Onlooker
I watch as Katniss uses that jagged knife to saw through the tree branch. No doubt about it, those are tracker jackers. Claudius and Cesar are having a field day talking about how lethal those things are, and all I can think about is their proximity to Katniss as she saws through the branch.
She winces, and without realizing it, I do too. One of them must have stung her. She seems to waver for a second before continuing to saw through the branch. Suddenly the knife seems to make it all the way through the branch, and I watch as Katniss shoves it as far from her as she can as the nest falls to the ground, crashing to the ground as a giant boulder might crash through the surface of a lake.
And it's mayhem. The nest bursts, and the swarm is everywhere. The Careers on the ground are running, screaming about the lake. Two of them don't make it. The blond from District 1 shrieks and becomes almost unrecognizable as the tracker jackers overcome her. She falls to the ground, twitching.
Seconds later, Katniss falls to the ground. She manages to stumble over to the little pool nearby, where she waits for five minutes. There's no sign of the other Careers. Her neck and her cheek are swollen, oozing some sort of green pus. I grit my teeth as she slowly makes her way towards the blond's disfigured body just as the cannon fires.
She stumbles, grasping for something… The bow! She reaches for the bow, but suddenly falls back to the ground, a look of horror etched on her face. She gathers herself and manages to grab a hold of the bow, but she looks unsteady, and I know that I'm clenching my fists so hard that my fingernails are leaving marks on my palm.
Katniss lurches back to her knees, but suddenly makes a grab for an arrow. Why? The camera pans over to where several figures make their way back towards the clearing. The Careers! C'mon, Katniss, move it! I silently urge.
The boy from District 12 – Peeta? – crashes through the trees. If he kills her… But no, he shouts at her, "What are you doing here? Are you mad? Get up! Get up!" He pushes up her up to her feet. "Run!" he screams. "Run!"
Behind him, Cato cuts his way through to the clearing, wielding that huge sword. Katniss suddenly bolts, swaying and tripping as she crashes through the brush, but she manages to make it a good distance away before she trips into a small pit. She curls up, and she mouths one word.
Claudius and Cesar make speculations as to what she said, but they are wrong. They give up as the camera pans back to the other tributes, but I can't help thinking back to Katniss as she lies in that pit. Because I know that before she lost consciousness, she mouthed one thing and one thing only: my name, "Gale." And closing my eyes to stop them from watering, I turn away from the screen.
A/N: Hi there, readers! So my goal is just to explore "The Hunger Games" from different points of view, so if you have any good suggestions, feel free to let me know. I am taking prompts and suggestions. Please review and let me know your thoughts!