Rue
I grab the hanging light on the training center roof. I swing across the room using techniques that I use back in district 11. The gamemakers that aren't completely drunk are looking at me with impressed looks on their faces. The head gamemaker stares at me as I let drop to the ground. "You may leave now," he says. I bow my head and walk out. I allow myself a small smile at my performance.
I watch her from the tree. She is cooking a groosling; I wonder if she knows what it is. I can see the tracker jacker stings from here. Should I reveal myself? Maybe I will wait a bit longer, I think. I know that I'm just procrastinating, but I don't want her to panic and kill me. I shift my weight in the tree and a twig snaps. She smiles; can she see me? "You know they're not the only ones who can form alliances." She says. I peek around the trunk. "You want me for an ally?" I ask. "Why not? You saved me with those tracker jackers. You're smart enough to still be alive. And I can't seem to shake you anyway." Has she seen me following her? "You hungry? Come on then, I've had two kills today" I want to return her offer, but how? "I know how to fix your stings." I blurt out. "Can you?" she asks, "How?"
I sit in the tree, waiting. I sing the four-note tune and pause, when I hear it returned; I smile. Then the net hits me. I scream at the top of my lungs, hoping Katniss will hear me. I scream again, her name. "Katniss, Katniss." I hear her yelling. "Rue, Rue I'm coming!" I see her run into the clearing. "Katniss" then I feel the spear enter my stomach. "Are there more?" "No." "Are there more?" "No." I say louder. She frees me from the net and I whisper, "you blew up the food?" "Every last bit." "You have to win" "I'm going to. Going to win for the both of us now." I tighten my grip on her hand. "Don't go." "Course not, staying right here." One thing I want before I die. "Sing" she starts her song and I close my eyes. " Deep in the meadow, under the willow, a bed of grass, a soft green pillow. Lay down your head and close your sleepy eyes, and when again they open, the sun will rise. Here it's safe, here its warm, here the daisies guard you from every harm. Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true, here is the place where I love you" her voice is beautiful but I can no longer make out what she is saying. The last thing I hear is the mockingjay's repeating her tune. Her tears drip on my face and that's the last thing I feel.