Day Fourteen:Monster
~Link Morganstein~
Alone.
That's what I am now.
Alone.
Mayrse and Calypso are gone.
Dead.
Dead like Terri.
I killed him.
I'm huddled in a ball at the edge of the lake a full day after I killed Terri. A day after he took away my friend. A day after I became a monster. The wind whips the snow sending a flurry of white flying through the air. The days are getting colder and colder. Four days ago it was sunny and bright. Now it's almost below freezing and dark all day long. The sun is still there, but clouds cover it making everything shaded. Is it really the sun I once knew? Or is it fake? Am I really outside right now? It's all confusing.
I have an ache in my heart. An ache like something bad is going to happen. Will I die today? Or will I have to kill again? The snow whips my face, sending a lash of pain though my head. I haven't eaten in days. I'm hungry. I look to the sky and moan.
"I'm hungry." Nothing happens. I put my head between my knees and sob. Just what I thought. If I had the choice of being killed and starving to death, I would rather be killed. The clouds move, I catch a glimpse of the sun. In district four they teach us how to read the sun by what position it's at. I think it is around noon. No deaths yet. Maybe there won't be any today. I'll be gone sooner or later. I'll be with Calypso and Mayrse. I'll die.
I look up to the sky. I should move. I've been here for half a day now. I need to get out of this place. I stand up and jump up and down trying to get the blood flowing through my veins. I look down the slope behind me and decide I'd rather not try and make my way down it, it was already hard to get up last night. I look out across the lake. Calypso and Terri smashed against it yesterday; it must be hard enough for me to stand on it without breaking through. I take a cautious step onto the frozen water. No cracks, nothing. I walk cautiously for about ten more steps before I decide it's safe enough.
The lake looks so beautiful frozen.
Crash
I jump, startled, and turn around to see a huge hole in the ice thirty feet away.
Crash
I look to the left to see a slimy thing sliding quickly into the water. I turn towards the island and run for my life.
Crash
I look over my shoulder to see a tentacle sliding into the water. I then picture what It might be. The creature from my nightmares, the monster of the deep, the legendary…
"Kraken!" The ice erupts under me, sending me up in a plume of ice and water. I feel the tentacle wrap around my leg and drag me down. I slam into the water. The coldness is nothing like I've experienced before. I pull out my sword and swipe at the tentacle wrapped around my leg slicing it clean of. Bubbles erupt from my mouth as I scream when I see the monster. It's huge. At least forty feet long, not counting the tentacles. Another of it's many tentacles grabs me. There is no escaping this thing. I look at the thing and point my sword at it. "Come at me you beast!" I yell inside my head as it pulls me towards its mouth.
Teeth crunch, bones shatter.
The water is red.
I'm dead.
~Winter Trescott~
Boom
A cannon sounds. Another death. At least it wasn't me.
Fall.
Spring.
Summer.
All dead. I'm the only one who is still alive from our original alliance.
The volcano, a place for nothing. For no one. I shouldn't be here. It's hard to move on its rocks. They jab your legs and cut you if you fall. I crouch down and sit on a rock. I look at myself in my silver pendant. My hair is knotted. My face is scratched, my lip is split from falling over a tree. I'm a wre-
"Gugh." Is all that comes out of my mouth as a sword emerges from my chest. Blood slowly pools in my lap as it comes out of my wound and out of my mouth. I spit out the blood I'm choking on. I roll my head backwards. I gasp when I see the other young girl standing behind me with another boy, grinning.
"And that, Jenni, is how to kill a tribute." He walks over and yanks it out of my back. He kicks my back and I tumble over forward smashing my face onto a rock. The last thing I hear is "Will, it doesn't feel right."
~CeCe Aquos~
Boom
I throw my trident on the ground.
"Damn!" I scream. Another death and it wasn't made by me! The sun is setting fast. The day is almost over. I walk over to my "Home". It's a little log that was hollowed out. I can just fit in it. I hold onto my trident no matter what. I dig through my jacket pockets and pull out my last bit of beef jerky. I sigh and break it in half. I nearly jump out of my boots when I hear trumpets blaring throughout the arena.
"Congratulations tributes!" I hear the president saying. "We are down to the final ten!" I chuckle as fake cheering erupts around the arena. "At noon tomorrow there will be yet another feast. This is not mandatory. Each of you is low on food. There will be piles there. If you are hungry you may go. Let me repeat, feast at noon tomorrow. Good luck tributes and may the odds be ever in your favor."
I smirk as the president goes off the air. A feast. Hmm. More people to kill. More deaths. I can't wait.
~Robbie-Capitol Citizen~
The president sighs as she sets her microphone down on the table. She looks up at me and smiles.
"Have you heard anything from our 'Friends' since the announcements last night?" She asks me. I shake my head no in response. She frowns and walks over to where I sit. She puts her hands on my shoulder and squeezes hard, her elongated nails digging into my shoulder. She flips her brown hair over her left shoulder and looks me in my eyes. "Robbie dear, if we don't get more information soon, I'll have to deal with these people, harshly." My mouth falls open and I stand up furiously.
"You told me no matter what I say you won't hurt them!" I yell. She smiles as pushes me back towards my chair.
"Robbie, Robbie, Robbie, why do you yell? If we don't get info soon we won't get any, if we don't get any the rebellion will succeed. Do you understand?" I look into her violet eyes and say.
"Yes, ma'am." I stand up and walk towards the door.
"One last thing Robbie!" She yells, I turn towards her and stare at her. "I need the addresses of some of the rebels tomorrow or somebody will get hurt." I nod and walk out the door. As I walk down the steps I wonder if the person getting hurt will be me or one of my old friends.
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