Aletta was pushed to stand in front of the arena door, she watched with worry as Jessup began muttering to himself.

" Here we go, here we go, everyone...come lets go....sit down, Festus " Flikerman urged everyone as he entered the room and quickly moved to the front as mentors rushed to their assigned seats " As you know, we are about to go live....now just because your not hosting, doesn't mean your off the hook, Help me, don't get lost behind your screens, no yawning, no gum chewing, keep your chins down, heads up.....shoulders back, and smile, it's why we have teeth ".

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Hello and welcome, I'm Lucrizius Flikerman, a man who needs no introduction.....weather man, amateur magician and today....I'm honoured to say, first ever host....of The Hunger Games......" the man pulled an envelope and held it up " In my hand is an envelope sealed with my prediction of the winner to be opened by me, upon the big shows end " suddenly a sound went through the room, signalling the games are about to begin, Flikerman quickly put away the envelope and walked down the aisle. " They're here...we're about to start.....happy hunger games....happy hunger games.....remember when your tribute dies, get out of here ".

Everyone watched as the tributes walked through the gates.

" enjoy the show " a mechanical voice said as Aletta and the other tributes walked through the gate as they entered the arena, Aletta felt a hand grab hers and looked down to see Wovey had grabbed and the auburn brown haired girl smiled gratefully at the little girl before they were pushed apart by peacekeepers, Aletta felt the barrel of a gun on her back as she was pushed onto a big red dot.

" You will stand on your mark or you will be shot ".

Aletta looked at the peacekeeper behind her, before looking around at the other tributes and saw them being shoved and dragged to their marks by a peacekeepers.

Aletta looked at Coral, who glared at her before hearing a noise a saw a tribute on the ground looking towards the rubble and she moved her head and saw Marcus hand across a large piece of rubble and she felt her breath stiffen.

" Oh, Marcus...." Flikerman said as the screen showed at view of Marcus.

Sejanus Plinth suddenly threw his chair in anger " YOUR MONSTERS......ALL OF YOU " the boy yelled before storming out.

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Aletta could hear Flikerman countering down as she looked around the destroyed arena " Jessup " Aletta muttered.

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" Jessup " Aletta said.

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A loud beep rang through the arena.

" Run " Coriolanus uttered watching as the tributes began to run towards the weapons.

" Jessup....Jessup " Aletta screamed as she stayed in place looking around for her friend.

" What are you doing run? " Coriolanus scoffed in confusion as Aletta continued to yell for her comrade.

Aletta slowly backed away from her place and looked around frantically for Jessup, she heard something coming towards her and saw reaper running towards with a spear in hand and he aimed it at her head but she quickly ducked.

" Jessup " Aletta yelled before dodging Coral, who ran towards her with a spear, Aletta yelled in pain as the spear sliced her bicep, she quickly ran to the rubble as Coral began to attack again, the short haired girl goes to stab Aletta but, the aburn brown haired girl dodged and fell to the floor, she dodged an arrow that came flying towards her and rolled out of the way as Treech tried to get her with axe.

Aletta quickly got up with a arrow that was discarded on the floor in hand and she dodged him before stabbing him in the shoulder before catching a glimpse of Jessup, who walking around like a lost puppy.

" Jessup " Aletta screamed and she ran over the rubble and ducked and kicked someone's back, who was running at her, she looked behind her and saw Coral glaring at her before the short haired girl began to chase her and Aletta quickly slid down the rubble and ran towards Jessup.

" Jessup...come on, we've got to go now " Aletta said as she helped her friend up and they quickly ran towards the underground tunnel that her mentor told her about as Coral chased them.

" They've gone underground....but we're prepared for this " Flikerman said as they watched as Aletta and Jessup jumped down the hole.

" Good girl " Coriolanus muttered as he watched the two run down the tunnels.

Aletta stopped in her tracks, when she saw people in the distance running to them.

" Come on " Aletta urged Jessup to stay and tried opening the metal door but it wouldn't budge.

" go, go, go, go......" Coriolanus said to himself as he watched Aletta kicked the bottom of the door.

Aletta felt the dog hole of the metal door open and she quickly urged Jessup through before climbing in herself, she was halfway in, when she felt someone grabbed her ankle causing her to yell as they tried pulling her out but she quickly kicked her other foot into their face and slid in the room before running to safety.

" That was one good kick " Flikerman said as they watched the person Aletta had kicked clutching her broken nose, Coriolanus couldn't help but smile in pride but that turned into a wince of discomfort as he watched Coral kill the person Aletta kicked.

" Hey, Lumberjack....get in there and get her out " Aletta heard Carol demand from behind the door.

" I'm not sticking my head in there, she could be waiting with a brick " the district 12 girl heard Treech reply, Carol said something she couldn't hear before she heard them walk away from the door.

Aletta sighed relaxing as she she felt Jessup's head leaned against her's.

𝐀/𝐍:

𝐇𝐈𝐈,

𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥
𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐.

𝐄𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐱𝐱

𝐏.𝐒 — 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞
𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐯 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭.