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Some Branches Break

Dahlia

Anton and I get along alright I guess. Other than his incessant talking and annoying way of always think that he is right all the time, he's okay.

Okay, honestly I want to kill him half the time his mouth is open. And we have only had 18 hours together. Not counting after the Cornucopia where he followed me.

I almost got at him to.

Night had already fallen but the faces didn't show up yet.

"Hey, Anton," I say holding one end of a trap the two of us devised out of our parachutes and some berry juice that we determined was poisoned.

"Eh," he responed.

"Can you come over here for a second, my arm needs a rest." I had a plan. If I could get him to stand right under the trap then I could release it and get rid of him right then and there. It was foolproof. Suffocation within five minutes. That means no screaming.

"Can you just hold out for a little longer. I'm busy."

"No you're not, your just sitting their drawing in the sand!"

"I'm drawing plans for another trap."

I roll my eyes and let the trap fall. He snaps his head up at me.

"What was that for?" he asks his voice rising.

"Ooops." I say rubbing my arm. "My arm gave out." I stare at the crumpled heap of our trap. "Guess all that hard work was for nothing."

He furrows his eyes at me in anger. I smile innocently back at him. He reaches for his back pocket.

Crap.

We both had made makeshift poison blow-darts from sharpened and hollowed twigs laced with the berry poison. And he was deadly accurate with his. Me. . .I couldn't shoot a tree five feet in front of me.

"Now, let's be rational." I say reaching for my pack where mine was.

Too far.

He puts his blow gun to his lips and the last thing I see is what looks like a bear coming out and attacking Anton before I blank out.

Umber

Anton was going to hurt Dahlia.

I don't know what came over me, but I couldn't let that happen. So. . .I uh. I think I trampled Anton.

He's not breathing. Is that good?

His heart isn't beating. That can't be good.

Aww. . .I killed someone. The cannon confirms it.

I sit next to Dahlia and make a pillow out of this mess of parachutes on the floor.

It's not long before I see a silver chute fall addressed to Dahlia specifically. Its medicine.

I take the shot out of the silver package and slam it into her neck. I hope I did that right.

After a few minutes, her eyes flutter to light.

Ellessa

I hold the Capitol medicine in my hand. I hold Rielle's life right here. The real Ellessa wouldn't hesitate. But this Ellessa. ..she. . .she's debating weather to kill someone her brother loves.

No. I can't do that to Bennet. I can't be responsible for saving her either.

I can't believe I am doing this. I don't know why I'm doing this either. Because I'm afraid? Afraid of what?

Losing. I don't want to be the weakling who saves everyone who wants to kill her.

But I can't let her die. But I can't let her live.

I guess my only option is to run.

I leave the medicine. Kiss Bennet's forehead. And run into the night. Dreading a cannon.

Rielle

I wake up to find Bennet stroking my hair. My head doesn't hurt anymore but I feel sick.

I groan and roll over onto my stomach. I'm not sick, I'm hungry.

"Bennet. . ."

He looks at me with concerned eyes. "Yea. How do you feel?"

"Hungry." I point at my open mouth. "Feed me."

He laughs and pats my head. "As you wish." He fishes around in his pack for a while as I look around.

There is a lack of anger and know-it-allism.

"Where is Ellessa?" I ask.

Bennet gulps. "Um. . .she went looking for wood."

"Liar." I caught him. He knows it.

"She left. I hope. I didn't hear a cannon so she's not-" he is cut off by the sound of a cannon.

My heart starts beating rapidly. "It's not her." I tell him. He is eying his pack. "You can't go looking for her. I'm sure she is fine." I put my hand over his and look up at him.

"What if it is her?" he says. "I can't not leave her killer alone."

I sigh. "Just wait a few more hours. Then we can see who died." He nods and we both stare up at the sky.

Last night we saw eight faces. Angus, Ash, Bruce, Joseph, Alianah, Tasha , Andrew and Zach. The bloodbaths and the assassinated Career.

Tonight we saw three faces. Neko, Ellianna, and Anton.

"See. Ellessa is fine." I say and Benne breathes a sigh of relief.

"Do you feel well enough to move?" he asks me. I nod.

"I feel loads better after that nap." I feel for the back of my head to find that my head is bandaged and it no longer hurts to touch.

"You have good sponsors."

Toph

The anthem plays and I see Neko's face blaring across the sky.

Whoever killed Neko is in for it. I swear, I may not have liked that boy, but when someone just goes around and shoots them, not even the decency to kill with class. Then I get mad.

When I follow the sound of the gunfire all I find is two empty packs and some blood. No doubt Neko's.

I do find foot prints though. Three sets. One very small set that I know much belong to Astell. Her steps indicate an awkward run, almost being dragged and then stopping. What is that all about? The other two sets are similar in size and gait. I don't know who they belong to.

I follow them until they cut off.

I don't bother to look up. I probably should have. But I didn't.

The last thing I remember is a knife, some blood, and a scream.

Then a cannon. My cannon.

Astell

I feel terrible for killing that boy. I didn't even know what a gun was.

But it was still my fault. I killed him. And I didn't even know his name.

I saw his face tonight. It scared me. I thought he had come back to haunt me. When his face appeared over my head I almost fell out of the tree all three of us had managed to fit in. I ended up dangling out of it with Marina and Nikki holding onto my ankle. The world was upside-down and my tears fell backwards.

By the time I was back up in the tree there was a girl. She was following our footprints.

Before I could protest, Marina was out of the tree and had a knife in the girls throat. I made a sound that sounded something like a chocking animal and a cry.

Nikki jumps out of the tree and I follow her.

"You didn't have to do that, Marina." Nikki says taking the girls pack and weapons.

"Yes I did." Marina retorts.

"Why?" I ask her as the hover craft claims her body and we start to move again.

"She would have killed you two. And I won't let that happen."

Emerich

Of all the years to be in the games, I had to be in the one with the cry baby Careers.

Hackett, I don't even want to keep him around. But he is strong and I need at least one guy to keep me sane.

Lyra. . .I have already begun debating whether or not I should kill her, but she has proved herself useful in meager tasks.

I just need to keep them around until I find that bitch who killed the only other real Career in this game.

DEATHs

Angus from 12- Fell to his comic doom

Ash from 12- Wacked off course by Zach stabbed by Emerich

Bruce from 9- Fell to his comic doom

Ellianna from 9- Knocked out by Lyra, captured by Emerich, Hackett made to kill her.

Joseph from 8- Sent spiraling by Marina, ultimately neck snapped by Ellessa

Neko from 7- Shot by Astell on accident

Toph from 7- Knifed by Marina

Anton from 6- Awkwardly trampled by Umber who doesn't really know what happened.

Alianah from 6- Suicide

Rascoe from 4- Backstabbed by Emerich

Tasha from 3- Stabbed by Toph

Andrew from 3- Throat slit by Emerich

Zach from 2- Stabbed by Nikki

ALLIANCES

Emerich, Lyra, Hackett- Tiny Career pack that is ruled by Emerich. Just kinda sitting there at the moment.

Nikki, Astell, Marina- Best friends more like it.

Bennet and Rielle- The couple the misses Ellessa.

Ellessa- The deserter.

Umber and Dahlia- Kinda. . .almost reliant. Almost not necessary. Neither have a problem with the other, but neither are fond of the other either. Neutral kinda deal.