Ok, this is something that my friend NinjaCupcakes and I decided to do. We couldn't bear to let our characters die, so we made this up.
Enjoy!!!
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Chapter 15: The Truth
I felt a tube protruding out my arm and several needles pricking into me. I was confused. Unless I was dreaming, people who were dead couldn't feel a thing. I shook my head and opened my eyes. I was in a pure white room and it reeked of Capitol cleanliness. I shook my head again. I must be in hell. A continuous beeping made my head hurt and I looked over to my left to find a monitor beeping to its heart's content. I was in a basic hospital room.
I searched the room to find a label and a button above my head. The label read: District 15, Female and the button read: Press for assistance. I decided to press the button to see what happened because I was really confused. My finger hovered over the button as my eyes crossed over a television in my room. It was replaying my death, over and over until my body was taken by a hovercraft. I watched as I whispered my final words to Cato and then I fell limp. His reaction brought massive tears to my eyes.
He was crying, bawling in fact, screaming my name and begging me to wake up. I could tell in his eyes he knew I was dead. Eventually, after he calmed down, he gently kissed my lips, gracefully set my down on the grass, placed a small flower in my hands and walked away, wiping his tears as he went. He spoke a few, quiet words before descending into silence.
"I love you Alexis. Everything I do is for you. I will not fail."
I left the button and brought my hands to my mouth and cried as hard as I could. This was not real, this was not happening to me. I didn't die, I stayed alive and the Capitol knew. My tears were interrupted by a man from the Capitol walking into the room.
"You are awake Miss Harridan. You woke up a lot sooner than we expected."
"Ho... how am I alive?" I asked, hesitantly.
"Darling, we here at the Capitol aren't that cruel. Under President Snow's orders, the weapons and muttations in the Games are realistic, but cannot do any real harm. They give the impression that you're dead. Although you may 'die' in the arena, you don't in real life. We couldn't bear to let all those children die at the Games." He gave me a grave, compassionate look.
"Do you send us home to our families?" I blurted out. His eyes darkened a bit.
"No, we can't do that. You have to stay here for the rest of your life. If the people outside knew that the tributes weren't actually killed, they wouldn't care about their children going into the games."
"So basically, you're all still heartless." I shot at him, disgusted. He shrugged.
"I'm sorry Alexis. But seeing as you are healthy enough, you can come out. There are people waiting to see you."
I was confused. I was still processing the information he had told me. I had people waiting... no... It couldn't be... My thoughts were interrupted by a bone crushing hug.
"LEXI!!! I can call you that right?" A male voice yelled. I couldn't see who it was, but I had a pretty good feeling I knew who it was.
"M... Marvel? Yeah, you can call me that" He broke away and stared into my eyes.
"Yep! We don't actually die!! Isn't that marvellous?" He cocked an eyebrow.
"Still the same old Marvel I knew in the arena." I smirked. He grinned and pulled me into another bone crushing hug. This time, I hugged back.
"Nice farewell I got hey? You really like me? As a friend, I mean. Cato would gut me if it was any other way." I felt blood rising to my cheeks.
"You heard all of that?" He grinned cheekily, nodding.
"LEXI!!!" I heard a younger, female voice call. I broke away from Marvel. I knew who it was.
"CLOVE!!!" I yelled. Marvel pouted.
"I didn't get that reception."
"It's because she's marvellous, Marvel. Get it right." He glared at me, but it ended in a smirk. I grinned and turned to find that Clove was inches from pulling me into another bone crushing hug. Great, I'm going to have no bones after they're finished with me. I hugged her tightly.
"Your death was really sad! It made me cry." She gushed.
"Me too." Marvel said, pulling us both into a hug.
"Hey Alexis, are you forgetting someone?" I heard another male voice sound from behind me.
"CODY!!!" I squealed, "You're not dead after all!! Thank God!" I yelled as I flew into his arms and hugged him tight. "It's so good to see you again."
"It's good to see you again too, Alexis." I broke away and looked into his eyes. We reflected each other as we both had tears in our eyes.
"Don't make me cry Cody!" I said angrily. I had had enough crying for one day.
"Wouldn't dream of it, Lexi." We were interrupted by Clove and Marvel.
"Come on," They said in unison, "We'll show you around the place."
They took me for a massive tour of the place. There was a games room, sleeping quarters, television room, dining hall... You name it, they had it.
"We all have to watch the remaining bit of the Hunger Games though." Cody said, "It sucks."
"Ditto." Clove replied, "It's so depressing watching the people you care for die." I scrunched up my nose and then something hit me.
"So does that mean you've been watching all of the Hunger Games since you've died?"
"Yeah, we have to. It's kind of forced by the Capitol." Marvel explained.
I nodded, taking in everything, and then I thought of something.
"Um, if you guys are still alive, does that mean -,"
"Glimmer's still alive, yeah." Clove said, disgusted.
"So, does that mean she saw and heard everything we said after she died?" I questioned.
"Yep, she did, and she's not very happy with all of us. She's been talking to Jazz this whole time." Cody added. I smirked and stifled laughter.
"At least she's not bothering us anymore." I commented. They all nodded.
"Thank god!" Clove praised.
"I feel kind of rejected though. She is my district partner." Marvel said, pouting.
"Marvel, get over it. She was a stuck up slutty bitch that cared for no one but herself." Clove snapped.
I looked over Clove's shoulder and froze.
"Is that how you guys saw me hey? Well, isn't that nice." A sneering voice escaped Glimmer's lips. Clove froze, and then rolled her eyes.
"Yes, that is how I see you bitch." She snapped and glared at Glimmer and Jazz, "Let's go Lexi; we've got nicer people to hang out with." She grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me through a door that led to a large dining hall. I saw a small boy talking with a girl I didn't recognise, but Marvel stiffened at the sight of her. This must be one of the people he killed. The boy, however, I knew. It was Ethan.
I smiled. He seemed to notice me and turned around.
"Hey Alexis!" He grinned. "How are you?"
"Dead." I joked. Marvel laughed.
"Well, isn't that a mar-,"
"If you say 'marvellous' one more time, I swear, I will kill you." Clove snapped, interrupting him. He looked frightened and shut his mouth. I looked at the girl he was with. She looked uncomfortable around us so I decided to say goodbye.
"I guess I'll see you later, Ethan." I smiled at both of them. He nodded in response and he left with the girl through some double doors when an alarm sounded.
"That means that everybody has to come and watch the games now." Cody explained.
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So, what do you think of this twist to the Games?? Different huh? Instead of them being dead and their story in the afterlife, they're not really dead!!!!
I hope you're not confused but if you are, message me and I will do my best to explain!! Thank you all!!
-MissXanderLudwig