Gloss Miller, 18, D1M
I was awoken by a loud rumbling sound, the ground was shaking and there were cracks appearing in the ceiling. This whole place is caving in! I let out a scream of surprise, get up and start trying to win. My movements are groggy however and slow but the adrenaline keeps me moving. "Ahh!" I scream out as the stalagmites in the ceiling start falling! Those sharp stone spears are actually falling on me! I scream even more as I continue trying to run, debris, stalagmites, all falling down on me, all falling down around me, I know if I don't move quickly I'll die for sure. I'm trying my best to dodge but it's just so damn hard!
THUMP!
A large rock, about the size of a shoe falls on my back, I yell out and fall on one knee, still not down yet, however as I continue to move another rock falls, this time it falls right on my shoulder, I let out a deep yell out pain and drop my axe, it's obvious I'm bleeding. No, no, I have to keep- THUMP! This time a rock hits me on the head, right on top. My vision turns cloudy and misty and I feel like I can't move, my body feels about a thousand times heavier.
Is this the end?
Suddenly I find myself face down on the floor, my vision is swimming and my axe is right next to me, I know I'm going to be crushed to death, buried underneath all this rubble. Suddenly I let out another scream, however this time it's not as loud because my head is swimming. A large rock, I can't see it but it lands right on my back, crushing my bones and compressing my lungs and all internal organs, I can't even scream, all I can do is let out a gurgle, just like the gurgle Griffin made when I slashed him.
I can't feel my body anymore as more and more rocks mount up on me. I know I've shamed District one, but you know what? I don't care about them? I don't care about the Capitol either, they took my sister away from me. She came third but I could only come seventh, I could never beat my sister in anything we did, even in a fight for our lives she still came closer than me.
So I'll be leaving this world, this world that made me kill two innocent kids. This world that took my sister away from me.
I can finally see her again.
Although I'll never see home again, although I'll never see my family again I don't care. Because now I'm at peace, it hurts, I'm being crushed to death and I'm dying.
But I'm free.
BOOM!
Cyrus Redick, 18, D7M
I'm trying my hardest to get away from the falling debris, it was the Game makers, I know for a fact it was. My face is bright red as I hold my crosscut saw in one hand and my bag on my back, it's getting hard because I literally have no water and I haven't drunk water in hours but I'm pushing my body to the limit. Jumping, swerving and dodging rocks and falling stalagmites as I try to escape. It's so unpredictable so I can't find a set pattern of when to dodge and when to run. I have to act purely on my gut and instinct.
It's hard though but I know I can do this, this is a challenge, this is either to lead me to another tribute or to simply kill off tributes they are getting bored off. I continue sprinting at full pace, side stepping the many rocks and stalagmites that fall in my direction. I keep on running, keep on running. I let out a yell as I keep sprinting, going full speed, pushing my burning muscles to the limit as I keep on sprinting as fast as I can.
And then I know I've escaped. I realize there's no more falling debris and there's less noise, I don't know how long I ran for but all I know is that I'm tired, out of breath and my muscles hurt. I need to find a tribute, I need to take their stuff, their food and water because without it I won't live to see the finale. I know there must be a tribute nearby, why would the Game makers have driven me here? There's a lot of vegetation in this area, bushes, grass (why is there grass growing on rock?) and more green stuff.
The perfect chance.
So with a grin I quickly dive into a bush and wait it out.
Shine Luxer, 17, D1F
I'm running as fast as I can, falling debris and stalagmites everywhere. I'm stumbling over fallen rocks already. I must make it! I'm using my career legs to carry me as fast as I can, surely I can make it, there's no way I'll let a few stupid rocks kill me! A small rock hits me in the head, it slows me down because I nearly trip and fall on my front, but I'm still running on. I refuse to let myself die to stupid rocks! Another rock hits me on the back and I let out a groan of pain but I keep pushing through the pain in my back and head.
I know I'll make it soon, however something happens, as I keep running another rock hits me in the back and I trip, I fly forwards about a meter, hit the floor and roll, and I know I'm safe from the rocks...
Well not all of me.
I let out a sharp cry of pain as I look to my right and find my arm is buried, I can't move it, I can't feel it. I'm just letting out sharp cries of pain and shock as I try to jerk my arm out the rubble and I can't move it. I've lost my sword, my sword was being held in that arm! I look to the left of me and see I'm back at the cornucopia. And then I realize what happened. The Game makers collapsed all the areas on the right side of the cornucopia, meaning I can only go left now, they basically cut the arena in half.
I wonder what happened to Percy, he had been on the left side of the arena as well, maybe he moved away, after all he's had about three days. But back to my arm, I can't move it, I can't feel it, it's crushed...
And then I realize what I have to do to survive. This is a test the Game makers have thrown at me... they want to see if I am worthy of victory, they want to see if I will do whatever it takes to win. And I will do whatever it takes to win.
So I rip off a rag from my shirt and stick it in my mouth and then I open my back with my one able arm, it's only half of my arm in there; everything from the elbow up is fine. I rummage through and manage to take a knife, a knife with bladed ridges. I place the knife on the soon to be stump and begin dragging it left to right, side to side. I'm screaming in pain and tears stream down my face. Me crying, how pathetic of me! I'm screaming and biting down on the piece of my shirt hard! I keep doing it and keep doing it, letting out muffled screams of agony every time I sever a nerve. And finally... it's off. Half my left arm is gone. The blood spurts out and spatters on the ground as I cradle my newly formed stump. I let the shirt piece drop from my mouth and scream.
I just lost half a limb.
Gloss Miller- It really sucked killing you off man, I really liked you because you weren't the stereotypical, cliche career. You were more unique than that. I really liked writing you as a character and I guess the only explanation for killing you off was that it was really late in the games and I have to think 'can I really see this person winning?' And unfortunately the answer was no. But you were an awesome character and tribute. R.I.P.
Death list so far
24th- Millie Sulvic: Throat slit. (Killer is Shine Luxer)
23rd- Ryan Hitch: Skull smashed and slashed by axe. (Killer is Gloss Miller)
22nd- Ben Franks: Decapitated by Alexis Cryde. (Killer is Alexis Cryde)
21st- Pandora Woolkins: Bolt deep in neck, severed arteries and veins. Blood loss. (Killer is David Fall)
20th- Joe Feltman: Left calf severed at knee by Robert Xavier. Throat slit by Mitchell John. (Killer is Mitchell John)
19th- Britan Wikiheart: Stabbed repeatedly in stomach by Percy Thames. (Killer is Percy Thames)
18th- Rockie Spolt- Stabbed in heart with Whitney Heart's sword. (Killer is Whitney Heart)
17th- Whitney Heart- Stabbed twice in stomach by Cyrus Redick. (Killer is Cyrus Redick)
16th- Thaihele Moore- Stabbed deep in neck by Ari Walter, severed arteries and veins. (Killer is Ari Walter)
15th- Robert Xavier- Bisected by Queen Spider mutt. (Killer is Queen Spider mutation)
14th- Mitchell John- Axed deep in stomach by Patricia Shaw. Sliced stomach open. (Killer is Patricia Shaw)
13th- Patricia Shaw- Face badly mutilated by Ayakon Ishkavik. (Killer is Ayakon Ishkavik)
12th- Ari Walter- Neck broken by Griffin Taylor. (Killer is Griffin Taylor)
11th- Alexis Cryde- Spear deep in stomach by Demi Lanzerr's trap. (Killer is Demi Lanzerr)
10th- Ayakon Ishkavik- Decapitated by Michael Ishkavik. (Killer is Michael Ishkavik)
9th- Griffin Taylor- Disemboweled by Gloss Miller. (Killer is Gloss Miller)
8th- Kim Shae- Tortured to death by Percy Thames. (Killer is Percy Thames)
7th- Gloss Miller- Crushed to death by falling debris. (Killer is Game makers)
