This is a short chapter even for me, but I hope it explains something and makes you ask more questions. And as always, I hope you enjoy.


Thresh POV

We ran out quickly, but found no sign of a gun. I walked up to Ponyo and asked him what had made the sound.

"Oh, you heard that?" he asked.

"Yeah," I answered.

"Okay, gather up your friends and I'll explain," he said.

After everyone was sitting quietly he began: "As you know you are on an island for the dead tributes. And among some on these tributes are those determined to win no matter what. And sometimes, as in the case of Clove, when they wake up they still believe that they are in the Games. Luckily in our case, we convinced Clove that she was no longer in the Games. In some cases we aren't so lucky. So we have a prison underneath the island for those tributes. We lock them up, and we actually put them in an arena of their own. We give them food, water, and weapons. You must have heard the gunshot from down there."

It took a while for me to process what he said. A hidden prison? How strange. What's it like down there? Who's down there? Could my brother be down there?


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