The Sixth Evening

Levi Fields (17) D10M

Tawny and I were hiding behind our platforms. It was a bit far away from the Glade but this was safe. The pair of us could do with some more medicines right now, as well as some food. And if managed to get another weapon, it would be even better.

I didn't know when it would be four in the evening but it had to be here soon, judging by the position of the sun. no other tribute was in sight but I was sure they must be hiding somewhere close. Were they also hiding behind their pedestals?

There was a sound of a gong and I geared up. Signalling to Tawny, the two of us ran towards the Glade taking different routes. There was a table arranged there and I saw the bag with 10 written on it. As I had instructed Tawny, she ran through the Glade and into the forest. I leapt towards the table to grab the bag when a knife missed me barely.

Flinging the bag on my shoulder I looked up to see Victoria racing towards me, multiple knives in her hand. She threw another and I dodged it. The knife lodged itself in my bag and I threw it back at her. Running as fast as my legs could, I went past Demetrius, who had just shown up, when I felt something sharp go through my back.

Crying out in agony I twisted around and fell down to see that Demetrius had taken out a thin dagger from his bag and had used that. Slowly I reached up to my back and pulled it out, yelling once again.

I saw Tawny run out of the forest towards me. "GO BACK!" I cried out.

Victoria and Demetrius were fighting now. Physically Five was strong but Victoria was much more cunning than him. And she was small. She used her short stature to duck out of her attacker's way then fought him hard. She stabbed him in the back. Literally.

Demetrius had tears in his eyes as Victoria stabbed him again. I felt really bad for him but there was nothing I could do. I leaned against Tawny and ran, or rather tried to run, out of the Glade. But the pain was too much to ignore.

Handing Tawny our bag, I looked at her in the eyes.

"Leave," I said.

"No Levi," she responded firmly. I liked to see this side of her. It was wonderful to see her grow so much. But it had not come without a price.

I pulled her to my chest and almost fell on top of her but she supported me. Releasing her from the embrace I pushed her away and she stared at me with wide eyes.

"GO!" I cried and pushed her again.

Why didn't she understand I was slowing her down? That abandoning me would be the best thing to do right now?

"LEVI!"

And with a cry she pushed me to the side.

Tawny Stallyon (15) D10F

I pushed Levi out of the way of the knife and then rolled the other way. It seemed Victoria and Demetrius had decided to kill the two of us first and then battle it out. Victoria ran with her knife towards Levi while Demetrius jumped on top of me and brought me to the ground. My head hit the ground hard and I knew I was bleeding.

"I'm sorry dear," Demetrius apologised as he held on to the machete he had received in the Feast. "But I wasn't to go home. And for that you'll have to die. I won't drag it out for you."

As he was about to bring down the machete, I bit his hand and rolled out of the way. He yelped in pain but I attacked Victoria. Or tried to. She must have good senses because she sensed my movement and moved out of the way right at the last moment so I ended up punching Levi.

"Levi are you okay?!" I asked anxiously.

"JUST GO!" he shouted at me. I knew he wanted to protect me but it was not needed. We were both getting out of here.

Demetrius swung his machete but Levi pushed me out of the way. The machete hit his neck and the cannon sounded just a few seconds later.

Time seemed to slow down for me. I saw Levi's eyes look at me, his lips mouthing the word 'go', and then his lifeless body slumped sideways. Everything ceased to exist at that moment. Levi's corpse was the only thing there. My friend…

I didn't cry. I always thought I would cry if this happened but tears didn't fall. My eyes only saw his killer. Levi's killer.

Demetrius was staring at Levi's body and then at his machete as if unable to believe he killed someone. It looked as if he would faint. It didn't matter. Demetrius was not going to leave this place alive.

Grabbing the dagger that had been thrown earlier at Levi, I stood up shakily. Levi… I would avenge him. Demetrius seemed to overcome his shock and prepared himself for another kill but I threw the dagger first. I didn't know anything about weapons but this hit him right in the waist.

He looked down at the knife in surprise and then screamed in pain, dropping his machete. I picked it up and then struck at his chest. With a cry of pain, he fell down and I stabbed him again. I dug the machete deep into his chest, tearing the flesh and muscle. His cries were deafening but I sunk in the weapon deeper nonetheless.

The cannon sound might have been a relief for him but I hacked at him now. "Levi! Levi! LEVI!" I cried, tears falling finally and blurring my vision. But I kept attacking Demetrius' dead body. It was beyond recognition now and I finally brought it down on his neck just like he had on Levi's.

Dropping the machete, I sunk to the ground, the glass biting into my flesh. Victoria was staring at me in fear and backed away just a bit. Honestly though, I didn't even have any desire to stay alive. Cody was gone. Levi was gone. I had killed a boy.

And that was when somebody stabbed me in the back and cut me up. Breath exploded out of me and I fell on all fours. I saw a pair of legs running. Looking up I saw it was Charles, holding a bloody machete. He disappeared into the woods.

I let out a breath and then closed my eyes. At least I would be with my friends.

The Capitol

Cress Woods Jr (26)

Opal led them to a chamber that was full of equipment that Cress knew nothing about. Everything seemed too delicate. There was not a soul in sight and a single tube in the centre. There was a panel of controls right in front of the tube and Cress walked over to it. It was so complicated that his head hurt.

"This is the coning tube," Opal said, "I stepped right out of here."

That creeped Cress out. The tube seemed to tower over his puny self. He had given his own blood sample for cloning, unintentionally of course, but he had. What was he supposed to do if there was another Cress?

More competition.

"Don't think that way," he said softly.

Haley looked at him and then rolled her eyes as Alan studied the controls. He started raiding the chamber, looking through everything to find something that he could use.

"Why don't we just destroy the tube?" Cress asked.

"We will do that," Opal said, "But we need to get rid of the design first. Alan deleted the softcopies of the blueprints from their system but we need to make sure no copy exists just so that a machine like this never created again."

Cress stared at the machine longingly. If he could get her DNA…

"Haley?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you, did you guys retrieve Virgo's body from the arena? Or Devon's?"

Virgo Ryans and Devon Lark were Cress' allies during his Games. He was too attached to them. In the past ten years there had not been one day when he had not thought of them. Sometimes he could feel their presence. And this machine… If Opal's clone was so much like Opal, wouldn't Virgo's clone be like Virgo too?

"They were given a funeral, Cress. Their bodies are gone," Haley whispered

Cress' shoulders slumped. Why did he get his hopes high? Of course this was going to happen. They are gone.

He looked up and saw that Alan was staring at the machine with the same longing that he had. Cress knew Alan had lost his friends in the rebellion a decade ago. Maybe he was thinking the same thing. But his friends' bodies were gone as well. Regal had died in a blast and Samara had committed suicide. The rebels had caved in the room where she had died and nobody even dared to think of removing those rocks. Her body must have decayed a long while back and bones must be all that was left.

"Here," Alan said as he held another copy of the blueprint.

Haley produced her lighter and set the blueprint to fire. Opal looked sad as the design caught fire but even sadder because what Ruby had done didn't please her. Opal had used her brain to help the rebels. Ruby was doing so to end it all.

Being a clone, she had much more strength than before. She punched at the glass tube and a crack formed. She punched again when a voice rang out.

"What the hell?!"

They turned around to see Ruby standing there, staring at the glass tube with tears in her eyes. Her invention was being destroyed. The girl was bathed in blood. There was only one way that could have happened.

"Sasha! Where's Sasha?!" Haley cried out.

Ruby turned towards her angrily. As she opened her mouth to speak, Cress saw something like a leather belt cut the air and then slice her neck. Ruby gasped as her hand went to her neck. Looking at her hand, she saw that it was smeared in fresh blood.

Her body fell forward.

Sasha stood behind her, holding his belt tightly in his hand. Cress stepped back fearfully. Everyone knew that Sasha had slaughtered people in his Games with a similar belt. And looking at his condition, it seemed he had thrown a rampage again.

Opal stared at Ruby's fallen body with empty eyes. Her sister…

"She's not dead," Sasha spat, "Do whatever you want to. I'm out!"

He turned to walk out of the chamber when suddenly Alan punned him against the wall.

"You're not going anywhere."

Sasha gave him a twisted smile and tilted his head a bit. Cress didn't like this at all. He looked at Haley who quickly pulled out her gun. Cress didn't want to hurt Sasha but it was clear the boy was dangerous right now. If he was here, he had definitely killed Ruby's henchmen. And if he had killed anyone, he was not safe.

As Opal tried to save her sister by using her superpowers, Haley fired her gun at Sasha. The bullet hit the boy in his stomach and he looked at Haley and Cress in surprise and hurt.

"You betrayed me," he said, "I did all this for you guys and you…"

The boy pushed Alan away and fell backwards then slumped sideways. Alan scooped up his body in his arms, looking at Haley questioningly.

"It was the right thing to do," she said, "I wasn't going to have him attack us."

"So you killed him!" Alan roared angrily. The man was crying as he looked at Sasha's pale face.

Opal left Ruby's side and walked up to him. Resting a hand on Alan's shoulder, she said, "He isn't dead. We can heal him enough to keep him alive till we can treat him. Just lay him down."

And Cress, he simply watched. He watched as Opal tried to heal Sasha with her superpowers. He watched Ruby's body move just a bit as she breathed. He watched as his other men and Alan and Haley tried to destroy the tube.

He just watched.

The Arena

Victoria Mason (18) D4F

The final two. I was in final two.

Currently I was alone in the Glade. Three bodies were littered on the ground and sadly I didn't get a single kill today. It made me so mad. How could I not get a single kill?!

What frustrated me even more was how Charles had shown up in such a subtle fashion, killed Tawny and then ran out of there. Everything had happened too quickly. That boy was supposed to die at my hands today! But no, he acted like a coward.

But now this couldn't continue. He would die and I would give him such a slow and painful death that it will be an example for everyone who would defy me. Nobody was going to stop me from being a victor.

Casually opening my bag, I found all sorts of knives in there. From small to big, there was an array of knives in there. The glint of the blade brought a smile to my face. Oh, how fun it would be to see one of these go through Charles' neck? To hear his painful screams. To hear him plead and beg.

I laughed. It didn't matter that I didn't get a kill today. It would happen very soon.

Chevrolet wouldn't know what hit him.

Final Two! I guess a few of you might be disappointed with the finalists and I am sorry for that, but I really thought this was fitting. What did you think of this chapter? Who do you think will win out of Charles and Victoria? Who do you want to win between these two?

Eulogies:

5th- Levi Fields: Levi you were my favourite character this time around! I loved writing him so much! He was everything I loved in a character. Wizard, I hope I didn't do too bad with him. He was one of your most unique characters and an absolute pleasure to write. Rest in peace Levi. I will miss you. Thank you so much for submitting Levi.

4th- Demetrius Likorus: DEME! Deme you were amazing! You were my favourite of the trio and one of my favourites in general. You were so fun and I liked your bipolar nature. Your relationship with Cass and Kimaya was amazing and I am really honoured to have written about him. Thank you Brooke for submitting him. You'll be missed.

3rd- Tawny Stallyon: Tawny you were so sweet. I loved you dearly and you were an incredible character. I loved your friendship with Levi and you changed so much during the Games. It was so much fun to write for you. I hope I wrote her well, Pine. Thank you for submitting her. Rest in peace Tawny. You'll be with your friends now…

And thank you all so much for your kind reviews! Next chapter it will all end. I don't know when I'll update but thank you for all your support. I hope you don't hate me too much for choosing this particular person as a victor.

Death List:

Merle Loveridge- killed by Romeo Achilles

Romeo Achilles- killed by Dante Callum

Hickory Marie- killed by Gamemaker trap

Dane McAteer- killed by Cody Alvera

Lisbeth Miller- killed by Artemis Merone

Clarity Constello- killed by Ricardus Crawford-Cayne

Cassander Likorus- killed by Zachariah Basta

Rosamund Blume- killed by Victoria Mason

Cara White- killed by mutts

Artemis Merone- killed by Dove Savage

Zachariah Basta- killed by Gamemaker trap

Cody Alvera- killed by Zachariah Basta

Dionne Pierson- killed by Charles Chevrolet

Kimaya Price- killed by mutt

Skyler Laois- killed by Dante Callum

Ainsley Fischer (alive)- kill credited to Dove Savage

Dove Savage- killed by Victoria Mason

Dante Callum- killed by Ricardus Crawford-Cayne

Ricardus Crawford-Cayne- killed by Dante Callum

Levi Fields- killed by Demetrius Likorus

Demetrius Likorus- killed by Tawny Stallyon

Tawny Stallyon- killed by Charles Chevrolet

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