Flooded & Trapped

My instincts guided me through this flood. I shove my sleeping bag in my back pack, sling it around my shoulders and sprint up hill.

I know that I must reach the top of the mountain. With the size of these waves there's only one sanctuary and that's the one mountain that you can see from miles away.

The mountain is to the south-east. The flood is coming from the north and so far no water has reached me yet.

I sprint along with all the other animals. Rabbits, squirrels, deer, wolves and even fox's are running away.

I can hear the squeals of other Tributes as well.

My heart is pounding. My head is throbbing.

I jump as a knife lands in the tree beside me.

Oh no...

I look to see Shyne aiming another knife.

My instincts are still guiding me so I instinctively grab my arrow and shoot her hand.

She cries out in agony and I just keep on sprinting.

Victor is behind and I can hear his pant as he is trying to slice me with his sword while running at the same time.

Then I see that Shyne is back on her feet and is sprinting up and is on my left. Then Erik is on my right.

I duck as a knife is thrown my way and I jump as Victor tried to cut my heel.

Up ahead I see the mountain. I see a small cave opening a little high up but close to the bottom.

The Careers scatter as a wave shadows us.

I look up and see the gigantic mass of water about to crash on us.

I climb the mountain and slip over a rock and fall into the cave opening. My head hit another rock and blood gushed into my right eye.

I was about to get out of the cave when a boulder came towards my way.

I instinctively crawl backwards and the last of light is gone when the boulder is secured in place as a door.

I'm trapped. I'm trapped in a cave. No way to get out. Trapped.

I rummage around in my bag until I get a match. I can see a little moon light through a crack in the ceiling but a match will be much better. I strike the match.

The first thing I notice is the ground. The ground is covered with leaves, pine needles, rocks, twigs and branches.

The next thing I notice is the walls. The cave is made of a black stone.

The next thing I notice is the small pond that shimmers in the middle of the cave.

The water is so beautiful. There's a small crack in the ceiling that allows the moon light to reflect on the watery surface.

Small fish (ones too small to eat) swim around in the pond. Lily pads and lilies float around the surface.

The sight is so beautiful.

I smile and gaze at the water.

I build a fire then I look into my first aid kit and put a bandage around my head to stop the flow of the blood from my cut.

Then I take my clothes off and swim. I don't worry about anything else because the back of the cave is just a dead end.

The cave size altogether is about the size of the Capitol's bedroom alone. The pond is takes up half of the cave.

I then scrub my clothes clean and out on my undergarments as my clothes drip dry on a large rock near by the pond.

I then move all the sticks and stones into a pile (according to their category; rocks in one pile, sticks in one pile etc.) and set up my sleeping bag next to the fire and in front of a rock so I can lean against it. Then I put both bags beside me.

I cook a rabbit. Lucky thing I collected so much food. My instincts are always right.

I sit back and eat a leg while thinking about the other Tributes. How many survived?

I nap and when I wake up the moon is bouncing off the ponds surface.

I look between the cracks in the ceiling. I can't see the whole screen but I can see the number the dead Tribute's District from and underneath the first two letters for either male or female. This is really good because then I can still see who's dead or not.

The first face is Shyne. I guess her injured hand was a huge disadvantage while swimming. Then the District 6 boy died. Then the screen goes blank.

That means that all the other Tributes are on this mountain. They have to be to have survived the flood. I wonder if it's finished yet.

I count who's still alive. There's me, Victor, Erik, Thomas, District 9 girl, District...3 girl and Jeremy.

Jeremy!

He's still alive! I wonder what he's doing right now.

My question I had asked myself earlier about the flood and if it's still on gnaws at my head all night. I put my ear against the boulder but nothing.

For the next few days all I do is eat, nap, swim, think and re-bandage my forehead.

So far no one else has died.

Maybe they're hiding in the mountain like me?

After a week or so I notice that my food supply is low. My water supply is fine considering I have my own water source but I only now have a handful of nuts, roots, berries and mint leaves. I have the goose-like-thing, a rabbit, 6 fish and a turkey.

My cut became healed and is now a scar about 5cm long from my right eye-brow to the top of my forehead.

One day I was sitting in the water when I notice that the turtles that lived in the pond don't come up to breathe as often as they should.

I dive and go under water to the bottom of the pond.

I nearly gasped but remembered that I'm under water.

There's a tunnel that must lead to another pond or something.

I swim deeper into the tunnel. My breath is running out and I need to breathe.

I swim to the top and breathe as my lungs are filled with fresh air. I'm in another cave, I presume. I was about to get out of the water when I heard voices.

Two deep male voices that sounded and awful lot like Victor and Erik.

I swim behind a massive boulder that's in the pool that's about the size of the chariots we used for the Opening Ceremonies.

Victor and Erik suddenly appear and they both look like they've had a hard time.

You can see the bags of tiredness and their skin looks a bit stressed.

Victor still has his Tracker Jacker bite under his left eye. Erik seems to only have one on his knee.

Victor sits down on a boulder and Erik builds a fire. Please, oh please make them go...

But they don't. And all I'm doing is hiding behind a boulder trying to think of a way out. Hours pass and all they do is talk. And talk. And talk. Until...

"Hey! There's a leg