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I immediately regret my decision to leave Gale. How dumb could I possibly be? I won't be able to survive on my own out here. I can't even defend myself. So I need to find Gale…or even Tayla. I'm just about to start heading back the way that I came when a silver parachute floats down in front of me.

A gift from a sponsor! I quickly tear into the basket, but I only find a bracelet. It's slowly changing color, becoming a lighter hue by the second. I notice there are instructions attached that say, "Tracer bracelets. The closer you are to the other bracelet of the pair, the darker the bracelet will become." And then I noticed something hastily scrawled on the note near the bottom, "Love you, Prim."

So Katniss hasn't forgotten about me. She's sending me and Gale a way to find each other. I definitely will owe her one when I…if I get out of here. I just wonder how much trouble she got in for writing that last part on the note…

So the closer I am to Gale, the darker the bracelet will be. With that in mind, I start to set off back the way I came. I notice the bracelet is already turning darker.

Before I start running though, I hear a birdcall ring out. Was that an actual bird…or a human? I think about it as I begin to jog along.

I'm just running along when I'm suddenly caught in the left arm by a branch of thorns. I swear, the thing just appeared out of nowhere! There is a pretty deep gash on my arm now, and I have no way to staunch the bleeding. I curse silently. What a stupid way to become seriously hurt! I've got to be more carful in the future…if I have a future. However, the next clearing I come into rewards me with a sight of a tribute.

It's Tayla! She looks at me and goes, "Oh my! Prim! You're hurt! Come here and I'll patch you up with the first aid kit."

I do as she says and while she's working on me I say, "Sorry about before. Gale isn't exactly the most trusting person in the world. But I guess who can blame him, since we're in the Hunger Games."

She doesn't respond to this right away, but says, "There! All done! Here, put the rest of the first aid supplies in your pack. And try to be more careful; carelessness can get you killed out here."

I open my mouth to respond but whatever I was going to say is cut off as someone grabs me from behind and holds me tightly. Appearing seemingly out of nowhere in front of me are the District 1 girl and Castor. So I guess the District 4 girl is holding me.

How could they have found us? I manage to get out, "How?"

Castor just laughs and goes, "Nice work, Tayla."

"Thank you," Tayla says evilly. Her face is hard set, but I see a strange softness in her eyes as she says this.

What! Castor answers my unspoken question by next saying, "She was working for us the entire time. The whole 'cut me up and left me to die' thing was an act. And it worked! A birdcall was the signal that you were in the general area. And now you're going to be the bait for your District 12 friend, the one who scored the eleven. How does it feel to know that you'll be the one who causes his death?"

So she's done it again. She's betrayed me again. People deserve second chances, but she just blew hers. But I don't understand…why fix me up with the first aid kit only to allow me to be taken captive by the Careers? Is there good in her after all? I don't know what to think anymore.

But then I think of Gale. I look down at my bracelet, and note that it's a very dark shade! Gale will soon be here, and run headlong into this little ambush here. I have to do something!

But I don't get the chance, as two figures burst of the woods and charge at us. I recognize them as two contestants from last year, Cato and Thresh. They are both wielding swords.

I know that they are not real, that they are robots from the Capitol. But from the looks of it, Castor and Tayla don't know that. They stand there in a frozen moment, before pulling themselves together. Recognizing the harmful intent of the newcomers, Castor steps forward and begins to spar with his brother. The sounds of metal on metal clash through the noraml forest noises as Tayla simply pulls a knife and sends it flying into Thresh's head. Nice way to treat your siblings, right?

But what this little skirmish has done is distract my captor, the District 4 girl. As I feel her hold on me slacken just a little bit, I break free and take off running away from there. Just before I enter the woods again, I see Cato go down with a sword in his stomach, sparks spewing everywhere, and Castor saying, "After her!"

I'm fast. But they're no sloths either. Tayla especially is gaining on me. Only one thing to do. I pick a tree and start climbing. By the time they reach me, I'm about twenty feet in the air. Well, now I know how Katniss felt last year, up in a tree, surrounded by Careers. I don't see a tracker jacker nest to save me now though. From below, the District 1 girl says, "Well, how are we going to get her now?"

Castor says, "I've got a plan." He pulls out an axe. An axe? That's definantly not the most common weapon to see in the Games. "We'll cut the tree down," he says. "Just let me do something first."

And without warning, he swings the axe into the neck of the District 4 girl who is standing right next to him. Her head comes off and flies into the air before coming to rest on the ground, facing up, an expression of shock and betrayal frozen on her face forever. The cannon fires. I gasp in horror at what has just happened; it's just so sudden and unexpected. Castor just looks at the headless, bloody body and says, "That's for letting her go, you idiot."

The District 1 girl snickers. "Nice one, Castor."

"Why thank you, Sparkla," Castor replies.

Even in the midst of my predicament, I still feel the urge to laugh. Sparkla? Who calls their kid…Sparkla? Typical District 1 and their dumb names.

Castor begins to cut the tree at the base with the axe, but is quickly stopped by Tayla. "Leave her," she says.

Castor looks at her like she has suddenly grown two heads and asks, "Why?"

Tayla points at something far off that I can't see through the branches of my tree. "That's why. We must be gone from here now, or we will perish. Leave her here to die."

Whatever Tayla was pointing to, it must have convinced them of the need for flight because they take off. I climb quickly down the tree, thinking, what new danger has reared its ugly head now? I hit the ground; turn to the direction that Tayla had indicated, and gasp.

It would be hard to miss the tsunami of raging water descending upon me.

Credit to hungergamesfan51 for the robots idea in this chapter and the past few.

By the way, I just wrote a new story called The Hunger Games Premiere, about the very first Hunger Games. If you like this story, you should check that one out as well!