DISTRICT 7 COLLUSEUM:
Mave Puglisi POV:
Me, Renshaw, and Lucinda were all lucky enough to escape the Bloodbath where Levi had perished.
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom." The cannons sound. They echo through the whole arena. I look up knowing that one of those cannons was for Levi.
"What did you get in the packs?" Lucinda asks breaking me out of my daze. Renshaw had gotten three packs of all medium size. He also had gotten four throwing axes. Renshaw looks up, the front of his hoodie had been sprayed with blood and he had been trying to wipe it off since they arrived in the coliseum. Lucinda and I had both ran to the Coliseum instantly. I had grabbed her hand and we had both sprinted here not wanting to get into a conflict with another tribute weaponless. The coliseum was a great structure, it was made of all stone and had magnificent carvings of beasts and people slaying them. The archways were arched all over, as windows, doors, and just placed randomly. When we had first arrived we had walked around the whole stadium. The stadium wasn't that big, but it was of appropriate size to hide in and fight in. In the center of the coliseum was what must have been the fighting area. It was lowered into the ground and had dirt covering the ground with metal cages in the wall. We had all ran away from there.
"Well let's see." Renshaw says to us as he gives us each a pack as we sit down on the benches that watch the middle of the stadium. The pack I was handed was like a backpack but with one strap only. I rip into it wanting to see what prizes Renshaw was able to retrieve. I unzip the zipper and pull out its contents, a dagger falls out I hand that to Lucinda, since she would be no help with the axes. A water skin falls out I check it for water but its bone dry. Then a 7 foot piece of rope and a bottle of iodine.
"Oh! look what I got!" Lucinda exclaims as she holds up her things. In her pack there was a bag of dried beef, a metal bottle of water that was full, a pair of night vision goggles, and a black blanket that could clearly fit all of them. I run my hands through my hair and peer through run of the archways towards the Cornucopia. The careers are still there picking everything up and collecting their weapons that they could work with. There were only 6 of them though, and I am sure that Patch joined them, and unless someone died someone abandoned the pack.
"Okay this is good." Renshaw says as I pull my hood over my head and sit on the ground hugging my knees. I look at what Renshaw got, and I'm not disappointed. HE had also gotten a night vision goggles, he got a spare hoodie that could easily fit any of us.
"Were going to be okay." I say weakly as I look around at my allies faces. I don't know what to do in this arena, I'm only 13 I shouldn't be here. No one should.
"Are we going to sleep here?" Lucinda asks as she stands up and flips her hair back tying it with a hair tie.
"It would only seem logical. The careers are most likely going to go hunting where they for sure saw a tribute run off to. And I imagine that if Lena survived Patch will pursued the careers to hunt her down." Renshaw said as he pulled one of his axes out of his belt and felt the edge. I take a deep breath, I have found myself doing it even more since I have arrived in the arena. It must be a way to calm myself down I'm guessing.
"Seems about right." Lucinda says as she pulls her hood above her head and shudders. I haven't noticed it but the arena has been getting darker and colder. I look towards the Cornucopia again and squint my eyes for the career pack. No one is there, all I can see is tipped over boxes and supply crates. Either the careers are looking for a base camp, or they have already started to hunt. I peek my head out one of the arched windows and look at the stone ground, searching for any tributes.
"No one seems to be at the Cornucopia. I'm going to go look for some supplies." I say to my allies as I stand up and grab one of the axes from my belt, and grip it in my hand.
"Mave, no." Renshaw says to me as I start to make my way towards the steps from which we came.
"Renshaw I have to. There could be supplies down there that we need to survive! The careers couldn't have taken all of the stuff." I say to him as I move around him and slip down the stairs. I hear someone follow me. "Go back." I say into the darkness.
"I'm coming with you." I hear Lucinda say to me. Her face was more determined then I have ever seen it. Was it because Levi was no longer with them.
"Okay. Fine just follow me, and take out your dagger." I said to her as I shake my hair out of my face, and then put my hood up. Lucinda does the same. We run down the corridor of the coliseum. I whip my head around and look behind Lucinda the darkness is almost consuming us.
"Shhh..." I say to her as I slip a axe out of my belt and press against the wall. The only sound is the metal scratching against the wall.
"Hahahaha." I hear someone laugh. It's not a tribute I can figure that much out. The mutts are already out. I look at Lucinda and her face is mimicking mine. We nod to each other and sprint the rest of the way. We hope out of the nearest arch and land on the ground with a soft thud. I look up and see Renshaw sitting on the top level just barley visible. You wouldn't be able to see him if you weren't working.
"This way..." Lucinda says to me as she starts running towards the place where 7 souls were separated from their bodies. I jump after her and start following her. The moonlight reflects off the golden horn that sticks in the sky like a horn from a fallen monster. We reach the Cornucopia rather quickly and instantly start searching for supplies.
"Lucinda look at this..." I say to her as I approach the horn and look closer at it. There seem to be some kind of etchings on it. I put my axe in my belt and walk closer. I look over my shoulder and see Lucinda still rummaging through the supplies looking for anything useful. "Lucinda..." I gasp. Chills go down my back as I reach my hand out to touch the horn. The drawings on the horn are of grotesque creatures and humans with horrifying disfigurements. I touch the one with half a body of a snake and a body of a women, it starts to glow.
"Congratulation Tributes! You have summoned your first monster. There are many monster stones throughout the arena. When you activate one the monster is released into the arena and it is deadly and out for blood." Cheshire Lucifer's voice echo around the arena.
"MAVE! WHAT DID YOU DO!" Lucinda screams at me as she sees the stone glowing of the snake-women.
"I-I-I pressed the button!" I say back to her as I grab my axe out of my belt and look at the glowing stone. I whip my head around the arena and look for a monster or another tribute. Lucinda walks over to the cornucopia and touches another stone this one of a half man half bull, she presses another one of a mermaid type thing.
"Oh god..." Lucinda says as she looks at me.
"What?" I ask as a tear slides down my cheek and splashes against the blood stained ground.
"They don't want us to kill each other. They want the monsters to hunt us down and slaughter us." Lucinda says as her finger gabs at the three glowing stones. "I have read old mythology and the monsters were just summoned are the Medusa, the Minotaur, and sirens. They are all deadly and will kill you if you even look at them for some." Lucinda screams.
"Renshaw..." I trail off as I look at the coliseum, where my only link to home is.
"Lets go back now..." Lucinda says as she grabs her newly acquired items and takes one last look at the glowing stones...
GAMEMAKERS ROOM:
Game maker Craynaven POV:
"Release the monsters..." I say as I signal to Ace.
"Yes sir." Ace says as he flips three levers releasing the 3 monsters. I watch them slither out of their cages and start pursuing the tributes. I look onto the T.V screens that show all of the remaining tributes. I see the Careers all wake up from their slumber in the palace and grab their weapons and get in fighting position. Lena and Anselmo grab their weapons and their eyes widen. Bella and Gavin both hug each other and they fall back asleep.
"Why do they think they are safe?" I say to the people in the room.
"No one knows why tributes build up a false a sense of security." I hear Cheshire say as he leans back in his chair and takes a swig of his champagne.
"It might be because they want to feel smarter than us." Angeling said as she flips her bright green hair over her shoulder and looks at me.
"Don't listen just obey..." I say to the room as the tributes start getting more paranoid...
**Ya so I haven't updated in a super long time. But here we are but its only 1 tribute POV soooo... Sorry. Next Chapter is going to have these POV'S Terra, Evan, Anselmo, Belladonna. And There were no deaths this chapter to. How did you like the monsters that were released to kill the tributes?
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