Hunger Games: Not a Pawn in their Games
Chapter 11 of my Hunger Games story, enjoy.
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Tragedy and Plans for Revenge
Kai turned his head towards the direction of the scream and his heart sank. Due to some unfortunate motion in her sleep, the hat of Cassia's Ghillie suit had come off, exposing her position. Standing above her was Citlali; she had impaled Cassia on her sword; smiling darkly. Before Kai could do anything, Birch gave a cry of anguish and rage, breaking cover and leaping up to attack Citlali with his sword. Citlali removed her sword from Cassia's body and parried Birch's strike, as well as the follow up strike. Blinded by rage and grief Birch was focused only on Citlali; therefore he didn't see Alazne approach him from behind before she had impaled him on her sword, the cannon boomed again and Alazne pushed the body off her sword to the ground. Kai realized that they knew he was there too and slowly stood up. Citlali smirked as she stepped forwards; Kai noticed the Careers had surrounded him.
Citlali smirked. "No escape now coal brat; you're on your own. Those two weaklings were so pathetic, can't believe how easy it was to kill them."
Janela laughed.
"Yeah, that's the truth." She remarked. "Can't believe they lasted this long, given how weak and useless they were."
"So easy to kill; all we had to do was pick our moment and it was done." Chase commented with a cold smile.
Kai glared. "You're cowards, killing people in their sleep; don't have the guts to face us face to face."
This caused Alazne to glare and several of the other Careers made noises of outrage. Citlali however remained smug and dangerous.
Citlali merely took another step forwards, slowly moving the tip of her sword in a steady circle.
"Talk all you want coal brat; this is the Hunger Games." She gave as way of explanation. "Anything goes; now, it's time for you to die."
She stepped forwards again; however Alazne then interrupted. "Hold it; care to explain why you get all the best kills, leaving the scrubs for us."
Citlali rounded on her.
"What was that, you dare question me?!" She screamed angrily.
Alazne glared back.
"I asked you something reasonable."
Citlali scoffed. "I'm in charge here; you'll do what I tell you. If you're really that ungrateful then fine, you can kill the rest of the losers around here. But the coal brat is mine."
With that she turned back to Kai. Her distraction towards Alazne had given him the chance he needed. He had to get out of here; it was his only chance, he clutched the bomb in his hand, hidden from their view.
"Ready to die, coal brat." She spat viciously.
Kai smirked and shook his head. "Not a chance, goodbye."
With that he threw the bomb at the ground and the thick could of smoke engulfed the Careers. Kai took that opportunity to push past Caspar, the weakest of the Careers, and made his escape.
The smoke cleared and the Careers looked around, seeing nothing but the two bodies of the District 7 tributes. Citlali glared, enraged that her target had escaped.
"You!" She snapped towards Alazne. "This is your fault, if you hadn't distracted me; I could've killed him by now!"
Alazne returned the glare and shook her head. "Oh please, you can't blame me for your incompetence. If you had been more careful…Gloated less; then you'd have killed him by now."
Citlali growled but before she could do anything Asher stepped between them.
"C'mon now, this is getting us nowhere." He remarked. "Let's go and get back to hunting these tributes, who knows Citlali, you might get another chance."
Citlali snarled at him but then sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Fine, let's go; there are still people in the mountains." She stated. "But if we see any hint of that coal brat's presence, we're taking it."
So they left the area and allowed the hovercrafts to collect the dead bodies; but not before looting the bodies for the siblings supplies and weapons. As they walked Citlali glared at Alazne.
'Stuck up bitch.' She thought bitterly. 'Who does she think she is, daring to question me? I'm the leader; she's supposed to do what I tell her to do.'
Still glaring at Alazne Citlali walked along with the others and they sought out further victims, she knew that the other coal brat was still out there, along with the District 11 tributes and the boys from 3 and 10; she would find them and soon they would all die and she would claim her rightful place as Victor of the Games.
Kai kept running, not daring to look back; he could hardly believe what had just happened.
'How, why…Those monsters…they…they killed them, just because they were with me.' He realized to his horror. 'If it had just been the two of them they wouldn't have killed them so horrifically, or in such a cowardly manner.'
Finally he stopped; unable to progress any further as tears stung his eyes; he blinked them away. He knew he had to stay focused or he would be easy prey for the Careers. He would have to take extra care now, he had to ensure, if he made any more Ghillie suits that they would stay in perfect place, regardless of movement. Despite his fears and his attempts to keep the memories of that drastic incident at bay, the entire day passed with no further casualties and Kai took cover for the night. He looked up at the sky when the Anthem played and Cassia and Birch's faces were shown in the sky. District 7 was no longer part of the Games.
Kai sighed sadly as the faces of his friends faded from the sky. 'I'm sorry, both of you, I'm so sorry.'
He drifted off into an uneasy and deeply troubled sleep.
Kai woke up on the sixth day of the Games, despondent and saddened by the loss of his two friends.
'I have to keep going, stay focused, find an area…then teach them a lesson.' His sadness turned to anger at the Careers for their actions. 'Just gotta keep looking, find the perfect area and finally show them just what my bombs are capable off; they've seen my smoke bomb in action now, still got one left.'
He thought carefully about his bombs; He had three lethal bombs, made from the shrapnel of most of his throwing knives. He also had his two caltrop bombs and a blood bomb, one more smoke bomb and a final bomb, one which would aid him greatly in drawing the Careers out; a smoke signal bomb. Kai was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of movements nearby; he quickly drew his hunting knife and took cover, waiting. He was relieved however when he saw that it was Liora, she wasn't alone either. With her was Galatea Elore and Joyic; Kai stepped out from behind the tree, the three of them jumped but then calmed down. Liora approached him.
"Kai, are we glad to see you." She remarked. "The Careers have gone to the mountains. We were there until we heard them; we just ran, found ourselves here."
Kai nodded. "They just left here…They killed Birch and Cassia…"
The trio saw Kai's despondent look and realized the truth; Kai had befriended and allied with the two siblings and felt responsible for their deaths.
Kai decided to bring the younger tributes under his protection. He took extra care when making their Ghillie suits, explaining to all of them his plans. They were surprised but agreed with him; curious about how he planned to deal with the Careers. The day passed without casualties; the following day was most uneventful; they gathered food and Kai made sure they had everything they needed. Soon they found the perfect location for Kai's plan to deal with the Careers.
"This is it." He remarked. "Okay, it's late, tomorrow, we'll get to work, deal with the Careers…"
He looked around as if hoping the Gamemakers were watching him as he announced.
"…Then I'll give the Capitol a show they'll never forget."
Kai just hoped that would be enough to let the second bloodless day pass without springing traps first thing in the morning. So day seven passed and day eight dawned, with Kai ready to put his plans against the Careers into action.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
Asher Longhand (18)
Citlali Tate (17)
Chase Winter (17)
Alazne Barca (14)
District 3 Male (15)
District 3 Female (17) * 10
Caspar Till (14)
Janela Maxwell (15)
District 5 Male (16) * 3
District 5 Female (14) * 2
District 6 Male (17) * 6
District 6 Female (17) * 7
Birch Aspen (17) * 12
Cassia Aspen (17) * 11
District 8 Male (16) * 9
District 8 Female (17) * 5
District 9 Male (14) * 4
District 9 Female (18) * 8
Joyic (14)
District 10 Female (15) * 1
Dashiell Williams (18)
Galatea Elore (14)
Kai Raithebone (16)
Liora Jade (13)