Achilles Held, District 1 (oneachilles) wrote in colosseum, @ 2014-05-05 15:02:00 |
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Entry tags: | ! wrap up, - districts, victor: 34th achilles held |
Who: Achilles Held
When: At the end.
Where: D1, Victor's Village
What: Not a placeholder. The end.
Rating: Death.
Status: Short & not-so-sweet.
After surviving the Hunger Games, Achilles expects to live a full life. He isn't like outlier victors who won against all odds and can't handle it. He knew what he was doing and worked for it. He had his dark years, but they were long gone. He deserves to live until he doesn't anymore, his body shutting itself down on its own, not with the help of drugs or a knife or assisted by self-destruction. He does not expect to die because he's a victor. But when the rebels come to District One, there's nothing he can do. What matters is that he's not in the Capitol, that he's at home. What matters is that his daughter is with her husband and his son is safe with his mother, and it's just Achilles who steps outside into the sunlight glinting off the buildings of One and into the shadows of Peacekeepers who aren't Peacekeepers. He fights. Of course he fights, but in the end it doesn't matter. Someone grabs his hair, tears out a clump, and his wrists, forces him to his knees. There are shouts. Someone cries out. A gunshot. Another scream. Achilles growls and swears. He spits at the feet of the Peacekeeper in front of him. The one behind him slices his hair off at the nape of his neck. Achilles howls, but before he can physically react, the gun fires. |