Chapter 10 – Day 3 – 12 Tributes
When I wake up, my throat is completely dry and I am barely making enough saliva.
The black birds from yesterday hang on the trees and look down at me. They start to chirp and squawk when I stand up.
I go to the bathroom by a tree only to notice my pee is a copper brown and I begin to get dizzy, unable to stand for long periods of time. Every so often I have to take rest stops against trees. No matter how far I walk, there seems to be no water. I question if anyone else is dehydrated. Obviously not the Careers since they're running out and killing every night.
As I walk, my heart pounds extremely hard at some points, and I gasp each time it occurs. It's scary, being this unhealthy. I know my life will last a few hours more before I die from dehydration. I try to think of songs in my head but each time I do I repeat lyrics and forget some here and then. Eventually my head hurts so I stop.
In the late afternoon, I start to forget what I'm doing, and I stop sweating by sunset. My body is losing water quickly.
By nightfall, I faint. One minute I'm walking and the next I wake up on the ground, the sky dark as ever. I don't get up because I feel as if there's a two hundred pound weight on my chest. I've exhausted my energy and I realize I forgot to eat any food today. After about ten minutes of me sitting without movement, the anthem comes on. I watch the Capitol seal appear in the sky and reveal no deaths before black spots grow in my eyes and I fall asleep.