BFB Hunger Games [COMPLETED]

Chapter 8: Fireworks

The blare of trumpets startled Leafy as she trudged through the forest. She looked up in the sky to see the usual death count.

First up was Firey and Fries (blown up), who got 50th and 49th respectively. Nickel was next (digested), then Remote (electrocution), Pencil (snapped in half), Eraser (stabbed), Tree (death by button), Roboty, Spongy, and Clock (all of which fell in the void), 8-Ball and Bottle (shattered), Basketball (punctured), Foldy, Taco, and Woody (death by button for them), Match (snapped in half), Loser (fell in void), Ice Cube, Cloudy, and Naily (shot by a cannon), and finally Yellow Face and Blocky (blown up), who got 29th and 28th respectively. The kill count count: Ice Cube, Stapy, Ruby, Liy, and Eraser with one, Rocky with two, Dora and Blocky with three, and Pillow with six. The fanfare played again and the images disappeared.

More and more people are dying every day, Leafy thought. My chances of winning are increasing, but there are still some threats out there...

Lost in her train of thought, she didn't notice that she was heading towards a fire until she almost walked into it. Someone pulled her back. "Woah, careful, Leafy!" It was Coiny.

Leafy shook herself out of her reverie and looked around. Coiny was looking at Leafy concernedly, with Pin sitting next to him. Needle, Teardrop, and Saw were all sitting next to each other on the other side of the fire. It seemed like she had interrupted a conversation. "Are you ok?" Coiny asked.

"Yeah, yeah... I'm fine," Leafy replied. "Just a little distracted."

"Well, why don't you join us? We have room for one more here."

Leafy smiled. "That would be great." She sat down next to Coiny and waved to the others. "Hi, everyone."

"Hi, Leafy," they said in unison (except for TD, who waved back). Saw and Needle gave her a big smile. Pin gave her a smaller, more nervous smile, but Leafy didn't notice.

"So anyway," Needle started, "we were talking about the first season and answering some of Saw's questions about it. Where did we leave off again?"

Saw spoke up. "I was asking how many announcers there were."

"Right, right. Well, there was the original Announcer, then there were three other speaker boxes based on other contestants..." They all continued like that for a while, changing the subject a few times to other things.

Eventually, Leafy leaned close to Coiny and whispered in his ear. "Can we trust Saw?"

Coiny replied out of the corner of his mouth. "Teardrop seems to trust her."

Leafy shrugged and leaned away again. "Good enough for me." And they spent almost the rest of the night talking, not as competitors, but just as a group of friends.

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Liy watched the group through the tree branches. The entire scene was so wholesome. A shame that they had to die for her to win.

Looking behind her, she saw Bomby, alive but wrapped in duct tape as to not let him escape or alert the others of their presence. He was still struggling against his bonds, even after a couple hours.

Liy pulled out Match's corpse and grinned. This would be a nice display of fireworks.

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"Hey, the fire's starting to die down." Pin startled everyone by saying that, as she hadn't spoken for a while. But she was right.

"I'll go get some more firewood." Leafy started to sit up, but Needle gestured for her to sit down. "Teardrop left a few minutes ago to get some more wood."