A/N Oh hey! Karter here! Here's the next chapter! Also Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians. AND NO WE DON'T LIVE IN IGLOO'S.
Day One:Night
Faces in the Sky
~President Zaneeta Lavincia~
Five.
Only five dead in the bloodbath?
I guess that's a good thing. If the games ended too quickly I could have had an uprising on my hands. I turn to my desk and tap on it twice. A hologram of the Arena appears on my desk. It shows me where each Tribute is. D0-B, represents Brent Rozeren, and D0-G Turquoise Rozeren and so on and so forth. Eleven tributes sit at the edge of the Cornucopia. I can see their Numbers. Districts One, Two, Eight, Nine, the remaining girl from Seven and the two remaining Capitol kids. The others are scattered throughout the arena.
Ring Ring Ring
I pick up the cell phone from my desk.
"Lavincia speaking." I say.
"Madam President it's Robbie, do you wish for me to release it? Or should I wait until tomorrow? It's your call, you're the one who designed it." The head gamemaker says. I lean back in my chair, pursing my red lips.
"It seems to be growing reckless in it's cave. It hasn't eaten in days Robbie, it wants a snack. I want to see it snack." I whisper with a smile.
"That's just what I wanted to hear." He laughs. "Release Mutation number Two Hundred and Sixty Three!" I hear him yell to someone. I click the Television on only to hear a roar echo throughout the arena. Shots of the tributes searching frantically with their eyes and heads are shown. "Say hello to your baby Lavincia."
~Triella Stone-Capitol~
My sword is in my hand the instant I hear the roar. It's deafening, it could have come from anywhere. Three Tents are set up around the cornucopia. One for Talise, Seathe, Kyla and I, another for Ronan, Lake, Zanther and Trent. The last one for the pair from Eight and the girl from Seven, the three our male alliance members made an alliance with. Lake, Zanther and Felicit, the three who I am on watch with, have their weapons at the ready.
"Where did the sound come from?" Felicit asks.
"It could have come from anywhere." Zanther answers in a hushed tone. Our seven allies come out of their tents with weapons in their hands. Kyla runs towards me with her bow at the ready.
"Where is it?" She asks.
I shrug my shoulders. "I can't see it. It could be anywhere. This arena is huge. For that sound the creature made, it must be gigantic." Kyla nods and moves over to speak to Zanther.
"We needed to get up anyways. It's nearly midnight and we should hunt." Trent states. Seathe laughs and starts towards him. She reaches Trent, her nose a mere inch away from his.
"You're insane. That thing could be very close, if you want to go out there and be killed by a monster then that's your choice. You're not bringing me or Lake on your little adventure." Seathe snarls. Lake grabs her shoulders and pulls her back from Trent.
"I can speak for myself, Seathe, but I have to agree with Trent." Lake mutters. Seathe's jaw drops in shock. "We should hunt. But we can't bring all of us. So since you, Seathe, don't want to hunt, you can stay here." I roll my eyes and sheath my sword. I walk to my tent and grab one of the bags that we made just in case we go hunting. When I emerge from my tent all ten of my allies are bickering and yelling.
"Everyone shut up!" I scream. All ten pairs of eyes find me. "I'm going hunting, if you want to come meet me at the eastern corridor in ten minutes." As I turn to leave I feel their eyes burning into the back of my head. In a matter of seconds I hear two pairs of feet coming after me. I look behind me to see Kyla and Zanther from District Nine holding their own bags and weapons. We stop at the entrance of the corridor to wait and see if any of the others are going to come with us. I can see three people marching across the field, followed closely behind by another. Ronan, Lake and Trent are armed to the teeth with weapons and have huge bags on their backs. The person who was trailing behind finds us. I see it's the girl from Seven, I think Felicit is her name. "What made you want to come along?" I say as I look over the girl holding an axe. She smiles and pushes her hair out of her face.
"I can't let you guys have all the fun, plus you seem to be lacking an axe. They work on people as well as they do on trees." She smiles, then points her axe at the corridor. "The other four aren't coming, they are pissed though." She pushes past us and starts down the corridor closely followed by Trent and Ronan. I get behind them with Zanther and Kyla at my sides and Lake right behind us. Seven of us enter this maze, and I bet most of us won't make it back to see the other four.
~Crissi Branwin-District Twelve~
I slump down in a little nook in the wall. Geofri and I have been running all day. I just need to rest.
"Crissi, we have to keep moving! That thing could be near us." Geofri complains. I groan and stand up. He grabs my arm and drags me down the hallway. Geofri hammers the wall with his war hammer every few meters to keep track of where we are going.
"Geofri let's stop, please! We are the only ones who went this way!" I moan. He stops walking and looks back and forth down the corridor. Something's wrong.
Whump
"Crissi, get your mace in your hands and begin to run the way we came." Geofri whispers after the sound echoes down our hall.
Whump
"What is it?" I ask. "Geofri, do you know what it is?" He shakes his head no in response. His eyes are wide with fear, does he think we will survive this? Most likely not. Do I hope so, yes, but do I think so? No. I hold my mace with both my hands to steady my shaking body.
Whump.
Whump.
Whump.
I can make out an outline at the far end of the corridor. My heart starts to pound like never before. I see it raise its head back and let out a giant roar. Geofri grabs my arm and we sprint back the way we came.
Whump.
Whump.
Whump.
The creature is hot on our tail. As we turn down the left corridor at the end of the hall we are in I get a glimpse of the creature. It's eyes red with anger, white goo foaming at its mouth. Legs and head like a bull, the torso of a man. The creature of the Labyrinth, the forsaken Minotaur. I let out a scream when it roars for the third time this night. As we run I see three halls to our right, one with water in it and two with trees. We need a place to hide. I tug Geofri into one of the halls with trees, we hurdle over fallen logs and dodge branches. All along we hear the snapping of trees growing farther and farther away behind us. Once out of the hallway that was converted into a mini forest we find ourselves in a normal hall like before. The sound of the Minotaur's steps are gone. We are alone, hidden, lost.
~Eleanore Storm-District Four~
The night sky is beautiful; even if we are in the games I still love it. My allies are only partially asleep. I can't blame them, with the beast out there making all that noise who could sleep? Turquoise is lying on top of a sleeping bag, gripping a trident in her hands. Her brother Brent has his back against the wall and is trying not to wince at every move he makes. Jack is curled into a ball beside me. I look down the hall to see the girl from Eleven peeking around the corner for the eighth time tonight. She doesn't think we have noticed her presence, but to her bad luck we have. I tap Jack on the shoulder. He awakens in fright, knives poised to attack.
"Calm down Jack. It's your turn for watch." I whisper. He frowns at me then moves so I can take his place on his sleeping bag.
"What are we going to do about District Eleven? She's been following us all day." Jack whispers. I frown and stand up.
"Brent, watch the camp please." I whisper. He nods.
"It's not like I'll be able to defend it if that thing comes here. Where are you going?" He asks.
"I think Jack and I are going to pay our little friend a visit." I purr. I grab my trident and Jack puts two daggers in his belt. "We are going to loop around and meet get behind her so she doesn't notice us coming." I whisper in Jacks ear. I start in a steady run away from the girl and our camp with Jack close behind.
"If I remember correctly it should be right, then a left then the next three rights." Jack mutters.
We run down the halls, trying to find the girl. We only have to back track once when we miss our corridor, but soon enough we see the girl crouching on the ground with knives in her hands. I look at Jack and he raises an eyebrow. I then look at the girl and nod. He takes one of his daggers out of his belt and throws it at the girl. We hear a little squeak come from her then her body slumps to the ground. She lays still for some time, but where's the cannon?
"She's not dead Jack, we should finish her off." I whisper. We sneak over to her body to see Jacks knife pierced into the wall. "Shit Jack run!" I yell. Jack runs back the way we came while I stand beside the girl who is leaping at me. The girl is off the ground and on my body. She stabs her knife into my shoulder before I can throw her off. She hits the wall with a thud. She stands up and throws her knife at me. I dodge it and catch the handle of the blade. Her smile fades when I throw it at her. She dodges it and sprints off down the hall. I moan at the pain in my shoulder and turn the corner to make it back to my camp. Jack makes it back from the other side at the same time I do.
"She got away." I moan. Jack sighs and sits back down. Guess we have to move on then.
~Ambrosia Barrington-District Five - Winner of the 100th Hunger Games~
The anthem plays around the maze. The five faces shine in the sky.
Eli Zuman-District Five
Jason Matthews-District Seven
Jayden Crush-District Eleven
Sahara Quill-Capitol
Lane Hallows-Capitol
I frown at the sight of the boy from my District, the one who I was supposed to mentor, the one who is now dead. I can't help but feel that it's my fault he is dead. The moment I saw Eli I knew he would die, I didn't want him to but I knew he would. I can't say the same for the other four, I didn't know them. Jason and Jayden I thought would die due to their low scores but I was proven wrong when Triella survived the first day, and she only got a three. The two Capitol kids is what I was least expecting. I thought they would have at least passed the first week. But when Trent killed his twin brother, all of us Victors were shocked. These games are going to be hard. They will die, be hurt, have their wits tested and get lost. There will be deaths, lost deaths.
Capitol Questions of the Day!
1: Do you think Ronan, Lake, Felicit, Zanther, Kyla, Trent or Triella will ever return to their allies at the cornucopia?
2: How will the Minotaur make things harder for the tributes?
3: Do you think the Briona the girl from Eleven will last much longer in the games if she takes risks like following careers?
4: Who do you want to see in the next chapter?
5: Who do you want to see die?
6: Who do you want to see win as of now?
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