Hi guys! SO I told you that I would update on the weekend. And since I have a 4 day weekend, I will be updating again! Maybe tonight, tomorrow, monday, or tuesday BUT I will updated again, I promise!

So here's chater 18.

Dahlia's POV:

The Game makers are sending a storm to the arena. Sanden looks at me with a panicked look. I think this will me more than a storm. "We need to find shelter," He states. Just then a crack of thunder sounds throughout the arena. "And fast," he adds and we run. We look franticly to find shelter and the closest thing we could find is under a huge tree. The wind starts to pick up and it's very strong. Leaves blow around us and the air gets humid. We make just in time too because that's when the rain starts to fall.

Rain. Water. I look at Sanden and he looks at me with the same idea. He starts to dig through his bag, pulling out the bag f berries and putting it on the ground. The wind is so strong that it carries it up and I have to catch it. Finally he pulls out a small tin cup from the muffins for us to catch water with. I give him the berries and he gives me the cup. I carefully kneel down at the edge of the tree and hold the cup out into the rain. I grip the sides, making sure that the wind won't carry it away.

Eventually, the cup is full with water. I give it to Sanden and he takes a sip. He sighs at his first sip and starts to drink more. I smile, knowing we have a source of water right now. And we won't have to worry about savoring it.

Suddenly Sanden stops drinking and drops the cup. His body falls limp and he sinks to the ground.

"SANDEN?" I yell over the rain. I turn him over to see what happened. "Sanden? What-?" I ask. The terror in his eyes scares me.

"Wat-er. Acid. Don-t drink it." He lets out. I shake my head. Acid can't kill you that quickly. Unless. Unless the game makers put some sort of chemical in the rain.

"Win Da-hlia. I know yo-u can." He stutters. Tears run down my face as he closes his eyes. I can barely hear the cannon over the thunder. My eyes flood with tears as the stream down my cheek. Sanden. He helped me in so many ways. And now he's dead. I am left to fight these games alone now. I knew this had to happen, I just didn't want to believe it. At lease now I won't have to worry about the last battle coming between us.

The last battle scares me. There is no way I will make it out alive. I think about who else is left in the games. Me, the volunteer girl from 8, and Charity, the girl from 1. Maybe the last battle will come between the girl from 8 and Charity and they both die. That way I wouldn't have to be in the last battle. Yeah, that's not going to happen. The odds are never in my favor. Just look at me now.

I try to protect myself from the harsh rain and winds. The tree isn't doing much. This is more than a storm. It's almost as bad as a hurricane. I can't say it is since I have never been in one so I don't know what it's like. Not that I want to know.

After what seems to be hours, the rain starts to lift up and the thunder starts to fade. The wind dies down and I know that it's over. I have to leave Sanden so the hoover craft can come and pick him up. I take one last look at him and I walk away. I don't know where I'm going. I don't want to hunt the other tributes but I want this to be over. I walk aimlessly until night falls and I decide that the safest place to sleep, is to climb a tree. I pick a tree and climb carefully because the branches are still wet and slippery. Multiple branches have fallen during the storm so I can see the night sky clearly. I see the Panem symbol and then the fallen tributes. Sanden's face flashes on the screen then the girl from 8. She died? I must have not heard her cannon over the thunder. That mean… Charity and I must fight to the death. Soon.

I try to go to sleep but knowing the Game makers, when the last two tributes are in the arena, they will do anything and everything possible to drive us together to fight.

Morning comes and I barely got any sleep. Today will probably be the last day in the arena. Possibly the last day of my life. I owe it to so many people to win. My parents. Camellia. Coltin. Sanden. And I will beat Gale at his game.

I climb down from the tree and I grab the bag of berries. I am too nervous to eat or hunt. I munch on them, cautiously, looking around for any signs of Charity. None.

I figure to save the game makers time, I decide to make my way down the cornucopia. Charity is a career. She is probably hiding in the cornucopia because that's where careers hid. She is better than me with a weapon. The odds of me coming out alive are slim. No. No. You have to think positive! I tell myself.

It takes me a few hours to walk down to the cornucopia but I make it. I hid behind a bush and just as I suspect it, Charity is at the mouth of the cornucopia, gathering food. Should I attack her, or maybe I should wait for her to find me? I decide to show myself. She gets a warning and so do I.

I can't believe I'm doing this. I'm crazy. But I know I have to. For Coltin. For Sanden. For Camellia. For my parents. I have to.

I load my bow and I stand up. I slowly walk towards the cornucopia towards Charity. She sees me and smiles. She grabs a spear and she walks towards me.

She doesn't attack right away. We stand a few feet away from each other.

"Ready to end this thing?" She asks. I guess she wants to end this just as much as I do.

"Yeah, I am done playing this game," I say and she gives me a smirk.

"Well get ready to die," She says and I aim my bow and she gets her spear into position.

Bring it on.

I'm sorry to kill the geneticly pretty Sanden (lol, gurl) So I think the next chapter will be the last chapter in the arena! I know you know who's gonna win but I might as well write it, hahaha.

So I will update this weekend... and ya... ummm... REVIEW IF YOU WANT THE NEXT CHAPTER UP BY TONIGHT OR TOMORROW! If I get a lot of reviews, I will work extra hard to write the next chapter :) sooo... REVIEW! lol

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~GirlOnFire99