Derek was awaken by the cannons. Oh, 2 deaths in one night – had the Games been not gory enough? He wondered who was left. Last night it checked, it was Eddie and Amber, the district 1 tributes; Keith and Eva, district 2; himself; Kai, the district 4 boy – and surprisingly, both from district 5 – Alex and April. District 5 proved to be pretty tough, Derek thought. The district 5 boy looked pretty tough so he would not have doubted it, but April? She looked like someone that would die in the bloodbath. Or maybe she was simply lucky.
Derek had been trying to recollect his sanity; to try to figure out some senses form all these messes. He did not get many things from the Cornucopia, nothing but a few wires, some batteries and sort of stuffs. They must be impressed by his little trick in the training and decided to give him these stuffs. He knew it that they tried to make him build an electrical trap, and if he didn't, he would have lost his purpose in the Games and the Gamesmakers would simply kill him. He knew that he had to provide entertainment.
He had successfully gathered salt water from the sea, and he used that as the conductor. He had been working on the trap for the past few days. Although he was quite a physics and electrical expert himself, being from district 3, he found it troublesome to work out the exact concept. But he could not give up. This was the only chance to win the Games –
Oh, winning the Games! He had promised himself not to kill anyone and be himself. He had completely betrayed his very own promise. He could not do it; he would just become a killer like everyone did, and no matter how he was ashamed of it, his natural animal instinct would make him afraid of dying and desiring to live. Derek felt weak and inhumane; heat rushed to his cheeks out of shame. How beastly hope can drive us to be!
Morning came and he finally connected the last bit of his trap. The buzzing started and he retreated onto a tree. He did not wish to have anyone falling into his trap – he would be glad if he could successfully get a roasted rabbit or something, but he did not want human in it. Afterall he would not want credit for anyone's death, though deep inside he knew that the Gamemakers would be driving someone into his trap –
He heard a scream. The girl from district 5, April; and the boy from district 5, Alex, ran into his vision (so they were allies, Derek thought, and that's why they had lived so long). Behind them was 3 other people – the Careers, he recognized. Eddie, Keith and Eva. So last night it must have been Amber and Kai who died –
The girl from district 5 was shot in the feet. That slowed her down for some time, yet she was brave enough to remove it and tried to throw it back at the Careers, which startled them a little. The girl might not be smart enough, yet certainly brave, and Derek saluted her secretly for that.
The group was so close to his trap right now. Alex was running the fastest, waving his dagger at him. But then he stopped, looked at the ground and started to back away. Derek grinned – had he realized his trick? But he should not be surprised. Afterall, the boy was from district 5, the home of electricity. He probably was so familiar with this tiny buzzing sound in his life –
The girl from district 5 was aware of the trap at all. Before the boy could speak anything, she dived into the area and screamed. Derek immediately regretted it. He turned the voltage high enough to paralyze someone, but not strong enough to kill them instantly – and this girl in front of him will die a gruesome death. Derek tried to close his eyes, but his curiosity and fear kept it open.
The boy from district 1 and the girl from district 2 were smart enough to realize something was wrong. They stopped chasing after the girl; yet the boy from district 2, the strongest, yet hot-headed, focused too much on his prey that he had not realized the Alex's strange action and the way the district 5 girl moaned on the ground. He ran towards the trap, and jumped on the girl –
Derek closed his eyes and did not know what to come next. He heard mixed tones of screams and cries, and a minute later, he heard two cannons consecutively. The boy from district 5 had thrown spears on both of the tributes, and their pain finally ended. The boy from district 1 and the girl from district 2 immediately retreated, but walked away in different directions – and the boy from district 5 left as well.
Derek jumped down from his tree and turned off the voltage. He knew he should retreat the area now, and he dared not to look back. He did not want to see the face of the two persons he killed – oh, he killed someone, he was a killer! He ran away from the trap directly, not even caring enough to get his supplies. Oh, if only all these would end…