The Capitol was unwillingly forced to bid their Head Gamemaker 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 adieu when she retired from her job in favor of becoming a stylist for the tribute parade. As her replacement, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞 appointed a man about 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞's age, with a keen and clever build and curious eyes. His name was 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚, and the instant he walked into the Gamemaker's lab he set to work planning out an intricate and exhilarating arena that he promised would be the most exciting yet. The president was then set to the difficult job of hiring twenty-four stylists for the tributes. Out of the thousands of auditions, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞 selected his two dozen favorite and set them to the work of decorating the tributes in costumes representing their district's industry.
The arena for the seventh Hunger Games was a massive cave system. The ground of the arena was flat and rough, and it was peppered with huge holes that the tributes could crawl into and navigate the entire arena without ever seeing the light of day. The cornucopia stood in the very center, on a stone platform with stairs leading up to it on all sides. It was filled with the typical commodities, of course, but there was something in the cornucopia that had never been seen in the games before. Flashlights and batteries. Almost half of the cornucopia was dedicated to piles upon piles of flashlights and entire cases and barrels of batteries to give the tributes the aid of sight in the darkness of the underground caves. It was also filled with weapons of every type imaginable.
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As for the tributes that would be competing in this spectacular arena, the array of teenagers was not at all unlike that of last year. Of the six careers, three were volunteers. They were both of the tributes from District 1 and the boy from District 4. The District 1 pair was actually very similar. In fact, one might mistake the two for a brother and sister pair. Both had the same tall stance, and both had the same sharp glow and form of their faces as well as long arms and wide, flat feet. The District 2 boy was very tough and intimidating, and his district partner was much less skilled in the physical aspects of battle as she was in the mental aspects of battle, such as outsmarting her opponents. The District 4 pair both had similar appearances, with jet-black hair sprouting out of their heads and caramel colored skin.
The bloodbath of the seventh annual Hunger Games set a new record for the number of deaths in the first ten minutes; a whopping fourteen tributes would die in the initial fight! This was when the nation first saw what truly embodied the term "bloodbath": tributes running rampant and avoiding those more powerful than them, hastily grabbing supplies in a fractured scene of total chaos. It truly was a bloodbath. And it made the Capitol audience go crazy with excitement.
When the tributes arose in the arena, some were confused. All they saw was a rocky plain stretching out as far as the eye could see. It took some tributes longer than others to spot the network of holes and tunnels in the ground and to realize that the true splendor of the arena was underground and not aboveground.
The gong rang once the countdown reached zero, and the tributes all stormed forwards towards the bounty of supplies. It was less than forty seconds before the first kill was made. 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐚, who had reached the cornucopia and was shuffling through a crate of tools in panic, was very distracted. 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐰 took advantage of this moment of distraction by picking up a knife off of a table and sneaking up behind the girl. 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐚 heard the sound of 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐰's hand whistling through the air, and so grabbed a club from the crate and smashed 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐰 in the skull, leaving a dent in his temple.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the cornucopia, an exhilarated and energized 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞 picked up a bow and arrow off of the cold ground and pulled the bowstring back, aiming at a boy that looked to be an easy target. 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞 released her grasp on the arrow and it flew through the air, sinking into the side of the boy's head.
Nocking a second arrow in her bow, 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞 aimed this time for a girl who had just run into the mouth of the cornucopia. 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞's aim was perfect, and the arrow lodged itself into her calf as she fell to the ground and clutched the wound. A spray of scarlet exploded from the site of the puncture and she screamed in pain, but it was no use. Her eyes rolled back into her head less than twelve minutes later.
A knife tucked into his pocket, 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨 treaded as silently as possible towards a boy who was standing in a prone position to the left of the cornucopia. 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨 pounced upon the boy and forced him down, pinning him down to the ground. 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨 reached for his knife only to realize that it was not there. Confused, he wrinkled his face and fumbled for the weapon.
What had actually happened was this: clever 𝐌𝐚𝐜 had snuck up behind 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨 and pulled the knife out of his back pocket while he was trying to pin down his opponent. 𝐌𝐚𝐜 lifted the blade up and killed 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨 and the boy 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨 had failed to kill in rapid succession.
Less than five seconds after 𝐌𝐚𝐜 made his two debut kills, a duel came to a brutal end in another location near the mouth of the cornucopia. It was between 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 and 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞, and the clanging and banging of metal against metal had long filled the air when 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 stabbed 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 squarely in the stomach and he went completely limp.
Next, 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚 wielded an axe she had retrieved earlier and prowled into the cornucopia. She found one tribute hiding inside who was hoping to wait the bloodbath out. 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚's axe easily cleaved apart the girl's tiny frame.
Then, the careers made their routine meet-up at the mouth of the horn. The four that remained all stood close together and discussed their strategies and goals, assigning weapons and tasks and such. Once their gathering was over, they all pranced off to carry out the tasks assigned to them.
The next kill was made by 𝐑𝐞𝐲. Firmly clutching the machete he had retrieved from the cornucopia, he ran up to a girl who had slung a backpack over her shoulder and was now darting away from the horn. 𝐑𝐞𝐲 chased the girl for a very long time, but in the end the girl could not run from him. 𝐑𝐞𝐲 decapitated the girl in one clean swipe of his machete, something that both fascinated and terrified the Capitol audience.
When 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞 spotted an easy target barreling away from the cornucopia, she hastily reached over her shoulder and grabbed an arrow from her quiver, setting it in her bow and releasing it in that order. The arrow whistled through the air and landed in the tribute's hip, sending her plummeting to the ground as she thrashed and attempted to remove the arrow from her body. She bled out soon and passed away.
Perhaps it was a mistake to include grenades in the cornucopia. When 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚 was rummaging through the piles of supplies, she stumbled upon a grenade, complete with instructions for activation. 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚 chuckled as she pulled out the pin, discarded it, and tossed it into an area densely populated by panicked tributes. The deafening boom left a ringing sound in the ears of the tributes. That is, those who survived the blast. Four tributes were killed by the explosion of the grenade.
When the rest of the careers all ran into the cornucopia to grab grenades of their own and slaughter the other tributes, the weaker tributes from the outlying districts all concluded that it was time to go; the careers would rat them all out with their grenades if they stuck around any longer. They all dropped whatever they were doing and fled away as fast as they could. The careers only got in one more kill before the cornucopia was empty of victims: 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞 just managed to shoot a tribute in the back with her bow.
An eerie silence was left around the cornucopia as the last few weaker tributes had scurried away into the underground network of caves.
The rest of Day 1, and of Day 2, were void of conflict. It was to be expected that the deaths would be more spaced out from now on because of the massive number of kills during the bloodbath, but it made the Capitol audience impatient anyways. When Days 3, 4, and 5 passed void of any conflict at all, the Gamemakers concluded that it was time to shake things up a little. It was time for some action.
In a synthetic lab in the Capitol, a group of scientists began working on a new project. At last, they discovered a way to create huge, spliced and monstrous animals that they named "muttations." When the Head Gamemaker requested that a horde of star-nosed mole muttations be made, the scientists got to work, and they were completed soon.
The pack of bear-sized moles was sent after the career pack around the evening of Day 8. Screaming in terror as the creature's pink feeling organs chased after them through the darkness, the allies were forced to scatter and drop whatever weight they were carrying in favor of running faster. The creatures would only be satisfied when they made a kill. It was made about thirteen hours later, when 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞 was so incomprehensively exhausted from running for half a day straight that she had to stop to rest for a few minutes. The mutts took advantage of this and pounced upon the petrified girl, mauling her bloody corpse apart and smothering her screams.
A dehydration death occurred on Day 7. It would be the only death of dehydration in the games.
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On Day 8, the fractured career alliance stumbled upon 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 curling up into a ball and shivering in the horrible cold of the cave system. It was too dark for him to see what was going on before 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 stabbed him in the stomach with her sword.
The Gamemakers decided that it was time to drive the final tributes in for the finale after 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤's demise. So, they began filling up the cave system with water. It seeped into the cave through the walls and began piling up on the cold ground. It was very slow at first, and many tributes suspected it was just a typical flow of moisture. But, sixteen hours later when the water was up to the tributes ankles, the walls all burst and water began flooding in at an immense rate. Within a minute it was up to the tribute's waists. This was no natural buildup of condensation. The tributes scrambled in panic and desperately searched around for the nearest exits from the cave system that was now up to the tribute's chests in water. Of the seven remaining tributes, five made it out of the cave system into the desolate rocky plain alive. Two were not so lucky.
The five tributes remaining were all sopping wet from the water of the cave. But, they knew the Gamemakers had more surprises up their sleeves. All of the sudden, huge meteors started raining from the sky. Where they landed, huge clouds of smoke filled the air that made them cough. They watched as a meteor struck the cornucopia and bounced off of it without leaving so much as a dent. The cornucopia was the only safe place. And all five of them had no choice but to seek shelter inside of it, where the final battle would begin.
𝐌𝐚𝐜, seeing that he didn't stand a chance at beating all of the other remaining tributes, ran into the cornucopia when nobody was looking and hid inside of a chest neatly tucked away in the corner.
The five remaining tributes were the careers - 𝐑𝐞𝐲, 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚, and 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 - as well as 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐚 and 𝐌𝐚𝐜. 𝐌𝐚𝐜 was hiding in a chest, so the others assumed he had died and so dismissed him.
𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐚's eyes widened in fear as the three bloodthirsty careers brandished their weapons and prowled towards her, forcing her towards the wall. She was running out of room very quickly, now. Twenty seconds later, her screams reverberated around the closed space when Jasper stabbed her through the heart with a dagger.
The three careers believed that they were the only three tributes left, and so shook hands and ended the alliance. They each picked out their favorite weapons from the bounty of supplies, and the fight began. The first of the threesome to die was 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚, who was stabbed in the waist with 𝐑𝐞𝐲's dagger.
𝐑𝐞𝐲 and 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 circled each other for a great while, each waiting for the other to make the first move. After about five minutes of dreadful silence, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 lunged at 𝐑𝐞𝐲 and attempted to stab him in the heart with her knife. However, 𝐑𝐞𝐲 moved out of the way at the last minute and swung his dagger over his head. He did not do any physical harm to 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚, only slice off all of her hair and send the locks fluttering to the ground. The fight continued for almost twenty minutes, and at long last 𝐑𝐞𝐲 bludgeoned 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 in the head with a metal club and dented her skull, killing her.
At this, 𝐑𝐞𝐲 believed he was now the victor. He walked out of the horn and smiled, looking left and right and spreading his arms apart for the cameras. He was confused when the chorus of trumpets did not sound. Taking infinite care to be completely silent, 𝐌𝐚𝐜 pushed up on the lid of the chest he was hiding in and opened it, crawling out and picking up a dagger as long as his arm off of a nearby table. He crept up behind 𝐑𝐞𝐲, as silent as a mouse. When everything was right, 𝐌𝐚𝐜 lifted the blade into the air and brought it down, sinking it into 𝐑𝐞𝐲's back. He was too stupefied to do anything; he didn't move or scream or thrash. He just waved back and forth a few times before falling to the ground with a thump, dead.
"𝑴𝒂𝒄 𝑩𝒚𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝟑, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔!", 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚 exclaimed into the arena as the trumpets played their familiar melody in the distance.
𝐌𝐚𝐜 did nothing spectacular to celebrate his victory; he just smiled for the invisible camera he knew were all pointed at him.
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The Capitol was enthralled by 𝐌𝐚𝐜's final kill of the games. He was the first tribute to ever kill their competitor in the final battle via ambush.
His victory tour went surprisingly well, although he did get the cold shoulder from District 1.
𝐌𝐚𝐜 broke a streak of female victors. The victors of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Hunger Games were all female. 𝐌𝐚𝐜 is male and thus upon his victory the red-hot streak died.
𝐌𝐚𝐜 would marry twice in his lifetime, once at age thirty-six to a woman and once at age fifty to a man.
𝐌𝐚𝐜 would live to the relatively average age of seventy-seven, dying from sudden respiratory failure around the time of the sixty-eighth annual Hunger Games.
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▪ 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝐁𝐲𝐭𝐞 moved into the Victor's Village of District 3, the second victor to do so.
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𝐇𝐆𝟏: 𝐒𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧 (#1 of District 3) oswordo3
𝐇𝐆𝟐: 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 (#1 of District 1) Tommy123
𝐇𝐆𝟑: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (#1 of District 4) Girllover101
𝐇𝐆𝟒: 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭 (#1 of District 2) Spyder701
𝐇𝐆𝟓: 𝐌𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 (#1 of District 12) txashaun
𝐇𝐆𝟔: 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐧 (#2 of District 2) Symmetry888
𝐇𝐆𝟕: 𝐌𝐚𝐜 𝐁𝐲𝐭𝐞 (#2 of District 3) stuartlittle16
