Also in the desert section of the arena is Lilly Darkhold. She managed to get away from the cornucopia with little injuries and plenty to show for it. She slumped down on the hot dry ground and started looking through her bag. 'Ok, a knife, a blow dart gun…yes! An ample water supply, some crackers, and last but not in the very least some night vision glasses!' thought Lilly to herself. "Wow, more than I could have hoped for!" said Lilly quietly to herself. "How about you let us have some?" said a voice from behind. Lilly turned stunned by the voice. She ripped her knife from her bag and positioned herself for an attack. She was surprised when she saw Vale standing there. "What do you want Vale? Where's the rest of the pack?" asked Lilly frustrated. "Oh, you don't think I'd go off on my own do you?" replied Vale way too calmly. "You see I hunting in a pack gets you far. I can see you didn't take that rode." Vale moves in closer pulling out a knife from behind her back. "Oh yea? Then where are they?" asked Lilly growing in suspicion. "Turn around," said Vale with a smirk. Lilly cautiously tilted her head around and saw the rest of the Careers snickering behind her. "So now what?" asked Lilly already knowing the answer. "Hey Silver, what should we do know?" asked Vale mimicking Lilly's tone. "I think we should let Astrid do the honors. After all she is the big shot," said Silver pushing Astrid forward. Astrid smiled back at Silver. "You should have never volunteered District 4," said Atrid. Then she stabbed Lilly in the heart, and the cannon fired.
"Huh, it's getting cold," said Rella quietly as she moved swiftly through the forest of African trees. She decided that she had moved far enough and sat down to look through her pack. Inside she found a dagger, a water bottle, a flashlight, and luckily a sleeping bag. She scanned the tree tops for any branches that she could climb up and spend the night. But the trees were all too tall, and the branches wouldn't be able to hold more than fifty lbs. She knew that the ones on the hills would be stronger, but it's at least a two hour journey. The Careers have obviously been on the move because of the recent canon blast. So she decided that the thick bushes would be her best bet. She hid her bag first under a splotch of leeves, and curled into her sleeping bag under the bush. She kept her dagger in her hand just in case. But a dagger would do little against a mace.
Sage looked up at the dark sky just as the faces began to show. There's Lilly from 4, 'Dang District 2 and 1 made it.' There's Katrina from 5, Lindsy from 6, Lavan from 8, Sway from 10, 'Saw that one coming,' and Fiona from 12. Then seal, anthem, and out. Sage feels the soggy dirt of the watering hole under her fingers. Someone had been standing here, there footprint is fresh. Sage picked up the three throwing daggers that she'd found in the tall grass. She examined them carefully. She decides that hunting the first day would be foolish because of course it's night and the Careers will be hunting. She finds a nice patch of ferns that are very well at hiding things and curled up in it. She is about to fall asleep when she sees it starring at her from the water. What is it? The eyes of something, no, someone. Another tribute is in the water starring at Sage, and knows that Sage is starring at her. "Who are you?" Sage demands with her dagger in hand. The figure rises so that its mouth is visible. "Sage?" the voice asked. "Yea….Lily?" asked Sage. Lily rushed out of the water soaking wet and hugged Sage. "Careful it's freezing and you're wet!" said Sage in a loud whisper. "Can we be allies?" asked Lily hopefully. Sage paused for a moment evaluating the situation. "Ok, but you need to get warm!" said Sage. "I am, follow me," said Lily dragging Sage into the water. Sage is about to protest but the water is extremely warm and Sage now views Lily quite differently. "You're smart ya know that," said Sage. "I guess, I'm just so glad I'm not alone anymore. We're lucky we're from the same District too," said Lily. "Yea, but not lucky enough to avoid the games," reminded Sage. The lean up against the bank just and are just about to doze off when the canon fires.