Alone in Pain
Glimmer woke up to the screams of the other Careers and the buzzing sound in her ears. For a moment she thought that the buzzing sound in her ears was a part of her imagination, but then she realized that it wasn't something that she imagined. Her eyes went wide at the realization, finally registering the fact that the buzzing sound came from the tracker jackers that were now surrounding her. Some were already biting her.
Glimmer didn't have much time to think about the situation, all she could think of right now was that she needed to run. And fast.
"Hurry up, Glimmer! Come on!" Marvel was yelling at her, telling her to get up.
Her vision got blurry, with all the tracker jackers around her. She could faintly see her district partner offering his hand to help her up. Glimmer blindly reached for Marvel's hand, trying to ignore the pain as she attempted to get up.
The stings from the tracker jackers were painful as hell, and it was also starting to cause her to hallucinate. She could barely see properly, she didn't even know if she managed to grab Marvel's hand or not. Nothing felt real to her. As she fell back down to the ground, she realized that she didn't manage to grab her district partner's outstretched hand. Getting up was harder than she thought, seeing that she couldn't even think properly.
Was Marvel still there? Was he still trying to help her? Glimmer didn't know. Her distorted vision wasn't helping either. She could hardly see a thing now.
"Marvel, let's go! Just leave Glimmer, she wouldn't make it." Glimmer could make out Cato saying somewhere near her. She frantically looked around, starting to panic. Surely Cato wouldn't just leave her there, would he? And Marvel… Marvel wouldn't just go without her, right? He wouldn't, she just knew it. Marvel and her were friends, after all.
"But… I can't leave her," she heard Marvel say. Glimmer had a feeling that Marvel's argument was not one that Cato would even consider, but she desperately hoped that Marvel would stay true to his words; that he wouldn't leave her.
"Oh, come on. Do you want to die as well?" Clove's voice rang out, and although Glimmer couldn't hear Clove perfectly due to the increasing volume of the buzzing noise that the tracker jackers were making, she could still hear a tint of annoyance in Clove's voice. Her tone showed that she didn't care if Marvel died here with Glimmer, but she was also getting cross with Marvel because he wasn't moving.
"Guys, let's just get out of here!" Cato yelled out from somewhere across the clearing.
Glimmer didn't know what happened, but she faintly made out the sounds of footsteps, getting fainter and fainter. They were running, getting away from her and leaving her here with the tracker jackers.
Glimmer knew that there was no hope now, no one was going to save her. She was going to die alone, suffering from the painful stings. All hope was lost.
Glimmer finally did the best thing she could think of. She screamed. She screamed as hard as she could, hoping that Marvel or someone else would try help her again.
Help me, please. Someone, please help, Glimmer desperately thought, closing her eyes as she tried to ignore the throbbing pain she was feeling from the stings.
Tears fell from the blonde girl's eyes when she realized that no one was going to come back for her. No one was going to help her. Glimmer stopped screaming, finally deciding to give up. She was going to die. She sprawled on the ground helplessly, letting the tears stream down her face as she braced herself to face death.
I'm going to die here. All alone, facing the pain. Goodbye, everyone.
As she finally accepted the fact that she was going to die here alone, the last tracker jacker stung her, making her jerk in pain before she fell back to the ground; lifeless.