Chapter 10: Sacrifices will be made.
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10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1. The bell rings and I start sprinting towards the cornucopia. Amber and Jarred got there just before me. She hands me a couple of knives and axes.
A boy from 6 comes at me with a small knife. Dodging his small swipes until I see an opening. My axe digs into the back of his head and he drops down.
"Jane, watch out!" Jarred screamed.
The boy from 8 and girl from 6 were coming at me. Swinging clubs. One hit me in the arm then in the back. I hit the ground. I hear the girl scream. Then some running before another scream.
I lay they disoriented on the ground in pain from the blows. I heard a voice saying, "Are you gonna lie there all day or get up and help me." It was Ian.
The careers started collecting the left supplies when I was on my feet again. Jarred said, "I had two kills so far how bout you?"
"I had one." Amber said.
"I had two." Ian said.
"I had one." I said. "Thanks for saving me." I said to Ian.
A buzzing sound cuts through the air. We hear a ping and an arrow hit the cornucopia. It was the District 4 boy and girl. He shot another arrow at me barely dodging it. Then another clipped Amber as we charged them. As I ran throwing my knives at them. The boy ran when we got close. I took my two axes and dug one into the girl's shoulder. She fell to her knees. Grabbing my leg and trying to yank me down. My other axe comes down into her head. She hits the ground hard as Ian, Jarred, and Amber take of running after him.
Then I see District 9 going for our supplies. I sprint to them. I look behind me to see the rest of the gang coming too. They picked up some weapons and food and got ready for a fight.
I stopped to wait for them to catch up. Knives whiz by me then Amber sprints by. I follow.
"Get back here you little twerps!" She screams.
"Let them go!" We hear Ash scream emerging out of the woods.
He is pulling a bloody body. It is the boy from 4. Candy is just behind them. "Look what we found. We saw some you chasing him and decided to go after him." Ash said with a wink.
"I want him. He clipped me." Amber says angrily.
She takes he knife and slowly cuts hit faces. Then running the knife down both his arms. "Stand him up!" She screams.
She stabs him three times in the stomach. She walks away from him. Grabbing the bow and sending an arrow into his skull.
*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*. Eight dead so far.
I collect my knives and grab some food for our journey.
For the first time I take in my surroundings we are in a thick jungle. Looking around I see my real allies hiding in the tall trees.
I give them a small nod before heading out.
The jungle is a scary place. Although there are no mutts. Wild animals still exists. So far I saw a few snakes. I think they are called anacondas and vipers.
We hear a scream and rush towards it. We see a giant hole in the ground and look down. At least a hundred vipers are biting the small girl from 10.
"A viper pit. These are bushmasters. They are very poisonous snakes. They must have been thrown into that pit." I said.
"Thanks for the lesson, nerd." Ash laughs.
"Let's keep moving." Ian said.
Walking for about another hour another until we hit a force field.
"This is odd. It ends here. Not even that far out. Where the force field stops us. Just beyond there starts a desert."
*Ding* "The three cornucopias are separated by a force field. Each one has its own biome. One a desert. One a jungle. One a grassland. The force field will be lifted once there is 8 left in each biome. Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor."
That's great our plan will never work now. I think to myself.
"We should head back its getting dark." Jarred said.
We turned back and headed to camp. Starting a fire and getting ready to turn in. The sky lights up and the capitol seal flashes on with the anthem playing.
The first faces to show is the boy from 4 then the girl from girl from 5 and both from 6 and a boy from 8. Then the girl from 10. I feel bad for her. She didn't stand a chance against those vipers.
Amber took the first watch.
Until the biomes are merged I will do 3 POVS. One of Jane, Ethan and Christina. POV's in each chapter happening at the same time.
POV Ethan
My eyes adjusted to the light level and I saw we were in a grassy plain. I saw I had Jenna with me.
5...4...3...2...1. I ran faster than I ever did before to the cornucopia I the first one there. I didn't see the careers any where. I grabbed a sword and a knife and headed out to kill.
My first challenger was a strong boy from district 5. He jetted to the cornucopia and quickly grabbed a weapon. A katana. He charged at me deflecting my attacks and I was deflecting his attacks. He drew first blood slicing my arm. Then countering his move, I get his leg. He fights on but I again counter by sweeping his legs a driving my sword through his stomach.
By then I see the careers joining the fight. Since the careers we are bit slow getting to the cornucopia almost everyone has a weapon by now. Some running off into the small wooded area and others into the marshlands, and some going for more supplies and kills. Jenna runs into a grassy area. Two girls follow her. I hear screams. Who won? I think to myself. Hopefully Jenna.
The careers are standing next to me as we square off to kill our biggest challengers, District 4. It was a fair fight they were both strong and wanted the supplies for themselves. It is three on two.
Justine and Jake charge then. Big mistake. They dodge and slice both of them. Justine drops on the ground holding her neck. Jake is cut on the arm. I make my move when they are distracted. My sword pierces his back and he drops to the floor faster than a sack of potatoes.
The girl out matched fights a defensive battle. Blocking our attacks and striking and countering when she can. An arrow shot from District 8 hits her chest. The boy then aims for Jake and he barely dodges the arrow.
He hit's the ground dead as Chloe emerges from behind him pulling her knife from the back of the boys head. Glad you showed up. Carter is behind her finishing off the other district 8 tribute.
I grabbed the arrows and stood on the top of the cornucopia while the others gathered the supplies.
After that we establish roles for the alliance. Carter will watch the supplies and me and Chloe will comb the area surrounding the cornucopia.
We begin our sweep when we hear some voices up ahead. We hide behind some bushes and peer through. See a boy and girl from 9 find a pond. Excitedly they pull out their canteens and begin to fill up.
"I just saw something move in the water." I said to Chloe.
Soon after a large animal leaps from the water and grabs the boy by the ankle. He screams in pain as the long green animal with ridges down its back and a tail drag him into the water. It rolls over and over until the boy's leg snaps cleanly off. It stop attacking him for 30 seconds then is pulled under water never to be seen again.
*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*. Eleven dead so far. About to make it 12. We charge her. Shocked by her partner's death she doesn't see us coming. The monster jumps at us but we leave the attack unscathed. Chloe knives hit her chest one after another. Three hit her before she hit the ground.
*Boom* Another one goes down. 12 dead 12 to go.
We finish our sweep with no other tributes found.
I saw Jenna trailing us so I know she is ok. Chloe I now know is easy to sneak up on. We make it back to camp with Jake and Carter waiting for us.
*Ding* "The three cornucopias are separated by a force field. Each one has its own biome. One a desert. One a jungle. One a grassland. The force field will be lifted once there is 8 left in each biome. Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor."
"That's interesting." Carter says.
It gets dark shortly after the announcement and the Capitol seal flashes on in the sky with the anthem being played.
The first to show up is Justine. Then District 4. The boy I killed from 5. A girl from 6. Both from 8 and 9 and a girl from 10.
I took the first watch while the others slept.
POV Christina
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1 I found the nearest supplies some were covered in sand. I sprint away seeing nothing but sand.
I make it to some boulders where I sit and examine what I got. The blue backpack had some crackers and some dried fruit. I got a small knife and some weird liquid. It had a little skull and crossbones. I guess its poison.
"You cozy." I hear from behind me. I grabbed my knife and jump to my feet.
"Whoa. Calm down there. Its me." Jimmy says.
"Don't scare me like that." I say back. "How did you find me so easily."
"Its sand. You leave tracks." He said.
The irony in what he just said couldn't have been any worse. Careers come raining down on us. Annie and Sophia come from the right and Thomas and Weaver come from the left. We have only two knives. We are outclassed, outnumbered, and overpowered. Annie comes flying at me with her sword. Its over for me I think and I close my eyes waiting for my blow that never comes.
I open my eyes to an ungodly sight. Jimmy jumped in front of me. He cut her face but the attack was futile. He only threw away his life to spare my for a few minutes.
Thomas comes at me and he hit's the ground before he gets to me. Revealing an axe in his back. It is District 7 and 12. Knowing they now are outnumbered. The careers back off.
"Let's get them before they can get back to their base." The girl yells. We charge after them.
We get back to the cornucopia I see many are still running around picking up what they can. We watch as someone lands three arrows on a boy with two bags on him. Then another hit's a girl with jugs of water. The careers must've disappeared in all the chaos. We sprint down and the boy throws an axe hitting the girl with the bow.
After seeing us many disappear over the hills. We check the cornucopia for remaining supplies. A few weapons and other supplies are left.
"Gather what we can and set out to find a base." The one boy says.
"So what are all your names?" I ask.
"Alana." The one girl from 7 says.
"Eric." The boy from 7 said back to me.
This is Keny and I'm Coral." She replied.
We gathered what we can into our back packs when I had a bright idea. With the poison we could taint the lake water. So we filled up our water bottles. Then poured the poison into lake.
"Lets go back to those boulders." Eric said.
We followed the tracks back to those four giant stones. Jimmy's body was gone.
*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*,*Boom*.
"Seven dead. That is only what our bloodbath had. Where is the other deaths." I said surprised.
*Ding* "The three cornucopias are separated by a force field. Each one has its own biome. One a desert. One a jungle. One a grassland. The force field will be lifted once there is 8 left in each biome. Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor."
"What timing. That explains where everyone is and why there wasn't many cannons." Keny said laughing.
We set up camp there and laid on the rocks waiting for the death count in the sky to come on.
As I wait I think about my allies. How are they doing? Are they alive? Did they kill the careers? A million questions rush through my head.
Why did Jimmy sacrifice himself for me. He had a better chance of winning than I did.
The night comes to a close as the seal comes on and so does the anthem. The first to show up is Thomas. Then Jimmy. I begin to cry. The first time since I was reaped that I had a reason for crying. Although the tears blurred my vision I could see the boy from 6. The girl from 8. She was the one with the bow. They girl from 9 and the boy from 10. The final one was the girl from 11.
Eric takes the first watch as I cry myself to sleep.
Hope you enjoyed it. These are the dead so far.
Arena 1:
District 4: boy and girl.
District 5: girl.
District 6: boy and girl.
District 8: boy.
District 10: girl.
Arena 2:
District 1: Justine.
District 4: boy and girl.
District 5: boy.
District 6: girl.
District 8: boy and girl.
District 9: boy and girl.
District 10: girl
Arena 3:
District 1: Thomas.
District 6: boy.
District 8: girl.
District 9: girl.
District 10: boy.
District 11: girl.