Day 2
Data Mendoza 17 District 3, Techna Cattaneo 16 District 3 6:00am
Data and Techna hiked through the ever thinning forest. They walked far north of the arena until they finally reached the end of the forest. Large brown rocky hills lay before them and beyond that large snowy mountains. Techna noticed one of the mountains had smoke coming out of it
"Is that a volcano?" Exclaimed Techna
"Looks like it" groaned Data
"You ok?" Techna asked
"I'm…just tired that's all" he lied
"You keep going I'll catch you up"
Techna began climbing the hills.
Data pulled his top down over his shoulder to look at his wound, he notices it had gone all purple. He pulled his top back over his shoulder and continued walking behind Techna.
Jay Porter 18 District 6 8:00am
Jay stumbled through the rocky hills. Overnight he had travelled out of the forest in his desperation to find water. He crawled through a gap in one of hills and rolled down the hill, crashing to the ground. His mouth was bone dry.
He looked up to see that he had rolled into a valley and in the centre was a large lake, it glittered as it reflected off the sun light, mountains lay on either side. Hope then flared back through him and he began crawling towards the water
"Would you look at that bit of luck" said Teccam already sitting on a rock by the Lake
Jay planted his face in the water, desperately drinking. He scoped water into his mouth. After he had felt like he had enough he sat up and leaned against the rock chuckling. It was then he felt a sudden rush of hunger go through him, he hadn't eaten in over 24 hours.
"Well shouldn't you go back to the forest to kill some tributes?" said Teccam
"I don't think the great masters or whatever it is you worship will be pleased so far"
"Food…I need to find food first" moaned Jay
"Yes…if you kill a tribute, you take whatever they have on them and that includes food" said Teccam
"Oh…yeah" murmured Jay
"It looks like I'm doing all the thinking for us as usual" mocked Teccam
"But then I guess that's nothing new"
Jay stood up and began walking back towards the forest.
Aster Bendsform 13 District 11 9:00am
The careers had left in the early hours of the morning. Still Aster stayed put until she was 100% sure she was safe.
Finally, she burst out of the leaves breathing heavily. She hadn't slept all night and she hadn't eaten of drunk anything since yesterday.
She now crawled through the forest desperate to find a water source. Honestly at this point she kind of hoped someone would just end it for her. She hated the idea of dying of thirst.
It was then she heard a beeping noise, she looked up to see a parachute carrying a box. It landed on the ground in front of her. Someone must have sponsored her!
With a last ditch effort, she crawled towards the crate and hauled open the lid. Inside she found 3 bottles of water, some food and some first aid. She was shocked that someone would sponsor her but she was eternally grateful.
After cleansing her thirst and hunger, she decided the best course of action would be to keep heading south away from the other tributes.
She wondered through the woods for about 3 hours until the forest finally ended and she reached a dry rocky dessert and in the distance she saw endless sand dunes. She was just relieved to be finally out of the cold dark forest.
She figured this was a good place to lay low for a while, it was unlikely any tributes would come to such a dry desolate place.
Ethan Emerald 18 District 1, Iunia Wilson 18 District 1, Rachel Moore 18 District 2, Troy Salton 18 District 4, Lysie Tempest 17 District 4, Dagger Mehta 18 District 2, Annalise Warren 18 District 12 11:30am
"Hey guys you might want to take a look at this" called Dagger
The careers crashed through the forest to find Dagger and Annalise standing over a dead body
"That's the boy from 8" said Lysie
He was laying on a pool of blood, he had been stabbed in the throat.
"Did you kill him?" Ethan Asked
"Nah, this is the work of that boy from 10. Dexter I think his name is" replied Dagger
"We should track him down and kill him, I will happily take his head" said Rachel
"He's not a big threat, I think we have bigger problems" argued Ethan
"I know he's not a threat to us but we can't have another tribute going around taking all the kills" argued Rachel
"We take out the other alliance first, they are the bigger problem" said Ethan
"They're a bunch of kids" shouted Rachel
"That's what we're doing, end of discussion" Ethan commanded
"And who put you in charge anyway?" Rachel asked looking around at everyone
"As long as he's still breathing, I will follow Ethan over you Rachel" said Iunia
"Ok fine…I get it…as long as he's still breathing" Rachel smirked and walked on
Suddenly they heard a girl shouting in the distance
"Did you hear that?" exclaimed Troy
"Quick pick up your stuff lets go" Ordered Ethan
Jay Porter 18 District 6 11:00am
Jay wondered through the woods once again. Hunger now drove him, he needed to find a tribute to get their food.
He then spotted a girl standing a few meters in front of him, she had light brown hair and blue eyes. It was the girl from 10.
Teccam appeared beside him
"Bingo!" he exclaimed
"Not now thanks" said Jay
She changed direction towards Jay, humming a song to herself
"What do we do?" asked Jay
"Hide in that bush and you can ambush her" replied Teccam
Jay hid in the bush as she walked past him, he then sprung out and put her in a choke. She struggled and tried to fight back but Jay fell on his back and hooked her legs with his feet. He choked her until she passed out.
"That was actually quite impressive" remarked Teccam
"That's probably the nicest thing you've ever said to me" replied Jay as he rummaged around in the girl's rucksack
He pulled out a rope and then dragged her to a tree and tied her to it. After that he began munching on her food.
After 30 minutes she slowly became conscious again. As she noticed her predicament she began struggling to get free.
"Let me go!" she yelled
"It's no use, you won't get free of that rope" Jay said calmly
"What are you waiting for? Just kill her" said Teccam
"No no no, you just don't get it do you? The great masters demand a proper sacrifice" snapped Jay
"Oh here we go" mocked Teccam
"Just shut up! I don't need your input right now" shouted Jay
"Who are you talking to? You psycho" the girl screamed
Jay then heard muffled voices and footsteps in the distance
"Shit it's the careers" he exclaimed
He picked up the bag and dashed away
"You're not just going to leave me here are you?" the girl shouted
Carolyn Elicks 16 District 10 11:35am
Carolyn struggled against the rope, she desperately flailed her body about. After a few seconds she gave up. She sat against the tree frustrated. The voices and footsteps got closer. What this it? Was this the end?
"Still, whatever the careers do to me can't be as bad as what that boy from District 6 was going to do" she thought
Time seemed to go a lot slower but so fast at the same time as she waited for her death. Her life flashed before her, her childhood, family and friends.
She then saw someone she didn't expect. She saw the huge curly haired girl from District 9 towering over her.
She drew a knife
"If you're going to kill me just do it" murmured Carolyn
The girl reached forward and raised her knife
Carolyn closed her eyes
The girl sliced down and cut the rope, it fell lose to the ground.
The girl reached out her hand as the careers got closer
"Maybe we can help each other" she said
Data Mendoza 17 District 3, Techna Cattaneo 16 District 3 9:00pm
The sun had just set over the mountains.
"Let's build a fire here" Said Techna
Data nodded and collapsed to the ground groaning and clutching his shoulder
"Let me take a look at your shoulder" Techna said
"It's fine" mumbled Data
"The first time we met you helped me, at least let me return the favour" Techna commanded
Data nodded
"Fair enough"
She pulled his top down past his shoulder. The infection had spread all over his shoulder
"I knew it was infected" she gasped
She poured some water on his shoulder
"You can treat it?" Data asked
"I can do more than just fix computers you know"
"There must be some antibiotic cream in this bag" she said
She opened the first aid kit and pulled out the cream. He groaned in pain again as she applied it to his wound.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead" Data replied
"You remember the first time we met?" said Techna as the wrapped a bandage around his shoulder
"How could I forget, it was only like a week ago" mumbled Data
"I never asked this but why did you help me?" she asked
"Well I guess it was the right thing to do, not enough people stand up for what's right anymore" he replied
"Still look where it got us" he joked
"Well whatever happens I'm just happy I spent my last days with you" she said
Techna lit a fire and they huddled together to keep warm and stared over the mountains in the night sky, as some snow began to fall. Despite the cold they felt a lot safer than in the forest.
Carolyn Elicks 16 District 10 9:00pm
"Hey Jasper do you see anyone?" Carolyn called
Jasper came crashing back towards her
"Run you idiot!" she yelled as a spear impaled a nearby tree
Carolyn noticed the big guy from 4 coming from the left, while the girl from 2 and the boy from 1 were coming from the right.
As Jasper was running Carolyn bolted past her. Jasper noticed this and realised she was fast going to become prey for the careers.
Carolyn stopped to catch her breath and wait for Jasper
"We'll never make it" cried Jasper
"We need a diversion" said Carolyn
"You're right" said Jasper
"Sorry about this"
Jasper punched Carolyn in the head, knocking her down almost unconscious and ran in the opposite direction. Everything went fuzzy as Carolyn rolled around on the floor. She saw blurred figures in front of her coming her way.
With one final effort she hauled herself up and stumbled away. It was then she felt an excruciating pain in her leg as a bolt flew into it.
"Argh!" she screamed and fell on the floor
Surely it was over now, surely her luck had run out. She looked around desperately for a way out.
"Tree…the tree" she mumbled to herself
Then with the last strength remaining in her body she hauled herself up the tree. Her arms took over her body and she climbed as high as she could. She heard the careers running past below her
"Where she go?" she heard one of them say
Slightly below Carolyn noticed a wooden bridge attached to the trees. That would definitely be safer than where she is now. She threw herself onto the bridge, pain shot up her leg as she landed.
She rolled over and faced the night sky once again breathing heavily. What had happened over the last few minutes was all a blur to her. She reached down and yanked the bolt out her leg letting out a cry of pain as she did it.
Tribute Placements
Bloodbath
24th - Bolt Brightburg (District 5 male) Killed by Dexter Cutting - Throat slit (Lasted 20 seconds).
23rd - Viola Thea (District 8 female) Killed by Iunia Wilson – Shot through the heart (Lasted 45 seconds).
22nd – Aspen Wren (District 7 female) Killed by Rachel Moore – Impaled by a spear (Lasted 1 minute 2 seconds).
21st – Sage Corriander (District 11 male) Killed by Dagger Mehta – Beaten to death (Lasted 1 minute 33 seconds).
20th – Percy Mako (District 9 male) Killed by Troy Salton – Stabbed with a spear (Lasted 2 minutes 8 seconds)
Day 1
19th – Oliver Gaige (District 8 Male) Killed by Dexter Cutting – Stabbed in the throat (Lasted 12 hours 46 minutes).
Day 2
Day 2 yielded 0 deaths
Remaining Tributes
District 1
Ethan Emerald
Iunia Wilsonn - 1 kill
District 2
Dagger Mehta – 1 kill
Rachel Moore – 1 kill
District 3
Data Mendoza
Techna Cattaneo
District 4
Troy Salton – 1 kill
Lysie Tempest
District 5
Spens Arausio
District 6
Jay Porter
Mex Warren
District 7
Jamie Heart
District 9
Jasper Divotte
District 10
Dexter Cutting – 2 kills
Carolyn Elicks
District 11
Aster Bendsform
District 12
Ivar Lux
Annalise Warren
Carolyn didn't have a good day but at least she's alive. As always keep the reviews coming!