After watching the Hunger Games movie and seeing the book come to life I feel that this adaptation is very mediocre but here's another part of it. Thanks for reading and reviewing I really appreciate the love :)
Katniss gapes at the nest in fear and worry. I also feel myself tense up wondering what type of wasp that nest could be nursing. It could be you average wasp or something far worse than your imagination can think of. Knowing that she is playing in the Hunger Games, the wasp in that nest must be the trackers jackers that were a project of the war that was given up on. After the war they destroyed all of them in the capital but left them in the wild. Katniss and I would come across them every once in a while when we would hunt and we would steer clear of them.
Katniss draws her eyes from the nest and is greeted by only shadows at where Rue was hiding. Katniss is calculating how to use this to her advantage. The careers are also planning what to do to finish Katniss off. Katniss seems to have figured out what he wants to do with the nest because she leaves her sleeping bag and grabs her knife and straps it to her belt. She starts to climb the fragile, what seems to be more like twigs then branches, to where the nest resides. She cautiously reaches the nest and isn't greeted by vicious tracker jackers but by tranquilized wasps that quietly buzz. I believe that the smoke that was produced by the fire has sedated them.
Shortly after Katniss made it up to the nest, the anthem blares out and she quickly moves into action. She begins to saw at the nest at the spot where it's attached to the tree. It must be more difficult to saw, for the fact that her hands are covered in burns and blisters from the fire incident. I know she can push through it though because I can see the determination shining in her eyes. I now know that Katniss is sawing at this nest so that it will eventually fall to where her enemies have made camp. The anthem finishes, which halts Katniss' process. She makes her way back down to her nook in the tree and is given a surprise of a lifetime.
There resting on her sleeping bag is small pot which is attached to a small silver parachute. This could only mean one thing and that is that Haymitch pulled through and got some sponsors to fund for an object that Katniss is in need of. I smile and look up at Mrs. Everdeen who also is smiling as she clasps her hands together in gratitude. Prim is also ecstatic and we all watch the television attentively as Katniss unscrews the cap and it reveals an ointment substance, which must be for her burns.
Katniss' faces lights up with happiness and whispers, "Oh, Haymitch, thank you." Katniss wastes no time to apply it her calf. Right as the ointment comes into contact with her calf she let out a sigh of satisfaction. She also massages some on to her hands. After applying, she safely stows the pot into the parachute and into her pack. Tiredness over takes her and she nestles into her sleeping bag and makes a slit for her calf to get some air and falls asleep.
The Games is now going to focus on the other tributes and end shortly so I take this time to welcome Prim home and tell her all about the parts she missed while at school. She scolds me for missing yet other day of school and also tells me I should go home to let my mom know I'm doing all right. "Tomorrow you should watch the games there. I'm sure your mom wants you there some times." I tell her she's right so I hug both of them goodbye and make my way home. I get home to a house that is full of silence. The games ended not long ago, so I head into my moms room where she is getting ready for bed.
She hears me enter and smiles at me and puts a finger to her lips. I look to see that Posy is asleep in her bed. I make my way to the bed a sit down on the edge. She follows suit and whispers, "How are you?" I quietly laugh and say," Oh, you know, making through." She nods her head, but then looks at me sharply and asks, "You didn't go to school today did you?" She raises her eyebrows as if to say, you can't lie to me. I look away sheepishly and mumble, "Well, I kind of got caught up." She chuckles and my heart lightens at hearing the sweet rare noise. " I understand. But you can't miss school everyday. You have your life you need to live. I know you miss her and worry for Katniss, but I need you to take care of yourself as well."
I know she is trying to do what is best for me, but what she doesn't realize is that Katniss is my life. No matter how corny that sounds, I always will do whatever I can in order to protect or comfort Katniss, even if it's just my cheering her on mentally. " I'll go on Monday mom, I swear. It's just that so much has been going on with Katniss. I need to be aware of the situation and not to be in the dark." We stare at each other for a few seconds and she gives me a small smile.
"I guess it can't be helped. Love is a powerful thing and I don't want it to overtake your life, but I don't want to be the one to keep you from letting your emotions out." She grabs my hand and brings it up to her lips and kisses it. "I love you son and I want you to be happy. If Katniss is what keeps you from falling, I won't keep you from her." I really don't know what I would do without my mom. She is so caring and understanding about my situation. I smile at my mom and kiss her on the cheek and jump up from her bed. "Sleep well, mom." I say and I make my way out of her room into my room where my brothers are silently sleeping. I make my way to my bed and silently strip off my shoes and pants and hop on in with only a shirt and boxers. I immediately fall asleep and I dream of being with Katniss in the forest where we run away together into the abyss.
I wake up to see my brother Rory standing over me. I leap up, dazed and half awake. He laughs out loud and tells me, "The games is going to start in a thirty minutes, you better get up!" He's says each word through his laughs and leaves as Vick calls for him to come and eat breakfast. It's Saturday, which means there is no school. I rub my eyes to remove the lack of sleep that threatens to keep my eyes from staying open. I take a quick shower and hurriedly dress. I make my way to the kitchen and am greeted by Posy, who locks on to my leg. I pick her up and squeeze her cheeks, which makes her squeal. I say hello to my mom and Vick and grab a slice of bread and make my way with Posy to the Television.
I sit her down next to me, but she is off and running back to the kitchen before I even turn on the television. I shake my head at her and my mom scolds me for not eating at the table, but I throw an apology to her as I continue to chew on the piece of bread I took. Claudius Templesmith is now gracing out television with his presence and he once again recaps the previous days performance from the tributes. I impatiently tap my fingers on the ground, waiting for them to show Katniss. My family joins me to watch the games.
They finally switch to the games and were greeted with an awake Katniss who is looking down at the careers and looks back up to the tree where Rue was yesterday. In a hushed voice Katniss says Rue's name. Rue appears from the cover of leafs and branches. Rue points once again to the nest and katniss responds with a sawing motion with her knife to indicate her plan. Rue understands and disappears back into the cover of shadows. The camera moves away from Katniss to show the feeling Rue who leaps from one tree to another. I stare at her in amazement as she lands on the branches easily. The camera then returns to Katniss her also seems to have seen Rue's amazing talent because she is smiling and shaking her head in disbelief.
Katniss puts on her determine face and heads back up to the nest. Just as Katniss is about to saw through the nest, a tracker jacker makes its way from the nest. It moves sluggishly around, but it's a sign that more are about to emerge from the nest as well. Katniss takes a deep breath as she moves towards the nest and she beings to saw. The sawing shakes the nest, which wakes up more of the tracker jackers.
I see one make it's way to Katniss' leg and it stinger makes contact with it. Katniss flinches at the prick but bites down on her lip and keep on sawing. The knife finally breaks the nest from the tree, but before it fall on Katniss, she pushes the branch away from her and the nest falls hitting branch after branch as it descends. It hits the floor and the tracker jackers leak out of the nest so fast; the careers don't know what has hit them. They all jerk awake as the tracker jackers prick them with their stingers and fill them with venom.
I see Peeta and others drop everything and run from the scene. Someone yells, "To the lake! To the lake!" Glimmer and another career aren't fast enough to evade and are stung too many times for one person to handle. The once beautiful and poised, Glimmer, is now running around shrieking and batting at the wasps with the bow. This action makes them even angrier and she gets a few more stings. She ends up on the ground convulsing from too much venom in her system. Both her and the sound of buzzing seize.
The camera has now left to where the others have ventures to and Peeta and Cato are drenched down with water. They must have jump into the lake someone was shouting about before. Cato is storming about, cursing and fuming over his wasp stings. The camera leaves them and is back to Katniss who has made her way into a pool of water. She lays in it for a couple of minutes, but then stumbles out, back to the edge of the lake.
Katniss then jumps up fast, losing her balance a little, but she makes her way back to the scene where the nest fell. She sort of falls to where Glimmer is laying and I'm even more shocked to see how much her body has changed because of the venom. Katniss notices as well, but instead she breaks eye contact from Glimmer's face to the bow that is locked in her hand. It gruesome, but in order to get the bow, Katniss has to take a rock and break Glimmer's fingers in order to be able to take the bow.
The arrows are even harder to retrieve because they are pinned under the weight of Glimmer's body. As Katniss begins to roll her, she breaks contact with Glimmer and falls back. Her face is mask in shock and her eyes seem to be seeing what no one else can see. The venom is now taking effect and making her hallucinate, I presume. She snaps her eyes shut, but they open again at the sound of a cannon firing. It's not for Glimmer, but for the girl from district four. Katniss is now rocking back onto her knees, but her head rolls and her eyes are bulging with fear.
"Do this!" she commands herself and so she does. She flips Glimmer's body over and now she's lying on her stomach. Katniss eyes are no longer focused on Glimmer, but on whatever she is hallucinating about and her breath is coming out in short gasps. She tugs hard on the sheath, but it doesn't budge, but with one more yank it finally breaks free from Glimmer's body. Katniss holds on to the sheath with all her might. Just then footsteps are heard from the distance and Katniss hears them too. She looks around frantically, but instead of running, she tries to shoot an arrow. However, every time she tries to place the arrow on to the bow she misses.
I feel my stomach twist knowing that Katniss is unprotected and her enemy is heading over to her fast. Just as Katniss looks up from the bow and arrow, Peeta breaks through the trees. Katniss breaths deeply and when she's sees Peeta she looks as if she's ready to die. I feel myself strain to keep control of my emotions, but what Peeta does catches both Katniss and I off guard. "What are you still doing here?" He practically spits at Katniss. Katniss just stares at him not only in confusion but also in awe. "Are you mad?" He walks towards her and with the shaft of his spear, he pokes at her impatiently, "Get up! Get up!" Katniss, still lost in the hallucinations gets up gingerly, but as soon as she's on her feet Peeta pushing her away from the scene. "Run! Run!"
Just as he commands Katniss to run Cato breaks through the trees, looking more pissed off then he usually is. One eye is swollen from a sting and in his hand is a knife. Katniss turns from both Peeta and Cato and stumbles away and out of site. We are left with Peeta and a furious Cato at a standoff. From a distance a piercing scream emerge from the forest and I know it's Katniss. But at the moment that camera's aren't focused on her, but on Peeta and Cato.