Night 3: A blast from the past
Rye Kaiet 15 District 11
We decided to explore around today, the museum was always too exposed so we needed a new base. We came across an old warehouse which looks dark and secluded enough. Inside there are large crates stacked around the place and isles extending to the ceiling giving us plenty of places to hide.
"I wonder what they will have instore for us tonight" I wonder
"I swear this game maker has a sick mind" Prince replies
"Watch out…they can hear what you're saying" Sadie tells him
He chuckles
As we are dumping our stuff down I speak to Prince privately
"Hey I was just wondering… do you have a girlfriend…back at home?"
He looks at me confused
"Err…yeah"
"Alright…just wondering" I reply
"Do you?" Cordelia suddenly says excitedly
I was completely unaware that she was there
"Nope"
"Oh…good…I mean not good but you know?" she stutters
"Not really" I reply
Suddenly another announcement begins
"Attention tributes. Tonight there will be a feast held at the top of the big bright blue tower in the city. There you will find food, new weapons and supplies"
"That's definitely a trap" Akosua points out
"Yeah seems like an unnecessary risk" Bastion adds
I swear he always agrees with her about everything but they are right in this case. We have enough food, water and weapons at the moment.
Devar Wildres 18 District 4
There will be tributes converging at this feast so it's a no brainer that we go.
Night time has arrived again! The sound of the deep horn can be heard again…the nightmare dimension has opened.
"Do you really think this is a good idea? A feast at the same time as the nightmare dimension?" Alayna questions
"We have to go…the more tributes we destroy…the faster we can end this" Adonis replies
He's always there to add his opinion but never seems to do anything.
With that we make our way down the brightly lit street towards the large blue tower which is easy to spot as it rises above every other building.
"What do you think will come out of the nightmare dimension tonight?" Adonis asks
"Well I think we can narrow it down to not being a big black cloud or flying mutts" I reply
We arrive outside the tower staring up in amazement as it goes up
"Ok let's say a few of us go up while the others stay and guard for tributes and…whatever else?" I suggest
The others agree to this plan
"Since it was my plan I'll go up but can I take you Alayna?" I ask
She nods
"Why doesn't Rayon go with you as well?" Sahara suggests
"A chance to prove himself maybe?"
I look at Rayon's shocked and scared expression. I know we should really just kill him but I have to admit I've grown a soft spot for him, I guess I see my younger self in him somewhat.
"Alright come on Rayon" Alayna groans
The three of us enter the building. There is a stair case leading upwards of course but there are many floors and it looks exhausting
"They could really do with putting an elevator in here" I say
We begin traversing up the stair case, each time we enter a new floor we have to pass through it. We reach the 6th floor which seems to be a kind of office. I hear footsteps coming down the staircase to the next floor
"Shhh!" I tell the others
"There's someone coming" Alayna whispers
From down the stairs comes a red haired girl that looks kind of our age although she has strange yellow glowing eyes and a crossbow in her hand!
She fires the crossbow straight at me however I duck behind an office cubicle, she fires a second shot and it embeds in the cubicle. As she is reloading I notice Alayna who is behind the cubicle to my left, sneak a pair of scissors in her hand. She puts a finger over her mouth before quickly standing up and hurling the scissors in our attacker's eye! The girl lets out a shriek and fades into dust.
"She definitely came out of the Nightmare dimension" I say
"Where's Rayon?" Alayna asks
"He must have run off"
"He's as good as dead then" Alayna states
We head up the next staircase and find two different doors this time…
Rayon Ward 14 District 8
After we were attacked I ran up the staircase to try and get away from everyone! In front of me I see two doors so I decide to go through the left one.
What the fuck! I find myself in a hall of mirrors all reflecting each other which looks really weird!
Maybe I should go through the other door? Too late…I hear the door open behind me and on the reflection I see that its Alayna! She's probably come to kill me so I rush around the mirrors.
Then I run into a girl, a small bulky girl I think she's from District 10. She is a little younger than me I believe
"There's a career coming" I warn her
I try to run in the opposite direction but she grabs me by the arm
"Wait…there's some else coming as well" she says
"Who?"
Suddenly an arrow hits my reflection in the mirror opposite me. There is a boy with the same glowing yellow eyes that the red hired girl had. He has light brown skins, long black hair and is wearing a white thermal coat.
Me and the girl run back down the line of mirrors before another arrow flies past us. Somehow I find the door again and we run back down the stairs into the office. On the way I find a crossbow on the floor that the red haired girl dropped.
We race back through the multiple floors which is much easier than going up them.
"Wait!" I tell her
"What?" she asks
"There's a whole bunch of careers guarding the exit"
"What do we do then?" she asks
I look down and notice that we are on the second floor but below are a set of bins.
"I've got an idea…kick the glass!" I tell her
We begin slamming our feet into the window until it shatters
"Ok now jump!"
We leap out of the window into the soft bins which cushions our fall. I quickly roll out of the bins and onto the street.
I quickly dust myself off…hopefully the smell will go away…
"I managed to get my supplies by the way" the girl tells me
"What's your name again?" I ask her
"Maria…what's yours?"
"Rayon"
I look around
"Come on we need to go, it's not safe here"
Bria Goodwin 16 District 7
I have almost reached the top of the tower, only 1 more floor to go!
There are two stair cases leading to one big staircase.
Suddenly the dark haired boy from District 4 emerges from the darkness with his sword held up at me. Devar is his name. I remember.
I raise my axe at him
Then I hear three sets of footsteps heading down the stair cases. On either side of the stair case there is a set of identical looking tributes. They both have black hair and are relatively short but I know that they are deadly!
"It's the…triplets" I whisper
"What?" Devar replies
"They appeared on the 100th Hunger Games…I used to watch it all the time…"
"Actually that makes sense…that must be what's coming out of the nightmare dimension tonight…past tributes" he says
The third triplet leaps down from the stair case and lands in between the other two. His weapon is a kind of blade attacked to a rope while the other two have curved knives.
"Ok listen to me…we need to split them up…they work best together as a team" I tell Devar
"Alright…I'll go for the left two!"
With that we charges at the two on the left and I attack the other one. I swing my axe at him however he rolls out the way and slices my leg and twirls his blade with a smile on his face.
"Ok…so that's how you want to play it"
He comes at me again with his knives. I swing my axe statically at him to prevent him from getting close whilst at the same time leading him up the stair case away from the other two and Devar. He manages to slice my arm once and then performs a spinning back kick which knocks we across the glass floor.
I look down to see the other two are getting the best of Devar directly below me. Once they kill him they will come for me! I need to act quick!
The triplet charges at me again however I step back and slam my axe into the glass floor causing him to fall through…
Devar Wildres 18 District 4
I am getting overwhelmed by the two triplets! One of the is swinging his rope blade and me while the other is attacking with his knives. I am cut all over. Once to my right hand, then my left shoulder, then my right legs but mostly I think it's just flesh wounds.
All my strikes with my sword useless because they are too agile! I need to think outside the box.
The two of them approach me for the finish me off, like wolves approaching a cornered animal... The rope guy swings his weapon at me again but this time I duck just as the other one attacks me from behind. The blade goes over my head and slashes the other one in the neck! At the same time, I hear the sound of glass shattering as the third one falls through the glass and lands on the rope one. Then the two of them begin fighting each other in annoyance.
I rush up the stair case and find myself on the top floor with Bria standing there.
"That was a pretty good move" I compliment
"I don't really feel like I can kill you now" I add
"But you have to kill me" she replies
"Maybe…unless we decide to take down the careers together? Like we did with those three?"
"You have to admit we work pretty well together?" I say
She nods
"It's a deal then" she smiles
We begin collecting the supplies from the feast and bandaging up our various cuts…
Aaron Holloway 18 District 7
We waited for over an hour before finally only Alayna returns from the tower
"Devar and Rayon are gone" she exclaims
"I looked everywhere for them!"
"What?" Sahara snaps
Akosua Haynes 16 District 5
The sound of a crash echoes throughout the warehouse
Cordelia stands up in panic
"What was that?" She asks
"Probably nothing" Bastion replies
But the noise happens again and again and other noises begin to join in
"Sounds like someone's here" Prince notices
"We should investigate"
Everyone agrees and we all pick up our designated weapons. Mine are throwing knives
"Wait…maybe we should split up" Sadie suggests
"Is that really a good idea?" Cordelia rebuts
"Well it seemed to work last night" Sadie replies
"Yeah but that wasn't on purpose" Cordelia retorts
"Alright we split up…" Bastion interrupts
"Me and Akosua will go with Rye and you three can go together" he suggests
"Actually can I go with Rye" Cordelia requests
Everyone looks at her slightly confused
"Alright I'll switch with Cordelia" I say
I kiss Bastion on the cheek
"Stay safe ok…"
"You too" he replies
"Come on…get a room you two" Sadie jokes
"Shut up" I laugh
Cordelia Wattson 15 District 3
Me, Rye and Bastion are stalking around the dark warehouse as quietly as we can. I have a large dagger in my hand while Rye has a sickle and Bastion has an axe. Someone emerges from behind one of the isles in front. I ready my dagger!
It looks like a tall blond boy holding a trident, his eyes are glowing a strange bright yellow, so much that they have no pupil, iris or even white. He is wearing some kind of aquatic swim suite. He points his trident at us and prepares to attack.
"Who is that?" Rye asks
"Who are you?" Bastion yells
He doesn't reply
"He's not one of ours" Rye says
He charges at us with his trident
"Let's take him together!"
He thrusts his trident fast at us first, Rye blocks the attack with his sickle and then Bastion swipes from the side with his axe. The boy reacts fast and swings wildly disarming Bastion!
He then swings back at me and Rye , knocking us to the floor! We crawl backwards in fear. Then I notice someone else coming from behind us! It's a tall muscular guy with dark brown hair and a huge sword marching towards us. He is wearing some kind of winter coat for some reason and he has the same yellow glowing eyes that the other one has!
"Watch out!" I scream
I stand up quickly and avoid the guys strike with his sword, instead it hits the other boy's trident and they begin to fight!
The blond boy attempts to trap his sword in his trident however it backfires because the brown haired one spins his sword which disarms him. Then the guy with the sword beheads his enemy with a clean swipe to the neck!
When the blond boy dies he seems to evaporate into what looks like computer pixels…
Rye Kaiet 15 District 11
Another boy emerges from behind Bastion! This time with black hair and light brown skin! Then he seems to transform into some kind of disgusting green tentacle monster!
"Bastion watch out!"
It's too late! One of his tentacles shoots out and takes Bastion by the leg. He falls to the floor and begins to get dragged towards the creature.
However, I have my own problems because the boy with the sword turns on me again and begins swinging! He swings down and I attempt to block with my sickle however it snaps in half! He then swings for my head and I duck and then swings again but this time when I duck his sword collides with isle and it begins collapsing! I roll forward allowing it to crush my attacker.
I push myself to my feet and begin racing towards Bastion
"Hey pass me your dagger" I yell to Cordelia
She passes me her dagger
"Bastion" I yell
I slide the dagger towards him just as the monster pulls him onto it. Bastion then places the dagger in the creature's head causing it to let out a screech and evaporates!
We all stand motionless and panting heavily
"Please tell me that you guys are real" Bastion murmurs
"I think so" I reply
Sadie Tempest 17 District 12
We are sneaking around the warehouse searching for whoever is making that noise. Suddenly we here and loud crash from the other side of the warehouse, followed by a girl with silver hair and bright glowing eyes ambushing us from around the corner! She flings a knife at me but I duck under it. Akosua charges at her and tackles her into a huge crate, pinning her arms to it.
Another one of these strange tributes jumps out. He is extremely creepy looking with pale white skin and a face covered in scars. I almost freeze solid unable to move for the first time in my life. Next everything seems to happen very quickly. The boy stabs at me with his knife
"No!" Prince shouts
Prince tackles him and ends her snapping the creepy boys neck…he evaporates into dust…
"Prince are you ok?" I ask
"Prince?"
Prince reveals that he has the boys knife in his chest…he yanks it out and blood begins to poor to the cold floor
"Prince!" I scream
He falls onto the floor with blood coming out of his mouth now…I rush to him followed shortly by Akosua who must have bested the girl…
He tries to speak
"It's ok…" I reassure him
This is my fault! It was my idea to split up!
Me and Akosua lift him up and put his arms around our shoulders. We take him back to our starting place and the other three re-join us. Their faces turn to despair when they see what has happened.
"What happened?"
He tries to speak again
"Prince…what was your girlfriends name?" Cordelia murmurs
"Fl-Florence…please Florence look after my mum…she's sick" he groans
I can't help it…I burst into tears unable hold it back any longer. I see him smile at me for the last time before he goes still and a cannon fires…
Guilt is all I can feel…
This chapter is dedicated to all the readers that have been submitting to my story over the past 2 years! Your tributes have been what has kept my stories going! Thank you to all the new submitters as well though!
As you can tell the twist this time was that tributes from past Hunger Games came back briefly.
This chapter actually gave me nostalgia to write with all the call backs. In case you missed it here are the appearances from previous games
Iunia Wilson – appeared in Volunteered: The 29th Hunger games (SYOT) (Closed) – created by lionkingfacksguy3
Indien Syrup – appeared in On Thin Ice: The 49th Hunger Games SYOT (Closed) – created by GuestTwelve
Bodhi Wakefield – appeared in Tributes of the Caribbean: The 35th Hunger Games SYOT (Closed) – created by Greywolf44
Nolan Stone – appeared in On Thin Ice: The 49th Hunger Games SYOT (Closed) – created by Greywolf44
Dagger Mehta/The Host (tentacle monster thing) – appeared in Volunteered: The 29th Hunger games (SYOT) (Closed) – created by PheonixFire-Fly12
Diana Beaulieu – appeared in On Thin Ice: The 49th Hunger Games SYOT (Closed) – created by Lilah32
Dexter Cutting – appeared in Volunteered: The 29th Hunger games (SYOT) (Closed) – created by Aldon Blackreyne
Eulogies
Day 1 – Real world
26th: Whisper Collins (District 10 male) Killed by Wolfgang Othello Kelar - Impaled through radio tower.
25th: Satin Tellresh (District 8 female) Killed by Sahara Chrystal – Stabbed in the throat.
24th: Demetria Anderson (District 6 female) Killed by Maibee Turkish – Impaled with katana.
Day 2
23rd: Angel Terminus (District 4 female) Killed by Sahara Chrystal – Shot in the head.
22nd: Acer Lynx (District 3 male) Killed by Akosua Haynes – Stabbed in the eye.
Day 3
21st: Prince Malvanu (District 14 male) Killed by Dexter Cutting replica – stabbed in the chest. I've been criticized in the past for all my victors being too similar (an outer tribute that had training before the games). Prince fitted into the category so yeah I killed him. Sorry CandleFire-45
Alive tributes: 20
Deceased tributes: 6
Remaining tributes
District 1
Male: Wolfgang Othello Kelar – 1 kill
Female: Sahara Chrystal – 2 kills
District 2
Male: Adonis Quincy
Female: Alayna Styx
District 3
Female: Cordelia Wattson
District 4
Male: Devar Wildres
District 5
Male: Bastion Oppenheim
Female: Akosua Haynes – 1 kill
District 6
Male: Casey Hermes
District 7
Male: Aaron Holloway
Female: Bria Goodwin
District 8
Male: Rayon Ward
District 9
Male: Boule Hadley
Female: Lola Hadley
District 10
Female: Maria Marris Morgrove
District 11
Male: Rye Kaiet
Female: Aluma Nirel
District 12
Male: Marshall Dust
Female: Sadie Tempest
District 14
Female: Maibee Turkish – 1 kill