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AFTER THE DEATH of the girl from district eight, Thana keeps looking around herself and Jack. Scared that the words from the girl were going to be true and she and Jack would die within an hour. Jack notices jumpiness in Thana's movements and tries his best to comfort her and let her be. Though he feels extremely ashamed of freezing at such an important time that could be crucial in a matter of life and death. It would've been his fault if Thana didn't survive. But with nine people left he must go on, though Jack feels like he would've deserved it if he had died seeing that he wasn't there for his ally, for Thana, for the beautiful girl as radiant as the sun.
Walking is getting harder by the minute for Thana and no mater how hard she tried, it is slowing the two down. Which all increases the jumpiness of the girl from district 9.
"How is your leg?" Jack asks the girl just behind him.
"Burning like hell," Thana chuckles softly, "but I will be okay, don't worry."
"I'll try not to," Jack offers the sun-like girl a smile as he wraps his arm around her waist in support. "But I shall warn you that it probably won't work."
Thana laughs softly at the boy and lays her head upon his shoulder, "then allow me to worry about you as well Jack." Sincerity lies in her eyes as Jack slowly nods. "Great, now le---" BOOM! The light conversation between the allies is intervened by the sound of a canon which makes them look up. BOOM! Another tribute just died, and Thana feels a shiver go up her back.
"2 more down," the boy from 8 comments, "that means---" BOOM!
"They are falling like leaves," Thana anxiously looks around. BOOM!
"Only 6 of us left," Jack finishes his statement after the last canon shot.
"This is good news and bad news in one," Thana states as the two hurry into a wilder part of the swamp.
As they do so they hear the Capitol song. "Ladies and gentlemen," the voice of Caesar Flickerman echoes through the arena. "Tomorrow from noon to afternoon there will be a feast at the cornucopia. There will be something for each one of you that you desperately need."
Thana and Jack lock eyes and immediately turn back to where they think the cornucopia is. This could be their chance for survival, seeing how bad their infected wounds look.
That evening the faces of the fallen tributes are being shown. District 1 has still both tributes, district 2 only the boy, district 8 has Jack, and district 9 both Harl and Thana. The last six out of 24 tributes, one fourth left. Jack and Thana have no idea who the last careers are, but Thana does know her district partner sort of. So, stress is very much present between the two as they set up their camp for the night close to the cornucopia if Thana must believe Jack. The girl loves the boy with all her heart and trust the boy completely. She knows Jack loves her back, just the same platonic very strong love not bound to blood but by choice and acceptance. Thana could get lost in his dark brown chocolate like eyes for hours and feel incredibly safe. She hopes he feels the same way about her light brown hazel like eyes. Sometimes it is as if dark and light meet when the two are together, the moon like presence of Jack with his dark eyes against the sun like presence of Thana with light eyes. Maybe that is why they work so well as allies, who knows. The Capitol certainly doesn't.
That morning of the feast, or as Thana and Jack call it; dinner with the devil. Though no devil will be present, the devil will be comfortable somewhere in the Capitol. Watching the tributes still standing fighting for their lives in his sick games. Jack climbs in a tree again to see which way the cornucopia is, teamwork is key right now. It is not smart to both go running towards the feast, at least if it is what they expect. So, Jack will go, and Thana will try to give him cover the best she can, but for that everything needs to go according to plan.
Not far away from the cornucopia the last standing careers also contemplate their way of survival. Though would one of them fall, they don't care if it is not themselves. Especially seeing that they make up half of the tributes still alive. One way or another they will turn on each other and they all know it, just not when or how. So, staying on your guard is crucial for them now. None of them have seen any of the other three surviving tributes after the battle of the cornucopia, which makes it very hard to make any kind of estimation of their strength, tactic and state they are in. The loyalties between the three of them is non-existent, which is a great contrast between Thana and Jack.
Also, not far away from the cornucopia, Harl is eating. He has been left alone when his ally; the girl from district 7, died yesterday. It was not that they walked into the careers or other tributes, no. The girl sadly died from terrible wounds that she got during the very first days of the games. He sometimes wondered how Thana was doing, he never saw the girl to be a good fighter, but apparently, she still happens to be alive. He guessed she was either hiding somewhere or being helplessly stuck with the male tribute from district 8. How wrong the boy could be, but then again, Harl never really knew Thana and her family. Only the sad history that the family carries with themselves, which if Harl would win and kill their youngest daughter would become way worse. Yeah, the boy would have no problem killing his district partner.
Precisely at noon multiple bags could be seen standing at the entrance of the cornucopia, all labelled by name. from left to right it reads: Gem, Quartz, Marcellus, Jack, Thana and lastly Harl. This gives away all the names of the last tributes, Jack and Thana very lucky to have their personal bags standing next to each other. Their gratitude is seen in smiles and a fast squeeze between their hands. All around the cornucopia it is silence, all tributes wait in anticipation of the first moves. Moves no one dares to make.
After waiting for about an hour the first movement comes, the girl from the career pack, Gem starts to sprint towards her bag. A millisecond later Harl also starts his sprint. And then chaos emits over the ground. All six tributes are on the field just before the entrance of the cornucopia. Jack and Thana cover each other's back as good as they can while Quartz tries to shoot arrows in them. At the same time, they also fight with Marcellus while the girl, Gem attacks Harl. As soon as Quartz runs out of arrows, he joins Gem to fight with Harl. Two against one, pretty unfair, so after a good hit from Gem's sword Harl is being impaled by a spear of Quartz in his back. Blood drips out of his mouth as he staggers in pain. BOOM!
With that one down and four more to go for the games to be finished.
The second bloodbath of the games have started, lots of blood lies everywhere on the grass field as the five all fight to win and go home. Swords and knives are being pushed and scraped against and in anyone they can find. Heavy breaths fill the air, and they all know this is the end. Here is where the games will end after their horrible stay in this arena.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Nora speaking!
The games are finaly done! Did I rush it? Maybe. We have a victor, sadly this means saying goodbye to the living version of some characters, but with pain in my heart I had to let one of my beloved characters die
Oh and sorry for the super late update, uni life has been killing me and it is only my first year (which means I have had 3,5 weeks). So sorry, I try to update soon again. I just need to get the finishing touches in my heart about how I go further in this story.
I love all of you reading this story, this is my first story that has already gone through some version, it is my baby. So thank you for reading this book <3
