Darcia Amaris, 12
District Ten Female
10 days till victory.
Darcia's pregames weren't nothing but interesting. The parade was very overwhelming, but Darcia thought she made a good impression. She scored a six in assessments, and allied with Arnold, Luis, and Sunny. In her interview everyone adored her, which was exactly what she wanted.
As Darcia was escorted to her tube room, her mind wasn't settling down, it just couldn't, why would it? Naomi entered the room to help Darcia into her arena outfit, which was strangely casual wear. What arena was made to wear casual clothes? Darcia would soon find out. Once Darcia got her clothes on all she could do was hug Naomi, she would probably be the last person she ever touched, Naomi was there for Darcia during the parades and the training scores, she was the perfect stylist she could ask for.
"Twenty seconds." The automatic female voice ranges throughout the tube room. Darcia lets go of Naomi, staring at the tube. She slowly made her way over to the pod.
"Ten seconds." The automatic female voice said again. Once Darcia stepped into the pod the unbreakable glass door closed behind her, locking her inside. There was no way out of this now.
"Here we go." Darcia mumbled taking a deep breath as the countdown finished and the pods began rising up into the arena.
As soon as the fake sunlight hit her, she nearly was blinded, but once she gained her eyesight back she looked around her surroundings. It was an amusement park on a beach. In the middle of the sand contained a large oceanic brick dome with weapons and supplies surrounding it. There was enough supplies to last several days, but Darcia wasn't going to take a taste of death just to get enough supplies. She looked to find her allies, thankfully she was able to make out Sunny just six pods to the left of her. She knew Arnold and Luis had to be on the other side of the cornucopia. However, Nyx from District One was directly to the right of her, causing her anxiety to rise to the top. Just before Darcia was about to have a mental breakdown, a loud voice could be heard throughout the arena.
"Tributes, we thank you for your courageous sacrifice. We wish you good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor!" The automatic voice of the President was played. Once it ended a thirty second countdown began.
30, 29. 28, 27, 26
Darcia closed her eyes, trying to stop the tears from dripping down her face.
25, 24, 23, 22, 21
Darcia rubs her eyes and opens them.
20, 19, 18, 17, 16
Darcia looked up at the countdown, anticipating the worst.
15, 14, 13, 12, 11
Darcia would straighten herself up, catching her eyes on a dagger of a small backpack.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6
Darcia got in a running stance.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
Darcia let out a deep breath and bolted off her tube platform charging towards the bag and dagger. Most of the tributes, including Darcia's allies, make their way to the cornucopia. Darcia wasn't the fastest, but her adrenaline made her run like never before. Once she reached the dagger and backpack she swooped to dagger tightly and placed the backpack on her shoulders, and looked around for her allies. By this time, three tributes were already laying lifeless on the now bloodied sand. Darcia could only make out their faces to be Freddie from District Twelve, Natalie from District Six, and Ian from District Nine. Darcia looked behind her for a split second as she ran, that's when she crashed into Sunny. Sighing in relief that it was her, Sunny helped Darcia up from the sand.
"Where are the others?" Darcia asked Sunny with a pure panic tone.
"Luis and Arnold grabbed supplies and are now hiding at that arcade over there." Sunny tells Darcia, noticing her panic, she grabs Darcia by the hand before bolting to the arcade. As the two arrived thankfully unscratched, Darcia joyfully reunites with Arnold and Luis, those two minutes felt like two decades.
"I'm so glad you two are safe!" Darcia hugs Arnold and Luis with a smile.
The joyful reunion is short lived when Crystal shows up; she had been following the alliance since Darcia and Sunny left the cornucopia.
"Surprise fuckers." She smirked and fired a bolt at Darcia. Darcia let out a scream, knowing this would be the end of her, but before she could close her eyes and let the bolt hit her, Arnold jumped in front of the bolt, piercing his brain. Arnold's body tumbles to the floor with a thud, and goes limb. That's when Darcia began having visions again, the memories she's been haunted by from the past seven years. All she could hear was Sunny cussing out Crystal, ready to beat the shit out of her, but before she could get her hands on her Crystal retreated back to the cornucopia. Once Darcia's vision ended, she fell down crying at the sight of Arnold's lifeless body. He sacrificed his own life to save her, there was nothing she could do to thank him now, Sunny grabbed ahold of Darcia's hand and pulled her away from Arnold's body.
"Darcia, we have to go….NOW!" Sunny yells softly, trying her best not to cry herself. Darcia nodded as she was helped up by Sunny and they ran off into the amusement park.
TWENTY-FOURTH PLACE. Natalie Jones, District Six Female - Stabbed with fire poker by Ripley Ross (lasted 17 seconds)
TWENTY-THIRD PLACE. Carlos Anthony, District Twelve Male - Throat ripped out by Dei Ross (lasted 21 seconds)
TWENTY-SECOND PLACE. Ian Elrod, District Nine Male - Pierced Through eye with spear by Topaz (lasted 33 seconds)
TWENTY-FIRST PLACE. Kandy Caddel, District Twelve Female - Crossbolt shot fired in neck by Crystal Espero (lasted 48 seconds)
TWENTIETH PLACE. Arnold Cowbell, District Ten Male - Pierced Through brain with crossbow shot by Crystal Espero (lasted 1 minute, 57 seconds)
