3rd Annual Hunger Games

The 3rd Annual Hunger Games (Youtube/Tiktok) was held one year after the 2nd Annual Hunger Games. A boy and one girl from each District, between the ages of 12 to 18, were reaped to be taken to the Capitol and fight to the death in an arena. As all the Old Games, the event was held in the Capitol Arena. Jasper Shockness from District 1 was this year's victor.

The events of the 3rd Annual Hunger Games lead to a new rule being implemented, stating to be forbidden to engage in a physical fight with another tribute before entering the arena.

## Background

The overall state of the games remained as chaotic as it had been in the last two years. After the situation from the previous year, the organizers decided that it would be smarter for them to separate the tributes during transportation to the Capitol, to minimize risk of infection in the case of disease and so that they would be able to better deal with the situation if something similar were to happen again. This was also part of one of the sanitary measures implemented by the Capitol last year, to prevent the spread of the disease that plagued the previous year's Games.

The decision was then made to separate the tributes into two wagons: the first six districts in one and the last six in another.

This year was also the first in which the stands of the arena were open to the tributes, as a live audience was no longer allowed.

## Trip to the Capitol

Lucina, a 16-year-old girl, and Joshua, an almost 2 meter tall 18-year-old boy, were picked up as the Tributes representing District 7 that year. The boy showed himself as someone very scared with the whole situation, while his district partner still couldn't believe what was happening to her. But Joshua kept a secret with him.

The boy had a knife blade hidden in his clothes, a detail that went unnoticed by the peacekeepers. As both tributes were placed in the wagon, the boy then reveals his dark secret to Lucina. He does not hesitate to eliminate his district partner from the competition and later, one by one all other tributes from 8 to 12, hiding the bodies under a dirty straw pile that was serving as bedding for the wagon, as back then, tributes were transported in cattle cars.

## Capitol

By the time the train arrived at the Capitol, only Joshua was alive in second wagon, designated for the tributes from Districts 7 to 12. Normally, the peacekeepers would execute him right there as they found out what had happened - however, the head guard mentioned it wouldn't make a difference, as he expected he would die in some way inside arena anyway and that at least he had shown some promise of bringing entertainment to the public, as the young man had just shown an enormous and promising drive to kill - at a time in which the Hunger Games were drastically dropping in views, due to most tributes not providing the Capitol with the show they initially expected.

Instead, the peacekeepers ended up just confiscating the boy's blade and threw all of the tributes (including Joshua) inside the back of the truck, to then be transported to the animal pen where they would spend the night. Now stuck inside, the remaining tributes soon realized how much of a coward Joshua showed to be for what he did, and all agreed on taking revenge for the tributes unfairly killed. Chaos was installed in the back of the truck causing the car to lose stability, forcing the driver to stop abruptly. Some people in the streets were pointing in fear at the truck, while others even evacuated the area.

The head peacekeeper, seeing the mess that was taking place, decided to quickly put an end to the situation. The man shouted several times asking for order, but no one listened - and without much patience left, he fired several shots in the direction of the back of the truck, fatally hitting four tributes and injuring two others, who later died during that same night inside the animal pen.

## Arena

Only 7 tributes arrived at the arena still alive. As soon as the order was given to start the games, all the tributes advanced onto the weapons that were placed in the center. The tributes from District 6, who seemed to be in sync, were the first to attack their opponents. Linda and Sullivan advanced against another tribute each, eliminating Pernelle from District 4 and Sally from District 2.

Both tributes follow by eliminating Janine from District 3 - Linda injured the girl to prevent her from escaping and Sullivan then gave the finishing blow. As soon as Rosimo from District 3 saw his district partner being attacked and killed by the tributes from District 6, his anger grew and he quickly ran towards his opponents with a spear in his hand. As soon as he got close to them, he then threw the weapon towards Sullivan, who managed to avoid being hit without any struggle. Taking advantage of the opening, Linda went after the now unarmed opponent with her axe. However, to her surprise, the boy had another weapon hidden in his clothes. Startled by the surprise, the girl missed her first attack, and Rosimo did not hesitate to strike his previously hidden knife into Linda's throat. At that same moment, Sullivan got close to the two tributes and hit his axe on his opponent's skull, without giving the boy any chance to act.

Sullivan remained at the scene together with his district partner, watching her die, totally paralyzed by what he had just witnessed. But at that moment, almost as if hidden in the shadows, the last living opponent appears: Jasper, from District 1, had been keeping it low the entire time and was now armed with a powerful club in his hands, as he stealthily advanced towards Sullivan. The boy from District 6 noticed him approaching, and quickly grabbed the weapon of the now dead Linda. However, a single hand axe was not enough to stop the strength of the boy from District 1. Two attacks with the club were enough to give Jasper the victory - one to disarm his opponent, breaking his arm, and another directly to the head.

## Placings

* 1st - Jasper Shockness (District 1) - victor.
* 2nd - Sullivan Stonquin (District 6) - disarmed and hit at head by steel club.
* 3rd - Linda Cardenil (District 6) - stabbed with a knife onto her neck by Rosimo Murray (District 3).
* 4th - Rosimo Murray (District 3) - hit with an axe on his skull by Sullivan Stonquin (District 6).
* 5th - Janine Trompkins (District 3) - injured by Linda Cardenil (District 6) and killed by Sullivan Stonquin (District 6).
* 6th - Sally Melkony (District 2) - killed by Sullivan Stonquin (District 6) with a axe.
* 7th - Pernelle Doyle (District 4) - killed by Linda Cardenil (District 6) with a axe.
* 8th - 9th - Meemee Woodruff (District 5) and Pete Meehan (District 4) - succumbed to wounds caused by Peacekeepers's shot.
* 10th - 13th - Garnett Bollit (District 1); Seltony Leggero (District 2); Bertyoun Wynn (District 5) and Joshua Sternight (District 7) - shot dead by Peacekeepers.
* 14th - 23rd - Throp Orman and Liadinne Lynskey (District 8); Ronalt Corcillo and Katien Wubzy (District 9); Sirlian Slaterny and Gretchen Cashen (District 10); Chuck Lorreth and Josephna North (District 11); Hoon Smith and Toph Bumble (District 12) - stabbed with a knife blade by Joshua Sternight (District 7).
* 24th - Lucina Cipshoot (District 7) - stabbed with a knife blade by Joshua Sternight (District 7).