Part 5: The Feast
SPOILER ALERT: I haven't finished writing this chapter, but this is a quick summary of what takes place:
The Feast takes place at the top of the very tallest building in the very center of the arena. Empire State Building Observation Deck. Everyone needs something. Caleb / Drake need medicine. Asper / Ignatio need antiseptic for Ignatio's wounds. Joel needs water. The careers need a way to catch Joel.
We follow Caleb / Drake as the announcement is made in the arena. Caleb knows that he will die if he goes, but Drake will die if he doesn't. It's not a decision he wants to make, but he's making a decision either way. Choosing not to decide is deciding. He tells Drake he's going and that's final.
Drake: "Caleb-"
Caleb: "Don't Caleb me. I'm sick, I'm not dead! This is what I'm doing. This is what I have to do."
Drake: "Yeah, and what's your plan?"
Caleb: "I don't know. Maybe I'll stumble onto something. Trial and error."
Caleb tries to leave, but Drake stops him.
Drake: "There's no trial and error! You get one shot, that's it! You know what makes people angry?" He somehow found the strength to sit up. "When someone's trying to tell you something and you're not hearing them. They feel like they have to get louder and Louder and LOUDER, and then you're still not listening!"
Drake refuses to let Caleb go alone. As sick as he is, he won't let Caleb face this on his own. Caleb accepts this, and Drake and Caleb both go together. Caleb calmly goes and studies the wastebasket collection. He selects two of them and hands one to Drake. They head to the rooftop. They don't have a plan.
Drake: "So, do you have a plan, or..."
Caleb: "Here's what's going to happen. I'm going to go up there and put the fear of Snow into those guys."
Drake: "You're just going to go in there? Like that? You can't be serious!"
Caleb: "We're already in the shit, Drake! You want out? Then get out now, alright?"
Drake: "You're crazy! I'm not about to go over there with just my dick in my hand!"
Caleb: "Oh, I'm sorry- did you want to put it in my hand instead? What do you want from me?"
Their arguing is far from subtle, and the careers are just staring at them. The two of them stumble on over, both kind of delirious from their respective sicknesses. Caleb goes on about how he has these pills that make him invincible as he pops the last purification tablet in his mouth, and promptly vomits. In an attempt to keep the careers at bay, Caleb takes the wastebasket full of Drake's liquid waste and dumps it over his own head. Careers like WTF is this?
Caleb: "Oh, was that a good idea?"
Drake: "Probably?"
The others back up in disgust, but Ajax promptly walks up and stabs Drake. Caleb looks over and says "Rude.", then Ajax stabs him as well.
Caleb, pointing to the sword Ajax stabbed him with: "So, are you going to want this back or can I keep it?"
Two cannons go off as Caleb and Drake are killed. However, while they are distracted, Joel has snuck up and taken his pack. Careers turn around just in time to see a pair of sneakers disappear into a ventilation duct. Well, shit. But where are the other tributes?
Suddenly, they hear a high pitch squealing sound as one of the giant cranes on one of the nearby under construction buildings begins rotating toward them. The careers stare at it as it settles above them and the giant pincers open. It sits there for a second, then it suddenly drops straight down, and the careers all dive out of the way as the massive claw smashes into the top of the building, sending rubble and debris flying and creating a dust cloud. The claw closes around the table containing the feast stuff, grabbing all but the D1 bag. Then the screeching starts up again as the crane drags the giant claw across the top of the building, then over the edge, taking almost all the supplies with it. Across the street, the goods are dumped onto the roof of a building under construction, and it is then that the careers spot the crane that grabbed their stuff. Asper is at the wheel.
