I know I said that I wouldn't update until I had four reviews, but I just couldn't resist! Thanks for supporting me so far! The story line isn't that clear right now, but I assure you that it is different from Susan Collin's "Hunger Games."
There was one more day left until the Games, and Ryker and I spent as much time together as possible. I was prepared to do anything I could to save him. I apologized to Wallace, who slapped me in the face when I was finished. I guess I deserved it, though.
The day came when we were ushered out and onto a helicopter, where they inserted trackers into our arms. I flinched when they jabbed the needle into my skin, my eyes watering. I would have to be a lot stronger than that to protect Ryker. We held hands the whole way there, listening to the other tributes voicing various threats towards the rest. Everyone ignored us. Whether they did it to be nice, or they thought we weren't a threat, I do not know. It was nice to have silence between us for our own thoughts.
I thought about Owen and my parents. How were they dealing with this? What did they think when I punched Ryker in the jaw and knocked out his tooth? What about when I called him a coward? Do they expect me to come out alive? My mind swirled with questions, totally impossible to answer at this point in time. When we finally landed at the arena and were ushered into separate rooms to dress, I pulled my self out of my thoughts and had finally come to terms with my mandatory death.
Then, I was led into a glass tube, bringing me into the arena. I gazed around me in awe. We were by the ocean, but on the other side, there were tall, gray mountains, piling high overtop of a lush, green forest that trickled off into a beach with glittering water. Being from District 2, this was totally new to me. I looked for Ryker to see what his reaction was. I found him looking at me. He jerked his head back to the forest. I nodded, showing that I would meet him there. Just then, the count down finished, and the horn sounded. The Games had begun.
