Chapter 10: The Day Before
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The Day Before
I awoke to what I thought was birds singing but as I sat up I saw that it was still night time, no thanks to the blinding bright lights of the Capitol. I got up and walked out of my room to see Michael asleep in his room as well as Lindsey in her's. I snuck out of the apartment and a guard spotted me and said "where might you be going at this time of the night!" I casually replied with "I need to clear my head. I'm going for a walk" The guard said nothing and just let me pass. I quickly found the elevator and clicked the button for the roof. As the doors opened I quickly discovered that a jacket would have been a good idea. I walked over to the edge and closed my eyes, I stood listing to the hustle and bustle of everyday life about 15 stories below. I stood there for quite a long while, thinking about Mitch and the others and about Jordan and especially Lindsey. I didn't know how much time had passed but I was about to step down when I heard the elevator open and heard a familiar voice scream "GUNNER DON'T JUMP!" I turned to see Rob rushing me but as I stepped down he lightened his sprint. "I'm not going to jump, I was just clearing my head". Rob just shrugged and said "Well I didn't know that!" I asked him why he was up here and he said he couldn't sleep. "So are you ready for tomorrow?" He asked "I don't know" I said "I don't know if I can kill an innocent kid." Rob seemed stirred by this, he said "remember your brother Gun he needs you, you are the last chance that he has at that cure" I lit up like a firecracker at the mention of my brother and said "you are completely right Rob I need to be strong for my brother" about that time the elevator opened to see Mitch, Jerome and Preston looking for us. Preston jumped out and yelled "There you little cactuses are!" "Preston its cacti!" Jerome corrected him for what seemed like the hundredth time. Mitch walked over to me and Rob and I knew that he meant business. Mitch said "we need a plan" as he pointed to the others "we were looking for you because we are all scared but nobody wants to admit so we need a game plan." Rob and I thought for a moment about what we should do, after a minute or two he said "Should we run for spawn? or should we just run and look for stuff around the arena?" "I had pondered this idea ever since I had became old enough for volunteering" I said "well? Lets hear it!" Mitch said "Ok here it is first we..." I whispered the seemingly flawless plan to Mitch and a huge grin spread across his face as I told him the foolproof plan. "THAT IS BRILLIANT" Mitch screamed as he went to tell the others. "Who will be the runner" I thought "Hopefully me.. I don't want to fight at spawn. We went over the plan step by step so we knew it by heart I was the runner and Rob, Preston, Mitch and Jerome were the protecters/fighters. After we went over the plan about five times each we all went back to our rooms to prepare for the Games tomorrow. I slept most the day but was up long enough to eat from time to time, the rules for the Games were simple. STAY ALIVE. I was ready for the games I know I need to be rested and need to stay strong. I slept some more and finally woke up for dinner and the announcer that I had talked with for the interviews earlier in the week. He said that all the in the districts are set up for everyone to watch. I stayed up and watched a little more T.V and then I was off to bed with the Hunger Games closing in fast.