I wipe the blood off of my scissors, Clio's body had been taken away a while ago, but I still have to step over the bloodstain I had left on the floor of the classroom. It reminds me of her lifeless body and empty eyes.
I don't know how long I had been laying there but it had turned night and I don't think I'll be able to sleep somewhere I know I've murdered somebody but that somebody was my ally's friend and it's unlikely that, if I find him, he'll forgive me for this.
I open the door and it creaks slightly, I step out onto the wooden floor and carry along down the narrow hallway of classrooms. I hold Clio's book in one hand, my map in the other, and my scissors are inside the book. The book is definitely useful, it has all types of poison mixtures and sorts. I can tell Clio was also looking for the science classrooms, but I decide that that was enough action for one day. Hopefully, the science equipment will still be there tomorrow.
I open a windowed door to get outside and take a deep breath of some slightly fresher air. I see another windowed door and hear a voice shouting inside, oh no I don't want to get into this again. I think about running the other direction, but I then start to hear what the mysterious person is saying.
"Clio!?" There should be one, and only one, tribute in this arena who is looking for Clio. That one person is the one I want to see most right now but what if it's not him? I don't care, I run at the closed doors and push them open. The tribute jumps away like I'm about to kill him.
"Wels…?" Tears start to form in my eyes as I make out the shadowy figure of Scon in the darkness of the changing rooms.
"Scon!" I cry and run at him, throwing him into a hug.
"Hey…" He whispers but sounds guilty, I shrug it off, I should be the guilty one. I had killed his ally.
"That cannon shot, earlier…do you know whose it was?" He asks and I immediately know that the cannon was the reason he was looking for Clio. I take a deep breath; I have to tell him. He deserves to know, if I'm going to win with him, he'd find out sooner or later.
"No idea." I blurt out and he sighs.
"I hope Clio is okay…oh, and I'm so sorry for leaving you in the bloodbath, Wels." This hurts even more, I lied straight to his face and now he's apologizing to me and being honest to me.
"It's okay, you did the right thing." I reply, he saved his own life and it was nice to know that he put his life before mine because I do not want any sacrifices made for me. What had I become? I'm a murderer and a liar.
"I'm sorry, Lukas." I whisper to the sky; he needs to know that I'm thinking of him. Everything that I do is for him. "Do you have a camp of any sorts?" I question and hope he does because I have nowhere to sleep tonight and I'm very tired.
"Yes, the swimming pool. Follow me." Scon leads the way out of the changing rooms and leads into a massive, squared, pool that is a bright blue color. It looks incredible, not nearly as incredible as the water in 4, but still incredible. "Careful, they have put some kind of strange chemical in there that hurts your eyes." Scon says and points towards the water.
"Ha, chlorine?" I laugh and he shrugs.
"That's what Clio called it." I shiver at her name and suddenly the anthem comes on. Oh no, this wasn't going to be good.
Clio's face appears in the center of the pool (kind of like it did in the toilet) and Scon falls to his knees, breaking down into tears. I don't know what to do. If I comfort him then I'm lying more but if I don't then I'm being a bad ally, and frankly, a bad friend.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, I push Scon into the pool and he emerges from the water, coughing.
"Wels! What the freak?" He cries at me and I jump in beside him, splashing him with more water.
"I bet I can do a better dive than you." I smirk and he rolls his eyes, climbing out onto the pool's side and putting his arms above his head. He belly flops in and I laugh so hard that I begin to cry. "My turn!"
I climb out and put my arms up, jumping. I do a front flip in the air and land a perfect dive, as I come from the surface Scon (jokingly) shouts,
"Show off!"
We play around in the pool for a little longer and when we start to feel tired, we jump out. Scon is shivering and runs to get a towel but I just rinse out my clothes, using my hands. When we both are dry, we lay out a few towels and I lay on one whereas Scon lays on the other.
We each put a larger towel over ourselves and use another - folded – towel as a pillow.
"Goodnight, Scon." I yawn but by the time I say it he's fast asleep, well that wasn't so hard. I know he's going to be dreadfully upset in the morning, but we'll get through it and Scon will hopefully forgive me if we make it to the Games' recaps.
Hopefully.
Alliances:
Shit is going down soon: Scon, Wels
Has She Stopped Crying? We don´t know: Amara
How are you girls still together?: Acacia, Kasha, Melliora
HE HAS A GUN!: Mortel
Not a good Vendetta Searcher: Gael
Kills:
Charlotte: 3 (Kareen, Pansy, Lukas)
Lukas: 1 (Reginus)
Domitia: 2 (Zack, Charlotte)
Wels: 1 (Cliomera)
Amara: 2 (Andromeda, Erick)
Acacia: 1 (Jackob)
Scon: 1 (Domitia)
Kasha: 1 (William)
Gael: 1 (Holland)
Melliora: 1 (Briar)
Mortel: 1 (Jessika)
Hope you liked the chapter!
-Santiago and James
