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The gong rang out and everyone leaped off of their plates. Prim spotted a small bag a few yards away. She ran towards it, but the boy from District & also had the same idea, but before he could grab the bag, someone had pounced on him.
Prim looked up and saw Ollie on top of Verne. Ollie tore at Verne's face, then turned to Prim, "Go!" Prim did as she was told and sprinted towards the woods to the right. Prim turned back when she was at the edge of the woods. What she saw horrified her.
The Careers had taken out the girl from District 3, both from District 10, and the girl from District 7. Prim ran for about ten minutes, before the sound of the cannons that signaled the deaths started. She counted in her head one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... she stopped at eight. She paced a little thinking who it was that died.
She thought, Kim, Verne, Cecelia, Lance, Trisha, but who else. Hopefully not Ollie, Mav, or Jackie. Prim the noticed the sky changing colors and curled herself into a ball for the night. About two and a half hours later, the anthem blared.
She looked up at the faces of the dead tributes: Trisha, Derek, Veronica, Garrett, Verne, Kim, Lance, and Cecilia.
So no Careers had died at the bloodbath, that was hardly surprising to Prim, seeing as no Careers usually died at the bloodbath.
Right before dawn, Prim was awoken by fast footsteps. She curled tighter, trying to hide herself. Then she heard the voice.
"Where is she? I have to find her, she isn't dead so..." Prim gasped loudly. The voice belonged to Mav.
Mav heard the gasp. "Prim, is that you?" He heard his footsteps move closer to her position. Prim un-wove herself, and stood up slowly.
"Yes," she murmured. She crossed where he stood and groped his hand in the darkness. "Let's go," she said. Prim saw him nod in the darkness, and they headed the opposite direction of which he came.
It was nearing dawn when they stopped. Prim opened her mouth, "do you have any idea where the others are?" she asked.
Mav shook his head, "no, but I do know the Careers headed in the other direction of here, into the mountains. I saw Brooks and Felicia head in here a little while after you did, and I saw that Ollie was severely wounded after he helped you. When he was fighting the boy from 9, a Career came up behind him and sliced his ribs. He thought he had killed him, but Ollie played dead until everyone was out of the bloodbath, then he left."
Tears flooded Prim's eyes. Ollie had almost died trying to save her. "So did Ollie kill the boy?" Prim asked.
"Yes he-" Mav was cut off by a cannon shot. He stood up and quickly strode over to Prim. "We have to go now," he said urgently.
"Why?" She asked.
Mav pointed into the sky at the hovercraft. "Look at how close it is, we'll be spotted for sure." Mav took Prim and ran away from the hovercraft. They ran deeper into the forest for fifteen minutes before they stopped. Prim almost forgot about her pack. She flung it off of her shoulder, onto the ground.
She opened it. She pulled out a gallon of water, a few sticks of beef, and a wool blanket. Great, she thought, how am I supposed to win with this.
Prim handed Mav the beef sticks and the bottle of water, while she put the blanket on.
"Thanks," Mav said as he took the cap off of the water.
Prim turned back to Mav. "We need to find a water source. That's our first goal, then we can look for the others," she said. It astounded her how much she sounded like her sister.
Mav nodded. Prim and Mav stood up and they walked until the sun had reached its peak. At which point, they stopped to catch their breath. Mav turned to Prim. "Where do you think the water is?"
"I don't know but it has to be around here somewhere," Prim said.
They were about to continue walking, when they heard a noise to their left. Mav turned to the noise. He slipped his hand into his back pocket and pulled a small knife out of the pocket.
They waited for a few minutes, as the foot steps came nearer. Then they saw the rustling of the leafs and a figure burst through the shrubbery. Prim looked into the eyes of the muscular boy. It was Brooks!
He smiled slightly as he pounced towards Prim. Mav cut him off, and they engaged in battle.
Mav tried slashing at Brooks arms, but Brooks was too fast for Mav's limited training with a knife. When Mav's arm was at an odd angle after he had tried slashing, Brooks cut down Mav's right arm. Mav pulled back as Brooks tried to continue his assault. Mav ducked down and tripped Brooks. Brooks flailed his arms, trying to catch his balance, to no avail.
Brooks fell flat on his face into the dirt. Mav jumped on top of Brooks, buckling his knees so Brooks couldn't push him off. Brooks rolled onto his back and tried bucking Mav off. Mav kept on him and tried stabbing Brooks with the knife. Brooks dodged the blade and grabbed Mav's arm and tried pulling him to the ground.
Brooks' strength overcame Mav's and Mav went to the ground. By the time that Mav was back on his feet, Brooks had retrieved his knife and was circling Mav. Brooks lunged at Mav, who barely dodged the blade. Mav caught Brooks in the face with his fist as Brooks lunged at him. Blood trickled from Brooks' mouth. Brooks wiped the blood away and smiled slightly. "You're pretty good, I expected a little boy like you to be frightened to death!"
Mav frowned as Brooks laughed. Brooks used this deceiving moment to lunge at Mav again. This time, Mav couldn't dodge. Brooks jammed the knife into Mav's stomach. Mav pushed away, but it was to late. The blood poured and Prim, who had hid behind a rock screamed and ran away.
Brooks smiled as he pulled the knife out of Mav. Mav stumbled a few feet away, before he fell onto the ground. He crawled over to a tree and tried picking himself back up. The blood poured more heavily as he pulled himself into a standing position. Brooks smiled as he strode over to Mav. When Brooks was within striking distance, Mav lunged at him with his knife. Brooks easily dodged the blade and slid his own blade into Mav's ribs, a deathblow. As Brooks pulled the blade out, Mav slid down to the ground.
Prim heard the cannon ring out, and she hurried on. Prim only stopped when she remembered that Mav had had the water. She had only had the blanket. Prim decided that she would circle around and see if she could reclaim the water and the beef. Prim cut across to a particularly wooded area. She waited until her breathing had settled. Then, she went around to regain her belongings. Before she could get there, the hovercraft had appeared to grab Mav.
By the time Prim made it to the bloody spot, she was exhausted. But as soon as she saw the blood, she knew she had to hurry. She only had to search for a few minutes before she saw the water bottle that lay in a puddle of blood. She swallowed as she carefully pulled the bottle out of the puddle. She almost screamed when the blood trickled down the bottle onto her skin.
She had to search a little longer for the beef, but she found it on the ground where Mav dropped it. She stuffed the items in her pack and left hastily. Or she almost left, for as she was leaving, a glint caught her eye. When she went over to examine it, she realized that it was Mav's knife. She picked it up ad threw it in her pack before she had to look at the blood too long.
Prim realized that Brooks might still be in the area, waiting for her. She decided the best idea would be to clear out immediately. She slung the pack on her back and sprinted away, not sure of her direction.
By a few hours after she had left the battlefield, Prim knew she was in for trouble. For starters, she didn't know where she was going. Second, she had little water left.
She went until the sun beat down on her, and she collapsed. She lay there until she fell into a restless unconscious state. She was awakened when rough, but gentle hands pulled her to her feet. She opened her eyes to the gray eyes of Ollie. He leaned her up against a tree. She felt water going down her throat and then she blacked out again. When she was awoken this time, she was laying down with the blanket on her.
The sun was hot,so she threw the blanket off and stood up. She wondered where she was until she saw Ollie curled up next to her blanket. She looked down at him with a slight smile on her face. She resisted the urge to lean down and brush the hair from his face.
She almost gasped as she remembered her lack of water. She rushed to her pack, wrenched it open, and found that her water bottle was completely filled. She sighed relief. As she was looking through her other supplies, Ollie awoke.
"Glad to see you're finally up," Ollie said.
Prim looked back at him. "How long have I been asleep? She asked.
"Almost two days. Mav is dead, so is Garrison, and one of the Careers, Frederick."
"I was there when Mav died. Brooks was like a rabid animal..." Tears flooded Prim's eyes as she remembered Mav's bloody end. Ollie walked over and put his arms on Prim's shoulders. Prim recoiled slightly and then dug her head into Ollie's arms and cried until the tears couldn't come. When she was tired of crying, Ollie led her over to her blanket, where she fell into a deep sleep.
When she awoke, she was being pulled to her feet by Ollie. "We have to go. I've been hearing pairs of feet for awhile now, and they keep getting closer."
Prim struggled to keep up as Ollie sprinted. When Ollie realized that Prim couldn't keep up, he slowed down. He stopped and waited for Prim.
Just when Ollie thought it was safe to stop, the Careers caught up to them and surrounded them. Prim quickly counted there numbers. There were five, which was way too many for her and Ollie to handle alone. She looked toward Ollie for the first time, he was fairly well built and was fast. He might stand a chance if it was two, but five was way too many.
She watched as Ollie pulled out a knife and walked toward the Careers.
"So how did you escape alive?" Beau asked, smirking.
"I guess I'm smarter than the average Capitol inbred!" Ollie yelled, as he lunged at Beau. Beau, who was unprepared, took a slash straight across the face. Blood trickled down his cheek to the ground below. He growled in frustration, as the rest of the group subdued Ollie.
Prim soundlessly pulled the blade from her pack. When all of the Careers had their backs turned to Prim, Prim slowly walked toward the Careers.
When she was close enough, she slashed her blade at the back of Olive. She hit Olive and she dragged the blade across her back. Prim tried desperately to get the blade back but it was stuck. Someone grabbed her from behind, Lois. Lois dug her nails into Prim's hips and drove her into the ground. She then brought her knee down on Prim's back. Prim remained conscious long enough to see Olive go down and the cannon go off.
She woke up to see the sun beating down on her. She rolled over to see puddles of blood. She gasped as she brought herself to her feet. She looked behind her to see Ollie laying in a deep pool of blood.
She ran over and leaned down beside him. She shook him, and he turned his head. He brought himself to a kneeing position, and Prim helped him up. He looked at her. "There was a group of four or five. They chased the Careers away and followed them, I guess. They probably thought we were going to die."
Prim looked down at Ollie's legs and saw they had many gashes.
Prim gulped. "I almost forgot. How did you escape the bloodbath. Mav said you had suffered a severe injury."
"Oh. I got slashed in the back and I tried every remedy I knew to keep infection out. I guess I looked goo, for I received a donation of medicine that helped my back heal up."
Prim looked deeply into Ollie's eyes and she thrust her arms around his neck. She brought her head to his chest and hugged him tightly. He patted her head as tears streamed down her face.
Am I falling in love? Prim asked herself, as the tears streamed down her face.
