Sorry for the long break guys. I've had major, major writer's block, preventing me from writing this. Anyway, here is the (possibly?) long-awaited 5th installment of the 21st hunger games.
Legal Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games. I merely freeload off this great fandom. Also, any persons portrayed in this fic may or may not have relation to persons living or dead. If you think this is about you and you don't know who I actually am, it's not.
(Jacob POV)
The training center was massive. It was a giant tower, at least 13 stories tall, lined with gold. Jacob spent little time in his room during the 2 weeks before the games. Most of it was spent in the basement, training with various equipment such as the swords and axes. Jacob quickly decided that he needed to get an axe when he entered the arena, in order to use a weapon that he felt comfortable with. For two weeks he tested the axes, but also brushed up on his survival skills. The weeks passed quickly and in the end, Jacob felt unsure, but ready for the challenge that loomed the next day.
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"Today is just like any other day. You're just going out to get… um, coffee. Yes, you're just going out to get a nice cup of coffee that is up this nice glass elevator," Jacob said to himself before getting into the glass tube in front of him. After 5 minutes of staring, and when he heard the peacekeepers coming towards him, he went into the tube and waited. Then the voice started counting down
"10"
"9"
"8"
"7"
"6"
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
The tube started rising, and Jacob was off into a blinding light. When his vision returned, he was in the middle of a ruined courtyard, surrounded by 2 buildings nearby, another 50 meters off and a hill. The cornucopia was in the center, facing away from him, but there it was, leaning against the tail. A perfectly good axe, just waiting for him to take it and kill the others with.
(Natalie Black {District 4} POV)
"Finally, I can attain the glory my stupid best did last year when she went on to win. Then she got the cool nickname. Stupid Slash" Natalie Black muttered to herself. Last year her best friend got the nickname "Slash" for killing 4 of the Top 8 people in the Hunger Games by slashing their throats, starting with the stupid boy from District 7. Black at that moment decided she also had to win this year's hunger games, just to be on equal grounds with her friend. At soon as she stopped thinking about Slash the clock started counting down, beginning the Hunger Games. Looking at her alliances, she knew she would be the only one left at the end of the day. The District 1 kids were a group of sissies, and the people from District 2 were not much better. Even her own partner wasn't very useful. Despite their uselessness, she had to stick with them because that's just what Careers did, it's not like she would be the one to break this long honored tradition. Then, the clock struck 0. She ran forward, grabbed a sword and a hammer, urged her fellow careers to follow her and set off into the farthest abandoned building.
When she got there, she noticed that the entry hall was lined with broken glass, wood, and screws, indicating that a hall of records was once kept here. The main building was a gym, moderate in size, but with a cracked in room, it was horrible for a shelter. Nearby were two water ponds. Her partner, a scrawny boy named James immediately drank from the water that was steaming, and quickly paid the price. The water was clearly poisoned. The other water did not seem to be poisoned and after the "fabulous" District 1 boy, Michael, drank it, the water was discovered to not be poisoned. The remaining Careers set up a camp, in the hallway, near the good water, protected by the poison.
(Jacob POV)
Running quickly away from the building, having escaped with his new axe, a bag of supplies and about 2 people chasing him, Jacob ducked into an open door, walked down into the hallway for a bit, then went into the first room he saw. He could not have picked a better room. Inside was water, a small selection of food, a bit of armor, a package of coffee, to this he snorted, remember the earlier self-pep talk. The wood near the door would allow him to barricade himself into the room in case of emergency. Jacob began to think, "This looks like it used to be a classroom. I wonder if this was once a school." With that, he began to make a little shelter out of the wood, and then noticed that there was a couch nearby that he could use instead. The couch was ancient, falling apart, but it still appeared to be in resting condition. He dragged it into his shelter, which itself was in a room, in a building.
The next morning, Jacob awoke, turned to his side, and saw a message written into the couch in black reading "NO SLEEPING! (This means you Juan)" Having no idea what it meant, Jacob got up off the couch and ignored the message. He then started to really explore the area in which he would be spending his last days. Behind the couch was a water spout and tattered red and blue cloth. Near where his feet lay, various cardboard drawings of what appeared to be flags. What was written below the drawings had been burned off. Realizing that he had missed the death ceremony so he had no idea who was dead and who was alive. Then even more dangerous, he had no idea whether or not he had been discovered. Finally, he made up his mind to go out exploring, and then return before nightfall. After stocking up on some food, the instant coffee and 2 water bottles.
Not exactly action packed, but I figured, after 5 months of not being active, I should get the story into the games. Here's a current list of people/status. Only 8 died in the initial bloodbath, 9 in total died the first day.
Male
Status
Female
Status
1
Michael Smith
Alive
Angelica Bright
Alive
2
Justin Blue
Alive
Cynthia Stone
Alive
3
Richard Potter
Dead
Joan Young
Alive
4
James Current
Dead
Natalie Black
Alive
5
Steven Perry
Dead
Janice Wilson
Dead
6
Walter Yenalts
Alive
Lillian Yenalts
Alive
7
Jacob Carpenter
Alive
Mariam Mora
Alive
8
Zeke Daniels
Alive
Alana Chavez
Alive
9
Paul Rogers
Alive
Jean Murphy
Dead
10
George Mac
Dead
Rebecca Isaac
Alive
11
William Clinton
Alive
Veronica Burns
Dead
12
Matthew Tyler
Dead
Alice Romero
Dead