The 77th Annual Hunger Games

The 77th Annual Hunger Games is the latest Hunger Games to occur since the signing of the Treaty of Treason. The games took place in a wheat-field. After 17 Days, Emmet Strauss of District 2 was crowned the winner.

## Arena

The tributes are raised into the middle of a large crop circle that provides the perfect space for the cornucopia. Surrounding the cornucopia is nothing but tall fields of corn and wheat that block the view of anything else around them. If the tributes make it out of the cornucopia alive and get past the daunting rows of crops they will catch a flew glimpses of trees surrounding the field. Though to get to them is a few hours hike through the crops. On the other side of the arena are the remnants of some kind of farm but the only buildings standing is a dilapidated farmhouse that provides shelter. There’s also an abandoned barn in the middle of the field that may hide some perishable items. For food and water the tributes will either have to rely on sponsors or what they find in the arena. There are a few water pumps spread throughout the crop field. For animals there are limited birds, rabbits and the occasional farm animal that provide some opportunity to replenish their hunger, if they can catch them. The arena is best suited to the tributes from District 9, 10 and 11 but that does not mean that those are likely winners. For this crop field is not what it seems. The crops appear to be alive, particularly at night and there are dangers that lurk in them.

## Reaping

The reapings for the 78th Annual Hunger Games took place following the end of previous Victor Vida Oldridge's victory tour. There was a different feeling in the air following the 77th Games and the dramatic statement made by Vida at the end of the games before attempting to kill herself. She survived and the games continues as usual.

Prior to the reapings, District One, Two and Four pre-selected their tributes through the Career academy training schemes. Adonis Vega, Amma Le Roux, Emmet Straus, Moxi Melville, Locke Terrel and Marlowe Zane were all selected to volunteer for the games, which they all did. There was some hesitation from Emmet, causing some concern about his confidence but eventually they all took their place as the tribute for their respective districts.

The District Five reaping causes some stir as Vida is notably absent from the reaping. District Six also surprises some as Royce Carter X, the heir to the Royce estate who provide cars to the capitol, is reaped. The next shock comes from District 7 as Fern Hucklebee, sister of the 76th Games Mai Hucklebee volunteers to compete in the games, making her one of only five volunteers from the district.   There is also an incident in District 12 when young tributes Dahlia Hornby attempts to escape from the reaping following her name being called, she is dragged up to the stage by force.

Early on the careers are outlined as front runners. However, Broid Higgins also excites some of the capitol Citizens due to his large stature. Fern’s actions grant her some interest as well. Todd Sellers and Carrie Vinsen have the lowest odds of all the tributes, Dahlia is only slightly ahead of them.

## Training

Following the Parade, the tributes are permitted one week of training in all areas that may be able to help them prepare for the games. The Training room is kitted out with all types of weapons as well as dummies for targeting.  There are also survival stations that allow tributes to focus on basic skills to keep them alive, learning about plants and berries etc.

The careers spend most of the time at the weapons station and attempt to restrict entry to the other tributes by intimidating them. Broid stands up to them and inspired the other tributes to pass by them as well. Fern is naturally aggravated by the careers due to her sister being killed by one. Anthony Brook tries to talk to her and form a bond. He suggests they need an alliance to take down the careers. Sable Buckley and Clementine Archer bond over plants. Clementine offers to teach Sable about plants and Sable offers to teach Clementine to hunt.

Dahlia acts animalistic and freaks out Carrie, who attempts to talk to her. Dahlia then attempts to attack a trainer. Aden Pittman watches on, concerned about his chances. He decides to approach Ethan Kemp and asks if they want to work together. Cabel Witt wants to learn how to make traps, Nina Faraday shows that she’s better than him and says she’ll teach him but he owes her.

By the careers, Marlowe is frustrated by the lack of focus as Moxi in particular wants to taunt the other tributes. Locke tells Marin that he wants to kill her, she tells him to wait. Royce spends time in the plant section and finds a plant that gets him high. Morti Cullen shows him what ones are the best. Royce is chewed out by his mentors for being high and pretends to be into training. Whilst high and holding a knife, he has a hallucination about his dad yelling at him.

As the week proceeds bond between the form. Sable and Clementine get closer. Mai and Gustus create an alliance and pulls in Ethan and Aden. Violet Bobbin also bonds with Carrie after comforting her, they decide that as younger tributes they should stick together and invite Ralph to their group. Polla D’Elia keeps to herself throughout the week and improves her aim with a bow.

Following the training, each tribute was allotted ten minutes to show off their skills to the gamemakers in a private training session that would be scored.

The scores were revealed live the day prior to the interviews.  Marin and Locke score the highest with 11. Ralph Hopper receives the lowest with 2 points.

## Interview

The interviews occured the day before the games. Each of the tributes was dressed up in their finest outfit to meet with Caeser Flickerman for one final interview before the games. Individually they'd walk on to the stage and be interviewed in front of a live studio audience.

First to the stage is Adonis Vega who fits in with the capitol very well, donned in a sleek suit. He charms Caesar Flickerman as they bond over the luxuries that district one provides. Amma Le Roux has a similar effect, though she focused her charm on the audience.

Emmet Straus shows a softer side to district two as he talks about his family, Whilst Moxi Melville is more focused on flirting with Caeser. Both of their interviews are very structured and planned out. When it's Cabel's turn to be interviewed he appears very nervous and nerdy. He makes a joke about his surname meaning people thinking he's intelligent and the crowd warm up to him. Lael's infectious personality has a similar effect.

Both of the tributes from District Four prove themselves to be stone faced careers and it hurts their reception a little. But the crowd quickly warm to Todd from District Three as he grins in awe at all the people and talks about the amazing food from the capitol.

Royce is checked out through most of his interview but thankfully Carrie makes up for it. She puts on a fake smile and tells them what they want to hear, knowing sponsors may be her only chance. Gustus uses a similar tactic. The crowd sit through his interview eagerly awaiting Fern, the girl who volunteered. As predicted, Caeser grills her about her sister and why she volunteered. Fern is stoic but answers him, speaking highly of her younger sister who perished two years earlier. The audience shed fake tears. From District Eight, Broid and Violet both have differing tactics. Broid says very little, Violet talks a lot about her aspirations to be a famous designer, perhaps even a stylist. But of course she knows it's unlikely now. Her aspiration is inspiring though.

Ethan and Polla put on respectable performances. A woman in the crowd shouts that she wants to have Ethan's babies, which makes everyone uncomfortable and dampens the interview. Polla talks about her family. Then it's Ralph's turn. The crowd all look at Ralph with sympathy, his meek training score affecting his reception. He perists nonetheless, talking about his animals.

In each of their interviews, Sable and Clementine are quizzed about what relationships they've made, Caeser hinting at some kind of romance between the two girls. It consumes their interview. Morti meanwhile spends most of his time diverting Caeser's questions to talk about whatever crosses his mind. He talks about his fear of snakes, then switches to a dream he had about a snake. It aggrivates the interviewer. Then comes Aden who lightens the mood by agreeing to everything Caeser says in an attempt to get this over with, until Caeser asks him about his girlfriend back home, which Aden isn't so happy talking about but he pretends it's okay and speaks honestly.

Finally it's time for Dahlia to take the stage. The crowd are all ready to wrap things up when she arrives but she provides some entertainment for them when she slaps Caesar's hand instead of shaking it and spends the interview having to be ushered out from behind a chair, muttering things about 'bad people' that makes the crowd coo until she's ushered off stage.

An exciting end, to yet another interview session.

## Games

* Bloodbath
* Day 1
* Day 2
* Day 3
* Day 4
* Day 5
* Seventh Tab Title
* Day 7
* Day 8
* Day 9
* Day 10
* Day 11
* Day 12
* Day 13
* Day 14
* Day 14
* Day 16
* Day 17
* Day 18
Bloodbath

Once the tributes were raised into the arena, the bloodbath began. Broid, Marlowe and Locke were the fastest out of the gate, making it to the cornucopia in enough time to grab different supplies. The careers were all quick to follow, with Moxi pulling up the rear. A vast majority of the tributes made an attempt to grab supplies and weapons, with most being able to get hold of smaller supplies such as tin food and a few of the farming supplies the gamemakers have put in the cornucopia. Anthony is the only one who decides to flee the cornucopia. There are varying tactics for gathering supplies. Whilst the careers make a go for the weapons, others have other plans. Fern decides to circle the outside of the bloodbath in an attempt to evade the careers, learning from her sisters mistake. Nina tries gather as many supplies as she can. Broid too is quick to gather supplies, evading the careers as he does.

Whilst looking for her allies, Violet catches the attention of Marlowe, who is now armed with a trident. Broid rushes to her side and warned her and the two ran off before Marlowe had a chance to get them.

Ethen navigates the crop circle easily, due to his experience in wheat fields such as this. He attempts to gather up all the food he can, knowing options will be limited. As he goes to grab some dehydrated meat however, he spots Emmet straight in front of him, running towards him with a sword in his hand. Emmet charges Ethen, swinging the sword and slashing his chest before he can move. When Ethen falls to the ground, Emmet stabs him multiple times with the sword, making Ethen the first casualty of the games.

Aden tries to flee the bloodbath but as he does, Marlowe throws her trident in his back, killing him instantly. On the other side of the arena, Nina attempts to flee as well but is chased by Locke. He catches up to her and hits her in the side but she keeps going, scrambling away. Caleb watches from afar. She locks eyes with him, pleading for help. Caleb hesitates and then bolts away. Locke takes his pickaxe and in a last ditch attempt, decides to throw it at her. It impales Nina in the back and she falls to the ground, dead.

The careers are bloodthirsty and so the other tributes try to evade them, with most succeeding. Clementine and Sable meet up, Sable having grabbed a weapon. The girls head off together just as Moxi gets her hands on a bow and arrow.

Lael becomes the fourth casualty when Moxi fires and arrow into her chest. Marlowe attempts to make Morti the fifth by stabbing him in the leg but he gets away as she's distracted by Ralph. Ralph isn't so luck and Marlowe trips him up and stabs him. Violet hears him scream as she's getting away and is dissappointed.

Adonis wants to get involved in the killing and attempts to kill Dahlia by throwing a knife at her but his aim is poor and she gets away, taking his knife with him as she shoots off on all fours. Royce walks around the arena peacefully, seemingly hiding in plain sight as she picks things up and gets out of the chaos. Frustrated about missing Dahlia, Adonis takes his anger out on Polla when she tries to grab some food. She plays dead and he leaves her.

Carrie and Todd fight for a bag. Todd wins when Carrie is hit by one of Moxi's arrows, killing her. He gets away.

All the alive tributes except for the careers leave the bloodbath. The careers stay behind and gather supplies. As they are distracted, Polla stumbles away.Day 1

The careers collect whatever supplies they can and they go to find a place to set up camp but struggle due to the fact none of them are used to this kind of terrain. They opt to set up a temporary camp by one of the water taps. In the outerlying trees surrounding the wheatfield, Violet and Broid hide out. When they hear someone coming they jump out on them but it's just Clementine and Sable. The group decide to stick together.

Dahlia discovered the old house that reminds her of her own home. She decides to set up camp there. Caleb comes across the barn and does the same. He sits in the old hay and feel guilty about Nina, unable to get the image of her out of her head.

The seven cannons sound.

Polla inspects the cornucopia for anything that could help her, she collects a few things. Sable and Broid go to hunt for food for their new found alliance and come back with a rabbit. Fern hunts for water.

As night falls, Todd starts a fire to keep warm. The careers decide to use the cover of night to hunt for other tributes, splitting into two groups. Whilst manoeuvring through the night, Fern runs into Anthony and the two are grateful to be together and decide to stick together. It pays off as together they discover a water tap. The anthem plays. Caleb feels worse when he sees Nina's face in the sky. Sleep evades him. Both Sable and Clementine also can't sleep and comfort each other, resulting in them holding hands through the night.Day 2

Todd wakes early and abandons his camp. The careers hunt until the dawn. Adonis, Amma and Marlowe are about to turn back when they come across the remnants of Todd's fire. They follow his tracks to the old house.

Inside the house Dahlia is in the attic. When she hears the careers outside she hides behind a box. Suddenly there's a creaking sound from the attic as someone enters, Dahlia breathes heavily as the mysterious figure moves towards her. As the person leans over her Dahlia leaps out suddenly and stabs them in the neck, thinking it's a career. It's not. It's Todd. Dahlia pulls the knife out but it's too late. Todd is dead and a cannon fires.

The sound of the cannon and Todd's body falling to the floor alert the three careers down below. They rush up to the attic just in time to catch Dahlia leaping out of the window and darting down through the wheat field. Adonis wants to chase her but Marlowe stops him, reminding him that she wont last much longer.

Sable wakes up to find Clementine staring at her. Neither got much sleep. They talk about the games and the night before. Clementine tells Sable about the cannon, she's been tracking who's dead and alive. Sable is impressed. Meanwhile the cannon reminds Fern of her sisters death. Anthony comforts her.

Following fleeing from the careers, Dahlia stumbles across Polla. Polla calls out to her and offers her kindness, going as far as to put her knife down. Dahlia sees that she's badly injured and helps her by forming a tourniquet out of her cane. A grateful Polla asks Dahlia to stay with her.

Broid fears the careers will come after him.

In the night, Polla continues to bond with Dahlia, discovering there was more to the wild child than meets the eye. Meanwhile the careers have a taste for bloodlust and whilst hunting in the woods they come across the camp of Sable, Clementine, Broid and Violet. Broid hears them and wakes the others, telling them to run and that he'll hold them off. The girls don't want to leave but Broid reassures them. They don't go far. Broid quickly finds himself outnumbered by the careers. He tries to distract them by running in a random direction, which they follow. Soon the careers catch up to him. Locke being the first to do so, he wastes no time in beginning to attack Broid but before he can take a fatal blow Sable steps out from the wheat and hits Locke with the hoe, then she stabs him with it, killing him. Marlowe appears through the wheat as the cannon fires. She chases the four for a while but loses them when they decide to lie in the tall wheat to hide. It works.Day 3

In an attempt to recover from the previous day's events, Clementine weaves some bowls out of the wheat to collect water for her allies from a water tap. Royce too finds water. Anthony and Fern have an argument about Fern's motivations for volunteering, Anthony is upset because he wants to win to get back to his family and Fern just wants to avenge her sisters death.

Royce catches a crow but doesn't want to cook it to draw attention to his location. He comes up with a plan to set multiple fires as decoys.

No deaths happen on this day as allies continue to bond and tributes replenish supplies.

During the night, Royce sets four fires, cooking his crow on one of them. The careers go to investigate the fires but realise they've been played. Dahlia too sees the fire near her and uses the last few embers to cook her fish. Sable and Clementine huddle to warmth.Day 4

The careers realise they're out of water already, having not been paying attention. Amma, Marlowe and Adonis go looking for more and they need it as the temperature in the arena rises. The hot weather causes Clementine to strip down to her underwear to cool down. Sable talks about how she wishes she could be so free. Clementine teaches her to be and the two share a kiss.

Cabel leaves his tin food out in the heat and it goes bad. He's not having much luck in the arena. Neither is Royce as he struggles with withdrawal symptoms. The heat also makes Polla's injuries worse. Fortunately she gets a parachute in the night with some medicine, praising her for teaming up with Dahlia for the sympathy. The medicine helps her get back on her feet. Dahlia sees the note and feels like she's being used.Day 5

With their supplies replenished, the careers get back out there to hunt for tributes. They want to get the games moving again but the wheat offers lots of places to hide. They completely miss Fern and Anthony. Violet and Broid bond over their lives in District 8. Broid feels a little sister bond towards her. It's clear this alliance is in two. Sable and Clementine note that no one has died in three days meaning the gamemakers will be getting restless.

Anthony and Fern successfully set traps and catch food.

Late in the night, as Polla sleeps Dahlia realises her token is missing and goes to find it.Day 6

In the early hours of the morning, Dahlia reaches the house and finds her token in the attic. The careers aren't there, something she doesn't think much off at first. They're too busy hunting and they're closing in on a drowsy, medicated Polla. Dahlia heads back to camp but as she gets close she sees the careers towering over Polla. Moxi has a knife to Polla's throat, asking if she has any friends. Polla spots Dahlia through the wheat and just as the careers spot her she screams at her to run. In frustration, Moxi slits Polla's throat and they chase Dahlia once again but she's too quick and she loses them. Dahlia takes refuge in the woods.

Morti wanders the woods looking for plants to eat. He passes Royce's camp. Royce takes an interest and follows him to see what he gathers.

Clementine and Sable discuss Sable's recent bug bites. Clementine helps her check them out, it's very intimate. Violet watches from a short distance away, feeling paranoid about the games. She tells Broid that the capitol loves a love story and that they'd support them. They needed to take one of them out but Broid dismisses the idea, they're not careers. Later that night Clementine gets some bug repellant from a sponsor, only fuelling Violet's paranoia more.

As night falls the wheat fields seem to come alive. Clementine goes to retrieve more water for her allies. Unbeknownst to her Violet decides to follow her. Violet follows her with the knife. As Clementine goes to get water Violet comes up behind her saying “I’m sorry” she manages to stab clementine in the cheek. Clementine questions her but Violet continues to attack. As they’re scrapping the wheat field grabs at their feet and trips them over. Clementine and Violet fight on the floor, Violet using the cheek injury again Clementine. Clementine tries to push her face into the floor to get away. Violet gets on top of Clementine and pushes her face into the ground which is when Clementine notices the wheat tangling in her hair. She tells Violet to stop and struggles, ending up kicking Violet off.    Violet falls back and the reeds start pulling at her, she drops her knife and falls back, screaming for Clementine to help her. Clementine makes a snap decision as the wheat wraps around Violet’s neck. She decides to back away.

Violet is choked by the wheat as it slowly squeezes the life out of her. A cannon fires.

Clementine is quick to rush back to Sable, quickly informing her what happened and saying they need to go before Broid finds out. Sable agrees and the two depart on their own. Broid is none the wise until he wakes up to see Violet's face in the sky.Day 7

Broid tries to piece together the events of the night before. Cabel finds himself in danger when he is bitten by a snake as he shelters in the barn. Fern gets a canteen from a sponsor, making Anthony slightly jealous.

Adonis makes himself popular with the careers when he catches and kills a deer for them to feast on. They leave the carcus out as a warning to tributes. Meanwhile Clementine is wracked with guilt over the previous night. Sable attempts to comfort her but fails. When they come across a poisoned Cabel, Sable senses an opportunity to help Clementine by givin her the antidote she has to give to Cabel. It helps both Cabel and Clementine. Sable and Clementine then keep moving.

Anthony worries about the games, he and Fern agree to split up when ten people are left. At night, Morti realises he's being followed and picks some poisonous plants. Once he's gone, Royce copies him unknowingly.Day 8

Rain falls, giving the tributes time to cool off. Anthony and Fern release some tension in the rain. The water helps wake Cabel, recovering from his bite. He's incredibly grateful. All the tributes are as they collect fresh water. Royce is just about to eat his plants when the rain starts, stopping him in his tracks.

Dahlia uses mud to disguise herself and spy on other tributes. However once the rain has finished, all that's left is cold. Fern begins to feel the effects of hypothermia.Day 9

Anthony wakes up to find Fern shivering following their escapades in the rain the previous day. He tries to start a fire but the ground it wet. He feels useless and turns to the sky to pray for help. Broid has better luck, having used his sleeping bag to keep warm. He catches a rabbit and is able to cook it using the dry ground underneath him.

Royce wakes up miserable, hungry and cold. He decides to start a fire. As he does, his withdrawal symptoms kick in and he has the urge to smoke something. He grabs the plants and lights them, breathing in their fumes. Dahila discovers some berries. The careers decide to check the woods for tributes sheltering from the rain.

As the effects of the toxic plants kick in, Royce begins to hallucinate. He runs round the woods, imagining the trees moving. As he does he runs into the careers. · They don’t have a chance to kill him as the toxins from the plant get to him. He coughs, splutters and then collapses, convulsing. The careers watch him until a cannon fires.

Anthony is gathering dry wood when he hears the cannon, concerned it's Fern he rushes back. Thankfully she's alright but Anthony quickly realises she's burning up. He tries to help her the best he can to cool her down. Fern is concerned about her fever spreading to Anthony.

Cabel gets back on his feet as Clementine and Sable discuss their future in the games. Both know this won't last forever. In the bushes, Dahlia is watching them. She returns to her camp where she gets a gift from her sponsors. It says 'love you to the moon and back' which is something her mother used to say. It makes her think her mother is still alive. She's not the only one in luck that night though. As Fern dreams of Mae, Anthony recieves some medicine for her. Morti sees Royce's face in the sky and feels guilty.Day 10

Dahlia wakes up early and spies on Clementine and Sable once again. She sees they have supplies and wants to steal them. Anthony grows concerned about how few people are left. He knows he can't leave Fern. Cabel gets closer to the careers camp. However the deer carcus warns him away and he backs off, vomiting as he does.

Sable leaves Clementine in order to hunt as Clementine stays at camp to watch their supplies. There's a sudden rustling in the bushes, which Clementine goes to inspect. As she leaves camp, Dahlia is quick to rush over to grab what she can but Clementine returns, catching her. Dahlia doesn't know what to say as Clementine nears her. Clementine is angry but hides it as she steps towards to ask for the stuff back. She grabs Dahlia's arm which is hidden behind her back but it doesn't hold their supplies, instead it holds a knife. Instinctively, Dahlia stabs Clementine in the stomach. A stunned Clementine doesn't realised it's happened at first. Dahlia pulls out the knife and flees.

Clementine tries to stop the blood, holding her chest tightly. She calls out for Sable, making her way to the bushes. When she gets to her she collapses. A devestated Sable realised what's happened and tries to save her but they both know it's futile. Clementine tells Sable to kill her. Sable says no at first but as they hug Clementine convinces her. Sable covers Clementine's mouth and nose, suffocating her quietly. The cannon fires and Sable breaks down.

The cannons alerts Cabel, he stops. As he stop she loses his direction in the wheat and moves back in the direction he came. The careers hear rustling and go to inspect just as Cabel emerges. He realises he's in trouble straight away and tries to make an escape but it's no use. Emmet stops him as Amma cuts his arms as revenge for him doing the same to her in the bloodbath. She then orders the others to tie him to a tree where they torture him. Once they've done they leave the barely alive Cabel on the tree for the birds to have. Wanting to finish the job, Marlowe stabs him anyway.

Two cannons in one day. Anthony grows even more concerned about leaving Fern. Meanwhile Sable considers killing herself but stops.Day 11

It's a relatively quiet day following the two deaths yesterday. Sable falls into a depression whilst Morti shakes off his guilt about Royce, Dahlia tries to ignore hers for Clementine. Broid sees the careers camp and overhears them plotting something. Meanwhile Anthony snaps at Fern about the medication, angry that she's given up.

Wanting more bloodshed Emmet comes up with a plan, saying "What's the best way to get rats out of their hole?"

Broid sees them at night, gathering large pieces of wood. Anthony discovers Fern isn't taking her medicine.Day 12

In the early hours of the morning, The careers set fire to the wheat. The fire spreads quickly, the wheat acting as fuel. Broid looks on in horror from his safe place behind the wheat. Dahlia too is safe, seeing the smoke she decides to set a trap for animals, whom run from fire.

Anthony sees smoke in the distance and tells Fern he's going to investigate. He quickly sees the fire and rushes back to Fern. Sable is in the wheat field when the fire starts, she sees that it's gaining and runs to the treeline for cover. As she reaches the forest, Marlowe sees a flash of red hair, reminded of who killed Locke. She goes after her.

Fern goes looking for Anthony, worried about him but can’t find him in the tall wheat. They call each other’s names. Anthony asks what she’s doing there, Fern tells him that she wasn’t leaving him behind. They still can’t find each other. The smoke is getting thick and both are coughing. The flames reach Fern first. She screams and Anthony hears her. He rushes towards the fire but can’t see Fern in the thick smoke. Fern falls over, trying to avoid the smoke. As she’s on the ground she hears rustling and calls out for Anthony. Anthony pulls her and and they both get on the ground to avoid the smoke. As they crawl the fire spreads further and gets closer to them, Anthony picks Fern up and they try to run. The flames at their heels, suddenly one of them trips over and falls, allowing the fire to catch up to them.

Adonis decides to search the woods to see if there are any 'woodland creatures' hiding. Broid takes cover in the trees as Adnois passes him. Sensing an opportunity, Broid jumps out and wraps his arms around Adonis' neck. He berades him for being sick. Adonis tries to get away but Broid is physically stronger and slowly chokes the life out of him until his face turns blue and Adonis goes limp. Broid lets go and Adonis' dead body falls to the floor.

Fern suddenly hears the cannon and turns back to see Anthony is not behind her as she pushes through the wheat she sees him lying on the floor, his ankle twisted. She screams for him to run as the fire is on his heels but Anthony can't move. He tells Fern to go. After a moment she turns back and runs. A blood curdling screams rips out as the fire consumed Anthony. Fern turns back once more but all she sees are flames and a burnt figure amongst them. Moment later the screaming stops and Anthony collapses, his body seriously burnt beyond recognition.

Back in the woods, Marlowe is watching Sable from the bushes as well, having caught up to her.  Waiting for her moment, she attacks, charging towards her. She tackles her to the ground and stabs her in the groin. Sable is confused but Marlowe talks about Locke and how he trained her. She tells her that he taught her about the groin and how if she goes any further she’ll bleed out. She punches her in the face. Sable tells Marlowe to kill her. Marlowe is confused and tells her to fight back but Sable can't. An angry Marlowe pushes the trident in further and Sable dies. It's an easy kill and Marlowe isn't happy about it.

When Marlowe returns to the careers she notes that Adnois is gone. Amma finds his body in the woods and is distraught. With the careers distracted, the gamemakers set rain to fall, putting out the fire. However the remnants of the fire are large as half the wheatfield is black with ash and soot. The tall grass is no more on one side and amongst it all is the burn body of Anthony who takes his last breath as the smoke in his lungs catches up to him.

As night falls, the smoke is still in the air and in the lungs of those tributes lucky enough to survive the blaze. Amma decides to go off on her own to hunt Adonis' killer. She suspects Broid as he is the only one strong enough.Day 13

The devestation of the fire is on the minds of the tributes. Fern finds the barn and is comforted with the fact she can relax a little. The careers move their camp to the burnt field. Dahlia sees and goes back to the house. Amma continues her
hunt but finds nothing. Meanwhile Marlowe feels like a third wheel amongst the pair from District 2.

Near the barn, Broid practices throwing Adonis' axe. Fern sees and decide to teach him a few tricks. He's grateful. Meanwhile Dahlia struggles in the house at Night as it reminds her of her family home. Morti makes a weapon out of a stone.Fifteenth Tab Title
Broid sets a trap in the woods in hopes of getting some food for himself whilst Fern uses the last of her first aid kit. The careers too are struggling food-wise so Marlowe offers to go and hunt on their behalf. Meanwhile, Morti finds poisonous berries and plants some by a tree.

Still on her own, Amma finds the barn and goes to take refuge there. When she enters she finds Fern's supplies and knows someone is there so she calls out to her. Luckily, Fern escapes through a loose plank of wood in the side of the barn. Amma spots her running off as she leaves the barn and chases her, causing Fern to have flashbacks of Mae's death when the [[[Career]] told her to run. Distracted, Fern runs into Broid's trap and gets her foot stuck. Broid hears her struggling and goes to help her as one good turn decides another. Fern tells him to leave her but he refuses, managing to get her free just as Amma finds them.

Amma spots Broid with Adonis' axe and realises that he's the one who killed him. She attacks him but Broid is just as strong as her and the fight is equal. As Amma attempts to take a run up attack of Broid however, Fern sticks out her foot and trips her over. Broid tells her they should run but Fern only sees the opportunity to get revenge for Mae and uses Amma's fall to attempt to stab her. A cannon fires.

 Amma springs back into action and knocks her over with the sword handle and then stabs her in the chest. Amma then turns her attention to Broid and the fight resumes, however, Broid is fighting for Fern now as well. Both sustain injuries in the fight but Broid finally bests Amma when he cuts her in the groin, slashing her Femoral Artery. Amma realises how serious it is and flees. Once she's finally in a safe place, she tries to stop the bleeding.

Marlowe finds Morti's berries whilst back at the career camp Moxi and Emmet note the cannon and realise that Marlowe isn't back yet, they both consider the possibility that it could be her.Later that night, Marlowe returns but she's empty handed. Dahlia befriends a small mouse.

As night falls, Emmet notices Marlowe acting strange keeping her bag close. Once she's gone he searches the bag and finds a bunch of berries she was keeping to herself. When she returns there's a confrontation, which Emmet reminds Marlowe that they need to stick together until all of the others are dead. Marlowe accuses them of conspiring against but Emmet tells her that's not true. During their argument, Moxi helps herself to some of the berries. Emmet tells Marlowe that if he can't trust her, he'll have to kill her but before she can challenge him, Moxi collapses. She's frothing at the mouth as the berries are poison. Begrudgingly, Emmet smashed her face in with a rock to put her out of her misery.

Emmet then accuses Marlowe of doing this on purpose but Marlowe tells him that she found them at someones camp. They realise someone is playing games with them and agree to find out who's doing it.

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The arena temperature rises, causes Amma great discomfort as her injuries continue to plague her. Meanwhile Morti gets a bread roll for his display the previous night. Meanwhile, Marlowe and Emmet go hunting.
Dahlia takes a trip to the outer woods to release her mouse to the wild but as she does she spots Marlowe and Emmet in the woods. They see her as well and start to chase her but she's too quick and they don't know which way she went so they split up. Emmet reaches a clearing and sees two boots in the bush and calls out to Dahlia like she's a stray cat. He slashes the bush but finds it empty. Suddenly Dahlia drops out of a tree and onto his back. Her fingers go for his eyes as she jams them in furiously trying to hinder his attack. Emmet struggles to get her off and soon her nails are scratching his eyeballs so badly that they begin to bleed. Finally, Emmet is able to get her off but as he does he realises he can't see, giving Dahlia the chance to flee.

Marlowe hears Emmet screaming and finds him in the woods, finding him on the ground. She tries to help him but he tells her to "Get that bitch!". Marlowe runs out to the field and sees Dahlia running across it, she chases her but as she does the heat begins to effect the tributes by making them hallucinate. Marlowe ignores the straight double vision she's having and catches up to Dahlia, pinning her to ground. Suddenly Dahlia whispers "They'll hate you if you kill me." And Marlowe begins to hallucinate her old trainer who used to berate her constantly. It allows Dahlia to get away once again. She hides.

 Morti begins to hallucinate that he is surrounded by plants who try to grab him and Broid hallucinates about his family. Emmet is the only one who isn't effected by the hallucinations due to his sight loss. Amma hallucinates that her blood is crawling all over her and disturbed her wound trying to stoop the blood, only making it worse.

Darkness only makes the hallucinations work and Broid begins to have the desire to hunt for his family, wandering around the arena with an axe. Marlowe tries to shake off her father who pushed her to kill animals for practice. The two run into each other, seeing one another as animals. They try to attack each other, losing their own weapons in the process. Despite Broid's strength, his injuries hinder him. The two fight hand in hand combat style until Marlowe finds a rock and bashes him in the head. Debilitatied, Broid falls the the ground and grabs Marlowe's leg, breaking it as he still sees her as an animal. Marlowe screams in pain and Broid snaps out of his trance for a moment, seeing what he's done. He's realises that his mind is warped and fights the hallucination, grabbing his axe and throwing it at the hallucination of his family. That kills the hallucination.
Broid trys to get Marlowe to snap out of her hallucination but she doesn't listen and goes for him again. He knocks her over the head to stop her and she falls to the ground. He's apologetic and walks away but Marlowe isn't finished yet and, goaded by her hallucination, gets the motivation to stab Broid in the back with her trident. He falls to his knees and dies. Marlowe looks happy with the result but isn't finished yet.

 Amma still hallucinates and dies from blood loss.

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Dahlia is hid in a tree in the early hours of the morning when her mother calls her down. She thinks they've come to save her and the pair run through the woods together. Morti finally escapes the plants and gets to the safety of the field. Emmet wakes up to find food from a sponsor and is hopeful that people still believe him. He gets up and carefully moves through the forest, holding the trees for support.

In the woods, Dahlia's father joins the hallucination and the two try to convince her to join them by killing herself. Dahlia holds her knife to her neck and goes to kill herself but suddenly remembers the note she got in her sponsor gift. Her parents aren't there, they're alive and she needs to find them, so she stabs her mother and the hallucination ends.

All have snapped out of their hallucinations except for Marlowe, who still charges through the woods. She comes across Emmet and sees him not as Emmet, but as the girl she fought to get a chance to be a Career. She charges him, pinning him against the floor as Emmet screams. In the scuffle, Emmet sees a blur of blonde hair and tries to stop her. He manages to kick her off and cowers by a tree. Marlowe is distraught and mutters 'I've failed you' over and over. Emmet tries to help her but she still sees him as the girl and talks about not deserving this glory, revealing how she drugged her opponent before the fight and didn't win fairly. Completely wracked by guilt, Marlowe slits her own throat. Emmet can do nothing and just hears her spluttering and then the cannon. He puts two and two together and realises what's she's done.

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Very little happened on this day as the final three tributes kept to themselves, causing the gamemakers great annoyance. Dahlia returns to the house, Morti scavenges for plants. The only thing of note that occurs is that Emmet gets a pair of specialised glasses from a sponsor that allows him to see shapes. (However, there is some doubt amongst Rebels that believe the Gamemakers actually sent it to him to encourage action.)

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Dahlia awakes early and goes to the roof to just sit and enjoy the sunrise. Morti sees her and makes his way over to her to join her. When she hears him coming she's startled but she backs off when he shows that he wont hurt her. They sit for a while and talk about home, about their families. Dahlia shares some food with him. At noon, the two decide to disband but suddenly someone grabs Dahlia foot. Emmet has climbed up on the roof, hanging on by the edge trying to pull Dahlia off the roof. Morti comes over and pulls her back, giving Emmet a chance to climb up properly. Suddenly, the three are all on the roof, prepared for a standoff.

Emmet makes the first move, straight for Dahlia who dodges and slides down towards the gutter, holding on with just her finger. Emmet goes to finish her but Morti makes an attempt to shove him off instead and the two wrestle, Morti tries to get off his glasses to use his weakness against him but Emmet head-buts him and he stumbles backwards off the roof. He falls past Dahlia, who looks on helplessly as Morti falls to his death, breaking his neck on the way down. Dahlia tries to move, to find a way down and realises she could use the gutter, kicking it off so she can climb down it. Emmet gets to her just as she's climbing down and goes back in the house to beat her down.
Dahlia runs across the field and hides in the wheat waiting for Emmet. He chases after her. As Dahlia hides she spots him come up to her and leaps forwards, knocking Emmet's glasses off so he can't see, then she goes to stab him but he turns and she just gets his cheek. Emmet screams and Dahlia backs off a little. He then charges forwards and tackles her to the ground. He tries to stab her and manages to get her in the shoulder as she's dodging his attacks. Dahlia desperately tries not to make a sound and crawls away, running once again. Emmet tries to find his glasses but he can't so he just runs around, slashing the wheat manically. Dahlia hides, making no sound. As he gets closers she rustles the wheat so he stops and comes towards her, as he does she leaps forwards and stabs him in the abdomen. Barely even set back by this as he doesn't realise the severity, Emmet wacks her in the head with the base of the weapon, knocking her over with great force. Then he realises he's been stabbed and that her weapon is till in his stomach. He takes the knife out, Dahlia is now unarmed. He inches towards her and lifts the knife, Dahlia backs up but she's struggling. Just as he's about to slash her, Dahlia delivers a sharp kick to his stomach, repelling him backwards. He falls to his back.

Dahlia and Emmet both lie motionless in the wheat, on their backs. It is Dahlia who finally get the strength to stand however and picks up her knife, walking over to Emmet. She leans over him. He tries to fight her off by putting his hands around what he assumes is her neck as she stabs at his throat, trying to make a big enough slash to kill him. Finally, one of them givess out. There's a spluttering from Dahlia and Emmet's hands drop from her throat. She falls on top of him. A few moments later, a cannon sounds.

Emmet Strauss is the winner.