A/N: Okay, so this is the final two and the official final chapter. There will be an epilogue for the winner though. Thank you so much for submitting and participating in the 57th Hunger Games. I am writing a sequel, so make sure you submit a tribute to it once it comes out!
(3rd Person)
Omega, one of the two tributes left, twisted Blake's neck until it popped painfully. He dropped to the ground with a horrid expression and cranberry sauce on his lips.
Her scaling eyes darted around the island swiftly. Where was her next prey?
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Mouse, the other tribute left, tromped through East Island. He was heading to the feast at Cornucopia Island, seeking out the other tributes left. He was making his way onto the platform, when he saw a dash of red hair streak across the West Island platform. Mouse ducked behind the large, "Welcome to East Island" sign.
The boy thanked his lucky stars when he realized her objective wasn't him. It was the other tribute who was left, Blake. Blake didn't even try to stop her; he just stuffed his mouth with food. He seemed to have something on his mind.
There was a deadly crunch, a cannon boom, a hovercraft, and then there was no one left but Mouse and his enemy.
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Omega grabbed a broken spear from the Cornucopia and took off her shoes. She would run better in the puddles without them.
After brushing the wild strands of red hair out of her face, she again searched for the other tribute. Ten minutes passed, and then she angrily kicked some sand.
"Where are you?" she shrieked. "Don't hide!"
No one showed themselves.
"Don't make me come after you!"
Again, there was a no show.
Omega growled with fury and started onto a platform to North Island. But as soon as she stepped foot onto it, the platform gave way. Just like an array of falling blocks, the platform broke into pieces and drifted away. Now no one had a chance of ever going back to North Island, unless they swam of course.
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Mouse watched as the girl from 5 picked up a broken spear from the Cornucopia. It was still just as sharp as a new one, and it made Mouse wonder who would ever leave it there.
Omega began searching for him, yelling for him to come out of his hiding place. Then she decided to take a chance to North Island. As she was stepping on to the platform, it gave way and floated away from her. She fell into the water with a splash, but desperately got back onto the island. Gasping and choking, she took a rest.
Mouse had the slight urge to snicker, but knew better. This wasn't a foolish child's game, it was the Hunger Games. He took out his knife in defense behind the wooden sign. He would have to go out sooner or later. But would the platform give way under him too? And shouldn't he go out and kill her now while her guard was down? Certainly the unexpected bath might've made her groggy and weak.
He pondered on whether to do this, when he heard a strange noise.
Caw! Caw!
Mouse turned around and found several mechanical birds flying straight for him. Their sharp claws resembled knives and their teeth were like a bear's.
He scrambled up and out of his hiding place, running straight onto the platform to Cornucopia Island.
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Omega wiped the seawater out of her eyes and groaned. This wasn't a very good moment for her and Panem. They would most likely be laughing at her.
Caw!
She cocked her head sideways to East Island. Something was making a noisy sound.
Caw!
Several machine-looking birds came out of the palm trees and flew toward Cornucopia Island. Omega saw an object get up from behind the sign and run onto the platform. She laughed as she realized it was the other tribute. She stood there to wait patiently, but soon thought better of it. The birds were gaining on him, and they would soon be on Omega too.
She quickly turned and ran toward the South Island platform. She tested her foot on it and to her dismay, the platform gave way again. She ran to the West Island one and it broke apart to. There was no escape.
Omega thought of a slim chanced idea. It would either get her killed, or it would save her life.
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Mouse was a very fast runner, yes indeed. But these birds were just as fast, flying like the wind itself. He arrived at Cornucopia Island and saw Omega run to the Cornucopia. She pulled herself up onto it, starting on the tail and working her way up.
Mouse thought this was a stupid idea. The birds would just fly up to the top and kill her. He took a risky glance behind his shoulder and found that the birds only flew close to the ground. He now understood her idea, and he was going to follow it.
She was now on top of the golden Cornucopia, watching Mouse's moves. He hopped onto the tail of the Cornucopia and inched his way up. The raindrops on it made it very complicated and slippery. Finally, he got onto it. A few meters over was Omega, watching down below to see if her wise plan had worked.
The birds knocked into the Cornucopia, and angrily glared at them with their red eyes. Mouse sighed with relief when the birds did not fly up to them. He was safe for now.
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Omega wanted to cheer with success. She had outsmarted a Gamemaker's trick. She knew that the birds could not fly higher than a couple of feet.
Her attention then turned to her enemy. She aimed her spear at the boy, as he aimed his knife at her. She laughed.
"Do you really think you can kill me?" she asked.
"I will," he answered.
She threw her spear, and he threw his knife at the same time. They collided and fell off of the Cornucopia, landing on a few unlucky birds' heads.
"Just my luck," Omega pouted.
Now it would have to be hand to hand combat. Omega ran straight to Mouse like a bullet. But halfway across the Cornucopia, a bird that had been climbing it, jumped onto her leg.
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District 5
Omega Von Dirge
I screamed as the claws pierced my open leg. Blood flowed from the wound like crazy. I tried to shove the bird off, but the stupid thing wouldn't budge. I shrieked once again, accidentally losing my balance.
The long journey down seemed like years before I finally hit my death.
District 3
Epoch 'Mouse' Selio
I gasped as Omega fell into the crowd of birds. I watched as they clawed at her and bit her, and I could only flinch and shudder. Omega was being eaten and torn apart alive.
"Epoch Selio," said Claudius Templesmith. "You have won the 57th Hunger Games."
I bit my tongue and collapsed onto the Cornucopia. The last sound I heard was the whirling of the hovercraft to pick me up from above. All I wanted to do was to break away from it all.
A/N: There will be an epilogue for Mouse. If you're not going to read it, look forward to the sequel and thanks!
