The Thirty Third Annual Hunger Games
Introduction
The Presidential race came to its culmination a month after Pomona McCrea exited the 32nd Arena with a blood smattered face and a toothy grin. The final votes came in, and the three remaining candidates awaited them hopefully. The final votes ended up being 20% on Snow, 39% on Rufio, and 41% on Cartagena. The Xabian rebirth had succeeded, while Rufio had been so close, only 2%, behind this newcomer to the political field. Snow sulked and planned on ways to dispose of this Cartagena Sombray, but for the time being the Xabians had reclaimed Panem, and things would be better, it seemed, for the Districts. Cartagena instructed Burtlas to tone down the excitement and severity of the arena this year. Burtlas was annoyed, but followed his new boss's wishes. The arena this year, modeled after District 2, wasn't as mesmerizing as the past couple of years, but it was still exciting enough to entertain the Capitol audience. Burtlas returned as the Head Gamemaker; he seemed to have become a rather permanent fixture in the Gamemaking business, so Cartagena left him in his position so the public at large would be pleased. The same thing happened with Caesar Flickerman. He was a wonderful enigma of a host, and while Cartagena couldn't stand him for political reasons (he was a strong supporter of Snow), she did admire his great public speaking skills. In the term of tributes, the Careers were rather vicious this year. The pair from 1 wasn't as strong as the other two pairs this year, but they were both stunningly attractive and whipped up a great deal of sponsors during the Pre-Games. The pair from 2 was menacing. Whilst they were not on Tacita and Tarquinius's level from the 30th, they were rather close. Also, the female of the pair was the first of 5 sisters from the Shale family that would compete in the Games. The pair from 4 was also rather strong this year, and the male tribute was more attractive than even the beautiful pair from 1. The Pack this year scored 1 12, 1 11, 1 10, and 3 9s. There were no other volunteers besides the Careers, and the rest of the tributes scored between 8 and 3. Here are the tributes:
District 1: Glitza Necklys, 18 (9) 10-1 and Vuitton Clutch, 18 (9) 10-1
District 2: Augusta Shale, 18 (12) 3-1 and Nyckell Keane, 18 (11) 5-1
District 3: Mona Ulyso, 14 (3) 51-1 and Beetee Latier, 15 (6) 22-1
District 4: Seida Luhrman, 17 (9) 10-1 and Island Oesepides, 18 (10) 7-1
District 5: Heidi Luise, 15 (4) 42-1 and Clifford Tiphanie, 18 (6) 21-1
District 6: Nani Nemose, 13 (4) 44-1 and Aynur Adi, 16 (5) 33-1
District 7: Naira Maiara, 16 (6) 23-1 and Malik Nanuk, 17 (6) 21-1
District 8: Lally Traylor, 14 (4) 43-1 and Faron Bonham, 16 (7) 16-1
District 9: Blanche Sauvageau, 17 (6) 22-1 and Uriah Younge, 14 (5) 32-1
District 10: Shiva Barns, 16 (5) 31-1 and Fernand Armando, 16 (6) 22-1
District 11: Melodie Angelli, 13 (4) 43-1 and Chris Bonheur, 15 (5) 33-1
District 12: Michelle DeSantis, 16 (6) 23-1 and Rodrigo Marill, 18 (8) 13-1
HGBA Odds: 25% on Augusta, 20% on Nyckell, 15% on Island, 11% on Glitza, Vuitton, and Seida, 2% on Rodrigo, 1% or less on Mona, Beetee, Heidi, Clifford, Nani, Aynur, Naira, Malik, Lally, Faron, Blanche, Uriah, Shiva, Fernand, Melodie, Chris, Michelle, and Rodrigo
The Games
The tributes arose to feel sharp, cool gusts of wind battering them from all sides. The wind died down as the numbers on the holographic countdown dwindled, but the coolness remained. The Cornucopia sat in a small, lush valley. There was plenty of plant life in this area, and a large, slow, winding, crystal clear river sliced the lush valley in half. The only bad thing about this valley was that it was wide open, and it was much too easy to spot tributes. Without any hiding places, surviving in the valley as a non-Career would be next to impossible, as the entire valley could be viewed easily from the Cornucopia. In the valley, the temperature was around 40 degrees F, not cold enough to freeze water, but cool enough to give some tributes chills. All of the tributes were dressed in parkas and snow pants that were much thinner than they seemed. Anyway, ringing the valley were four large, rocky mountains, one for each of the cardinal directions. The climb up these mountains was steep and rough but not terribly hard. As you ascended, the temperature would slowly descend. Once you were on the highest peak of each mountain, it would be somewhere between negative 5 to 10 degrees F. Surviving in the upper reaches of the mountains would be hard without warming supplies. Food was nearly nonexistent on the mountains besides a few types of edible moss, although water was easily found in the upper reaches via snow and ice. The Cornucopia was stocked with a variety of weapons, and there was a surplus of gloves, hats, and extra parkas. The bloodbath would claim 11 lives this year.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Four tributes managed to sprint ahead of the Careers; the pair from 3, Mona and Beetee, the boy from 7, Malik, and the girl from 10, Shiva. Mona and Beetee grabbed coils of wire, batteries, gloves, and some food and water before sprinting away. Shiva escaped with a hatchet and some jerky. Malik was picking up a sword when Augusta tackled him and snapped his neck with ease.
Malik Nanuk, District 7 Male; 24th, Killed by Augusta, Bloodbath
Augusta and Nyckell took swords, Glitza throwing knives, Vuitton a mace, Seida a trident, and Island a longbow. Island aimed at the running pair from 3, Mona and Beetee. He managed to land an arrow in the back of the girl from 3, killing her, but her ally and District partner managed to escape unharmed into the foothills of the western mountain.
Mona Ulyso, District 3 Female; 23rd, Killed by Island, Bloodbath
The other Careers dashed around, killing anyone they could, abandoning any form of a coherent strategy and just turning to slaughter instead. Nyckell made the next kill, kicking a boy in the groin before beheading him.
Chris Bonheur, District 11 Male; 22nd, Killed by Nyckell, Bloodbath
Vuitton chased after the alliance of Faron and Rodrigo. He managed to bash in Faron's head as the boy wailed. Rodrigo dashed towards the Cornucopia to get weapons and supplies while his ally fell, dead, at the hands of Vuitton.
Faron Bonham, District 8 Male; 21st, Killed by Vuitton, Bloodbath
Glitza and Seida teamed up, cornering the females from 5 and 12 inside the Cornucopia. The girl from 5 screamed and wailed and cowered, making a racket, while the girl from 12 slowly crept deeper into the Cornucopia, hands reaching towards her chosen weapon, a shuriken. The girls from 1 and 4 made quick work of the pair. Seida jabbed the hysteric girl from 5 in the chest with her trident while Glitza, grinning, flung a throwing knife into shocked Michelle's forehead.
Heidi Luise, District 5 Female; 20th, Killed by Seida, Bloodbath
Michelle DeSantis, District 12 Female; 19th, Killed by Glitza, Bloodbath
Moments later, Augusta saw the male from 12, Rodrigo, about to attack Glitza and Seida, who were still marveling at the bloodied corpses of their first kills. She sliced into his back and chuckled as he twitched for a moment on the ground before dying.
Rodrigo Marill, District 12 Male; 18th, Killed by Augusta, Bloodbath
Vuitton bashed in another skull, tripping the lithe boy from 6 and ending his life.
Aynur Adi, District 6 Male; 17th, Killed by Vuitton, Bloodbath
Nyckell cackled in glee as he sliced off the left hand of the girl from 7, who he had pinned to the ground. He cut off her limbs and then stabbed her in the heart as she screamed and screamed and screamed some more for mercy.
Naira Maiara, District 7 Female; 16th, Killed by Nyckell, Bloodbath
Glitza spotted the tiny girl from 11, Melodie, scampering along the riverbank towards the southern mountain. She gave chase and landed a knife between the girl's shoulders, ending her poor life.
Melodie Angelli, District 11 Female; 15th, Killed by Glitza, Bloodbath
Island made the final kill, chasing after the boy from 10, who had slipped away amidst the chaos of the bloodbath with a cleaver and a bright green pack bulging with food. Island managed to shoot an arrow into his skull after chasing him for ten minutes.
Fernand Armando, District 10 Male; 14th, Killed by Island, Bloodbath
The Careers settled down for the night, collecting important supplies and stockpiling them at the mouth of the golden Horn. The tributes spread out, most starting to climb up the mountains to look for safety, shelter, food, and water. An hour after the 11 faces of the bloodbath deaths fill the sky (the female from 3, the female from 5, the male from 6, both from 7, the male from 8, the male from 10, both from 11, and both from 12), another cannon fires. The little female from 6, Nani, has been attempting to climb to safety up the rocky, uneven slope of the northern mountain. She's fallen and broken her neck, which results in her death.
Nani Nemose, District 6 Female; 13th, Killed by broken neck from falling off of mountain, Night 1
Midway through the second day, the Careers combed through the valley, finding two tributes trying to hide in plain sight. The first tribute they found by the riverbank of the river, greedily gulping down handfuls of water. Augusta shoved her sword into the girl's back.
Lally Traylor, District 8 Female; 12th, Killed by Augusta, Day 2
A half hour later, they found a male tribute trying to leave behind the valley after spotting them. He was trying to sprint through the foothills, but he tripped, and Seida buried her trident into the back of the screeching boy.
Uriah Younge, District 9 Male; 11th, Killed by Seida, Day 2
Day 3 passed without deaths as the Careers searched the southern mountain, which had no tributes on it. On Day 4, as the Careers searched the foothills of the eastern mountain where Shiva was camped out, Clifford from 5 reached the peak of the northern mountain. He was so tired that he collapsed and passed out. He died from hypothermia four hours later.
Clifford Tiphanie, District 5 Male; 10th, Killed by hypothermia, Day 4
On Day 5, the Careers searched the rest of the eastern mountain. They discovered Shiva passed out behind a pile of boulders, a half eaten bunch of white berries in her hands. These berries made one drowsy and delirious. Nyckell made the kill, shoving his blade into Shiva's side and cutting her in half.
Shiva Barns, District 10 Female; 9th, Killed by Nyckell, Day 5
The Top 8 was determined after Shiva's death: Glitza Necklys from District 1, Vuitton Clutch from District 1, Augusta Shale from District 2, Nyckell Keane from District 2, Beetee Latier from District 3, Seida Luhrman from District 4, Island Oesepides from District 4, and Blanche Sauvageau from District 9.
Day 6 passed, deathless. The Careers searched the northern mountain, where Blanche was camped out. Blanche was hidden in a cave, where she has found some water and some edible moss that keeps her alive. Beetee was huddled in the midsection of the western mountain, a messy, silvery web of wires and batteries that just seemed like something a bored, crazed tribute would throw together. But Beetee was smart, and the mess soon blended in with the landscape as he camouflaged it with dirt, moss, and other natural substances.
On Day 7, a wolf mutt faced Beetee while Blanche's cave collapsed. Beetee lured the wolf into his web, and it was electrocuted to death. Blanche's left leg was shattered from the cave's collapse, and the Careers found her limping down the side of the mountain. Vuitton beat her head into a pulp.
Blanche Sauvageau, District 9 Female; 8th, Killed by Vuitton, Day 7
On Day 8, the Careers heard screams and shouts. Beetee was acting injured, and he attracted the Careers towards his trap. Beetee sprinted up the side of the mountain, with the Careers about twenty minutes behind him. He ducked behind a pile of boulders and continued to scream. The Careers all stumbled together into Beetee's electrified wire trap. Beetee peered around the boulders and watched as the six Careers all died within the space of two minutes. Augusta was the last one to stop twitching, and then Beetee was the sole remaining tribute.
Island Oesepides, District 4 Male; 7th, Killed by Beetee, Day 8
Nyckell Keane, District 2 Male; 6th, Killed by Beetee, Day 8
Seida Luhrman, District 4 Female; 5th, Killed by Beetee, Day 8
Glitza Necklys, District 1 Female; 4th, Killed by Beetee, Day 8
Vuitton Clutch, District 1 Male; 3rd, Killed by Beetee, Day 8
Augusta Shale, District 2 Female; 2nd, Killed by Beetee, Day 8
"Beetee Latier of District 3, you are the Victor of the 33rd Hunger Games!" Caesar sang. Beetee just glanced uneasily at his trap and tried to look brave for the cameras and for his proud home District.
Aftermath
District 3 was rather surprised to get another Victor so soon, and they were also surprised by his age. Very few Victors were of age 15, and Beetee was the 2nd youngest Victor yet. (Tugra from the 3rd had been about a month and a half younger than him.) Beetee was crafty and smart, and he was well liked by a majority of the Outer Districts for his smarts, skills, and cause of all 6 Careers' deaths. The Careers hated him with a passion, but they had to admit that he had played a spectacular Games. Beetee was also certified a genius soon after his Victory, and he set to work becoming an inventor and improving many technologies that were used by the Capitol, as well as the entire nation of Panem. He became one of 3's most famous Victors, and he would be well remembered over the years, and his electrifying finale would rank as one of the Top 10 most stunning and amazing finales of the first century.
Beetee would live to age 93, dying three months after the 111th Hunger Games from a stroke. He would marry another District 3 Victor and have two children, twins, actually, a son and a daughter.
The payouts on his Victory were very good, as about .31% bet on him.
His Victory Tour was rather good, although he was heavily booed in the Career Districts.
Fun Fact: Beetee is the first non-Career to kill all 6 Careers in a single Games. The previous record holder was Mercedes Benson, District 6, from the 28th, who killed 5 Careers.
Victor's News
Beetee moves into the Victor's Village of District 3, in the house next door to Calculata's.
Fitore reveals that he has a daughter named Agrippina.
List of Victors
1st: Kelan Thather, District 4 (1, 1 Male)
2nd: Dillon Tripp, District 9 (1, 1 Male)
3rd: Tugra Ertra, District 5 (1, 1 Female)
4th: Noor Tuskararus, District 2 (1, 1 Female)
5th: Ishania Patel, District 7 (1, 1 Female)
6th: Guild Tonneroy, District 1 (1, 1 Male)
7th: Chaplin Nastaro, District 3 (1, 1 Male)
8th: Irmentrude Marley, District 5 (2, 2 Female)
9th: Vissarion Chamantel, District 11 (1, 1 Male)
10th: Greason Trails, District 6 (1, 1 Male)
11th: Mags Flanagan, District 4 (2, 1 Female)
12th: Salandra Valour, District 1 (2, 1 Female)
13th: Barcelona Sepias, District 10 (1, 1 Female)
14th: Freeha Indepp, District 11 (2, 1 Female)
15th: Clermont Lackrey, District 1 (3, 2 Male)
16th: Bex Martin, District 4 (3, 2 Female)
17th: Jaguar Crusoe, District 10 (2, 1 Male)
18th: Deana Mitchellson, District 9 (2, 1 Female)
19th: Romulus Armidale, District 2 (2, 1 Male)
20th: Grover Elms, District 7 (2, 1 Male)
21st: Fitore Renoro, District 2 (3, 2 Male)
22nd: Mascara Curler, District 1 (4, 2 Female)
23rd: Woof Parsons, District 8 (1, 1 Male)
24th: Dorsal Rance, District 4 (4, 2 Male)
25th: Venice Grammar, District 12 (1, 1 Female)
26th: Calculata Fenceley, District 3 (2, 1 Female)
27th: Florianna Urnston, District 2 (4, 2 Female)
28th: Mercedes Benson, District 6 (2, 1 Female)
29th: Fox Rennolls, District 5 (3, 1 Male)
30th: Tarquinius Isselhardt, District 2 (5, 3 Male)
31st: Ivelisse Horner, District 1 (5, 3 Female)
32nd: Pomona McCrea, District 7 (3, 2 Female)
33rd: Beetee Latier, District 3 (3, 2 Male)
A/N: Here is Beetee, our first canon Victor since Woof a decade ago! I hope I did him justice! :) Please review!
P.S. Sorry for the wait. I accidentally deleted half of this so I had to rewrite it.
Until Next Time,
Tracee