Bloodbath

Luca Allen 18, District 4 Male

The cold air hits me fall force when I adjust my eyes to almost darkness once more, only a small fire lap hanging on the wall, as I look around feeling like I'm in a box or more so a cave, defiantly a cave with the rocked walls and water dripping from the top

So they are separating us again yet all I see is a pathway, nothing else, I don't hear anyone either and there are a few loud mouths this time around, doesn't matter, grab a weapon, kill someone, grab supplies and find somewhere to camp out, I have no allies this time, no one to manipulate, no one to watch out for, I have no targets but one

No games this time, My steel cage has been rattled I know that so does everyone else, the fact they can't even grade my mental stability, I know that isn't a good thing, but I feel fine, yes I had a bit of a anger episode but I just shrugged it off and now I'm ready, this year won't be a walk in the park I knew that the first time my weakness has been exposed and it does concern me, I can't let it concern me but I won't let anyone get in my way, I hear the counting clock as I'm almost tempting to step off my pedestal knowing that they have had a tenancy to leave them off but when I see the green light on on it isn't

I don't need a head start it's not like I'm looking for a fight not that anyone besides Caelyn and Maverick would try to eliminate me and even those two aren't dumb, I do how ever notice writing on the war pictures of ghosts, looking at my belt this must be a ghost town, how fitting

I always use to question humanity because my entire life I never felt human, I had no humans emotions, I felt no pain, I didn't understand human connections or the way they work, this makes me question it more, because deep down I know, people can't come back from the dead it's almost impossible yet I have a beating heart, my blood is bright red, I remember everything I did before I got chosen, not that there were memories to keep it was always the same thing wake up, train, kill go to bed

Over and over again, yet this time, I need to survive, need to hunt, there is no other purpose for me now, I just close my eyes for a moment, as I hear the smashing of rain on the roof so we are underground, yet there doesn't seem to be a exit on my right only my left and even then it's to dark to see, unless they split us up in pairs, I have watched past games know they want a few fights before hand, if I could murder someone now that would be easy

Not that I care about how many kills I get, Not that I care if I get the first

Not that I'm a cold blood killer with my only goal to kill and maim, those people just die like Harrison who I still haven't uncovered yet he seems more complex then the usual killers I have seen, I just watch the water drop slowly as it makes a puddle and I just clench my fists being here it doesn't feel right makes me keep picturing my death, Aden didn't even have the guts to come face me not that I expect him too I killed a few people who are back like Maxen, like a few that look familiar but I don't actual remember if I did kill them, I have nothing to say to them guess what would I say anyway, it isn't like I feel any guilt

"5 seconds"

I quietly count down jumping off the pedestal when the gong sounds landing on the hard dirt as I make it to a small area smashing into someone as I look up, Caelyn's eyes widen slightly as she looks to the ground throwing herself towards it as I duck her swing of a knife that was just randomly lying on the ground, under the stairs, as I see water drop from that area like it's raining outside

"Don't be stupid now" I say as I just duck her swing again, she is afraid, panicked I see it there is no method and I know the girl is better trained then that

She looks at me for a second as I take that hesitance to wrap my arms around her waist taking her to ground, I always know being weaponless in front of a enemy will get me killed and if there are only knives this year I need it, I grab her wrist trying to disarm her as it drops to the ground, as I grab her other hand twisting around, learning from my other mistake to ensure my enemy is securely pinned under me as I grab the knife, holding her wrist

"Go on" she says as I use my knee to trap the wrist I can't hold as I look at her, I hate her, and want to make her suffer ways I know isn't possible but it isn't time yet, instead I just slam the knife into her wrist as she winces, getting off her and kicking her in the chin when she tries to get up

"I have plans for you but not yet, you deserve to suffer through day by day knowing I'm coming to destroy your life" I say kicking her in the head again as she tried to get up sneering at me as I just put the knife in my pocket running to the stairs as the metal feels cold due to what I believe is rain as I begin climbing but the second I look down I freeze that feeling of free falling again that's when I feel I pain in my leg as I wince

Caelyn, completely forgot about her, I shout in anger as she slams a knife into my shoulder as all that anger come back, the memories of falling as I use my grip slamming to try and hold on but I end up falling into the dirt, as I see her climb up my shoulder throbbing but I'm okay, even though I just scream in anger again, I hate it falling, that's one thing I'm scared of and I can admit that now, I just get up swallowing all these emotions as I climb up the letter rain hitting me fall force as I see the brightly lit cornucopia, in the distance not even looking at my surroundings, Caelyn just made a fool of me and maybe deep down I do have vulnerable pride and self confidence as I see her already there the first one I look at the knife in my hand but instead I throw it at the first target I see

'Boom'

"THE FUCK" Maxen yells as he falls over a dead body I don't even know who I killed, I don't care, I just run towards the cornucopia when I see more tributes having a brief looking at my surroundings one half, is woods and mountains another half is run down buildings almost like a ghost town, I see piles of weapons, back packs, this place is a lot bigger, then I thought to the point I can't even see where Caelyn went, I see another flash of movement, as I just grab out as it is one of the boys from 12 by the hood as he looks at me with fear in his eyes "Plea-" I don't even let him finish his word as I just use my free hand to snap his neck

'Boom'

I just step over his body going towards the sword section as I feel something entered my side, as I see a knife and look to see Maverick look at me wide eyed

"Didn't someone tell you, toddlers should stay away from knives, they are sharp and dangerous" I smirk just pulling it out stepping closer, I should be worried in case someone else tries to kill me but at the moment only me and him are in here

"Shut up" he growls throwing another one as I just catch it with my hands slices it open, I am bleeding quite a bit, my shoulder, side, hand but it won't kill me, I barely hear the swing of a weapon as I duck just slamming myself into Caelyn, so they were dumb to try to attack me or scared

"You two are really stupid I thought you would smarter then this" I say once again easily pinning her down, clearly the little one gets a little frozen when she is pinned, Aden did have her pinned under him the entire he was torturing her, so clearly she is traumatised

"Get away from her" Maverick growls but I just grab a knife pushing it against her throat moving my knees onto her wrists as I just put my hand out

We are way in the corner and even though I can hear some action, someone screaming or wailing, fuck that religious girl, it seems like some tributes had a bigger distance to cover or they are trying to find something in a pile of weapons and empty, bags or the weak ones known the ones who have their names cross out no, not to go in here but yet again I do already have two kills to my name

Almost forgot about that

"You two did try to murder me, and I literally just want this one didn't it" I say glancing at Caelyn who just tries to push me off but I just put my hand on her mouth Maverick is smart even if I see him panicking, shaking he knows if he attacks I kill her, I wouldn't kill her I would just stab her where I know it will black her out making him think I did kill her then come back for her and do horrible things to her

"You need to die" Maverick screams, I can kill them both I should

"I get off her and we walk away, no fighting, otherwise, I kill you and take her hostage for the rest of the games and I don't think either of you two want that don't you" I say

"Kill me just don't hurt her" he says

"I like you maverick you aren't really in a personal target, you are just necessary for my plans for vengeance but it doesn't mean killing either of you two now" I say if Caelyn is dead then I really didn't have any hatred towards any one, I may spiral that's why my list was so important to me

"Fine we walk" Maverick says, I just get off Caelyn, pulling her up and throwing her towards maverick, running away from them even if deep down I feel like I want a fight, but I can't give in yet, I just go back grabbing a sword, as I see those two run out making sure I keep a eye on my surroundings better this time

I just take a sword, grabbing a knife vest, and shoving a few other weapons in my back pack, grabbing one that has supplies as I just run out, ignoring maxen just laughing in the mud I could kill him again but I can't really be bothered at the moment, because I probably should do something about these wounds and I did notice they did put a vile of medicine in our belts, I quickly go by the boy I killed seeing Harrison stand over someone and Kellen chasing another, as I go through it but he has hardly anything it especially comparing to what I had but once again the Capitol shows favouritism, I just run out instead the ghost town, hearing a few banging and blood on the concerted

Typical night in the outskirts of district one almost reminds me of those nights, people think district one is perfect filled with luxury that everyone is safe, but that isn't true, the outskirts, like with every district could be savage, bodies littered every where, trash on the ground and broken buildings, it was hard to believe it was even in one but if you don't have a job in one you have nothing, we went there a lot to kill a target on our list, I keep running, knowing it's safer to make camp further away wit the rains tributes will go the closet place

I make it to a some convenience store, windows are covered with wood and door is jammed I just push it open closing it knowing I can get out as I throw the back packs to the ground, there is a little counter by the door even better a TV showing me outside, not that I will hunt just lay low all day I will look later when I feel like if and with this rain and the soles of the shoes it will be easier to know a target and find them that's all I know isn't it how to hunt and kill, but I know my death, the last time it has changed me, that rage I feel when I'm around Caelyn, she has gotten under my skin nod she has barely even tried to do it maybe because I know she can beat me too

Any one can because I know as much as I wish I wasn't I am human, and humans die

Apparently they can back from the dead I sit down drinking the medicine as I watch the wounds heal, the fact I still didn't feel anything does slightly confused me, it isn't normal even the stab in the side one that should hurt, I saw pain and fear on Caelyn's face and she isn't your weak tribute, or maybe she is because human emotions in general are weak, her bond with her district partner makes her weak

But both are dangerous

I should should know that, I look when I see something smash into the window as I attach my sword to my belt throwing my jumper and jacket off as I walk over see the usual canister out side, haven't even been a hour and I have a sponsor gift, I'm guessing my constant fuck off still didn't push Markus away

Maybe it is a good thing too, I open it smirking at tracker, I see 20 or so other dots and when I click onto one the tributes profile comes up and I can zoom in two, and even better there is a track tribute section, that means they clearly want me to kill I look at the note

'Just stick you your plan, as long as they get the top 12 they want, they won't intervene- M'

The one they want, I'm done working for them but I also know, I don't like people who have it easy, rich kids kids with families,, maybe I deep down spited them, hated them for having it easier then everyone else, I guess I shouldn't complain, I had everything, we had a roof, we had three meals a day, clothes it's just everything else I missed out on, the friendship, the nurture the constant support, maybe that's why we have kids willing to join us even when they aren't babies they don't feel like they belong to society I guess I didn't either if your an orphan in one you pretty much have no future

Yet I did, I was a true assassin, I was a sensation in their eyes a generational talent, I had my whole assassin future ahead of me, now I'm thrown into a the games again just to be a tribute, a tribute who has really no fulfilment to live and be victor yet dying becoming a failure again

I don't want that either maybe it's better being a void, just focus on the minute after the next instead of the future makes decisions a lot easier

Harrison Miller 18, District 1 Male

I finger the blood splatter on the wall of the cornucopia, has I only hear a few footsteps, in what seems like miles of shed filled with weapons and supplies, but I looking at the blood splatter again, it's old blood, then I look closer, this wall looks familiar, like they brought it back from my games, I remember scrapping my knife alongside it to see if the metal will burn

I snap out for of thoughts it's like they are bringing parts of each arena together, starting in a cave feature in both 200 and 202, the rain feature in all three as did a town, in 201 they had a wood mountain area yet this year the darkness in the sky, the run down buildings, the splatters of blood

It's a ghost town because we all could be ghosts, I use to always think they were real, people who died coming back invisible, I use to hear them talk at night, banging, writing on the wall that no one else could see eventually I discovered it was just the devil being under cover but ghosts are real they are trapped souls who don't deserve heaven or hell, maybe that's where I am now but seeing the dead body of the boy from 12, seeing his broken neck seeing Caelyn run past me holding a bloodied side, humanity is real, she just looks at me as I just throw her a sword I know she was looking for, the only sabre in there that I know only she can use

"You aren't mine to kill" I shrug

She looking at the handle as if I poisoned it, but grabs it "What because Kellen said not to touch me" she says

"You aren't mine to kill" I say just shrugging past her

"Harrison" she says, I just look at her shoving her out the way when the 11 charges towards us or more so running from someone as I just swing my fist at his nose flinching a little bit

"I would go find your boyfriend if I was you, No doubt someone will try to hurt you" I say to Caelyn just grabbing the boy from 11 by his collar they say if a sheep comes to us we put them to slaughter Caelyn isn't a sheep, she could be a wolf for all we know, a baby wolf and they need protection and nurture rather then learning to be hunters, maybe I understand her because I read the way youth groups work there was a satanic cult in one I murdered them with a acidic fire because they were trying to awaken the devil with symbols and traps to free his soul rather then kill him, they were giving him power rather then ensuring his trapped from this evil world

She just looks at me as I tilt my head just slamming the boy to the ground as she gets up "Come find me if you want a key to escape your biggest confliction that's not if Kellen finds you so I will try to get out of this bloodbath before he does" I say just slamming I think his name Davis head on to the ground once more as I pick up a knife next to me easily holding him down not that I'm really fussed about him more needing Caelyn to leave to run, I am loyal to the end to Kellen yet I do have morals, I don't really want to use a teenage girl to kill a beast yet I know there is no other way

I will not sacrifice my life to kill Luca because the same with Kellen deep down I knew he was doing better for this world but I know he was a danger to me and others, she picks her self up running over to Maverick

As I completely forget about Davis who is skirming under me not that I'm actually on top of him just have my hand wrapped around his neck and he still can't get out of my grip shows how weak some of these sheep are "At least you will be sacrificed for the greater good" I say softly feeling the cold blade in my hand

He just looks at me confused but doesn't say a word doesn't even look me directly, I just drag the knife hardly across his chest as I move away "Thank you for your bravery" I mumble as I just go through the weapons picking up a knife vest as I just add the little extra knives a few jagged ones as an still see the boy from 11 struggle on the ground after a few seconds a cannon goes interesting, if we had blood thickeners his death would of been slower unless he didn't have one I did notice not all tributes were injected clearly they are choosing favourites

As usual

I just shove some more knives in my vest, then putting it under my sweater and putting my jackets back on to ensure no knows how many I have, I made sure I put each type of knife in my vest, I just throw a few back over the boys body to make sure no one hurts it, or Kellen doesn't rip into it but he told me he won't do that because it messed with his head, but I am starting to I don't know see him as a friend or whatever ever that word means really the only friend I have is my voodoo doll because he protects me from evil

I throw Kellen a few butcher knives when he runs in as he hands me another "How did you find that" I say

"It was hanging on the wall with a few other weapons" he says as I look at the demon knife

"You kill anyone yet I heard two cannons" I whisper

He shakes his head "I had Maverick with me no point" he shrugs, I had Sienna no point I was tempted to but I chose not to because I can be a rational person at times

I don't know who killed the other two maybe Luca, because that's what he does his the lone wolf hunting down targets starting from the weak until he gets to the strong, I did want to poison his water last night I almost did too but Jasper stopped me said he won't hurt me, because he needs me alive but I know when it comes to the crunch he can beat me, he can beat Kellen, we aren't fighters, we are hunters and the two are very different

I just throw a knife at the Cillian and Mia more telling them not to bother coming in and they listen a few do when they see Kellen lurking around "You want to fight big dog" Camden says running in gripping Rayden wrist

"Go head" I say stepping out of his path to the cornucopia as Axel and Cohen run over to Maxen playing on the ground other side, I just grip my knives

As Kellen nudges me and I throw one at boy from 12 watching it lodge into his spine as he hits the mud with a bang, I almost forgot about the way pouring down as my hands feel like ice nothing new ever since I woke I have felt freezing even when I covered myself in blankets, took boiling hot showers nothing felt warm it's like I can never feel like that

Even my blood isn't warm, Kellen just runs over to him, as I just grab a back pack, they didn't have these in my games but everyone knows to put supplies in your pocket, backpacks can kill people anything can, I learn that in the book I found, I don't know how I ended up coming across a killing book, I use to write one before I enjoyed it made me feel in my own life world, I walk over to Kellen watching his back as he just slams his clever into his stomach, jumping a little as a cannon boom

"Why was it so quick" he says, just letting the blood from the knife flow into his blood as I bend over

"The colour is different" I say softly grabbing a knife and slicing my wrist as Kellen puts a hand full of blood in his mouth

It's hard to see with the rain but I know mine is darker "Mine is your colour, not pink, it taste like normal blood though" Kellen says

"But is it as good as the blood you had in viles" I say

He just pulls out the boys heart shaking his head "It's okay, I mean it isn't like great, great but it's blood" he says as I just let him play with the heart or more so eat it, I don't even feel disgusted

I jump when I hear screaming as I see the relgious girl just squeal her head off, as I flinch and Kellen holds his ears "Fuck, you want to go, can't be bothered with that bitch" he says

She just holds her cross out at us as I nod and we run off, there is no point I don't want to risk killing a ally of god because what if she is Mary, means I will be even more cursed

We just run into the first area, more like woods with dark trees as the rain keeps going, only a few lights in this area, I noticed not as many tributes went here, of course they wouldn't it scares them but the wood and forest, it was my safe haven at home, where I practically live, where my hide out was, I never felt anymore safer even in my own bed at home I knew he was there in the shadows, it use to keep me awake at night, we run into a small wooden cabin as it shields us from the rain

"I like it here, feels like home" Kellen says softly

"You had forests in ten" I ask

"Deep in the outskirts, I think my districts had them only place I really felt safe" he says

"I get it, was a good hide out" I say

He smirks at me his thoughts are more sick and sadistic but I know he was raised that way, and I know if I had help, if my family noticed that I wasn't a normal kid before it was too late maybe everything will be different, maybe I wouldn't be this way but maybe it is better like this

Another cannon sounds as make sure the door is locked, not that we are afraid and not that either of us are safer, not that I'm afraid in a way dying in my sleep sounds peaceful because you won't feel it, not that I really felt any thing I felt at peace when I died because I chose too, I finger the medicine in my pocket it's exactly the same as the ones that brought us back, looks the same

"You think it's the same medicine" Kellen asks

"Science says it's impossible to heal a dead heart yet in this world science is almost like magic" I say, science was always fascinating to me, reading the books in school, about the functions of humanity, functions of life and the environment, I was in my own happy world

"Or the after world, maybe you were right, sometimes I feel like I have this monster in me who controls me yet I also remember all my actions" he says

I'm no longer scared of the devil because he can't hurt me anymore, as I have understood that the evils of the world are necessary I have almost bowed down to it, maybe I always did because I know eliminating people, making them have one more breath before they fall into peace or go someone else isn't normal, I know I shouldn't be a killer, people judge Luca yet Jasper said my choices aren't in humane, I don't kill people for the sake of it, I kill the sinners or the ones who are too good for this world but like I realised innocence could be just a facade, wolves are just as frequent as sheep, I know I'm a wolf I never denied it, I would stab someone in the back but not someone like me, maybe I shouldn't trust Kellen yet like me he never fully believes in death, I know he doesn't believe in Satan that's because he wasn't marked

I am yet now I'm learning that best way to fight him is to fight for him and his cause, Luca would be the one he chose yet Luca is a servant for the Capitol and they are just as evil, they have entered the afterworld by bringing kids back from the dead, now they know they have the power to do it more frequently they almost have the power of life and no one apart from the death should have it

But in a sense we as killers, we have control on life, cause we end it, we choose to put sheep to the slaughter, wield a blade that can do damage like a thousand needles, something falls through the fire place, as I see two boxes, handing the white one to Kellen, we have the same district colours as last time so his clothes are pretty red even if he wore white, as he takes out a change of clothes and a packet of blood pills, as mine is a change and a vile, as I smirk, I normally collect blood of my victims sadly I lost the vile from my last games even if I still have the string around my neck and the token

"I hate my mentor" Kellen growls just walking over to the bathroom, Jasper for some reason still saw good in me maybe it as the fact I spared lives in my first game I didn't just kill everyone or maybe it's because I chose to die, shows I have humanity, I let Aelia kill me because I hoped she would of taken my sacrifice and instead she wasted it and you can't waste second chances, I just get changed into dryer clothes, still forgetting we have the band in our wrist, the bronze band "How did you pull your band off" I ask Kellen

"A cleaver, did it before the games clearly they didn't care, I don't need a reminder of my past failures" he says

"Maybe this is a sign" I say

We still both stutter, words still aren't my strength even if we understand and trust each other "That our end game will be complete" he says

I just nod my head smirking, actually the bodies I did burnt, haven't come back, yet this time we know not to hang around the dead bodies for long in case they aren't dead because clearly what is dead doesn't stay dead, I hear the familiar sound of the athem, Jasper said they got rid of the district rule and are now showing everyone's athem the day they died which means no guessing as too who is actually dead

I just smirk at the last person, what goes around comes around, but that means all five deaths are sheep none of the wolves or the ones with value are dead yet because we do need some of them for a our end game

Caelyn Watson 16, District 2 Female

Once again my fear, clouded my judgement, and I went into attack mode, and I'm not that type of person, Against both our mentors judgement we tried to kill him, knowing he does not only pose danger to our life's but his also the reason I'm in the eyes of Kellen and Harrison, I thought if he dies everything will be simple

Maybe it was stupidity, or maybe we we need to realise Luca isn't a normal boy, I keep running the pain throbbing down my leg, as I know his knife entered deeper then I thought almost to the point it scrapped a vital organ but here I am still alive as much as the pain is making tears flood in my eyes

"We need to stop" Maverick says grabbing my wrist as I stumble over falling into him as he looks at me concern in his eyes

"It is just what Harrison said that concerns" I mumble, I don't know what he really meant, whether it was the key to my biggest conflicting or the fact he mentioned Kellen looking for me, that's why we tried to get as much distance as possible but now the pain is starting to get to me as Maverick flinches when he sees the blood coming from my waist, my hand, as he closes his eyes for a second

"You need to take the medicine before, you get hurt, I mean before it can kill you" he stutters, he means before he looses it and kill me but I remember everything about the day I killed him, he did everything to make sure he didn't and he didn't, deep down I have faith that he won't hurt me, call me deluded and maybe I trust people to much but beside him

Having hope and faith is really all I have right now, not that I believe in the faith thing, I look around as we are in a mountain range town, but Cleary it's been destroyed or more so deserted, there is blood all over the ground even with the spilling rain maybe that's why Maverick wants to get in side, I see something called a hotel "Let's just stop in here for now then" I mumble as he sighs in relief as we make it in, even the lobby area looks deserted paper everywhere, the actual table broken, writing in the wall, Maverick closes his eyes again at the splatters in blood

"We can't stay here long, just take the medicine and we find someone where Cleary someone hasn't died I can hear the whispers" he says I just nod as he just hands me the vile I can't hear anything but I learnt from my brother not to question people when I use to with in him it scared him made him feel insane and I can't have maverick think that

I take it shaking a little due to the rain as I feel even more cold "I didn't kill anyone" he says softly

"Did you want too" I say

"I wanted to protect you, the only person I wanted to kill was Luca" he says

"You can control it, I know you don't like killing people" I say, I don't know how ever one can even after killing Jett I still feel this weight in my chest and deep down I can't push it away because I have to feel something, I'm afraid if I will loose it, loose humanity it's why I can't throw away my sibling hood charm away, why I can't throw away my code in general

He looks at me his lip quivering as I just grip his hand the feeling of warmth again as he stops shivering, the only time I feel warm is around him, being around him makes me feel safe and he should be one of the last people to make me feel that way, knowing what he does, his lack of self control yet he showed in the hovercraft ride if he keeps his mind empty from the things that scare him he can be like the rest of us well the normal ones and there are a few odd ones this year even ones who has a cross across to their name

"I want to kill people though" he says stepping closer as I just stare at him and he just pulls me into him for a brief second

"Why are you always the one that gets into a situation where you almost die" he whispers in my ear, that's why his shaken, I'm use to it, last games I was targeted a handful of times, almost died a hand full of times as Maverick just rubs my back, we shouldn't show this intimacy in the eyes in front of the capitol in case they see our relationship as a threat but I would rather end my own life then rebel against the Capitol because its selifsh

Being in the sibling hood was different, we are just seen as a disobedient teenagers yet our actions never hurt anyone, never showed signs of rebellion, yes we had contact with the rouges of district 13 but it was us that convinced them to wait not rebel, I care for maverick I wish we didn't have to be here but I know a life together alive won't happen, something you can't rebel against and the Capitol is one

"I'm stupid" I say he just pulls back looking at me

"Don't die on me" he says

"I won't" I say as he just grips my hand again, I still don't get our relationship, we have kissed twice but otherwise it's more like we are best friends, Everett calls it love yet I forgot what love is especially with someone not your blood, I don't even know what that feels like it could it be the butterflies I feel in my stomach or the bond we have, yet I felt safe with Aden last time too and I knew how that played out but this time I won't have a plan to make him hate me, because that was stupid, made both of us suffer I know Aden still hates himself

But I also know with maverick I might have to pull trigger if I see him completely loose it to the point I know he will kill himself so he won't hurt me, I will have to run or maybe deep down I don't want him to kill me I try to be selfish, I know I have to I know it's the only way I can get out of here but I always find it hard to go with head over heart, because when I am in a life or death situation I go with heart

We walk out the rain still flooding, another cannon sounding not that long ago, I know Luca killed, Harrison probably dealt with the boy from 12, and I would of known if maverick killed, I double checked my watch to make sure, because even if I trust him, I don't trust the killer inside him

We ran to the middle border of the forest and town, even though it looks pretty with mountains and scenery the buildings are terrifying, but we can't camp out in the open even if I'm use to and even Maverick can't go to sleep I would rather him be inside he says being outside scares him, the sounds like someone's watching him, my brother said the same thing "Which tributes is that" he says

I look at him as he looks at the ground but I don't see anything "One of the boys from 11 I think" I say, I really hope his talking about dead body and not someone that's there

"Did I kill him" he says

"You haven't killed anyone in these games yet" I say

He just nods as this time we walk with the rain it's harder to know if someone is close by because it is so loud but I have learnt how to focus on sounds, it's why it makes Luca so dangerous in this arena or any arena at all, my hands shake around my sword, Everett did say Harrison has some soft spot for females so he wouldn't hurt me yet he helped me and wanted me about his allies, hopefully I can kill Luca because they use me to do it because i know I'm going to be dead straight after

I don't know what those two plan, even Aden seemed hesitant to tell me but I know deep down he meant to keep as far away as possible "Yet" he says

We keep walking until I stop, as if I can hear talking as Maverick pulls a knife from his vest, and I look at him "It's two males, could be you know who and you know who" he says

"It isn't those two stutter when they talk and talk softly" I say we just duck behind one of the statues it's to risky to run just in case, two males, could be Rayden and Camden neither I want to fight but when they get louder

Griffen and Denver "Fuck I hate rain man, it's making my clothes wet" Griffen whines

"Maverick don't" I say but unlike with me he hasn't forgiven Denver as the knife flies from his hand and he grabs my wrist dragging me away

"FUCK THAT HURT" Griffen whines, I feel something enter the back of my leg as I feel my chin but the concrete, as Maverick gets ready to help me up as a few more lights turn on

"Great it's you two" Denver says as Maverick pulls me up and I pull the knife form my leg

"My arm hurts" Griffen whines

"We just wanted to run" Maverick stutters, that's why he threw the knife smart, distract a enemy before running away but clearly his aim is too good that even as trick shot it hits the target

"By throwing a knife towards his head" Denver shouts

"You threw one at Caelyn I swear you hurt her again and I will murder both of you" Maverick growls, you can see the tension between them, Griffen just looks at Denver then me confused, I don't want to fight, not yet, wait until all the weaker ones as harsh as I feel thinking that are dead

"We are all careers" Denver says

"I never was, we don't want a fight" I say

"Clearly your sick puppy wants one" Denver says

"Don't call me that" Maverick growls twisting my wrist hardly

"Walk away the both of you" I say

"I'm not a sick dog" I hear maverick whisper so quietly only I can hear him

"I didn't mean it, we walk okay, we walk" Denver says

"Sick dog, sick dog" Maverick grows just throwing me to the ground as he throws another knife at Denver who ducks it

As he pulls out his Trident lunging at Maverick who just screams in shock diving out of the way "Wait stop I don't want to fight" Maverick whispers

It's like he almost has two personality's at the moment or it's the anger, Denver just swings at him anyways as Griffen just stands there holding his shoulder, I just pull my sword at blocking it as he just swings at me again and Maverick just lunges at him again as I feel a knife enter my shoulder and Griffen just pulls out another knife

"STOP IT" Maverick shouts

Denver just swings his trident as Maverick puts his arms in front of his head yelling when it slices him as I swing my sword towards his head but before I can hit him I completely forget about Griffen, as he gets me to ground "Kill her" Denver says

"No dont, please don't please" Maverick says

Griffen just holds my wrists his knees pressing into my stomach but I know to stay calm "I- but they didn't do anything wrong" Griffen says

I almost expect maverick to charge but he stays calm like he knows he has to, I don't say anything knowing it's better not to

"He killed me and she killed Jett the in first games" Denver says

"You really think killing us now will help you" I say

Griffen just nods like he agrees with me yet he still hasn't gotten off me

Maverick just growls "Maverick" I say softly he looks at me wide eyed

"Fine but If see the both of you again I will kill you both" Denver says signalling Griffen to get off me as I do and Maverick runs over to me sneering at Griffen who steps back, as they take off and I grab Maverick when he tries to throw a knife

"Let me the fuck go" he growls I step back and he just drops his knife

"I'm sorry" he whispers throwing his arms around me

I just rubs his back "You stayed in control" I say, if he was a true monster he thinks he is, a true cold blooded killer he would of ripped them apart, but he didn't, which means he doesn't really want to hurt people or because he values my life and it makes me feel special, that's how I knew I belonged in the sibling hood, because they valued my life like he does

I'm not a number, I'm not indispensable

"Why does he hate me so much" he whispers, I look at him a little shocked but he seems serious

"You killed him remember a little brutally" I say

"I did, I yeah I remember that" he stutters, he doesn't, I see it in his eyes, it's like his mind is making him forget, I just grip his hand again

As I just lead him further away from where we started as he quietly mumbles to himself, if his starting to mentally break this early I may have a issue but I also can't forget about my life, and once again I'm already close to death, and I don't like it because I'm afraid of dying, but I'm also afraid of what will happen if I loose maverick again, if I have to kill all my life my mental strength after my family were murdered was something I prided myself on

In my last games I was so close to jumping off the cliff the mental cliff to the point I wish I did, we see another mountain base campsite this time no blood around as the rain starts to die down a little Maverick just let's me lead him into a small cabin as some warmth hits me form the heater as I turn the small lamp in "I don't hear the whispers" he says

"That's good" I smile even though I know it's fake I can't have him think I'm starting to become more concerned, this timer it feels different, I don't know what he was like at the start of the games last time, but I knew even throughout the Capitol something was different, and I know it could be that our bond is strong enough that he feels safe and won't hurt more or it's going into dangerous territory to the point that maybe we won't be together until the end

And that terrifies me more then dying because he is all I have left now

Maxen Gaber 18, District 6 Male

Why the fuck am I in the rain?

Actually why the fuck am I lying on the ground in the rain

"WHY THE FUCK IS THERE A DEAD BODY NEXT TO ME" I yell jumping up, fuck I need some morphling

"Maxy calm down" Axel says grabbing my arm as I look at him watching Camden and Rayden run off wait I'm in the hunger games

"Did I kill that dude" I say actually I remember robo jerk throwing a knife at some boy and I fell over his body which was pretty scary but I don't think it was this body or maybe it wasn't to be honest the past like 5 minutes have been a little bit if a blur I don't even know how many are dead

"COHEN" I scream but he runs out of the cornucopia as I sigh in relief

"Luca did, there are four bodies in there, we should start to get going before he or the freak brothers come back" he says

"I want my morphling wait no what weapon did I use I think I need a weapon thingy in case someone is mean and tried to fight us, yes I need a weapon" I say just nodding my head getting a little annoyed at the rain

Axel hands me a knife and steel gloves, oh yeah I remember these it makes me a strong man because I like beating things and people, hahaha I'm kidding beating people ain't cool, I think but then I know we have to kill blah blah blah, it's the only way to get closer to going home even though I haven't been home in over 393376482 years or how ever long I have been dead for, everyone I know could be dead and I don't know if I want to go back to loneliness, that's why I took the morphling to drown the emotions, the darkness

"Got every thing buddy" Axel says to Cohen who just nods, I mean we did start in some cave tunnel thingy and had to climb not that I remember how getting out of the place I think I did jump off my pedestal even though I swear some kid screamed at me not too

Forgot who that kid was did I kill him too but I look at my hands and I don't see anything "You okay" Cohen says

"Yeah, I just don't really remember the last few minutes you know" I say

"You have been rolling in the ground laughing to yourself for quite a bit" Axel says

"I mean, yeah, fuck why is this rain so wet" I scream

"Cause it's water, come on, we saw Luca go to the east, freaks shows go to the south, the lovers go north, so to ensure we don't have any incident we should try and go west, it is a town area" Axel says

"What the fuck is a south, actually what's a north and a east, oh wait, oh wait I know north south east west it's like a compass thing you know be I used them when I use to make the tracking system for the hovercrafts I use to install a small compass thing to ensure they knew the correct direction to go ya know" I say

They both just look at me a little confused "So like the trackers they have in the games" Cohen says

"Yeah-" I jump when I hear a screech, as Cohen just flinches

"Who the fuck is that" I say as in the distance as it is fucking dark I hear the girl or boy, actually sounds more like a dying cat not that I would know what a dying cat sounds like I just picture it in my head

"Jesus"

Oh it's wailing Mary, fucking wailing Mary "Maxen" Axel says as I begin to walk I've I don't know possesses me to do maybe it's telling the idiot to get out of here before someone kills her or maybe it's no I'm not a killer, I'm not killing Mary, what if I get cursed if I do

"I'm just going to tell her to shut the fuck up" I say

I walk over "Blood has been split" she says holding her cross as I see another body, fuck I hope that wasn't me because someone was clearly a excited boy probably freak one or freak 2 or dark Vader or Maverick who is a bit of a freak

Actually how isn't dead

"I hope it wasn't you" I say fuck I want my morphling

"Killing people is evil" she says, I look back as Axel and Cohen watch cautiously, it's wailing Mary she is too useless to do anything or maybe they are worried someone is going to jump me

"I guess, ah you should get out of here" I say, my hands shake around the knife, no why am I being mean, I can't but I have to don't I fuck my mind is all over the place

"Why are people dying" she says how the hell is this girl still alive, fuck wailing Mary, but why am I being nice to her the whole time she has been mean to be, screeched when ever she saw me, she is one that's deluded and I guess I shouldn't judge I use to drown my life with morphling but I do remember my first games, I killed because I know you have to

I look back at Axel who tilts his head knowing, he knows what I mean, we have to I promised him I will kill people for him even if he told me not too, I always struggled to feel stuff yet I remember when Axel died "You have any morphling" I say

She just screeches at me as I covered my ears and she holds her cross out as I roll my eyes, no I am too good for morphling I have to grow up and try to not die?

Or do what ever I meant too "Just go" I say

"Jesus wants me to pray for the dead" she says

Who the fuck is Jesus, fuck this rain is annoying, she just brushes past me kneeling next to the body what if it was actually her, I mean any one can be a killer, and these games are brutal that's what I did learn in my life "Maxy let's just go" Axel says as I look at him

"Na dong dong" I whisper as he just ruffles my hair and I stare at him then back at wailing Mary

"I can do it, we do need to cut the numbers, that's what tributes are right" Axel says

Cohen looks over about to open his mouth "No I am the brawns, I do the dirty work, neither of you killed in either of your games I did, I will probably forget about it in a few hours or minutes" I say as I walk back over to her

"Mackenna" I say she turns around looking at me as I grab her arm slamming my knife into her chest

'BOOM' my hands shake as Cohen pulls me back and I just rest my head into his chest as Axel just stares at the body for a second, walking over

"That's odd coloured blood" he mumbles

I stare at them tilting my head, as I just bite onto my hand "Yuck" I say spitting a bit of flesh and blood out but then I look

"WHAT THE FUCK" I yell, as Axel just grabs onto my waist when I try to run more run away from wailing Mary, why the fuck is her blood lighter, like with the other boy but mine is normal colour, what if I'm a cyclops

"I WANT MY MORPHLING" I screech

"We should go" Axels says putting his hand on Cohen's back while grabbing my arm

"So they did change us" I say

"It just means their blood is weaker, she died straight away even if you didn't actually stab her heart, it just means they didn't have blood clutters eventually blood does start to die if the body if breathing" Cohen says

"Dude I didn't know you were Einstein I'm jealous" I say

"Something Vincent told me last games surprised he didn't tell you" Cohen says to axel who the hell is Vincent

Wait why is wailing Mary dead, oh, I am scared why I don't really feel much when I kill I guess I block it out most of the time, even if I know I should feel guilt, remorse, maybe the morphling had really killed my emotional and vulnerable side but when Axel and even Brodie died last time I felt every bit of mention, even know I hate Luca so much, Caelyn well it's different with her because it was out of self defence, I know she didn't actually want to kill Brodie

Like how I killed Mackenna who even the fuck, actually who is Mackenna is that wailing fuck my head hurts, I could really use my god damn morphling right now, my mind and my emotions as usual are all over the place as we walk to east west south as Axel mentioned "He might have to be honest I zoned out on his depressive chats, don't worry Maxy he doesn't have morphling he is my mentor" Axel says

"I had Mr mentor he was annoying" I say, as Axel chuckles as I just grip his arm, I'm a big boy yet I couldn't feel anymore scared right now

"I WANT MY MORPHLING" I scream trying to run towards some big building called chemist, as Axel grabs me by the waiste again

"What did I tell you about running kiddo remember last games" he says

"Not really man, ya know when I was in 6 right, like I think I'm from 6 or was it district 16 yeah well anyways we had a chemist right and ya know what it has morphling, I want my morphling" I pout

"Do you really buddy" Axel says

"NA DONG DONG" I say throwing myself out of his grip and falling on the floor laughing

"It's a ghost town" Cohen mumbles

"Is ghost another word for morphling because if it is please marry me to this place" I say jumping up when my clothes get all muddy even muddier then they were I don't like mud it's sticking and annoying and dirty and sticking and brown is a ugly colour

Plus I remember how I swear when I was dying my blood was brown which is scary enough since I know that shouldn't be possible but I was dying even know I close my eyes and I feel like the life is draining out and I want to tell someone how I feel but speaking emotions that ain't cool man and I don't want to look like a baby because babies are scary they use to cry and screech all the time and it might my ears hurt

"No, just a deserted town when people down, it reminds me of my arena yet the buildings are broken down or damaged" he mumbles

"Is that why I see snow in the distance and on the mountains fuck why am I going bad, in time" I say trying to run away as Axel grabs me again

"Calm down buddy, they are just merging the three nothing to be scared about" he says

"You know what my name is" I say nudging Cohen in the chest as I skip off

"What" he says

"Maximilian, Na dong dong, fong Wong, La la loopsy" I say

"The fuck you on bro" Axel chuckles as I just smirk, Cohen is right though, I see blood splattered on the ground, as buildings look like they are about to crumble or they have graffiti on it writing in the walls

"fuck the-" Axel quickly covers my mouth when I throw a rock at the picture of ugly face president

"Be careful they can hear you" he whispers in my ear then stepping back and letting me go

"What the fuck now it's stopped raining" I yell thank god for that though the rain was cold and kept sticking to my skin, I don't like rain

"Still dark though, where do we go" Axel says to Cohen

"Uh, um I mean all these buildings look abandoned if you two are find with being in a house that feels like someone died in it, then we can just go in a house or that thing Maxen is staring at" Cohen says

Maxen I like that name it's a little long though "Oh oh, I don't know I'm looking at tree, see there is a three in the buildings it's cute why not morphling bar" I say

"House it is" Axel chuckles

"I use to live in a basement" I say

"That's nice" he says as we walked in, and a screech when the door slam shut as Cohen puts his hands up

"Wasn't me" he says

"This place is haunted, you think Mr ghost has morphling" I say

"Bro you had your chance for morphling now unless you want to find Harrison you ain't getting any" he says he is right even if I'm tempted now to look for Harrison I know I need to be a good boy there is a reason I didn't take the morphling I knew if I did I could loose my humanity, loose my friends as Cohen and Axel go through the supplies handing me some to put in my pocket as I just try to see what's in the torch

"Ouchie my eyes" I pout throwing at the wall as it almost blinds me

"Well there goes our only torch" Axel says

"I can fix it, I can fix it ca,k me Na dong dong the fist it man" I say jumping up and down skipping the broken torch

I'm more Na dong dong the broken man but I know I can't let my negative thoughts get get in my head because that's when I get all crazy and want 20 thousand different things like how I want to be super man but I know I cent be super man even if I went to be super man

I don't even know if I want to win these games, people always say there are no winners in panem only loosers apart from the Capitols and they are right

Fuck I wish I had my morphling

Deaths

24th: Caleb Russel, District 8 Male- Killed By Luca Allen, District 1 Male

23rd: Felix Newson, District 12 Male- Killed By Luca Allen, District 1 Male

22nd: Davis Caridgan, District 11 Male- Killed By Harrison Miller, District 1 Male

21st: Cayde Labaye, District 12 Male- Killed By Kellen Morris, District 10 Male

20th: Mackenna Enright, District 6 Female- Killed By Maxen Gaber, District 6 Male