Day Three: Let Down Your Long Hair…
District Four:
Aqua's POV:
"Aqua, get your lazy ass up!" I heard my father yell. Why couldn't he just give me a few more minutes? I felt him start to shake me. Finally, I opened my eyes and Jordan was staring right at me. I wasn't home…the crushing feeling of loneliness hit me harder than a hurricane. I felt like crap. I just wanted to go home…I just wanted to go swimming again! I got up and tried to put a cocky smirk on my face. It wasn't working very well, but it fooled nearly all of my allies. Vivian, the stupid mind reader, could tell something was wrong and Ethan gave me a confused look.
I just shook my head and took a quick swig of water. I had enough to last me awhile so I had the luxury of drinking however much I wanted. Moronic Steele didn't have that luxury. If he would have just listened to Vivian and I, but no he always has to be right! He had made his bed and now he has to sleep in it. Steele kept asking us for some water, but there was no way in hell we were helping him. This was the Hunger Games and deep down it was every man for himself, no matter how many allies you have.
"All right, time to go hunting," Steele yelled. We packed our supplies and started walking the way none of us had been yet. It was a bit creepy, and I felt guilt start to seep through me. This was far too like when we found Chase. When I practically killed him. Yes, he jumped in but if I wouldn't have found him…
Even the Capitol agreed I killed him! I knew he would be added to my kill list since I was the one who started the attack before he jumped in. It was my entire fault…
We kept walking and I could tell Steele was getting frustrated. He seemed to think we would find a tribute every time we turned a corner, but no such luck. He started making grunting sounds and I just rolled my eyes. Everyone was getting sick and tired of Steele. All he did was complain that we hadn't killed enough kids yet. If he didn't shut up, he would be next on my kill list…
I was about to yell at him to shut up when it happened. I sounded just like when we got a sponsor gift so I stopped. However, it soon got louder and I realized that it was metal grinding on rock. I turned around and gasped. Coming down the tunnel was a giant drill.
Everyone had realized what was going on by now and we started sprinting with Vivian and I in the front. She was the fastest, for sure, but I had more stamina than her so we stayed at the same pace. Behind us were Ethan and Steele. Finally, lagging behind, were Briton and Jordan. They weren't conditioned like the rest of us so they weren't used to a lot of running.
We continued to run and my mind wandered. What would happen if I tripped? Would I die because of how long it would take me to get up? I shook my head out of the depressing thoughts and continued to run. There was a fork in the road and I started to take a left. Vivian followed and so did everyone else. Then I saw it. Down at the end of this tunnel was another drill headed right towards us. I looked back and I saw the drill was catching up on us. There was no escape. This was the end.
I stood there, shocked that they would kill all the Careers by a trap. Everyone had different reactions. Steele started to yell, Briton prayed, Jordan called for help, and Ethan stood stoic and emotionless. Vivian was the only smart one. She took the knife Zink had given her and ran at the drill that was at the fork in the road. I screamed for her to stop, but then I realized what she was doing. She was going to try to jam the drill.
She ran right at it, and at the last second, threw it between the blades. It started sputtering and finally died. She had done it just in time too! There was enough space for us the squeeze by and get to the other tunnel. Vivian went first and we all followed. We collapsed onto the ground and waited, finally hearing the terrible sound of metal on metal and then nothing. The other drill stopped too.
I looked at Vivian for the first time with respect. She wasn't only smart, but very brave. I think anyone deserved my respect if they charged a drill head on with only a knife and a scythe. We all got up and people were literally crying. Namely, me, but still!
I hugged Vivian and so did everyone else. She blushed and said it was no big deal. We all laughed and were all just happy to alive. After a few minutes, we started our walk again. A few minutes later, I internally cursed. I owed this girl big time. I was in debt to the red rose, and if I wasn't careful I might get pricked by a thorn.
District Twelve:
Amy's POV:
I kept walking, hoping to find some place to rest. I had been on the move ever since Chase died, and I found myself looking at his token a lot in that time. I hadn't realized until he died how close I had become with him. I found myself longing for his never ending chatter compared to this unbearable silence and darkness. He had become the light in my life and now that light was extinguished. I sighed and kept on walking.
I tried not to look at either of the tokens anymore, and also tried not to get distracted and randomly start counting things. One time I did that and I ran into the boy from seven. His name was Maggie or something. I thought for sure I was going to die when I saw he had an axe. He must have had some pretty good sponsors. I finally got it away from him and we got into a fist fight. I knew I would win then, because nobody ever beat me in a fist fight.
I forced myself to keep walking. There was no way I was going to stop and leave myself vulnerable again! My mind wandered to the other tributes that were still alive. Well, the careers were probably hunting as a pack still. I found myself shocked that Danielle was still alive. Why hadn't she tripped on a rock and impaled herself yet?
Moth and Emmett were probably hiding out somewhere. Maggie, or maybe it was Mark, was fuming somewhere about his precious axe. Aria and Ben were…well…who knows really! They could be doing the same thing I was doing for all I knew! Ella was probably hiding somewhere waiting out the Games. Then there's me, the little District Twelve girl who doesn't have a chance. I was just a merchant's kid. There was no way I would be able to beat Aqua, the girl who could rip my head off in two seconds flat!
My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a noise. I looked around and didn't see anything. Maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me…then I heard it again. It sounded like a sob. I kept walking and heard it getting closer and closer. Finally, I peered behind a rock and saw Ella. I slowly backed up. I didn't want to kill her…but then I also didn't want her as an ally or anything…my last alliance didn't work so well.
Sadly, my conscious won and I stepped back into view.
"Need some help," I asked. She jumped and squealed. She hit some kind of rope and, before I knew it, I was in a net. Well that's just fabulous! I try to be a good person and now I was going to be killed by a thirteen year old.
"Well, looks like you don't need help," I said nonchalantly, "so if you let me down, I'll just be on my way…" She just glared at me through teary eyes. Why would she be crying…then it hit me. Zoe was her ally…and she died yesterday! Of course this girl would be torn up about it!
"I'm sorry about Zoe, if that helps at all." She look startled that I knew Zoe's name, let alone that they were in an alliance.
"Then I'm sorry about Chase," I felt the same amount of shock she must have felt when I mentioned Zoe. I guess we knew more about each other than the other gave us credit for. She stared at me for awhile. I wondered if she really was going to let me go. Apparently not. She picked up her wooden spike thing and came closer to me. I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact. I counted down from ten.
Ten…what would my parents think.
Nine…would they be proud?
Eight…or maybe sad I was killed so easily.
Seven…No, happier I was killed because I was being kind.
Six…Would the mean girls at school feel any remorse?
Five…They did come and say good bye to me, but did that mean anything?
Four…Would it hurt to be stabbed with a wooden stake?
Three…It was coming soon.
Two…I could feel her getting closer.
One…I tightened and waited for my death.
Zero…The suddenness of the impact shocked me.
District One:
Zink's POV:
I kept humming to myself to pass the time. Ben was still shaking and had a fever. Aria was also still unconscious. I felt my eyes dropping, and I knew I wouldn't be able to keep this up much longer. Why couldn't Aria just wake up? I ripped another piece of gauze off from medical kit and dampened it with water. I switched it out for the almost dry one Ben had. He was still shaking… I put the dry gauze on a branch so it could finish drying for later use. Time continued to pass by. I felt my head dropping, but I kept shaking it. I couldn't fall asleep!
I had to protect these two! I blinked a few more times. I finally just listened for any noise of intruders. Then I heard the yawn. I opened my eyes. Aria was sitting up, stretching.
"Dang I slept really great," Aria said.
"Aria!" I yelled. The Ben sat up.
"Did you take care of us this whole time?" Aria asked.
"Thanks, Zink, we are healed because of you," Ben stated.
"I'm just glad your okay!" I cried. I sat there and listened to them talk. All of a sudden, I heard a rustling from far away. I glanced over and gasped when I saw Steele.
"Now you'll see what it's like to be prey, panicking and frantically running away from a predator. And that predator…is me!" Steele yelled.
He started running forward. I gasped and tried to warn my allies, but my voice was gone. They didn't notice and just kept on talking. My voice is gone…all our voices are gone! He kept coming closer and closer until his sword was at Aria's throat. Then it all went black.
I heard a crack and my eyes shot open. I looked at my allies, still on the ground, and almost started to cry. It was just a dream… I heard scurrying and turned around, knife in hand. Whoever it was wouldn't catch me by surprise! My heart kept beating faster and faster, until the thing came into view. It was just some rodent. I quickly threw a knife at it and killed it. I went carefully, not tripping up one of the traps, and picked it up. I went back to the tree and cooked it. I boiled some water and fed my allies. I slowly gave them water and put small bites of rodent into their mouth. Then I ate my share and went back to guard duty. Eventually, my head began to nod again. I couldn't fall asleep! I heard some noises, but just kept listening. Another rodent or something. Then I heard his voice.
"Some guard you are, Zink! You're half asleep!" I quickly turned around, wide awake. Steele and the Careers were there. All of them except Oliver. What happened to him? I quickly counted the odds. Aria was unconscious, Ben was poisoned, and I was injured. There were six careers, and I was screwed.
"At least you won't have to keep watch anymore," Steele continued to say, "What's the point now that we found you!"
I slowly reached for one of my throwing knives. If they wanted a fight, they would get one. Steele looked very cocky, Vivian looked terrified, and the rest looked indifferent. I felt myself almost cry. Vivian would have to watch me die. That wasn't going to be fun…no stop it! That's the fatigue talking! You can win this!
I stood up with a knife in my hand, "What do you want here! What do you really want here? What you want is revenge. I ran away from you," I saw confusion spread against the others faces. "So just take me and leave these two alone!"
"Well, now I can't just stay silent after hearing you talk to us like that," Steele said, "First I'm going to kill you, and then I'll kill the rest of the misfits!" Steele started to come towards me.
"Wait, Steele," I heard Jordan say.
"Why?" Steele whined.
He gave me a look of sadness. I could tell two things were happening. One, his lust for killing was taking over. I saw that look before when he saw Aria. Nothing would stop him from killing me. Two, he was with me when I escaped so he needs to get in the Careers good side. Too bad he saw the little girl's trap. That was one of my only defenses.
"This soil is the color of upturned dirt," Jordan stated, "If you're going to lay a trap, there's no point unless you make sure it's actually hidden!" I felt the beads of sweat starting to go down my face. I was injured…how was I supposed to fend them off!
"Good job, Jordan," Steele said, "And now, we kill her!" They all started to run towards me. That's when I almost laughed. There was another swinging log trap, and I had just cut it.
"A log," Aqua yelled.
"Another trap!" Ethan said.
They all jumped out of the way, except Aqua. She didn't make it in time and went flying, just like Aria had. I knew she would be unconscious. Ethan ran over to her. Ethan wouldn't leave her where she would be possibly killed. Two careers out of commission, four more to go.
"Clearly you have no talent as a trapist," Steele yelled, "Maybe you should have worked a little more on that during training." I stood up, ready to fight. I had twenty knives. There were two of them that I really needed to hurt. I could always try to persuade Vivian and Briton to my side later, but for now they were enemies. My first target was Steele.
"Now then, twerp, it's your turn!" Steele yelled. He charged me with his sword. I grabbed six knives, three between each of my fingers on either of my hands. They reminded me of claws. They may not have the best accuracy, but they do have a lot more power. I threw the first three of Steele deflected them with his sword.
"Deflect these," I screamed and threw the other three right towards Steele. They would have found their target, but Jordan blocked them with his sword, saving Steele massive injuries. These swords were getting annoying. They both stopped moving and just glared at me, daring me to make another move. When I didn't, Jordan charged me. I grabbed two knives and fought him off with those in hand to hand combat. I started to lose my upper hand. I wasn't that good in hand to hand combat with knives. Finally, I felt a tug on my long hair. I was so distracted by Jordan; Steele had snuck up behind me and grabbed my hair. I screamed in surprise and pain and fell to my knees.
"My, my, what shiny and soft hair," Steele purred, "but you know what, if you would have spent a little less time shampooing, and a little more time training, you might not be in this fix," He had my hair in a firm grip and kept shaking my head hard. I kept gasping in pain.
"Hey Jordan," Steele yelled, "I know what would be fun, why don't we make little Miss Princess watch while you finish off her pathetic friends!"
"I guess," Jordan shrugged. "Sounds okay to me!"
"You stay away from them!" I yelled.
"Don't even," Steele yelled back. He yanked at my hair and I screamed in pain. I kept trying to fight it as Jordan made his way towards them. Finally, I stopped struggling and started to shake. My hand clenched at the dirt. It's no use…I didn't have any strength left. I felt tears start to roll down my face as I started sobbing. I couldn't help it. My allies were about to die and I was forced to watch.
Way to go, Zink! You've let everyone down again! What good are you? Even now, when the others really need me, I cave. Yesterday they both saved my life and got themselves injured in the process. How many times have they saved my life? You'd think, maybe just this once, when it's life or death, you'd think that I could come through. I could never come through in training, or at home, or even in the arena! Why couldn't I come through now when people I loved needed me the most? My hand finally had a fist full of dirt and I clenched it as if my life depended on it.
My body was racking with sobs.
"Okay, let's do this," Jordan said as he started to get closer and closer to Ben. He walked past Steele and me to the opening of the alcove under the tree. There had to be something I could do…that's when the idea popped into my head. I grabbed another knife out of my belt and held it in front of me with both hands.
"Come on," Steele complained, "It's pointless! You can't reach me with that knife!" A smirk graced my face. I felt my crazy side, the side I locked up, come out again. I turned around and looked him straight in the eye
"It's not meant for you." I said.
"What th-" he yelled.
I yanked the knife backwards and sliced it right through. I sliced it right through my hair. I felt the pressure of someone holding me let go, because now there was nothing to hold on to. My hair was gone…my hair that I used to hold in such high value…it's gone and I don't even care.
I've always considered myself to be a true fighter. I've claimed that I could take anyone down with a single knife. I've always lectured people, such as the Careers, acting like I know so much more.
But it's all empty words.
Everyone's always in the lead. I've always watched them from the background. Why is that? Was I afraid? Did I not want to be part of these games? No one else does! Not deep down! Some people have convinced themselves they do, but they really don't. They have always been there for me. Protecting me. Vivian protected me from Steele. Ben protected me from the other tributes. Aria protected me from myself. All this time they have all been teaching me something. It's about time I learned the lesson!
I watched as my long hair fell to the ground.
Okay, no more caving! Now it's my turn to take the lead! And all of them can watch me from the background! I heard Jordan yell something and I knew Steele would soon be on me. I quickly ran and jumped against a tree. I did a back flip and was turned around, facing Jordan. I didn't have much time, since he was so close to Aria. I took six knives out and charged Jordan. Before he had time to defend himself, I was on him. I threw all six knives and four hit him. One through his arm, two through his legs, and one in his chest. As he laid there, he had a look of sadness/ A pang of guilt shot through me, but I shoved it aside. He would have killed Ben and Aria. The canon sounded and he was gone. I turned around and charged Steele with six more knives. I still had seven left…I could do this.
I threw my six knives and Steele quickly dodged them. He took one of the knives off the ground and threw it at me. I dodged it and charged him again with my last knife. He took three of my knives and threw them at me. He expected me to dodge again. But I didn't on purpose. I ran straight into his knives. Two went into my leg and one went into my arm. I kept charging and caught him off guard. I landed on top of him and stabbed him in one of his arms and bit down as hard as I could on one of the others.
I heard Steele yell in pain.
"What are you, crazy or something? Get off of me!" I felt punch after punch hit my head. I hurt but I couldn't let go. I had to keep fighting for Aria and Ben. I couldn't let anyone get to them. Punch after punch. I could feel the blood coming down my face, but I couldn't let up. I couldn't let him win. Punch, punch, punch…I started to let out noises of pain. I couldn't help but cry out. I finally started to spit out blood between punches, but I wouldn't stop biting his arm. The punches kept coming.
I had to win! Blood kept pouring down my face. I felt my energy start to leave. My body failed me. He finally punched me off of him. I went flying. I tried to get up, but I couldn't.
"Now you're going to pay!" Steele yelled.
He brandished his sword and started to come towards me. I knew it was the end. I couldn't get up, I was out of knives, and I could barely see from all the blood running down my face.
"Say so long, girlie!" He yelled as he got closer. I stared at him, refusing to look away when he killed me. He finally got close enough to strike me, but stopped. An expression of pure horror came upon his face and he fell to the ground. A canon sounded and I screamed. I looked at him. In his back was a knife, one of my knives. I looked up. Standing there was Vivian, in Steele's blood, with a look of venom in her face.
"He had what was coming to him."
District Nine:
Ella's POV:
She screamed and I hurriedly put my hand over her mouth.
"Stop! It's okay," I yelled to Amy. Her eyes were wide open in shock. I had cut the net and she had fallen through, hitting the ground pretty hard. She was probably surprised she was still alive, but I wasn't. She had a chance to kill me and didn't. Why wouldn't I show her the same courtesy?
"You aren't going to kill me?" she asked. I rolled my eyes. Ever since I had gotten in this arena, I had lost most of my patience for…well anything.
"You'd be already dead if I did want that!" She looked amazed and I was wondering what was going through her head. I turned around and went back to starting a fire. I could never seem to get it to light. After a few minutes of futile effort, Amy came over. She lit it in seconds.
"How did you do that so easily?" I asked.
"Chase taught me how…" She whispered. We sat down by the fire. At least for tonight, we had some kind of mutual truce. I put some of the animals I had trapped over the fire. There were some really weird rats in this cave, but I had found that they were edible.
"So," I asked as we waited for the food to cook, "How did Chase die?" I asked. Her eyes glazed over and I felt guilty immediately. I knew it was a bad question to ask, but I was really curious.
"We found some weird place filled with fire…two of the Careers found us and he jumped in…he did it so he could die by his own hands…What about Zoe?" I felt the pang of pain she must have felt.
"We were discovered by Aria, Ben, and Zink…" She looked at me in shock, "Yep, a career joined their alliance. Aria got knocked out by a trap. Then Zoe started to fight Ben off and I ran to get a weapon. I came back and stabbed him with this," I raised my wooden stake, "and we ran. Sadly, Ben caught her before he passed out and killed her…" Amy and I both had tears in our eyes. The food was done and I handed her some.
"For me," she asked again. I nodded. She dug through her bag and pulled out some food and gave it to me. We ate in silence. She seemed to be spacing out.
"What are you thinking about," I asked.
"I'm counting how many sparks come off of the fire…so far 326…" Well that was weird…oh well I was just as weird. I often found myself twirling my hair. Maybe she didn't even mean to do it on purpose…or maybe it was to keep her mind from wandering to bad memories…
"Can you use any weapons?" I asked, finally noticing the bruises she had. She must have gotten into a fight. But, then, how did she survive without any weapons? I remembered seeing her at survival stations, but never at any weapons stations.
"No," she said, blushing, "I got into a fight with the boy from District Seven, Magnus. That's why I have these bruises. He has some nice sponsors…anyways; I knocked him out and thought about taking his stuff, but for some reason I couldn't leave him without anything." I must have looked surprised because she continued to explain, "I am really got at fist fighting. I just had to get the axe out of his hands and I was a sure in for winning." She didn't see the real reason why I wasn't shocked.
"Why didn't you kill him?" I asked, thoroughly surprised.
She looked really nervous. Then she started saying, "Well, I was going to…I'm not an idiot, but when I stood over his body he looked so peaceful. All I saw was a boy who wanted to go home, not a man who was going to try to kill me. So I left his body there, letting nature choose whether he lived or not. Apparently he stayed safe." She spaced out again and I kept thinking. Wow, that was to nice…this girl really didn't have it in her to kill. Who did? The only reason I stabbed Ben was because he was going to kill Zoe. Otherwise, I probably would have run away and just left him uninjured.
That's when I heard the canon. I jumped and almost screamed. Every time I heard it my heart stopped. A few minutes later, another canon went. I waited for more, but none came. I wonder who had died. Who was left anyways? District One, Two, and Four. The ditz and career from district five, the lovers from District Seven and Eleven. Jordan, Magnus, District Eight, and Amy…that left sixteen and two had just died so fourteen. Ten people had died in three days…there was so much wrong with that!
"Hey, Ella," Amy whispered, "Chase died and left a sleeping bag…do you want it?" it was nice of her to offer but I still had mine.
"Got one, but thanks." I noticed how many supplies she had. "Where did all that come from?" I asked.
"Can you keep a secret," Amy asked me. I nodded, "Chase and I stole it after the bloodbath. Then he lit the rest of them on fire!" I gasped. I had never seen anyone do something so risky!
"Well that was really dangerous! He must have been quite strange!" I laughed.
"Well that's the pot calling the kettle black," she whispered. Her eyes began to tear up and she started sobbing. I was startled. I hadn't meant to be mean or anything!
"I'm sorry!" I babbled, "I didn't mean to insult him!" I went over to her and hugged her, "Please forgive me! Sorry!" She started laughing a little bit.
"No, you weren't mean," she said when she stopped crying, "He would have loved being remembered as strange! It's just…we had a inside joke about a phrase that's all…I'm okay really!" She then stared at me. "Hey, do you want to be allies?" She asked me. I was shocked. Why would someone want to be allies with me?
"Sure," I murmured.
"Great! Now, let's go hunting or something before bed!" She got up and started walking. I followed. I felt a lot happier. The two tributes that had lost their only allies had come together because of it.
District Eight:
Aria's POV:
I felt the darkness fading. I could start to hear little sounds. It sounded like people talking…screaming even. I was awake but I couldn't move my body. Finally, I knew that that the darkness was fading. I heard someone say that he had what was coming to him and I sat up and open my eyes. I wasn't prepared for what I saw. Next to me was Jordan, bleeding out. I screamed at the top of my lungs and shut my eyes. I heard someone yell "its okay, Aria, it's over!" I slapped at them and screamed for them to get away. They put their hand over my mouth and forced my eyes open. It was Zink…just Zink. I sighed in relief. She helped me up and I made sure I didn't look at Jordan. Vivian was standing by Steele with some blood on her body. Ethan looked shocked and was sitting next to an unconscious Aquamarine. Briton looked stolid and Ben was unconscious too.
"What the HELL happened!" I yelled. Zink explained everything, from Ben being poisoned to Vivian saving her. I glared at Vivian. I still didn't trust her. She was a career after all. Every time I saw her in the training center she seemed so fake. She seemed like she was always planning five different ways to stab you in the back. She did it to Steele, what would stop her from doing it to anyone else?
I grabbed my bow and strung it. I didn't want to assume anyone was leaving peacefully. That would be just plain stupid.
"How's this going to work," I asked, "I doubt we are all going to form a giant alliance."
"Well, I was going to join." Vivian said with a smirk on her face. What made her assume she was allowed!
"Sorry, I don't trust you, which means you aren't coming." I saw the fire light up in her eyes.
"Aria!" Zink yelled. I glared at her. She could trust her all she wanted, but I wasn't just going to sit by and hope Zink was a good judge of character.
"What more could I do," Vivian hissed, "If I didn't save Zink, he would have killed both you and Ben! Believe me, if I was playing strategically I would have let him kill two of the main competition and betrayed him later!" I sighed. I saw her logic.
'Fine, but I got my eyes on you," I hissed.
"What are you guys going to do," Vivian asked. Ethan picked Aquamarine up and snatched all his supplies.
"We are going to leave," he said, "I really hope I don't run into any of you again, for your sake." I walked down a tunnel and was gone.
"You already know my answer," Briton grunted.
"No I don't…your free to go. Go get your girl back and try to survive as long as you can."
"What!" he yelled, "But it's not the final four yet! We had a deal…"
"And now I'm letting you out. I want you to go find her. I have these guys now…I'd love it if you did stay but I think we both know what you're going to do now…"
He blushed, "Sorry…"
"Don't be! I'm glad you have someone to love. Here, take my scythe. You'll need some kind of weapon!" He shook his head and I heard him laugh for the first time.
"Nah, I'll just take Steele's sword," He grabbed it and Steele's other supplies. "Bye" He said and gave her a hug.
"Good bye," She whispered. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek and he left. I saw one tear roll down her face and she quickly rubbed away its existence.
"Hey, Zink!" She yelled, "Let me fix your hair! It's all choppy and uneven." She came over to us and grabbed a knife. She started slicing it and straightening it out.
I tended to Ben, and listened in on their conversation.
"Why did you let him leave," Zink asked quietly.
"If you love something, set it free…" She mumbled.
"Oh," I heard the embarrassment in Zink's voice, 'I didn't know you felt that way about him…"
"Not yet," she murmured, "But let's just say that if Danielle doesn't take care of him, I might want to take a shot…however I doubt that will happen. You should have seen his face when he saw her in the arena…" Their conversation lapsed into whispers I couldn't make out. I heard a few of the Careers names so they were probably talking strategy.
"I wish you would've cut it in a straight line," Vivian complained loudly when she was done.
"Sorry I wasn't thinking about my hair when I was trying to fight for my life," She said jokingly. They both laughed and I turned around. Her hair was now down to her chin…it was so different. Of course, everyone became a different person in the arena. I was no exception. I knew that Jordan's face would forever haunt me…
District Five:
Danielle's POV:
I quietly settled into my cave thing. It was quite full now. Yesterday, I had stumbled upon an unconscious boy. So I just took his stuff, which was quite valuable. He had an axe, a jacket, and food. Then today I found some water place and the two lovers. I snuck up behind them and took some of their food too! It was great! They never even heard me. So now I was in a cave, with enough food for a few days if rationed, and enough water for awhile. Plus, I had an axe that I had practiced with a bit yesterday and today. I was getting better and I might be able to hold my own in a battle soon!
I laid down and waited for the anthem to play. It eventually did and I looked outside. I was shocked by the people who had died. The boy from District One and Jordan! Two careers in one day! Was the Career Pack over? Was Briton okay or was he bleeding out somewhere! I shut my eyes and forced Briton bleeding to death out of my mind. We weren't together anymore. He had left me…there was no going back. I shut my eyes and fell asleep. I dreamt of a better place. I dreamt of home and the old Briton that was there waiting for me.
Review please! I would appreciate immensely! Btw, shout out to 3rdbase101 who betaed this one since my other beta is AWL!
Okay so Steele, you were a stupid little prick, end of story.
Jordan, I'm sad to see you go. I really am I liked you but I needed two careers to die for my master plot and I literally drew names out of a hat and you were picked. Steele was automatically picked because it was his time to die, but let's not discuss that right now. So, yeah I loved your light side trying to beat the dark side, but now you're dead….
Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and review!