Ch. 10: Raynor
Now that I have something to fill the hole in my heart where Audrie used to be with hate for that son of a bitch Ryan. I feel oddly calm and a little bliss, to having something to take my mind off Audrie. The real question is where the heck is Ryan? He could be anywhere, since I, so willing let him escape, my guess is he became smart and removed the tracer so that he could get out of the arena, but that doesn't help me. Now if I could find out where he was headed, that would help me find him. So the next day I awake and go on a walk around district one near the slums, which are houses with only one floor and have very few precious gems. I ask around and after three days of searching for a good clue I hear about district 13. It's supposedly thriving underground its rubble and the base of where that Katniss girl is leading the rebellion. Now that I have a fix on where Ryan might be headed and a possible spot to get revenge on him and maybe the president for being so cruel, I pack up some stuff along with my sword, shield, a sack for food, and a huge canteen filled with water. As I'm walking out the door, Helen spots me then stops me and asks where I am going? I respond that the winners of the Hunger Games can go outside the fence and that I'm going on a long nature hike. It's the best lie I could come up with and Helen is not convinced, she asks me if I'm allowed to bring any one? I respond with a no and tell her to buzz off. I am walking away when she asks a question that makes me have to take her, "How do you know which way you're going because you don't know which way is north, and I have a compass"! Great now I'm going to have to bring her in case I stray off of the right path, oh well two people travel is better than one. "Alright you can come but under these conditions, no talking loudly, always pull your own weight, you listen to what I say when I say, and of course eat everything I give you." She of course says yes and beings to follow me towards the fence. Now I found a way out of the district when I was younger but I had no need to use it but now I'm glad I know how to get out. There is a house which is near a tree which is in jumping distances of another tree which you can easily climb down, now the only hard part is getting on the roof without getting caught. As I near the house I start to think and hope that maybe Helen won't make the jump so I ask her how to know which way is north and she replies that you just look for the brightest star in the sky and that's north. Well now at least if she dies I won't get lost I think as we arrive at the house. I scale up onto the roof with Helen right behind me, I jump to the first tree and land silently on the branch I need to be on. I then run fast and hard and leap for the tree branch above the fence, i land on it but slip and fall but somehow I am able to hold on to the tree. I pull myself up and motion for Helen to do the same. She does it the same way, except the branch over the tree part she lands right on her arms and is just barely able to pull herself up. Damn, I was hoping she'd fall and I wouldn't have to deal with Audrie's mini me. I slide down the trunk then when I am close enough to the ground I just let go and land on my back with a soft thunk. I wait for Helen and ask her which way is north and she points straight ahead and says that is where the North Star was last night. I grin and think, Look out Ryan here I come.