HEY THERE. :) Sorry I haven't been posting. I kinda had a writers' block. :( And yeah... I will be posting from different characters POVs. I think it will be better to see what happenes in a situation in another persons' eyes. Just like Finns' in the last chapter. :D ON TO THE CHAPTER.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games. Oh well...

Rue

I wake up to the sound of rustling leaves. I become suspicious of what's happening. I look down and see that nobody's there. I start eating the crackers from the bag. I try not to eat too much because I may run out soon. I stuff it bag inside my bag and I remove the rope that's had me tied to this tree. I stuff the rope inside and climb down to find some water. I have wasted a lot of energy yesterday from its events. If I were a battery, I'd have 40% left of energy right now.

I climb down the tree and I start walking further and further away. After 30 minutes of painful walking, I give up and sit down on the grass. "I give up." I say, barely in a whisper.

Katniss

NO! Rue, you can't give up now! I'm in the mentor room with Peeta, Annie, Johanna, Beetee and some other mentors. "She can't, Peeta! She can't give up!" I say, crying into his chest. He rubs my back, "Katniss..." he says, trying to calm me down. "Hmm, what's this?" Johanna asks. I turn around and look at the screen. There are 2 screens actually. One screen is to see your tribute on how he/she is doing and the other screen shows the arena as a map. Tributes are bleeping red dots when they move and white when they stay still. When they die, the dot fades away. Another thing is that you can't see their district number.

One dot is coming in Rues' direction. It's getting closer and closer to her. If only we knew what district this tribute is. As the dot comes closer and closer, I look away and go into Peetas' arms. "Katniss, look." he says to me. I shake my head, "I don't want to. That person may kill her." "No, Katniss, just look!" Johanna exclaims. I turn around and see that someone is carrying her. I take a closer look at the person. It's Dave! "I'm still worried. What if he doesn't make it in time?" I ask Peeta. He shakes his head, "Katniss, you doubt your own daughters' best friend." I sigh, "Lets' just hope he does make it in time." Johanna mumbles something, as a reply to me, but I don't hear it since she said it quite low.

Finnick

Great. This is just great! My sister is on Daves' shoulders about to die. "She can't die now!" Felicia exclaims. Yes, I'm at the Hawthornes' house as I am every year. I decided to come here because I was lonely at home. Anyways, as Dave is running to find some water, Felicia is biting her fingernails and her eyes focused on the screen. The cameras won't look away now. This is a very intense moment indeed. Dave is running as fast as he can. I can tell he's really tired but he keeps going, "I'm not letting you die here, Rue. You don't deserve it." he says, hoping she hears him.

Felicia lets a tear fall. "Are you crying?" I ask, stupidly. "No, there's just something in my eye- YES, I AM CRYING YOU EGGHEAD." she screams. I rub my ear because she screamed a little too loud. She crosses arms and wipes her tears away, "I'm sorry." I pat her shoulder, "It's okay. I know you're worried. I am too, you know." She raises an eyebrow, "Why can't men cry as much as we, women, do?" I roll my eyes, "We're more mature than you girls, of course."

She hits me repeatedly with a pillow. It didn't hurt at first but as she kept on hitting, I screamed, "STOP! PLEASE! I BEG YOU!" She stops and sits back down. She smirks, "Being immature is more fun." I roll my eyes and look at the screen. At the moment, Dave has reached a lake. It's quite big. He scoops up some of the water into his flask and puts some solution into it. It probably makes it drinkable. "At least this isn't the one that cures in half an hour." he says. After shaking the flask, he opens Rues' mouth and purs the water in it. After giving her the right amount, he stops and waits. He hears a cannon shot indicating that she's- "NO!" he screams. And he reads my thoughts exactly. Felicia collapses on the ground, crying.

I suddenly feel water in my eyes. My sister is gone. She's gone. Gone. Gone. That word echoes through my brain. Gone.. I let more tears fall and put my head into my hands. I suddenly hear a choke. A choke? Who could be choking at this minute? I look at Felicia but she's still down there crying. I look at the screen and see Rue choking on her water. My eyes widen. She's alive!

"Felicia, she okay!" I exclaim. The brunette shakes her head, "No, she's not! You heard the cannon!" I sigh, "Look at the screen!" She looks up and screams happily. "She's alive!" she repeats. And repeats. And repeats! I cover my ears to block it but still no use. Guess I'm stuck here for a few hours.

Rue

I am coughing on some type of liquid. Wait, LIQUID?! I would find out what's happening but I keep on coughing. My vision gets better as I stop coughing (or should I say choking!). I see a person standing in front of me and I realize I'm still in the games. I jump and grab my weapon. He puts his hands in the air, "Calm down, it's me, Dave!" I lower the bow and tilt my head to the side, "You sure you're not a mutt?" He shakes his head and I put my weapons away.

We stayed quiet for a while. I want to ask him questions but it feels too awkward to talk now. "Why are we like this now?" he asks, breaking the silence. I sigh, "The games. It changes people." We stay quiet once more. "Thank you." I finally say. He looks up startled, "You're welcome?" I chuckle at his confusion, "For saving my life. You didn't have to, you know." He shakes his head, "You deserve to live. I don't" "Don't say that!" I exclaim. He shakes his head, "Let's go hunting now." I just sigh and nod my head. He helps me stand up and I load my bow. I watch for some animals that will pass us and when I do, I let the arrow fly and hit them in the eye.

"By the way, does your mom know yet?" Dave asks after I hit a rabbit. I nod, "She does now." We keep on walking for a few minutes and decide that the rabbit was enough for now, "Do you know what the other seasons have or do?" I ask him. "Winter is FREEZING cold after you stay in it after an hour. Summer has UV rays which can kill you in an instant. Autumn has really, really, really strong winds which can blow you off the ground. And Spring has poisonous plants and animals. Well, the poisonous animals are mostly insects." he says. My eyes widen, "You do know I have arachnophobia, right?" He chuckles, "I know." We look at the rabbit that I caught, "So, how long are we going to be allies?"

"Until the final 8 tributes, I suppose." he replies. I nod and we cook our rabbit. No tributes come after us anyway. "Lunch of the day." I say, hoping to light up the mood. Dave laughs and we continue eating our rabbit. After we finished eating, we talk about what happened in the past few hours, "So, did you kill anyone?" I asked him. He shakes his head, "Nope, you?" I nod my head, "The guy from 4. But it wasn't in the bloodbath. I almost got killed in it though. Luckily, Camille was there to save me." He raises an eyebrow, "Camille?" "Yeah, the district 4 girl." I reply.

"I don't think you should trust her." he says. My eyes widen and my teeth are clenched, "What did you say?" He shakes his head, "I've seen her. She brutally kills people. If you get stuck with her into the final 2, she won't give any mercy." I cross my arms, "We are friends and she knows that! She won't kill me." "Alright, Rue. But I warned you." he says. I sigh. Then an idea pops into my head, "Lets give the careers a little visit, shall we?"He looks up, "Rue, what are you planning?"

"We won't show them that we are weak! We'll show them that District 12 is as strong as they are!" I exclaim. He raises an eyebrow, "Why feeling all tough so fast, huh?" I playfully hit him in the arm and he chuckles, "I don't know. I just feel like it." He groans, "Can we not do it now? I feel tired from all that running I did to save you." I scoff jokingly, "Well, alright! But we're doing this no matter what you say." He rolls his eyes and I hits him again, "Alright, alright! We'll do it. But tomorrow. I feel like resting for this day." I roll my eyes and agree with him. We will still hunt butthis plan shall commence tomorrow.

Finnick

I sigh as the camera switches from Rue and Daves' conversation to the careers' camp area. They are quite close to Rue and Daves' area. I saw Shine smirking, "She has a plan to sabotage us? Then we'll get them first!"

The other careers smile at her idea and all I'm thinking is Uh oh...

Sorry it's such a short chapter but I promise the next one will be much longer! :D