The Hunger Games - Second Quarter

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I quietly snuck my way into a building that was still standing, it was a large hotel, bugs and rats ran across the floor when I opened the door and let light into the building. It had tacky peeling wallpaper and dirt covered the ground. The place was quiet, I assumed nobody else had entered it. The whole place smelled like dust and I debated whether or not to stay but considering it seemed to be the only safe place at the moment, I had no other choice. I shut the door behind me and made my way to the stairs. The hotel had became darker but light had made its way through the crumbling bricks. When I walked up the stairs I hoped they wouldn't break underneath my feet. Suddenly I heard the door open and I quickly scrambled up the stairs and into the nearest room shutting the door with a loud thud.
"Shh did you hear that?" I hear a voice say coming up the stairs. There was the sound of several foot steps pass the room I was in before another voice said, "It was probably just the rats."
"I hate rats."
"Shh, if someone is in here we should be quiet."
"Most the tributes are in the forest, I doubt anyone would come in here anyway. Especially if they were alone."
"You don't know that."
"Yes I do. There could be ghosts or mutts or the building could even collapse at any moment."
"Stop it, you're scaring me."
"I'm scaring you? I'm the least of your problems."
"Let's go up another floor."
The foot steps faded and my body started to relax. If they were up another floor, I would be able to escape. But would that be safe? The arena had started to get dark and the voice was somewhat right, nobody wants to be alone. Unfortunately I was.
Hours passed and the anthem started to play, 14 tributes had died today.
A male from 1 and 3, a female and male from 5 and 6, a male from 7, a female from 8, all from 9, and both females from 11.
I let out a sigh of relief, as much as I hated seeing everyone else's faces in the sky I would've dreaded seeing anyone i was aligned with up there.