Chapter 10

It's a clever move on the Gamemakers part, I'll admit. And I hate them for it.

Flint is protecting me with his body, one arm over my back and head, trying to shield me from the rocks. He's doing a good job shielding me, but we can't go on like this. What if this lasts for days? We'll die! One rock is all it would take. One rock on one insignificant part of my skull would kill me.

"Flint, I can't let you take the pain like this!" I cry. "We both know you can't!"

"I'm doing this to protect you! Just let me, OK?! I don't want you hurt!" He protests.

"Flint, what if the rain lasts days!? If we continue like this, we'll die! There's no question about it!" I shout. "There's only one place we can go, and you know exactly where I am talking about!" I cry, my voice breaking with the shouting. The rain is so loud and squirrel is still screaming.

"The Cornucopia." he says.

"Yes." I answer.

There's no other solution. We could walk through this forest for days and it wouldn't stop until the Capitol had seen some bloodshed.

We're running through the forest, covering our heads. The rocks raining down from the skies are becoming larger and heavier and they hurt more and more with each drop. I'm betting it isn't long until they start becoming hot and volcanic. If that happens… one blow to the head would kill us.

I scream as a very large rock falls in front of me. If that had been a direct hit, I'd be dead. Very dead. At the very least, I'd be in some kind of torturous coma, unable to think, unable to speak, unable to move. And I'm not having that. So we keep on running.

The rocks hurt so much. They're raining down on my back and it's making me numb. I can feel the bruises already forming.

"We have to stop!" Flint shouts.

"We can't! It won't get any better if we stop! We have to get moving! The cornucopia is the only shelter!" I yell back to him. We keep running.

I'm crying. It hurts so much, and I can't do this anymore. I can't do this. I can't do this. I could just lie down here right now and let the rain take me.

And then I see it. The cornucopia, glinting in the moonlight, is up ahead. And it looks as if we're the first ones here, which is all the better. Now the cornucopia is ours to defend.

"Come on!" I scream to Flint. No reply. "Flint?" I ask turning. And then I scream again.

"FLINT! FLINT NO!" I scream as I see him lying on the ground. A rock embedded in his skull.

I run over to him and grab him by the arms, pulling him into the cornucopia. I lean over him and scramble around his chest, searching for his heartbeat. I'd guess he has a minute, maybe even a few, left.

I've lost him.

"FLINT! FLINT! Flint… Flint please don't go! Please… Please don't leave me here!" I cry. His eyes flutter open and he stares blankly at me. His mouth opens slightly and he tries to speak. The tears are rolling down my cheeks, and there's no way I'm going to be able to stop them.

"Stay with me." I beg. He closes his mouth and I can see the tears forming in his eyes. The rain is still falling outside.

I wonder if it will ever stop.

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