𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄; The Hunger Games

Unforgivable Sabotage (The Interviews pt.2)

Zeek

"Give it up for the most Intimidating, in my opinion!". Caesar lets out a forced laugh. "Zeek!". He shouts his name as Zeek walks on stage, giving Caesar a handshake as he flinches. "Ow!" Caesar exaggerates into the mic as the crowd giggles. The two of them sit down. Caesar admires Zeek's outfit. "Now, I heard you can fight but can you use a weapon?". Caesar questions him. "Yeah, I use all sorts of weapons". Zeek says  as the crowd drools over the way he speaks. His deep,  monotoned voice. "Oh so your a man of many talents?". Caesar winks at him. "Many..many talents". Zeek says softly, seducing the crowd as he licks his lips towards the camera. exaggerating his tongue, the crowd gasping, chanting his name.

Meanwhile backstage..."Ew...". Cyma says to Nikki. "I don't know, he's kind of doing it for me". Nikki says gocking over Zeek as my eyes widen. "He sure is..." Gliseen says while biting her finger in a seductive way, as I quickly tune them out. Back to the stage.

    "So what makes you think you can win?". Caesar asks Zeek. "I don't think, I know." Zeek says confidently. He then teases the crowd as he winks, smiling towards the camera. The crowd cheers as Caesar fans himself with his note-cards. "My, my!" Caesar says as he blushes.

They then talk about how Zeek lives with his grandparents and how he wants to bring them fortune to help move them out their living conditions back in 8, his grandmother can't walk that well and his grandfather has serve dementia.

Caesar dismisses Zeek as he exits off stage. The crowd then applause him as he exited. He walks into the room with the rest of us tributes, not saying a word. I guess he didn't want to show weakness.

Demetris

"Please welcome, the one and only District 9! Demetris!". Caesar shouts as the crowd cheers. She silently shuffles on stage.

"How are you darling?" Caesar ask her as she remained quiet. The whole building is deafening. Caesar seems shy to ask her any questions since she hasn't responded. "So Demetris, what makes you think you can win this year's games?" Caesar asks her. The crowd whispering to one another while waiting for her to respond. She replies with 2 word. "Cartridge traps." She says quietly in a strange-dark tone, she then giggles to herself, looking down at her feet.

The crowd seems freaked out by her. Caesar was told over his ear-piece to quickly exit her off stage. Caesar then dismisses Demetris off stage. The crowd slowly and awkwardly applause her. She didn't even sit down for her interviews.

As she walks in the room with us, Stout and Gliseen gives her a weirded-out look. She then stares at them with a eerie smile.

Nykoya

After District 9 has done their interviews, it's time for Tate's District. "Please welcome the most adorable, Nykoya from District 10!". Caesar shouts as the crowd screams. Nykoya walks slowly on stage. I can tell she's shy. "Hello my dear!". Caesar welcomes her on stage. The crowd awes. "So many young ones this year folks!". Caesar says laughing as he taps on Nykoya's shoulder. Nykoya gives him a soft smile.

They then sit down, Nykoya kicking her feet back and forth, holding onto the chair. She's trying to avoid the cameras and crowd. "Now Nykoya, are you smart?". He asks her. She slowly looks up at him. "Yes". She simply replies as her voice shakes. The crowd awes at her. "Do you thin you can win this?". He'd ask her. "Yes". She simply replies again. The crowd cheers for her. "We wish you the best of luck darling". Caesar says to her.

They then talk about her younger brothers back at home and how they said they'll be waiting for her to return home and that they're taking care of her pet pigs while she's gone. Caesar then dismisses her as the stage.

As she's exiting she gives the crowd a little wave. I'd smile at how cute she is. The crowd then awes at her.

She enters the room."Good job!" I say to her as she grins. She still a little shy. "Thank you". She'd shyly respond back, smiling while running to the back of the room. Stout, Cyma, and Titan look at me, wondering why I'd congratulate her. I then wait impatiently at the screen to see Tate come up on stage.

Tate

"Now for another handsome young fella, Give it up for Tate, from 10!". Caesar says, welcoming Tate on stage as he walks on stage. I can tell that he's nervous. "Come on Tate, just be yourself". I say to myself quietly looking at the screen. They sit down. "You have a magnificent head of hair boy". Caesar compliments him as the crowd cheers. Tate smiles. "Thank you". He replies. "Just everything about you young man, I mean I'm pretty good looking myself, but you look straight out of a magazine, like a doll!". Caesar continues to compliment him as the crowd cheers louder. "Now tell me, what make you think you can win this?". Caesar questions Tate. Tate takes a while t answer. "Well I'm not sure, I just hope to stay alive as long as I can". He says anxiously as Caesar and the crowd take his remark as a joke and they laugh. "Hilarious! You shall try boy, you shall try". Caesar says smiling as Tate awkwardly laughs.

They then talk about Tate's family back home, basically what he told me in the hallway, but not in too much depth though.

All of a sudden everything goes pitch black, the crowd panics and screams. Commotion amongst the audience. Lights on the stage flicker as they quickly turn off. Moments later the lights on the screens on stage turn back on. Only they stopped showing Tate's face on the screen behind them. It then shows something much worse. As I try to make out what it was I then realize that it's a video of Tate and I in the hallway outside his room. I'm in shock. My jaw dropping as I hear laughs coming from the other tributes. They whole video is of me pinning Tate against the wall and making out.

     The clamorous crowd began to gasp. Caesar walks around stage confused. I quickly look out the door that leads out the to stage. I see Tate staring at the screen with a look of distress. He then runs off stage to the side he entered on. I then make the quick decision to run across stage and chase after him. Rhea and Dakar stare at me as I run towards them to run after Tate, but I've lost him. "Which way did he go?". I ask them as they're laughing. "Where did he go?" I ask impatiently. "That way". Dakar answers me, pointing to the right as he chuckles. I ignore him, rushing over to the right side of the room where there is a door. I exit out the door which takes me to a hallway.

      I see Tate sitting on the floor with the palm of his hands up to his face as he repeats "No...no...no". Over and over to himself. "Tate..." I say softly to him. "Leave me alone!". He shouts at me. "Tate, I'm sorry". I say to him as I walk closer towards him. He scoots back, looking up at me. "My family is going to see that! That's how they're going to remember me!". He shouts at me. He then looks at me with tears in his eyes, lunging in my arms for a hug. I hold him tightly as he takes deep breathes. I lay my chin on top of his head, rubbing his back. "I just don't know how this could've happened". I whisper to him as I am just as confused.

  I start to think about the 2 silhouettes we saw that night. "Nai and Tejio..." He says as the tears stop dripping down his face. "They were the two there that night, and they left during the interviews!". Tate says loudly as I hush him. "They were giving me weird looks, that's probably why...they hacked into the system, parading us". I told him as he gets furious. "It's classic sabotage". I add on as his face turns red. "Those fucking..." He tries to finish as he stands up. I quickly stand up, looking down at him. "Listen, we can't do anything just yet, we have tomorrow, okay?". I say to him. He then looks worried. "You have tomorrow, I probably won't step an inch towards you, not with the Careers surrounding you". He says doubtfully.

      "Trust me, they probably aren't going to want me as an ally anymore". I reassure him as Peacekeepers then barge through the doors. They pull us away from each other, holding us from the back of our shirts. "Take them to their rooms, and guard the doors". They say as they grab Tate roughly by the arms. "Don't hurt him!". I shout as I shove the 2 Peacekeepers holding me back, into the wall. I then tackle the Peacekeeper that was being rough with Tate. I go in for a punch as Peacekeepers pick me up, pinning me against the wall. "Not too rough fellas, they have the games tomorrow". One of the Peacekeepers orders them as he smirks at me. I glare at him as I attempt to break free from their arms that are pinning me against the wall,  but it's no use.

      The Peacekeepers nod their heads to one another as they take Tate and I in opposite directions. I look back as I notice Tate looking back, frightened. The door the shuts behind me as we exit the hallway.