Ryena Shore,16, District 4 female
I feel my eyes flutter for a moment and I let out a small groan before opening my eyes momentarily but close them again, I don't know what I'm resting against but it's soft, comfortable and I snuggle myself closer to whatever it is as I begin to doze off again but I hear light chuckling and my eyes quickly shoot open as I realize I'm resting against Caspian's shoulder, I even drooled on him, Ewww…
"Shit, oh my God Caspian, I practically jump away from him but he seems to be in good spirits as he's still only chuckling.
"Its all good Reyena, just don't fall asleep next time in the middle of a conversation, makes me seem boring." He jokes but I'm still pretty embarrassed and I see Nyx is passed out on the sofa across from us and Hyperion is on the other side of the lounge resting in a corner with his sword next to him.
We walked around for a little while yesterday after we discovered the v.i.p room which contained some extra weapons and supplies, which was helpful, but still kind of underwhelming. Ever since then we've taken shelter in this "teen's lounge". There wasn't much supplies here but we were already doing pretty well from the v.i.p room though and Hyperion and Nyx were able to get some proper treatment for their injuries. The sofas here are also still in great condition, hence me getting the best sleep I've had in a while.
"I wish you would've woke me up Caspian!" I playfully scold him as I plop back down on the sofa next to him.
"But why? You looked so adorable, I couldn't do that!" he smirks and I sigh, this again, he said that back at the capitol too when I was late for breakfast...
"Anyways, guess I was out for the whole night…" I grumble as I see daylight outside the window.
"Yup, you were out like a kite!" Caspian states and that's when I look over at him and realize how tired he looks.
"Wait, did you even get any sleep?" I curiously ask.
"Nope, but I'm ok, I'll just take a nap later." He yawns.
"Caspian get some rest, There's no telling what's in store for us today and you need your strength, I'm up now and I'll keep watch." I assure him but he only lets out small sigh. "Honestly, I can't go to sleep even if I wanted to, it's just one of those days…" he takes a deep breath.
"One of those days?" I ask.
"Yup, just one of those days where I can't sleep no matter how hard I try, happens to all of us though, right?" he smiles at me and I hesitantly nod.
"I guess…" I mumble, I'm not going to pry him for information, I'm pretty sure I know why he wasn't able to get any sleep…
"So anyways Reyena, where did we leave off last night, you were telling me about your little sister's birthday, you know the one that thinks I'm so hawt and wants to use my butt as a pillow!" he reminds me and I cringe.
"I had a feeling you heard every single word she said too, I apologize on her behalf." I playfully roll my eyes but Caspian only laughs some more.
"Its ok, I actually find her pretty hilarious!" he chuckles.
"Well she's a clown alright but yeah, on her 10th birthday, I wanted to surprise her so, I tried baking a cake. Her and my parents went out to get her a gift and I just pretended I wasn't feeling well so I'd have an excuse to stay in. I never baked anything before but I wanted to be a caring sister so I started mixing the batter and my idiotic self even forgot to put the eggs in it and I put it in the oven to bake. I know it takes a while to bake so, I figured I'd take a bath and that's what I did, I start smelling fire after a while and that's when I rush downstairs and see fire is coming from the stove. I panic and start using the whipped cream in the fridge to try and put the flames out, but that only makes it worse…" I explain to him and he bursts out laughing yet again.
"You're probably the only person I know that will choose a can of whipped cream over water to try and put out a fire, gotta give it to you there!" he giggles as he holds his hand out and I sigh before giving him a high five, but I don't immediately separate my hand away from his afterwards and we look into each other's eyes as our hands are still against each other. After a moment though Caspian only lets out an awkward laugh as he gently separates his hand from mine, what is wrong with me?
I remember the conversation I had with Nyx about letting people know how you feel about them before it's too late…
"So uh, I kinda want to know the rest…" Caspian gets my attention and I realize I've just been awkwardly gazing at a wall, get it together!
"Y-yeah right, after my whipped cream trick didn't work, I was ready to just run out of the house, but my parents and sister walked through the door afterwards and saw the disaster, my father quickly ushered all of us outside and he dealt with the fire himself. Apparently there was a fire extinguisher right under the sink cabinet." I sigh and Caspian just can't stop giggling.
"How was the cake though, I take it was still edible?" he sarcastically smirks.
"That thing could've been baked to perfection and it would've still been shit." I admit.
"Well, as cliché as it sounds, it's the thought that counts!" Caspian puts his arm around me and I feel myself getting nervous…
"I miss her though, I miss both of my sisters even if I'm not that close with one of them, I miss my parents, my friends…home." I gaze up at the ceiling.
"Yeah, me too Reyena, I miss home too…" he admits and I slowly lean the side of my head on his shoulder while his arm is still around me and theres a moment of silence as we just relax together. It doesn't even feel like we're in the arena, it feels like we're back at home, I wish it can stay like this…
"I wish I would've met you sooner Caspian…" I suddenly confess to him.
"Yeah, we would've been good friends!" he lets out a light yawn. Friends…is that the farthest things can go between us? I think back again on my conversation with Nyx and I can feel my breathing getting a little heavier.
"You ok Reyena?" Caspian seems to notice.
"Y-yeah, I am…" I sigh, tell him Reyena, just tell him how you feel!
"Caspian…" I begin.
"Hmm?" he nods but the front door is suddenly kicked in causing me to jump but Caspian remains seated and calm.
"What the-" I can hear Nyx gasp and I see two armed figures walk into the lounge we're in, wait, is that…
"Well…look what we have here." Barbel glares us, his trident in hand with throwing axes attached to his belt and behind him is Vendetta who also has a trident but remains quiet. Barbel Beacher and Vendetta McClain, the two district 4 tributes from last year, I never met Barbel before, but his outbursts and the way he decimated his opponents were constantly talked about around the district. Vendetta I've spoke to once or twice and even sparred with her but she always seemed relatively detached and quiet, she got the better of me in our spar two years ago but things will be different this time. These two are obviously mutts, the capitol seems to love cloning dead tributes and putting them back in the arena for some reason…
"…Well I'm certainly surprised to see the two of you here." Caspian calmly responds and I see Barbel's eyes fill with maliciousness as he does a blood thirsty grin.
"As am I, smiling ghost!" Barbel spins his trident before planting It in the floor, I look at Caspian however and he seems bothered by Barbel calling him that but he only does a slight nod.
"So I assume you two aren't here to catch up and have breakfast?" Caspian suddenly comments and even in this serious moment I can't help but snicker a little bit making this tense encounter a little awkward.
"What the hell is this!?" I hear Hyperion grumble, guess he finally woke up…
"Ive always wanted the pleasure of dealing with you smiling ghost, and make no mistake, It will happen, so whenever you're ready draw your weapon and the rest of you don't worry, we got a little surprise for you as well!" Barbel glares us.
"What the? The hell are you guys still sitting there for, we got them outnumbered 4 to 2, let's go!" Hyperion shouts and prepares to rush at the two careers, but Annabelle the district 1 girl from last year suddenly stands up from behind the sofa that Nyx is on, aiming her bow, at her neck.
"Don't take another step, pretty boy!" Annabelle threatens him and Hyperion freezes in his tracks, how the hell did she get in here!?
"What, how did you-" I begin.
"Wasn't too hard to sneak in while you two lovebirds were going at it!" Annabelle mocks me.
"You think I give a shit what happens to her!?" Hyperion growls at Annabelle.
"Well you still aren't moving, so you must!" she counters and Hyperion only continues glaring her, he must care atleast a little...
"Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way, if you all want to go about this the easy way then we'll all have ourselves a one on one battle with each other. Smiling ghost, you're easily the strongest one here, so you'll follow me so we can have our battle away from your allies.
That's when another figure enters the room and its Amos Walton, the district 2 male from last year and he has a bright almost unnerving smile on his face as he has his sword drawn, the scores are even now…
Amos Walton, considered the best swordsman in district 2 by far and was most people's favorite to win last year's games. I think I know what's going on here now…
"Took you long enough!" Annabelle scolds him but Amos only laughs.
"Sorry about that, had to make a detour to marvel just how beautiful this arena is, I also saw a small girl with a big knight following her!" Amos scratches his head. What? A small girl with a knight? Is that a tribute he's talking about?
"Hmm, well now that you're here, you can begin escorting that district 2 guy out of this room for your battle, any of you try anything, Annabelle puts an arrow right into the neck of your ally here!" Barbel threatens us.
"Don't need you giving me fucking orders, I'm going to do it anyways!" Annabelle snarls at him, her bow still aimed at Nyx's neck as she can only remain frozen on the sofa trembling.
Hyperion is going to fight Amos… There's no way Hyperion is beating him in a fair fight, Amos outclasses him by a mile and I can see from the look on Hyperion's face as he gazes at Amos that he seems a little tense.
"I see, Hyperion Corvinus. Your skills never impressed me." Amos bluntly says but remains smiling.
"Hmm, yeah we'll see about that." Hyperion grabs his sword and Amos exits the room with Hyperion following behind him.
"Let's go smiling ghost!" Barbel motions to Caspian who's still sitting next to me and Caspian does a small sigh before picking up his trident and looks over at me.
"Everything will be ok, alright?" He whispers to me and I nervously nod.
"Just be careful…" I whisper back to him.
"You too…" he mumbles.
"Hmmph…" Barbel grunts and Caspians follows him out of the room but he gives me another look and does an assuring smile and I can't help but smile back at him, just be ok Caspian…please.
"That's good enough…are you ready Annabelle?" Vendetta nonchalantly asks.
"My pleasure!" Annabelle prepares to fire her bow at Nyx but Nyx quickly grabs Annabelle's hair pulling head over the sofa and kicks her upside the head knocking Annabelle to the floor as she curses aloud and that's when Vendetta rushes at me trying to strike me with her trident and I block her attack as we clash our weapons against each other.
"I remember you, Reyena…" Vendetta calmly gazes at me but I can feel her immense strength as she begins pushing me back with her trident.
"This capitol is using you as puppet, don't you realize that!?" I try to reason with her but that only seems to anger her as she shoves me against the wall with her trident and tries stabbing ke through the chest but I pivot out of the way and I see for a split second that Annabelle is tackling Nyx against the wall as she groans in pain.
Vendetta tries once again to strike my face and I block her attack but I still stumble against a table and Vendetta dashes forward and tries piercing me but I catch her trident in between mines and elbow her against the side of her head but she only grunts a little before trying to smack me in my face but I duck under it and dig my trident into her thigh causing her to yell out in pain and lands a left hook on the side of my head knocking me to the floor.
While I'm still disoriented I can hear Annabelle and Nyx slamming into numerous things and their both cursing aloud and yelling in pain but Vendetta tries to stab me through the chest with her trident and I roll out of the way causing her to stab the floor instead. I use this opportunity to use my trident to knock hers out of her grasp and tangle my feet with hers causing her to fall to the floor and I quickly roll onto her chest while pulling a small knife out of my pocket and try stabbing her but she grabs my hand twisting it and disarming me and headbutts me in my nose knocking me back down to my back and I can feel some blood starting to ooze down my nose.
"Ahhh you bitch!!" I hear Annabelle cry out in pain followed by Nyx letting out an angry yell. I try to come back to my senses as I reach for my trident but Vendetta suddenly stabs me in my forearm causing me to cry out in pain and she pins me down trying to stab me in the chest but I use both of my hands to try and push her back but her knife is still edging close to my chest as she's overpowering me and its to the point where I have to start yelling out loud cause I'm straining myself trying to keep the knife out of my chest.
"You thought you could beat me! Huh!?" I hear Annabelle curse our loud with Nyx crying out, Nyx hang in there!
I think of my sister Heidi and even Scarlett, all three of us just playing on the shore together, I want that to be us again…and that's why I can't die here, I can't!
I manage to squirm my body away from her slightly to the point where my legs are now aligned at her upper body and I quickly lift up my legs and clasp them over her shoulders causing her body to shift to the side and I begin trying to snap her arm as I now have her in an armbar from the full guard and I can hear Verbena straining in pain as she tries to find a way out of my armbar but I hear a pop followed by a pained cry from her and she drops the knife that I quickly grab with one of my hands and etch it into her neck causing her to yell out again and I stab her in the neck again as blood is literally spurting all over my face but her body starts going limp from the blood loss and I flip Vendetta on her back where I let out a battle cry before plunging the knife in her chest twice and her body is now limp as her cold eyes only gaze back up at me and I can feel my hair and entire face covered in blood as I pant heavilly but I look across from me and see Annabelle strangling Nyx with her belt and both of them are a bloody mess.
I quickly stagger to my feet and rush at Annabelle, jumping onto her back and try stabbing her in the neck but she wrestles the knife out of my hand and I wrap both my legs around her back and squeeze her neck with both my arms.
"Get the- fuck off me!" Annabelle struggles to get out as I'm squeezing her windpipe but starts wildly flailing the knife around trying to stab me and she finally scores as she manages to plant the knife into my shoulder causing me to loosen my grip and grunt in pain. She's able to fling me off of her back afterwards and I crash into the wall afterwards as I let out a defeated groan and Annabelle, angrily rushes at me with her knife.
"You sneaky little shit! You thought you could one up me!" She snarls at me as blood oozes down her nose, lips and one of her eyes. I try crawling to one of the loose arrows on the floor but she knees me hard in the body neutralizing me and I groan in pain as Annabelle quickly tries to drive the knife into me but I weakly grab her armed hand and use my other forearm to push against her throat, but she's still gradually overpowering me.
"Die, fucking die!!" she curses aloud and just when she's about to fully overpower me, Nyx suddenly tackles Annabelle and Annabelle's head slams hard against the wall with a loud crack but Annabelle is still moaning in pain and trying to come to her senses as she blindly reaches for her knife that she dropped, but Nyx doesn't give her a chance to recover as she grabs the knife and begins plunging it into the back of her neck repeatedly.
"Die! Die! Die!!!!" Nyx repeatedly cries out as she continues viciously stabbing the long dead Annabelle but she doesn't stop as she only continues crying, screaming and stabbing her over and over. All the pent up pain, all the anger, all the guilt she has over Nox's death, she's letting it all out…
"Nyx!" I shout and quickly wrap my arms around her waist hugging her tightly.
"Just die, just die!" she continues crying and cursing, but I don't think she's directing this at Annabelle anymore…she's directing this at the person responsible for her brother's death…
"I got you Nyx, I'm here with you…I'm here." I continue hugging her tightly and I can feel her body loosen up as her face collapses against my shoulder and she continues crying as I can hear the knife drop the floor.
"I'm here Nyx, it's ok…" I assure her as she continues crying but she hugs me afterwards and we remain embraced for a moment as she releases all of her pent up emotions.
"I just miss him, I miss him Reyena, I miss him so fucking much…" she sobs in my shoulder.
"I'm sorry Nyx…I'm so sorry, but this is your chance to let it out, The pain. Some of it won't ever go away but the part of it that can, let it out and let it go…" I rub her back and she continues releasing her pent up emotions.
"I'm pregnant…" I suddenly hear her mumble and it takes a moment for me to register what she just said but I slowly release my grasp from her and I look into her eyes and her lips quiver as she looks back at me.
"Nyx…what?" I give her a puzzled expression.
"I was already here in the capitol when I found out, but please…don't tell anyone else, please promise me that Reyena." She sniffs and I hesitantly nod.
"Ok…Ok, I wont Nyx." I answer her and she seems a little relieved, but I'm still in so much shock, she's actually pregnant? My gosh this changes everything, but this explains the vomiting and fatigue she was experiencing back at the capitol, this is obviously a pretty big deal...but I won't tell anyone.
"Are you ok though, can you move?" I ask.
"Y-yeah…you?" she worriedly asks me and I nod.
"Yeah… Hyperion and Caspian can be in trouble though, we need to go look for them…" I start making my way back up to my feet.
"Yeah…ok let's go." She states and helps me up before we arm ourselves with our weapons and begin our search for our allies, just be ok Caspian, and to an extent even you Hyperion.
Caspian Delamar, 18, District 4 male
"This'll do!" Babel suddenly stops in the middle of a wide hallway, and stands several feet away from me with his trident in a defensive stance and I sigh and I also have my trident in a defensive stance, I feel a little sluggish from my lack of sleep, and the fact that Annabelle was able to sneak inside the lounge without me noticing shows that. I need to try and finish this quickly, I can't afford to play games right now, Reyena and the rest of my allies, they can be in danger, it's Hyperion I'm the most worried about, he's already Injured and I don't think even at his best that he can defeat Amos, even I might have some trouble with him…
"Lets see If the legends are true about you Smiling ghost, if it is almost impossible to land a clean blow against you!" Barbel grins.
"Hope to not disappoint you…" I sarcastically say and we begin inching our way towards each other, both our weapons still in a defensive stance. Barbel Beacher, the two faced demon of the sea, I've seen countless out of his fights and the other side of him as well, all I need to do is stay calm and I can get through this…
Barbel is the first one to strike at me and I do a high guard blocking his attack and spin out of the way of his other attack before stabbing him in the shoulder and he growls in pain swinging his trident at me but I only have to take several steps back to completely evade the attack.
"Hmmph nice one…" Barbel glares me as he edges towards me.
"How much longer until 'he' makes an appearance?" I sarcastically ask and this seems to irritate Barbel.
"I heard you were quite the comedian as well!" he tries slashing me again with his trident but I easily block it and shove him back with my trident but he wildly swings at me again and I duck under it and try tripling him with my trident but he jumps over it and quickly tries to jab his trident into my eye but I quickly move my head to the side and counter trying to stab him in the heart but he blocks my blow and our weapons clash again as we glare each other.
"Not bad so far smiling ghost! This might be exciting afterall!" he shoves me back but I regain my balance and he tries to jab me again but easily parry his attack and slice him across the back as he's stumbling forward and let's out an angry growl before cursing out loud, and I can see his body start to tremble a bit but he manages to control himself. I fortify my stance, keeping my trident raised and Barbel rushes at me trying to strike my face but I block his attack and he quickly lowers his trident trying to jab my kneecap but I spin out of the way and stab his kneecap instead causing him to fall to his knee and he quickly tries stabbing me in my torso but I quickly parry his attack and knock his trident out of his hand before smacking him across the face with the side of my trident and he lets out a loud grunt as he falls on his back and I prepare to bring my trident down into his chest but he throws one of his Axes at me and I quickly raise my trident to block my face, but that's what he wanted because he suddenly tackles my mid section slamming me against the wall and tries driving me down to the floor but I keep my feet planted onto the floor and he tries to lift me up but quickly pivot out of the way and weave a quick hook he throws at me.
He then does a peekaboo boxing stance and starts stalking me and I throw two jabs in his face but he blocks it and tries to uppercut me but I weave it and land a straight into his nose which seems to stun him for a moment, he starts moving faster and throws two quick hooks but I back up to the point where he's just punching air and land a huge hook onto the side of his face, causing him to stumble back a little. He continues stalking me and throws a jab but I block it with my elbow, duck under his wide hook and quickly land two body hooks into him before weaving his wild uppercut, and I quickly counter with another hook to the side of his head causing him to fall to one knee.. I notice his body is trembling more as he growls aloud and I pick up my trident keeping it in a low stance so I can move around on my feet easier.
Barbel spits some blood on the floor and picks up his trident and we begin circling each other as he glares me.
"I thought you'd be a little tougher than this Barbel…" I taunt him.
"Haven't even gotten started yet!" and he suddenly tries to pierce me with his trident but I quickly parry it and shove my trident through his torso causing him to yell out in pain and he falls to his knees again clutching his torso but his body starts trembling even more.
"Enough of these fucking games…enough of them!" he growls in a demonic tone, looks like the demon is going to reveal himself afterall, not that any of this is surprising.
"This is where it ends!" Barbel roars out loud and jumps back to his feet, his eyes are now a bloodshot red and drool is coming down his mouth as he does a devilish grin picking up his trident that he recklessly swings at me and I back up enough to avoid it but I can feel his strength has immensely increased by the way his trident was able to cut through the air, I need to be careful...
He lets out an angry growl as he swings his trident at me again and I try blocking it but his sheer strength sends me crashing into the wall as I grunt out loud and he lets lets out another animalistic roar trying to pierce his trident through me and I spin out of the way causing him to bash a gigantic hole into the wall, damn this guy is strong!
I quickly jab my trident at him but he knocks it away with his own and continues rushing at me as I hop on my toes trying to back away from him and narrowly weave another one of his stabs before spinning away from him and picking up my trident, but he's not going to let me rest. He angrily tries stabbing me again and I block it once again but the impact knocks me the floor and Barbel tries burying his trident into me but I kick him hard in his wounded torso but he barley shows any signs that is affected him, only stumbling back a little bit, but it gives me enough time to get back up to my feet and he charges at me again but I parry his attack and he crashes into a wall and that's when I raise my trident to a high stance, my mobility won't be as good, but I can parry his attacks easier this way, this'll be the blueprint to defeating him, blocking his attacks are pointless, it's doing me more harm than good.
I quickly poke my trident out at him and as I expect he quickly tries to knock my trident away but I pull it back in time and quickly stab him through the cheek with my trident and he only lets out an angry roar and continues rushing at me, I try to slip past him but he does a good job cutting the area off from me and he quickly pounces at me again, I wont be able to parry this attack, I grit my teeth and his trident slams hard against mine and my back slams hard against the wall temporarily knocking my breath out of me and he launches a throwing axe at me that I manage to knock away, he tricks me though, as he quickly uses this opportunity to bury his trident into my shoulder which causes me to groan in pain and I clutch my shoulder briefly as I bounce on my toes trying to back away from him, dammit, even in this form, some of this sub consciousness is still there, he managed to outsmart me…
"Blood! BLOOD!!" He roars as his speed seems to increase even more at the sign of my blood dripping on the floor and he rushes at me with almost inhumane speed, dammit!
He tries piercing me through my torso and I manage to parry his attack but instead of stumbling forward, he remains slightly behind me and we both spin around at the same time trying to strike each other with our tridents and the clash sends me stumbling back and Barbel throws another one of his Axes at my body yeah I'm not falling for this again! I do what he expects me to do and I block my body, I know what he's going to do next though, he's going to aim for my face, and he rushes at me doing exactly that!
I pretend to be caught off guard and when his trident gets close enough to my face I quickly move my head to the side as his trident zooms past my face, this is exactly what I wanted though, cause his lower body is completely exposed! I thrust my trident deep into his torso and he lets out an angry yell mixed with pain and he quickly headbutts me in my face knocking me down to the floor again, and I see Barbel hunched over as blood is pouring from his body, and his growls grow louder as he pulls the trident out of his body, how the hell is he still standing from that!? This isn't some myth, he really is a completely different person when he loses control...
I quickly come back to my senses and pick up the trident Barbel dropped and Barbel manages to remove my trident from his torso as a puddle of his blood is now forming on the floor, and he lets out another angry roar, but it doesn't sound completely demonic anymore, I can hear some of Barbel in there now, he's hurt badly, I need to finish this.
"C'mon demon of the sea, I'm right here, come and get me!" I taunt him and Barbel recklessly rushes at me and tries to swipe my neck with his bloodied trident but I weave it and try to counter also striking his face and he begins raising his trident up to block his face, good job Barbel, falling into my trap yet again, I grab his trident as he's raising it up to guard his face and he keeps a firm hold on it, and that's fine as well, cause it use it as leverage to swing myself behind him and before he can react pierce my trident through his back and it exits through the left side of his chest, most likely ripping through his vitals and he lets out a humane cry and I keep my trident pierced through him as he drops his trident and begins Hunching over.
"No...how…how." he still manages to grumble.
"…It's time for you resume your rest Barbel, you lived your life and you don't belong in this world anymore." I calmly explain to him and blood spurts from his mouth onto the floor.
"Fernando…" he manages to eek out and falls to both of his knees.
"I'm sure he knows just how much you cared about him…you'll see each other again someday…" I explain to him and I can now see some tears are coming down his eyes as he remains on his knees.
"You…you really are the smiling ghost…" he weakly tries to reach for his trident but I gently kick it away from him.
"I prefer to be called Caspian, looking at it in a different point of view though, me and you, we really aren't much different from each other…farewell Barbel Beacher." I say my final farewells to him and pierce my trident through his chest once more, finishing him off for good, and I take several deep breaths
as I pick up my trident that I kicked away from Barbel, as tired as I am, there's no time for rest, I need to find my allies…
Hyperion Corvinus,17, District 2 male
"So Hyperion, do you consider this a viable area for my easy sparring session against you?" Amos smiles and I only growl at him, it looks like we're in the middle of spacious hallway, most likely an area he chose on purpose. I've heard all the stories about him how's he's the best swordsman in our district and i witnessed his skills myself as i watched many of his sparring sessions. He didn't even die in single's combat, he got poisoned and with one foot in the grave fought an entire pack of careers and even killed one of them before getting overwhelmed. I'll admit, he is more skilled than me, but skill isn't the only thing that matters in a fight, I will find a way to win, and I will make it back home to my mother!
"Doesn't matter to me, let's just get this over with!" I do a defensive stance with my sword but Amos only laughs.
"Your technique is very poor for a so called career, want me to give you a lesson on how to properly wield a sword?" Amos taunts me and holds his sword in front of his sword in an offensive stance, and it makes me look like an amateur...
"Enough of this shit!" I rush at him and try slashing him but he easily parries my attack and tries slicing my throat open but I narrowly manage to block his attack as I stumble back slightly, I need to be careful, all it takes is one little slip up…
"Hmmph, you're slow, I don't think this is going to be a very exciting fight for me!" he continues taunting me but i angrily rush at him and try slicing him but he curves his sword slightly blocking my attack, I them aim at his feet and he blocks it aswell and does a quick technique that results In him spinning his sword over mines causing it to slip from my hand and I gasp aloud and he quickly slices me across the cheek and I duck under his other attack, quickly grabbing my sword off the floor as i back up away from him.
Amos only continues grinning though and I try to assess his stance, to look for any weaknesses but I don't see any…is he actually the perfect swordsman?
"What's wrong Hyperion? You seem a little nervous?" Amos inches his way closer to me but I continue backing up.
"Shut the fuck up!" I hiss at him but that only seems to amuse him.
He quickly walks forward and tries to slash my face but i block it and he does that same technique where he curves his blade over mines to break through my defense and pierce me through my shoulder causing me to grunt in pain as I step back.
"Dammit!" I recklessly strike at him and he easily blocks it and kicks me in the body sending stumbling against the wall, he tries to behead me while I'm stunned and I narrowly duck under his attack and rush forwards trying to stab him in his torso but he easily parries my attack causing me to lose my balance and fall to the floor and I quickly scamper towards my sword before staggering back up to my feet and I feel my breathing getting heavier.
"Come on Hyperion, is that the best you got?" Amos taunts me as he continues to walk towards me and I recklessly strike him again but he weaves it before slicing across my good arm and I grunt in pain again backing up. I need to figure out something, and quickly, he's toying with me at this point, but I'm going to make him regret it, even if I have to get a little dirty!
We both strike each other at the same time and our swords clash together as small sparks fly out but he's still grinning at me and I use this opportunity to spit a glob of saliva in his face but he moves his head to the side completely dodging my spit and punches me across the face knocking me on my ass, and I start crawling away to create distance, shit think Hyperion, think!
"You think your little tricks will work on me Hyperion?" Amos mocks me and I make it back to my feet beginning to panic, I jab my sword towards his face but he moves his head to the side again and smacks my sword out of my hand with his before slicing me across the side of my head and I grunt again falling on my knees as I see my blood is dripping all over the floor but I quickly pick up my sword and continue backing away from him. How am I going to do this…how?
I think of my mother and even my father as I want to go back down there and wipe that smug look right off his fat fucking face, I can't do that if I'm dead though, I have to find a way past this guy, and the only way to do that is to make this a dog fight!
I rush at him and try striking him in his face but he blocks it and I continue striking his sword three more times trying to weaken his guard but he remains calm taking several steps back. I make It look like I'm going to strike his sword again but I aim at his body and he quickly lowers his sword to block it but his face is now exposed! I throw a straight punch right towards his grinning face but he quickly moves his head to the side dodging my punch again and I feel sharp pain rip through my torso and I have no choice but to let out a pained cry and I look down to see his sword is now pierced through my torso but Amos is still grinning.
"Like I told you Hyperion, your little tricks won't work on me, you're too slow!" he mocks me pulling his sword out of me and I reflexively clutch my body as my hand is becoming drenched in my blood that's also being tracked all over the floor. This is a lot of blood…no! I back away but lose my balance and fall to the floor before jumping back to my feet but Amos is still grinning walking towards me. I…I need to get out of here, I can't beat this guy! My sword is on the floor, but I don't have any time to reach for it! As quickly as I can, I start racing down the hall in an attempt to get away from him but he only continues calmly walking towards me.
"You're running away now Hyperion? Well that's to be expected, I wont run after you, but make no mistake…I will find you!" he vows as I continue racing down the hall, I just need to get away, I need to get away from him!
Annabeth Gordon,13, District 12 female
The sun is so bright as they reflect on the leaves in the trees that I'm resting under and I can't help but marvel their beauty as the sunlight is slowly melting the cup of ice cream in my hand.
"It's so beautiful isn't it?" I hear a voice next to me and I look next to me to see Emmett who's doing his contagious bright smile, Emmett, it's Emmett!
"Emmett!" I can't help but smile and can feel my eyes begin to water.
"Hey there, you seem like you were daydreaming for a bit, how are you though?" he smiles as he eats some of his ice cream
"I…I missed you Emmett, i missed you." I confess to him as tears run down my eyes but Emmett scoots over next to me.
"We've been together this whole time Annabeth, what do you mean?" he asks seeming a little confused, I can't put my finger on it, but something…
"I…I don't know, maybe it just felt that way…" I explain not even knowing the answer myself.
"C'mon Annabeth, let's finish up our ice cream before the sun does it for us!" Emmett jokes and I can't help but laugh with him as we continue eating our favorite ice cream under our favorite tree. We're in our favorite park too and it's just us here, but there's so many beautiful butterflies everywhere, all with different colors and designs. Some are resting on the swings, others are sipping nectar from the flowers in the fields, flying together in small groups and resting on the leaves above us.
Once we finish up our ice cream we look at the beautiful butterflies together and I look at Emmett who's still gazing at the butterflies, but I suddenly touch his face and it's so warm, he does a small giggle afterwards though.
"Hehe, that tickled, but those butterflies Annabeth they really are so beautiful right?" he asks.
"They are Emmett…" tears run down my eyes but I still manage to smile a little as i look up at the butterflies, look at them, just so elegant, so colorful, so free…
"Here, hold your hand out, like this!" Emmett holds his hand out into the sunlight and I do the same as I can feel the warm sunlight on my hand. In unison however a butterfly lands on each of our hands and they rest on our hands for a moment before flying off together, I wish we can be in the sky with them...
"I just wish we can fly…" I sigh as I look down at the beautiful grass we're resting on.
"Well then why don't we?" Emmett suddenly asks and I look over at Emmett to see him give me an assuring nod..
"Really?" my eyes widen, are...we actually going to fly?
"I made you a promise Annabeth, that one day we'll fly together and that day is today!" His eyes light up.
"But how, how do you we fly Emmett?" I curiously ask and he holds out his hand.
"Just hold my hand, close your eyes and count to 5 and that's where we'll be!" he points to the sky.
"Ok…OK… let's fly Emmett!" I excitedly say and I hold his warm hand, close my eyes and count to 5 as he says and I can feel a lovely breeze sweeping past my face as I open my eyes and we're now hundreds if thousands of feet into the air and me and Emmett still have our hands locked together as hundreds of different butterflies are flying with us. I can't help but let out an excited cry, we're…we're actually flying!
"We're flying ! We're flying Emmett!" I excitedly cry out.
"It's amazing right!" He laughs as he keeps his hand around mine.
"Yeah, my gosh, there's so many places we can go now! Where do you want to go Emmett?" I excitedly ask.
"Why don't we just follow the butterflies, they always go to such cool places!" he points at a horde of butterflies that are flying into a small hole in a cloud that's emitting a bright light.
"Yeah, let's go then!" I smile as we fly over to the cloud together.
We get closer and closer to the light and I can see more butterflies flying up into the ray of light coming from the cloud but we briefly stop when we reach the ray of light and Emmett grabs my other hand and we both look at each other.
"Annabeth, you're my best friend, you always will be…and I'm so happy that I got to meet you. I know things are tough sometimes...but no matter what, don't give up Annabeth. You keep fighting, do that and you'll overcome even the most difficult challenges." His smile begins fading away a little.
"You're my best friend too Emmett, i'm so happy we're together and i promise you that no matter how tough things are...i'll keep fighting, and I will find a way to win! Now lighten up a bit Emmett, we still got so many more places to go! So let's go up there already!" I pester him and he only laughs.
"Alright then, let's go Annabeth, let's see what's up there!" He aims above the sky and we both begin levitating more until we arrive in the ray of sunlight and the light blinds me temporarily but everything starts getting darker, and darker and I can hear a soft singing voice with warm hands around me and my eyes slowly flutter open where I see Elsie's face looking down at me and I see I'm still in her arms as she continues rocking me. I immediately start feeling pain shooting through my entire body and reality starts setting back in, Emmett, was this all a dream...it couldn't be, it, it felt like Emmett was there, I could literally feel him...
"Hey, you're up." Elsie does a gentle smile but I can see how so much pain through it all and I hear heavy coughing nearby, is that Harlan coughing like that? I hope he's ok…
"Are you feeling a little better Annabeth?" Elsie gently asks me.
"It-hurts s-so much Elsie…so much, but i...i'm trying..." tears come down my eyes.
"I know…and I'm so sorry, I just want you to wake up from a nap, feeling better, not being in so much pain, I don't want to see you suffer but, I don't want to lose you either…" her tears land on my face.
"I…I d-don't want to leave you either…" I explain to her trying to fight through all the pain I'm experiencing right now.
"You're going to be ok Annabeth, you are…" she assures me as she continues rocking me. As much as i want to believe this...There's probably only one way to end this, to end my suffering, I have to stay strong though...I have to stay strong for Emmett and for myself!
Harlan takes a seat next to Elsie and I get a good look at his face for the first time in a while and I see just how horrible he looks, there's dark bags under his eyes, his skin is a flush pink and his eyes are almost completely red, is he sick?
"H-Harlan…" I weakly mumble.
"Hey Annabeth…we have some water here, why don't you drink some?" he shows me the canteen and I realize just how dry my mouth is. I give him an approving nod and he begins helping me drink some of the water, I manage to gulp some of it down, but I feel a pain in my torso and begin coughing up some of the water that's now mixed with blood.
"Ok…we'll just try again later…" Harlan suggests and he begins coughing again, I'm about to ask him what's wrong, but the makeshift door Harlan and Annabeth managed to put together is suddenly kicked down into little pieces and both Harlan and Annabeth gasp aloud and I hear evil cackling as Hunter walks inside grinning manically.
"No…no…" Elsie cries.
"Haha, I knew I'd find you punks here, how kind of you all to wait here for me, and this time it's a full house! Boy I am truly honored!" Hunter lets out a sarcastic guffaw.
"It's your fault…it's your-" Harlan begins rushing at him but he suddenly falls to his knees coughing profusely and I see he's now spitting up blood, he's clearly sick…but what happened to him?
"Now what's going on with you little man, you don't seem to be all too well, you can't just host a surprise party for me looking like that!" Hunter sarcastically taunts him, but Harlan continues coughing up blood.
"Well I'll deal with you later, let the party begin now, huh ladies!" Hunter grins at me and Elsie and start walking towards us and Elsie gasps again.
"N-no, leave them the fuck alone!" Harlan uses his sheer will power to stand back up to his feet and tries to slice Hunter with his knife but Hunter quickly turns around and grab Harlan's hand beginning to squeeze it as Harlan cries out in pain. Hunter is literally shattering his hand!
"Harlan!" Elsie rushes at Hunter but Hunter easily shoves Elsie with one arm that sends her crashing into a bookshelf and it seemingly knocks her out, I look across from me and see the revolver is laying on the floor, partially hidden behind the leg of a table and I begin slowly crawling towards it.
"E-Elsie!" Harlan cries out and he uses his other hand trying to punch Hunter across the face twice, but it's literally having no effect on him as he's just standing there laughing and Hunter punches Harlan across the face causing him to drop to the floor.
"C'mon, aren't you supposed to be their protector, thought you'd be a little tougher!" Hunter taunts Harlan and Harlan tries standing back up but Hunter kicks him hard in the ribcage causing Harlan to cry out loud and I continue slowly crawling towards the revolver.
"Yeah go ahead you little runt, go comfort that other runt while i beat the breaks off this wimp right here!" Hunted taunts me, he hasn't noticed the revolver that's across from me yet, good…
Harlan tries making his way back to his feet again but Hunter effortlessly picks him up by his shirt and throws him against the wall causing Harlan to cry out again, hang in there Harlan…I'm going to save you, I'm going to save the both of you!
"C'mon, is that really all you got! I even handicapped myself by coming here with no weapons and you're still not giving me a good fight!" he roars at Harlan and I see Elsie is starting to regain consciousness but is still disoriented. Harlan slowly makes it back to his feet and Hunter stands idle as Harlan throws a flurry of weak punches to Hunter's body but he falls back to his knee afterwards from exhaustion.
"This is truly pathetic, let's end this!" Hunter grabs Harlan's neck with one hand and begins lifting him up and strangling him. This guy's strength, it's inhumane, Harlan is an adult sized male and Hunter is literally holding him in the air with one hand squeezing the life out of him. I make a weak leap for the revolver and quickly aim the revolver at Hunter.
"L-let him go!" I warn Hunter and Hunter looks back over at me giving me a surprised look but grins as he lets Harlan fall to the floor who's now coughing as he tries to suck in air.
"Well look at that, where you got that cute little toy from?" Hunter taunts me.
My hand trembles slightly though and I flick the safety off the revolver still aiming it at Hunter whose only grinning at me.
"Annabeth…" I hear Elsie.
"Elsie, t-take Harlan and go, go now!" I demand her.
"Annabeth…" she repeats.
"Go!!!" my voice cracks as I yell at her and she has a terrified look on her face as she helps Harlan up to his feet.
"Yeah go ahead, take this little weakling and run as far as you can, cause next time I see you two, I'm going to take my fucking time making the both of you suffer!" he threatens them.
"There won't be a next time you asshole!" I sternly warn him still aiming my revolver at him, one shot, there's only shot in here so I need to make it count.
"Oh yeah, you wanna bet on that you little shit stain!?" Hunter cackles.
"Annabeth…we'll come back for you…I promise!" Annabeth cries and I give her a faint nod.
"Go…" I tell her one last time and she bursts out crying before she helps Harlan out of the room, good they're gone and Hunter continues chuckling.
"Look at that, another dumbfuck trying to play hero, now I'm going to have even more pleasure stomping your ass out, this time I'm going to finish the job though!" His glares me and begins slowly walking towards me but I steady my aim, trying to get a clear shot on him.
"Now let's see if you got more balls than that other smelly cunt who couldn't pull the trigger!" he grins still closing in on me. He's referring to Becca ofcourse, she could've easily killed him but she hesitated and turned the gun on herself instead, I wont make the same mistake she made though, this is the end of it, the end of a nightmare…
"Its over Hunter…it's over." I line up a shot and it's directly at his heart and Hunter holds both of his arms out grinning as he's still walking towards me.
"Go ahead then you little shit, take your best fucking shot!" he taunts me and I still have my revolver aligned on his heart.
"Gladly…fuck you Hunter!" I curse at him and his smile fades away as he's seemingly now coming to terms with his mortality and he makes a sudden rush at me, but with my revolver still aimed at his heart, I pull the trigger.
Kade Jackson,14, District 11 male
I let out a loud over dramatic yawn as I stretch my arms out and my eyes open where I realize I must've dozed off last night. Me and Verbena were on the move for a good part of yesterday but didn't really stumble upon anything notable other than some rat mutts that Verbena easily took care of. Right now we're taking shelter in one of the cabin rooms we found, I fell asleep on the floor and just let Verbena have the bed, it's the least I can do, she's saved my behind countless times already and I feel sorta bad, just wish I can be more useful…
Verbena still seems to be asleep and that's when I notice there's a sponsor laying next to me with my name on it, Whoa a sponsor! Someone actually sponsored me!? Why? Well that's besides the point, I open up the package and there's two sandwiches in here with some crisps and a large canteen of water, this is perfect! Me and Verbena can easily share this.
"Hey big sister! Big sister wake up!" I shake her arm and she seems to be in a deep sleep. I suddenly hear a loud bang though, it sounds like it was pretty far away but I still heard it clearly, like a gunshot and a loud cannon fires off almost immediately after and it causes me to jump. What the fuck was that!?
Verbena's eyes shoot open as she quickly jumps up and grabs the knife off her dresser.
"What was that!? What's wrong!? Are you ok!?" she panics.
"Whoa whoa easy! Yeah everything's fine big sister, well on our end at least. You heard that bang though right? I think it was a gunshot…" I state.
"It did sound like one, a cannon rang out too so…someone is dead." She mumbles.
"Yeah… seems that way. I was just waking you up to let you know there's food here though." I inform her and sit next to her with the tray of food.
"oh…food, really? My gosh I'm starving, she sits her knife back down on the dresser and I sit the tray between us so we can both dig in.
" I Know, same here! It's not cherry muffins but hey just about anything will do right now!" I take a large bite out of my tuna sandwich and she does the same with hers.
"You must really love cherry muffins huh?" she playfully rolls her eyes.
"Oh heck yeah, someone very special at home made it for me all the time, I miss her and those muffins…" I sigh as I think about Kayla. I hope I see her again soon, but that'll mean I have to somehow win these games.
"Ooooh, who is this special someone, she's your girlfriend?" she smirks at me and I feel myself getting a little nervous.
"Well yeah, I guess she kinda is haha, what about you though Verbena, you got a boyfriend back at home?" I ask but she hesitantly shakes her head.
"Nope." She bluntly states.
"Really? Why? I mean I'll be honest, you're pretty hot…" I admit and she laughs.
"Well thank you, and I don't know, I've just never got around to it I guess…" she takes another bite of her sandwich.
"Well big sister, you're too bad ass for those guys back at home anyways!" I state and she smirks a little but I can tell that something seems to be bothering her, don't want to press her though…
We both finish up our food and share our canteen of water together and just like that I feel like I'm full of energy now.
"So big sister, what's the plan for today? I doubt they're just gonna let us chill out in here all day." I ask jumping up from the bed and that's when Verbena looks up at the ceiling and I look up as well to see its starting to become covered in a black substance, we can gauge that as a timer on how much time we have left here and it doesn't look too bad.
"Well, let's just relax a bit. Let our food digest, come here though, sit next to me, I want to discuss something with you." She pats the empty spot on her bed for me to sit on.
"Huh? Well…ok." I sit next to her, wonder what she wants to talk about.
"First off, I don't want you to feel like you owe me anything okay?" she begins.
"I kinda do though…" I admit.
"There's not much more that's worse than feeling useless…helpless, like you're just a pest in the way, and I don't want you to feel that way ok? Besides with that meal you just gave me you kind of already payed me back for everything!" she jokes and I smirk a little, but I feel still so indebted to her.
"Ok big sister, I'll try…" I assure her and that seems to make her happy.
"Alright then, now…another thing Kade. There's something that I wasn't being completely honest with you about…" her voice starts sounding a little ominous.
"What? Like what?" I ask her with a puzzled expression.
" I had a brother Kade, his name was Cronoso." She admits and I give her a confused look.
"Oh…really?" I ask and she nods.
"We weren't close, infact he was pretty harsh to me but, he taught me the basics of everything I know today." She continues, I'm still surprised she had a brother though, why would she even lie about that?
"Wow so…what happened to Cronoso?" I curiously ask and she seems a bit hesitant, maybe I'm digging too deep…
"You don't have to answer if-" I begin.
"No…i'm going to tell you what I can Kade, and you can make a decision on whether you want to remain with me after hearing what I have to say…" she cuts me off and I start feeling some discomfort, like what could she possibly say that'll actually make me consider leaving her?
"The truth is…my brother is dead is because of me…" she admits and my eyes widen, what does she mean by that!?
"What? What do you mean? Did he like sacrifice himself for you?" I ask hoping she'll say yes but she shakes her head.
"I killed him Kade…" she continues, no way…this can't be true…
"You…you killed your own brother?" I give her an astonished look. As much as I can't stand my brother Wade, there's nothing he can do to push me to that point, but then again...are we really that different from each other?
"I can't go Into much more detail Kade…I understand if you want to leave though, you said it yourself back at the capitol, only a monster would murder their own siblings…" she hangs her head down.
"I…I just want to know why…what could push you to that point." I curiously ask.
"We were enemies Kade…we were on different sides of the war." She mumbles. Different sides of the war…wait. That's when I start piecing things together, She was a rebel, or was it the other way around? I heard about a group of rebels that were notorious for raiding the agricultural shipments around the district...Was she apart of them?
" That can only mean that you…" I begin and she nods.
"He got the jump on me in the middle of my mission, he could've killed me but he hesitated, deep down he did care atleast a little about me, but I used that opportunity and…I shot him, if I allowed him to capture us then…" She confesses.
"My goodness…Verbena." I mumble.
"You can leave Kade…no, I'll be the one to go." She begins sitting up but I grab her arm and that seems to surprise her.
"This whole time, you've been holding that in, bottling it all inside, you…you could've told me this sooner." I look into her eyes and for the first time, she shows vulnerability as a tear comes down her eye.
"As horrible as he was to me, he still held back, no…he gave up. He knew he wouldn't be able to bring himself to do it no matter how hard he tried, so he literally just stood there…he stood there and just let me…" and she chokes on her words but I hesitantly hug her and she hugs me back.
"Verbena…you don't need to tell me any more…you're still my sister ok, you're my sister!" I assure her and she looks at me with her watery eyes.
"Kade…" She quietly sobs.
"I'm not the daint you think I am though Verbena, the truth is, I also had an older brother who also murdered and it might aswell had been me that pulled the trigger that day. Me, him whose name was Zade and my younger Wade got caught in the middle of a gang war on our way back home. I was armed but I was too much of a coward to help him so hid behind a dumpster with Wade while Zade fought the gang off by himself. Once he thought he was done, he instructed me and Wade to come out and I rose up while Wade stayed down, but that's when I saw there was still one more left, I tried to scream, to warn him, to even shoot the him but I couldn't move…I was frozen." I begin and she's looking at me intently.
"I literally watched that guy shoot my own brother in the head point blank killing him, my little brother then grabbed the gun I had and quickly shot that last gang member dead, not one day goes by though, when I don't blame myself…" I lament.
"Kade…I'm sorry." She apologizes.
"The point is we're not perfect Verbena, everyone has skeletons in their closet, some are darker than others, but I'll be a hypocrite if I was to judge you, you're my sister Verbena, and you always will be!" I vow to her and her lips quiver a little but she does an accepting nod.
"And you'll always be my brother Kade…" and we embrace each other again, but I feel a vibration, I think I'm just bugging out at first, but from the way Verbena suddenly separates herself from me, I can tell she felt it as well.
"What was that?" she asks.
"No idea…could it be tsunami?" I ask but I hear another vibration and they're gradually getting closer until they start sounding like very heavy footsteps as I can hear tin clanging together with each step that's taken, whatever this is, this doesn't sound good…
"Kade…whatever it is, I think it's coming towards us…" Verbena grabs her mace.
"What? What do we do?" I ask starting to panic a little.
"Grab that knife on the dresser and get behind me." She instructs me and I do exactly that as the heavy footsteps are getting even closer and I can feel them stop outside our door and Verbena readies her mace but what happens next surprises both of us cause a large golden sword suddenly pierces through the door and rips it off the hinges causing both of us to gasp and a large knight enters the room with it's golden sword and seems to be focused on me for some reason as it's seemingly ignoring Verbena and walking towards me. A knight mutt? And why the hell is it coming after me for!?
"What the hell!" Verbena curses out loud and whacks the knight hard In the head with her mace and the Knight barley seems fazed by her attack but turns around to face Verbena and it swings its giant sword at her and she blocks it but it still sends her crashing into the wall.
"Big sister!" I cry out rushing towards the knight with my knife and the knight swings it's sword at me but I manage to duck under it and try stabbing it with my knife but my knife bends on it's armor and that's when I gasp aloud but the knight suddenly grabs my neck with its powerful hand and I can't even cry out as it lifts me up in the air, but behind the knight, that's when I notice a small girl behind the knight with a book in her hand and she's jotting something down in it, what the hell? That's the girl from district 6, and it looks like she's controlling this thing with her book.
"Kade!" Verbena cries out and tries striking the knight with her mace again but the knight easily slices her mace in half with its giant sword and it uses its powerful steel boot to kick her in the body that literally sends her through the wall knocking her out cold, No, Verbena! I can't do anything as this knight still has a firm grip on my neck and i helplessly kick this knight in its powerful armor but it's no use and it begins walking out of the room with me in its grip. I take another glance as Verbena who's unconscious as shes partway through the wall, she won't be able to save me this time…and a tear comes down my eye as the knight exits the room and holds me high in the air. The knight then looks at the girl Paisley, as if it's awaiting further instructions from her and I look into her eyes as she gives me a remorseful look.
"I'm sorry…" she utters and starts writing something in her book. I wish I can talk to her, to ask her why she's targeting me specifically, why I'm quite possibly going to meet my end right here, but that's literally impossible to do with this knights hand wrapped around my neck. Once she's done writing in her book, she gives me another remorseful look and I see the knight slowly turn its head to me and it quickly drives its sword through my torso and a sharp pain shoots through my entire torso and I try to cry out in pain but only a squeak comes from my mouth and I feel the sword literally rips the lower half of my body off, and I feel blood trying to spurt out from my mouth but the knight's grip on my throat is preventing it from expelling, my head involuntarily drops down and I hear Paisley gasp aloud. The last thing I see is the lower half of my body in a pile of my guts and intestines on the floor before my eyes start rolling into the back of my head, Kayla…
14th Place-D11M Kade Jackson, Disemboweled By Paisley Stitchel/Knight:
Kade oh Kade, you were literally one of my favorite tributes in this story and that's why I'm literally in tears right now as I write out your eulogy. You always had so much positive energy and even with the horrendous past you had to deal with, you still kept a smile on your face and lifted up anyone else who was feeling down. you provided a ton of comic relief much to everyone's pleasure and your interactions with Verbena were just so pure and sibling like and are easily some of my favorite parts of this story! Verbena is a complete badass but even she wasn't able to save you from this rather brutal death and I'm so sorry things had to end this way for you, R.I.P Kade!
Hello guys now before we begin, there has infact been another death in this chapter but who it was exactly won't be revealed until a little later. Whoever it is however, will get a eulogy as well. Just to clear things up they died before Kade so their official placement will be 15th.
Now guys I think this is my longest chapter yet and it was also extremely fun for me to write and I experienced so many different emotions writing it out. Things are only going to get more tragic from here, so brace yourselves for more tragedy, thank you everyone for your amazing reviews and Iets see if can think of some bonus questions for you guys.
Who do you think the other death was?
How will Kade's death affect Verbena?
Will Hyperion be able to recover from his new injuries?
Any prepredictions for Amos, Vladimir and Victoria and how much of a threat they each are compared to the remaining tributes in the arena?
Alright guys, that'll be all for now, and I'll see you all soon, Till next time!