Chapter 10: Bloodbath
I wake up to Nina shaking me awake, she says, "Come on, get up it's time."
It's time, it's time for me to hopefully make it out of the Bloodbath alive or at least in one whole piece with a beating heart. I take a quick shower and then pull on my arena outfit Frost laid out for me on the dresser. It's a dark blue tank top with black caprice and then knee high socks and knee high dark blue boots. I put on my locket and then pull on my arm guard, since I'm an archer for our alliance I don't want to get skin ripped off when I shoot an arrow.
I go out into the living room area and Lance is there waiting with Zenna. He's wearing almost the exact same thing, a dark blue t-shirt with black pants and then running shoes. "Are you ready to get all set Skye?" Zenna asks me, I nod my head and she pulls us both into the elevator and we head down to the styling rooms.
When I get down there Frost is already in the room. He throws me a bottle of water and says, "Never know when you'll find some."
I take some of the bottle then I wait for the tube to open, I go up it and into the arena. I ask Frost though, "Frost, will you make sure my locket makes it home even if I don't?"
"You'll make it out, your alliance and Lance will protect you," He tells me. Guess he really doesn't know Lance and I won't be seeing eye to eye, not now. I don't want to be the one to kill him in the end and if we're in an alliance that would be my goal.
Just then the tube behind me opens up and an announcer says, "10." Guess the countdown for the tube has already begun. I shake Frost's hand then I go in. Just then the tube shuts and I get to the top of the arena. I'm blinded by the light for a minute and then I blink my eyes to see the Cornucopia is in front of me, but the only way to it, is by swimming. There's three islands that I can see, the only thing separated the three are either a river or stream. Pretty easy to get across. The Cornucopia is on the mini island, which is the island we're all starting on.
60 seconds, that's how long we must stay here. I search for Winter and Holly and finally I find them. About 4 people over to my right is Winter and then Holly's right beside her. They look at me and nod and I know, they got the letter and our plan is a go. Just then the gong sounds, snapping me out of my daze, and I don't even wait another second before I sprint off towards the right island. In my way is a quiver and pack. I grab the two of them just as two cannons fire. Out of the corner my eye I see Quinn sprinting towards me, and she's got a knife ready to throw. I hold up my bag to block the throw and the knife blade imbeds itself into the back. I grab it and throw it right at her, hitting her between the eyes. BOOM! Her cannon seemed to be the loudest.
I take off for the island and jump from rock to rock as a few more cannons fire and when I get far enough into the woods I stop by another stream and sit down on the ground. I can't believe I killed her, and for no reason. I mean she only had the one knife, she couldn't have killed me with anything else.
Just then I hear people in the bushes and I grab my bow and arrow and aim it that way just as Winter and Holly appear. "Wow, calm it's just us," Winter teases. I put down my bow and arrow again and they sit down with me.
"Let's see what we all got," Holly says. I open my pack and there was a reason it was at the edge of the island, it's got almost nothing in it. An empty water bottle, a knife, and then some matches. I put the knife in my back pocket and then I fill up my water bottle, then the other one that Holly grabbed. Holly didn't get a pack, but she got her weapon, an axe. But she also grabbed a vial of poison so she's putting poison on all our weapons, especially Winter's darts for her blowgun. Winter didn't get much either, a first aid kit and then small brick. She puts all our extra stuff in one pack and then zips it up.
We wait for the night to come and when the anthem plays we watch as the sky is filled with the bloodbath cannons. First is Kesha, then it goes all the way to Erik then Quinn. So that means Marklo and Lacey are alive. Same with Lance. Next is Zap, I her a sigh escape Winter, I think even though he was a jerk, he was way too young to die. Then it goes, Jome, Oakley, Polly, and then Amy. Then the night goes black again.
As we lay down to go and sleep I see a fire in the distant. Must be a tribute who doesn't realize, fire, brings people closer to killing you. At least I made it past the bloodbath, but worst of all because I'll be worrying for him, Lance is still alive.