A/N: This chapter contains a fade to black scene between consenting adults(both parties are eighteen). I just felt like I should give you a heads up.

That night, Bram managed to sneak away from his penthouse and went to Simon's. Renee and Cole were already asleep, so they mostly had the apartment to themselves. Most of the mentors were still watching the games at the private theater, but they were craving some alone time.

Simon was sitting criss-cross on the couch while watching the games. He turned to face his boyfriend. "Hey babe," Simon said. Bram sat beside Simon, and they shared a short but sweet kiss on the lips.

"You're still watching the games?" Bram asked.

"Yeah, it's the only thing that's on TV," Simon said. They cuddled up against each other and watched the TV. Once most of the tributes were asleep, they turned off the TV. They started to make out. Simon moved to Bram's lap as it got more heated. Bram scooped Simon up and pressed him against the wall.

They made out like that for a few minutes, finally letting out the desire they had for each other. The desire that built up over months of not being able to see each other in person. Bram opened Simon's door and took both of them inside. He shut the door and locked it before moving to the bed.

Simon and Bram left the capitol building early the next morning. They didn't want to be caught coming out of the same penthouse. They could prove that they weren't doing anything illegal, but it was still a conversation they would rather avoid.

They walked into the theater just as the sun rose. They sat on the same couch that Pilar was sitting on. The cameras were on Nora's group, who were planning something whilst sitting on the beach. "They haven't cut away from them for the past four hours," Pilar whispered. "And they've just been sitting on the beach."

"Really?" Bram asked. "I thought there would be something more interesting going on in the arena."

"If there isn't anything more interesting going on, they will intervene like they did last night," Pilar said. Bram and Simon then noticed that there was one less tribute in the alliance. It was Maya's district partner. Pilar saw the confusion on their faces.

"You guys don't know what happened last night?" Pilar asked. "What were you guys doing in your penthouses?"

They were quiet for a moment, and Pilar knew exactly what they were doing. "Anyways," she said. "At around three in the morning, the game makers realized some acid fog into the arena near them while they were asleep. They tried to runway before it could affect them, but it was too late for Hunter. He consumed too much of it and died."

Acid fog. Last year it was acid rain. He then remembered Leah's death. She was so close to safety, but, as they were less than ten feet away from their cave, she fell into a puddle of acid. She had a great chance of winning the games, but Simon knew the capital caused that storm to get rid of her.

Bram seemed to remember that as well. It was the same day that the rule change happened that declared two tributes of the same gender may win. Bram rested his head on his boyfriend's shoulder as they watch the games.

No one left the theater that day. Food was brought to them throughout the day. It was thirty minutes till twelve in the morning, and it was looking like a storm was brewing. "The game makers seem to be getting very involved this year," Pilar sighed. "I thought the capital citizens found that boring."

The seventieth Hunger Games were the lost rated for this reason. The capital basically orchestrated the entire games, leaving little tribute versus tribute combat. The game makers included fewer natural events because of this.

Nora and Maya were walking by themselves. They were going to the only non-saltwater lake in the arena. Nora grabbed a rock and hit Maya, knocking her out. Everyone in the room had a shocked reaction.

"I didn't think she had it in her to attack someone unprovoked," one of the other victors said. Nora then pulled out her knife and started to attack Maya's arm. She kept going until she pulled out a piece of metal in her arm. Her tracker. Why was she cutting out Maya's tracker? Simon though.

Nora then wrapped up Maya's arm and ran off. The camera followed her the rest of the way to the lake. By the time she got there, it was already pouring down rain. Starr and Chris were on a small island in the middle of the lake. Nora gave her a thumbs up, letting them know Maya was out of the picture.

"We have to do this now," Starr shouted. Nora nodded as Star placed the rod into the water. Chris got it to stay up without any support from Starr. Soon lightning hit the rod, knocking out everyone was in that arena as it destroyed the force field around the arena.