Chapter 37
AN: Thanks for all the reviews! Now I'm going to shamelessly advertise another SYOT by d11olive-13, though she already has a fan-base from her last SYOT which is still unfinished. It's called 'Save the Innocents: The 150th Hunger Games' and it's a Quell where each tribute is assigned an infant to take care of. Enjoy!
Nightingale Dessen D11
I hear the steady clunk coming towards me, I wish I could look up from my curled position and actually see the threat making its way towards me, but I can't. That'd give the game away and also my life. Will he believe I'm dead from the fire hydrant? Will he think that it's impossible for someone to drown in that short period of time? I guess the knife I placed in my stomach will help the image, now all I have to do is stay completely still. I want to squirm and writhe with pain, but I can't, knowing that Koal will see any movement that I make. The rhythm of clunks has stopped, so that means that Koal has stopped too.
I can tell what he's thinking 'are my ears waterlogged? Is that why I couldn't hear the cannon?' I bet occasionally he'll move to the conclusion that I'm alive 'Maybe she's just unconscious' and eventually he'll try to slit my throat for good measure. The pain in my stomach is growing, and I find it harder to take the small, shallow breaths that I usually take. I can tell he's still standing up, not ready to test if I'm alive or not, since I've got a knife in my chest. It's actually much lower than that, I just put the knife in at an angle to make it look higher up. I release a small whimper, just so I can get some relief from the pain.
How long is this dude going to wait me out? I'll die from the knife itself if he stays here long enough, and soon Jude will be here to save me. Wait… if Jude gets here he won't know about the non-existent cannon, he'll react like I'm still alive and then Koal will stab me and fight Jude. Koal finally decides to test me; he gives a simple small little kick. I just move a little from the opposite direction that the kick was placed; it's a fairly easy test. He isn't done though, he moves to my stomach, and slowly pulls out the knife, knowing that if I'm alive this'll be the most painful way to remove it. He's right about that, I'm two seconds from just blowing the act and attacking him.
He gives me a harder kick, that makes me roll over a couple times, showing my trail of blood. I get a first look at his face since the fire-hydrant; it's grim, like he lost someone important to him. What did he have to loose though? The mutt. Well the mutt he had was kind of cool but it never could have stayed alive, even if he won the games. The Capitol would just kill it since its use would be over, so why is he so grim about the mutt's death? I'd normally be more sympathetic but this guy is kind of killing me so he doesn't get it. I'm starting to really need to blink, I haven't since the incident and I really need too.
I hate saying this but I really regret stabbing myself, I'm probably going to die anyway because of the knife being taken out. Without warning Koal crouches down holding medical supplies in his hands, why in the world would he be doing that? He starts disinfecting the wound, causing me to want to writhe even more than I already wanted to. Once he starts cleaning the wound I'm more than embarrassed, I'd hate to be caught because I'm blushing. Then the guy adds something to stop the bleeding, why is he helping me? Maybe this is some sick way to get me to drop my act?
I hear footsteps, and they're not Koal's usual obnoxious clunks, they're regular footsteps. I hope it's Jude, but another person could put me in more danger, in case Koal starts to think I'm alive. I can't help but think that he might be trying to help me; why else would he waste his healing supplies on a supposedly dead person? Koal applies the medical tape around my stomach, ignoring the footsteps and intently finishing before he looks at the person. They just stare at each other, and Koal turns back to "healing" me, but suddenly turns back as if to ask a question.
"Do you know how many people are left? I lost count at the feast."
Crap.
Jude Herra D6
"Five. Right?"
I answered without thinking, but before I could do anything Koal cut the bandages on Zombies stomach. She immediately gasps in pain, Koal ends her life by simply dropping a bloody knife into her heart. I don't really understand what's happening, other than Zombies demise. Her cannon fires shortly after, I growl at Koal. Charging him onto the ground, my fist connecting with him too many times to remember. But he fights back, I suddenly feel like I'm fighting Fuscous, and my rage increases. I don't bother with my sword, the second Koal pulls out his knife I swiftly break his arm.
He falls to the ground and I slam my elbow into his throat, my other fist grinding against his chin. Because of the grinding his neck is now open for me to attack, one of his legs somehow hits my face but I don't even flinch. I keep my elbow pressing down on his neck and eventually his thrashing stops. His cannon fires and I'm not happy, killing him won't get Evangeline or Zombie back, and that's what I really want. I walk away, looking for something to check my injuries in, because I know I have at least one on my nose. I wander into a building and I find a mirror to see my reflection.
I'm not a looker that's for sure, my red hair is fill with grime to the point you could say that it isn't red anymore. My nose is bleeding like crazy from where Koal kick it, it isn't broken though. I drink some water from a bottle I had and I feel something hard come lose from my mouth. It's a tooth, but from the back of my mouth, so I can still smile without feeling guilty. I wipe off the blood and pinch the bridge of my nose; hopefully that's what you're supposed to do in this situation. I end up filling my water-bottle with tap water and dumping it on my head, not the best move since my red-hair sticks out but I want to die as me. And my red hair helps with that, since no other guy had red hair.
I still feel a sting of pain from Zombies death, which is partly my fault no matter how you look at it. Even though it's true that Koal tricked me so he could figure out if a cannon went off at Zombies first "death" or not. I shouldn't have answered, I thought he might be helping her; it's ironic because he probably stabbed her in the first place. Zombies plan was brilliant… and I blew it, leaving her dead when it should've been me. It doesn't matter if I avenged her; it only turned me into a pawn of the Capitol. I can't focus on that part right now though; I knew that I would have to play their game from the start. They've made their move, and after the Games it's time I start making mine.
I'm in the final three, I can do this. And I'll do it as Jude, not Giant because the second Zombie died so did that name. I'll win these games as a boy who was reaped, not a prankster. This is why I dumped the remaining chemicals and solutions down the drain; I'm going to win with my sword, not my soul. Because my soul belongs to all three pranksters, I am no longer allowed to use it in this arena. I sigh knowing that winning with a weapon against my last competitors may be tricky, since one is from two while the other is good with an axe. All of us have killed, me for revenge, Clyde for anger (and revenge) and True for Koal.
It's sad that only one of us had a good reason to kill, then again, being in the hunger games is a pretty good reason in itself. I can tell that we all want this over with, and that we all just want a victor. I ended up re-watching all the deaths again, including Zombies. The sword I'm using is Cottons, I never knew that before. I've also noticed a lot of blood on my jacket; I believe it's Koal's blood, from when I broke his nose. I have something that belongs to both their allies and I don't like it, I'm tempted to just chuck the sword and jacket. I can't chuck either though, because they're the only friends that I have left.
True Whittier D7
Koal's face shimmers in the sky, making me feel like I never should have left him. I thought he'd do fine, with Sparkles on his side but I guess a 50 ton wolf mutt can't save you from everything. Before him the girl from eleven was in the sky, I bet she had something to do with his death. It's also sad that the girl from six died as well, leaving the last prankster with no district partner to allie with. Three dead in one day, the first cannon only an hour and a half before the other two, which were about five minutes in-between each other. It's not our fault (speaking for the final five) that we got antsy after we got to the final five. I have a theory that it's because we all wanted it so badly.
I really wish Koal didn't die with in hours of our alliance break-up. If he was with me he wouldn't have died, but together we would make it into the final two. It wouldn't have worked since that's the original reason that I cut our materials in half, I didn't want to kill Koal. I bet the people at the Capitol would love it though, not that I care what they think of me. When I'm victor I'll just shut myself out from the world, because I will finally be done with the stupidest and most annoying part of my life, my parents. The house in victors village will be mine and my brothers only, frankly my parents can kiss my ass.
I honestly don't consider the guy from six as a threat, unless he's gone crazy from both his allies being killed almost a day or two after each other. Unfortunately, he's not the type to go crazy, I would know since I've seen plenty of crazies in past games. It's always the weak willed ones that end up breaking, I don't know much about the boy from six but I do know that he's strong-willed. I don't remember him having too many skills other than climbing and basic combat. But his fist wouldn't stand a chance against my axe, and it's not like he can climb away from us. So Clyde's the guy to beat, and I know that won't be easy.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Clyde's trained; therefore all the potential last-minute sponsors will be flocking towards him. Although prices are raised while the games go on Clyde could probably get enough money to buy a meal or something. I actually don't have any food, I went fishing with some of the wire, using the careers food as bait. I ended up snagging a lot of dead fish that I ultimately decided were not edible, just like the careers food. Also, Clyde probably knows what he's doing, and where to go in order to get pushed towards the final battle. Without being severely attacked by mutts.
Normally you go to the cornucopia, but unless they're going to push us back into speed boats I don't see that happening. Maybe they'll make us all swim, that'd be fun since I can't imagine Clyde or Jude knowing how to swim. It would be a pretty easy victory in my opinion, another reason why it won't be happening. I'm stressed from the whole 'wait until we push you together for the final battle!' thing. I wish I could just fight now, but I guess the Capitol has seen enough death for one day. I'm surprised that filling their hungry stomachs for blood is even possible. After all, we had four deaths at the feast.
I end up spending the rest of my time looking for Clyde's weakness, eventually I conclude that he doesn't have one, or has many small weaknesses instead. It doesn't matter though; I'm going to have to beat him with my skill, not his non-existent weaknesses. It'll work, I have lot of skill. I half-heartily consider trying to Allie with Jude, so we can together take down the trained guy easily. I decide against it because I don't want to look like the Hunger Games equivalent of a player. That's not how I want to be remembered, or how I'll looked at by my district. I'm going to do this on my own, like I should've done from the beginning.
Kill list:
District 1: Luxury
Male: Talus Agustine- Tortured and drowned to death, kill given to Fuscous (D5)
Female: Silver Hartford- Skull bashed by Fuscous (D5)
District 2: Masonry
Male: Clyde Fenix-
Female: Vivian 'Vixen' Draconix- Shot by Clyde (D2)
District 3: Technology
Male: Julian Raj- Axe in the head, throw by True (D7)
Female: Olivia Medina- Stabbed by Koal (D12)
District 4: fishing
Male: Cotton Steele- Stabbed by Vixen (D2)
Female: Nicole "Nikki" Lawrence- Shot by Talus. (D1)
District 5: Mutations (power)
Male: Fuscous- Knife in the neck by Evangaline Scores (D8)
Female: Nadia Kovak- BB: Was trying to get away in a boat but her boat was destroyed by Nicole (D4). So she drowned.
District 6: Transport
Male: Jude Herra-
Female: Avalon Caverly- Killed by Clyde. (D2)
District 7: Lumber
Male: Steven Fillburg- BB Stabbed by Talus (D1)
Female: True Whittier :
District 8: textiles
Male: Fleance League- Leg bitten off by shark, drowned or bled to death. Whichever one you like better. BB
Female: Evangeline "Evan" Scores- burned to death.
District 9: grain
Male: William Rossi- BB eaten by a giant fish in one gulp.
Female: Sonya Saranglo- BB speared by Silver.(D1)
District 10: live stock
Male: Ethan Milner- Stabbed himself with a shard of glass.
Female:Olivia (Livie) Madron- Killed by Fuscous (D5)
District 11: agriculture
Male: Dave Picket- Poisoned by chicken salad.
Female: Nightingale Dessen- Stabbed by Koal (D12)
Discrict 12: coal mining
Male: Koal Morrison- suffocated by Jude (D6)
Female: Piper "cherry" Pillock BB - drowned by Silver (D1)
Nightingale: Ugh, I absolutely hated myself when I killed you. You really didn't deserve to die, being one of the smartest to walk into the arena. I loved you so much, but it was your time. I believe that if Jude never found you that Koal would have left you alone. That's not the point though, you had a great time in the arena with your friends who cared enough to find you. R.I.P
Koal: You did well for a guy from twelve Koal. Your manipulative nature struck again and you were able to find out the impossible. You were probably the character that developed the most from your time in the arena. You helped me become a better writer and something tells me you've effected True too ; ) R.I.P