"Hold her down!" I scream. "Let me kill her!" her death will end my suffering. I take my knife back but before I can give her the death blow I hear Eimmots voice "Athena please!" I run to his side. I see Annabeth kick Beatrice off her and run back into the forest wielding my knife. "Eimmot don't go!" I scream at him "I have to" he whispers back.
"Hey Athena?" he says. "Remember that time our father bought a banjo and played that song about the donkeys in the stables?" "Yes, I do" I sob. "And remember that time when mother planted a cherry tree in the meadow near our house, I'm sorry I didn't make it" he says. My sobs can probably be heard all over the arena but I don't care "You can't give up!" he whispers. "Athena" he says again. "Take my hand I can't be alone on my final journey." I grab his hand, his grip is warm. "I'll tell mother and father how well you've done and I'll still watch over you all the time." "Ask father to sing me the song when you see me" I say. "I will" he smiles. I watch his eyes roll back into his head. I notice Beatrice beside me with tears streaming down her cheeks, she closes his eyes. "Goodbye" we whisper in unison.
Beatrice grabs the bag of food and allows me at peace with him for the last time. After a few minutes of sulking beside Eimmot I follow her. We know the finale is upon us soon and we must be prepared. I apply the blister cream and Beatrice eats in silence. We walk deep into the forest and try to calm ourselves. "I can't believe he is gone" I say. Before Beatrice can reply I hear Claudius Templesmith again on the announcer.
"Attention tributes. We congratulate you on making it to the final 3. I'm afraid we have a nasty surprise in store. In 3 minutes oxygen will be removed from the entire arena excluding the area around the cornucopia. Your time starts when the bell rings. You must not move within 10 meters of where you are standing now, good luck on your final adventure." We both take a last drink of water and the bell rings. "You have 3 minutes remaining" Claudius says. We break into a sprint to the cornucopia.
"You have two minutes remaining" we hear Claudius say. Beatrice is on my heels. We still have about 300 meters to run and we are short of breath but we keep pushing. Suddenly adrenaline releases in me and I push ahead. "You have one minute remaining." 30 meter dash, 40 for Beatrice. I still have 20 meters when I hear 30 seconds remaining. I see the golden cornucopia now. I made it. I look behind me "Athena!" I hear a scream. Its Beatrice. She tripped within the last 5 meters. I sprint back and pull her forwards. We made it. "Thank you, thank you, thank you." she says. "She has to be around here somewhere" I reply. There was no cannon. We both take out our slingshots and load that's when I hear the whistle of a knife gliding through the air. It hits Beatrice in the center of the chest.
I look around and see no assailant anywhere. I must be strong, I watch her smile for her last time and thank me for my friendship. "I've never had a friend like you" I reply. "You have to win" she says "I will" I smile "Be at rest now". Slowly I watch the light leave her eyes. The cannon booms. "Come on out you stinking coward!" I scream. "Think its fun to kill little girls, do you?" "Come at me!" Annabeth runs at me from the back of the cornucopia and throws an Axe to my chest, I react by ducking. She has 3 more knives in her hands. She grabs my waist and we wrestle for two minutes. First I am on top and then she's on top, the cycle repeats. Quickly she grabs her knife and puts it between her teeth while holding me down and creates a gash down my wrist.
I free myself of her grip and punch her in the throat and she gasps for breath. I drag her body beside Beatrice's and take the knife that was plunged into her chest. Before she realizes what is going on I stab her in the heart, she initially screams but then starts gasping as if she was a fish out of water. I take the knife out of her heart and pierce it through her skull.
Finally, I hear the boom of the cannon. "Your fight is over" I whisper to the girls. I sit on the grass and hold Annabeth and Beatrice's hand as a sign of unity, they were still human in the end.
I wait for the hovercraft to pick me up and bring me to the capitol and eventually, it does.
Thank you to anyone who followed this through to the end! I am thinking of doing a story related to Divergent next! Please review, I need tips on how I could have made my stories better!
