Elias Pataki,16, District 5 male
I only gaze at myself in the mirror for a moment, feeling nothing but anger rising in me. All I see is a curse, a monster, just a revolting face, and hunchback that I was born with, but there's nothing I can do about it… There's so many things we have no control of. It's the rolling of the dice. What parents we'll end up with, our physical appearance, any health problems that we're prone too. The dice was rolled for me, and all I see is an embarrassment…
I clench my fists as I look away from my rusty dirty mirror and go over to my desk to check on my chemistry station that's brewing and just the thought of using it brings a small smile to my face. And i load a cartridge of acid bullets into my handgun that I created myself. I'm deep in my lair right now that's hidden in the sewers but a contract came in earlier today and I'm getting ready to head out soon, but first I'll eat my dinner which consists of a simple salad, something i consider better than literally anything this district has to offer, whether it's meat, candy, anything!
I go into my mini fridge and start preparing a salad for myself and it doesn't take long to make. I get paid well for my profession and I can easily afford a better home, but I won't allow myself to be around all of the beautiful and handsome faces in this fucking district, even just breathing in the same air as them absolutely sickens me, I can't stand them!! Why do they get to be so beautiful and handsome, while I have to suffer in this ugly, broken shell of a body of mines? it's not fair, it's not! But they'll all feel my pain!
I stab my fork into my lettuce and gaze at it for a moment before bringing it to my mouth biting into it and the amazing taste of it helps calm me down a little.
My parents abandoned me when I was only an Infant because of my deformities. was born with a large hunchback and a revolting face that I hated to even look at. I never knew who they were nor did I ever try to find them, fuck them!
I lived in an orphanage where I was constantly bullied for my hunchback and face and I finally had enough and ran away at the age of 12 to the sewers. It turns out there was a lair hidden in these sewers that I assume must've been used as a rebel base many years ago but this is where I made my home ever since.
I first tasted rejection at the age of 10 where I confessed my feelings to a girl in the orphanage named Emiko. She promptly rejected me, even calling me a "filthy hunchback" and ever since I've come to hate pretty girls and handsome boys, they were blessed with such a gift and they only used it to their advantage to stand above everyone else who they deemed inferior to them but this is why I'm called the equalizer, they're all still just flesh under those beautiful layers of skin and I can take all of those blessed gifts away in an instant!
I've always had a love for chemistry and began using it to my advantage, independently going around and disfiguring anyone with my corrosive weapons that i considered attractive because why not? My acts soon began catching the attention of underground crime bosses and other sinister fellows who hired me to disfigure their beautiful ex boyfriends and girlfriends who wronged them in the past. I was paid well for these hits and was also promised their protection, so no one would dare try to mess with me.
This latest contract is the wife of a low class mobster, he apparently found out she's been having an affair when she goes out to "work" late at night and she apparently leaves this guy's house around the same time everyday so that's where I'm heading off too now.
I grab my gear which consists of my handgun, several cartridges of corrosive ammo and also some vials of chemicals and I take my leave.
There's a breeze out here that makes me shiver for a moment but I can't help but grin as I just imagine disfiguring the face of this dirty little unfaithful whore! Just imagining those screams will bring music to my ears! I walk with a limp as I struggle with my hunchback but I pass by a liquor store and see a girl around my age standing in front of it with a desperate look on her face, I've seen her before, apparently she's an avid party goer around the district, I pay her no mind, but if she gets in my way, she'll pay!
"Hey dude!" she suddenly calls out to me and I turn around to shoot her a glare but it doesn't seem to faze her that much.
"What's up! You look old enough! You think you can buy some booze from me from this store, you know I'm like still underage and all ha! Well according to them anyways! I'll pay you though, like whether you want weed or money, I got you!" she pleads but I only give her a menacing growl before limping away from her.
"Sheesh…thanks anyways…" I hear her mumble.
What a stupid and naïve bitch! She's lucky I didn't shoot her in the face! But she won't be so lucky next time she disrespects me!
It takes about ten minutes to reach the residence where this woman is supposedly at and I decide to hide in the shadows until she leaves, there's a possibility she already left but it's highly unlikely, i'll just stay invisible and be on the lookout.
I check my handgun again and see my firepit corrosive bullets that I loaded into them. The firepit corrosive bullets were some of my strongest corrosive creations. It was enough to burn through almost all the fleshly layers under the skin until almost the skeletal structure was exposed, I usually saved this one for the unfaithful ones like her.
The door to this residence I'm standing near suddenly opens up and the woman I'm targeting is escorted outside by a male which I'm assuming is the one she's having the affair with but I remain in the shadows. I won't have a chance of catching her if she flees away…
"I had an amazing night as always Hamil" The woman who's name is Gloria according to the contract hugs and kisses Hamil. She is quite the beauty though, the wind causing her blond hair to gently blow across her beautiful face.
"You need to leave that loser already Gloria, he's no good for you!" I hear Hamil.
"I know, one day though Hamil, just bear with me for a little longer ok?" She smiles as she kisses him and I only grimace at this, but mostly in jealousy. Love is something that some travesty like me can never achieve… but it hurts seeing everyone else around me able to achieve it so easily.
"You don't have a lot of time though, how long till he finds out about…the baby." Hamil asks, well well this is quite the bombshell, not only is she having an affair but she's carrying this dude's baby as well? Maybe I should pass this info along!
"Everything will be ok Hamil, I promise, just trust me ok?" She kisses him again and they embrace each other for a moment but I'm just waiting for this to end, its painful to watch, literally!
Thankfully she leaves shortly afterwards and once this doofus goes back inside the house, that's when I start tailing her. My corrosive bullets doesn't have a lot of range so I'd have to get pretty close to her to get a sure shot but if she catches whiff of me and breaks into a sprint, the mission fails.
I try to match her footsteps as I tail behind her but I notice she's looking around constantly, probably from her guilty conscious of being unfaithful. Its literally empty out here right now and it just feels like it's me and her walking out here with the wind following us as we pass by numerous different homes, but she abruptly starts to turn around and I manage to hide behind a dumpster before she can see me. Dammit that was close, I need to finish this and quickly! I can still see her looking around almost like she senses I'm following her, but she mumbles something before she starts walking again and I start tailing her again.
I try to pick up my speed and I'm gradually getting closer to her as we're about to pass another dumpster and a large rat suddenly runs past her causing her to shriek aloud but this is my opportunity! I lunge in as quickly as I can!
"Gloria you unfaithful whore!" I greet her pulling out my handgun and she freezes for a moment before turning around and I quickly pull the trigger as my firepit corrosive bullet breaks over her face immediately melting her skin and flesh as she immediately shrieks and falls to ground clutching her face and I only let out a chuckle as I quickly take a picture for proof As she's flailing and crying all over the ground. Her screaming is going to attract a lot of attention though, I can't stay here and I immediately take my leave as the job is already finished. I reach the mobsters home soon after to submit the proof and to get my pay and I knock on his door where it swiftly opens.
"Hello, Eli the job is done is presume?" he gives me a weary look.
"See for yourself." I show him the picture of her new corrosive burned appearance and I see a grin spread over his face.
"Heh well done Eli! Here's your payment as promised!" he hands me a bag full of coins which I gratefully take.
"There's something else you should know too, Maurice, apparently your unfaithful wife has a bun in the oven!" I announce to him and he's of course shocked to hear this.
"What!? No way!" he gasps.
"Do I have any reason to lie to you? anyways if you don't have anymore work for me, I'll be taking my leave" I begin to limp away.
"Wait Eli!" Maurice calls me and I turn around giving him an impatient look.
"Eli…have you ever taken a life before?" Maurice asks me and I can't help but grin.
"No, but there's a first time for everything right?" I continue grinning.
"Hmmph, I may just have another contract for you then." Maurice informs me and I'm all ears…
Amira Voltair, 16, District 5 female
"Amira…you sure you don't need any help with that!?" Issac asks as we race up the stairs but I'm literally balancing four bottles of booze under each arm.
"I got it buddy boy, you just worry about the weed and other stuff you got on you!" I assure him.
"Yeah the weeds fine Amira, its actually quite a small tasked compared to what you're doing…" he states.
Once we reach the 4th floor I'm practically gasping for air but hey! We got a party going on tonight that I wasn't invited too, so you know, I'm just going to invite myself in!
"Here we go!" I shout getting ready to kick the door in.
"Amira wait! Don't do that!" Issac tries to stop me but without any hesitation I quickly kick the door completely off it's hinges and I'm met to loud music the smell of booze, cigs, body odor and gosh it smells like heaven in here! Dozens of shocked party goers are just staring at me though.
"Why hello everyone! You guys thought you were just going to have a party without inviting the biggest party girl over!?" I exclaim, like seriously everyone in this district knows I'm the biggest party girl, how dare they!?
"Amira you just broke my door, like do you know how much this is going to cost!?" Alyssa the girl who lives here cups her hands around her face giving me a shocked look.
"Oh its nothing some booze and weed won't fix! Let's get lit yall!!" I dive into the party and immediately jump into the fun. I waste no time taking two shots of every drink they have available in here and my buddy Isaac manages to roll up a few blunts and passes me two of them and I switch between the both of them puffing them repeatedly and down an entire pint of beer.
At this point I'm getting fucking wasted and everyone here is just partying and getting lit with me. I jump on top of a table and begin dancing, shaking my ass and singing intelligible words with the microphone someone bought over for Karaoke night I'm assuming. All the party goers starts surrounding the table though and clapping and cheering for me while I continue dancing and singing and some of them are even throwing money at me, gosh am i a fucking stripper now!?
"Yeah, shake that ass Amira!!" I hear Alyssa who's of course in good spirits now and I do exactly that and she jumps up on the table with me and dances with me, she wraps her arms around my waist and I grind my body against hers as whistles ring out.
"Ayyyye girl you got the grip on me!" I drunkenly compliment her.
"I can show you a lot of other surprises!" she whispers in my ear.
"Come on girl, you know I'm spoken for!" I laugh nearly losing my balance on the table.
"Alright yall! Who's ready to catch yo'girl!" I scream aloud and more cheers ring out, yes I love this!
"Amira, get off the table before you get yourself killed!" I hear Isaac but can't see him amidst all of this chaos
"What's the point in living if you can't enjoy risking your life!?" I drunkenly exclaim before taking my leap of faith.
"Amira!!" I hear Isaac yell out but I completely black out afterwards.
"Amira, Amira get up dammit!" I hear a familiar voice as I start coming to my senses and I see my girlfriend Quinn staring into my eyes and I can see Isaac beside her.
"Geez you're finally up! The hells wrong with you!?" Isaac comments
"Quinn, holy fuck how'd you get here!?" I rub my eyes but I look around to see I'm still at the party but almost everyone is gone and I can see light coming through the windows, just how long was I out anyways?
"Well that's a stupid question, anywhere there's a party that's where you're gonna be at, you were out for hours though, looks like your tolerance is getting worse" Quinn jokes.
"Quinn, dammit, fuck I have to pee!!" I jump to my feet and nearly run into a wall as I'm still pretty hungover."
"Girl relax! You don't even know where you're going! Here take my hand, let me take you!" Quinn guides me to the bathroom and I can finally release all of this god damn booze in my body. Gosh I feel like crap though, like literally uggghh.
Quinn, she was my girlfriend of two years now and she was usually the one dragging me out of parties after I got too wasted. She's a lot more serious than me but she loves to smoke and every once in a while attend a party with me. I'm considered a legend in this district I guess, I never missed a single party here and even when there's parties that's trying to be held lowkey, I always catch whiff of it, these parties are where I belong, they're my home!
"You done in there yet!?" I hear Quinn knocking on the door as I flush the toilet and wash my hands.
"Why what's up!?" I ask clutching my head and Quinn barges in.
"Whoa I haven't even pulled my skirt up yet!" I state but she doesn't really seem to care.
"Didn't we have a conversation…" she practically mumbles.
"About what!?" I ask with legit confusion.
"Issac, you told me you were going to stop hanging out with him all the time, you know how I feel about this Amira…" Quinn tells me.
Yeah before me and Quinn met, me and Issac were romantically involved with each other. I met Quinn shortly after me and him stopped dating, but we still remained friends which Quinn didn't seem to be too ok with.
"It wasn't planned Quinn, we just both happened to be going to the same party and ran into each other." I try explaining to her.
"Still Amira… you wouldn't like if I was still talking to people I had relations with, show me the same type of respect please." Quinn states and I only sigh.
"Can we please not get into this right now Quinn? i'm high and hungover as hell!" I roll my eyes as I exit the bathroom and I see Isaac who's helping Alyssa clean up the house and he notices me and walks up to me.
"Hey you ok?" he asks with some concern.
"Yeah we're fine!" Quinn butts in and practically yanks me out of the apartment.
"Quinn what the hell!?" I yank my arm away from her, like what's her deal?
"We need to get to the square, the reapings are going to be starting soon." She informs me.
"Fuck, that's right!?" I slap my forehead, I literally forgot all about that!
"Well that's two more of us dead, when's the last time we even had a victor!?" I laugh.
"Yeah I'm glad you're finding this funny, definitely a joking matter!" Quinn sarcastically responds.
"Gosh you're such a buzzkill sometimes! Anyways can we stop by my place? I wanna make a rootbeer float!" I ask.
"We can do that after Amira, cmon!" she rushes me.
"Sheesh!" I mumble, ugh I really do need a root beer float though, that's like literally my version of a morning coffee, but I'll just have to endure and survive.
We reach the square shortly after and I get my blood drawn and me and Quinn have to go our separate ways for now since she's a year older than me, and I'm still pretty hungover and cant process much but I see the escort Dwight who's like 2 feet tall and has to stand on a high stool as he goes over the usual stuff and I honestly doze off. There's several girls here greeting me but I'm a little too zoned out to interact with them.
"Now ahem without further ado, let us start with our females for this year!" Dwight announces as he jumps off his stool and walks over to female's bowl where he has to get on another stool.
"Amira Voltair!" Dwight announces and it's like hearing that almost completely sobers be up, what the fuck…how!?
I was reaped h- ok relax, stay calm girl! You got this! I take a deep breath and begin walking towards the stage as I can feel so many eyes just staring at me, I guess they were never imagining the biggest party goer in the district to get reaped and slaughtered soon after, no- no I can't have that mindset! Like look at the Victors from the last two games, two complete underdogs! Surely this'll happen again this year right…right!?
Anyways I nearly trip and fall on my ass once I reach the stage but I manage to catch my balance.
"I did that on purpose! Was hoping you'll try and catch me at least!" I joke with Dwight and a few laughs can be heard as I turn around and paint a smile on my face towards the crowd, anything to appear likable to the viewers…
"Ahem, anyways do we have any volunteers?" Dwight asks but of course no one volunteers…of course not…
"Well off to the males then!" Dwight walks over to the males bowl and has to walk up onto a high stool to pull out a name but I can hear a ruckus in the male's crowd in the 16 year old section, it sounds like arguing?
"And then you wastes of life! Only want to stand idle and watch while I'm being harassed and bullied! This is unforgivable!" I hear but I can't exactly see who it's coming from, the hell is going on though?
"Elias Pataki!" Dwight announces and the ruckus them seems to subside and from the crowd I see a male with a severe hunchback limping out from the crowd with a scowl over his face, wait I saw this same dude last night! When I was trying to buy booze for the party, I eventually found someone to buy me the booze but wow he was a real dickhead! Had no idea he was only 16 though, he looks way older! It occurs to me that he was the one yelling just now…
He has a dark and angry look over his face as he limps to the stage where he immediately grabs the microphone from Dwight's hand.
"Everyone in this fucking district is a scumbag!! You all wanna bully me, look down on me! Disrespect me! But I swear, everyone in this fucking district is going to pay! All of you are!!" he drops the mic to the floor and proceeds to spit in the crowd of 12 year old boys as I can hear gasps ring out, and he quickly shoves me and Dwight out of the way as he heads towards the justice building.
"You're excused…dickhead!" I say to him but he only continues walking away, the hell is his problem though!? Maybe I'll share some of my weed with him later to calm him down though.
"Well ahem, please welcome our tributes for district 5 this year…" Dwight announces and just to try to lift the now gloomy ass mood here I give myself a round of applause and quickly do a quick spin and bow before taking my leave, gosh I got my fucking work cut out for me…
Yes guys here i am back after a year and change away! life has been absolutely hectic in this last year or so and like yeah time flies! Here i am though back in the flesh and bone! i don't know if any of you guys are still around but that won't effect anything cause i'm still going to finish this story regardless! Heres our tributes for district 5 though! and i'll be back soon with another district that i'm just going to randomly choose, till next time!