Hoster
Only seven kids left. I feel awful bad about that kid gettin killed by them rat things. I figured something was coming; the audience and the game makers must be gettin bored by now what with no blood for a few days. They gotta be itchin for a fight. Might get one too because the girl from District 1 is on the move now that she and District 4 have split up and she's gettin close to Hobb and Moira. They saw Tansy and Spruce last night in the sky so they know that it's down to just a few tributes left in the games. They've agreed to split up when there's five people left to play. Right now they're out gathering food but they're not findin much. I look up at the map and see that they're only about 100 yards from District 1. They're talking too and makin a heck of a ruckus, "Quiet ya'selves down!" I think. But of course, they don't. Too late. The girl's heard them and she's moving through the bushes, she's quiet too, like a cat. She's carrying an impressive array of knives on her body and I'm sure she knows exactly how to use em. Moira's standing a few feet away from Hobb holding up some berries. "Can we eat these?" she asks but she never gets her answer. She coughs once and blood runs down her chin and then she slumps to ground. Boom! Her cannon fires.
The second she fell Hobb had his knife out and his make shift lasso in his other hand. A knife flys by his head but misses by several feet. Girl's playin with him. "Come on out and fight! Stop hidin in the bushes!" Hobb yells in the direction that the knife came from. Shine lazily strolls into the clearing where he's standing, dropping her backpack so that it doesn't impede her during the inevitable fight to the death.
"Happy now 10?" she asks.
"Name's Hobb, and no, I ain't happy to see ya." Shine rolls her eyes.
"Let's just get this over with shall we?" she asks with a wicked glint in her eyes.
"Fine by me," Hobb answers and she runs at him knife at the ready. She throws one and he ducks and she grabs another one from inside her jacket. Then she's on him and aims a blow at his neck. His arm flies up preventing a fatal blow but a large gash opens up on his arm just below his shoulder. Shine jumps at him again knocking them both to the ground and Hobb uses his legs to launch her across the clearing. It knocks the wind out of her and gives him time to get his rope spinnin in the air. Shine looks like she's thinking about charging him again and that second of hesitation is all Hobb needs. Before she knows what's happened there's a rope around her and she's pulled to the ground. Hobb pulls the slipknot tight so that her arms are trapped and she's lying on her stomach. He walks over to her and puts his foot in the middle of her back. Shine's furious and struggling and calling Hobb all kinds of names. Hobb says nothing to her, just takes a deep breath, steeling himself for what he knows he has to do. He bends over and puts his knee in her back, removing his foot and grabs her by the hair. She's screaming now and trying to bite him but he ignores her and says. "Ya shouldn't have killed Moira," as he slits her throat. Blood flows onto the ground and Shine is choking and making a rasping sound for a minute and then nothing. Boom! Her cannon fires. Hobb just sits down next to her and puts his head in his hands trying to get a hold of himself. Kid ain't no killer. He is now though and he's gonna have to decide if he wants to live with that or find a way to die in the arena. Hell, I'm not sure which is better myself.