Day 5: The Revelations
Rayon Ward 14 District 8
My eyes slowly open and I find myself staring at a white ceiling inside a dimly lit house. I'm lying on a couch, as I rise to sit up I feel a sharp pain in my head.
"You should rest" I hear a girl say
I look around and see the girl from 11 sitting at a table to my right, reading something. It's all coming back to me now! The horrors of last night…
"You saved me?" I groan
She nods
"Thanks" I say
She looks up at me from her book
"That's ok" she smiles
"But why? We haven't spoken before as far as I can remember"
"I wanted to ditch Marshall but also didn't want to be alone" She replies
I nod
"Was that the boy you were with?" I ask
"Yes…he was a jerk" She answers
"Did you kill him?" I ask
She shakes her head
"He'll probably come looking for you then" I say
She shrugs
"Maybe"
"Oh…sorry about your friend by the way" she says
I'm guessing she means Maria…I didn't know her very but she seemed like a sweet person. I try not to get emotional.
"How did she die?" I croak
"She got shot…I don't think it was painful" she replies
I guess she's right. There are far more painful ways to die in these games…
Boule Hadley 18 District 9
I groan in pain as Lola finishes bandaging up my leg after I was viciously attacked last night by those bird things. We are sitting in the storage room away from everyone else. Akosua is hanging with us a well.
"That should do it but you'll be out of action for a few days" Lola says
"How did you learn to do all that stuff? Akosua asks bewildered
A smug expression appears on Lola's face.
"You learn a lot of useful stuff on the street ya know" she answers
"Wow that's amazing" Akosua compliments
She shrugs…
"Yeah I guess"
"She always does this…it is really cool" I interrupt
"Did you live on the streets as well?" She asks me
"No…I worked at my family business making bread" I answer
"But I thought…I thought you were siblings?" she says confused
Me and Lola both suddenly look at each other! We're busted!
"Well not exactly…" I murmur
"We just said it to get people to like us" Lola blurts
"So did you actually know each other as all before the reaping's?"
"Well…we did meet once or twice" I say
Lola seems extremely on edge from this whole conversation
"Relax…it's no big deal" Akosua smiles
Bastion suddenly appears at the door
"Hey guys we're having a meeting now…not sure if you want to join?"
Akosua gives him a warm smile, I get that they like each other but have they really thought this whole thing through?
"Ok"
Akosua and Lola help me into the main warehouse room and leave me on a metal chair.
Bastion begins to speak
"Basically while I was outside last night I came across a large tower with what looked like a ton of supplies, I think we should check it out and bring the stuff back"
"What about Boule? He can't go that far" Lola questions
"How about me and Akosua stay with him while the rest of you go" Bastion suggests
"But shouldn't you go since you're the one that knows where it is?" Rye asks
"No this is the best way to do things…it's the biggest building in the arena…you'll know it when you see it" Bastion replies impatiently
Rye holds his hands up sarcastically
"Ok…ok"
"Babe you ok?" Akosua asks
He looks around frantically at her
"Yes…yes I'm fine…it's just last night stressed me out that's all"
"You can say that again" Sadie jokes
"Fine we'll leave in 10 minutes" Rye says
Lola begins to pack her things
"Lola…stay here it's not safe"
She glances at me
"I can handle myself Boule"
Bastion Oppenheim 16 District 5
The others left about 5 minutes ago. The three of us that remained found a couch to sit on in the warehouse. My original plan was to leave here with Akosua but I'll just have to wait until the others are taken care of by the careers and hopefully Sahara will honour her agreement…the only thing I didn't account for was Boule…he wasn't part of the arrangement.
My hand is twitching nervously…Akosua notices as holds it warmly.
She looks me in the eyes concerned
"Are you sure you're ok?"
I take a deep breath and rub my face
"I'm fine really" I state
"You can talk to me about anything…you know that right?"
I smile at her and nod
"I'm going to look in the storage room for some food" Boule blurts
He clearly feels awkward in our presence
"Let me help you" Akosua says as he stands up
I leap up
"That's alright I'll help him" I tell Akosua
"You stay here"
She sits back down and assist Boule by putting his arm around my shoulder. I help the short boy limp his way into to storage room.
"Thanks I should be ok now" he tells me
I release him then turn around and quietly lock the door. I slowly go up behind him and put my arm around his throat and begin to crush it. He squirms and shakes around violently, unable to call for help. We flail around the room together, crashing into a few objects however I tighten my grip on his neck…
I release all my anger on the poor boy and realise that I get a strange satisfaction from it.
I hear a few muffled groans come out of his mouth but that is the last sound he makes as eventually he goes still and his body flops like a fish. I know he's unconscious but I keep my arm around his neck to make sure he's dead…A cannon fires…he's definitely dead now
I start to drag his body behind a corner which is a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. Hopefully Akosua doesn't notice the sweat I've built up.
When he is out of sight I quickly rush back to the door and quietly open it and head down the corridor before re-joining Akosua on the couch.
"I heard a cannon…I hope the others are ok" she says alarmed
"I'm sure they're fine" I say returning to her side
"Oh by the way Boule felt tired and wanted a lay down"
She looks a bit puzzled
"Oh ok…"
She chuckles
"What?" I laugh
"So birds?" she says playfully
I smirk
"Yes…I'm afraid of birds"
She continues laughing at me
"That's a funny thing to be afraid of"
"Well every man has to have a weakness" I joke
I look into her eyes and realise that despite everything I could never hurt her. She stands up and plants a kiss on my cheek
"I'm gonna go and get that yogurt I left in the fridge"
I panic for a moment but then realise that she probably won't see Boules body.
"Ok" I reply
Akosua Haynes 16 District 5
I head down the corridor into the storage room, open the fridge and pick take out my yogurt. I find a spoon and begin scooping it into my mouth, it instantly calms my mood. Luckily I feel safe with Bastion here anyway. I'm so glad that he's my district partner!
I look around the room for Boule to see where he is sleeping as Bastion said but I can't spot him.
I walk around the corner and almost have a heart attack, dropping my yogurt in shock! Boule is slumped in a corner, his eyes are open but he has started to go pale!
Its Bastion! Who else could it be? Boule was fine earlier! Except for the leg…
I try to desperately think of other explainations that could explain how he ended up like that…but there are none…
My breathing gets so heavy that I almost faint. Tears begins coming from my eyes! How could he have done this? I should have known! Is he going to try and kill me next? No! He loves me!
Relax Akosua! You need to be clever if you're going to survive the next few minutes!
"Akosua?" I hear Bastion voice
I almost have a heart attack again
No…I need to relax…act like I saw nothing. I take a deep breath and wipe my tears away.
"Akosua are you ok?" I hear him ask
I rush back outside the storage room into the corridor to find him standing there. Tall and intimidating…
"I'm fine!" I tell him
"Where's your yogurt?" he questions
Quick! Think of an answer
"Oh…I didn't want it in the end…"
He doesn't look convinced by my answer. He knows. He must do…
I begin breaking down again, I can feel myself panicking…
"How could you do this?" I mumble angrily
"I made a deal"
"A deal?"
"On the last night of training…with the District 1 girl. If I lead my alliance into a trap than the careers would leave us alone" he explains
Flashback
The last day of training has just ended, I open the door to our room.
"I'll be in in a second" Bastion calls from outside
End of flashback
He met with the District 1 girl that night!
"And you believed her!" I shout
He sighs
"It would prolong our time together" he says
I shake my head
"What makes you think I would want to spend any more time with you? I don't know you anymore"
I gulp
"You killed Cordelia didn't you?"
"It's the hunger games Akosua you need to wake up!" he snaps
He grabs hold of me
"Come on we're going"
He begins dragging me through the warehouse, I notice a crowbar lying on one of the crates. I slip it into my hand and then smash him as hard as I can round the head. He groans in pain and hits the floor, I then begin beating him with the crowbar
"You Fucking traitor!"
Wait! The others are walking into a trap! I need to warn them!
I rush out of the warehouse onto the street and begin racing towards the large tower!
"Wait Akosua! Just hear me out!" I hear Bastion yell behind me
Bria Goodwin 16 District 7
Me and Devar are sat in the building opposite the big tower where the careers are. Peering through an open window. We thought we could wait until the chaos begins tonight and take advantage of it. Taking out the careers in the process…
"Look" Devar says
"There's tributes heading towards the tower"
He's right! On their way to the tower are three tributes. The dark boy from 11, the skinny girl with dirty blond hair from 12 and the little girl with red hair from 9.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I ask Devar
He nods mischievously
Adonis Quincy 18 District 2
During the feast we found a bunch of C-4. We spent the morning lining this place with it. The plan is we wait for the tributes that Bastion will bring and then…BOOM
We all converge on the first level, preparing to leave. Sahara gave me the task of detonating but we have to get a safe enough distance away of course.
I flip the detonator in the air and catch it smugly, everyone freaks out for a second which amuses me.
"Good plan Sahara…I don't know how you come up with these things" I compliment
She does her usual smirk
"By the way I've been meaning to ask…why did you kill Angel? When we have two outlier tributes still in our alliance"
"That's not important" she says as she packs her bag
"Angel lied and what's important is about knowing who to trust" she replies
"That's right…there's just one thing you didn't count on in your plan" I explain
I move my thumb over the detonator
"Everybody stay where you are" I order
Sahara looks up in shock
"Are you out of your fucking mind" she hisses
"Adonis! You will bring shame to our District!" Alayna exclaims
"Shut up!" I shout
"I don't care about any of that!" I yell
"I care about Knox"
"Knox?" Maibee murmurs bewildered
I turn my attention to the outside world now
"I loved him and the capitol took him from me! The capitol is evil and you all know it! And you careers are just as bad for feeding into their system!"
"But Adonis…you are a career" Alayna says
I laugh manically
"I'm an actor" I reply
Just at that moment multiple things happen at the same time. Three more tributes enter the building and freeze in shock at the sight of us, Sahara prepares to attack them with her throwing knives however Aaron unexpectedly strikes her in the head with his axe, knocking her to the floor. Devar and his ally burst through the door to attack and Wolf uses the distraction to fire a shot into my torso!
I groan in pain and fall down, dropping the detonator!
I see an injured Sahara go for the detonator however I throw myself towards it and slam by fist onto it. All I feel after that is a blast followed by extreme heat…everything goes dark…
Aaron Holloway 18 District
Me, Sadie, Rye and the new girl managed to get away from the explosion quick enough to avoid instant death however the shock wave knocked us flying.
Everything is blurry and my ears are ringing. My hand seems to still be tightly gripping my axe. As my vision returns I see Sadie emerge from a cloud of dust…shouting something at me.
I can't hear her so she just drags me along with her, I look up to see the top of the tower smash into the building next to it causing more debris to fly everywhere!
Sadie pulls me out of the main dust bowl and I find Rye and Lola also sitting there…covered in dust, coughing heavily.
Eventually my hearing returns
"Well…it's good to be back" I say
Every looks at me agitated almost to say "this is no time for jokes"
"Who's this?" Lola asks
"It's a…long story" Sadie replies
"We need to get out of here!" Rye exclaims
That we all agree on and begin heading away from the destruction sight.
Suddenly Akosua appears in front of us looking extremely frantic!
"Akosua?" Sadie blurts
"Guys…its…its Bastion" she pants
"What about him?"
"He set this whole thing up!"
Just then a knife goes around her throat and the tall Bastion seizes her from behind!
"Nobody move" he hisses
He begins dragging her into the collapsing building!
"We die together!" he snarls
When he disappears into the door I prepare to go after him.
"Stay here!" I tell the others
I charge into the building after them with my axe in hand
"Are you crazy?" I hear Sadie yell after me
When I get inside the collapsing building I follow them up a few flights of stairs.
"Hey!" I shout, getting his attention
While he's districted, Akosua elbows him in the mouth causing him to release her!
Exhausted I then charge into him, swinging my axe wildly. I end up on top of him and I punch him twice in the face causing him to bleed. I then pick up my axe again and attempt to swing down however he quickly knees me in the ribs which knocks me off.
As he stands back up I swing for his legs with the axe, he steps out the way and stomps me in the head and then in the gut! I then lift my axe up and plant it into his foot!
He screams in pain! Then Akosua kicks him into the trajectory of some falling debris, he is crushed underneath it and left hanging off the stair case
"Come on! We need to go!" I yell to Akosua
"Go! I'll be right behind you" she replies
"What?"
"Just go!"
Akosua Haynes 16 District 5
I slowly walk towards the hanging Bastion, he now only has one hand on the ledge. I look down at him to see desperation in his eyes… and sadness
"Please…Akosua" he mumbles
"It's the hunger games" I reply coldly
With that I stamp on his hand and watch him scream as he plummets to his death…I hear him smash into the ground below. A cannon fires…
Alayna Styx 18 District 2
I am woken by the sound of the deep horn signalling the opening of the Nightmare Dimension. Its night time!
I sit up, surrounded by destruction, that's right the explosion knocked me out…but I managed to get far enough away from the battle before it happened.
That was a cowardly move Alayna! Everything happened so quickly…I just needed to get away! Still I am alive at least…
I begin walking through what remained of the tower. The night is eerily silent with ash falling like snow all around.
I see someone coughing, it's the muscly girl with dark brown hair from District 7. Her face is half burnt and she is barely alive. I should put her out of her misery…
I find an abandoned sword on the ground and walk over to her, I think it was Devar's. I point the sword at her neck. I'm…about to kill someone. I never thought it would be this difficult…I see the fear in her eyes but she also nods to me to go ahead with it. I quickly stab the sword into her neck to try and kill her quickly. I look away, not wanting to witness the murder…the murder I'm committing. A cannon sounds.
I don't look at her body, instead I just sit on a piece of debris in silence. Maybe Adonis did have a point in what he said…
The captiol national anthem begins playing
I look up at the sky to see who is dead
Sahara's face appears, that was obvious she was closest to the explosion, then I see Adonis's face, then Bastion, then the girl from 7 that I just killed and finally the boy from 9…
After a few minutes I hear footsteps…someone's here!
I stand up and raise my sword to a shadowy figure in front. Only as they get closer do I see their details.
My fear is replaced by confusion…it's me!
Well at least they look like me but it can't be me because I'm me!
I try to say "What do you want?"
But because of the whole ordeal from the day it just comes out as a faint squeak. Next thing I know… something grabs me from behind…
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.
Day 4
20th: Maria Marris Morgrove (District 10 female) Killed by Peacekeepers – shot in the torso.
19th: Cordelia Wattson (District 3 female) Killed by Bastion Oppenheim – Throat slit.
Day 5
18th: Boule Hadley (District 9 male) Killed by Bastion Oppenheim – Strangled to death. Boule was such I nice guy but his death serves the purpose of developing Lola's character. Thanks for the submission Professor R.J Lupin1!
17th: Adonis Quincy (District 2 male) Killed by himself – Blown up. Adonis might have seemed like a normal career at first but the author came up with this cool idea to have him actually just want to send a message to the capitol and he never planned to win. Thanks for the awesome idea Lilah32!
16th: Sahara Chrystal (District 1 female) Killed by Adonis Quincy – died in explosion. I know many people might be surprised to see Sahara die here because she looked like she was going to be the main villain of this story but when you read the rest of it will make sense. Thanks for the submission CandleFire45!
15th: Bastion Oppenheim (District 5 male) Killed by Akosua Haynes – fell to his death. Everyone hated him after he killed Cordelia so yeah he's dead. I hope you liked his twist though. Thanks for the submission CandleFire45!
14th: Bria Goodwin (District 7 female) Killed by Alayna Styx – Stabbed in the neck. Another character that I really liked but I just decided to kill her here. Thanks for the submission mylifeinafewpages
Alive tributes: 13
Deceased tributes: 13
Remaining tributes
District 1
Male: Wolfgang Othello Kelar – 1 kill
District 2
Female: Alayna Styx – 1 kill
District 4
Male: Devar Wildres
District 5
Female: Akosua Haynes – 2 kills
District 6
Male: Casey Hermes
District 7
Male: Aaron Holloway
District 8
Male: Rayon Ward
District 9
Female: Lola Hadley
District 11
Male: Rye Kaiet
Female: Aluma Nirel
District 12
Male: Marshall Dust
Female: Sadie Tempest
District 14
Female: Maibee Turkish – 1 kill
District placements
6th: District 3
7th: District 10