The Hummel Games

Chapter 5- Delicious Candy

Competitors:

Unique Adams

Blaine Anderson

Noah Puckerman

Sam Evans

Brittany Pierce

Tina Cohen-Chang

Joe Hart

Harmony Pearce

Sebastian Smythe

Sunshine Corazon

Matt Rutherford

Lauren Zizes

Kitalene Crimson

David Karofsky

Chapter 5: Delicious Candy

While competitors died, Sunshine and Harmony had been hiding in Coach Sylvester's office. Neither of them attended McKinley, so they were unaware of whom the office belonged to. Even in the most desperate situations, no McKinley student would dream of setting foot in that office.

"So, how long do you think this wil take?"

Sunshine looked up. "What makes you think I would know?"

Harmony shrugged. "You're Asian, and Asians are smart."

The Filipino girl sighed and shook her head. "That is such a stereotype."

"But you are smart, right?"

"...Yes. Okay, there's been ten cannons..." A shot rang out. "Eleven... so there's thirteen of us left. That means there's eleven enemies that need to die. It's been two days, so logically, it would be another two days."

"Awesome!"

"I wasn't finished. There's this book I read once that had a situation a lot like this, and after the first burst of death, it was a lot slower. Typically, about two weeks."

"Oh, so we just have to stay alive until then."

"Pretty much."

"What was the name of that book you read?"

"In Filipino, it was called Ang mga Pagkagutom Laro*."

"Sounds nerdy."

Sebastian Smythe was having the time of his life. He had opted to hide in the janitor's closet, and had discovered a supply of candy. The candy was now being stored in the boys' bathroom, Sebastian's hideout.

Tina was dead on the bathroom floor, because her major character development tends to occur off-screen. Sebastian had tricked her with a poisoned candy, not wanting any blood in his nice clean hideout. Red wine on a blazer was bad enough.

As he pigged out on some chocolate, he listened to the sounds outside. There weren't many sounds, except for the heavy tread of David Karofsky pacing outside.

Karofsky had caught sight of Sebastian earlier and tried to kill him, but the Warbler had slipped into the bathroom and locked the door. David was trying to starve Sebastian out.

Of course, that wasn't going to happen. Not when he had all this delicious candy...

From the safety of Sue's house, Sue, Will and Kurt watched the cameras that were trained on every room of the school.

"I knew those cameras would come in handy," Sue narrated. "Screw Figgins and his death-match budget."

Kurt leaned over and tapped one of the multiple screens. "How did Blaine get up there?"

The trio watched Blaine swing from one of the spotlights in the auditorium. He had a look of blissful joy on his face, as he always did when abusing furniture.

"Well, Porcelain, that young Burt Reynolds is a hobbit, and hobbits have magical powers. Frodo here has obviously mastered the art of levitation... or walking on walls."

Will rolled his eyes. "None of that is true, Sue."

"Hold your tongue, Butt Chin. I'll have you know that in late 1998, Peter Jackson and I had a one-night stand. I had been travelling the Amazonian rainforests, searching for hobbits to use as butlers, and the natives told me about their powers. And if you've watched a jungle movie, you know that Amazonian natives are always right."

"Sue, you are deranged!"

"You can't call me deranged, I'll have you arrested for slander. It's in my contract!"

Neither of the educators noticed Kurt putting on a pair of designer earmuffs.

Noah Puckerman was patrolling the library, wondering where Tina had gone. As he strolled down the adult fiction aisle, he picked out a few erotic stories to read at night.

As he chuckled over his latest finds, he let his guard down for just a moment. However, it was enough to let Lauren Zizes tackle him to the ground.

The professional wrestler let out a battle cry as she pinned Puck down. Lauren had been looking for someone to kill since the start, but everyone had heard her coming.

"Wait a moment!" Puck cried out. "Lauren, remember when we used to date?"

"Ummmm... yeah, I guess we did. So, what's that got to do with anything?"

"Uh, don't kill me?" The tone of the last part of Puck's statement involuntarily rose, making it sound like a question.

However, the plea fell on deaf ears, as Lauren wrapped her large hands around Puck's throat. She began to strangle the Jewish boy, keeping him held down by sitting on him.

Just when Puck had almost lost consciousness, something fell out of Lauren's pocket.

"Damn, my chips." As the wrestler removed her hands and reached for the chips, Puck acted fast. He slapped Lauren, breaking her glasses.

Lauren screamed with frustration, practically blind without her glasses. She fell over, most of her bulk landing on Puck's neck. The bone was cleanly snapped in two, killing Puck in seconds.

As Lauren stumbled around, shards of broken glass were collected, sticking deep into Lauren's skin. She was dead in a few hours from blood loss and head trauma from falling over.

Kurt sadly watched the library screen, the senseless death and tragedy.

Why can't these people be civilized and oh, I don't know, let me choose who I want to date? What if David were to win? He's a good friend now, but I just don't see him in that way.

The fashionable boy turned off the screens, no longer interested in seeing what happened next.

He wasn't supposed to have a preference, but he secretly had a few people he wanted to win the most. Luckily, everyone on that list was alive... right now.

This was a terrible idea.

*Ang mga Pagkagutom Laro is Filipino for The Hunger Games.