Surviving The Beast (Featuring Your OCs) [TMNT Hunger Games AU]

Arriving at the Capitol

"Penelope, we're here!" Shadow exclaimed to her District partner.

"You don't say," Penelope replied amusingly, moving to the window that Shadow was pressed up against.

The train passed as the crowds screamed and waved their arms at the train. Shadow slithered over to another window and waved at them, flashing a fake but bright smile.

The people jumped and screamed even louder in response.

"What are you doing?" Penelope asked, looking at her.

"Charming them," Shadow replied with a sly smile. "You know how people charm snakes?"

The Italian Wall Lizard mutant nodded.

Shadow smirked. "This time, the snake charms the people."

"Nice."

******

"Wake up!" Alexis poked Darkness' shell.

"Why?!" the turtle demanded, narrowing his eyes at her and glaring.

"We're at the Capitol," she chirped.

"Do I look like I care?" Darkness turned around and stuffed his face into the pillow.

"Come on, please!" Alexis whined.

"Okay, fine! I'm up!" Darkness put his hands up in surrender. He trudged over to the window and pulled the curtains open.

Immediately, the blinding light engulfed his face and he staggered backwards. Alexis couldn't help but stifle a giggle at his clumsiness.

Darkness saw the crowds, and waved, but did not smile. He knew that he would be truly happy if he didn't come here to die.

******

Michelangelo waved and blew kisses to the crowd as he watched them from the window of the train.

"What are you doing, Mikey?" Sky asked from her spot on the couch.

"These people look so happy and nice! But their sense of fashion is just terrible!" The turtle shrugged. "Oh well looks don't matter."

"Mikey, remember that they are here to watch us get killed," she said gently.

"Right." His smile dropped. "But hopefully they'll sponser us?"

"Hopefully," Sky replied.

"They have this awesome food stuff called pizza! And I love it already! It tastes so good, and I want more," Mikey exclaimed, starting to drool.

The girl laughed.

"Seriously though. I really do hope they sponsor us with pizza."

"Okay, whatever you say," she replied, going back to her book.

******

"Sari, Sari!" Donatello called the cyborg over.

"Yes?" Sarina walked into the living room compartment.

"We're here!"

"Nice." She went to the window, gazing out to the extravagant amount of people crowding around the train tracks. She waved, causing some of them to squeal and whoop.

Sarina moved to the couch and sat down beside Donatello. They watched the Reapings for a few minutes, then the turtle broke the silence. "To be honest, I'd like to ally with District 7."

"Why is that?" Sarina inquired, tilting her head.

"I don't know. I just have a feeling that we should ally with them." He looked at the blue masked turtle and the wolf-raven mutant on the TV. "Do you think we should?"

"I don't mind. They seem like close friends, though. We should ask them before we make any rash decisions," the cyborg replied.

The purple masked turtle nodded in agreement.

******

The train pulled to a stop. Raphael and Alexandria stepped out of the long vehicle, looking around. 11 other pairs of tributes were coming out as well. They didn't talk to each other much, but preferred to stick with their district partner. The tributes who have mentors stuck by them as well.

Immediately, they were led to a tall building, where they have to get ready for the chariots. An attendant ushered the turtle and the raccoon mutant into another room, getting them ready for the parade.

Leading Alexandria to one room and Raphael to another, they asked them to lie down on a table. They obeyed, waiting for the staff to start giving them the treatments.

Inside, the two were thinking the same thing. This was going to be a long day...

After a few hours of cleaning them up and perfecting their looks, the tributes receive a short break and they visit each other.

"This feels unnatural!" Raphael complains, studying his body. "They waxed my shell for such a long time that the color started coming off!"

"Oh, you think that's bad? They literally ripped the hair off my legs and arms. It hurt so badly!" Alexandria argued. She looked down. "But we should appreciate it. This is a luxury compared to what we go through back at home."

The red masked turtle's response was merely a shrug.