Day Two and Three of the Games

I decided to give the tributes a break, so Day Two is described as a flashback. Sort of. Thanks for all of the reviews!

Lizzie Strow POV

I'm kinda relaxing where I am. You know, the past day has actually been really boring. Kari and I have allied with that poor kid from our District, I can't even pronounce his name. His brother died in the bloodbath of the Games. He's been mute ever since, so we calmly ask him yes or no questions for an answer. The only thing to do is to look for food.

I think, by now, food is impossible. We're in a freaking cave, and the only thing I got from the Cornucopia is a flashlight and a bottle of water. We were able to find water okay, but I am so hungry, I feel like passing out. Kari and I have searched the entire area for food but haven't found anything. Just these weird looking mushrooms that grow on the cave walls. Kari says we should eat them, but I refuse. They're just disgusting.

Hunger gives in, though. I take a mushroom from the small stash we have and pop it in my mouth. I chew, it tastes like the tesserae grain back home. Not bad. Not as good as the Capitol food I've pigged out on in the Capitol.

We've been chatting, just Kari and I, when Kari goes silent.

"What's the matter?" I whisper to her.

"Footsteps," she replies, I can sense her shaking from where I am.

"I'll investigate," I say. I was always braver than she was. I take the flashlight and a carving knife with me. With all of the passageways here, I highly doubt another tribute will find us. It's probably just a rat or something.

I move towards the cave area she pointed at. I do hear footsteps, and they're loud. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. I turn off the flashlight as they crescendo in volume. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. I am shaking as much as my sister is now, hopefully she's coming to help me. I think things over in my head, and decide to take a look around the corner, where the footsteps are coming from. My flashlight flips on as I turn around to look.

"Hello, Twelve," someone in the dark says. Several people laugh. I have no time to scream before I catch the glinting silver object fly into my chest.

"Goodbye," I hear the same person say, in a babyish voice.

Kiyoshi Tamashii POV

BOOM! I am startled by the cannon. Was it that girl, Lizzie? I stand up and see light coming from the passageway she was near. The light is coming from her flashlight. It's on the ground.

"No!" Kari, the other girl from my District screams at the top of her lungs as she realizes the same thing I did. Now there is no hope of hiding, hoping the killers don't find us.

I realize it's flight, not fight. I stand up and run for my life. The footsteps heard earlier are in the cavern now.

"There's another Twelve," someone says, it sounds like a Career. Thunk! Pain arches as quick as lightning through my body. I trip and fall over, my face tasting dirt. I spit some out, and then decide to act dead, so they overpass me. Then I take a quick look at the wound that's been dealt to me.

"Holy-" I never finish the sentence. There's a trident stuck in my back.

Artemis Romal POV

We escaped the bloodbath. Our alliance, quickly formed before the Games, is over. It's just me and Themus that are left. Luckily, we were able to find some shelter from attacks. A small nook in a cavern that has a lot of pools of fluorescent liquid hides us when we're not active. However, we're without food or water, as day three rolls around.

"We could try the pools," Themus suggests to me. "It's blue, it should be water."

"No, we don't know what the Gamemakers put in this cave. I mean, come on, it's already a cave with a light up floor." I whisper. Yes, the floor lights up with the dead tributes face's.

"Well, I still think-" Themus starts, then is cut off by a cannon. BOOM!

My voice suddenly drops to barely talking at all. "Who do you think it was?"

"Cave,' he mutters. Good, we head into our small cranny.

"I don't think it was anyone-" Again, he is cut off by another cannon, BOOM!

"I don't think it was anyone close," he sighs. And I think he's right, because we don't hear anymore cannons for a while. We get out of the cranny we were in and start looking for water. Themus is intent on trying the pools, so I just let him. It looks harmless.

I'm in a far off cavern when I hear the scream. It's Themus. I turn on a dime, rushing back towards the pool cavern. Themus is on the ground, writhing and squirming. No one else is there.

"What's happening?" I call, not worrying about volume anymore.

Themus brings up a hand shakily, and points at the pools. "Acid," he croaks.

Claire Taylor POV

I see my sister shoot the Twelve girl with the flashlight. She crumples, and the rest of us Careers laugh. Except for Salmon, but then again she isn't the Career type.

We charge forward, weapons ready, seeing if there is anymore tributes left in the larger cavern. Luckily, in this arena, if you kill one tribute, another one is bound to be nearby. I dash around the corner, bow ready.

There is the girl's sister, who is screaming her head off, and then there is another tribute. He's smarter, he's running away from the fight.

"There's another Twelve," I call to anyone who will listen. Luckily, Goby Craybess does and follows my lead and throws his trident into the kids back. He crumples momentarily.

Somehow, when I was focused on the Twelve kid, the other girl got away. I dunno where she went to, but the Careers spend the next few hours hunting her down. Finally we make camp, and watch the floor. There is only two faces tonight, the Twelve girl and the Twelve boy. I guess that's it. We need to cause some more excitement in here.

Death list:

Lizzie Strow, as above.

Kiyoshi Tamashii, as described.

Here's our one injury: Themus Romal, is currently being eaten away by acid that he drank.

Until next time...