A/N So I'm sorry for the short chapters yesterday! Well here is a longer chapter!
Chapter 6
Natalya POV
I keep my eyes glued on the TV. Katniss has rolled off the branch and is facing the ground and Peeta is heading back to the girl by the fire. He is holding a torch and you can see his whole face now. His face is swollen with bruises, there's a bloody bandage on one arm and he is limping. I never seen what happened to him but you could tell he is somewhat okay. When he is out of ear-shot the Careers start to talk about him.
"Why don't we just kill him now and get it over with?" suggests Clove. I gasp and sit on the edge of my seat.
"Let him tag along. What's the harm? And he's handy with that knife." Cato tries to convince the rest. I breathe in a little breathe.
"Besides, he's our only chance of finding her." Glimmer helps. I breathe in more. But then I realize they are talking about Katniss.
"Why? You think she bought into that sappy romance stuff?" Marvel asks. Well I did… Effie leans over and says she did too. Haymitch then gets up and goes to the bar and buys a drink. Or two.
"She might have. Seemed pretty simpleminded to me. Every time I think about her spinning around in that dress, I want to puke." Says Clove harshly.
"Wish we knew how she got that eleven." Says Cato. I do too, I ask Effie. She just simply says: "She shot an arrow at the Gamemakers." I'm stunned and Effie looks at me with a look that just says 'I know'
"Bet you Lover Boy knows." Says Clove. Peeta starts to head back and they shut up.
"Was she dead?" asks Cato.
"No. But she is now," Says Peeta. Just then the cannon fires. "Ready to move on?" He asks and they take off. The birds give one high pitched warning call. And the large metal claws and the dead tribute girl is lifted into the hovercraft. Then the birds resume their song.
"Move," Katniss whispers to herself. She wriggles herself out of the bag and rolls it into the pack. She drops to the ground and we get a close up of her face. She smiles a knowing smile then moves on. She goes and checks her traps. This gets her one rabbit. Then they cut to Peeta with the careers. They are running around looking for more victims. Night falls and the Anthem blares. Everyone watching has to stand up and put their hand on their hearts. There are Eleven fallen, District 3 Female, District 4 Male, District 5 Male, Both from District 6,Both from District 7, District 8 Female, Both from District 9, and finally District 10 Female. I walk into my guest room and drift slowly off to sleep.
DREAM
"Ladies and gentlemen! I would like to introduce the winner of the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark! Peeta we have a special gift for you now! Your Sister is coming down into the arena to meet you!" Claudius says happily. I float down next to Peeta and hug him.
"Do I know you?" He asks and backs away.
"No but I'm your sister. I was gave up for adoption and came to the capitol. I was sponsoring you!" I say pleasantly.
"No you're not! Get away you… you physico!" He says then runs into the forest.
I jolt up. I breathe heavily and slide out of the bed, I then walk over to the bathroom and take a quick shower. Then I realize that I'm supposed to be watching Peeta in the games. I step out and let the dryer dry my hair and my body. Then I put on one of the outfits provided and walk out and sit back down next to Effie.
Katniss is on the screen running away from a wall of fire descending on her. She dodges trees that are blowing up in front of her. Then a fire ball comes her way and she zigzags and dives and leaps out of the way of the apple-size fireballs.
The hissing stops and we all stare at the screen. She feels her braid, at least six inches has been seared off from the fire. The hissing starts up again, and she reacts but not fast enough. A fireball crashes at her side and skids across her right calf.
I turn away in horror. Not willing to look. When I turn back she is sitting there, a few yards away from the blaze. Her hands are covered in red welts. She's shakinghard.
Haymitch gets up and summons me to come. We go and look for sponsors to send medicine to Katniss. We walk back to the seats to find that Katniss has settled in a tree. And soon enough we hear a ding-ding-ding and a parachute lands next to her. She opens it and rubs a little on her burn.
Then they change the screen to the careers slowly closing in on Katniss. She jumps up the tree, fast for burn as bad as hers. They start screaming when Cato starts climbing up the tree.
"Get her Cato!" They chant loudly. He falls for the first time. He growls then takes up the tree again. He falls for the second time and Glimmer takes charge. She grabs her bow and an arrow and takes a shot. And misses, then Cato grabs the bow and an arrow and misses her also.
"Why don't you try the spear?" Katniss suggests hoarsely.
"Why don't we just wait her out? She has to come down sometime." Peeta says harshly. They all lay down directly underneath a tracker jacker nest. They all drift to sleep and so does Katniss until the little girl from 11, Rue whispers to her and points up to the nest. Katniss then sits up and starts to cut the nest. She gets stung a few times and then the nest drops directly on Glimmer who is resting her head on Cato's chest. They all run off except for Glimmer who is being stung multiple times. She finally collapses after many calls for help and trying to swat the wasps off. She twitches a few times the goes still. Katniss scrambles down next to Glimmer and takes her bow and arrow. Then walks right into Peeta.
"WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE? KATNISS! RUN! GO! RUN!" Peeta screams she then runs away pretty fast for being stung. She sits down and her eyes close slowly. Cato runs over and yells at Peeta for letting Katniss get away. Then cuts his leg. I let out a small whimper and he falls to the ground. Cato runs back to the group and Peeta tries to get up but instead he ends up sitting there for a while until he drifts off.
I hide my face in Effie's extravagant outfit. I start to cry, I don't want my brother to die, at least not this way. I dry my tears and look back up at the screen.
I watch Peeta stand up and limp over to the river slowly. He sits in the mud and starts to camouflage himself. He lays into the mud and falls asleep.
I sit there transfixed on his ability to camouflage himself. I guess he works on the cakes. Like my father which I have read in the yearly letters from them. My father would decorate the cakes with the most beautiful designs. I decide to go back into my bed and rest so I don't stress myself out too much.
A/N Well I hope you liked the chapter! Please Review!
