Sloop, sloop, I wake up to the sound that makes no sense to me. I open my eyes to see that the trees are falling, no not falling disappearing, but just like the ground is sucking them back in. I am completely afraid when I see he tree in front of me drop into the sink hole that is forming fast. I get up fast adrenalin pumping in my veins I begin to fly as fast as I can towards the tundra and the mountain. This sink hole can't be natural its human made, game maker made.
When I get to about halfway to the tundra, the sinkhole stops. I guess the game makers don't want to kill me yet, or there is just another tribute around. I stop and listen; a few meters away I can hear arguing. I fly over close to the voices. It's the girls from 1 and 2. They're talking about ambushing Samantha and Titus, they were arguing about who kills Titus.
"Titus and his girl are staying in the forest but close to the winter area." Says the girl from 2.
"Ok so I will sneak up behind them while the girl is on watch and kill her then you can kill Titus." Says the dark haired girl from 1.
"Got it!" says the girl from 2 and they run off towards the tundra. Before they're fully packed though, one of the girls left a first aid kit lying there. Guess they won't need it anymore. I descend from my tree and pick it up, open it and find it's full to the brim with medical supplies. I stuff it in my pack and follow them in the trees. When I get to where they're hiding I can see Titus and Samantha lying on the ground.
"This is going to be so easy." Whispers the girl from 2. Slowly and carefully the girl from 1 takes out a knife and tiptoes her was behind Samantha. With the knife shining in her hand she cuts Samantha's abdomen. Samantha wakes up suddenly and begins to scream as the girl from 2 comes behind Titus. He wakes up sees the girl from 2 looks over at Samantha and charges right at the girl from 2. Samantha is not screaming but she's still alive. The careers are busy with Titus when I swoop down and try to heal Samantha. She looks at me then at my hands as they open the first aid kit and grab a bandage. I place it on the cut tie it not to tight and wet it with my water. She is now looking at Titus and following her gaze sit behind her head to hold it up so we can both watch.
Titus has already brought down the girl from 2 she's on the ground and her head is covered in blood. The girl from 1 has a sword and is pacing around with Titus. Titus only has his hands.
I look down at Samantha and see her bandage is soaked through I place another and wet it as well. I look at her face and see she's growing pale so I look in my pack and find some of the dear I feed it to her bit by bit she eats little but her colour is coming back.
I look back to Titus as does Samantha and we see the girl from 1 swing her sword and Titus catching it on his hand I see leather gloves to protect him from blades and snow. He pulls her sword out of her hands and now he has a weapon. The girl from 2 gets up and runs drunkenly at Titus. He swings the sword and cuts her head clean off. The canon fires and the snow is covered in red. The girl from 1 is crying because she knows she's next.
I look back down at Samantha and see she's pale again and she's closing her eyes. I begin to sing a really upbeat song. Her eyes open and she is looking at me and I guess realising who I am. I keep singing as we watch Titus again.
Titus is pacing with the girl from 1 and now she has a knife again. She throws the knife and it misses he takes the sword with the blood of the district 2 girl and swings it at her. She backs away and loses her balance on a pile of snow and is on the ground. Titus looms over her and with the sword stabs her heart and begins to turn it back and forth.
I can't any more so I look at Samantha who is looking at me. "Sing me a lullaby please." She says in a soft voice. I begin to sing the lullaby I sang in the interview and she closes her eyes and wiggles her figure to the beat. The canon fires and Titus is over the body.
"Titus!" calls Samantha in a loud call surprising for someone who is dying. Titus turns to us and his face has the girl's blood on it but what's worse is the expression on his face when he sees me. He grabs the bloody sword and charges at me when I hear Samantha yell at him. "Stop Titus!" she does and he looks at her he sees the bandage and looks at me.
"You try save her?" he asks and I nod. "Why you no speak?" he says.
"She can't Titus but she has been helping me, but I know I can't make it." She says Titus kneels at her side and with his bloody hand strokes her face. His expression is soft and loving. "I want you to never kill this girl she has helped us and she is worth saving." Samantha starts.
"But how I win?" he says.
"I want you to win but if you have to kill this girl to win then I want you to lose. Titus." She says.
"But Samantha." Titus whines.
"It's ok if someone else kills her that won't matter to you but you can't kill her." She says.
"Yes Samantha."
"If you win please tell mom that I love her and that you were trying to protect me." She says in a sad voice. This girl she has to be younger than me and Titus is I think 18 and this girl has to be about 12. "Titus you were the best big brother in all of Panem but you have to go on without me." She says.
"Samantha" Titus is crying now he's full on bawling, guess he loves his little sister a lot.
"Titus I love you please pass my love to our mom." She says she's crying too.
"Me will." He says to her.
"I will Titus, I will." She corrects him. Then her eye close and her chest rises one more time and the canon fires.
"I will" Titus repeats. He looks at me and then runs off to the mountain. I climb a tree and look for water again.
While I'm swinging all the bird go silent and one gives a warning call, I turn around to see a hovercraft lifting the three girls one at a time then the hovercraft disappears and the birds begin to sing again and I start thinking that maybe I had a friend even for a moment.
I climb to the top of the trees to see a big figure on the hill in front of the mountain, must be Titus. Close to him I see a smaller figure running away from Titus. Then Titus is on this figure and a big splash of blood coats the snow and the canon goes off. But Titus isn't leaving the body that person is dead but Titus isn't leaving then out of the sky a hovercraft appears and the arm comes down and a bright shock hits Titus and the body is taken away in several pieces. I remember Titus's face when he thought I was killing Samantha it was covered in blood but before he killed the girl from 1 his face was clean. Then I remember Titus tackling the rabbit and ripping its head off and eating it straight away. Is Titus eating people after killing them? Is that what Samantha was stopping him from doing when she told him to stop? My stomach turns at the thought, that gross.
While I'm flying though the trees looking for water all I can hear from the mocking jays is this 4 note run over and over. It starts off low then gets higher with the last 2 notes. I don't know what song it's from or where the bird picked up this tune but it's intriguing.
Then the sound of trumpets stops me in a tree. Claudius Templesmith is about to announce something because at least two tributes are alive. "There has been a rule change. Two tributes may win this year but only if they are from the same district." He pauses and repeats the announcement and then goes silent. Then I understand, if I team up with Tyler then we can both win and I won't have to kill him. I think of how to find him, the arena is getting dark so I find a comfy maple tree to sleep in and hope no tribute finds him.
The anthem blares out and the screen come out I see the seal of the capital then I see the girls from 1, 2, 6 and the boy from 9. Tyler's alive good then I can team up with him and Troy doesn't have to hate me for killing his son. Thinking of where I might try to find him in the morning, I fall asleep.
