The Pills
"Oh my god! Do you ever shut up!" The girl from Two hollers as she kicks the smaller girl over. "Don't we have anything to cover her mouth with?"
"I could just chop her head clean off!" say the girl from One.
"No!" says the girl from Two, flipping her long strawberry blonde hair back. "We are going through with the volcano plan!"
"Then we should probably catch up with Leo and Kira" says the girl from One, pretending to chop the redhead girls head off. "They must be halfway to the volcano by now, and I don't think Milo is coming back."
"And what the hell do you know?" says the girl from Two with a nasty attitude.
"At least I didn't let my prisoner escape!" says the girl from One.
I'm glad to see the careers fighting internally and eavesdropping is the most fun I've had in the arena. I almost laugh out loud. They must be talking about the girl from Eight.
"Shhhh!" says Oscar, putting his finger to his lips. "I'm trying to listen."
"That girl from Four must have not tied her up properly!" barks the girl from Two.
"Kira knows how to tie some rope, that's why we haven't killed her yet!
"Well you saw how fast that little girl was! I almost lost three arrows trying to chase her down!" says the girl, trying to defend herself.
"And whose bright idea was it to keep prisoners in the first place, Miss Know-it-All?"
At this remark the girl from two poises an arrow in her bow and aims it straight at the girl from One's head.
"Our job is to put on a good show! I know Milo will come looking for me! You catch up with Leo and toss the girl from Four in the volcano along with the rest of them should she give any trouble!"
"Silly girl, If the boy from Eight comes along and finds you all alone, do you really think he will honor the alliance?" says the girl from One, almost holding her tongue.
"I don't need you to handle the likes of him!" says the girl from Two, still aiming for the girls head.
"Fine! Get up!" the girl from One shouts to the girl from Nine as she lifts her to her feet.
"Please don't kill me! I'll do anything!" cries the girl from Nine.
"One more word out of you Nine and I swear… start walking!" says the girl from One. She is clearly in a horrible mood. "I hope your boyfriend shows up before Eight does!" she calls out before fading into the forest.
The girl from Two blushes before climbing on top of the cornucopia. She is equipped with a bow and arrow and has night vision goggles around her neck. That makes three total so far.
"Did you catch all that?" I ask Oscar.
"Indeed!" he replies, cleaning his glasses. "The boy from One and the girl from Four are en route to the volcano with maybe two captives. Winnie must be one of them. The girl from One is on her way now with one captive. Apparently the girl from Two is waiting for the boy from Two, and the boy from Eight must be acting on his own now."
"Wait, you got all that?" I ask.
"Try to keep up Thales!"
"We can get the girl from Two now, while she's alone," I say.
"Sure, if you want an arrow in your head. We have to intercept the careers at the volcano. It's two of them and two of us. If we can free Winnie than we will have the upper hand. If we hurry we can reach the volcano before the girl from One gets there."
Not only does the pill give us a rush of energy but I lose all inhibitions.
"Let's hurry before these pills wear off," I say. We run for the volcano before the sun sets and darkness emerges.