Chapter 2: Glimmer

I was watching. I really was. Then I got tired and fell asleep, but still, I was watching. I at least protected Cato with my body. He was safe. Moving on…

I woke up, looked around, saw that she was still in the tree, and went back to sleep because, after all, I need sleep so I don't have those ugly old bags under my eyes. I mean, my face is how I get sponsors! I have to look good if I want them to send me anything!

Then, disaster struck. It turns out we were sleeping right underneath a tracker-jacker nest the whole night and we never even noticed! That brat, I mean, the girl on fire, with the help of Rue, cut the branch the nest was on and sent it tumbling onto us. When it was on the ground and broken, there were thousands of tracker-jackers swarming around us a stinging us. Cato managed to choke out "GET TO THE LAKE!" We all started running but before I knew it, I had fallen onto the ground and the bees were onto me. The pain was absolutely unbearable! It hurt more than getting slashed with Cato's sword over and over again!

I held onto my bow and arrows, and then something caught my eye. Katniss was on the ground. Then I thought :"She deserves to win. She was the reason the gamemakers had the bow and arrow at the Cornucopia. She needs them more than I ever did." I smiled as she came toward me, stumbling. She had a determined look on her face. The last thing I remember was her grabbing the bow and then everything went black.