Hey guys next chapter for you all ... I would just like to warn you all before reading that a lot and I mean a lot of tributes are going to die in this chapter ... I gave you all a warning so don't hate me if your tribute/s die because well it's the Hunger Games. Anyway enjoy this Chapter :D
One on One
Crisis Sparks
The pains of my burnt and blistered flesh have all gone now, I've been resting behind a boulder on the bank of the river that joins the castle and the mountain section together. The sky has started to get dark as the sun disappears and the moon and the stars come out ... who knows though, outside the Arena it could still be the daytime, the Gamemakers have the power to manipulate every single thing that happens within the boundaries of the Arenas they design. Who knows what else they've got planned, what other tricks they've got up their sleeves. There was the destruction of the maze, the rivals on the hilltop event, joining two sections together and that thing involving the Careers and the girls from Four, it wasn't directed at anyone else but I could hear Brutus announcement nonetheless.
Ahead of me the sky is lit up only by the burning of the village, I swear that village is prone to fire, the smoke coming from this direction filled the sky non-stop, only on the rainy days has the fires been put out but then sooner or later they start back up again, I'm worried of going through the village and around the houses, I want to go to the forest section and I can't go up the mud ramp because even though the storm has passed and the rain has gone it's still dripping and impossible to walk across, I tried earlier anyway and fell flat on my face, I know it's disgusting but the mud soothed my burnt skin as it mixed together, I wonder what the Capitol audience are like, I must look unhuman to them, I can't blame them I do look hideous. No way is anyone going to sponsor me from this moment on, not only do I look atrocious but the way things are going I'm not exactly going to win this thing. The only thing that is keeping me going is the thought that Kara would be ashamed if I quit, I have to carry on and at least attempt at victory for her.
As I stretch out my legs and rest my head on my hands the anthem plays and the first face appears. Michael from Seven, that means no Careers which is a shame. I never knew him, he seemed nice enough but now that means there are no more District Seven tributes. Next is Ruby and Rosie. At least they both died, neither of them have to live with the pain of a lost sister. I wonder what got my former allies, I'm surprised I'm not more upset but I knew it would have to happen sooner or later, I'm just happy that I didn't meet up with them and be forced to fight them. They're peaceful that's what's important. Finally Nectar from Eleven, poor Ambrosia now she has to deal with a lost sister. It's not fun I can tell you that much. The Seal appears and the anthem fades out meaning another day is over. Day Six I think we're on now or Seven I haven't been keeping count.
I might as well start moving with the cover of night, I stand up eat my last bit of bread and put my empty backpack on. I need to find some food soon, I would fill up my water bottle with that water from the river but every time I get close the fish try to eat me so I don't bother. I take out my knife and begin the walk through the village. I guess I don't have the cover of darkness for this bit, the whole place is ablaze and lit up with fire. One of the buildings is collapsed so I divert round one of the smaller ones and see someone running for me. Crap ... Indigo Stormwell. I don't turn and run since the only way back would lead me back to where I started, instead I turn right and attempt to swerve around her. An arrow comes flying at me but it misses and gets incinerated in the fire.
"Crisis, would you just not run! I've had enough of cowards!" She shouts, I don't care if you have, I'm not about to fight you. I dodge a knife that gets thrown and push into her to get past her. She falls to the ground and swears, I feel a blade plunge into my ankle but compared to the pain I felt when being on fire it's nothing. I pull it out and throw it back. I run as fast as I can, past broken houses and finally I see the entrance to the village.
"What the hell happened to you!" I hear Indigo shout.
"Burnt, now piss off!" I shout back, I hear her laugh and stop moving.
"Shame your bitch of a sister died, I would have rather liked to have watched her suffer at my hands. Did you drive her away, I could see that happening." I freeze ... alright she wants a fight, a fight she can have. No one says anything about Kara and gets away with it. I turn ready to fight but barely see the arrow fly towards me. I don't have time to dodge, it plunges into my forehead and I see the sky go dark as I collapse to the ground. I guess I should have carried on running after all ... oh well death doesn't feel too bad. In the distance as I leave this world, I hear a cannon sound, my cannon fill the Arena.
Indigo Stormwell
Great shot ... I laugh and walk up to her still body. She shouldn't have let her anger take over her, she should have kept running and chances are that arrow would have missed. But the Kara insult worked and she was putty in my hands. The arrow hit exactly where I wanted, I take it out of her forehead, wipe the blood on my trousers and put it back where I hold my arrows. I give her body a kick for good measure and gaze down at her skin. That must have been one hell of a bad burn to do all that damage, not one bit of skin is its usual colour, all red and peeling, some blistered. I wonder what the hell could have caused that ... doesn't matter Crisis Sparks's death means that there are only sixteen more tributes, the only ones that prove a real threat are Vigdis and my brother Topaz. Would I feel anything killing him ... it can't be that hard, I could do it and return home as victor. After all he'll try and kill me anyway, he probably thinks I've betrayed the Careers even though I consider myself still a member, I went after Michael. Shame I couldn't kill him but he's dead now, I wonder what happened.
I think my next target will be the sisters from Four, that Korra tricked me into coming here whilst she scarpered off. How could I fall for that, if it hadn't have been for the storm I would have got them easily, the mud and rain didn't help one bit. I give her limp body another kick just for show and walk off, taking her knife and her backpack. I sit down on a nearby plank of wood, the only thing that doesn't look like it's on fire and unzip it, only an empty water bottle and some crumbs of bread. I scoop the crumbs up and consume them all in one mouthful, I put the water bottle in my own backpack and chuck hers back to her body, I don't know if it's gone yet, I didn't hear the hovercraft arrive, but I guess they're pretty quiet.
As I prepare to leave a silvery glow escapes from my watch face and starts to work its way around my entire body, what's going to be happening now then? What do the Gamemakers have in store, it doesn't matter, I'll survive whatever they throw at me, even Vigdis Lanly.
I reappear standing upright on a metal pedestal, identical to the ones we start the Games on. Except it's not where it originally was, I'm on the other side of the hill and its further away from the slope upwards. The pedestal is turned so I'm opposite Vigdis. She's smiling at me but not moving, we have to wait for the announcement. I see some more tributes around us, some closer to the hill, some on the hill and others far away. There must be some tributes on the other side, but they're all positioned like me and Vigdis are, pedestals turned to face one other tribute.
"Attention tributes, with that last cannon there are now only sixteen tributes left out of the starting fourty-eight, before I carry on I would like to congratulate you all, President Aphrodite wishes me to pass on her own personal congratulations, you have all given us quite a show. Now for this event we feel like moving on these Games rather quickly, let the blood flow as it was. Now each of you are facing directly opposite another tribute, this will be the person you fight. At the end of this event there will be only eight tributes left, around each pair is a forcefield that will not go until either you or your opponent is dead. Once there is a victor in each fight the forcefields will be dropped and you may fight the remaining tributes or run, it's your choice. I would also like to point out that a lot of you are nearly out of food and water, so if you win you may take this." A table to the right of me and Vigdis appears full of food and water and some extra weapons and backpacks.
"The winner of the fight may take as much off their table as they wish. I'm sure you are all looking forward to this event, I know I am, I know the whole of Panem is. Do not stray to far or try to run off because the forcefield will just knock you back, it's not powerful enough to kill so don't worry about that. Keep count of the cannons because once the eighth one sounds you may leave. Get ready tributes ... the event begins ... NOW!"
I don't bother looking at the others around me, this is just me and Vigdis. Finally one will win and the other will be dead. We charge at eachother, running off our pedestals. I punch her in her stomach but she doesn't fall over or anything, she smiles at me and whips out a knife, it soars through the air but with the knife I took from Crisis I deflect it and kick it as it falls harmlessly to my feet.
"Now's the time to settle this." She says with that smile still plastered on her face. I can't wait to shut her up for good. I don't talk, I just want her dead. She draws out her sword, I do the same and she lunges first, her sword slashes at my cheek but I deflect the blade and attempt at impaling her through the chest.
BOOM!
One dead, I don't look around I just feel the sword fly out from my hands and hit the forcefield, it bounces back and hits the grass. As she swipes at my neck I pull out a knife and hit her sword away, I then pull out my last sword and go on the offensive, slashing at the air in front of her, hoping it will hit.
BOOM!
I don't catch any part of her, she's too fast. She pulls out her last sword and with both swinging through the air, she charges at me. I roll to the left and avoid her, I pull out an arrow and instead of shooting it with my bow, I charge at her, slide under the swords and stab her leg. She howls with pain as I pull it out, she drops one of her swords and lunges at me again. I raise my sword, deflect the blow and push her away. I've got the upper hand, I can do this. I take out my bow and get an arrow ready, I shoot at her but once again she's too fast. She swivels around the arrow and shoots her own, I attempt the same but I don't turn enough, as I turn once again the arrow plunges into my forehead just like with Crisis earlier. I can't believe it ... Vigdis won! I collapse to the floor and hear the cannon sound mixed in with the laughing of Vigdis. Oh well ... at least I went down fighting, this rivalry was brilliant.
Eliza Roberts
Three cannons have sounded so far ... not even halfway yet. I duck as Chaotic's arrow flies towards me, it hits the forcefield and falls harmlessly to the grass. I don't know why I've been paired with her, we don't have a rivalry or anything, but I guess they ran out of enemies and just bunged us together. She's very quick but luckily so am I. I fire one of my own arrows at her, she hits it away with her sword and comes charging at me, slashing about like crazy.
BOOM!
Okay now we're halfway, I look around for Ambrosia but can't see her, I managed to finally get her sane and calmed down again, after Nectar died she wasn't the same. But she's tough and I'm sure whoever she's fighting is either dead or is about to die. I shake my head violently ... I can't be thinking of anyone else but me right now, this is my neck on the line. I pull out my own sword and just manage to deflect the blade as its an inch from my neck. I push her blade upwards and attempt to impale her through the chest but her other hand is round her knife, she raises it and stops my blade from piercing her flesh. I walk backwards as she does and think of my next move. I'd say we were evenly matched, I put my sword away and glance over at the table full of food, water, weapons and backpacks. I don't think Brutus said anything about taking a weapon just for this fight, besides if I lose Chaotic can just take it and if I win it's mine. I run over to the table and before she can register what I'm doing I have a very heavy but very sharp axe in my hands. There's no electric shock, no announcement from Brutus or anything. I guess I'm allowed then. I charge at her and swing my axe like crazy, she ducks and heads for the table herself, she takes her own axe and another dagger and throws the knife the second she turns to face me. I try to hit it away with my axe like she did with her sword and my arrow but I miss and it plunges into my shoulder. The pain is horrific but at least I'm not dead. I pull it out and grit my teeth with the pain. I throw it to the grass and stamp on it just to snap it.
She charges at me, I decide to do the same. We slash our axes at eachother at exactly the same time. My axe flies out my hand but Chaotic, the lucky bitch that she is, keeps her grip on hers. I pull out my bow and get an arrow ready before she can throw it at me or chop my head off. I fire the arrow and it catches her in the hand, she lets go of her axe and before I can fire another she runs forwards just stopping in front of where the air ripples and ducks as I let another arrow fly at her.
BOOM!
Three more fights are still going on, mine included. I wonder who's dead ... no I can't think about that now. I take out two daggers and charge at her once again, she abandons her other weapons and to play it fair she pulls out two daggers so we're evenly matched. Her first dagger slashes at my neck, I deflect the blow and with my other attempt to pierce her stomach but she kicks at my shin and sends me to the ground.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Only our fight left now, I guess it's over anyway. My daggers are on the grass and Chaotic's are raised above me. I lie on my back and look into her eyes, they look apologetic but I don't hate her or anything, I would have killed her if roles were reversed.
"I'm sorry." She whispers, her blades swing down and slash across my neck. It doesn't hurt as much as I thought, my cannon sounds marking the end of this one on one event.
Alright I did love this Chapter alot ... I know you're all probably wondering who survived, the ones that won just to clarify collected stuff from the table and ran off safely so there's still the final eight left. The fights and the surviving tributes are after this little note. First of all as much as I enjoyed this chapter I want to apologise for the death of Rosie, she was the mystery death at the end of the last chapter, I decided that she fell onto the grass as she tried to get to Ruby as she was crying her eyes out. Then for Crisis because I did really like her but this stuff happens, she was a great tribute, next for Indigo ... a massive apology for this one, I did have her down for the final eight before I thought up this event, her and Vigdis's rivalry was brilliant and I loved every bit I wrote for her. She will be remembered as will the others that died. Another apology for Eliza, she was another great tribute and a final apology for the other six tributes that died in this event. You'll see who died in a second, anyway besides all the death I hope you enjoyed this chapter just much as I did whilst writing this, the next chapter will be the final eight interviews. Review please and thank you all!:D
The Fights:
Magnus vs Phoenix- Phoenix won
Korra vs Flayari- Flayari won
Mithra vs Amelia- Mithra won
Leo vs Topaz- Topaz won
Indigo vs Vigdis- Vigdis won
Chaotic vs Eliza- Chaotic won
Jestaro vs Keldon- Jestaro won
Geo vs Ambrosia- Ambrosia won
Final Eight:
Phoenix
Vigdis
Topaz
Flayari
Mithra
Chaotic
Jestaro
Ambrosia
Only one alliance left: Phoenix and Chaotic
Castle:
Flayari
Mithra
Jestaro
Forest:
Vigdis
Topaz
Mountain:
Phoenix
Chaotic
Ambrosia