Part 32
When he is done hurting me, he moves on to the next part of his plan, bait. He kept me tied up and took me to the cornucopia. I waited as he ate his breakfast. He ate everything I had in my backpack, plus the stuff he had. I'm starving, but I don't dare even look at the food. Suddenly, he speaks up, "You know, I have wanted to kill you since you got that training score. Even thought of doing it before the games, but that would have been a bad choice. So, I made it a goal to get you first, but that didn't happen. I didn't even see you here the first day. What pedestal were you on?" He asks me. So he doesn't know what happened that morning. "I was never given one. I didn't exactly, fight. I had an accident that morning and I got knocked out. So they hid me in a bush. They gave me some supplies and that where I stayed until the second day. That's where I shot the girl from 4." I tell him. He looks like he is remembering that day. He smiles and says "Oh yeah, I wonder how we missed you." Then he reaches for more rope.
He ties my feet together and raps some cloth around my mouth. This is where we get Peeta. He says with an evil grin. He picks me up and I look at the sun. High in the sky, I can tell it is noon. He sets me in the opening of the cornucopia and goes back. I turn and see him standing there holding a sword. "Turn around!" He hisses at me, and I do. I look ahead and I wait. Claudius Templesmith's voice booms over the speakers. "This also is not being aired. All the tributes are along the woods of the cornucopia, or by the cornucopia themselves. It's time. Let the real games begin." And his voice cuts off. So Peeta is here, probably looking at me right now. Probably cursing under his breath, mad that I left. I sit and wait. After about 5 minutes, Thresh is the first to show himself. I don't think Cato can see him because he is running for me. If Cato saw him, he would have stopped him from messing with his bait. Thresh is running toward me and I think he will go in for the death blow. Attracting Peeta to run for me, Cato to kill Thresh and Peeta and win. It's all over. But instead, he scoops me up and runs off with me. I look at him trying to scream, but nothing is coming out. He doesn't even glance at me as he runs back from where he came from. He gets there and sets me down, untying me. He pulls the rag from my mouth and another pair of hands grabs me from behind.