Hey guys! I am so excited to write this one! I have always wondered what it was like for Foxface in the story so I decided to make up my own storyline for her! I have been roasting on the plot line for quite a while, so I hope it is developed enough. Thanks so much and please review otherwise I won't continue! (well I will but I won't be as happy :)) Thanks! -ng7
"In five, four, three, two, one."
Run is all I can think. If I can't outrun everyone I will die. I have to run. I bolt to the closest backpack. I try to pick it up but find there is resistance. I spin around and find a dark haired boy pulling on the very same backpack I let go. I would rather live than have a backpack. There is still resistance. I find that sticking out of the backpack is a hand cuff attached to my wrist, a gamemaker's trap. The boy and I look at each other. He nods as though saying, "Don't worry, I won't kill you." I nod in response and we immediately book it towards the closest patch of trees.
For half an hour we just run. As we fatigue, we begin to slow down. This should be safe enough. We sit on a log and scoot as far away from each other as the handcuffs will allow. I unzip our shared backpack and look through it. It holds nothing. That's just my luck. Of course I had to choose the handcuff backpack with nothing in it. This is just peachy. We sit there twiddling our thumbs awkwardly. Lucky for both of us, the other doesn't have a weapon so there is nothing to do but sit. No killing today.
"What's your name?" The boy asks. With out the blur of adrenaline obscuring my view, I see that he is my age, maybe a bit older and actually, and kind of cute. I have never been that into boys but my friend Talia back home lives for them. "Hello?"
I shake myself out of the trance and say "Eve Bradshaw, District 5."
"Reed Lockwood, District 8. Nice to meet you Eve." Why is he being kind? This is a game where we kill each other. I guess we might as well be on good terms if we're going to be strapped to each other. I don't think either of us wants to carry around a dead body. He holds up his hand for me to shake and I try to raise my hand but the handcuffs constricts around my wrist.
"OW!" I screech. I pull my hand away quickly making it close tighter. I wail in agony. Not only does the cuff close more, but it sends shocks through my hand that seems to pulverize the very marrow of my bones. Reed quickly scoots next to me and reaches up to grab my hand and he is sent into pain as well.
We writhe in pain for a few seconds before Reed grunts "I think if we stop moving it will stop." Despite being in extreme pain, I do as he says. I wince a few times before the zapping and constricting retreats leaving my arm with a deep ache and my wrist bruised.
"No more of that." he says. I nod.
"We should find water."
"Yes, but not until we get this off."
"How?"
"I don't know, hit it with a rock?" He suggests.
"It's worth a try."
"Okay then." We find the biggest boulder we can try smashing the chain. The cuff closes around my wrist like a boa constrictor.
"Stop!" I yell. Reed throws his hands up. "So much for that idea, guess we're stuck together."
"Better make the most of it then." I smile. At least I didn't get stuck with one of the big buffoons like Cato. I better count myself lucky. We stand and begin our search for water. It didn't take long. Since we have nothing to purify it with we drink straight out of the pond. We didn't have to worry about finding food; there were fish and katniss roots in the pond. It was a good meal. We were still alive. Maybe I had a chance of winning these games after all.
The sun sets on the horizon: night time. This is going to be interesting. I look at Reed and see his face matches mine. We are both trying to think of a way to sleep where we aren't practically on top of each other or tossing and turning so our handcuffs won't tighten in our sleep. I frown. I don't want to sleep with this guy, I don't even know him. Oh well. The gamemakers must have placed the backpack exactly where they knew me and Reed would run to so the trap would spring on us. Disgusting.
"What are we going to do?" I ask silently.
"There is only one thing to do, sleep side by side."
"Whatever. We'd better find somewhere hidden to sleep."
"Like a den?"
"I guess."
"I was just making a joke, you look like a fox and foxes have dens. Do you get it?" I shake my head and role my eyes. How many times have I heard that one? 'Eve, you look just like a fox!' 'Hey Foxy Bradshaw, are you aren't actually that foxy.' Or 'Go back to your den you stupid fox!' Reed obviously knew why I was mad because he quickly added, "You're not like ugly like an animal." I raise my eyebrows. He is really bad at flirting or complementing or whatever he is trying to do. "What I mean is you're actually really pretty. I have always loved red heads." I just smile and shake my head without looking at him. He is probably just trying to put on a show like that Peeta guy, feigning love. He really isn't doing a good job.
We don't talk for the rest of the hunt. We end up finding an okay place in a little cave formation. It wasn't the best but it would do. I got on my knees searching for the softest spot of earth. We laid down an attempted sleeping.
I ended up waking up often during the night checking to see I wasn't close to him. It would be really awkward if I woke up in the morning with Adam's arm around me like in those stupid Capitol dramas I sometimes see on tv. I don't want to be a reality tv star.
When I wake up at dawn, Reed was laying with his free hand on the back of his head, watching water drip from the ceiling. He was evidently waiting for me to wake up. I was glad he didn't wake me; I haven't been able to sleep much since I was reaped.
He smiles when I sit up and says, "Good morning."
"Good morning." I yawn. "What's our goal for today?"
"Survive." I nod. Nothing more to say right?
Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it. Can you tell me if I accidentally wrote Adam instead of Reed in the comments? It was originally going to be Adam but then I thought it would be distracting to the story line. Thanks again! xxng7