Joesph pushed the reeds he was hiding in away, and it revealed a small group of people, yelping and crowding around a small figure. Still half hidden in he tall grass, he stalked up to the people and was enraged when he noticed Kit, who looked to be bleeding and coughing. Not being able to take it anymore, he grabbed a very large man by the shoulders and turned him to face Joesph bravely. "What. Are. You. DOING TO HER?"
James let out a long, hearty laugh as Joesph caught him by the shoulder. I felt a sharp sting as James' other arm hit be because of the way Joesph turned him, jolting me from my sleep. I fell over on my side, but it didn't take long for me to reset my position in James' lap. My eyes flashed over to the other careers, who seemed to be ignoring us and eating their... Well that ever it was they were eating.
"What the hell are you doing?" I spat at Joesph in a tone that no one ever wanted to hear me in. Especially if they wanted to keep their face.
"Looks like the prince is here to save the princess." James laughed, looking at Joesph. "Too bad the prince forgot his sword." James joked, which brought a smirk to my lips.
"And that there was no troll trying to eat the princess, but the BFG trying to save her life." I hissed in the same tone. I pointed down to my kidney wound, as if to prove the point. It was then I realized I was bleeding again. Badly.
"And that the prince didn't think about the princess being hurt in the process of rescue." James grumbled, his eyes fixed on my wound. I looked back down at my now blood soaked jeans, then back at Joesph, my eyes fierce with a look of "I am so going to kill you for this, after I pass out from blood loss. Again." And in fact, pass out from blood loss I did.
Joesph lifted his chin slightly, "tell me, if you figured that someone you loved could be dying, would you do something?" He released James, but not gently. "I'm under the impression that you think I'm not afraid to kill you. Don't underestimate me."
"Underestimate you? Ha! There is no difference between rating you as a zero and what you are." James said, just before I could.
"You stole the words out of my mouth." I hissed in that tone. James wrapped his arms around me, and I didn't resist. I was about to punch Joesph's teeth out, so it was probably a good thing James was keeping me in his lap.
"Do you not even care that I as trying to help you? I thought you were dying!" Completely enraged, Joesph pulled back the string of his bow and without thinking, let it go. His eyes were dull as the arrow hit James in the head, killing him instantly. Immediately ashamed, his eyes clouded over and he muttered, "why did I do that..." He smashed his bow against his knee angrily and stormed off, to hide in the Cornucopia's nearly empty golden shell. Once inside, he stared at the walls, silently moping. "Let the real Games begin."