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Chapter 11- The Attack

When I wake up, I wonder how long I've been asleep. Judging by the light, it has been all night but the Gamemakers have control of the time here and it could be longer or shorter. Nadya is awake, sat on her branch in her sleeping bag, her eyes full of thought.

"Nadya, what do we do?" I ask.

"Stay here, for now." Nadya replies.

I hadn't wanted allies because I don't want to get close to people with the chance they may die. But I'm glad I've got Nadya now because I have no idea what I'm doing. I'd have definatly been killed by Franklin at the Cornucopia yesterday if it wasn't for her. I untie the rope from around my legs and stuff my sleeping bag back into my backpack.

"I'm going to hunt something," I tell Nadya.

"Okay," she says, her voice empty.

I begin to climb out of the tree when Nadya's voice stops me.

"Can I do it?" she asks, descending onto my branch.

"Sure." I give her the bow and sheath of arrows.

"If I'm not back in twenty minutes," she puts the sheath of arrows over her shoulder, "I'm dead."

"Okay, don't go too far, incase you're attacked." I say.

Nadya smiles and begins climbing out of the tree. I sit on the ground, under the tree and stare up at the sky. I know it's not real, it's just an illusions created by the gamemakers but it's still beautiful today. A pale blue, not a cloud floating around. The sky in District 8 is always hidden by the smoke from the textiles factories and I realise this is the first blue sky I've ever seen.

It has been about ten minutes since Nadya left when someone steps from the bushes. At first I don't recognise the person. He has short black hair,
ghostly white skin and a collection of freckles on his nose. I try to place a name to his face and realise he is from District 9. His district partner isn't with him, neither are any other tributes so either he's alone or he's got backup somewhere. I feel my grip tigthen on one of my knives and I rise to my feet. He has a large rock but that is it. I have the upperhand in weapons but he's alot bigger than me and probably alot stronger. I figure that we both have an equal chance.

I am on my back in seconds, the weight of the District 9 male on top of me. His name suddenly springs to my mind. It's Finn. He raises his rock,
preparing to bring it down on to my head. I grab a knife and stab him in the arm. With a scream, he drops to the floor next to me and I pull the knife out. A red fountain of blood gushes from his arm and I can tell I've hit an artery. He gets to his feet and grabs me, slamming me into the tree. His face is full of rage but over his shoulder, I see Nadya. She has an arrow in the bow and a good aim at Finn but she won't shoot. At first, I'm confused as to why but then I realise she's scared of hitting me.

"Do it!" I scream.

"Don't worry." Finn thinks I'm adressing him "I wanna savour it."

Nadya releases the arrow, it hits him in the shoulder but it carries on, right through and burrows into my shoulder, leaving me pinned to him. Another arrow flies, hitting him in the back, near his heart and killing him instantly. The cannon booms and Finn's face appears in the sky.

I breath a sigh of reliefe and Nadya crosses the ground between us. I'm stuck to a dead man, someone who my friend has just killed. "This is gonna hurt, quite a lot." Nadya warns, giving me a stick to bite as she fastens her hand around the arrow sticking out of his shoulder.

I scream as she pulls it out. It's the most painful thing I've ever experienced. When it's over, I drop to the ground and watch Nadya pull the other arrow from his back and go and wash her arrows in the stream.

"You okay?" She asks, returning from the stream and coming over to place a hand on my shoulder.

Pain shoots through it and I scream. "It's not bleeding anymore." Nadya tells me but I can tell by her tone that this is bad.