Epilogue

Data Mendoza 24

Rage and anger floods through me. The games have just ended! I pick up a metal object on the floor and launch it at the tv, smashing it. I still have the two sharp chair legs to use as weapons, so I hide behind some large container crates.

I hear the doors of the warehouse open and my brother walks in followed by half a dozen Peacekeepers. It doesn't take them long to realise that I've escaped.

"Find him and bring him to me!" Eloy orders

"Search the entire place!"

Wow my brother is giving orders to Peacekeepers now. He betrayed his brother for power and wealth! I'm going to kill them one by one and I'm going to finish with Eloy! I don't care that he's my brother…he killed Jackie as far as I'm aware.

I move around the crate and spot the first Peacekeeper walking around from the side. I charge into him and jam one of the chair legs into his neck. He dies quickly and slumps against the crate. I sneak around the next crate. A Peacekeeper spots me and takes a few shots at me however I duck behind another crate. As he comes around I ambush him by sliding under him, stabbing him in the leg with one of the chair legs and then stabbing him in the chest with the other. The remaining Peacekeepers must have heard the gunfire so they will be here shortly! I run and hide a few crates down from where the body is.

"He's trying to pick us off!" Eloy exclaims

"From now on stick in pairs, cover each other's backs!" he orders

I climb onto the crate and crouch until I see one of the pairs walking back to back. I leap onto the nearest crate to them and then drop down on top of one of them and stab him with my stick straight through his helmet and into his head, killing him almost instantly. However, I can't pull chair leg out of his head and the next one kicks my other stick away. I begin wrestling him for control of his rifle. He headbutts me with his helmet and pushes me back into the crate. I then twist the gun around and sweep him off his feet. This causes me to have control of the rifle and I quickly shoot him to finish him off. I take a flash grenade off one of the bodies and begin hunting the final pair.

I see them go into a metal control station. I see another door on the other side so I sneak around and sit on a chair pointing my rifle at the door in-between the two doors. The first Peacekeeper walks through and I shoot him in the head, he dies instantly and I run straight up to the door and throw my flash grenade in the room. Disorienting my opponent. I then charge into him and slam him against the wall and shot him in the head.

I walk out of the control room and back in the warehouse.

"It's just you and me now brother" I yell

"Then come out and fight me coward!" he yells back

I sneak through the containers in search of my brother. He taught me everything I know about fighting, I can't underestimate him!

"You're still blaming me for your mistakes!" He yells

"That's what you've always done! You couldn't protect Techna, you couldn't protect Jackie and I knew you couldn't protect our family! So I took initiative!" he shouts

This angers me even more but I need to keep my cool if I'm going to beat him. He wants me to lose control!

I turn around a container and spot him, he has his back to me! I start running up to him and I aim my rifle at him however he knew I was there and turns and shoots at me! I quickly take cover around a container, he open fires at where I'm hiding until he has to reload, I quickly poke my rifle out and start firing at him. He takes cover around the other side of the container and we keep trading shots until I get fed up, he's probably got more ammo so I climb on the container, run across it and leap onto him!

He drops his rifle straight away and we both land on the floor. I raise mine to try and shoot him however he grabs the end of it and elbows me in the face, I shoot anyway out of rage. Bullets go everywhere, he flings me onto the floor and starts kicking and stomping me however I roll him over me and we both get back onto our feet! We start trading blows. I hit him with a strong right hook which spins him around. I then grab him from behind and put my arm around his jaw. He elbows me a few times in the gut so I jerk myself back, snapping his neck and killing him…

I sit slumped against a container with my head in my hands. I just killed my brother, his body is lying next to me. The man who trained me and raised me… maybe he is right. I did fail to save Techna and Jackie…I need to find my parents and my young brother now…I need to go! They will be coming after me!

Ronan 35 The Capitol

"District 3s academy was burnt to the ground as requested" I announce to Saffreen

"Yes…yes but what about Data?" she snaps

"He is…missing. He managed to escape from Eloy"

"Damn it. We need to sort this mess out…the president is getting impatient"

"Another problem…Eclipse Enery is also missing…" I murmur

Eclipse Enery 15 District 8

It is evening, Me and Cecelia are stood on the other side of District 8s fence. I stand facing the outside world with a bag slung around my back. I'm thinking about Amir, he could have been my brother, we were so alike…poor boy. Kristen, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be here, I'm still trying to understand why he did what he did. Kellie, her sister will know she died for her but also for me. Persephone, she was the sweetest girl I ever knew! She didn't deserve to die like that. Amary, I killed him, he was the same as me, just trying to survive and I killed him. It's not fair! Dario, Ceska and Jackie, she should be here in my place really… I wish they were all here!

"Are you sure about this?" Cecelia asks

"They are going to be looking for us"

I turn to her

"Let them come, they can't scare me after everything they've already put me through!" I say

She chuckles

"And what about me?" She asks

"Come on, where's you sense of adventure" I reply

We start heading off into the sunset.

"Where are we headed first?" Cecelia asks

"District 7" I reply sharply

"I've…got something to tell someone"

"District it is" she replies

Again I want to thank everybody you followed and supported this story. Overall I think it went well, even though it was a little slow at the start and took a while to take off in my mind. I will be taking a little break from this because it can be hard work but keep your eyes open for my third syot, which I will start soon - On Thin Ice: The 49th Hunger Games!