Kade Jackson,14, District 11 male
My heart continues pounding vigorously as the podium continues rising and I try calming myself down, but it's no use and I can see a dim light above me as the podium begins reaching its surface. Once it does however, I'm temporarily blinded by fog and I quickly try adjusting my eyesight but there's literally fog everywhere, what the hell is this?!
I look around frantically being sure not to move much but it's to the point where I can't even see anything next to me. I try once more to relax myself, to steady my breathes and the fog begins clearing slightly and I can finally see what's around me. I can hear gentle tides of water below me and I see several tributes around me but the ones in the distance only look like mere silhouettes and Verbena isn't next to me, dammit.
The arena itself though, it looks like we're all on some kind of ship. Right now we appear to be on the dock and of course in the middle is the cornucopia but I can see various doors and entrances in the distance which leads to different areas, I even see a silhouette of a waterslide in the near distance and some empty food stands as well as an empty pool further down in this area. This must've been a cruise ship. It clearly appears to be abandoned and from the little cracks I see on the floor, looks like its been that way for a while. The fog along with the gloomy and eerie setting around us gives the ship itself a haunted vibe, oh please don't be haunted…
I see a digital timer above us with the countdown now on 29 and I continue looking around trying to find Verbena, but I still don't see her, I can barley see in front of me but I can't leave this place until I find her! I can only clearly see the tributes that are standing adjacent to me to my left is the quiet girl from 6, I think her name is Paisley and she has her arms wrapped around her torso as she appears to be shivering. It's not that cold though, this is fear causing her to react this way… To my right is the guy from 9, Harlan who's also looking around frantically, probably trying to find his district partner, but I don't see her either.
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"Let the 82nd hunger games begin!" I hear Augustus announce followed by a female's ear piercing screech, owww like what the hell? It seems like I'm the only one who doesn't immediately jump off my podium as Harlan quickly zooms by me while repeatedly shouting "Annabeth".
"V-" I try shouting but I can't get the word out, I try running but it feels more like I'm stumbling forward like a drunken fool. I hear a sudden scream ahead of me though and I hear more panicked gasps shortly afterwards and I see why. Skeletons armed with various rusty weapons such as swords and spears begin emerging from under the ship, the fog is lifted more at this point but it's still somewhat difficult to see far ahead of me, but it's utter chaos as the skeletons begin chasing tributes and attacking them. I see a large Silhouette in the distance effortlessly punch right through two skeletons at once and that has to be Hunter. A skeleton begins running past me with a rusty looking sword and I gasp aloud, but I should've remained quiet because I immediately get it's attention as it stops in its tracks, turns it skull to me and stares at it with its hollow sockets for a moment before running towards me and I gasp again and take several steps back but trip over my feet and fall on my behind.
The skeleton swipes it's rusty sword at me and I reflexively lift up my arm to shield myself and I feel the sword cut through my flesh and I can't even feel any pain cause there's so much adrenaline rushing through me but I let out a panicked yell anyways as there's now a large gash in my arm and I can see blood gushing out of my arm as I try crawling away but the skeleton quickly pursues me and tries bringing its sword down on me but I stagger out of the way and kick it's torso knocking it to the ground and manage to make it back to my feet.
"Nox!!!!" I hear the blood curdling scream of Nyx in the distance and I trip over my foot once again and fall face first on the surface and try to recover but a skeletons arm suddenly pierces from the surface and grabs my arm, while another grabs my leg.
"Ah Ahhhh!!!" I cry aloud as another hand grabs my other other leg while another grabs my other arm and I'm completely immobilized as the skeleton with the sword catches up to me and prepares to finish me off.
Of all the ways, this is seriously how it's going to end? A bunch of skeletons killing me, seriously!?
"Hrrrgh! I hear a fierce battle cry and one swift blow from a mace sends the skeleton's head flying clean off as the rest of its body crumbles to the floor and its Verbena! But she doesn't notice the other skeleton rushing in behind her, I try to warn her but I once again stumble on my words, this is just like…
Thankfully she senses the skeleton behind her and ducks under its spear before knocking its head clean off and begins bashing all of the skeletons hands that are trying to pull me under with them and all I can hear is my breathing as the fog is mostly cleared now and I see the horrors in front of me. Multiple defeated skeletons laying across the cornucopia, fresh blood stains across the floor and dead tributes scattered about while some are still fighting each other and my breathing gets heavier and heavier as I still can't hear anything else.
I suddenly feel a hard slap across my face and I see Verbena giving me a fierce look as she clutches my face in between her hands.
"Zade, we need to go, and now!" she sternly tells me and I quickly nod before she literally pulls me up grabbing my arm, I follow her to the best of my ability and we start heading towards a door, Verbena , she saved me, she fucking saved me when she didn't have to, how am I ever going to repay her for this?
Thea Brodecka,16, District 10 female
"Let the 82nd hunger games begin!" I hear Augustus announce and I immediately jump off my podium trying to ignore that ear piercing screech that follows afterwards. it's a little foggy but I can still kind of see the cornucopia in front of me, i'll stick to the plan, grab a bag, maybe a weapon and make a run for it, no need to waste to any unnecessary time here. I prepare to make a run for it but I suddenly feel a powerful grip on my arm and I turn around to see it's Caspian from the district 4, what the hell is he doing?
"Get off of me!" I snarl at him.
"Look, you don't have to go out there and get yourself killed, just run the other way…please." He practically begs me, I never said a single word to this guy, yet he wants me to "run the other way"? I pull my arm from his grip however and glare him.
"How about you just focus on yourself and your alliance!?" I suggest and he lets out a small sigh before nodding and I continue dashing towards the cornucopia but I hear sudden gasps and only moments later do I see multiple armed skeleton mutts emerging from the floor and begin scattering in multiple locations. One spots me and tries slashing me with its sword but I duck under it and press forward. I grab the nearest bag I see near the cornucopia and sling it over my shoulder and I try ignoring all the screams and battle cries but the guy from district 2 zooms past me with a giant sword in his hand and I hear a female's shriek shortly afterwards but I pay then no mind, I see a morning star laying near the cornucopia and I I quickly pick it up , good now I can get away from this mess.
I see Hayden and Dio engaging in a sword fight and that jerk from 12 Hunter is closing in on them, and I don't realize how distracted I am by this until I bump into another tribute and we both grunt in unison before falling to the floor where I quickly start regaining my senses and pick up my mace but I look across from me and it's the girl from 4 Ryena who quickly picks up her trident and makes her way back to her feet along with me.
She has her trident in a defensive stance as she eyes me and I tighten my grip on my mace.
I hear a sudden sickening bang in the near distance followed by a females shriek but I don't recognize her voice. I need to try and find a way to get past this career, I doubt she's just going to let me walk away and without thinking I swing my mace at her face but she parries my attack and stabs me in the shoulder causing me to gasp in pain but I wildly swing at her again and she ducks under my blow and drives her trident through my torso and pain shoots through my entire body and I try to cry out in pain but blood only spurts from my mouth as she pulls the trident out of my body and I fall to the ground.
"P-p-pl-" I try begging her to spare me but blood continues spurting from my mouth and she stands over me giving me merciful look. I'm dying, I'm going to die, I knew this was a possibility but experiencing it first hand, knowing I'm just going to cease to exist, how I'm never going to be able to see my best friend again, that thought, that thought just terrifies me!
Tears begin coming down my eyes as I try crawling away from her, blood gushing out of my body and mouth, I should've ran…I should've listened to Caspian but it's too late now…
"I'm sorry..." Ryena utters before piercing her trident through my chest and oblivion takes over me.
Emmerane "Emmi/Screech" Vestrat,18, District 3 female
"Let the 82nd Hunger game begin." I hear Augustus announce and I raise my head up towards the gloomy sky and let out the loudest screech I can muster before I begin doing cartwheel towards the cornucopia. I hear several gasps and shrieks however and I realize there's skeletons with rusty weapons that are chasing some of the tributes and the way they're just scattering off in different sections, it looks like they're only targeting specific tributes. I get too close to one while doing my cartwheels and it suddenly turns its attention towards me and tries slicing me with its rusty sword but I cartwheel out of the way and kick the skeleton in the head, knocking it off and I'm one of the first ones at the cornucopia as a result, wow that was fun!
Two more skeletons come rushing at me but I swiftly dodge one of their slashes and kick their head off and do a spinning back fist on the other one before picking up a shiny scythe I see resting against the cornucopia, now if only I can find one more!
"Aaaah!" I see the cute adorable girls from 9 and 12 shriek as they run past me with the cute guy from district 1 chasing them with a sword in his hand, geez like he should really try chasing after a girl his age, like what's his problem? Im not good enough looking for him? Anyways with this fog now starting to lift, I look around me to find my target but amongst all the chaos, I don't see her, hmm, where did she go off to? I feel a small gust blow by me and I quickly turn around to where the wind is coming from to see an axe coming towards my face but I swiftly spin out of the way and the axe leaves a large dent in the cornucopia but I grin as my target came to me and Alyona my sweetheart quickly swings her axe at me again but I spin out of the way again and try striking her in the face with my scythe but she quickly brings up the axe to guard my attack and kicks me in the body sending my back slamming against the cornucopia, such skill, such proficiency! This is going to be a fun one!
"This is how you treat your biggest fan! How rude of you!" I whine to her and she once again tries caving In my skull with her axe but I time her strike and knock the axe out of her grip but my scythe also goes flying onto the ground and she quickly pulls out a knife and tries stabbing me, but I grab her arm and try disarming her but she throws her weight against my body and we both slam into cornucopia as my grip loosens on her arm.
She pulls it free and tries stabbing me in the eye but I quickly knee her in the body and she stumbles back slightly and I kick her on the side of her knee causing her fall on her other knee. She uses her hand to catch her balance which is what I wanted because I stomp on her hand as hard as I can and I can hear a crack in her ligaments but she only lets out a pained grunt as she rolls back to her feet and quickly changes her stance so she's no longer leading with her injured hand, tough girl heh, anyone else would be crying from that! She throws a punch at me with her other hand but I catch it, bend her arm upwards and uppercut her elbow hearing another crack and she let outs an angry yell of pain.
"Yeah it hurts right darling? it'll be over soon!" I taunt her and she clutches her likely broken arm now and I lunge at her but she quickly kicks me, digging her foot into my body and the wind is temporarily knocked out of my body as my back slams against the cornucopia again and I try to recover but she quickly tackles me against the cornucopia and I feel my lip bust and as my teeth dig right into it, she elbows me in the side of my head causing my head to slam against the cornucopia and she tries to elbow me again but I strafe out of the way and she elbows the cornucopia instead causing her to grunt in pain and I quickly wrap my arm around her neck and begin squeezing it tightly, I can already hear her struggling to breath and she tries to enter her broken hand into my guard while also trying to slip her foot across from mine but I tangle my foot against hers to restraint her, she also knows the basics to escaping a chokehold, my is she just full of surprises!
"Shhhh shhhh shhh, go to sleep my love, it'll be over soon!" I whisper in her ear as she's quickly losing oxygen but she manages to pull out another knife from her pocket with her other arm and manages to stab me in the abdomen as I grunt in pain and tries stabbing again me but I quickly grab her hand with mines and twist the knife out of her grip and she once again tries throwing her weight against me and I slam against the cornucopia again but I feel her getting weaker, just what kind of training has this girl been through? I'm quite impressed,
Her body begins going limp from the lack of oxygen and that's when I etch the knife into her neck and I begin repeatedly stabbing her in the neck over and over and over, her warm blood spurting across my entire body and now that she's gone, I let her body drop to the floor like a sack of potatoes.
"May peace be with you my love!" I blow a kiss to her and I look around me to see multiple dead tributes littered across the area and I can hear a female crying out. My job here is done though. I grab my scyhte, a bag and start fleeing the cornucopia despite the small limp I now have.
Elsie Pengrove,14, District 9 female
"Let the 82nd hunger games begin!" I hear Augustus's voice ring out followed by an ear piercing screech and without even realizing, I jump off the pedestal and begin running towards the cornucopia, I need to find Harlan, I need to find Annabeth and we need to get out of here!
I stop in my tracks however as I realize there's freaking skeletons emerging from the floor with weapons, they begin scattering in different directions and I gasp aloud along with other tributes and one turns it's attention to me but I quickly make a run for it. Trying to find Harlan and Annabeth but the fog is making it hard to see.
"Acer!" the girl from 8 shouts as she runs by me.
"Ahhh help!" I hear a familiar voice shriek out and I look around frantically to see Annabeth being pinned down by a skeleton that's trying to bite into her neck but she's using all of her strength to push its head back.
"Annabeth!" I quickly rush towards her and kick the stupid skeleton in the head knocking it off of her.
"Elsie!" she cries out but but I grab her arm and pull her to her feet before grabbing a rusty sword that I assume the skeleton was using.
"We don't have time, we need to find Harlan and get out of here!" I quickly say and she does a panicked nod.
"Elsie! Elsie!" I can hear Harlan in the distance and I begin to call back at him but I freeze in my tracks for a moment when I see Hyperion glaring me only a short distance away. A skeleton rushes at him but he beheads it without even looking at it and begins rushing at me and Annabeth afterwards. We both let out a panicked yell afterwards as I grab Annabeth and we begin fleeing but I can hear his footsteps quickly closing in on us and it's no good, he's too fast!
Having no other choice I spin around and try slashing him with my rusty sword but he easily blocks my attack and curves his sword disarming me and quickly slashes me across the cheek causing me to shriek out in pain and fall to the floor.
"No! Leave her alone!"Annabeth rushes at Hyperion and Hyperion prepares to pierce her right through the chest.
"No!" I hear Harlans voice and he tackles Hyperion as they both sprawl onto the floor but they both make their way back up to their feet, Harlan is holding his signature sickle and Hyperion lets out a chuckle as he holds his sword in an offensive stance.
"So you ready to back up all that talk now tough guy!?" Hyperion suddenly lashes at Harlan but Harlan blocks his attack with his sickle and they both glare each other as they engage in a test of strength but Hyperion headbutts Harlan and he grunts stumbling back a little but manages to duck under Hyperion's sword as he tries to behead him and counters by trying to slice Hyperion's face but Hyperion lifts up his sword and blocks it.
He then knees Harlan in the body and Harlan lets out a grunt of pain while Hyperion slashes Harlan across the arm with his sword causing him to stumble back in pain.
"Harlan!" I cry out and Hyperion recklessly rushes at the stunned Harlan and I begin to charge at Hyperion but Harlan quickly does a superman punch out of nowhere right into Hyperion's face and considering he lunged right into it, the blow was much more powerful and Hyperion grunts in shock before falling to his knees and Harlan quickly grabs Hyperions sword before running towards me and yanking both me and Annabeth's arms.
"C'mon girls lets go!" He quickly says and we all make a run for it. While running, I make sure to turn around and I see Hyperion angrily punch the ground in anger as he's still on his knees glaring us and I can't help but stick my tounge out at him, that punch was awesome! I'm just glad Harlan is ok though, that was too close…
Beauregard Faran,17, District 7 female
"Let the 82nd hunger games begin!" Augustus's voice rings out and I quickly jump off my pedestal running into the fog as an ear piercing screech that has me go deaf temporarily, what the hell was that!? Anyways I know what needs to be done,and I'm going to find her…and end this. Hopefully Azazel kept to his word and immediately fled cause now I can focus on my target without any worries.
My feet moves smoothly against the deck, almost feels like I'm floating and I strain my eyes trying to find any trace of Blyana but I hear sudden gasps ring out and that's when I see several skeletons armed with weapons begin emerging from the ground and start chasing after some of the tributes, several comes towards me and I suck my teeth, they seriously had to put these fuckers here?
I immediately elbow one to the side of their skull which knocks it off and another tries to stab me with its rusty sword but I turn my body dodging the strike and punch its head clean off, right across from me I see Hunter punch clean through two of them and that's when I realize the fog is beginning to lift. I pick up one of the rusty swords from the fallen skeleton, knock another one's head off with the hilt of my sword and that's when I see Blyana in the near distance picking up a machete before slicing clean through a skeleton. I go into tunnel vision as I immediately begin rushing at her but she's still distracted fending off the skeleton and doesn't see me coming, where she sees me or not though, she's dead!
Once I'm in striking range however that's when she suddenly turns around and blocks my sword with her machete.
"Saw you coming from a mile away hoe, let's end this!" she hisses at me and shoves me back slightly and I quickly duck under her machete as she tries to behead me and try to slice her thigh but she leaps back slightly and our weapons clash against each other several more as we circle each other with sparks beginning to fly everywhere but she suddenly trips my foot as I lean back and I lose my balance but catch myself on my hand and use that momentum to kick her right in the face and she gasps In shock.
"Ahhh bitch!" she angrily tries stabbing me in the torso and I block her attack but she quickly kicks me on the side of head which rocks me slightly and she uses this opportunity to tackle me to the ground and manages to punch me in the face twice and her second punch breaks my nose as I can immediately feel blood start pouring from it but I sway my head to the side of her third punch and bring my knees up to my chest flipping her over on her back and I begin punching her in the face seeing her lip is nmow busted open as her blood is getting soaked on my hand but I don't care, I'll get as much blood on me as I need to if it means she dies! I prepare to punch her again but she grabs my hand and tries twisting it but I shift my body across from her to try and alleviate the pressure but she knees me in the head twice which knocks me across the floor and she quickly punches me in the face three more times and sits on my torso, squeezing my neck.
I try to fight off the choke but there's so much blood on both our hands that they continue slipping off Blyana's and that when she starts applying more pressure and my vision starts blurring. Dammit think of something anything! I try to flip her onto the ground but she already knew by putting all of her weight on my torso that I wouldn't be able to do that, I try punching her on the side of her head repeatedly, but on my back, my punches have next to no power.
"Should've never messed with me!" Blyana curses at me and I can see her mouth is full of blood as some of it even gets on me. My vision begins fading however and I can feel myself start to lose consciousness, Al…dammit I can't let you down…I can't!
"No Beau!" I hear Azazel's voice followed by a pained yell from Blyana as I see a knife enter her shoulder and she falls off of me. I start sucking in mouth fulls of air hile she jumps back to her feet grabbing her Machete.
"You little shit!" Blyana hollers and brings her machete down right in the middle of Azazel's skull.
"Arrrgggh!!!" I let out a cry mixed with anger and pain rushing at Blyana as she pulls her machete out of Azazel's skull and she turns around preparing to behead me but I quickly plunge my sword into her torso and she lets out a pained cry but I cry louder than her as I force the sword deeper into her torso and blood spurts from her mouth before she falls to the ground.
I look over at Azazel and the horrifying sight of brain matter and guts oozing out of his split skull as his empty eyes only gaze up at me, why didn't he fucking listen!?
"Bylana!" I hear Hyperion's voice and see him running towards me and that's when I begin fleeing the area. Azazel, I've done nothing but treat him like crap while he supported me the entire time, he gave his life to save me and now…this is so overwhelming for me right now. I curse under my breath as tears come down my eyes and continue running without looking back.
Christmas Maloney,18, District 8 male
"Let the 82nd hunger games begin!" I hear Augustus announce but an almost inhumane screech rings out that pierces my ears and I do my best to compose myself as I immediately begin running forward into the foggy area.
"Out of my fucking way!" I'm nearly knocked to the ground as Hunter shoves me out the way and presses forward, but I'm not worried about him right now, I need to find my allies!
I see several other tributes make it to the fog before me but that's when armed skeletons begin emerging from it and starts chasing and attacking the panicked tributes. One rushes at me but I tackle it with my shoulder knocking it to the floor and tackle another one as I press forward still frantically looking for my allies.
"Acer!" I can hear Genevieve's voice and I spot her in the distance running towards Acer who's struggling to fend off a skeleton as he continues staggering away from its slashes with its rusty sword. I reach the cornucopia and I see the two girls from 4 and 10 fighting while Hunter is closing in on the guys from 5 and 6 who are dueling each other with swords but I see a large Warhammer leaning against the cornucopia, grab it and sling a small bag over my shoulders before racing towards Genevieve and Acer.
Genevieve manages to stab the skeleton in the skull that was giving Acer problems but another rushes towards her and I shatter its body with my Warhammer.
"You Guys ok?" I quickly ask.
"Christmas! Ok we need to get out of here like now!" Genevieve picks up her dagger and Acer picks up a rusty spear from one of the fallen skeletons but looks pretty clueless on how to use it.
"Y-yeah good idea!" Acer nervously stammers and Genevieve takes charge but we spot Cortez holding a Warhammer in one hand and rusty sword in the other being overrun by skeletons but he's doing his best to fight them off.
"Cortez is in trouble, we have to help him!" Genevieve quickly shouts and starts running towards him but a skeleton with no arms tackles Acer to the ground and Acer lets out a panicked gasp but I kick the skeleton off of him before stepping on its skull but several more skeletons charge at us and I break one's body in half with my Warhammer while Acer manages to flail his rusty spear and beheads the other one and I quickly help him back up to his feet but that's when I hear a pained groan followed by a shocked gasp.
I turn around to the direction Genevieve ran in and my eyes open wide when I see Cortez has a sword pierced through her chest and all Genevieve can do is look at the sword pierced through her but Cortez has a shocked look on his face.
"Genevieve!!" I shout running towards her but she lifelessly collapses to the ground with the sword still in her and Cortez looks up at me with the same shocked look on his face.
"No! What did you do!?" I yell and try swinging my warhammer at him but he blocks it with his own hammer.
"W-wait, stop please!" Cortez protests but I'm not hearing it, we were so nice to him and this is how he repays us!? I promised to protect Genevieve and now she's dead, no, I can't forgive him for this!!
"What did she do to deserve this!" I angrily swing my warhammer at him again and he blocks it but stumbles back slightly.
"I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't see her, now please I don't wanna hurt ya!" Cortez pleads but I'm still not hearing it and swing my warhammer at him but once he sees he can't reason with me he also swings his warhammer and we exchange blows as our warhammers collide against each other multiple times.
We seem to be at near even strength as well but we continue swinging our Weapons at each other as they continue slamming into each other and the pattern seems to continue for several more exchanges but Cortez uses a little more force I stumble back after our weapons collide into each other again and before I can even process what happens, a powerful blow to my head immediately drops me to the ground and I'm staring up the sky that seems to be spinning and there's ringing in my ears. I realize I was hit on the side of my head by Cortez's warhammer. I then look at my warhammer that's laying next to me and slowly extend my hand to reach for it, I have to fight I have to avenge Genevieve…
"Sorry Christmas…" I hear Cortez's voice and the last thing I see is his hammer coming towards my face.
Hunter Skype,18, District 12 male
"Let the 82nd hunger games begin!" I hear Augustus followed by some dumb bitch screaming aloud but I crack my knuckles and immediately jump off my pedestal charging towards the middle of the cornucopia.
I curse at the dumbass from eight and shove him out of the way and when I continue running forward, I see a bunch of skeletons rushing towards everyone here. There's panicked gasps but I punch right through two skeletons at once, punch another ones head clean off and shoulder charge another one before snatching up a rusty lead pipe that one of the skeletons were holding. I look around for a moment to see Dio chasing that dumb looking girl from 6 but Hayden quickly intercepts him and they begin dueling. Dio is recklessly swinging away while Hayden is blocking all of his attacks and even manages to stab Dio in the shoulder causing Dio to curse in pain, I don't have time for this shit! I quickly race over to this pathetic scene and Hayden's eye widens upon seeing me causing me to grin.
Hayden then tries to slash me with his sword but grab his wrist and squeeze it tightly hearing a crack and he cries out in pain, but his crying doesn't last long, cause I grab his face with my other hand and quickly smash the back of his head against the cornucopia twice and there's now a large dent in the back of his head as he crumbles to the ground dead.
"Ahhhhh!!!" I hear his bitch district partner cry out in pain but I smack her in the face with the back of my hand and she goes flying facefirst into the cornucopia which knocks her out cold.
"H-Hunter…" Dio stammers but I glare him.
"You seriously couldn't handle these two losers!?" I scold him.
"I was in the process…" he states but I scoff and see Nyx on the other side of the cornucopia trying to slip by us and I look at her like a predator getting ready to chase its prey.
"You better keep up, and let me handle the bitch from one, you just keep guard!" I demand him.
"Yeah, whatever you say…" he says and I immediately rush into the cornucopia where Nyx slipped into and she's now cornered as she holds a knife but she's breathing heavily, her skin is wet, clammy and there's bags forming under her eyes, she's looking worse by the day but let's finish this!
She's rushes at me with her knife but I quickly smacks the knife out of her hand with my pipe and she panics before doing a spinning kick to my body but I don't even budge, she tries to kick me with her other foot by I grab it with my other hand and effortlessly send her flying against the cornucopia wall as her back slams into it and she cries out in pain. She gives me a terrified look as I chuckle walking towards her.
"NOX!!!!" She suddenly cries out as she crawls into a corner starting to cry and I can't help but burst out laughing.
"You call yourself a career? This is quite embarrassing to be honest, i'll make this quick, but don't worry, your baby brother will be joining you soon enough!" I raise my pipe and prepare to bring it down on her and all she can do Is shield herself in defeat.
"Get away from her!" I hear Nox behind me and I spin around to see him power right past Dio and tries to tackle me but I barley move and swing my pipe at him but he ducks under it and punches me in the abdomen but I barley feel anything and slam my head into his causing him to grunt In pain and stagger against the cornucopia wall.
I hear noise behind me however and I spin around where to see Nyx try and slash my face with my her knife and I weave it but she quickly slams the knife into my shoulder and I feel a light pain as I grunt and swing my pipe at her but she ducks under it and I quickly knee her into the face as she crumbles against the cornucopia wall.
"NO! NYX!!" I hear Nox let out an angry yell and I turn around only to be met by a punch to my jaw, followed by another punch to my jaw and I spit some blood out of my mouth as I grin at him.
"That's all you got little man?" I taunt him and he looks a bit discouraged but tries punching me with his other hand and I catch it but he punches me in the jaw with his other hand and my head turns slightly and he begins punching my body, they feel like little feather punches at first but they're gradually getting more powerful as his desperation rises and the 5th blow knocks some air out of me but I grab his shoulders and try slamming him against the wall but he powers back and also tries slamming me against the wall but i overpower him and shove him against it before punching him in the mouth and he grunts in pain as I can already see a large cut on his lip and punch him in the body twice causing him to groan in pain and falls to his knees.
I pull him back up and he breaks free from my grasp and delivers two quick hooks to my body and I wobble slightly as the second punch dug right into me and he gets me into a clinch beginning to rain numerous elbows to the side of my skull and I grunt in anger before uppercutting him into the jaw and he grunts before dropping to the floor again but staggers back up to his feet and tries punching me again but I catch his hand and twist It causing him to yell in pain as blood runs down his mouth and I bend his arm completely hearing it snap as he cries out in pain, I slam him back against the wall and land the most powerful punch I can muster on his nose and it literally pops as blood runs out of his nose like a fountain and he lets out a pained groan as he begins falling to the floor but I pull him back up and begin uppercutting his body repeatedly and by the 8th punch, blood and vomit is wrectching from his mouth, some even getting on me.
I then grab a fistful of his hair with one hand and begin raining numerous punches into his face with my other hand to the point where he's barley recognizable due to all the swelling and bleeding. He can no longer even support his own self and falls forward landing on my shoulder but I simply continue slamming him against the wall to keep him afloat as I switch between punching him in the body and face and I finally let him fall against me.
"Nox, no…no!!" I hear Nyx who's starting to regain consciousness and seeing the horrifying site before her. I chuckle to myself as I shove Nox's head off my shoulder and since that was the only thing holding him up, he drops facefirst on the floor.
"Nox! Get up! Get up!" Nyx cries as she jumps to her feet and tries stabbing me again and I try grabbing her hand but she manages to stab me I between my index and middle finger and I let out an angry growl before I grab her arm and twist it before I hear a pop followed by a scream of agony and I shove her against the cornucopia wall and kick her in the body with all my might and she cries out but all of the vomit that comes expelling out of her mouth afterwards drowns it out.
"Nyx…Nyx…leave her…alone…" Nox weakly crawls towards me and I chuckle. I see Dio is still standing guard next to the cornucopia entrance and even he's getting a good laugh out of this.
"This is truly pitiful." I shake my head as I step towards Nox and he weakly grabs my jeans with his blood soaked hand to try and pull himself up but I smack him on the side of his head causing him to fall back to the ground, but he grabs my jeans again.
"Nyx…" he pulls himself up again on my jeans.
"Leave him alone, please, please leave us!" Nyx cries aloud.
"So Nox, what happened to all that tough talk, I was half expecting a decent fight!" I taunt him as slips on his own vomit and blood trying to pull himself up and I pick up my pipe.
"Someone help us! Caspian! Hyperion! Anyone!!" Nyx cries aloud as she's also laying in a puddle of her vomit not being able to move.
I then raise my pipe over Nox's head.
"Don't kill my brother, please, I'm begging you, please dont!" Nyx begs and Nox tries once more to grab my jeans and I look at Nyx who can still only helplessly watch.
"How is it Nyx? Watching your hero fall before you? You're going to learn the true meaning of fear today!" I grin at her and I quickly smash in Nox's skull with my lead pipe and his body immediately goes limp as brain matter is now starting to seep out of his shattered skull.
"No!!! Nooooo!!!!" she cries aloud and I wipe my bloodied pipe over Nox's corpse and spit on him as I chuckle while Nyx grieves over her pathetic brother. I've had my fun though, time to get out of here
"Damn Hunter, you're a monster of a man, looks like our deal is over now though huh?" Dio asks as we exit the cornucopia and I can still hear Nyx crying profusely.
"Yeah, it is. Now get lost." I glare him and he nods but a trident suddenly etches itself into his skull and he drops the ground dead.
"What the-" I look in the area where the trident came from and I see Caspian rushing at me with another trident.
"Help! Someone help please!!!" I can still hear Nyx crying aloud and I try swinging my pipe at Caspian but he easily weaves it and stabs me in the shoulder causing me to grunt and take another step back. He tries striking me again but I block it with my pipe and he takes a step back before fortifying his stance and begins trying to stab me again but I pick up a bag near me and swing it infront of me causing Caspian to stab the bag instead and is not able to immediately pull his trident back out. I then see the other careers like Ryena and Hyperion closing in on me as they hear Nyx's cries for help. I don't need to waste any more time here though, I did what I set out to do, now it's time to move on!
Hyperion Corvinus,18, District 2 male
"Blyana! Blyana!" I yell as a severely wounded Blyana lays on the ground as the girl from 7 continues running, i'll worry about her later. I can hear more screaming in the distance and it sounds like Nyx but Blyana is my focus right now.
"Hey! Hang in there!" I hold her in my arms.
"Hyperion-" she coughs up blood.
"Don't say anything, just stay strong alright, stay strong!" I look around frantically and I can see in the distance the boy from district 3 is practically carrying his severely wounded ally as shes leaving behind a trail of blood.
"I was supposed to be strong…for her." She coughs as tears come down for her.
"You are…you are. Just stay with me ok, you're going to get through this!" I continue holding her and she looks up at me as tears continue coming down her eyes.
"I wish…I wish I could've been nicer to you…" she weakly wraps her hand around mines and I clutch it tightly.
"You still can, you can Blyana, you're going to get through this ok, you are!" My voice cracks and more tears come down her eyes and her lips quiver.
"I'm-sorry…I'm sorry…" she mumbles in an almost inaudible tone and I feel her hand go limp as her eyes continue gazing up at me but they're now void of life.
"Blyana, Blyana!" I yell but she doesn't answer and I close my eyes and grit my teeth as I continue holding her, dammit! It was that bitch from 7 who did this, she's not getting away with this, I swear she's not getting away with this!
I gently close Blyana's eyes, cross her arms over her chest and wipe my eyes that are starting to water. I can still hear Nyx crying out as Caspian races forward to her cries for help and Ryena is heading over there too but she notices me with Blyana and she has a surprised look on her face.
"Hyperion…" she gives me a sympathetic look.
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" I sniff and try to hide my tears.
"Who did this?" Ryena asks still looking at the surreal scene of Blyana being dead, I bet this is what she wanted though!
"Nyx needs our help, let's go." I change the subject and grab a rusty sword as she does a hesitant nod and helps me up before we begin running towards Nyx. I see Dio laying on the ground dead with a trident sticking out of his head and Caspian and Hunter who's entire tank top is drenched in blood having a small scuffle but Hunter manages to trap Caspian's trident in one of the bags laying around and he looks at us for a moment before running off. We reach Caspian as he pulls the trident out of the bag and we all enter the cornucopia at the same time to see this horrifying scene. The floor is literally soaked in blood and vomit and there's Nyx holding Nox's body in her arms and one of her arms is bent at a weird angle while brain matter is seeping from Nox's head.
"Get up! Get up! Please! Get up!" Nyx cries aloud, did Hunter really do all of this?
"Nyx…" Caspian mumbles.
"Where were you!? Where were all of you!?! Where were all of you while my brother was being killed!?" she lashes out at us but we remain silent, it was complete chaos out there but even she knows this, it was literally impossible for us all to keep tabs on each other…
"Nyx…I'm going to extend my hand to you ok, and I want you to take it…" Capsian tries to say as calmly as possible.
"My brother! My brother! Nox!!" she continues hollering.
"Nyx…" Caspian starts extending his hand to her.
"I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him!" she cries aloud.
Caspian looks at us for a moment however and looks around before looking at me.
"Wheres Blyana?" he practically whispers but after me and Ryena doesn't answer, he starts to get the message and let's out a small sigh while shaking his head.
"Dammit…" I hear him curse under his breath.
"Nyx…" Caspian gets on his knees and gently puts his arms on her shoulders as she gently lays Nox back on the floor.
"Where were you guys, where- where were you!?" she sobs punching the floor.
"We're here, we're here for you Nyx…" Caspian calmly says and she turns around and throws one of her arms around Caspian sobbing while he continues holding her but she punches him in the back and he grunts but continues holding her.
"We're here for you…" Caspian repeats while Nyx continues crying. I don't think careers has ever been this crippled from the start of the games, two of us are dead, Nyx appears to be sick and severely injured, just how are we going to be able to manage…how?
24th place-D10F Thea Brodecka, stabbed through chest by D4F Ryena Shore: Thea you were always a character that intrigued me! you were a realist and were very cold to others, but multiple times you also showed that you had a gentle side buried deep inside and even had some regrets about some of the actions you did. I grew to really like you but I knew your rebellious nature was going to catch up to you and it did, in a scenario that could've been avoided entirely had you just took Caspian's advice. R.I.P. Thea.
23rd place-D6M Hayden Topper, head smashed against cornucopia by D12M Hunter Skype: This one hurt quite a bit as I loved the alliance between you and Paisley but I knew it was literally going to be impossible for the both of you to make it out of the bloodbath alive once the Darkest Temptations set their sites on the two of you. You were also the "Avoidable death" that Hunter referenced in his final thoughts pov. You were a sweetheart Hayden and despite everything you've been through, you found a reason to keep fighting, but it wasn't enough to overcome the sheer might of Hunter. R.I.P. Hayden!
22nd place-D8M Christmas Maloney, face caved in by D10M Cortez Baker: Oh Christmas the gentlelest of the three giants this year and one of my favorite characters in this story! You were always such a gentle soul Christmas and after the awful way you were treated back at home, you still found a reason to go on and you became the shield of your alliance. Unfortunately Christmas this was always the way I intended for you to go out, protecting your friends but it's just tragic that you protected them from someone you thought you can trust in your eyes. R.I.P. my favorite gentle giant and Masie will let you know that it wasn't your fault things happened as they did!
21st place-D5F Alyona Smirnov, stabbed in neck by D3F Emmerane Vestrat: Sigh Alyona, where do I even begin? OK the badass assassin living a double life that has the ability to disguise or take the personality of anyone or anything? That spells victor or atleast an awesome villain, but I feel this is where I failed at. I just wasn't ever able to fully grasp her character. Her form was so detailed and fleshed out yet in the personality section where I was given practically free reign to do as I pleased with her, I just couldn't figure out what I wanted her to be. A hero, villain, anti-hero, "normal" person? I wasn't able to figure that out and she would've been a victor or a finalist in any other story but in this story where there were already so many other big threats, it was hard to make her truly stand out, but she showed her prowess by giving Emmerane a very tough fight. R.I.P. Alyona and to her submitter I really am so sorry I wasn't able to capture Alyona to your expectations...
20th place-D7M Azazel Pinestone, head split in half by D2F Blyana Wellish: The #1 BeauBeau fan! Azazel I always had an absolute blast writing you but in my eyes you were so much more than just a simp! you had very unorthodox goals and aspirations that most people made fun of you for but you showed that with enough effort you can be anything you wanted! You provided great comic relief, was always very kind and always had Beau's back till the very end. unfortunately i never planned on you making it very far and I felt this was the best way for you to go out, Protecting your BeauBeau so R.I.P. Azazel!
19th place-D1M Nox Nyctores, bludgeoned to death BY D12M Hunter Skype: OK here's the the death that everyone saw coming but hear me out. Nox you were an amazing big brother and obviously a very powerful guy, being viewed as a hero by your sister and your district alike. Listen up though Nox, the hero doesn't always win and I wanted to show that they can fall just as quickly as villains do in these games. I said before that i don't mind having a truly awful person walk out of the arena alive and when your form specifically stated that you hated bullies, I instantly knew you and Hunter were going to bump heads hence sealing your fate. Practically everyone already knew you would lose in a head on fight against Hunter and I tried to depict this fight as accurately as possible, but to be honest Nox, you never stood a chance. it'll be intriguing to see how this all affects Nyx who is severely injured, sick, pregnant and just watched her hero fall before her in a truly one sided beating. R.I.P. Nox and you lost the fight but you'll always be viewed as a powerful inspirational figure in your district and as Nyx's hero!
18th place-D2F Blyana Wellish, stabbed through chest by D7F Beauregard Faran: Blyana the moment your form was submitted to me, I immediately knew you weren't going to be a likable character and I was all for it but there was so much more to you and it wasn't until the very end that you started to show you weren't so awful after all. Blyana you could've made it far if not even won but you barked up the wrong trees and yeah you paid the price with your life, how will this affect Hyperion though who seemed to be warming up to you? well we'll see. R.I.P. Blyana and even in defeat you showed your mother how strong you were!
17th place-D5M Dio Hughes, Trident thrown into skull by D4M Caspian Delamar: Dio the young playboy from district 5! Alright Dio nowyou were already going to rub some feathers the wrong way due to the way you treated women but you were not initially supposed to be this unlikable to the point where you practically became a villain but I embraced it because you and Hunter wanted the same person dead and you kinda turned into an even bigger douche after that. None the less Dio, you were never going to last very long so it was fitting for you make a huge scene, add some additional drama to the story and go out like this, R.I.P. "charming" Playboy!
OK guys so this concludes the bloodbath and this was extremely tough for me to write as I really did like all of these characters, even more than last years cast but the show had to go on. I'm truly sorry if your character(s) died but just because they're dead doesn't mean that they still can't play some kind of role in this story going forward. Every action has consequences and there WILL be some after this blood soaked chapter so please do try and stick around even if your tribute(s) are no longer alive. Thank you so much guys for all of your kind and amazing reviews and I'll see you guys soon with next chapter. Till next time!