Thank you for all your reviews, here's the chapter we've been waiting for. We did not choose who died based upon whether we liked them or not, it was purely based upon their bloodbath strategies, strengths, weaknesses, etc. So if your tribute died, we don't have anything against you so don't hunt us down and kill us or anything.

Disclaimer: This is a FANfic, clearly we're fans not Suzanne Collins the hunger games universe belongs to her not us (however much we wish otherwise).

~The Lonely Geek and Cct0331

Chapter 29

The Bloodbath

Alphie Rivera's POV (District 10 male)

My heart begins to pound as I turn my head, desperately trying to take my bearings into account. It takes me a few precious seconds to realise that the cornucopia is 15 feet below me. The tube thing that bought me up into the arena took me through the trunk of a huge cedar tree. As I look round, I realise that the cornucopia is surrounded by 24 trees, a tree for each tribute. A gust of wind whips around my head, reminding me, I must remain calm. If I fall off the tree before the 60 seconds are up, I will be blown up.

I am about to turn and see where looks best to run when I spot a large backpack not too far from my tree. It could have some gear to help me survive. I'm sure if I manage to get down from my tree quickly, I can run grab it and disappear out of the copse that the cornucopia is in. Then I can get my bearings and work out what direction I need to run in.

Boom! I quickly start climbing down the tree I'm in. I want to get out of here quickly. I'm not the best climber though so a few people have already reached the cornucopia before I reach the bottom of my tree. I sprint as fast as I can to the backpack I spotted. As I am going towards it, I spot a small knife in my path so I grab that. As I reach the backpack, someone else also reaches it. Someone who is also armed. It's the boy from 7. I am about to run away, trying to avoid a fight when he throws one of the axes at me. All I feel is a sharp pain as it hits the back of my head and I slump forwards.

Lucina Aquila's POV (District 2 female)

I am the first person to reach the inside of the cornucopia so I get the first pick of weapons. I take a spear and knife and put the knife in my belt. Just as I do, I hear running. Someone's approaching me. I quickly spin around and stab the person in front of me before they can react. It's only as they fall forwards when I yank the spear from their stomach and they cough blood onto my face as I realise what I've done.

"Traitor." She manages to get out before the light fades from her eyes.

I curse my stupidity. I may have just lost my spot in the career pack. It's Kaitlin. "I'm sorry," I whisper to her and quickly move out of the cornucopia, looking around. It doesn't look like any of the other careers saw it. They never have to know. They'll just assume it's someone else who killed her.

Kellan Bronz's POV (District 1 male)

I spot Port quickly amongst the chaos. We have an agreement to fight together in the bloodbath. There's so much going on that we don't want to be caught up in a kill whilst someone is sneaking up from behind. He's approaching Phytophthora as he yanks an axe out of the head of someone he must've killed.

Port attacks from behind, stabbing him in the back. Phytophthora falls to the ground, still twitching when I reach them. I finish him off with one of the throwing knives I got in a belt from the cornucopia. It hits him in the back of the neck and the twitching stops quickly. Port nods at me as I yank the knife out and he takes his spears. One kill means I can bring at least one family member to the Capitol now.

Damian Andel's POV (District 5 male)

I spot what looks like a bottle of water so sprint as fast as I can to grab it. I already have a sword in my hand and a pack on my back, but I have no idea if there'll be water in it. I'll just grab that and then run. I am just about to scoop it up when I am shoved over. I look and see it's the boy from District 3. I slash my sword at him but he manages to jump out of the way and then starts a parry of attacks with his machete. I manage to block them though and then twist the machete out of his hand and slice my sword at his chest. He doesn't have time to react and blood seeps out of the wound. He falls to the ground, blood gathers on his chest but I don't hang around for him to die. I have to get out of here. I know that he won't recover from the wound though. It was too deep.

Celica "Cel" Branston's POV (District 10 female)

With a weapon in my belt and a sleeping bag and pack on my back, I begin to head away from the fighting. I need to get out of here quickly. I've got a decent amount of supplies. I can find Vanisa once the fighting's all ended. I stumble as a sudden shoot of pain appears in my shoulder. I put my hand on it and to my horror find a knife sticking out. Just before the next knife hits I see Gabrielle, one of the tributes from District 1 grinning at me with another knife in her hand. Then I see a flash of silver and I fall back.

"Cel!" I hear Vanisa scream. Gabrielle has already moved on though, distracted by someone else, luckily for Vanisa. Vanisa runs towards me, she's already got a pack on her back. I don't have much strength left. The pain from the knife sticking out of my chest is draining it all from me. I already know I'm not going to make it.

"T-take it," I whisper to her, flicking my eyes from Vanisa to the knife. "An-and f-finish me o-off so you ge-get the kill, not he-her."

"I'm sorry." Vanisa whispers, clutching the handle of the knife.

"It's okay," I whisper as she yanks the knife out and pulls the knife up to my neck to slit it.

Darius Vaide's POV (District 2 male)

I glance around once I have a pair of katanas in my hands. I was slightly slower than I would've liked getting down the tree so some tributes are already gone. I spot Delilah Hester from District 6 picking up what looks like a small tent bag. I race over, my katanas poised to attack, but I stumble over a water bottle I didn't see, giving her time to spot me and run. By the time I have got back up she is running as fast as she can. I run and try to catch up but it's no use. In desperation I swing one of the katanas and it catches her hand, cutting it, but it doesn't slow her and she reaches the treeline. I don't want to pursue her and risk losing out on other kills.

I turn and see someone else trying to escape. Delilah's district partner as it happens. Cabe. He is armed with a short sword, but he only got a 4 in training so he can't be that great at fighting. I swing my katana at him but he blocks the blow. He tries to run away, but I'm faster and stab him in the back so he slumps onto his front on the floor. I yank my katana out and turn around for my next victim.

Port Tidello's POV (District 4 male)

Smiling as I spot my next victim near the treeline I run over, my spear raised to attack. It's Andre Stitch from District 8. He glances back at the cornucopia and sees me running. He must be paralysed with fear though because he doesn't even attempt to run. I see Kellan behind me, ready to back me up if need be. I won't though.

"Please don't," He begs but I ignore him. This is what I've been training for. His pleas fall on deaf ears as I stab him in the stomach and pull the spear out again in one swift movement. I turn to find another tribute and find Kellan already fighting one. Greyson from 12. I reach them as Greyson stabs at Kellan with a trident. Kellan sees me and is distracted and doesn't have time to avoid it and his leg takes the blow. I quickly shove Greyson over. Kellan winces, taking the trident out of his leg before stabbing Greyson in the chest with it.

Clover Wellas' POV (District 9 female)

I didn't mean to get this caught up in the cornucopia. I had to run to avoid one of the careers but I wasn't paying attention to where I was running and I ended up inside the cornucopia. I need to pick my time to escape carefully. I've managed to get some good supplies but I need to escape now. I wait until I see an opening when it seems everyone is busy and make a dash for the trees. Out of the corner of my eye I spot a movement though. An arrow flies in front of me. I stumble in front and I spot another arrow flying at me. The last thought I can form before everything goes black is that this time the arrow didn't miss.

Gabrielle Duponte's POV (District 1 female)

After getting a direct hit on the District 9 girl's head, I turn for anymore tributes. It looks like the fighting's over now though. Then I spot a movement out of the corner of my eye. It's someone climbing down a tree. They must have thought that waiting until the fighting was done would make them safer. I aim and shoot them down from their tree without hesitation. I walk over to see who it I've killed and pull the arrow out of their back as the canons begin. It's Aileen from District 3 that I've killed. There are 10 canon shots. That means there are only 14 of us left in the arena.

Deaths:

24th - Alphie Rivera (D10M) - Killed by D7M

23rd - Kaitlin Gem (D4F) - Killed by D2F

22nd - Phytophthora Neilson (D7M) - Killed by D1M

21st - Nyan Donne (D3M) - Killed by D5M

20th - Celica Branston (D10F) - Killed by D7F

19th - Cabe Bellscape (D6M) - Killed by D2M

18th - Andre Stitch (D8M) - Killed by D4M

17th - Greyson Rennoll (D12M) - Killed by D1M

16th - Clover Wellas (D9F) - Killed by D1F

15th - Aileen Kennedy (D3F) - Killed by D1F