Training

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   ((The training days will be divided into four different chapters,one for each day. These chapters will most likely be shorter than the others,because I don't feel like cramming four days in one chapter.))

Pixel woke to someone shaking her shoulder.
"Pix," someone said. "Pixey-Wixey,". Pixel scowled as she tried to slap Dell with her eyes still closed. Dell laughed.
"Shut up,Dell," Pixel said.
"But Pix,it's training day!" Dell sang in a stupid,silly voice. Pixel slowly opened her eyes.
   "Where you can see that one girl from the elevator?" Pixel asked. Pixel nearly fell out of bed laughing because of how red Dell's face was. "Maybe she'll say hello to you from the other side of the training room!" Pixel said through her laughs.
   "I hate you," Dell said.
   "I know. I know. Love you too," Pixel said,trying to breathe.
   "I'm going to breakfast. Come and eat something once you're dressed," Dell said,exiting the room. Pixel went to the closet and typed in some clothing. In seconds,a pair of long capris (capris that come between your knees and ankles) and a short sleeved,turquoise shirt along with a red ribbon. She quickly got dressed. Pixel took the ribbon and tied it around her head. She then slid into her boots and went to breakfast. After breakfast, Rilanna wished them luck in the training and Bellina went with them into the elevator. The elevator took them down below the lobby floor. When the doors opened,Bellina wished us luck and went back up in the elevator. Several people, Capitol workers,were in the room. One came and arranged Pixel and Dell all circular dots imprinted in the floor. One of the workers explained the rules once everyone was there. No fighting with other tributes. Don't forget to check out the survival skills. Finally they let the tributes go and explore the equipment.
"So..." Pixel said. She and Dell hadn't yet moved.
"Not leaving you," he said, flapping his wings a tad. The tributes from District one glared at Dell. Probably thought it was unfair for him to have wings. But the accident was technically the Capitol's fault so they couldn't remove them. Plus, if they did,Dell would almost instantly die.
"Traps?" Pixel suggested. Dell gave her an extremely stupid face. "Okay,okay," she said,trying not to laugh to loud. "We've really got all the survival skills down," Pixel said. "Wanna get the feel of the Capitol type weapons?" A smile crept into Dell's face.
"Defiantly," he said. The two walked over to the weapons. Pixel picked up a bow and arrow and shot at the range,wanting to get the feel of the weapons before she did anything really impressive. After a few tries, Pixel was hitting every shot. Dell had chosen to start with golden throwing knives first. Pixel went to the daggers next. After a few throws she got a good enough feel to do some real fun. Dell had gotten the feel of the knives and daggers and had moved onto the axes,his personal favorite. Pixel and Dell lined up together a fair distant a from the dummies. Pixel had a belt full of daggers around her waist. Dell had a belt filled with knives and two axes in hand. Pixel had the bow in her hand loses with an arrow,three others in her hand. She fired the first arrow. It hit dead in the heart of a dummy. Not one second later,the arrow was split in half by one of Dell's axes. Pixel fired another arrow,followed by an axe. Pixel then fired the last two arrows,one after the other. The first hit in a dummies' heart and the second split in half. The arrows we're almost immediately followed by a golden throwing knife. Pixel looked at Dell and smiled. He returned the smile. The two high-fived.
"That was awesome!" Pixel said quietly,only wanting Dell to hear.
"Yeah,and we got an audience too," Dell said. Pixel looked around. It was true. Pretty much all the tributes and even workers had stopped to watch Pixel and Dell. Pixel caught a glimpse of Atom. His mouth was open in amazement. Pixel also got a glance of that girl,Silver. She wasn't looking at Pixel and Dell. She was fiercely decapitating dummies with silver daggers. Her face was red. From...anger? Maybe. Dell and Pixel continued to work on different things for the rest of the day. They ended up going to the survival skills. Around midday they all stopped for lunch.
"Hey,fire twins,come sit with us!" the boy from District one surprisingly said. Pixel and Dell carefully sat across from the boy and girl from District one. Beside them say the boy and girl from,what Pixel assumed,District four. Silver and the girl tribute, Karambit was it,sat down on the same side as Pixel and Dell. "You two are pretty good together," the boy from one said. "I'm Lux and this is Pearl," he said,pointing to himself and the girl by him. He pointed to the girl from what Pixel assumed to be four. "That's Moccasin," he said. "And mister I'm to secret to tell anyone my name," he said pointing to the boy.
"Silver," Silver said poking at her food on her plate.
"Karambit," Karambit said.grabbing a piece of chicken off a plate in the center of the table.
"Dell," Dell said, introducing himself. "This is my friend,Pixel,and fellow tribute. Though that was obvious," Dell said,getting a bit flustered and fumbling over his words slightly.
"Well,Dell and Pixel,we'd like for you to be in our alliance," Lux said. Dell choked on his drink. Pixel nearly spit her's out. Pixel took a moment to breathe and swallowed.
"Breathe Dell. Breathe," Pixel said,patting Dell's back. Dell looked up at Lux.
"Are you joking me?" Dell asked.
"Not at all," Lux said as though he was a professional business man.
"You want,us,to be part of the Careers group," Pixel said in disbelief. Lux nodded.
"But,it's up to you two, really," he said as he stood up. He then headed back to the training center,led by a person dressed in white.
"Avox," Karambit said.
"What?" Pixel asked as Pearl,Moccasin,and District four's boy got up and headed to the center.
"They're called Avox,the people in white," Karambit said.
"How did you know I was wondering that?" Pixel asked,complexly perplexed.
"You didn't say it out loud?" Karambit asked. Pixel shook her head. Karambit's face turned pale pink. "I,just could tell. You were staring,and you're from District three,so I just assumed you didn't know. Sorry," she said in one breath. She then grabbed a pickle from another plate on the table.
"Thanks," Pixel said,not sure why Karambit was red.
"Welcome," Karambit mumbled. The rest of the day was pretty mediocre. Nothing big happened. Pixel and Dell told Lux that they'd love to be part of the group. Though they only did it so they'd have a little more time. When they got back to their floor they ate supper and crashed in bed.
Pixel's eyes flew open. She was drenched in sweat. She looked around the room. Pixel could make out a small flicker from Dell's bed. His wings. Pixel sighed.
"Just a dream," she thought. A nightmare actually. It had been the day that Dell and Pixel had fallen in the chemicals. Except when Dell rapped his arms around her and landed straight on his back he didn't get wings. He was instead created with death. The dream had ended when Pixel had nearly followed him in death. Pixel refused to go back to sleep. She decided to go up to the roof to get some fresh air. The door wasn't open when she got to the floor. Pixel shrugged and assumed the roof was actually empty. Wrong. Pixel had just closed the door to the dome when he spoke up.
"Couldn't sleep?" the boy from District four asked. Pixel jumped. The boy looked at Pixel and chuckled. "Don't worry,I'm not gonna hurt ya," he said.
"Yet," Pixel said. The boy chuckled.
"Nah. I can't hurt no one," he said. "Can't imagine what my family would think of i did that. Besides,I can't hurt ya here anyways,". Pixel walked up to the rail where the boy was standing. No one was in the streets below.
"District four,right?" Pixel asked. The boy nodded. His bright blonde hair bounced with his nod.
"District three,right?" he asked. Pixel nodded.
"Pixel," she said.
"Yeah,I know," the boy said. He let out a slow stream of air. "Ya know,if the tributes really tried,I mean really,really tried,I bet they could start a rebellion,". Pixel looked at the boy in disbelief. "I'd be part of it," he said. Pixel sighed.
"Me too," she admitted. A yawn escaped Pixel. "Well, nice to meet you," she said, turning to go back inside.
"Hey,Pixel," the boy said right before Pixel grabbed the doorknob. Pixel turned around and looked at the boy. "It's Scotty,Scotty Bass,". Pixel smiled.
"Nice to meet you,Scotty," Pixel said.
"Oh,and nice hair," Scotty added. He laughed as Pixel's hair sparked. She shook her head.
"Your's is pretty cool too," she said. Pixel then went back to her room and laid down. "Nice," she said to herself before drifting off. "Now someone else that I care about. Nice going Pix,". Pixel sighed. Even though she scolded herself,she knew it was going to be worth it, somehow.

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