A/N: Thanks to RealFiction, ThatHufflepuff, Charliesunshine, Kiliflower, beauthg, richards25, Nevergone4ever and Oxenstierna D. Yuki-Rin for reviewing!
I've tried something different for the arena in this chapter; something that I'm amazed that I haven't thought of using before.
I hope you enjoy today's chapter :)
"Throw it away; 'Cause I got the patience
To see that you drown; To watch you go down."
- Rob Swire, 2010.
The 59th Annual Hunger Games
Holly Thorpe (16), District 9 Female
Pendulum - Comprachicos (2010)
I turn the corner sharply, desperate to close the gap to my enemy. Another minute, and the Games could all be over.
I'm not entirely sure how the boy from District 3 survived until the final two. He's barely over five feet tall, has no strength and no apparent weapons. Surely he's got something up his sleeve.
As I weave through the corridors of the large school where this year's Games are set, I realise how the boy has survived. He has survived the same way that I have, by using stealth.
It was easy to cut the Careers down to size this year. In the tight, claustrophobic corridors of the old school, it was impossible for them to hunt in groups; there are too many hiding spaces in all the school's classrooms for pack hunting to be effective. Add in the element of surprise I gained from my stealth, and it was easy to swing one-on-one fights in my favour. I took out three of the Careers myself; both from Two and the boy from District 4. I don't know how the other three died, but all six were dead within the first week.
After that, it became apparent to the Capitol public that several tributes that had never been considered for victory - such as myself and the boy from District 3 - were suddenly gaining support rapidly.
The second week saw my intake in gifts from sponsors increase exponentially. Extra food stopped me from having to scavenge supplies from the tributes that I killed. A new weapon - a long, curved dagger - helped my take my tally of kills to seven - and luxuries such as a first-aid kit have rendered me virtually invincible. I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I know that I should come out if this arena alive.
The boy from Three continues to flee until I chase him into the science block, which only has one exit. I'm slightly cautious once I enter as I know that the boy has set up camp in here; I remember seeing him run this way at the start of the Games, and I've seen him loitering around the science block from a distance throughout the Games.
I follow him down another corridor until he slips into a classroom at the end of the corridor, slamming the door behind him.
I open the door after him, as he makes no attempt to barricade the entrance, and I suddenly understand why.
The workbenches in this particular chemistry classroom are covered with equipment; dozens of beakers, test tubes, filtration devices and many other things I don't recognise that all come together to a single tube leading into a container, which I can see is steadily filling with a liquid. Whatever it is, I know it won't be good news.
Damn, this boy's clever.
The boy from District 3 stands calmly on the far side of the classroom, sitting on a workbench with a lit Bunsen burner next to him. I watch him pick up a wooden splint that lies next to him, dip in the flame, and I watch the burning wood soar gracefully through the air into the unfriendly-looking liquid.
I don't even have time to move before there is a flash of white and then nothing.
The end of the 59th Games were an anticlimax. The boy from District 3 had managed to produce an extremely flammable liquid using the school's chemistry supply, and planned to use it as a trap. However, his trap was too powerful, and seriously injured both himself and the girl from District 9, Holly. As the science block burned down around them, both tributes lay on the cold floor, unconscious. The boy from District 3 was the first to succumb to the smoke and the flames, meaning that Holly Thorpe of District 9 was the victor of the 59th Annual Hunger Games.
A/N: If you enjoyed this chapter, please review! As ever, constructive criticism is welcomed :)
I published a new story yesterday, a fanfic for 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. If anyone has read those books and wants to check it out, then I'd appreciate it if you did :)
With thanks,
GM97 :)
