TMNT Hunger Games (Featuring Your OCs)

Chapter 11: Training Day Two

As much as Yoshi warned her not to show off her abilities, Destiny can't stop herself from moving to the shiny rack of swords. Her emerald green eyes flicker over the sleek weapons, searching for a machete, her choice.

She sees one, grabbing it eagerly. She looks towards the simulations, noticing a girl waiting for her turn with a few kunais in hand. Destiny walks up behind her, waiting for her turn as well.

Hazel feels the hairs on the back of her neck prickle, turning around. She almost yelps when she sees Destiny standing there, and the wolf-raven arches her eyebrow questioningly.

"Sorry," she apologizes to the younger girl. "Kind of snuck up on you."

Hazel nods, casting her eyes downwards so her wild curls cover her face. "Yeah, it's alright. No big deal."

Destiny swallows, noticing that the girl is giving her the same look most people give her when they're intimidated. The mutant flashes a fanged smile, trying to look pleasant.

Hazel looks up hesitantly, her own strange green eyes meeting the wolf-raven's. Her face slackens a little, noticing that her pupils are slightly slitted and unique themselves.

"What?" Destiny asks, feeling her stomach twist nervously again.

Hazel smiles lightly. "Nothing, just...your eyes are really cool."

Destiny returns the gesture at that comment as Shelby emerges from the simulation, spinning two axes and looking incredibly satisfied.

"Hey," she greets as she walks past them.

"Hey," the other two return.

Shelby continues past them, deciding to head for the snare station. She know she could use the extra help with the devices, especially if she's going to be hunting for food.

She sighs heavily as she looks around for Tyler, wondering where her exuberant brother ran off to today. Not surprisingly, she finds him socializing with Kayla and Raphael. She smiles a tiny bit, glad to see that at least one of them is trying to make alliances.

As she turns around, she runs right into another body. Both girls grunt as they stumble back, regaining their balance. Shelby looks up at the girl she ran into, meeting the grey eyes of Yukiji.

"Watch it," the fox snaps.

"You watch it," Shelby retorts, feeling the air grow chillier almost instantly.

"Why you little-" Yukiji raises her fist. Shelby snarls.

In a split second, two guards rush up and separate them. Swift watches from nearby, slightly amused by the outburst. She swishes her long tail and turns away, heading towards the climbing wall.

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At lunch, the tributes gather around to eat together. Michelangelo looks around excitedly as everyone starts settling down to eat.

"Come on, Swift. Let's eat with the others," he urges to his mutated companion.

She shrugs. "Meh, if we must."

He grins, bouncing over to Annalise and Elsie, who are sitting next to Scarlet and Raphael. The District 10 girls are placed across from Destiny and Leonardo, who eat their food without looking at everyone else. Swift looks around at the others, who all seem to eye the couple with distaste. Her ears flatten against her hair a little.

"Hey Annalise and Elsie! Hey Raph and Scarlet!" Michelangelo greets, sitting down next to the blonde. He looks to Destiny and Leonardo with an equally bright smile. "Hey Destiny and Leo!"

The wolf-raven looks up, smiling a little. Leonardo does the same, although he looks more inviting than his girlfriend. Michelangelo launches into conversation with the the three girls on his side, Raphael choosing to ignore them and eat hi soup, but Swift keeps looking at the District 7 tributes. She takes a deep breath and moves to the other side of the table and settles down next to Destiny.

"Hey," she greets.

Destiny glances at her, swallowing a forkful of spaghetti. "Hi..."

"Hello," Leonardo adds in, peeking at the wolf-lizard. "How are you enjoying training?"

"It's fine," Swift says. "Have you two got any allies other than each other?"

Destiny arches an eyebrow. "Cutting to the chase, huh?"

The double-mutant smirks. "Yeah, I am. So?"

"It's just us," Leonardo answers. "I think everyone else hates us."

Swift flicks her tail. "Ah, because you're the Capitol favourites? I bet the Careers are just ticked because you're stealing the spotlight more often than not."

"It's not like we're trying to," Destiny defends, looking rather ticked. "Geez, we're dating but everyone has to make it such a big deal."

Amused, Swift takes a bite of pizza. "So? Wanna team up?"

The couple looks at one another, then at the wolf-lizard. Leonardo leans over to Destiny's wolf ear.

"We could use allies, Des. Think logic," he murmurs.

She sighs. "Fine, but only if she manages to find us once the Games start."

They look up, and the wolf-raven repeats her sentence to Swift. She smiles lazily and they shake hands.