The Thirteenth Annual Hunger Games


Introduction

President Arturo Sombray was dethroned from his presidency when the Brutalian party's 16th scandal, believable and rooted in truth, took hold as truth to the Capitol. Arturo was ruled guilty for adultery two months before the Games, and the Brutalian party replaced him with Patrice Dominicar, a thin, rat-like man of age 56. To appease the public, the Brutalian party let Head Gamemaker Lima Xabie-Sombray stay in her position for that year, and they also let Boliviana Rare return as the sole host for the 12th year in a row. An addition was made to the Games. At her post-Victory interview, Salandra Valour, Victor of the previous 12th Hunger Games, was quoted saying something that would spark the addition. "Every time I stabbed someone with my spear, or I watched Raleigh or Cliff slice into another tribute, it was as if someone was firing loud, deafening cannons over the screams of pain from the dying tributes." Several Gamemakers took this quote to heart and championed the idea of adding cannons into the Games to signal the death of each tribute. The idea was passed, and the 24 cannons were placed at the edge of the arena, facing the force field. Whenever a tribute died, his or her corresponding cannon would fire into the force field, and the cannon shot would be heard, and the cannon ball, bouncing back off the force field, would destroy the cannon. It is of note that most did not realize that there were force fields around the arena. They just thought that those killed by running into it were shocked to death for wandering too far from the Cornucopia and the other tributes. There were 2 9s this year, along with a multitude of 8s and 7s. There were no volunteers. Here are the tributes:

District 1: Emmy Serindole, 14 (6) 23-1 and Brando Rosco, 16 (7) 15-1

District 2: Zelda Stanford, 16 (8) 9-1 and Atticus Feather, 15 (6) 24-1

District 3: Rachel Huggs, 13 (5) 33-1 and Orbit Danison, 15 (6) 23-1

District 4: Sadie Hanna, 17 (7) 14-1 and Pierre Loznak-Ketterlee, 18 (7) 13-1

District 5: Ava Claimer, 12 (4) 43-1 and Haymish Severton, 16 (6) 22-1

District 6: Charlie Maybenn, 13 (4) 42-1 and Iggy Nods, 13 (5) 32-1

District 7: Aspen Oakerton, 16 (7) 15-1 and Hunter James, 18 (8) 10-1

District 8: Simia Kerr, 17 (9) 4-1 and Malcolm Caddier, 15 (5) 34-1

District 9: Gracie Hutch, 14 (5) 35-1 and Miller Reid, 18 (7) 15-1

District 10: Barcelona Sepias, 18 (9) 5-1 and Duncan Years, 16 (6) 23-1

District 11: Iris Predatory, 16 (6) 24-1 and Nevel Crass, 16 (8) 9-1

District 12: Luna Eightlee, 15 (7) 16-1 and Jett Carmitt, 14 (4) 42-1

HGBA Odds: 20% Simia, 15% on Barcelona, 10% on Sadie, 5% Nevel, Hunter, Luna, Saide, Aspen, Brando, Miller, and Pierre, 2% on Orbit and Emmy, 1% or less on Atticus, Rachel, Ava, Haymish, Charlie, Iggy, Malcolm, Gracie, Duncan, Iris, and Jett.


The Games

The tributes arose in a new and inventive arena. 24 faces marveled at the crumpled skyscrapers as they arose in a place once called New York City, specifically Manhattan, even more specifically Times Square. Giant signs flickered with dying light, and hundreds of crumbled skyscrapers, their gleaming metal slowly becoming tarnished by age, lay like bloodied corpses around the cleared area, where a silvery Cornucopia sat. The arena encompassed the entire peninsula of New York City known as Manhattan, and the force field was stretched oddly to fit around the oblong shape of Manhattan. Some notable sites included the giant overgrown park, a large crumpled tower once called the Empire State Building, and the weirdly, still mostly intact train station called Grand Central Station. Thousands of other things, several dangerous, filled the ruined streets of the city, but the tributes marveled at the complexity of the abandoned, bombed city.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Just like the year before, several tributes remained on their plates, awed by the surrounding arena. The alliance Salandra had helped pioneer, the proto-Career alliance, consisting of Districts 1, 2, and 4, formed once again. Emmy, Brando, Zelda, Atticus, Sadie, and Pierre, all scoring higher than 6, formed it. Sadly, the District 12 pair plus and random female alliance did not reoccur for the third time. In fact, both District 12's were going it solo this year. The only other notable alliance was made of four females; the two strongest tributes this year, Simia and Barcelona, along with Rachel and Iris.

The proto-Career alliance reached the Cornucopia first, finding it stocked with mostly daggers and throwing knives. Only three swords were there that year, and one bow, and two spears. The knife throwers would have an advantage this year.

Zelda, Brando, and Pierre swept up the swords, Sadie took a spear, and Emmy and Atticus took throwing knives. Zelda spotted a strong boy, sifting through a pile of knives, looking for an axe. She dashed over to him, and, although he did slash her left forearm with a dagger, Zelda managed to stab him in the chest, making the first of seven kills. His cannon rang loudly, and the tributes were spooked. Those still on their pedestals leaped into action.

Hunter James, District 7 Male; 24th, Killed by Zelda, Bloodbath

Meanwhile, as the proto-Career alliance scattered to kill other tributes, Simia, Barcelona, Rachel, and Iris ducked into the Cornucopia. Simia took the only bow, and Barcelona took the spear. Iris and Rachel picked up two serrated daggers each, and the quartet tried to make a break for it. Iggy from 6 tried to ask if he could join their alliance, but Iris thought he was attacking them, so she threw one of her daggers barely a foot. It dug into his chest, and he quickly fell.

Iggy Nods, District 6 Male; 23rd, Killed by Iris, Bloodbath

Two members of the scattered proto-Career Pack, Emmy and Atticus, happened upon a lithe girl wielding a dagger, running with her ally and District partner, Jett. Emmy pulled back her arm and sent two throwing knives, thrown at the same time, into the girl's chest as her District partner ran, wailing for his life. It seemed that the District 12 female would not survive the bloodbath as she had in recent years.

Luna Eightlee, District 12 Female; 22nd, Killed by Emmy, Bloodbath

Now, the District's only hope was scraggly Jett, who Brando had wounded considerably with his sword. It seemed District 12 would not be placing 2nd again. They probably wouldn't even reach the Top 8.

Brando, angry that Jett had gotten away, tackled a boy who was picking through the contents of a pack. Two hacks of his blade, and the boy was decapitated.

Malcolm Caddier, District 8 Male; 21st, Killed by Brando, Bloodbath

Meanwhile, Atticus threw a knife into a small girl who'd already been brutally wounded by Barcelona, ending her.

Gracie Hutch, District 9 Female; 20th, Killed by Barcelona and Atticus, Bloodbath

The first morphling addict in the Games, Charlie from 6, wandered aimlessly as Gracie's cannon, the fifth, fired. At the sound of the cannon, Charlie cowered down on the ground, only to be attacked by Pierre from 4, who buried a sword in her back.

Charlie Maybenn, District 6 Female; 19th, Killed by Pierre, Bloodbath

Zelda wouldn't let a boy who'd ticked her off during training go. She chased the boy from 3 for two blocks before cornering him and repeatedly stabbing him to death with her wickedly curved sword.

Orbit Danison, District 3 Male; 18th, Killed by Zelda, Bloodbath

Day 2, as the proto-Career pack regrouped, Sadie and Pierre were no where to be found. They had deserted. Atticus found them after the group had searched for three hours, and he sunk a knife into Sadie's chest.

Sadie Hanna, District 4 Female; 17th, Killed by Atticus, Day 2

Pierre made it away. Later that day, a boy died from blood loss, having barely made it away from the clutches of ruthless Brando during the bloodbath.

Jett Carmitt, District 12 Male; 16th, Killed by Brando and blood loss, Day 2

Day 3 was deathless. Day 4, Haymish from 5 wandered into a radioactive area of the city. He barely made it out alive, and when he ran into a pack of rabid, hungry wolverine mutts, he could not stop them from devouring him.

Haymish Severton, District 5 Male; 15th, Killed by radiation and wolverine mutts, Day 4

Days 5 and 6 were deathless. Day 7 had two deaths as tensions split the Career pack into fragments. It started when Atticus and Brando got in a loud argument. The girls tried to get them to stop, as wolverine mutts who'd torn apart Haymish appeared. Brando, angry, struck Atticus in the jaw. He went unconscious, and the wolverine mutts jumped on him, ripping him apart, as Emmy, Brando, and Zelda ran.

Atticus Feather, District 2 Male; 14th, Killed by Brando and wolverine mutts, Day 7

"Why'd the hell you kill Atticus?!" Zelda screamed as they ran. She grabbed a knife and lunged at Brando.

The boy ducked behind Emmy, and the knife buried itself in the shocked girl's chest. She quickly dropped to the ground, dead, as Brando sprinted away, disappearing. Zelda growled and sprinted in the opposite direction. The proto-Career alliance had splintered.

Emmy Serindole, District 1 Female; 13th, Killed by Zelda and Brando, Day 7

Day 8 had a single death. Barcelona, Simia, Iris, and Rachel stumbled upon a sleeping boy, curled up near the base of the United Nations building. Barcelona and Simia attacked him at the same time, and his blood flew in a variety of directions.

Miller Reid, District 9 Male; 12th, Killed by Barcelona and Simia, Day 8

Day 9 was deathless. Day 10, Barcelona's alliance stumbled into the path of the wolverine mutts. They tore Iris limb from limb before the others could save her.

Iris Predatory, District 11 Female; 11th, Killed by wolverine mutts, Day 10

Day 11, Pierre crossed paths with the alliance of Nevel and Duncan. He laughed as he slashed at them, but they pushed him into a trap they'd rigged. Entangled, Nevel easily slashed open Pierre's throat, and his laughing died along with him.

Pierre Loznak-Ketterlee, District 4 Male; 10th, Killed by Nevel and Duncan, Day 11

Later that day, Zelda emerged from a radioactive zone, dazed, and wandered into the path of Brando. The last member of the originally 6-member proto-Career pack would be the only one to make it into the Top 8. He slashed off her limbs slowly, torturing her, until she bled out.

Zelda Stanford, District 2 Female; 9th, Killed by Brando, Day 11

The Top 8 had been determined, several of who had made little, if any, appearance on the screens of Panem; Brando Rosco from District 1, Rachel Huggs from District 3, Ava Claimer from District 5, Aspen Oakerton from District 7, Simia Kerr, District 8, Barcelona Sepias, District 10, Duncan Years, District 10, and Nevel Crass, District 11. Rachel, Ava, and Aspen had yet to make a kill, and Duncan's only kill had been a simple assist.

The Gamemakers did something unprecedented Day 12; they set a small obstacle for everyone at the same time. Three tributes fell.

The first fell after she was forced out of her little hiding place in the Empire State Building by two metal, radioactive golem-like creatures. The girl was easily crushed by the strange, fantastical mutts in a minute.

Ava Claimer, District 5 Female; 8th, Killed by metal golems, Day 12

Brando, injured from his run in with Zelda the day earlier and from multiple wolverine attacks, could barely fend of the sharp beaked buzzard birds that descended on him. A half hour later, he was finally defeated by the vicious vultures, and they cracked open his skull.

Brando Rosco, District 1 Male; 7th, Killed by buzzard mutts, Day 12

The alliance of Nevel and Duncan were faced with fiery bulls, ramming them head on. One managed to stick its fiery horns through Nevel's chest before Duncan could kill it. The mutts retreated as Duncan cried over his dead ally.

Nevel Crass, District 11 Male; 6th, Killed by fire bull mutts, Day 12

Rachel, Simia, and Barcelona were faced with poisonous snakes that they managed to fend off without injury, and Aspen chopped down the three wooden wolf mutts that attacked her when she wandered into Central Park, swinging her axe like she had her entire life, felling the "trees." Only 5 were left; Rachel, Simia, Barcelona, Duncan, and Aspen.

Day 13, Simia, Barcelona, and Rachel met with Aspen just outside of Central Park. Aspen managed to surprise them, and, with one hack of her axe, she beheaded the favorite to win.

Simia Kerr, District 8 Female; 5th, Killed by Aspen, Day 13

Roaring in fury, Barcelona tackled the girl, and hacked off the hand that held the axe slowly with her spear. Then Rachel, also infuriated, plunged her dagger into the girl's neck, silencing her screams for help.

Aspen Oakerton, District 7 Female; 4th, Killed by Barcelona and Rachel, Day 13

The final 3 met Day 14, back in Times Square, herded there by falling skyscrapers. Duncan, his body ragged from being hit by debris, collapsed from exhaustion once her reached the square. It was easy for Barcelona to spear him in the back and kill her District partner.

Duncan Years, District 10 Male; 3rd, Killed by Barcelona, Day 14

Rachel and Barcelona had a fair fight, both holding serrated daggers, but it was won before it began. Barcelona had scored a 9, and Rachel had scored a 5. In a matter of minutes, Barcelona asked her friend to forgive her as Rachel bled out, the dagger buried deep in her chest.

"It's okay. One. Of. Us. Won..." Rachel gasped out before falling still.

Rachel Huggs, District 3 Female; 2nd, Killed by Barcelona, Day 14

"Barcelona Sepias of District 10, you are the Victor of the 13th Hunger Games!" Boliviana said into the arena.

Barcelona took the dagger out of Rachel's still, bloody chest, and tried to smile.


Aftermath

Barcelona brought Victory to her Victor-less District, a thing that would not be forgotten easily. They had placed in the Top 8 an astounding 9 out of 12 times, and yet had never gotten the crown of Victor. Her Victor championed her, and she would try her hardest to bring more knife-wielding Victors home, and she would succeed a couple of times. She and her larger alliance were remembered down the road, and tributes started forming 3, 4, and 5, even 6, tribute alliances to better their odds. Barcelona had been cunning and cruel yet kind at the same time, sort of like Mags. But she never became as popular due to the fact that she was a lot more cunning and cruel than caring, and also that she was soon outshadowed by the mighty Careers, who would appear in the 15th Hunger Games.

She would live a nice, good life, living to age 82. She would die three months after the 78th Hunger Games. She would marry and have three daughters.

The payouts were okay for her Victory, as 15% bet on her.

Her Victory Tour was average, and nothing happened worthy of noting.


List of Victors

1st: Kelan Thather, District 4 (1, 1 Male)

2nd: Dillon Tripp, District 9 (1, 1 Male)

3rd: Tugra Ertra, District 5 (1, 1 Female)

4th: Noor Tuskararus, District 2 (1, 1 Female)

5th: Ishania Patel, District 7 (1, 1 Female)

6th: Guild Tonneroy, District 1 (1, 1 Male)

7th: Chaplin Nastaro, District 3 (1, 1 Male)

8th: Irmentrude Marley, District 5 (2, 2 Female)

9th: Vissarion Chamantel, District 11 (1, 1 Male)

10th: Greason Trails, District 6 (1, 1 Male)

11th: Mags Flanagan, District 4 (2, 1 Female)

12th: Salandra Valour, District 1 (2, 1 Female)

13th: Barcelona Sepias, District 10 (1, 1 Female)


A/N: So, I hope you like Barcelona as much as I do! Chapters are getting longer as I get more into this. I hope you enjoy, and please tell me what you think of every Victor, if you can. It would be great to get feedback on which chapters you like the most, so I can model future chapters more in that style or with that content. Thanks for reading, as always!

Until next time,

Tracee