JACOB

As we raise from our plates I look around taking in the tributes. Some strong, some weak but, most are average like me. The gong sounds; I sprint to the first weapon I see. It is a trident, "thank God", I think as I quickly as I scoop it up. I am from district 4 the fishing district, so I am somewhat trained with it. The boy from district 5 runs straight at me screaming like a banshee with a battle axe. He swings at me but, its slow and I dodge it, stabbing him in the chest with my trident. The nameless boy slides to the ground dead. I am surprised with myself but, I dont feel guilt, pain, or much else. I just feel the need to survive. I slip my trident on to my back and take a quick look around to see if there is anything else that I might want or need to survive. Right away I see a belt with two knives and two thomahawks. I slip it on and start to get a back-pack that had caught my eye earlier, when my district partner sprints toward me. We had previously decided to be allies during training. She reaches me, pulls a katana and attacks me. Her katana slashes my arm; pain and blood sprout. I roll on the ground pull a thomahawk out and throw it at her. It misses its initial target but severes her hand, effectivly disarming her. I slowly walk up to her, lean down, and wisper a soft apoligy in her ear. Though it feels insuficient this kill is more personal to me. I quickly slit her throat with my knife. I run to the wood hoping to find a large body of water to fish in and relax but, instead I find in nothing but woods and a small fresh water stream. I slowly start to think to myself about how I will not become a career. One of those blood thirsty careers who train all of their lives to volenteer for the glory of it. No, I refuse to become one. My thoughts are interupted by a soft wimper. It sounds like a girl and by the distance of the sound she seems to be about ten feet to my left. I draw my knife and head in the general direction of the wimpers. She jumps up before I reach her and screams at me yelling that I killed the boy from her district. It takes about ten minutes to calm her down and explain how he was trying to kill me; I was merely defending myself. She then, after being calmed down, slips a katana off of her shoulder and hands it to me. "whats this for?" I ask dumbfounded. "I took it from the girl from your district. I dont need it anyway I have a knife." She says quitely, "My name is Katie". "Jacob" I respond. Looks like I have a reliable ally now.