Chapter 3: Deadly Horns. A section in the book called The Blood Games Story- Written by Patrick Roseforge.
The 3rd Hunger Games
Now, after two Games, Capitolites hunger for more. Vengeance grows hot, but mine lessened.
A funny conversation happened this year. One revolving the HG. President Alexander had a meeting with District 5 and 8 mayor's, who wanted to pitch in an idea they called 'careers'. I thought it was a great idea at the time. The districts would have training center to have two tributes volunteer, being stronger and more prepared for the Hunger Games than the regular tribute. Alexander denied it, he made a law to keep training out from all districts and he meant it. Glad he didn't accept the request. It would have made children accept the Hunger Games as a culture(as long as you don't count the sick gambling) rather than an inhuman punishment. From time to time, I simply wonder what would have happened if Alex accepted it. I don't think I want to know in the end.
Now, the tributes. There were three volunteers in these games. Ruby from 1, Victor from 10, and Dustin from 12. Ruby volunteered to save her friend, which earned some sympathy points from the Capitol like with Arabella last year. Victor, in his interviews, said he volunteered for glory(strange reason, seeing that he might have a chance at dying). Dustin put his life on the line to save his family from poverty. All worthy contenders, these three. Interestingly, Ruby and Dustin allied out of mutual respect with one another.
These were ones to look out for. Only Aziz from 8 and Tilly from 9 seem eager for some bloodshed. This year's wolf pack. Aziz apparently went to a battlefield in his young age and has a strange obsession with death. His willingness for the Games is what gave him a 7 score, not many twelve-year-olds get higher than that. Tilly, who teamed up with him in the training rooms, was diagnosed with a mental condition. What kind, however, was not found. Only, that she too seemed very looking forward to the Hunger Games.
As for the rest, they still had some spotlight. Danny and Patty from 3 were intelligent. Patty more so, despite her age. Bobbie from 5 was a nerdy bookworm and told a neat story in his interview. Gregory from 7 was a regular lumberjack, entertainingly so. Rosa from 8 had a troublesome past, and for some reason she hates Aziz. The rest didn't stand out.
District 1: Bran Cormac, 18, (6) and Ruby Catrona, 20, (11)
District 2: Julius Larson, 12, (1) and Minerva Drummer, 12, (3)
District 3: Danny Bullock, 18, (7) and Patty Hale, 14, (8)
District 4: Roberto Anon, 16, (5) and Viki Bluetooth, 18, (5)
District 5: Bobbie Battery, 17, (3) and Bettie Sims, 17, (4)
District 6: Thorvald Mattieson, 14, (4) and Lorraine Lane, 15, (6)
District 7: Gregory Borchov, 18, (7) and Deborah Woodard, 15, (5)
District 8: Aziz Escodar, 12, (7) and Rosa Weaver, 17, (7)
District 9: Hunter Wheatstone, 12, (2) and Tilly Lowe, 20, (9)
District 10: Victor Ventura, 17, (8) and Valentine Brunet, 14, (4)
District 11: John Moonridge, 16, (6) and Lily Grave, 17, (3)
District 12: Dustin Wolfe, 19, (10) and Ava Harrison, 14, (5)
President Alex's Bet: Victor Ventura. He liked Victor's confident attitude and is amused by it. He also has some strength with weapons.
Head Gamemaker Patrick's Bet: Patty Hale. My earlier bet past year was always about being the strongest, now my arena is going to be about intelligence, and she fit the criteria. Had this memory game sector in the training facility. She scored the highest.
-THE GAMES-
All twenty-four tributes found themselves near a wall behind them. The room they were in was large but cold.
The ground and walls were made up of stone, with a large wooden door on each side of the walls. There doesn't seem to be a roof, as the sky above them looks as though there's nothing but darkness. There are bright torches placed on the wall every 15 centimeters away.
The center was the cornucopia we're supplies and weapons. It's a cornucopia idea is a popular and attractive one, so it was used in most HG. This year, the cornucopia wasn't fancy. It's nothing more than a circle of white stone.
My arena this year. It was a labyrinth. A large maze as it were. I didn't want my arena to be as random as last year.
4, 3, 2, 1...
"May the 3rd Hunger Games Begin!" said Jacobs Livos. He was the Hunger Games announcer. Also, a large asshole.
Two tributes didn't go to the cornucopia. Lily from 11, and Minerva from 2. Both of them teamed up after that.
Then, came the bloodbath.
The quickest one to get there was Viki from 4. Under the influence of her mentor Arabella, she decided to go for a kill to get some sponsors. She went for an easy kill, Julius from 2. A foolish twelve-year-old with the bark but no bite.
She got a sharp knife in her hand and Julius didn't expect anyone gunning for him. He froze as he saw a knife on her, and was too late to avoid getting stabbed in the stomach.
Julius Larson, District 2 Male: 24th Place, Killed by Viki. Bloodbath.
Viki escaped to the closest door and went out after that. She seemed sick.
John from 11 and Lorraine from 6 we're wrestling over a backpack, tugging it side to side. Eventually, the struggle turned violent as John let go of the backpack, and Lorraine fell to the ground. The Eleven boy got a mace from the ground and brought it to her face the moment she got back from the stone floor. All it took was one deadly strike, and John finished her off.
Lorraine Lane, District 6 Female: 23rd Place, Killed by John. Bloodbath.
John didn't look back when ran as fast as he could to the doors to the labyrinth.
Aziz from 8, the bloodthirsty little thing, was already holding a short sword made just for him. And his victim insight was Danny from District 3.
Danny saw the little guy come at him and blocked the incoming attack with his sword. A close call. Of course, the pathetic attempt of swordplay was over as quickly as it came when Aziz stabbed Danny in his arm.
Danny hissed in pain, dropping his sword. Aziz grinned in delight as he was about to stab him...
Before Bran from 1 hit Aziz with the butt of his weapon, rendering the young vicious boy unconscious.
Danny looked in relief to that. Allying with Bran was the right call, he was no doubt thinking. The District 1 boy and the District 3 boy got their supplies and went out after that.
Tilly from 9, got into a fight pretty quick. Getting a scythe, a weapon which she is a natural at, and using it to kill the unassuming Hunter from 9. The smallest and youngest tribute this HG was slashed from behind, and dying as he lands on the ground.
Hunter Wheatstone, District 9 Male: 22nd Place, Killed by Tilly. Bloodbath.
Tilly proves that she's as vicious as they come, killing her district partner. Tilly sees that Rosa from 8 is nearby, but ignores her. Aziz told Tilly to leave Rosa to her to him. Instead, she aims for Gregory from 7 and Thorvald from 6.
Ruby from 1 had her problem to deal with, and that was the District 4 boy named Roberto. Why did he think that attacking the highest-ranking tribute was a good idea? Possible sponsors if he managed to kill her, but Ruby held her own against Roberto easily.
Then, Ruby's ally, Dustin from 12 came, and Roberto couldn't block Dustin's incoming kick from behind. By then, the District 4 boy's chances were small.
Ruby punched Roberto to the face from the front, and Dustin was the one land the killing blow when his spear got into Roberto's back.
Roberto Anon, District 4 Male: 21st Place, Killed by Dustin. Bloodbath.
Ruby and Dustin had a quick discussion about staying or not. Eventually, they left. With Ava from 12, Dustin's district partner, following them.
Back to Tilly, who went straight to the 6-7 alliance males. Thorvald and Gregory got their much-needed backpacks, and we're about to book it. Too late, however.
Tilly brought her bloodied scythe and managed to slice into Gregory's forearm. The District 7 boy yelped, and Thorvald looked shocked at his ally being attacked.
Thorvald went and tried to help his ally went he went and to attack her with a sword. Only that didn't do much. Tilly managed to easily block him, and she also sliced him in his leg. The tribute from 6 couldn't help but fall.
Gregory, the tall lumberjack, saw his downed ally and froze. Tilly didn't even hesitate when he stabbed Thorvald in his other leg. The younger boy screamed in pain. He couldn't run anymore.
When Gregory saw this. He made a decision. That was to run away, leaving his ally to his fate, and avoid dying.
Thorvald didn't have time to notice Gregory leaving before Tilly put her scythe into his torso, making a bloody puddle on the young boy. Tilly looked fascinated when the light in the boy's eyes went out.
Thorvald Mattieson, District 6 Male: 20th Place, Killed by Tilly. Bloodbath.
Patty from 3, Bobbie and Bettie from 5, Deborah from 7, and Valentine from 10 all allied with one another. All of them were about to leave, but nothing is so simple.
Victor from 10, the volunteer who aimed for glory, went to the large alliance of four and ran to kill. His spear was plunged right into Bettie's. The young girl spat out blood, and her allies see it's too late for her.
Victor took his spear out of her, and it seems he finally realized what he got himself into. He killed a girl who did him no wrong, after all.
Bettie Sims, District 5 Female: 19th Place, Killed by Victor. Bloodbath.
Her allies were shocked and angered by Bettie's death, especially Bobbie. The young boy had his short sword and aimed for revenge. The strike only managed to cut Victor's cheek, and the 10 boy was better with weapons than Bobbie was because Victor's response came with instinct as he twirled his spear and stabbed into Bobbie's throat.
That was that. Bobbie died moments after his district partner.
Bobbie Batteries, District 5 Male: 18th Place, Killed by Victor. Bloodbath.
With that, an alliance of five turned to three. Patty, Deborah, and Valentine(they weren't close district partners), and attacked as one.
Victor held his own against the three tributes, only managed to get a few cuts. Same with Deborah. For a half a minute, it was like this before Patty thought of something.
"Hey Victor, how does your glory feel like? Does killing kids entertain you," Patty said to him viciously?
Victor froze at those words, horrified now that he sees that there is no honor or child fantasy in these games, and Patty timed her attack well when she stabbed Victor right in the heart with her sharp sword. He died. With less glory and more regret than he intended.
Victor Ventura, District 10 Male: 17th Place, Killed by Patty. Bloodbath.
The trio left after that, disheartened by all the death around them. It was unexpected about the number of people willing to kill in the bloodbath.
Tilly saw the trio leave but didn't go after them. She ultimately decided to walk around and see the eight corpses around her. When she saw Aziz laying on the ground, she first thought he was dead, but she checked and saw he was still breathing. Tilly went to him and slapped Aziz on his cheek.
"What..." Aziz moaned, the snapped his eyes open when realized he was in the HG.
"Wakey. Wakey," Tilly said.
"Did I kill Rosa?" Aziz asked.
Tilly shook her head and pointed to the south door of the walled cornucopia. "No. She went thataway."
The young 8 boy got up. "Let's go then."
Tilly raised a brow. "Why do you want to kill your partner anyway?"
Aziz grinned. "I made a promise."
Tilly shrugged. "As long as I see her die."
"Man, we are both screwed in the head, aren't we?" Aziz laughed.
The vicious duo of the games went, and entered the large labyrinth, along with everyone else.
After the bloodbath, only a few events happened on Day 1. Starting with the oldest and strongest pair in the HG, Ruby, and Dustin.
It didn't take more than ten minutes to realize that Ava was following them. Not that it was hard, labyrinth's are narrow. Ruby thought to confront her, maybe even kill her, but Dustin didn't want to see his district partner to die.
Eventually, Dustin went to Ava. They talked. Ava wanted to join up with them, and Dustin was hesitant about it. Mostly because Ruby would not want the younger tribute. Ultimately, Dustin agreed and went to persuade Ruby to include Ava in their alliance. She agreed to it if greatly annoyed as well. If this becomes a good decision, wait and see.
Everyone else simply went their way in this maze I set up. They went on dead-ends and long endless circles. That's the arena here, of course, there's always a few twists.
While everyone got lost, Rosa from 8 found herself in a room of lava where small stone pads lay dangerously apart, but enough if a tribute jumps. Her entrance closed on her, and the only way out is the other side of the lava pool.
Rosa had no choice but to jump on the pads. Halfway there, she almost feels, but collected herself and got to he exit alive. She lives another day.
Now, to the last event of Day 1. John from District 11 was traveling alone in this narrow labyrinth, and he was deciding on whether or not to sleep on a stone floor.
Then, he heard steps. Loud steps.
John's eyes widened when he saw a giant, heavily muscled man with a head of a bull. It was a minotaur.
The Eleven boy first instinct was to run, and he tried. But the minotaur was faster and grabbed John by the back of his throat with his large hand, strangling him. John struggled, but that made him lose he breathe faster.
The minotaur crushed John's neck.
John Moonridge, District 11 Male: 16th Place, Killed by minotaur mutt. Day 1.
The near-invincible minotaur mutt screamed. His skin can't be cut, and his strength is equal to ten full-grown men.
And this guy was designed to kill one tribute a day. And that tribute will not be having a lucky day.
At the end of Day 1, every tribute looked at the pitch-black sky flashing. It was showing pictures of all the fallen tributes. Starting with Julius Larson from 2, then Roberto Anon from 4, the rest of those who died in the bloodbath, and the last picture showed John.
Just a memorial and a reminder to the rest of the tributes to see who is still alive. Cannons weren't enough, I thought. It was only until the 8th HG I added music to the fallen pictures.
Day 2 starts and the labyrinth arena still has a lot more to cover.
Patty, Deborah, and Valentine were all walking in the labyrinth, but Patty stopped them.
"Why did we stop?" Valentine asked.
Patty pointed to an X mark on the wall. "You see that mark. I left it there. I think we're going in circles."
"But how?" Deborah responded. "I don't think we were taking the same road. I mean..."
"No, your right. I memorized the path as well, but somehow we're still going in circles," Patty concluded.
"So..."
"The Gamemakers are controlling the labyrinth's somehow," Patty said. "They're leading us to nowhere."
"Then what are we going to do?" Valentine asked, but then continued. "It's either we keep going until the Gamemakers want something or..."
"Or what?" Deborah questioned.
"Or we play their game, kill each other, and get it over with," Valentine answered.
It was quiet then. The trio didn't move their spot and decided not to do much on Day 2. Patty was right, however. The Gamemakers and I controlled where they go and meet.
There happened to be a meeting between Gregory and the duo alliance, Bran and Danny.
Gregory wasn't looking for a fight sadly, instead, he asked to join Bran and Danny. Both male tributes didn't want a fight either, so they agreed. Other news, Danny's arm is patched up from Aziz stabbing from the bloodbath.
And that was that. Tilly and Aziz are a bit upset that they didn't get to kill anyone. Ruby and Ava were getting on each other's nerves, with Dustin being the mediator. And the other tributes are fine if lost and confused in the maze.
Of course, we can't forget the minotaur.
Today's victim is now.
Bran and Gregory were sleeping, with Danny being on watch. The tribute from 3 was sleepy, but he can't help but hear loud breathing and footsteps.
The moment he saw the minotaur, he screamed to his allies and told that there's a mutt.
Gregory and Bran woke up and saw the bull-man charging them. They got their weapons, and the trio was ready to fight.
Of course, they couldn't do anything. When Danny stabbed at the minotaur, the sword bent instead of getting anything hurt. The boy's weapons were useless against the steel armored skin of the mutt.
The minotaur made his move when it grabbed Bran with both of its hands, tearing him in half easily. Bran's blood was spilled everywhere.
Bran Cormac, District 1 Male: 15th Place, Killed by minotaur mutt. Day 2.
After the minotaur gruesomely killed Bran, it went it's way, ignoring Gregory and Danny. Both tributes we're amazed they were still alive and are traumatized by their allies death. Danny more so than Gregory.
Day 2 went and Day 3 showed up.
Tilly and Aziz found a room, a large one with a small stream, grass, trees, and it was a small forest. There was also fish and bunnies.
Those two tortured all the bunnies and ate it. They went hunting after that.
Now, on to Minerva from 2 and Lily from 11. Both of them didn't have it so good. They were starving, not getting any supplies from avoiding the bloodbath, and they had had to eat of rats to survive for Day 3. They also haven't met anyone in a while.
Eventually, Minerva made a decision. Having Lily as an ally, but it was pointless. Minerva concluded that the Gamemakers would offer her something (not sure what, but she was becoming a bit unhinged from the HG) if she killed Lily.
When Lily was sleeping, Minerva found a sharp-looking stone rock and brought it hard to Lily's head. Smashing parts of her brain out. The District Eleven girl would have never imagined that her young ally would betray her like this. Either way, she never had the chance to.
Lily Grave, District 11 Female: 14th Place, Killed by Minerva. Day 3.
Minerva was sponsored canned food a few minutes after that. That was all.
Rosa found another room. However, this time, it wasn't a challenge. Simply a room with a bed with minor decorations. Style as a cheap apartment. Rosa used it for all it's worth. Ava and Ruby still don't like one another and ignoring another like the plague if they can help it. Ruby wants to go hunting tributes, but Ava doesn't. Dustin is on the bench in this alliance which is slowly tearing itself apart.
A horrible surprise came to Patty's trio. The minotaur came.
They didn't even notice the bull-man mutt. All they did was walk on one corner of the Labyrinth and boom! The invincible minotaur attacked.
The lucky one out of the three was Deborah. The tribute from seven head went splat when the minotaur grabbed her head and slammed it to the stone ground. Deborah didn't even have time to scream, it all happened so fast.
Deborah Woodard, District 7 Female: 13th Place, Killed by minotaur mutt. Day 3.
The minotaur went after that. Patty and Valentine were frightened and didn't move. After an hour of mourning for their friend, the two had left. Patty and Valentine aren't sure of anything anymore.
Interestingly, Danny from 3 had asked for sponsors. For materials and devices. He says he has a way to defeat the minotaur. Let's say people were intrigued by that and gave him what he wanted.
Day 4 had an interesting run. It was a day us Gamemakers decided to move all of the tributes into interesting positions.
The labyrinth moved. The trio of Ruby, Dustin, and Ava have been separated specifically. One wall closed off the path with Ruby and Ava in front and Dustin in the back.
The other alliance to be split off would be Tilly and Aziz, who is becoming pretty restless. At this point, they were starting to talk about casually killing each other. Those two didn't when the walls blocked each other off, the two went back to hunting.
Now, Aziz was specifically being led to a certain room. One where his district partner, Rosa was currently slumbered.
Rosa just woke up. She exercised a little, looking at the ceiling while on the bed and looking extremely bored. She didn't have much to do in this arena.
Then the door opened and she saw Aziz. When the young vicious boy saw her, he had a grin while Rosa had a startled look.
Aziz immediately leaped to her, and Rosa only had time to reach her weapon before Aziz stabbed her arms with his short sword. The girl screamed while the boy stabbed the same place once more.
She then proceeded to kick the boy as hard as she could, and get her sword. She got in time block Aziz almost killing her. She had good enough moves to block the rest of Aziz attacks and did well without being scratched.
In the end, Aziz did get the 7 score because of his bloodthirsty nature, not skill. He was still a twelve-year-old child who suffered a lot during the Great Rebellion.
Rosa, in the end, was older and faster and managed to swipe her sword to slash Aziz's face. The young man went to the ground, screaming and crying. Rosa wanted to end this quickly so she stabbed him one more time, ending her district partner life.
Aziz Escodar, District 8 Male: 12th Place, Killed by Rosa. Day 4.
Rosa bandaged her arm and went out. Her room stank, and she didn't look so good staying there.
Now, it's Ava's and Ruby's turn for attention. The two didn't get along. For one thing, Ruby is much like Zohar from the 1st HG and Arabella from the 2nd HG. She's a soldier. A loyalist who's wants to win. In truth, the Capitol knew this, and bet on her volunteering to save her friend. Ruby did not disappoint.
Ava is a young idealist, who doesn't openly agree with the Capitol(we'd kill her if she did), but still isn't much in favor of killing and the Hunger Games as Ruby.
Now, let's end this charade.
The Gamemaker's led the duo straight to Viki from 4, a girl who escaped our notice for a while.
Ruby saw Viki and pursued her. Ava followed her by proxy. Viki ran like the devil, and perhaps if this was any other arena she would've escaped, but Viki found herself in a dead-end.
Ruby intended to kill Viki, but Ava stopped her. The two had their differences and in the end, Ruby didn't feel so tolerant of Dustin's district partner.
Ava saw that Ruby was going to kill her, but was too late and foolish when Ruby stabbed Ava right in the stomach.
Ava dropped to the floor, cursing Ruby and said she made a mistake. Ruby shrugged, she should've seen this coming. Her other thought process was is what Dustin doesn't know doesn't hurt him.
Ava Harrison, District 12 Female: 11th Place, Killed by Ruby. Day 4.
Viki than realized that she has no choice but to attack Ruby. She tried to strike at the older experienced girl but failed. Ruby quickly ended the girl from District 4 with a swift cut from her sword.
Ruby made it look so easy.
Viki Bluetooth, District 4 Female: 10th Place, Killed by Ruby. Day 4.
Those two couldn't fight someone with experience. No way. Shame HG couldn't always have soldiers. Only until the 6th HG did the soldier's from the rebellion stop coming. Everyone else was too young.
In any case, there was one more death on Day 4. The minotaur must strike.
And Dustin was an unassuming prey for the minotaur. He was tough. He had muscles on him, and quite the underdog backstory.
That doesn't matter to mutt's, doesn't it? The minotaur hunts to kill.
When Dustin saw the minotaur, he got his weapon ready, but his fight and effort was useless. The minotaur grabbed Dustin's arm and pulled it with so much force it came off.
Dustin died from blood loss soon after. District 12 won't have a Victor, and Ruby's will never see her crush again[A/N: It was a fan theory. It got people excited a little somehow].
Dustin Wolfe, District 12 Male: 9th Place, Killed by minotaur mutt.
Day 5 had no deaths. It wasn't planned that way.
The Final Eight Tributes: Ruby Catrona from District 1, Minerva Drummer from District 2, Danny Bullock and Patty Hale from District 3, Gregory Borchov from District 7, Rosa Weaver from District 8, Tilly Lowe from District 9, and Valentine Brunet from District 10.
Who does the reader think will win?
So, yeah. Two events happened on Day 5 and first was with Patty and Valentine.
The two got trapped in a room. One with a giant TV. The television was then going to ask questions. Some historical, some arbitrary. And if they get it wrong, one of them dies.
Patty did well. She answered all the questions about past Panem leader's and events, but one question she missed.
"Who is the King of Rock?" The TV asked.
Patty blinked. "Who?"
That's we're Valentine spoke up. "Elvis Presley."
The door opened, and nobody died. It was somewhat stressful, but they made it. Good thing they were allies.
The second event was with Danny and Gregory.
Now, Danny was at the end of the labyrinth(which was just a wall), and we weren't paying any real attention to what he was making or going, but it seems that Danny knew where the exit to the arena was by knocking on the labyrinth wall.
In any case, the minotaur was coming for them. Gregory looked frightened and told Danny to hurry up whatever he's doing.
It would appear that Danny has made a bomb. It was obvious, we need it and thought he'd kill the minotaur with it, but the boy from District 3 instead blew up the labyrinth wall.
He exited out of the arena. [A/N: It would be later discovered that the escort from 3, Flovan, offered Danny and Patty a map of the arena, the only difficulty being that they discovered the labyrinth moves under our command]
The minotaur mutt was about to rush the District males, but instead, out of developed curiosity or animal instinct, the minotaur went out of the arena, ignoring Gregory and Danny.
Of course, that wouldn't be allowed, the minotaur would destroy towns if he went into the wild. So, the Capitol forces came, shot the minotaur, which did almost nothing but wound it and the minotaur killed two peacekeepers. After that, it took two rocket launcher's to destroy the mutt.
And that was the end of the invincible minotaur.
Back to the boy's that started the mess. Danny stepped outside the arena, observing and hopefully not thinking about escaping so I had to send a message.
One through the speaker. "If any tributes try to leave the arena, they will face consequences. Let that be a warning."
Danny went back a step after hearing that. He and Gregory went on and traveled to the labyrinth. Well, they got the minotaur killed. Nothing like a short little victory for them to stew upon.
Day 6. Time to speed things up.
We led the weird blood obsessed Tilly to little lonely Minerva.
The girl from District 2 froze for a second when seeing Tilly, but went in for the kill with her sharp rock.
Whether Minerva was brave or suicidal is the question. Tilly had a wicked smirk and cut Minerva's stomach open easily when she was close enough. Tilly stared at her victim for a while.
Minerva Drummer, District 2 Female: 8th Place, Killed by Tilly. Day 6.
Tilly wasn't the only person we sent on to fight. Ruby was directed to the troublesome Danny and Gregory. They needed to be punished a little for what they did to the minotaur.
The two tributes had swords ready for Ruby. She replied in kind. The three had their surprisingly well-done swordfight. Ruby blocked and swiped, the same goes for the two who did worse than her. Military experience counts for a reason.
It took a minute to find out who would die first. Gregory grew sloppy with his moves, and Ruby had an opening. All it took was a second for her to take a large piece of his neck out. And Gregory was out of the fight.
Gregory Borchov, District 7 Male: 7th Place, Killed by Ruby. Day 6.
Now Danny was a smart guy, but he wasn't quick or physically enough to fight against Ruby alone. It wasn't long after Gregory's death when Ruby got sank her swords into his torso.
Danny Bullock, District 3 Male: 6th Place, Killed by Ruby. Day 6.
The 3rd HG was over in day 7.
"Remaining Tributes! Please meet in the cornucopia. If you don't, you might end up like a pancake," Jacob Livos joked. He wasn't very concerned about their lives, then again, I wasn't either at the time.
What was implied was that the labyrinth walls were closely sinking into each other. Which made the tributes speed up to the current destination.
Patty and Valentine got their first, quick. Breathing heavily, but relaxed when every the other tribute got there. Ruby was next.
Rosa almost didn't make it in time, but she made it in time. The labyrinth wall's closed together behind her by a few seconds.
Also, by now, you noticed that Tilly didn't make it. We purposely made it so Tilly couldn't reach it. The girl from Nine psychoanalysis was too far off, and quite frankly, Alex was concerned about what would happen if someone with sociopathic tendencies does when they become the Victor. We didn't want to risk it.
Tilly Lowe, District 9 Female: 5th Place, Killed by the labyrinth. Day 7/Finale.
And so the Games had to end. Patty knew Ruby was the most dangerous one and she needed to eliminate her before she gets the chance to strike.
Valentine was a bit frightened but charged along with her ally. This was when Ruby just got to the cornucopia. She needed a breather after running, but clearly, Patty isn't taking any chances.
Patty took the first strike and stabbed Ruby in the stomach with a knife. It was a crippling hit and Ruby wasn't quick enough this time to stop it. However she did manage to stop Valentine from her attack with a kick, that was tough enough to bring Valentine to the floor.
Ruby, may I say, angerly decided to grab Patty's hair in response for her stab. Pulling the girl the 3 forward with a yelp and stabbing her in the torso. Similar to what she did with Danny. Patty struck first, but she wasn't fast enough to finish it sadly.
Patty Hale, District 3 Female: 4th Place, Killed by Ruby. Day 7/ Finale.
The moment Valentine got up from the ground and saw Patty died, she screamed. In fury and sadness.
In that, she struck gold and lucky. Ruby was already wounded, and that caused her to be sluggish. Ruby swiped her sword, but Valentine dodged and stabbed her right in the forehead with her knife. An interesting little move, filled with anger. This time, Ruby was slow.
Ruby Catrona, District 1 Female: 3rd Place, Killed by Valentine. Day 7/ Finale.
Now, on to the last two tributes. Valentine and Rosa. Both weren't all that interesting during the Games, but it's not always about the star or who gets the most attention. It's luck and odds, with a mix of skill. And both tributes made it. Valentine because she had the right ally, Patty and Rosa because..., well, because she got lucky enough to not deal with the challenges the other's went through? Whatever, she made it.
Rosa was content watching the other remaining three fight. She didn't look like she liked it, but she wisely didn't do anything.
Valentine had blood on her hands, and she had tears in her eyes. The younger girl looked at Rosa and fury came.
"What are you waiting for!? Let's finish this!" Valentine screamed at her.
Rosa blinked at that but complied. She made it this far, only alone, unlike Valentine.
It was a quick affair, as most fights are. Valentine wasn't against someone wounded this time, and Rosa was older than her. Valentine tried to get a good stab in, but Rosa dodged.
All the older girl had to do stab the girl in the heart. Valentine could not dodge this one.
Valentine Brunet, District 10 Male: 2nd Place, Killed by Rosa. Day 7/ Finale.
Rosa Weaver, District 8 Female: 1st Place. Victor of the 3rd Hunger Games.
-THE AFTERMATH FILE-
3rd HG:
Name: Rosa Weaver(F)
District: 8(#1)
Age: 17
Bio: Rosa Weaver's family all perished from the Great Rebellion. Other than the fact she became an orphan and ended up in foster care, there's nothing left to note about her backstory.
Victory Tour: Her tour wasn't all that bad. Nothing of note happened to expect the colorful cursing from Valentine parent's in District 10.
After the HG: She was a recluse after the games, not wanting the Capitol to know too much about her. She's known to be cranky, mean, and very argumentative, at least to me(Patrick Roseforge) and other Capitolites. President Roseforge had to threaten Rosa that her foster mother would be hurt if she did anything close to rebellion. She never did. She was never married but had a daughter named Hana, named after her foster mother.
-THE VICTOR LIST-
1st HG: Fjord Nightbreeze (1#, District 1)
2nd HG: Arabella Tamon (1#, District 4)
3rd HG: Rosa Weaver (1#, District 8)