The wave hurls towards the tributes at the cornucopia~
Riva Billion / District 6 / POV
It's too late to make a getaway. The wave is already crashing towards the cornucopia while everyone runs for cover in panic.
I brace myself beside the boulder and cuddle up to the tarantula waiting for our fate.
I watch as the wave collides into the side of the cornucopia and then it...
Ashlie Anders / District 2 / POV
I'm clutching onto Carroll's arm as the cornucopia explodes in a blinding light forcing us backwards into the burning sand. I feel myself catching ablaze and before I can react I am pulled out of Carroll's grip and into the water of the tsunami.
Excruciating jolts of pain ripple through my body as the debris of what once was the cornucopia hurls into me. I struggle to take hold of a tree as I observe the situation I'm in. I can't find Carroll anywhere- then I see the remains of someone who was once my friend. It's not Carroll, but Jarrod Limestone, who is now filled with bullets, his body adrift.
Ben Horx desperately tries to climb a tree.
Ginger Griffiths writhing body hurls into a tree, her back first, probably killing her instantly.
Matt Marley / District 12 / POV
Ellie and I get the full view of the cornucopia from our high spot on the tree. The whole arena has already no sign of land and is now only water and the tops of trees. A lot of people must have died from the explosion, some drowning. I wonder how many are still alive.
"I should've known the cornucopia was explosive. It's shaped like an underwater mine anyway." Ellie says.
"Well, what surprised me more was that there were guns as weapons."
Ellie rolls her eyes and continues watching the devastation from below. Someone has been smashed up against a boulder, but I can't make out who it is. Several bodies float around in the water, some helplessy swimming in any direction.
I bet everyone at home would be enetertained and laughing by now. Except for the tribute parents. Well... I guess there's less than 8 of us left, so by now they'd be having the tribute interviews. One round of all the dead tributes parents, the other round with all the living tributes parents.
This reminds me of my mother. She'll probably still be in bed, sick from disease, to be interviewed by Caesar Flickerman and his crew in our home. Who knows? She may have already died. I just hope she's not suffering anymore. I've been thinking deeply about whether I want to win, which I do, but there are other people who need it too. I don't think my mother will make it either way, whether I win or not, whether I can get the medicine for her.
I don't know what to do.
DAY 8 - AFTER HOURS
Ashlie Anders / District 2 / POV
I'm gripping onto some sort of hut when the water has finally flushed out of the arena in just a moment. I take a scan of my surroundings. I'm in a sort of village with empty houses and there are thousands of dying piranhas all over the ground.
In the distance I spot the body of Ginger Griffiths which has been mauled up by the piranhas. They must've been attracted by the blood spilt when she crashed against the tree earlier.
And there, near me I see my only friend left in these games. I rush towards him but collapse in agony as the pain from being thrown around and burned by the explosion and waves kicks in to my system.
I curl up on the ground and cry myself to sleep.
Ellie Jackson / District 8 / POV
The Capitol anthem plays out, and once again, we are shown the tribute deaths.
District 4's Carroll King.
District 5's Ginger Griffiths.
District 7's Renee Lookluck.
District 9's Jarrod Limestone.
That leaves 7 of us left competing to win the 76th hunger games.
Matt and I are still in the tree uninjured, giving us an advantage over the other tributes. We witnessed how badly beaten the other tributes were during the feast. I remember seeing someone thrown against a tree. And another bashing their head on a boulder.
Matt's been sobbing for a while as well. I don't blame him. This is sick. The way we're all killed so mercilessly.
I make a last minute look around at the tributes to see their state.
Someone who I make out to be Sam Wattle is limping his way into the forest.
The rest are all collapsed onto the sand or out of sight.
ALLIANCES: DAY 8
ALLIANCE 1
District 1: Blondie Hickey
District 3: Sam Wattle
ALLIANCE 2
District 8: Ellie Jackson
District 12: Matt Marley
Ashlie Anders is the only remaining career.
Riva Billion is also teamed up with the tarantula.
-The other remaining tributes have no known alliance-
DEATHS
Day 8
8th - Carroll King [4] - Drowned from being constantly covered by the waves. - Killed by: Water
9th - Ginger Griffiths [5] - Her back slams into a tree from the waves, later being mauled. - Killed by: Tree / Piranha Muttations
Feast Deaths
10th - Renee Lookluck [7] - While attempting an escape, is shot in the neck with a bow and arrows. - Killed by: Riva Billion [6]
11th - Jarrod Limestone [9] - Shot repeatedly with a machine gun after attempting an attack. - Killed by: Renee Lookluck [7]
Day 7
Day 6
12th - Renata Pendal [3] - Stabbed in the stomach while trying to tell her to stop. - Killed by: Ginger Griffiths [5]
Day 5
Day 4
13th - Sonya Cerulean [4] - Attempts to block off Ellie in the ocean before she is shredded to pieces and is devoured by piranha muttations. Killed by: Piranha Muttations
Day 3
14th - Helenna Rush [13] - After an attempt escape from the Careers, has an axe thrown into her back, killing her. Killed by: Sonya Cerulean [4]
15th - Joey Martin [6] - Accidentally attracts attention by dropping his bow and arrows. Weaponless, is killed with the same bow and arrow. Killed by: Renee Lookluck [7]
Day 2
16th - Curtis Klaus [2] - Attacks Blondie in the forest after she dumps him. He is then ultimately killed with a sword. Killed by: Sam Wattle [3]
Day 1
17th - Charlotte Amberwill [10] - While sheltering in the forest, she is caught by surprise and struck in the back of the head with a knife. Killed by: Jarrod Limestone [9]
18th - Zac Austin [5] - Slashed in the head with a sword by Matt Marley. Soon, he stabs himself to end his pain. Matt takes credit for his death. Killed by: Matt Marley [12]
Bloodbath deaths
19th - Steve Kansas [11] - Knived in the back after an attempt to kill Ashlie Anders. Killed by: Curtis Klaus [2]
20th - Emily Jones [12] - After an attempt escape from the bloodbath, an axe is lodged into her back, killing her. Killed by: Sonya Cerulean [4]
21st - Sareth Maxarain [11] - Her corpse is seen by Matt Marley, with an axe in her back, implying her death was by an axe. Killed by: Sonya Cerulean [4]
22nd - Keam Paterson [8] - After failing to kill Ashlie Anders, she throws a knife back at him and it settles into his forehead. Killed by: Ashlie Anders [2]
23rd - Campbell Terrier [9] - Pierced in the heart with a sword after attempting a kill on Keam Paterson -Killed by: Keam Paterson [8]
24th - Jax Nexas [1] - Confronted and whacked to death with a spiked mace in revenge for Brad's death -Killed by: Charlotte Amberwill [10]
25th - Rees Jules [13] - Loses concentration and gets sliced in the torso with a sword while witnessing Jax Nexas' death. Killed by: Ellie Jackson [8]
26th - Brad Velvet [10] - Fought with Jax Nexas over a backpack, before being stabbed in the stomach with a sword - Killed by: Jax Nexas [1]
CURRENT RECORD OF THE TRIBUTES IN THE ARENA: DAY 8
District 1: Blondie Hickey - Whereabouts: In a cave, near a river, in the forest (before the wave hits). Weapons: Bow and arrows.
District 2: Ashlie Anders - Whereabouts: In the abandoned village. Weapons: Throwing knives, spear.
District 3: Sam Wattle - Whereabouts: Limping his way into the forest. Weapons: Sword.
District 6: Riva Billion - Whereabouts: In the desert feast, with the tarantula (before the wave hits). Weapons: Bow and arrows, sword, throwing knives.
District 7: Ben Horx - Whereabouts: In the desert feast (before the wave hits). Weapons: Shotgun, tomahawk axe, throwing knives.
District 8: Ellie Jackson - Whereabouts: In the forest, in a tall tree with Matt. Weapons: Dagger.
District 12: Matt Marley - Whereabouts: In the forest, in a tall tree with Ellie. Weapons: Traps.