This is what Jacob looks like. Hot I know ;). Lol Jk. Full name: Jacob Collins
Venus:
You know what? Jacob isn't such a bad guy after all! After I got carried away in the arrow sim, he already knew what I was, I just helped him confirm it. Surprisingly he didn't freak out the way I expected him to. He dragged me out of the sim, sat me down, and started asking me questions about what he calls my 'species'.
"Okay so I've read about you kind, and you guys can be hybrids right?" he asked looking up from his tablet
"One, were not a kind, and Two, yes some of us are just a hybrid and some have an ability" I said crossing my arms
"But you're a mixture of both right?" he asked skimming through his tablet
"Yes I am" I said, starting to get frustrated with all the questions he was asking me
"Okay, so what are you?" he asked eagerly, looking at me
"Ima wolf hybrid with the abilities to turn invisible and control plants" I said, kicking my feet on the table
My pouch of extra tools fell out and I grabbed it. He stared at me as I opened it and that odd instinct of building something random took over me. After two minutes I looked at my finished product and set it on the table
"And I do that" I said pointing at the odd piece of machinery in front of me
He nodded quickly and continued to do something on his tablet. Suddenly the door swung open and his facial expression changed from a glimmer in his eyes, to cold dead eyes. He sat straight and looked at me sternly.
"You still have lots to do wimp" he said, giving me a quick wimp before standing up
Shawn was led in by peacekeepers in by peacekeepers. He was wearing a black shirt and pants. He threw a bag at me and I caught it.
"Extra change of clothes" was all he said
"Thanks" I said in a low voice
The smell of bird came back to my nose causing me to snarl lightly. Jacob kicked me from under the table and I gave him a 'what?' look. I felt fear, yet confidence radiating from Shawn which caused me to grow confused. Yeah we haven't been acting like normal people, well im not normal but whatever. We haven't been acting completely terrified, we carried it out like it was normal although we were still completely terrified at the thought of death. I was trying to act confident, like nothing could stand in my way, but I was really just a terrified puppy with a slim chance of survival. Shawn, well I wouldn't know about him but his fear goes higher when a keeper goes near him. I suddenly caught notice of a necklace around his neck It looked kinda like mine, just the gem was green and it didn't have an extra charm with his name on it.
"The bathroom is over there, go change while I see what this kids got" Jacob said sternly, rising from his chair and stepping towards Shawn with long strides. I rolled my eyes and slightly smiled at how tough he was trying to be. I went into the bathroom and changed into my own black shirt. Turns out on the back it says out last names and what district were from. I put on the black pants and slipped on the all black converse they had given us. (I read a book that said most of the styles from today are from earth, like converse!).
Just before I walked out, I looked at myself in the mirror. I took my hair out of its ponytail and wrapped my hair tie on my wrist. I brushed my hair with my fingers but that barely worked so I just grabbed my backpack and walked out. Shawn and Jacob were now talking, I guess he finished his Sim.
"This kid has good instincts, I swear he could've spotted that bullet from a mile away" he said patting an extremely nervous Shawn back.
"Wait how come he had bullets and I had arrows" I asked quizzingly
"Because once you step through that door, it custom fits to you. It new arrows would work for you and bullets for Shawn." He explained
I just nodded as my eyes settled on Shawn. I noticed his six pack for the first tine through his sweaty shirt. His muscle's were tense and my ears narrowed down to the sound of the sweat dripping down his forehead.
"Alright, now there's already an uproar about the district twelve reaping's" I heard Jacob say which snapped me back into reality
My "piercing green eyes" as Shawn would describe them, darted to Jacob and we made eye contact which caused him to jump. I raised an eyebrow and he grew serious again making me smirk.
"Wait what are we talking about?" I asked cocking my head to the side like the confused cub I was, all I needed were the ears to perk up.
"Weren't you listening?" Shawn asked me, causing me to look at him and regret it.
He was the first boy I had seen ever outside the house, and I felt so drawn to him. I regretted looking at him because my keen wolf eyes caught on to every feature he gave off.
"No she was to busy checking you out" Jacob snickered
My reflexes as Alpha kicked in as I lunged forward and took Jacob down, his back thumping against the floor.
"Talk like that one more time" I growled
His blue eyes that were once cold turned into a worried expression. He knew what I was, and he knew I was wolf. I snapped out of my instinct, I could feel my pupils go back to normal as I looked down on him with a worried expression.
"S-sorry" I mumbled getting off of him and helping him up
"I have never seen a girl as defensive as her" Shawn said staring at me
"Yeah well now you have" I said crossing my arms
I was terrified now. I realized I could hurt people and get really put down (literally, death). They would find out my secret and there was the death of me, and the people who knew.
"Well, lets get started with weapons shall we?" Jacob said coughing and dusting him self off
I nodded and he lead us across the rom to a chest. He pressed a button and it opened up, multiple walls of weapons came out and I stepped back, bumping into Shawn. He grabbed my arms and steadied me. His touch sent chills up my spine, but then I got this feeling... The same feeling I got around fire. I was suddenly drawn more to him, with the need to have to touch his arm or something. When he let go my body grew cold.
"Choose a weapon" Jacob said motioning us forward
I stepped forward next to Jacob as Shawn went off, looking at the weapons.
"You do realize I usually hunt with my bare hands and teeth right?" I whispered to him
"Yeah well now you have to act human" he whispered back
I stepped on his foot and yelped lightly so no one would hear. I walked forward and looked at the wall of knives and guns. I saw Shawn take down a bow and arrow, he began to admire it.
"The making of this is incredible" he said looking at Jacob
"Yeah well what would you know about it?" Jacob asked, his cold eyes staring holes into him
"Well my dads a blacksmith, were constantly making weapons for the council" Shawn fired back causing Jacob to raise and eyebrow and look at me
I looked away and went back to the weapons. I grabbed several knives and turned around to Jacob who had pressed another button causing moving targets to move at the end of the room.
"One half is for you, other for Shawn" he said looking down at me with a smirk
I set the knives on the table, from biggest to smallest. I grabbed one and began to focus on the targets. My concentrated on them, causing them to slow down in my view. I watched where it would move next and threw the knife. The world sped up and the knife struck the target right in the chest.
"Is there something you don't know how to do?" Jacob asked looking down at me
I shrugged. I had never thrown a knife before. I always threw tools at the mice in the work shop so I guess that helped. Suddenly I heard the whiz of an arrow and I looked at several targets that had multiple arrows in the chest and head.
"Damn" I said, my jaw dropping
"You'll do fine, but we should probably get moving on" Jake said patting my head, which actually felt pretty good
I suddenly realized what he was doing and I slapped his hand away.
"Woof" I said and smirked as I walked by him
He pressed the button again and everything went back into place.
"Now we already have attention from when Venus volunteered for her brother so that's a bonus, but we still have to do the chariots" Jake explained as we made our way past the empty training rooms
"The what?" I asked confused
"The chariots! You know when every player represents there district with a special chariot, gains publicity?" Jake asked eye wide as we entered the elevator
"Well see Jake" I said clapping my hands together
"I'm here to die, I don't really like sitting down and watching live T.V. of watching real people dying, and I live on a hill away from society so no Jake I don't know what the heck the chariots are!" I said looking at his eyes
"Well damn.." Jake said stepping back
The elevator opened and we looked out. People with dress carts were running around, fitting outfits for players and different people. A man with a spiked hair cut and feline like eyes approached us.
"So you guys must be Venus and Shawn" he said in a soft voice, wayyy different than Jakes
"Yup" Shawn said rolling on his heels
"Well, I'm your assigned stylist so lets get started shall we?" he said in his preppy accent
I rolled my eyes and Shawn and I followed him. Jake, well he told the stylist something and disappeared. We entered a room full of pieces of material and a stand in the middle.
"Now we want to cause an uproar in the chariot introductions and also the interviews" our Stylist said scurrying forward into the room to a desk in the corner.
"Interviews?" I asked
"Oh my god Venus" Shawn said looking down on me
I suddenly felt a sense of shock radiate of me. It wasn't what he said, it was what I realized. I had really been a stranger all my life, and although I knew so much but things, it was all history. I never was caught up with the latest things going on in society and never really gave a damn. But now.. Now It was different. I may die in several days, but all this contact with people was actually scaring me. But the more confident I posed to be, the more I felt, the more I thought "Hey maybe I can get out alive!".
"Earth to Venus?" Shawn said, waving his hand in my face
I snapped out of my thoughts and looked down at my feet.
"Well huns, District Twelve is mysterious, full of animals and maybe danger. So, I stalked you guys and thought that maybe you could wear plain dress and tux, but then turn into this" Our stylist said, showing us his computer
Suddenly Shawn let out a gasp at the same time I did. This guy really did stalk us!