any flies like that."
The prep team's jaws snap shut with a hard crunch.
Straightening my skirt, I realize I leapt to my feet at some point.
I perch back down on the sofa, flick back my hair-a signature move-and try to soften my facials.
I mean, anger creates lines and that's something that I just can't afford if I'm going to be in the spotlight so much once I win.
Once my attention is fixed back on the flat screen, I watch Grit from District 5 receive a 6.
Predictable.
This was just like watching tacky cat fights at school where the two girls always broke down in tears, clinging to each other saying: "You know I never meant to sleep with your boyfriend!"
"I know. You're my best friend Kathy, I love you!"
"I totally love you too!"
It was all totally, 100% predictable.
The deaf girl from 6 scored a 4 (yawn).
Seth scored a 5 (more yawning).
Gekikara scored a 1 (boring-
Wait.
Hold up!
I look across to see if anyone else shares my puzzlement and find Juan scratching a zit on his chin, brows knitted together in confusion too.
This did so not make sense.
I swear, my manicured nails and I are getting to the bottom of this.
But I didn't have time to properly think it through because Tasi was flashing up bearing a 6 and
Orchid a sad 4.
I started to pick at my nails again-damn, they were cracked-until I heard the announcer confirm Kasha's solid 8 and Jordyn's average 5.
My District was up and I saw my face appear behind Griffith and his tasteful choice of a suit.
Seriously, I had to get in touch with his tailor.
I cross by fingers behind my back, afraid Juan would see me vulnerable in hope.
"...And now Tara Able, District 10."
"She was a feisty thing, wasn't she?" Griffith's co-host laughs.
"She sure was Burton. Let's see if the Gamemakers thought so to..."
They turn around to face the screen.
My Adam's apple bobs up and down as I gulp.
A number flashes up onto the screen.
A number that is surely going to end my life...
Or save it.
I peer closer and realise it's a 7, Not the 2 I first believed it was.
I sniff back the tears I hadn't realized I'd been holding and sigh with relief.
'Bring it on, Tributes,' I think to myself, regaining my so-called, 'cocky' composure.
'Let's see what you've got.'
-.-.-.-Juan Nicre, Male, 14-.-.-.-
I've always been a 'normal' boy from a 'normal' family who lived in a 'normal' house.
I achieved 'average' grades and my friends were all 'average' too.
I was fine with this sort of lifestyle until around 6 months ago.
Something began to grow inside me then.
Something fiery and disruptive.
I tried to ignore it.
I must have had 'average' will-power too because before long I was running round stealing eggs and cussing at police officers.
I had gotten sick of 'normal'.
I wanted to live.
And that desire is what dumped me here; sitting across the room from the most arrogant and self-centred girl in all of District 10.
I watch her face as she she's a vibrant blue 7 flash up onto the screen.
A wash of relief flushes her face quickly followed by proud smirk.
I shake my head in disgust.
Proud?
Of what?
Your potential ability to kill someone?
"Juan Flayin up next."
I snap my head back towards the screen.
A bright 5 appears next to my mug-like shot.
I shrug my shoulders.
It was what I expected.
An average number for an average boy.
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Training Scores
District 1: Demio Torn-11
Aubrey Edge-9
District 2: Quilla Perchbridge-10
Maximus Sharp-10
District 3: Sontly Volt-2
Titan Rommel-7
District 4: Talise Brokelynn-9
Coral Rubnatsky-10
District 5: Rosalie Aduriza-8
Grit Gerria-6
District 6: Annoise Heflot-4
Seth Killian-5
District 7: Gekikara Castielle-1
Tasi Merkava-6
District 8: Orchid Haltin-4
Colt Tane-6
District 9: Kasha Barric-8
Jordyn Falyin-5
District 10: Tara Able-7
Juan Nicre-3
District 11: Lyra Yew-8
Granger Tillman-9
District 12: Katri Cronan-7
Darien Hatake-8
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Allies
Career pack: Deimo Torn and Aubrey Edge, District 1, And Quilla Perchbridge and Maximus Sharp, District 2.
Alliance: Titan Rommel, District 3, And Talise Brokelynn and Coral Rubnatsky, District 4.
Alliance: Tara Able, Disrtict 10, And Darien Hatake, District 12.
Alliance: Seth Killian, District 6, And Lyra Yew and Granger Tillman, District 11.
Alliance: Tasi Merkava, Distirct 7, and Kasha Barric, District 9.
Alliance: Jordyn Flayin, District 9, and Orchid Haltin, District 8.
No alliance formed to date:
Sontly Volt, District 3.
Grit Gerria And Rosalie Aduriza, District 5.
Annoise Heflot, District 6.
Gekikara Castielle, District 7.
Colt Halter, District 8
Juan Nicre, District 10.
Katri Cronan, District 12.
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A/N: Yes, the 2nd part is ludicrously short. I still hoped you enjoyed. :)
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