I'm back! I hope you have been looking forward to this chapter! I'm warning you now, a certain someone's death will be very detailed. **wink wink** I think we all know who I'm talking about. I'm excited!
Grune and I went to sleep that night. Well I waited until he fell asleep, "keeping watch". Then I started getting to work. I used the knife to cut of one long strand of the blanket. I tied it around a trunk of a tree, and the other end around Grune's ankle. I made sure it was secure enough that he wouldn't be able to escape or fight me back. I'm killing him now. It is going to be quite the show for everyone watching. To give the best that I could offer, I curled myself up under his arm, and woke him up.
"Grune, Grune, wake up." I nudged him. He sat up, still groggy.
"What's going on?" He asked, starting to come to his senses. He didn't stand up yet, so he didn't notice the blanket around his ankle.
"One of us has to win, its not going to be you." I responded, pouncing on him. He tried to stand up, but my weight plus the piece of blanket, he didn't have a chance. I put my face close to his. "I never liked you, I hated you. It was all an act. It always will be. Face it Grune, you never had a chance." With that I looked on the ground around me, trying to find the knife. It was right next to his left hand. It was dark, he probably didn't know it was there. He saw me thinking, and took advantage of that. He brought his leg up, and kicked me in the stomach. I went flying into the tree. I wasn't worried though, he can't get up. If he does he won't be able to move. I ran low and grabbed the knife. My head was hurting like crazy, but I had to stay focused on getting rid of him. He managed to stand up, but he couldn't walk anywhere. I took the knife and swung it over my shoulder. It stuck him hard in the forearm, gushing blood. He staggered backwards. I dashed forward and yanked the knife out of his arm. I shoved him down, holding the bloody knife against his throat.
"Do you want one last kiss?" I asked him sarcastically. He closed his eyes, and just laid down.
"Then just kill me already." He said, putting his arms by his sides. He was trying to make me feel bad for him, well it wasn't going to work.
"Ok." I said, gripping the knife tighter. "So how am I am going to do this?" I asked out loud, not expecting an answer.
"With my help." A voice said behind me. Sadie, The girl from Asdanin. She won't help, he is my kill.
"Thanks but no thanks." I told her. Without thinking twice, I plunged the knife right into his heart. He let out screams of pain.
"Be a man about it Grune." I said, spitting on him as I got up. I turned around to look at her. She was smiling, actually happy about something.
"Well, would you like to join my alliance?" I asked her, maybe she changed her mind.
"Nope, good luck." She said walking away, making sure to step on Grune's face. When she was gone I stood over his dead body. The cannon went off. His heart finally stopped. The hover craft would be here soon. I took the knife out of his chest, and collected the backpack and spear. I have no idea how to throw a spear, so I jabbed it into his body, and left it there.
Now to go to the Cornucopia. I looked down at it from where I stood. I saw the careers fire by the lake, slowly fading into ashes. I could just make out the bodies. Four careers, and two others. Who could it be? Then I realized who it was. Kandie and Tay have been captured by the careers. I began to run quietly down the hill of the valley. Avoiding any contact with the careers. As I got closer, I saw that one boy was on guard, and the others were asleep. He had a bow and arrow. I have no idea how good is is with it, so I carefully went behind him. Tay and Kandie had a piece of rope around their wrists, like handcuffs. Kandie was asleep, but Tay was awake. He was facing away from me, and I didn't dare speak. I opened my bag cautiously, and threw a nut at his head. It was actually a little funny to watch. He looked around, completely confused, then he saw me.
I put a finger to my lips, and I pointed to the boy on guard. Tay poked Kandie, until she woke up. I carefully stepped in front of them, and took out my knife, which was covered in blood. I began cutting the rope on Tay's hand, my back to the guard. I heard Kandie gasp, and I was lifted off my feet and slammed into the water. Who knew what is in the water? There could be deadly fish in it. I paddled for the bank, but all too soon felt an arrow go straight into my shoulder. It was searing pain all through my body, but I ripped it out and threw the arrow into the lake. Once I got out of the water, I realized that I dropped my knife in the lake. I cursed under my breath, looking around for another weapon. The other careers didn't stir, which I was thankful for.
While the guard, Tay and Kandie were all fighting, I looked around through the careers supplies. Under the other boy's arm was a cleaver knife! That was my favorite to work with during training. I didn't care if he woke up, I took the knife from beneath his arm. The career boy, Tay and Kandie were still fighting. I came up behind the career and held the knife up to his neck.
"Give us all your supplies, or your dead and we take it anyway." He was shaking. He didn't respond, so I pressed the blade deeper into his flesh. He finally gave in, and took all the supplies and put in in a pack. It really wasn't that much supplies. It was either taken by other tributes or washed down the lake. I never let the boy leave my sight. I'm pretty sure he is from Poir. He intimidated me during the reaping, but I'm intimidating him now. I motioned for Tay and Kandie to leave the area, but the career put his hand on my shoulder as I was walking away. I whipped around and put the knife up, ready to strike. He stepped back nervously, putting his hands up. I hesitated for a moment, then returned the knife to my side. He was big, tall. He quickly stepped up to me, and whispered in my ear,
"They will kill me if they find out I gave away their supplies. I would like to join your alliance." I looked at Tay and Kandie, who couldn't hear what he said, but looked utterly confused. I bit my lip, thinking. This could be good for you. I nodded, and told him to come with us.
That night we trudged up the other side of the valley. When we finally settled down, I went on watch first. I thought to myself about the new recruit in the alliance. I want to know a little bit more about him before completely trusting him. Now is our alliance considered better than the careers? We have one career, and I've realized that I'm extremely aggressive. I didn't know I could get that nasty. Well I'm going to win, well at least try as hard as I can.
Ok! This chapter was pretty awesome right? Am I right? Anyway, since Grune is dead! I will soon be replacing the poll I have on my profile, probably after next chapter because I have a new idea! So vote now or never!
