"Brother?" The five year old Eleven questions from her bed.
Eleven's small feet slowly walks down the long hallway to the large opened door at the end of the hall.
"Yes little bird?"
"If the districts enjoy the games...."
Tributes scream out as they all kill each other, tributes running through tall grass while looking back behind them, the sounds of terrors and screams and fallen bodies being heard all around.
"...why were there rebellions?"
"We will not bow!"
"We will not break!"
The mob screams out as they run full fledge towards the army of Peacekeepers, weapons beginning to come out as they are inches away.
"You will learn the full details when you start school but basically a Great War happened, the dark days. It is where all districts went against the Capitol to try and take it down, but they didn't succeed. The Hunger Games was given as a form of discipline to the districts, to let them know what they did wrong."
Eleven gasps hard when she sees a tribute being killed on the hologram TV, making her quickly cover her eyes.
"Now tell me little bird."
Eleven's small feet comes closer and closer to the opened great door at the end of the hall, her slowly walking inside of the room.
"What is the essential organ that we need the most to live?"
Eleven goes to stand besides the figure sitting down, her eyes setting on the squirrel that squeals in pain on the floor.
"The heart." She immediately answers.
"Exactly...."
Eleven gasps when all of the bones of the squirrel break and contort weirdly.
"....nothing can survive without the heart."
Henry slowly opening his eyes as blood runs down his nose.
Prepare to enter into a world of Panem...
"Our dear president has died."
"Papa!" Eleven cries out as she reaches for him.
A country controlled by...
"May I present to you the new President of Panem! Henry Creel!" The crowd cheers while Henry extends his arms out with a wicked smile.
The Heart.
Witness Victors...
"Remember you are a force to be reckoned with."
Lucas adjusts his tie while he looks in the mirror, him staring in the mirror with a stoic expression on his face.
"You are a Victor...."
Lucas smiles as he eats with Suzie Dustin and Will, countless amounts of people looking at him.
"...but not only that..."
Lucas goes to stand at the Capitol Statue in the middle of the circle road, his hands going into his pockets as he looks up at the statue.
"....you have made history my son."
"Welcome to Capitol University!" Henry holds his hands out with a smile as Lucas comes up the stairs, him holding his hand out for Lucas to shake, Lucas standing in front of him.
"Game Reaper."
Witness Mentors....
"I am more than happy to give you your first assignment as Mentors of the district 4 tributes." Henry states as he clasps his hands together. "You both have a very special assignment Lucas and Will."
Lucas and Will both look at the large hologram TV as they watch all of the tributes be reaped.
"And what's that?" Lucas questions.
Henry goes to lean back a little more as he lightly shrugs, him resting his elbow on the armrest of the chair.
"Preventing war."
And Witness the most important of them all....
"From District 4...."
Tributes.
"Michael Wheeler." It announces as Mike takes a low shaky breath with his hands clasps together.
"Max Mayfield." It announces as she gives a light little smile.
"Why the hell does she have Vultures on her shoulders?" One of the Mentors question.
Vultures fly around the two peacekeepers by Max as they try and fight them off, the crowd just left at a silence as some in the crowd fight back their laughs from the scene, the Peacekeepers try and shoot the birds to no avail, leaving Max to just smile more to herself.
"They're harmless." Max comments simply.
The Peacekeepers punch her to the ground, her falling down in front of everyone.
"Well Lucas...." Victor starts as he goes to stand besides Lucas. "Looks like you got a rather insane tribute to mentor." Victor whispers to Lucas.
Max laughs hard into the camera with blood all over her face, her head falling back as she spins around.
"She's definitely...definitely insane." Will comments.
Witness different sides....
"I present to you the Vice President of Panem! Eleven Creel!" The crowd cheers while Eleven takes a low breath.
"Welcome to the Capitol." Eleven smiles softly as she holds the tray of cinnamon rolls in front of Mike, him just raising his chin lightly at her.
"We as Mentors are trying to help you survive!" Lucas exclaims.
"There is something about that girl."
Max extends her arms out as the crowd cheers for her, all of them going to stand up, all seven Vultures flying up above her and hissing fire out of their mouths.
"That just screams...."
Max extends her arms out as her head falls back as the blood rains on her, her blue eyes looking right into the camera.
"Defiance."
"KISS MY ASS PEASANTS!" Max calls out loudly as the two Peacekeepers drags her inside of the Town hall building, the other Peacekeeper's motioning the tributes inside.
Lucas just slapping the palm of his hand against his forehead with a irritated expression.
Witness voices of power....
"I am TIRED of it BEING this way!" Eleven exclaims.
Max sings with all of her might making the crowd cheer out loudly, her staring straight into the camera while extending her arms out.
"Well look at you Game Reaper."
Lucas and Max dance together at the middle of the dance floor, him twirling her around before her front goes against his back.
"You get a grand name and suddenly you forget where you have come from."
Lucas pins Max against the wall as he grips her wrist, her glaring at him hard.
"I haven't forgotten where I've come from." Lucas states firmly.
"As you say, my lord." Max mocks
Lucas turns her around back to him, both of them going to lean in slowly.
Witness Challenges.....
"Do you think change needs to occur?"
Mike and Eleven dance on the dance floor, him twirling her around over and over again until he tips her down.
"I strongly believe that nothing can survive without a heart."
Mike pulls Eleven in closer, both of them looking into each other's eyes.
"But that doesn't mean that sometimes the heart can't be poisoned."
But most of all.....
"This tribute of yours Max Mayfield...."
Max stares right at Henry as her chariot rides down the long pathway as everyone cheers out, Vultures flying up when she extends her arms out.
"Is she going to be a problem?"
"Uhhh...."
Max screams out as she chokes Mike, Lucas pulling her off of him.
Max salutes mockingly to Henry as her chariot past him from up above.
Max extends her arms out with a wicked smile as the crowd stands up and cheers for her.
"KISS MY MOTHER FUCKING ASS PEASANTS!"
"FUCK YOU!" Max yells hard into the camera.
Lucas and Will both look back at Henry with smiles. "Nope."
"Not at all sir."
Witness MADNESS....
Lucas screams out as a knife pierces through his shoulder.
Sue and Charles both run quickly as the building collapses along with a crowd behind them.
Mike and Max both run hard as a swears of Vultures fly right towards them.
"What makes you think ANY of you can DEFEAT ME?!"
Max practically floats up in the air as her legs lightly kick as she jumps off the cliff, her hand desperately reaching out for the other side of the cliff in front of her.
The Hunger Games has reached the fourth quarter Quell....
"Fourth Quarter Quell plus the 100th Anniversary of the games...."
Every tribute looks around with scared expressions on their faces as they come up the tube, them looking around the large arena.
"That equals even...."
"More."
"Death."
Let the MADNESS begin....
"Let the games begin!"
Mike runs desperately as three other guys run after him.
"Let the games begin!"
Max hangs onto the tree as her hands slowly start to slip off.
"Let the games begin!"
Lucas and Will both run their hands hard through their hair while watching the screen.
"Let the games begin!"
"MAX!" Lucas screams out as he flips a table over.
"Let the games begin!"
Eleven screams out as her hands are extended out as a whole crowd run towards her and the group around her.
"Let the games begin!"
Mike slams his hands against the wall as he cries, him running his hands through his hair while sobbing out.
"Let the games begin!"
Max slowly goes to open the drawer, it being filled with Morphine.
A book Inspired by The Hunger Games....
"Happy Hunger Games!" Eleven exclaims as everyone cheers.
I present to you....
"And May the odds....be EVER in your favor."
The Madness of Vultures!
"That's the thing about love."
Eleven smiles softly at Mike, him sending her a light wink making her lightly blush.
"It can seem so innocent at first, so desirable, so beautiful."
Lucas leans in closer to Max as he slowly tucks her hair behind her ear, his eyes going to her lips as her arm goes more around his neck.
"But in the end..."
Lucas and Eleven both look around the large Arena with complete wide eyes, both of them slowly looking at each other.
"...that beautiful innocent and desirable emotion, is now the thing that tears you to shreds."
Eleven cries out loudly as her hands fists through her hair.
"WHERE ARE YOU?!" Lucas booms out. "MAX!"
"That's the saddest thing about Betrayal...."
Max looks at Lucas as his hands slowly cradles her face, both of their eyes closing as he begins to lean in.
"Do you trust me?" Mike whispers against Eleven's lips, her softly nodding her head.
"It NEVER...comes from the enemy."
"Each Betrayal...begins with trust."
Max looks into the camera while she hits her balled up fist against her chest five times before holding her balled up fist in the air.
All districts holding up their fists in the air.
(Releasing Friday: 12/29/2023)