The next day, I crawled out of my tree and decided that maybe it was time to go hunting for people, instead of having them hunt for us. Luckily, no one was missing this time. Reed had done a fantastic job with Izzy's arm, because it looked so much better and she claimed it didn't hurt anymore. It was a sunny day out.
We hid our stuff and grabbed our weapons. "I don't have one!" complained Isabella. "Oh, stop your wining! We HAVE extra..." Grace snapped. Isabella grabbed a knife and we headed out. "How 'bout a girl from District 11? They're always small, helpless, and weak?" suggested Leo. Isabella glared at him, "I'M the girl tribute from District 11!" I laughed as Leo sheepishly turned away.
We searched forever with no prevail. "When do we get into the action?" Reed and Maggie complained. I took a drink of water from the water bottle District 4 gave me. "I'm thirsty..." ventured Grace, looking at me and then at the water. "I'm just guessing, but do you want a drink of water from my water bottle?" I asked sarcastically. Grace nodded and snatched the water bottle. She took a long drink.
"Ahhh... That tasted SO good!"
"Oh, yes! You're welcome. You're such a thankful girl!"
"Can I have some?" asked Maggie shyly. I nodded and handed her the water bottle. Then Isabella wanted some. Then the boys wanted some so I washed the water bottle, re-filled it, and gave it to them. Then I did the same and took a drink. There was a lot of water, drinking water, passing water, and cleaning with water happening. Soon we heard a noise.
We readied our weapons, Maggie and I loaded our bows. We heard a screech from behind us. We turned to see the girl from 6 on top of Izzy. "You shoot, and the girl gets knifed," Brella warned. "You hurt her and you get shot," I countered. "Okay, fair enough. How about I walk away slowly?" Brella suggested.
She started to back away slowly. Eventually, she turned around and sprinted. She was fast, but not as fast as Maggie and I's arrows. They got her in the small of the back. A cannon shot. Two more shot afterwards. What was happening? We ran back to the Camp. The dead bodies of Alex and Crystal lied on the ground by the girls' tree. They didn't look bloodily injured, except for a major bloody gash in Crystal's head...
"What happened?" yelled Leo as he ran to Alex's side. "Leo, he's dead..." I told him, walking up behind him. "Is this how you felt? Is this how you felt when Finn died? No, it's not. You must have felt worse, I killed him after all." Leo asked. "Leo, this IS how I felt. But you're being to h-" I began. I decided not to continue. I buried Alex and Crystal. Leo and everyone else seemed even sadder after Alex's death.
We did our daily chores; Collecting water and food, rebuilding our ruined shelter, organized our bags and weapons... No one talked.
That night, there was a challenge. The challenge was SO unfair! Okay? I mean, why did WE have to encounter the stupid hybrid. At first, I had no clue what they were. "Wolves?" I said scared-ly. Reed and Maggie shook their heads. "N-no. Look at their eyes. They have the same as our friends." Maggie explained. I looked again and noticed she was right.
"Grace, it's y-you." I stammered. I knew I wouldn't be able to take that one, because killing it would be like killing Grace (emotionally); I couldn't do it.
"I have an idea," Reed announced. We were all up in trees now, trying to get away from the wolves. We all looked at him expectantly. "What if we just... kill ourselves. Then it takes away the pain from others." Reed explained. I liked this plan, because I knew that I could easily kill myself if it benefited my new friends. I shot an arrow at the one that had my eyes and my hair color.
The rest of them did same. In a minute, about half of the wolves were dead. "I'll kill Vivia! Grace, could you take Bianca? And Leo, I know you'll have NO problem with killing Mags." I said. Leo frowned at me. We show arrows, threw knives, etc. Soon most of the wolves were dead, but there were still a few remaining. "Alex..." I whispered. I counted Leo out of killing him. I looked towards Isabella and smiled easily. She shrugged, threw her knife, and "Alex" was dead.
I climbed down thinking it was safe. But we had missed one, we had missed Finn. His wolf form bounded up and scratched me. I fell to the ground, screaming in pain. "Bri? BRI!" I heard someone scream. I heard a yelp and knew the wolf was dead. Someone rushed to my side, but I was past the point of being able to see. I guessed the claws were poisonous, because it BURNED. I screamed again. I blacked out, before seeing a figure right next to me. And I mean RIGHT next to me!
