Chapter 11

I ran towards what I hoped was the direction of the Cornucopia. After about 5 minutes, I realized I was get further away. I turned around to see if I was being chased. Yup. I guess my kill was important.

As I was running I collided with someone and fell down a hill. I tried reaching for my knife but the other person- I think it was the 12 boy- was making me unable to grab it.

"Allies?" he asked as we fell.

"WHY!? We're about to die anyway!" I yelled.

"Just let me handle this." He let go of me and I was getting prepared for the cannon, his cannon, when something amazing happened. He grabbed a tree sapling, apparently with a rope with a net tied to it, and cut it. The net flew onto Cascade, and she screamed at me, cussing like crazy.

I stood back. "Nice work," I told the 12 kid. "What's your name? James? Jack?"

"No," he said. "Josh. I'm Josh."

I shook his hand. "Allies." He looked happy about this, probably because he was from 12. We left Cascade for somebody else. Then we started walking. I asked him some questions, like where Stag was. Apparently he was in a major fight that was endless, it had been going for 2 days. And I had been asleep for 3 days.

"Any deaths?" I asked, hoping that it was closer to the end. I mean, it must've been at least 6 days in the arena.

"Yeah. The 8 girl." I didn't really notice her. I asked how she died, and she was the first to get in 'The 71st Fight,' as we were now referring the big fight.

I tried thinking of who was left. The 2 boy, the 1 girl, Rocco, Stag, Cascade and Addie. Me, Josh, and the 6 boy. 9 tributes. "So," I asked, "Who's in the fight?"

"Well," Josh replied, "I think there's the 4 boy, Adelaida, if you don't know that's the 1 girl. And then there's your friend, Stag." He said this as if I was younger than him, but we were about the same age. I didn't like that, but I ignored it. Eventually we came to a clearing- and clearly a fight was happening. The 71st fight. And just in time.

Stag was lying in a puddle of mud, his arm bleeding like crazy. A Career was coming towards him- the 2 boy. I raised my bow just in time to hear screaming next to me.

I dropped my bow and looked down. Josh had a sword stuck in his chest. Clearly it had ruined his heart and one of his lungs. "I'll win for you," I whispered, and he nodded. Then a cannon went off, and I saw his face in the sky.

I turned back to the scene. Adelaida had killed Josh, and Stag was about to die. I shot the 2 boy in the arm. He flailed around, screaming like a child. Well, he was a child, but technically…Well, he was screaming like a child.

Adelaida was coming for me now. I reached back to grab an arrow- and there were none left. I saw some arrows on the ground- now, in order to survive, I had to get those.