I wake up as the sun starts to rise; I wonder if the Careers are out there looking for us considering the fact that we killed two of them now the only ones left are the tributes from district one and two. We got away once, but I don't think we'll get the chance to get away like last night. That was too close. And now they know that we were the survivors of that fight, we weren't shown up in the sky. Now they know who the real threat is. I almost laugh at the thought.
I look over at the black bag just sitting in the corner. Can't believe that bag hasn't been searched yet even though it's only been a day. I get up off the wooden floor only to get a creaking sound and see Nicole getting up and looking over sleepily.
"What are you doing?" She asks in a sleepy voice, even in that voice she asks the question as if that black bag is off limits. I stay silent and continue over to the bag and throw in into the middle of the room.
"It's about time we check what's in this bag" I whisper as I open the bag and spread out the contents. Right away I notice an orange sleeping bag; big enough for both of us to sleep in, six bottles of water, a package of crackers and a first aid kit. This will help us last a few more days in the arena, not including the fact that people die in these games and we could be one of those people. Wow now isn't that just a positive thought.
As I'm repacking everything away Nicole interrupts my thought "We have to leave this place." She is looking out a window, as I'm walking towards the window I'm blinded by the light but my eyes adapt an I see a tribute running and he's not running slow like he wants to attack someone or try to be stealthy, he's running to save his life, he's running away from something. What could he possibly be running from? As if on cue two tributes appear out of a dark alley and are running closely behind, the only thing is they aren't Careers, thank god for that. Something is off, his direction; he's heading right towards our house!
"Move, get the hell out of here!" I yell. As soon as I turn around the window shatters. "Shit, you people can't give us a break can you." I mutter as we are out the door and running down the hall. I realize that the only door into and out of the house is the one that's about to be kicked down in about three seconds. I find a window smash the glass and throw the black bag and my sister out the window. I find out that throwing my sister out the window probably wasn't the best idea with the nice complements I receive.
"What the hell was that for you bitch, god that damn well hurt!" I give her the death glare, or what she calls the shut up face. She quiets down and asks "What are you doing?"
"Getting an ally wouldn't hurt." I say as I run off and hide in a room with the door slightly open. Just as I hide in the room, I hear the door come off its hinges and footsteps getting louder. Honestly I'm classifying myself as a complete idiot, and if I don't time this right both of us will be dead. I'm guessing at what time I should jump out by the sound of the footsteps. I guessed right because I caught someone and pulled the tribute inside the room. Of course the predictable thing happens and she starts screaming wait SHE! I close the door cover her mouth and tell her to shut up. Of course she doesn't but then I include that one word "Ally?" and she calms down. Just as I hear footsteps too. Holy crap I couldn't be any luckier I should be dead by now with everything that has happened to me.
I hear panting getting louder and louder until I hear nothing. I open the door slightly and look down the hallway of the house nothing, this has to be done fast. I open the door completely without making a sound and motion the female tribute to follow, I see the window a few feet away but I also hear whispering the two tributes that were dying for a kill, well that's ironic. They know someone was here because of the broken window, but they also think that the person that they were chasing is the one that broke the window and got away, let's keep it that way.
I send the female tribute out the window first, I soon follow. As I'm making my way out the window I find it a bit hard. "Ok maybe I have a bit too much muscle." I mumble to myself thinking back to what my sister Nicole said during the bloodbath. I'm trying to be careful not to make a sound. I get out of the house but my sword scratches the side of the house which makes a screeching sound. I don't wait around to see if the tributes respond. "Go, we need to find a spot to hide until this is over." My sister has her bow aimed at the window just in case someone decides to show up.
We run and hide in a house a few blocks away I can see the evil looking clock tower from the room we are in. Its four in the afternoon and none of us have eaten or drank anything and let not get start on me not going to the bathroom since the games started. "I'll be right back, gotta take care of some business." I laugh and leave the room the others do the same probably for the same reason. I find a bathroom not far from the room we were just in and did what I had to do for so long.
I return to the room first and it didn't take long for the other two to get back either. I go through the bag and take out the sleeping bag; I hand out a few crackers to everyone as well as a bottle of water. We've all ran for what felt like forever today, I'm just waiting for the adrenaline to stop coursing through every inch of my body. Well we all have time to kill so I start things off. "So… I just saved your ass, and I don't even know your name."
"Riven Sierra, District twelve, most people just call me Raven." She says with her head down probably thinking about today. She is pale white skinned, has a dusty blond hair color and piercing gray eyes. I get a flick to the back of my head by my sister and realize I was staring.
I excuse my own embarrassment and continue with the conversation "pretty risky move you did back there that could've gotten you killed, you're lucky you aren't a Career. I probably would have left you if you –" I see a tear streaming down her face. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that." I say as I realize that my words were a bit harsh.
"It's not that, it's just I was lucky you were there. Today could have been my last day, never to see light again." Then Raven does something unexpected, she reaches over and hugs me. I'm pretty sure my entire face just turned red, but I accept the hug. She pulls away from me and she and my sister start laughing, yeah I knew it my face is probably as red as a tomato.
We continue talking for a while until Raven pull a piece of paper out of her pocket "I found this at the Cornucopia and picked it up, you can look at it but I think it's worthless." She says as she hands me the piece of paper.
It reads: As night turns to night, the light of hope goes out for some people. In the middle of 24/7 a death will occur. Fire can destroy as well as create.
"See I told you it's useless just a bunch of numbers and words." Raven says but I question this everything the Gamemakers throw into these Hunger Games means something. I just don't understand why the hell they would put a piece of paper with a few words by the Cornucopia. It must be something important or else why would they place it where a tribute could easily get themselves killed.
I pace back and forth trying to figure this out. I walk to a window I realize what it all means but it's too easy. "How many pieces of paper did you see?" I ask out loud as I'm looking out the window.
"I saw about three." My sister says quietly as if she's guilty for not picking any of them up. But neither did I, even though I never knew about them.
"There was about seven of those, but we have one." Raven points out, well that was a bit obvious I'm looking at it.
"Great, it's just a matter of time. Get some sleep we're moving again tomorrow." I say as the Capitol anthem plays, but no one is shown in the sky. "It won't be like this tomorrow." I whisper "We'll all be dead tomorrow."