CHAPTER FOURTEEN! HERE YOU GO! :D
Disclaimer: *Disclaims right to PJO and HG*
Elise
We set up camp over in the meadow. It is a nice place to set up because the weather was normal and not excessively hot or wet or cold or chilly. Hopefully another death is going to get us a peaceful night.
We've been hiking the whole day, and by the time we get camp fully set up, I guess it is around 5 or 6 P.M. We build a fire A, to make ourselves some dinner and B, so maybe we can round up the three remaining tributes outside of our alliance.
Thinking about that reminds me that I have to go talk to Elijah about possibly breaking the alliance now that there are so little of us left here. Let me think, it's been . . . five days, and 17 people have already died.
"Hey, Elijah. We're going on a field trip," I tell him, I beckon him over to talk to him, far out of earshot of anyone else.
"There's seven of us left," I whisper.
"I know," he says. "You could've just told me that back there and we wouldn't have wasted time by coming over here."
"Don't be such a smart-Alec," I tell him.
"You don't waste my time. What is it that you wanted to tell me?" he asks.
"Well, I guess that since there's only 7 of us left, maybe we should consider breaking off from Sadie, Fish, and Crystal soon," I tell him.
"Maybe," he says. "Actually, I'm not sure. I guess, I just don't want it to come down . . . to the two of us." He swallows and sticks his hands in his pockets.
"It's okay," I say. I can fell a tense moment coming on, and I hug him. "It'll be okay."
"Okay, so if we do decide we need to break off at a moment's notice, then we should have some sort of a signal."
"Okay. What should we do?" I ask him.
"We. . . we should yell, purple and pink pancakes!" he says.
"Well, that'll catch everyone off guard. I guess that'll work," I shrug. "But then, what if it does come down to the two of us?" I ask.
"If it does come down to the two of us, well then, I'll just kill myself," he says.
"You're too young to die!" I say back. Now it's my turn for tears to come streaming down my face.
"So was that District 5 girl. She was only twelve as well, and we both let Crystal kill her!" he says. "I hate when people die. There's always an annoying ringing in my ears. I can like, feel their soul detaching from their body."
My eyebrows arch. "Y-You can?" I ask. A moment of silence. Elijah sits down in the tall green grass and I sit down next to him.
"Is that not normal?" He asks.
"No, it just sounds like you're a -" I take a deep breath. "Nothing. It's nothing, really." That sounds like a child of Hades! I think. I stand up and start walking back towards camp.
Elijah jumps up and runs towards me, but I'm already twenty feet ahead of him. I run back. I don't want to talk to him. Everything is so confusing and now I'm more sad and angry than ever. My emotions are running all over the place, and I need to collect myself.
Sadie looks up from tending our fire and asks "What were you guys doing?"
"Um, it was nothing. Just a . . . siblingly talk. That's it," I say. Sadie's eyes fill with sorrow and she nods understandingly. She probably thought I was just saying bye to Elijah, which I kind of was.
I sit down and stare at the fire. I wish people would see the smoke and come find us. I want this to end. I think. More things run through my mind, but for now, there are no signs of any humans besides my fellow Career Pack Members until we hear the sound of horns.
I jump up from my daze and half-sleep mode, and I hear a clear sound ringing from nowhere. I can clearly hear the voice that was at the very beginning of the games. The voice that said, "Let the very first Hunger Games begin!"
"Congratulations for making it this far!" the voice says. "There are seven of you left, and we know water is running low because the sea at the end of the arena is drained," he says.
"Therefore, we will be having a feast. A feast is where we send in supplies to the Cornucopia again where you can come get," he explains.
"Tomorrow morning, at the island with the cornucopia, there will be gallons and gallons of water for you to come all get. Let's see who can get the most water! Be sure to get there otherwise you might find that your water sources are getting low!" he explains.
Next, two faces are shown in the sky tonight: Yael and District 5 Female. The anthem plays, and the sky goes dark.
We all crowd around the fire to talk. "So, basically, they're inviting us in to kill each other?" Crystal asks. A chill goes down my spine as I hear the SCREEK of her sharpening her knife.
"I guess so. We can get some more people out of the way," Elijah says. Nobody says that if the three other tributes die, then we'll have to kill each other.
"What should we do? We're already here, and people are bound to start moving in tonight to get ready for tomorrow.
"We should make a plan of attack," says Elijah.
"We should set up camp on the island of the cornucopia, and we could have someone keep watch. You could obviously hear someone swimming towards here. If anyone comes, we take them down. We get all the water in the morning," Fish says.
"Seems good to me, but we just set up camp!" I say.
"Or we could die of thirst. . . ." Sadie says. Without further ado, we pack up camp again and try our hardest to move it to the cornucopia island without getting it wet. I am volunteered to take the tent by everyone. After packing it up into its little case, I wade into the water.
As I get deeper and deeper in, I have to lift the case with the tent higher so it doesn't get wet. The pool of water goes about 5'2 deep, and I manage to wade through, even though it takes me about ten minutes.
We don't necessarily set up camp, we just get out sleeping bags. Crystal volunteers to take first watch.
Congrats. You survived another day.
Shut up, dad.
What did you just say, missy?
Nothing. SHHH! I'm sleeping.
Fine.
I have this whole story planned out, and this chapter marks TEN CHAPTERS LEFT! They're going to be longer, though, I pretty promise :)