Chapter 10- The Fallen
We decide not to camp next to the pond incase any other tributes come by looking for water. Instead, we find a tree that is only a five minute walk from the pond. We sit on the ground at the foot of the tree, not wanting to sleep yet.
"You okay?" I ask Nadya because she hasn't said a word for almost forty five minutes.
"I'm just worried." Nadya sighs "About Eckel."
"Eckel?" I ask because I'd paid little attention to the names of the other tributes.
"My District Partner." Nadya says.
In hearing this, I realise how worried I am about Coby. I don't even know where he is or if he's alive. I am about to speak when the cannon booms again, signalling another death, another ended life. The Capitol anthem begins playing, forcing me and Nadya to glance up. I realise she's holding my hand, tightly.
"Please, please don't be Eckel." She whispers, mostly to herself.
I pray that Coby isn't one of the twelve dead people. The first face to appear in the sky is the District 3 Female. Followed by both the District 4 tributes.
"Please." Nadya begs because her District will be next if Eckel is gone.
The face of the District 6 Male projects into the sky and I feel Nadya relax a little beside me. At the end, I work out who is left: The Careers (from Districts 1 and 2), The District 3 Male, Nadya, Eckel, The District 7 male, Coby, the District 9 tributes, the Distict 11 female and myself.
"They're okay!" Nadya cheers, pulling me into a hug.
"Sshh," I shush her "They might hear you."
Nadya lowers her voice, "I'm going to bed."
We climb into the tree, Nadya on the branch above mine, and secure ourselves into our sleeping bags with the ropes from our bags.
"Goodnight, Nadya." I smile slightly.
"Goodnight, Sephy." She replies.