A Tributes Legend (A BajanCanadian HungerGames)

Chapter 6

Again..... Again I am on this damn elevator while confusion courses through my veins. I need to keep Jerome as an ally but eventually I will have to kill him. How the hell do you expect me not to get too attached?!

I reach my floor and I quickly barge into my room, not wanting to run into Danielle again. The door slams shut and I carefully flip on the lights, sure to look away from the bulb that is now surging with light.

I walk into the nearest room and fall into a cozy leather chair. Soon my mind begins to wander and I am no longer conscious. I drift away into a realm of dreams where Connor is safe, where I am safe. It is peaceful and very serene. I want to stay in my dream for eternity.

Unfortunately, my wish does not come true because a few hours later, I am awakened by a man in a dark blue suit. He has blonde hair and a muscular figure. I yawn and immediately get up. 

"Hi, I am your mentor. My name is Alexander." he finally says. He looks like he doesn't really want to be here. I ca understand. I guess it would be hard having to train someone who isn't much older then you are.

"Wassup dood. I'm Mitch." I reach out to shake his hand but he ignores me. 

"Today i am going to take you to the training center and show you some fighting techniques. Then I will take you to Shritha, your personal designer, who will get you dressed for the tributes parade. If you have questions, don't ask me. When I won the games, I didn't sign up to be a fucking mentor."

Geez, this Alexander guy has an attitude. No wonder he won the games. Nice guys rarely do. Most of the time the victors are on the verge of sanity when they exit the arena. If I win, I don't want that to be me. "When do we go?" I ask him with a slight bit of worry that he will snap at me. Usually I don't take shit from people but once I am in this arena, he will be my life line, and my only tie to the outside world. I gotta find some way to use this to my advantage rather then disadvantage because once I am in there, Alexander can either do his job and give me stuff I am in desperate need of, or forget about me completely. 

"I take you to the training center is 31 minutes. From there, an Avox will take you to your designer." He finally responds. I let out a sigh of relief that he didn't ignore me, but soon I have another question that might get me in trouble. "Why 31 Minutes?"

Again, to my best luck he responds. "Yeah, 31, a number easily overlooked by 30."

I let out a brief chuckle then cover my mouth. I hope that was supposed to be a joke.

"You found that funny?" Alexander asks me.

"Yeah, Why?" I ask with uncertainty. I don't want to make him pissed.

"It's just whenever I make an attempt to associate with the new tributes, they always shut me out."

Ok, I can work with this. The dude is starting to ease into a conversation. At least he isn't ignoring me. "No, Alexander... you are hilarious." I give him a grin.

"Thanks... by the way please call me Alex. I have always hated my full name."

"Sure, no problem... but just one question. When you first introduced yourself... why did yo...... Never mind forget I asked." I was about to ask him why he gave me his full name rather then just Alex but that might piss him off.

"Are you sure cause I am your mentor and supposed to answer your shit."

"naw its cool."

We exchange small talk, about what to expect from training and how we are ranked, for a few minutes. I look down at my watch to check the time and Alex must notice because he makes a comment.

"lets get going in a few minutes." Alex beckons towards the door and starts walking out. Wow! have we really benn talking for 11 minutes? It doesn't seem like that long.

"Sure thang. Just lemme get dressed and I will meet you outside in about ten minutes. Sound good?" I say while walking towards my closet.

"Yeah, sounds good." He replies. "See ya in ten."

After the front door closes, I open the large doors to the closet. I see mostly black but there is still an assortment of colors. I grab a white T-shirt and some blue jeans. I strip off my pajamas and get dressed in my new attire. 

I am about to leave when I see an awesome red checkered hoodie. I grab it and pull it on over my shoulders. It is actually pretty comfortable so I just keep it on but not before stuffing my lucky dogtag necklace into my pocket.  

I flip the switch that turns off the lights and walk out the door. My stomach lets out an audible grumble but I ignore it and turn a corner to find Alex leaning against the beige wall.

"Lets go Mitch." My mentor says and we start down the long carpeted hallway.