AS OF 12/4/2017 THIS BLOODBATH IS IRREVERENT AS IS ALL THE CHAPTERS AFTER. I'm not going to delete the chapters as I feel it's good to just have them there. I'm rewriting the bloodbath 3 years after I released the first chapter as I feel tbf it was a pretty shocking start to the games and I didn't enjoy it one bit. Happy hunting fellas
Yes it's the Bloodbath. I'll post the colours of all the Tributes outfits next chapter but If anyone wants to see the amazingly drawn picture of the outfits which my friends drew then you can check my Profile for it.
So let's all remember that this is The Hunger Games and your Tribute has a 1/24 chance of coming out and then you have all the other factors which come in which just make it an even lesser odds. So most likely your Tribute will not make it out of the Games alive. I know it can be really saddening when your Tribute dies, most authors have been through the same thing. You can leave your disappointment in a review I'm fine with that but please do not start hating on the story/ any other authors that may of been responsible for your Tributes death. (P.s thanks for 100 reviews, or 99 but 99 is near enough 100)
This chapter may be on the /shorter/ side but Please enjoy!
Today was the day.
Tributes woke up one by one, some tried their hardest to hold back tears whilst others jittered with excitement.
Max tried his hardest to eat his food, each piece of toast tasting stale in his mouth. He felt like the walls were closing in on him and all he wanted to do was curl in a ball and cry.
Tributes started to head to the roof, their stylist telling them they'll see them before they go into the arena. Each of them boarded the hovercraft, most alliances seated near each other.
They felt the hovercraft leave its destination, the lucky tribute's who managed to see a window saw the hovercraft fly over the mountains before they blacked out.
"I shouldn't have ate them Potato Crisps..." Silvia said to Kurt as she held her stomach in.
"You look fine, don't worry." Kurt said as the 5 Careers sat next to him. "Anyway we have a lot bigger things to worry about."
Mace noticed the small attention they were both giving them. "Hey frizzy, good look in the arena. Maybe it'll be a tropical desert so it makes your hair look nicer."
"You know an awful lot about hair for a boy. Such a shame that doesn't make yours look any nicer." Silvia replied distastefully, a smirk crossed Kurt's lips.
A woman in white clothing came into the hovercraft and injected each tribute with a flashing chip. Each one of them watching it sink into their skin and flash, the realization of how close the games are finally closed in on each of them.
Every conversation stopped as the lights dimmed out, the only thing audible was Alice's panicked shouts.
Thomas grabbed her hand and gripped it tight, he told himself it was for her but he knew deep down that he needed it just as much as she did.
They landed. Each Tribute walking down a hall, some shared farewells whilst others tried their hardest not to break down.
Their stylist took the outfit off the hanger whilst every Tribute thought the same thing.
These outfits aren't made for camouflage. They're made for the complete opposite.
The girls wore tight-fitting t-shirts which's colours changed with the Districts, each Stylist told their Tribute that it was made for easy movement and especially easy arm movements. They also wore tight-fitting leggings which go down to their knees this also movement easier.
Similarly the boys wore tight-fitting t-shirt that also changed colours with the Districts which worked the same as the female's but instead of the leggings they wore loose-fitting black shorts.
To finish it all off all Tributes had to put on a black short-cropped jacket which it's sleeves went to the elbow and fell right before the waist. Each Tribute's stylist told their Tribute that it was made of a fabric that didn't let water sink in but mostly it was to make the Tributes look nicer.
Each Tribute stepped on their plate whilst their Stylist told their Tribute not to step off their plate too soon. Then they felt a sharp movement as their plate moved upward.
Darkness, the only thing Tributes could see until lights flashed on brightly and they staggered back, Nixie almost falling off her plate.
Then the countdown began.
60...59...58...
There were 6 walls around the Cornucopia forming a hexagon shape, the walls were made of a strong glass and behind the glass was thousands upon thousand of vibrant fish that consisted of millions of colours, no two fish being the same.
...50...49...48...
Each wall had two exits which most led into a different room than another exit. Tributes tried their hardest to pick out every little bit of this room had to offer, most of them already coming to the conclusion of what the arena is.
...40...39...38...
Above the Cornucopia was a giant chandelier which consisted of Diamonds, the diamonds reflected light everywhere they could. Around the Cornucopia was small, circular bodies of water, they were big enough for a tribute to be completely consumed by. In between the spaces items were littered around, the best items being at the bottom of the small pools and inside the cornucopia. Just before the Cornucopia there was a small ring of water which circled around it, most Tributes could easily step over it.
...30...29...28...
Life was thriving all throughout this arena, many aquatic animals were waiting for the Tributes. The peaceful silence of the arena would soon be filled with the cries of dying children. The only thing barely audible was the soft sound of water pumping into the tanks of the animals.
...25...
This arena was made for me! Tobias thought to himself, he could feel adrenaline rushing through him. He knew eyes were on him, probably wondering if they could make a last minute alliance. Tobias knew these games were as good as his.
...24...
Trinity could see two bows, one in a pool of water and one inside the Cornucopia. She'd realized not every pool of water has a weapon inside which made her think some where mere traps. She was fast, she could run and get her bow then York was hers, she'd make him regret everything.
...23...
I love you Rye. Aviva gestured to herself. She hadn't taught Nathaniel the word for 'Love' so she knew only one person in Panem would know what that meant. She turned around and set her sights on the door behind her.
...22...
Nathaniel couldn't see anyone in his alliance apart from Alice and Aviva. He could feel his eyes drooping, all he wanted to do was fall down and go to sleep. You have people counting on you! He shouted to himself which managed to drive enough adrenaline in him to wake him up a tiny bit more, he set his sights on Aviva and planned to follow her into the door.
...21...
Casmerirl found herself surround by Careers, next to her was the ponytailed dude from 10, and on the other side was Domitia and Arabella.. She knew Niall was counting on her so she set her sights on the Cornucopia, a small voice inside her telling her she wouldn't make it out.
...20...
Pyla couldn't see the inside of the Cornucopia but she knew they wouldn't leave out an axe. The people around her weren't threats, She knew she'll be able to out speed most people here and for once she'll be able to prove her father wrong.
...19...
Mace could see himself in the reflection of the floor, he fixed his hair then struck a seductive pose. Eyes will be on you, gotta look good for the cameras. Mace turned around to his left and was almost taken aback. Oh this is good He thought as a sinister smile crossed his lips.
...18...
They put me next to him! Thomas screamed inwardly. He was placed next to Mace, it couldn't off been done randomly right? He regretted telling Nathaniel to not go into the Bloodbath, now all he can do is hope Alice can get enough for the rest of his alliance to survive.
...17...
Max felt like he was going to throw up. He was dripping with sweat. Next to him was Domitia, whose eyes were twinkling with anticipation. He just wished he could share the same feeling, joy seemed a lot more fun than fear.
...16...
Joy was definitely not the emotion pummelling through Domitia. Eyes on the prize Domitia. She thought. Jason would be watching her, she found her hand tracing the carved lion on her necklace. Jason will be fine, you're the one fighting for you life. Not him, so start acting like the Career you were born to be.
...15...
York's statement last night was still stuck in his throat. Not nervous? Sure, that's exactly why you're shaking so much. He needed that Pickaxe, his 7 made sure they put one in right? He could only hope.
...14...
Pink? Those mongrels put me in pink?! Shawn screamed inwardly as he tried to pull his black jacket around his shirt, sadly the jacket didn't go past his waist so there was still a lot of pink visible. Shawn knew he wasn't the fastest and he'd already spotted a cleaver in a body of water not that far away from him, he just hoped he could stand up in it, drowning would not be an honorable way to die.
...13...
Ursula could see Maize not that far away from her, she fantasized about this day for days... He would run up to her and hug her, whisper in her ear that he will protect her, fight off any career that got in her way. It would be perfect...Oh Maize.
...12...
Kurt felt like all the cheap Capitol food would come back up from his throat. This isn't happening. This is all just a bad dream. Rip will be waking me up soon and I'd go back to hating Silvia. But then something ticked inside him, he didn't want to hate Silvia.
...11...
Alice could feel she was on the verge of a breakdown, she was feeling nauseous, her breathing had become rugged. She felt her knees begin to falter. No, I have to show everyone I'm not a joke. She went into a crouch and set her sights on the cornucopia. Not long now...
...10...
Sam didn't want to risk her life at the Cornucopia so she turned around and set her sights on the exit, she wondered what possibilities were awaiting her on the other side...
...9...
Acestes went into the sprinting position, Maize was a few places down from him and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him. He shook the thoughts away and set his eyes on the double-axe that he knew has to be in the cornucopia.
...8...
Nixie knew she should have been set to win in this arena but her swimming wasn't as good as it should have been. Luckily there was no obvious swimming to be done here. How funny would a District 4 Tribute drowning be?
...7...
Kinnison could see an axe in a body of water not so far away from him, he wasn't that much of a strong swimmer but he knew he'll be able to get it. He just hopped he would be able to get out of the Bloodbath after that...
...6...
Arabella knew she'll be able to survive the Bloodbath if she managed to find her alliance and hoped she could find her dagger. She glanced over to Tobias and regretting not trying harder to recruit him. If I had just used my body...
...5...
Niall could feel himself jittering with excitement, the buff girl from 4 was standing next to him and the small glint of the knife inside a pool of water brought an idea to his head...
...4...
Silvia felt like she was going to throw up. She needed to look her best for the cameras and shed off the potato chips from last night, she met eyes with Kurt before giving him a small nod. They were both going to fight.
...3...
Eve had been gone for the past minute, only just waking up from her dream a few seconds ago. She didn't have time to think of a plan so she decided to run away and hope for the best.
...2...
Maize was forming a plan in his head, trying his hardest to think of a plan to get out of killing Ursula. He looked back up at the clock which was getting down to the final second. He had no plan, he would have to think on the spot.
...1...
The gong sounded and the peace of the arena ended in the sound of Tributes feet hitting the marble floor.
Nathaniel sprinted towards Aviva, trying his hardest to not to fall into the many circular pools of water. His foot almost slipped at one point as Acestes charged past him, almost knocking him into a pool behind him but he managed to catch up to Aviva and grab her hand and pulled her forward as they both ran into the room away from the Bloodbath.
As with them two, Eve and Sam were the only others to run away from the Bloodbath leaving the other 20 Tributes to fight for their lives in the initial Bloodbath.
Tom and Mace were running side by side both speeding past the pools of water that intersected them between the Cornucopia until the were pretty much next to each other.
Instead of sprinting away, Tom elbowed Mace in the stomach which made him slip on the slippery surface and smashed his head against the side of the pool. Tom watched Mace's unconscious body slip into the small pool of water.
With Tom, more people started to make it to the Cornucopia, Pyla and Trinity being two of the first.
Trinity grabbed her bow and loaded an Arrow, with that she ran out and searched for York. There! She shouted inwardly as she aimed her bow at the retreating figure.
Pyla turned around just in time to see Trinity load her bow and aim at her ally. In a second Pyla was on her and brought her axe into Trinity's head as her arrow found its way into York's back.
Trinity's lifeless body slipped into a pool of water, Pyla's axe still stuck in her head, Pyla was too horrified to retrieve it so instead she charged past the other Tributes with tears in her eyes.
She got to York and grabbed his arm.
"We have to go. Now." Pyla screamed at York.
"No... Take the sword and... go." York croaked as Pyla noticed the sword lying next to him.
Instead of leaving she grabbed his arm and lifted it around her shoulder. She forced York to his feet and they both limped out of the Bloodbath, the arrow still lodged in York's back.
The Careers managed to make it to Cornucopia as Tom rushed out with a sword on his back and crossbow in his hand. He managed to locate Max who was currently fishing around for an item in a pool of water.
He rushed up to him and tugged on his shirt.
"Comeon dude we gotta go, there's an angry unconscious career that's probably gonna wake up and kill me soon so we gotta go." He insisted.
"But there's a health pack in there! I need it." Max insisted, looking at Tom with puppy dog eyes.
Tom turned around to see most people were out of range, so he threw his items at the floor next Max and Jumped into the pool he dipped his hand into the cool water and retried Max's health kid.
He pulled himself up and threw it at Max. "Right now we gotta go." He said as he picked up his weapons and made way around the Cornucopia to see Alice.
He made a beeline for Alice as Max followed behind him, just as he got there he ran face first into Kurt. He staggered backwards and out of surprise he shot an arrow straight into his chest. All four of them letting out a scream as Kurt fell painfully to the floor.
"Dude... I'm so so sorry... I didn't mean too." Thomas apologized as he stared at Kurt's figure.
"Just... go man, just go." Kurt said grudgingly as Tom nodded and with that Tom and his alliance ran out of the Bloodbath.
As that happened the rest of the Careers made it to the Cornucopia, each of them picking out their weapon of choice. Domitia looked around for Mace and felt worried when he wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Arabella noticed a body with a silver shirt on floating aimlessly in the water. No please don't let this be happening...She thought as she rushed over to his body. Her hand reached over and pulled his body out of the water.
Whilst the careers were distracted Kinnison and Silvia manged to sneak in, the shared a nod of acknowledgement before they both ran out, the only career who noticed was Acestes who as soon as he noticed charged after Kinnison.
Battle-axe clashed Axe in the free-for-all which consisted of the two of them, Acestes swung his Axe back and forth, every time he almost missed Kinnison by an inch, the inch getting shorter with every swing.
Just before the battle-axe hit Kinnison in the stomach, he blocked it and brought his axe up. Instead of swinging with his axe he brought his hands forward and pushed Acestes in a pool of water, a satisfying splash sounding as Kinnison left with a pickaxe on his back and an Axe in his hand.
Shawn shot out of the water with a cleaver in his hand, his noticed a pair of legs rushing past his pool of water so he brought his cleaver out as Casmerirl ran into it. She fell face first on the marble floor with a loud crunch.
Shawn noticed the careers heading for him so he pulled himself out of the pool and dug his cleaver into Casmerirl's back before sprinting off away from the careers, each of them simultaneously deciding chasing him would be too much effort and realizing they had an unconscious career to deal with.
"I'll go deal with sister here whilst you two look afte-" Domitia started as she turned around to where Acestes used to be. "Wait where's Acestes? Don't tell me we have another dead career?"
"I'm here, you go deal with her." Acestes said as he pulled himself out of the water, both career girls couldn't help biting their lips as his shirt stuck to his chest.
Domitia walked up to the dying girl, Domitia had no idea if she was dying or dead so she crouched down and dug her sword into her neck, her body made no movement which led Domitia to believe she was already dead but she still counted it as a kill in her eyes.
Just as she turned around she saw a blonde fleeing tribute run into an exit. Maize had one job! Just one little job!... Domitia thought to herself as she raced after Ursula.
Maize saw Domitia chase after Ursula, he knew he needed an excuse now so he brought his knife up to his face and slashed it, just underneath his eye. He looked down and was satisfied with his fake scar as he walked around the Cornucopia to see Arabella holding Mace.
"Whoa what happened?" Maize said as he ran over to Mace.
"He's unconscious, I don't know if he needs CPR or If he needs rest or something." Arabella said uncertainly.
With that Mace's eyes fluttered open, his eyes met with Maize's and Arabella's relieved faces.
"What did you say about... CPR." Mace croaked out before coughing out water.
Just as that happened Mace saw Silvia cradling Kurt's dying body, it took all his strength but he managed to pull himself up.
"Mace you need rest, I'll do it." Arabella stated as Mace looted around the Cornucopia for a Mace.
Mace's hand gripped his Mace as he stepped out. "No I'll do it." He said as he walked over to Silvia and Kurt.
"Silvia... You need to go..." Kurt said as he saw Mace heading towards them.
"I'm not leaving you Kurt. Please... We can still make it out, the alliance I promised you. It can still happen." Silvia babbled as tears streamed down her face.
"No... You can still win if you just... Leave." Kurt croaked. Leave me to die. Please!.. He screamed inwardly as the words couldn't come to his mouth.
Mace was almost at them both, he gripped his Mace harder as he started to feel nauseous.
Silvia didn't want to take any chances, she leant over and gave Kurt a kiss on the lips before muttering the three words she never thought she'd say to Kurt.
"I love you." She shouted again as she ran away from his body, trying her hardest to turn back and fight, but she gripped her dagger in anger and swore vengeance for her dying ally. If only I wasn't so much of a coward...
"Aww you two are so cute, I'd totally get you both together if I wasn't about to kill you. Sorry but it's your time to exit this competition, I guess winning wasn't for you then huh?" Mace taunted at Kurt.
Kurt wasn't going to go down without a fight, he grabbed the arrow that was lodged in his stomach and pulled it out, his vision became blurred as he shoved the arrow into Mace's leg.
They both let out a scream of pain simultaneously as Mace tried his hardest not to fall over.
"You goddamn piece of Shit! I was meant to kill people this Bloodbath not almost die and then get a goddamn arrow to the goddamn leg!" Mace shouted as he brought his good foot down onto Kurt's wound.
"You know I was going to let your death be peaceful but now I don't think that's a goddamn possibility do you?" Mace asked Kurt as he sat on his stomach and proceeded to Punch him in the face over and over.
"Please... K-kill me." Kurt begged as Mace slowly made his death antagonizing. He wished the arrow the chest would have killed him. Was 'I love you' really worth all this pain?... Yes, it was.
Instead Mace stood up and kicked Kurt into the body of water next to him.
"Maybe next time you'll think twice on attacking a career. Oh wait, there wont be a next time." Mace said as he walked away from Kurt.
Kurt felt the pain go away as he hit the water. He allowed it to make him feel at peace as he opened his eyes. It was beautiful, the light above him was one of the most beautiful things he'd ever seen. As he hit the bottom of the pool he allowed himself to slowly be taken away by the relaxing water.
"Maize loves me!" Ursula screamed at Domitia as the two girls fought for dominance.
Domitia managed to bring Ursula's scythe out of her hands and into her arm, then she stuck it into her stomach.
Ursula screamed out in pain as the crimson liquid oozed out of her. Biting her lip as she clung onto what was left of her life.
"Then why isn't he protecting you? He was meant to be the one here killing you but instead he left me to do it. IF HE LOVED YOU SO MUCH WHY ISN'T HE HERE PROTECTING YOU? WHY DIDN'T HE ARGUE ABOUT KILLING YOU!"
"Because... He loves me." Ursula protested softly.
"Fine, you cling onto that little memory as you die." Domitia said as she pierced her sword into her throat. She pulled it out slowly as the light drained from Ursula's eyes until eventually her eyes were as dull as the steel of her sword.
Domitia turned around and headed back to the Cornucopia, just hoping the other careers had done enough.
As Nixie turned the corner she felt a sharp pain in her arm, she turned around to see Niall pull a knife out of her shoulder before running off, she started to chase after him until she heard a familiar voice
"Nixie! Hi over here!" The familiar voice shouted.
"Tobias?" Nixie said awkwardly as she searched for him. She then saw a dark figure emerge from the corner of her eye.
"Yea hi, I've been waiting for you, I was gonna go but then that kid came out of nowhere and stabbed you." Tobias said happily.
"You seem awfully optimistic. What's wrong with you?" Nixie said as Tobias walked over to her.
"I'm just happy I found you. Oh and you even managed to get some items." Tobias said as he stared at Nixie's weaponry.
"I could of gotten more, but I see you got a lot anyway." Nixie said as she saw the spear in his hand.
Nixie was about to say something else as the spear pierced her heart. She croaked as she fell to the floor, the loud clanging of her own spear hitting the ground.
Tobias brought his spear into Nixie's stomach and learned on it before looking into her eyes.
"We are the strongest in this arena, I don't need another person who could easily out do me and also I find your muscular body repulsive." Tobias said in disgust. "I'll be taking all your stuff I hope you don't mind?"
Tobias then shoved his spear into Nixie one last time before taking her items and running away, leaving away the pride of his District as he did.
5 cannons sounded as the Careers looked at each other in disgust.
"5 people? This bloodbath was pathetic." Domitia said angrily at her allies. "I managed to rack up 2 kills whilst you 4 were sitting on your lazy butts."
"You killed Ursula? I was getting there but I got into this fight with some tall dude and I almost died." Maize lied as he tried his hardest to keep eye contact with Domitia.
"And I almost died... Twice. And anyway Arabella told me your first kill wasn't even your kill." Mace said back sassily.
"Did she now? Well I felt her die so I killed her!" Domtia responded back.
Acestes was trying his hardest not to go drown himself. "Ladies please, we should go pick off some of the escaping Tributes and rack up them kills!"
Arabella felt the need to talk, to try to make up for Mace pretty much making Domitia hate her more than she already did. "Okay so we split u-"
"No, No splitting up. We work better as a team and it'll be harder for people to surprise us. We still have that big alliance and District 4 to worry about." Domitia declared.
"Fine fine whatever." Mace said, trying his hardest not to burst with excitement as the thought of killing Tom came to mind.
"Then I guess it's time to go then." Acestes said as the 5 of them walked around the small circular pools that were littered around the Cornucopia, each of them wondered what this giant arena held for them.
The Games have begun. Remember to leave a review with your thoughts and thanks for reading!