A/N:Ok, here's chapter twenty! Enjoy!
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Chapter Twenty one-Short Term Alliance

I have never ran faster before in my life. Never. I fly through the trees and foilage, tripping over twigs and branches and even my own feet a few times. I want to scream out their names for a reply but that would draw attention to myself and, besides, I have a good idea where they are anyway. I reach the edge of forest by the cornucopia clearing and stop quickly before I stumble out. Yeah, there's Jamica, Verma and Waness, an angry Reyna and a dying Zeb. I'm guessing they want me to come out and try and save them so they can trip over each other for the death bounty. No, I'll have to think of a more practical plan. I decide to watch them like Meladina, Carrie and I did a few days ago when the careers only had Zeb.

Reyna's sitting infront of Zeb, who was lying against the cornucopia, half dead to the world and half concious, with her arms crossed and a defiant expression on her face with Jamica kneeling in front of her.

"Haha, your funny Jamica," Reyna snaps. "Like I'm going to let you near him."

"Look ginger snap, I don't want to hurt him. In fact, this pill will help him. Look at him for god's sake! He's dying," Jamica says.

"And you think I should trust you?" Reyna snaps.

"No, but he's dying with no hope so, if I was going to give him a pill that would kill him what would be the point? Just give him this and he'll survive." She presses a pill of some sort into Reyna's hand. She raises an eyebrow before examininig it and deciding to give it to him. I swear to god, if that kills him I'm going to kill her.

Almost as soon as it's down Zeb's throat he jolts awake, fully aware, making Reyna jump. "What happened!" He demands in shock.

"What the hell was that?" Reyna asks an amused Jamica.

"My district token," she replies.

"But your not allowed to bring weapons or medication," Reyna snaps.

"Yeah, well, my token inspector had a thing for me. Nice man, not my type though," Jamica shrugs.

"Why are we here?" Zeb asks.

"Somebody decided to hold us randsom against Primrose for the death bounty," Reyna sighs.

"Oh brilliant," Zeb says sarcastically. "Just what I need. Back in the aslyum."

"Shut up," Verma shouts from where she's sitting.

"Oh, we thought you enjoyed last time so much that we'd bring you back," Waness says, taking a bite out of an apple.

"Yeah, getting speared through at the end was very enjoyable," Zeb says back.

"Lucky I decided to give you my token then isn't it?" Jamica says. Reyna still sits between them and I'm confident that she won't let Jamica anywhere near Zeb. Suddenly I feel something cold against my neck. "Hey guys!" Someone from behind me shouts. "I've got her!" I glance down and see a sword being pressed against my neck. Not again! I gulp and breathe out slowly. "Come on district 12," the person says, pushing me out into the open.

"Primrose!" both Reyna and Zeb say at the same time. The sword is removed and I run towards them. "You guys Ok?" I ask them. They both nod. I turn round to see who the sword person was as it couldn't be a career. All the careers are with Zeb and Reyna.

I think it's the girl from district 3. She has blonde hair like me, but is dyed as you can see the brown roots showing, that is tied into a tight ponytail, green eyes and is a couple inches taller than me.

"What's your name then?" I ask her.

"I'm Annabelle from district 3," she replies. Yes! I was right!

"Ok guys, I'm guessing you all want to have a go for the money then?" I ask.

"Haha, don't flatter yourself," Verma replies.

"We all need to join forces for a bit," Waness says.

"What?" Reyna says. "Join forces with you?"

"Your joking," Zeb laughs.

"No, we're serious," Verma snaps.

"Why in the world would we join forces with you then?" I ask.

"You know the rules?" Jamica asks.

"What? Which one?" I frown.

"Don't step off the podium before sixty seconds is up?" Reyna frowns.

"No," Jamica sighs. "The other one?"

"What?" I ask.

"Which one?" Reyna asks.

"Oh! I know!" Zeb says, clicking his fingers. "The unspoken one? Of not eating each other? Like, don't go cannibal!"

"Yes," Jamica says, clicking her fingers as well. "That one."

"What about it?" I ask, sitting down on the grass beside Reyna.

"Well, you know district eight?" Verma asks.

"Not personally no," I reply.

"Well, her name is Lata and just yesterday that girl Ophelia murdered district 7, yes?" Waness says.

"Yes," Reyna answers.

"Well, she did it in the cornucopia clearing right here," Jamica begins. "When we weren't there. We were away searching for you Primrose, you know, for the bounty? Yeah, well, when we came back we saw district 7 lying there dead and you know, it was like, 'yeah well, so what else is new?' and we were going to clear off for the hovercraft to come."

"And?" I frown.

"We were half-way to the forest when we heard someone else running through," Verma continues. "When we turned to look we saw it was district 8, Lata. I was about to kill her but I stopped when she started eating district 7."

"What?!" Zeb, Reyna and I shout.

"District 8 has gone cannibal on us," Verma sighs.

"So we decided to gather everyone together so we can get her ourselves cuz' she's like, really strong. We need Annabelle because she has brute force and is brilliant in combat, Reyna because you can snap necks, Zeb for your archery," Waness says.

"And me because I'm incidental," I sigh.

"Well you haven't even killed anyone yet!" Jamica snaps.

"And?" I snap back. "Does it matter?"

I hadn't realized I hadn't killed anyone yet. It just never came to it for me. I mean, Zeb's first kill was because Nana killed Zara, then Jamica forced one on him, then after that I don't think he really thought about it. Well, he obviously thinks about it because you can't kill without thinking about it but they were all within reason. He killed the girl at the cornucopia because she speared him through and he killed Teggs because she murdered Carrie. And Reyna pretty much just snaps people's necks without a second thought. I guess it's something to be proud of. Making it to the final eight and not having killed anyone. Still early days though.

"Well, yes, your incidental. Maybe we can kill you for the money later on but you could be useful for holding the coats or something," Jamica says.

"Oh lovely," I say sarcastically. "I'm the coat hanger."

"Glad we're all on the same page then," Waness grins, pulling her jacket off and chucking it over my head.

"Haha," I say, not bothering to remove the coat.

"So why are you so desperate to get rid of this cannibal then?" Zeb asks. "Won't the gamemakers take care of it if it gets too far?"

"We can't risk it," Verma shrugs.

"Do you have any idea where she is?" Reyna asks.

"Nope, but when we find her it would be easier for us all if we just kill her," Jamica says.

"It's not like you'd give her a chance anyway," Zeb mutters.

"Oh shut up," Waness snaps.

"Leave them alone," Jamica sighs, nudging Waness.

"You can shut up and all," Waness snaps. "Just cuz' you have a crush on arrow guy."

"Ok, is it cowboy or arrow guy cuz' I'm getting real confused," Zeb asks.

"Meh, it varies," Verma shrugs.

"How about calling him Zeb?" I say. "You know, for many reasons, one being it's his name?"

"It's not even that hard to say!" Reyna says. "One syllable. Z-E-B."

"Don't bother," Zeb sighs. "I spent half the night trying to get it into their thick skulls at the cornucopia."

"If your gonna call him arrow kid or cowguy or whatever, I can be snap neck and she can be Rosey Posey," Reyna grins.

"Really?" I sigh, pulling the jacket off my head. "Rosey Posey? Rosey posey?! That is what you come up with?"

"Hello, cannibal? On the loose? Like, right now," Verma interuppts.

"Oh you still here?" Reyna asks.

"Oh go do something useful," Verma snaps.

"I'am!" Reyna protests. "I have decided to help you sorry careers and your cannibal problem. I think that's very useful indeed."

"Maybe we should have just tried to catch Lata on our own," Waness sighs.

"Hey!" Reyna snaps. "At least you've now got a skilled neck snapper, an archer and-"

"A coat hanger," I sigh.

"I think you'll be a brillant coat hanger Rosey Posey," Zeb grins, patting my back.

"Ah thanks," I grin back.

"Oh Careeeeersss! Priiimmmrooosse!" a new voice in the woods call.

"Wh-what's that?" I ask as a shiver runs through my spine.

"Reeeyyynnnaaa, Zeeebbbb! Annnaaabbbbeeellllee!" The voice continues.

Verma looks grave. "That's Lata."

A/N:Oh yes, a cannibal! I wanted to put one in from the start but I couldn't figure out when. So we now have Lata the Cannibal. What's gonna happen? Find out tomorrow! Reviewers get cyber-hugs!