The Last Day – Cato
These are no regular wolves, I think to myself.
They had surrounded me, I have nowhere to flee.
I decide to make a run for it and start searching for the smallest one; it had brown fur and dark eyes.
I run against it and try to jump over it. Since I have the armor from the Capitol I made it with only a scratch on the leg, but this is no time to celebrate. I see the lake at a great distance between the trees and realize that it's my only chance; I have to run to it.
As I come out of the woods I see Lover Boy and the girl from his district, how I hate them. They get up and prepare to fight me; I have no intention of doing that right now. The girl fires an arrow at me and thanks to the armor it doesn't affect me. I run past them, heading for the Cornucopia, it's the only place I might escape them. When I reach the peak I allow myself to relax for a minute, I collapse and start to vomit. It's a great effort just to breathe and I hear Lover Boy having trouble climbing, no wonders, I cut him real good. I see the mutts at the ground, what if they can climb this thing? I say "can they climb" out loud and hope that 12 heard me.
I can't hear if they answer but after a minute I hear the girl shout: "It's them! The other tributes! I still can't move properly and I hear them scream and trying to fight off the mutts. I decide to put an end to this; I get up and walk over to Lover Boy, I pull him up and lock his head between my arms so he can't breathe. His body is protecting mine and if the girl kills me, I take him down with me. I tell her that and she looks puzzled, I just smile at her. I feel Lover Boys fingers against my hand, he's so pathetic. There is now way he can escape my grip.
Wait a minute. He's drawing an X, she's going to shoot at…
Before I can finish the thought I feel a burning pain in my hand. I lose the grip around Lover Boy and he bumps into me. I try to take a few steps toward the peak but it's no use, I slip in the blood from Lover Boys leg wound and fall down. All the air leaves my lungs as I hit the ground and immediately many of the mutts attack me but I won't go down without a fight. Despite the armor I have I get many wounds, the only thing I have to defend myself with is a knife, what if I could climb back up on the Cornucopia?
I try as hard as I can to get around but it's no use, eventually I get overpowered and I feel two of the mutts biting my feet and dragging me into the Cornucopia. I don't know exactly what's happening during the following hours; it's all a void of razor sharp teeth, claws, crazy eyes, darkness and indescribable pain.
Then I see her, the girl from district 12, who I've hated with ever since she got that 11 during practice. It doesn't matter anymore, it's all just a game. I can see that she are pointing an arrow at me. She is going to release me from my pain.
I whisper my last words, 'Thank you', and welcome the darkness.
