In which sixteen-year-old Barley Miller from District 9 is thrown into an arena to fight to the death with not only 22 other children but with her younger brother as well, Barley has to figure out how she can keep both of them alive as well as deali...
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AFTER ABOUT THIRTY minutes of searching the pack is no closer to finding Wovey, this secretly makes Barley happy as she doesn't want to witness the death of somebody so young. The pack's search for Wovey has led them back to the turnstiles they entered when all this began.
Barley looks down at the ground and sees Bobbin's body has been moved but a pool of dried-up blood is still left staining the floor, Barley hopes wherever Bobbin is now he's at peace.
As the group of five kept walking, Coral and Barley both noticed the presence of Lucy Gray in the vents, Coral reaches out her arm stopping Mizzen's movement, and gently placed her hand on his shoulder. "Hey"Coral whispers, her voice being kind not something many people hearing too often. "Go get a spear. Go up there, push her back as much as possible"
Mizzen looks up at Coral unsure, a look of fear glistens in his eyes causing Barley to step in. "Hey, you got this, trust us,"Barley tells him with a confident smile on her face.
Mizzen looks at both the girls before nodding his head and walking off, Barley walks over to where Adam is standing leaning against the opposite wall his head down and eyes staring at the floor. "What's up?"Barley asks a playful smile on her face trying to cheer her brother up.
Adam finally looks up, making eye contact with his sister. "I'm scared"Adam whispers.
Barley crouches down so she can be height level with her younger brother, she places a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Scared of what?"She questions.
Adam looks down again, his fear forcing him not to make eye contact, Barley gently places her hand on his chin forcing the younger boy to look at her. "Dying"Adam finally tells her tears brimming in the twelve year olds eyes.
Barley pulls him into a tight hug, gently stroking the back of his head. "You're not going to die, I won't let you. I promise"Barley tells him.
But how wrong she was.
AFTER WHAT FELT like forever the voice of Mizzen was heard through the vents, Adam having moved to stand next to Treech looks up at the vent which housed Lucy Gray, with Coral and Barley hanging back a bit.
"Here, birdy, birdy, birdy"Mizzen calls out his voice playful and childish, Barley had always noticed the way that Mizzen would change his voice to make it sound either more intimidating or playful.
"Don't be scared. Don't run away"Mizzen called out again his voice becoming more harsh and angry as he spoke something that broke Barley's heart.
Treech and Adam continued to watch the vent, tracking Lucy Gray's movement as she scurried along down the vent in fear away from Mizzen, Barley and Coral stood ready with their weapons.
"Shh,"Coral spoke suddenly silencing the boys. "Quiet, quiet, listen..."
Drops of dust begin to fall onto Treech and Adam, the boys blinking rapidly as the dust gets into their eyes and noses. "Coral, Barley"Treech whispers pointing up at the vent.
This wasn't what caught Barley's attention, it was Adam beginning to cough widely and rapidly, Barley pulled him so he was closer to her. "Hey buddy, you okay?"Barley asks nervously the world around her disappearing as her sole focus falls on Adam.
Adam only coughs more in response, Barley pulls him down to the floor so his head is resting in her arms, she watches helplessly as blood begins to pool from his nose, and tears begin to well in her eyes. "Hey, hey you stay with me, you stay with. You have to stay with me"Barley cries desperation in her voice.
Adam doesn't respond, his body falls still and his eyes go blank as they stare without seeing, a loud sobs emit from Barley's mouth she pulls her lifeless brother in even closer, her body shaking as she rocks backward and forwards, a scream then emits form her throat just as the vent is broken by Coral and Lucy Gray comes crashing down.
The girl who killed her brother.
Both Lucy Gray and Coral stop all movement as they stare not just at Barley holding Adam but at Treech's dead body as well, a look of regret creep its way onto Lucy Gray's face.
"It's okay, you're okay, you're safe now"Barley whispers gently as she places her forehead against Adam's. "Go find Mama"
She gently kisses his forehead before pulling away and slowly closing Adam's eyes, for now she could just pretend he was sleeping. Barley looks up making eye contact with Lucy Gray, the girl looks at Barley like a deer in headlights. "Barley...I'm"Lucy tries to start.
"Stop!"Barley shouts her voice quaking with anger that begins to flood her body, she has no other choice now, she has to win or Adam's death would mean nothing but if she couldn't do that at the very least she would.
Kill Lucy Gray.
"This is your fault,"Barley tells her, anger seeping into every syllable in her sentence.
Lucy Gray looks up at her, fear begins to flood her body. "I'm sorry, I didn't know he was there, I swear to you,"Lucy says trying to defend herself.
Barley doesn't respond, she places Adam's body gently down on the ground, before standing up and picking up her machete in the process, she holds the weapon out the edge of the machete pointed in the direction of Lucy Gray's heart.
"I'm going to kill you"Barley tells her, Barley's voice being eerily calm for someone who just lost her brother.
That was the thing without Adam she was numb, she remembered the day he was born and the joy that erupted in her heart when she saw him for the first time, his tiny body wrapped in a blanket, and a four-year-old Barley looked down at him and made him a promise that day.
She would protect him.
But she failed.
Lucy Gray made a run for it and Barley immediately ran after her, with Coral following closely behind, they ran back into the main area of the arena and Barley was gaining traction on the girl from Twelve, with Mizzen making it back to what's left of the pack also running after Lucy Gray until a wiring nose was heard from above.
It was louder than any of the drones they had ever heard before, all four of them stopped moving immediately and watched as a large giant cylinder was placed into the arena.
Death had finally come for all of them.
A/N:Hey it's Shan, I've never written a death scene before so if it's shit I apologize also RIP Treech and Adam you will be missed, I can't believe I have like two chapters left and I'm done with this book.
