p class="MsoNormal"strong-/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Axel Maloney's POV:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"I shook Sussex's leg quickly as I watched the artificial sun rise over the horizon, it was time for us to move again, we'd been in this spot for five hours now as Sussex took his turn napping. He wriggled a little before sitting up and looking up to the sky sheltering his eyes from the sun pointed in a direction./p
p class="MsoNormal"It was back the way we'd come earlier back where we'd moved on from a small pool of slightly grubby but safe (for these last few hours at least) water./p
p class="MsoNormal"I shake my head and point the other way further along the trail and further from the beach we'd all arrived on only a few nights earlier. Gosh those days felt like weeks right about now./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sussex scratched his head and looked both ways before shrugging, I shrugged back and almost started to chuckle before Sussex raised a finger to his lips smiling./p
p class="MsoNormal"Silently, that's how we'd decided to play these games. Easy for him but not so much for me, I do like the feeling of the vibrations my voice box makes when I speak./p
p class="MsoNormal"I hold out my hand and Sussex does the same and a couple of rounds of 'rock-paper-scissors' later we go my way further away from the beach and into the unknown./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Cliona Irvette's POV:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hell, yes, I was ready for this hunt, we'd planned it to the letter the night before, and one hour before sunrise Cassius who'd took the last watch woke us all up to prepare./p
p class="MsoNormal"There was a party atmosphere as we checked the cripple's bindings and threatened her with all sorts of horrible things if anything went style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanCassius went first followed by Olivia, after her came the pair from Four while I and Helios took up the rear./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then as the sun began to rise we marched off as one into the forest, moments later Olivia announces she's forgotten something and runs back to reappear with her water bottle and an un-apologetic smirk./p
p class="MsoNormal""Opps" she chuckles "think I'll need this"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Not if I slice that head from your shoulders" I mutter and Hellios nudges me with a scowl on his face./p
p class="MsoNormal""Play nice cousin" he whispers to me. I roll my eyes in response. I can't wait until this playing field gets a little smaller and I can finally have my fun before I have to tragically kill my cousin in a glorious finale the likes of which the Capitol won't have seen in a style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Up at the front of our hunting pack Cassius holds up his hand and we come to a stop, so soon I think. If I turned around I could still see the beach. What could Cassius have seen. Cassius holds up 4 fingers to signal to District Four before crossing his fingers to signal to their male Halcyone and beckoning him forward./p
p class="MsoNormal"Halcyone slips forward past Olivia and Lysandra to stand next to Cassius who leans in and whispers to him. The boy from four nods before scrambling up the closest tree, I lose him in the overgrowth for a few moments before he clambers down. He whispers back to Cassius who nods and gestures for him to regain his place./p
p class="MsoNormal""What.." I begin but Hellios grabs my shoulder and scowls at me. I sigh. I know silence when we stop until Cassius speaks was the rule he'd set up earlier. But is was a stupid rule and I didn't like being told what to do. I shove Hellios' hand away./p
p class="MsoNormal"I'm about to speak out again when Cassius raises his hand again, one finger. Great now he wants one of us, he then makes and okay sign which means he wants the girl. Me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I shove roughly past the others to the front./p
p class="MsoNormal""I saw movement up ahead and Hal has confirmed there's a tribute up there, female he thinks. How are you at range throwing?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Best shot in my class" I brag "I can hit a target from 100 feet away"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Good" he nods, "when we set off again I want you up front with me, the moment we have eyes on her throw two of your knives no more and you better hit her"/p
p class="MsoNormal""No problem" I smile as he gestures at the others to keep moving forward. My heart starts to beat quickly, my first kill had been the boy at the cornucopia an instinctual kill in the heat of the moment. This one would be different, it would be planned and it would be beautiful./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Cassius Rhodes POV:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"I could have taken this kills for myself easily but a good leader always utilises his team and knows when to step back. I also knew that Cliona was volatile and unpredictable, if I hadn't given her a kill quickly she may have taken it out on me later and of course if she went for me her partner would too and I wasn't willing to have to kill off District one yet, we needed them for now./p
p class="MsoNormal"We walk a short distance until there is a fork in the track, not far from here I knew the tribute was hiding out as Hal had seen her dive into some bushes./p
p class="MsoNormal"I didn't really know who it was and I also didn't really care./p
p class="MsoNormal"Before I like Cliona throw anything though we'd need to draw our prey out. I raise my hand and beckon Olivia forwards./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's up boss" she chuckles as she steps forward to meet me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I pass her a small capsule. "Remember the time you hit me with a stink bomb from the other side of the training yard." I point just up the path, "That bush there, don't miss" I let the or else hang in the air. She was District Two even if she didn't act like it, she knew the price of failure./p
p class="MsoNormal"She flung the capsule and it landed exactly where I'd pointed to. Moments later a cloud of gas emerged from the bush and a girl sprinted out./p
p class="MsoNormal""Now Cliona" I ordered and Cliona threw the first of her daggers. It hit the girl in the hip and she buckled over falling to the floor. Cliona aimed and threw her second knife hitting the girl in the back of the neck exactly./p
p class="MsoNormal"Her cannon sounded moments later and I let myself celebrate./p
p class="MsoNormal""Who was it?" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanOlivia asked as we walked up to get a quick look before we moved on./p
p class="MsoNormal"I shrugged as we come up to her body. She was pretty, I'll give her that, her long blonde hair was matted but still shone pretty bright./p
p class="MsoNormal""District Six" Hal tells us "I remember eyeing her up in training"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I bet you did" Olivia laughs elbowing him in the ribs./p
p class="MsoNormal"Hal doesn't response and we move away to let the capitol hovercraft take her home./p
p class="MsoNormal""They'll all be on edge after the cannon" I tell the group "Lets go and get ourselves another!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"-/p
p class="MsoNormal"Note: Hello, Gosh, it's been over 2 years since I updated this story. I am still working on it when I have time. Personally, I was struggling with writing it for a while but I'm in a better place now so I'll try to get it done./p
p class="MsoNormal"-/p
p class="MsoNormal"Careers: Cliona, Hellios, Olivia, Cassius, Lysandra, Halcyone (and Maggie)/p
p class="MsoNormal"1: Pleb and Tek/p
p class="MsoNormal"2: Cecil and Auvita/p
p class="MsoNormal"3: Ethel, Grace and Christine (Demi)/p
p class="MsoNormal"4: Axel and Sussex/p
p class="MsoNormal"Solo: Mac/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Axel Maloney's POV:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"I shook Sussex's leg quickly as I watched the artificial sun rise over the horizon, it was time for us to move again, we'd been in this spot for five hours now as Sussex took his turn napping. He wriggled a little before sitting up and looking up to the sky sheltering his eyes from the sun pointed in a direction./p
p class="MsoNormal"It was back the way we'd come earlier back where we'd moved on from a small pool of slightly grubby but safe (for these last few hours at least) water./p
p class="MsoNormal"I shake my head and point the other way further along the trail and further from the beach we'd all arrived on only a few nights earlier. Gosh those days felt like weeks right about now./p
p class="MsoNormal"Sussex scratched his head and looked both ways before shrugging, I shrugged back and almost started to chuckle before Sussex raised a finger to his lips smiling./p
p class="MsoNormal"Silently, that's how we'd decided to play these games. Easy for him but not so much for me, I do like the feeling of the vibrations my voice box makes when I speak./p
p class="MsoNormal"I hold out my hand and Sussex does the same and a couple of rounds of 'rock-paper-scissors' later we go my way further away from the beach and into the unknown./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Cliona Irvette's POV:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Hell, yes, I was ready for this hunt, we'd planned it to the letter the night before, and one hour before sunrise Cassius who'd took the last watch woke us all up to prepare./p
p class="MsoNormal"There was a party atmosphere as we checked the cripple's bindings and threatened her with all sorts of horrible things if anything went style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanCassius went first followed by Olivia, after her came the pair from Four while I and Helios took up the rear./p
p class="MsoNormal"Then as the sun began to rise we marched off as one into the forest, moments later Olivia announces she's forgotten something and runs back to reappear with her water bottle and an un-apologetic smirk./p
p class="MsoNormal""Opps" she chuckles "think I'll need this"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Not if I slice that head from your shoulders" I mutter and Hellios nudges me with a scowl on his face./p
p class="MsoNormal""Play nice cousin" he whispers to me. I roll my eyes in response. I can't wait until this playing field gets a little smaller and I can finally have my fun before I have to tragically kill my cousin in a glorious finale the likes of which the Capitol won't have seen in a style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Up at the front of our hunting pack Cassius holds up his hand and we come to a stop, so soon I think. If I turned around I could still see the beach. What could Cassius have seen. Cassius holds up 4 fingers to signal to District Four before crossing his fingers to signal to their male Halcyone and beckoning him forward./p
p class="MsoNormal"Halcyone slips forward past Olivia and Lysandra to stand next to Cassius who leans in and whispers to him. The boy from four nods before scrambling up the closest tree, I lose him in the overgrowth for a few moments before he clambers down. He whispers back to Cassius who nods and gestures for him to regain his place./p
p class="MsoNormal""What.." I begin but Hellios grabs my shoulder and scowls at me. I sigh. I know silence when we stop until Cassius speaks was the rule he'd set up earlier. But is was a stupid rule and I didn't like being told what to do. I shove Hellios' hand away./p
p class="MsoNormal"I'm about to speak out again when Cassius raises his hand again, one finger. Great now he wants one of us, he then makes and okay sign which means he wants the girl. Me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I shove roughly past the others to the front./p
p class="MsoNormal""I saw movement up ahead and Hal has confirmed there's a tribute up there, female he thinks. How are you at range throwing?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Best shot in my class" I brag "I can hit a target from 100 feet away"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Good" he nods, "when we set off again I want you up front with me, the moment we have eyes on her throw two of your knives no more and you better hit her"/p
p class="MsoNormal""No problem" I smile as he gestures at the others to keep moving forward. My heart starts to beat quickly, my first kill had been the boy at the cornucopia an instinctual kill in the heat of the moment. This one would be different, it would be planned and it would be beautiful./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="text-decoration: underline;"Cassius Rhodes POV:/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"I could have taken this kills for myself easily but a good leader always utilises his team and knows when to step back. I also knew that Cliona was volatile and unpredictable, if I hadn't given her a kill quickly she may have taken it out on me later and of course if she went for me her partner would too and I wasn't willing to have to kill off District one yet, we needed them for now./p
p class="MsoNormal"We walk a short distance until there is a fork in the track, not far from here I knew the tribute was hiding out as Hal had seen her dive into some bushes./p
p class="MsoNormal"I didn't really know who it was and I also didn't really care./p
p class="MsoNormal"Before I like Cliona throw anything though we'd need to draw our prey out. I raise my hand and beckon Olivia forwards./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's up boss" she chuckles as she steps forward to meet me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I pass her a small capsule. "Remember the time you hit me with a stink bomb from the other side of the training yard." I point just up the path, "That bush there, don't miss" I let the or else hang in the air. She was District Two even if she didn't act like it, she knew the price of failure./p
p class="MsoNormal"She flung the capsule and it landed exactly where I'd pointed to. Moments later a cloud of gas emerged from the bush and a girl sprinted out./p
p class="MsoNormal""Now Cliona" I ordered and Cliona threw the first of her daggers. It hit the girl in the hip and she buckled over falling to the floor. Cliona aimed and threw her second knife hitting the girl in the back of the neck exactly./p
p class="MsoNormal"Her cannon sounded moments later and I let myself celebrate./p
p class="MsoNormal""Who was it?" span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanOlivia asked as we walked up to get a quick look before we moved on./p
p class="MsoNormal"I shrugged as we come up to her body. She was pretty, I'll give her that, her long blonde hair was matted but still shone pretty bright./p
p class="MsoNormal""District Six" Hal tells us "I remember eyeing her up in training"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I bet you did" Olivia laughs elbowing him in the ribs./p
p class="MsoNormal"Hal doesn't response and we move away to let the capitol hovercraft take her home./p
p class="MsoNormal""They'll all be on edge after the cannon" I tell the group "Lets go and get ourselves another!"/p
p class="MsoNormal"-/p
p class="MsoNormal"Note: Hello, Gosh, it's been over 2 years since I updated this story. I am still working on it when I have time. Personally, I was struggling with writing it for a while but I'm in a better place now so I'll try to get it done./p
p class="MsoNormal"-/p
p class="MsoNormal"Careers: Cliona, Hellios, Olivia, Cassius, Lysandra, Halcyone (and Maggie)/p
p class="MsoNormal"1: Pleb and Tek/p
p class="MsoNormal"2: Cecil and Auvita/p
p class="MsoNormal"3: Ethel, Grace and Christine (Demi)/p
p class="MsoNormal"4: Axel and Sussex/p
p class="MsoNormal"Solo: Mac/p
