Today the disclaimer will be done by Spruce Dejack.
Spruce: HPHGPJGONE does not own the hunger games. Or me.
Nathaniel Kaskill's POV
The past few days have been kind of weird. All I've done is walked and ran around.. I'm a mad man I tell ya. When Silk's face appeared in the sky I smiled gleefully and cackled. Let them think I'm mad. "I am Nathaniel Kaskilll the crazy from six face my wrath." I shout it in the air for all of six to hear. That'll show them to mess with me.
I haven't even looked around me the past few days. I wonder where I have wondered to. To my right all a bunch of bushes. I run up to them and inspect the berries. Moon berries. They kill the eater slowly within twenty four hours. I smile and scoop some up into my hands. I add them to my poison berry pouch.
To my left are a bunch of trees with vines hanging down. And straight ahead is the clearing with the cornucopia. But the thing is this one doesn't have anything or anyone there. Weird. Maybe it's a decoy. Eying the vines I take out my knife and hack at the vines. I begin to make a net with them.
Once I have a net formed a brilliant fool proof plan pops into my mind. I make three more nets and then turn them to snares. I look around and see a pile of leaves. Taking the leaves I carefully spread them out over the snares. Then I add a bag of berries over one and another bag over the other. Making sure they're the same kind for the same effect. Carefully I search through my food.
Remaining I have a package of dried beef, crackers, blueberries, half a rabbit, and a bag of apples. If I just have to bags of berries lying on the ground it'll be suspicious. What to do? A light bulb goes on above my head when a second plan formulates. I can make it look like my pack has a hole and is dropping stuff! I slowly begin to drop the stuff that I no longer need in a walking like path. The crackers, dried beef, plastic tarp, and even my sleeping bag. Sadly it won't help me here. Then I take another bag of berries, this one filled with blueberries I step into a trap.
I've got my knife to kill people, my apples, my rabbit, and my blueberries. I sigh and curl up beginning to meditate. Soon enough I hear loud footsteps and two voices. I smile and begin to put on my show. The two career tributes walk into the clearing, not having seen me yet.
"Coal I can't believe all this good stuff we're getting! What a loser just dropping all of their stuff."
"Yeah. Hey look at this food! Crackers and berries!" They both bend down and pick up the crackers and beef strips. Then they walk to the berries and pick them up. The trap springs and they're inside. This just got interesting. I guess I should pretend to have gotten caught too.
"Hi, I guess you two got caught too. So did I. Maybe we can work together to get out." I offer up the opening.
"Yeah maybe. Hey do you know if the stuff was part of the trap or?" Coal begins.
"I think it was part of the trap. I mean all the stuff looks useless to me. But luckily they were stupid enough to use food for bait." I open my bag of berries and pop some blueberries in. I love blueberries, they look just like poisonous ones so people are easily tricked.
"Yeah I can't believe it, we could last with this food." Kevin says. He then pops some berries into his mouth. I watch as he swallows them. Good, only twenty four hours left of the district two tribute. I try to hide my glee.
"Kevin those could be poisonous." I hear Coal say.
"Shut it 12, 6 is fine." Coal gives a skeptical look and ends up not eating the berries. Soon enough the anthem plays, and with it an announcement.
"Congratulations to all seven remaining tributes. I think that a feast is in order for your efforts. So tomorrow at sunrise there will be a feast at the cornucopia. May all be well and let the odds be ever in your favor!" A feast now I have to go to this!
"Hey Kevin do you have a sword that might work? To get us free?" He nods and breaks me free first.
"Okay I'll get you both free if we can be allies. Okay?" They both nod and I slice open their cages. They both tell me that that cornucopia's a fake. We all turn around and start walking to the real one.
Just before sunrise we reach the real cornucopia. We stare from behind bushes as the table clicks into place. On it are 7 bags with the numbers 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 12. As soon as the table is in place nobody comes out. Then a girl sprints out of the cornucopia and grabs the bag with a five quickly and leaves. Nobody goes after her. On a count of three me, Kevin, and Coal all sprint to the table. I grab my bag and pull out darts and bottles of poison smiling I get my new weapon ready. At the bottom of the bag is a note from grandfather. "Do what you have to do." I smile and turn around to a horror struck Kevin.
"How could you? I trusted you. You're worse than Kasi." He screams at me.
"Kevin, I, I don't understand." He tosses a crumpled up ball at me. It must be his note. I take the ball and uncrumple it.
Kevin my love,
I am sorry to say but you have been poisoned.
You will die at 3:52 PM.
As the only medicine to cure you is currently being made
we give you our deepest apologies and present to you this watch.
I know a watch is not what you may want but it will tell you how much time is left.
Oh Kevin I am sorry that you had to die.
I would have loved to be your girlfriend even if you are a jerk.
Goodbye Kevin remember me.
Love Angel.
Ps. Nick says kick ass out there for him while you still can.
I look up and see Kevin crying. He looks so sad. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost. He hurls the watch at me. I catch it and see the time 5:08. He still has time. 5 hours. I throw the watch back at him and am about to leave when he has his sword pointed at me.
"If I'm going down I'm not going without a fight."
"Kevin, you should know that I simply don't just fight. I kill." He nods and then says the smartest thing he'll probably ever say.
"Well seeing as I'm already going to die what do I have to lose? So don't worry about killing me again. The feeling's mutual." I give him a curt nod before taking a poisoned dart and a knife.
He gives me a weak smile and thrusts his sword at me. I easily block and kick him in the leg. Then I throw my dart at him. When it hits his arm he howls in pain. Nepton the poison on that dart burns anything it touches.
We continue to spar until I slice his hand off. He howls in pain. I then take that moment to pick his hand up and stick it in my pack. His appalled look is all I need to see the hatred in his eyes.
"You're mad!" He states. I don't agree or disagree. Instead I take his hand back out and slap his face with it.
"Why you hitting yourself?" Kevin now is angry and starts violently swiping his sword. I block and parry but it's not enough. I glance back to the table and see that all the backpacks but two have been taken. 9 and 12. Coal, he must be in trouble. I point this out to Kevin and all he does is smile and throw his sword at me. I'm about to sidestep when it hits my stomach.
Almost as if the sword had sped up my stomach is hit. I'm down on the ground and my stomach is in pain. Kevin walks up and picks up the sword. I hear him yell at me and kick me before walking away.
"That's for killing me!" He shouts and walks away. I know my stomach has been hit fatally. But if I'm going down at least I die with the comfort that Kevin went down with me. I smile and close my eyes for the last time.
Kevin Firestone's POV
After I'm sure Nathaniel isn't going anywhere I run towards the sound of screams. Just at I get there I run into Coal. He sees me crying and asks what happened. I toss him the note. Neither of us notice Kasi's sneaking off to the Cornucopia.
Coal looks livid when he's done and asks to see the watch. We both look at it. It's 6:52. I only have another 9 hours. Together we make our way back to the cornucopia to find Kasi's bag gone, Nathaniel's body on the ground and Coal's bag on the table.
A cannon goes off. We both know it's Nathaniel's. Slowly we make our way down to the beach and just sit there. I keep looking at the time. Only a few more hours. I know what I have to do to survive. I need to kill everyone else. But there's no way I can do that in six hours. I turn to Coal and realize he hasn't opened his bag yet. I beg him to do so and in the end he does.
He opens it up and inside is an oxygen like think with a tube attached. Coal's eyes widen when he sees it. He remains silent though as he reads his note.
"Get out of there alive. I love you doofus. Love your sister Virginia."
Coal finishes reading the note out loud. Then he says what it is. My eyes widen too in amazement. A flamethrower. He'll be able to win for me with it. I know he will. Coal shows me how it works. I smile in amazement.
Checking the watch I see I only have an hour left. I go in the waves and try to swim. When that fails I say good bye.
"Bye Nick bro. You've always been a good friend man. Mr., Mrs. Afterheart thanks for taking care of me all these years. And lastly my beautiful Angel. I love you and never will leave you. But don't worry about me I'll be fine. Make sure to date some smart handsome guy instead of me. I love you. Bye.
It was sunny out. Me and Angel were studying in the backyard. She was laughing and teasing me. I was playing along.
"Who won the 12th games?" She asked dreamily.
"I don't know Angel."
"Jake Mayou Kevin, try to remember. What district was he from?"
"District 5."
"No! He was from 7. At this point you'll never pass." It was then that I realized I loved Angel as I heard the wind whisper her name in my ear.
I smiled at that memory and found myself falling backwards. I look at the watch and see the time. 3:52. I close my eyes and welcome eternal sleep.
So how was that chapter. I bet no one expected that? Well down to the final five. I can't wait to get to the victor. On my profile is a new poll. Make sure you vote ASAP it'll be very important for the story. PM me if you vote so I can give you a shout out.
The Fallen this Chapter:
Nathanial Kaskill killed by Kevin Firestone
Kevin Firestone killed by Nathaniel Kaskill
The Overall Fallen:
Rye Grain killed by suicide
Rory Lockheart killed by Coal Hartsell
Randor Pencyn killed by Kevin Firestone
Lee Bengerson killed by Volos Belles
Volos Belles killed by Dessen Locklear
Valernia Lame killed by Kasi Pimonae
Terra Mason killed by Max Greene and Minnow Reedsworthy
Phoenix Depark killed by Nathaniel Kaskill
Dessen Locklear killed by an eelshark, Capitol mutt
Phoenyx Moore killed by Black Cob
Minnow Reedsworthy killed by Kasi Pimonae
Spruce Dejack killed by Max Greene and the Eletopus Capitol mutt
Sapphire Flash killed by Nathaniel Kaskill
Phlox Astridi killed by Kasi Pimonae
Black Cob killed by Max Greene
Max Greene killed by Willow Anner
Silk Hegry killed by Austin Steampuff's strength, the waves, and Leigh Marx's idea