Dear Readers,
Before anything else happens, this story is based off of The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, so I do not own the whole idea of this book. Also I got this idea from an advertisement on YouTube. Someone made an advertisement for the Hunger Games movie with using 'Avatar: The Last Airbender, and it made me think 'Why don't I make it?' Also, I'm looking for beta readers, so feel free to talk to me. So, I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 7: The Battle Begins
5...4...3...2...1...GO! I sprinted toward the bow and arrow and also the bag and ran. I herd a knife go into my bag, but I kept running. I then saw a tree and climbed up it. Breathing heavily, I grabbed my bag and took the knife off of it. 'Must be Christie.' I thought while remembering her saying that she was really good with knives the day of the interview. I then opened my bag to find a simple medication kit, a sleeping bag, a coat, an empty water canteen, and a lot of snacks.
Later that night, I herd rustling of leaves to look down. The career tributes were underneath me. "Now, where did she go?" I could hear Christie. She must be looking for me, I did dodge her attack. "Let's just keep looking." Caleb said. "I think we should stay here since it is getting dark." the District 1 boy, Josh, said. "Good idea." Jamie, the District 1 girl, said. So, each one of them got out their camping gear and then the night shined out all the tributes who died. Basically Districts 6-10 all were out. 'That means Rachel and Brian are okay.' I thought.
Before I went to bed I herd a faint whisper. "Hey! Sara!" I turned to see Rachel in the tree next to me. "What?" I whispered back. She pointed above me. I followed her to what was a nest. It looked like a wasp nest, but it wasn't. That was a tracker jack nest. They're basically wasps that the gamemakers scientifically merged and the venom gives you horrible hallucinations, or even worse, death. I looked back to her. I motioned her that I would cut down the nest, and with that, Rachel nodded her head and hid back into the leaves. I then climbed up the tree more. Since there was a time limit, I got out Christie's knife and added some of my waterbending and started to saw through the nest. The second reeling of all the dead tributes happened again, so I had to wait until morning, because that was the signal to stop.
The next morning, I got up and started climbing the tree again. This time, the trackers were ready. I did the same thing with using Christie's knife and my waterbending and started to saw again. One found my neck, then another two at my arm, then, I cut through. The nest fell to the ground and all the tracker jacks left the nest. All the tributes woke up in alarm and headed toward the river. Jaime was the biggest victim with another tribute girl from district 4. The trackers surrounded them like a huge herd. I watched them both die in agony. The venom was too much for both of them. I climbed down the tree and grabbed Jamie's bag and the other girl's bag as well and then headed toward the river to fill my canteen.
At the lake, I filled my canteen and then, everything was getting blurry. 'The venom must be sinking in.' I thought, then everything grew black. I started hearing dishes clinking. I woke up to see I was home. I got up and steadily went to the kitchen to find Patrice and my mother. "It's such a shame, I miss her so much." my mother said. Patrice looked down to her bowl of food sadly. "She even promised." My mother turned around with her food. "Now Patrice, she promised to do her best." Then everything faded and I herd screaming that sounded like Patrice. I finally woke up and slowly got up. I found Rachel at the lake. She turned around to see me okay. "You're finally awake." she said.
Rachel told me that she applied medicine to my stings already and that she made food. "Wow. What medicine?" I asked. She held up leaves, and to demonstrate, she chewed up a leaf and put it to my arm. She laughed when I made a smooth relaxing aah as it felt like there was no pain at all. "So Rachel. Do you want to become an ally?" I said. She looked at me with excited eyes. "You mean, you want me as a ally?" She asked. I nodded and she agreed, and also, I'll admit it, she reminds me of Patrice. She showed all the good plants to eat and then showed me nightlock. "Never eat these. Once you swallow, you'll be dead before you know it." she said. Then I showed her some food I got from the battle at the Cornucopia and also some I hunted for. She scurried through my bag and gave out a shocking amused sound. "What?" I said. She took out some glasses. "How did you get these?" she asked. "I told you, at the Cornucopia battle." I replied. "These are night vision goggles." she said.
After that, we both were getting ready for bed. I put out my sleeping bag and then I asked Rachel if she wanted to join me. She did and the night was almost done. There was the two kills I got and a District 5 boy. "Sara. The careers have a lot of stuff." Rachel said. "So, how about tomorrow, we destroy them." I said, and with that, we both fell asleep.
