The Crown Sinners

32: Bet on Me

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#TCS32: Bet on Me

Amythee Hope's POV

"...they are now Elites."

Eh?

Ehhhhlites?

EHHHHLITES?!

OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!

"They are the new Elites."

"So you better watch out, because they are..."

"The new Improbus Ille Imperium."

Minsan hindi ko talaga gets kung nakikipaglokohan lang ba sila o hindi. Alam mo 'yun? Iba rin kasi mag-joke mga tao rito eh. 'Yung tipong laging nakakaloka pero in the end hindi naman pala totoo.

Jusko!

"Huy, ang sama na ng tingin sa 'min, bawiin n'yo na 'yung joke or prank n'yo." Mahinang kuhit ko kay Luna. Bigla namang natawa si Luna 'nung sabihin ko 'yun. May nakakatawa?! Meron? My gosh! My head, my head! It hurts!

"They are now elites?" Bago pa man makapagsalita si Luna bigla na lang may sumabat sa crowd. Syempre biglang tumutok do'n sa babae 'yung mga camera kaya nakita namin s'ya nakita sa screen. Napalunok kami kasi kalmado pero sobrang maawtoridad 'to kaysa sa mga nasa middle class.

This one is an Elite. She has a long dark green hair and a dark eyeliner and thick mascara. Her lips are painted crimson. She's the real deal. She's really a high tier. Every eye focused on her, and the atmosphere was full of silence and intensity.

"But their progresses are unannounced all throughout?" She added in a mocking tone. Hindi s'ya nakatingin kay Katniss, nakatingin s'ya sa amin—sa direksyon namin.

I saw a glimpse of doubt yet tease on her eyes, and it made my fist clenched automatically. It's just so freaking weird and funny. How people in here were so hideous because we were commoners and now that we are not, they can't seem to accept it.

"Is there some kind of cheat or maybe a connection helping them?" She did not even blink, and her accusations caused different kinds of murmurs and whispers. I bit my lips angrily. She's hitting two birds with one stone. First, creating suspicion. Next? Taunting us.

Katniss faked a cough, everyone suddenly became mum and they all looked at her with respect.

Pinagpatuloy n'ya 'yung mga sinasabi n'yang pangalan para sa challenges na magaganap, kahit papano nawala sa 'min 'yung atensyon panandalian. Ni hindi man lang n'ya binigyang pansin 'yung mga pinagsasabi sa 'min.

"Totoo ba kasi na Elites na kami?" Biglang sinagi ni Biblee sa kabilang gilid si Luna para kunin ang atensyon nito.

"Yes. Why don't you believe Katniss? Duh? She's a crown, why would she state a lie?" Luna retorted simply at us.

"May point ka naman..." Cleon commented.

Natahimik kami at ngayon lang parang nagsink in sa 'min 'yung nangyayari. Woah? So, it's really true? Not a joke? But how?! Pa'no kami naging Elites? Ni hindi  nga man lang namin nalaman na Middle Class na kami, tumalon na lang sa Elites.

All we did was went every day to the tower to earn aurous. Yes, some prizes we won might be huge but I think, it wasn't enough to make the ten of us part of the Elites? Damn, that Elite girl really planned a doubt seed inside my head.

Napabuntong hininga na lang ako at saka tiningnan si Katniss na nagsasalita sa unahan. You just can't take your eyes of her. Ramdam mo 'yung power n'ya at 'yung mataas na rango n'ya sa school na 'to.