Another night, another nightmare. This dream was of Vixen dying, surrounded by flames.
I screamed at my coffee maker because it wasn't going fast enough. My assistant shook me awake because she said something interesting was going on.
"Just before you fell asleep, Rue warned Katniss about the Tracker-Jacker nest. During the anthem, Katniss received a gift, but she didn't know because she was busy cutting the branch with the nest. She didn't get stung because the smoke hazed the Tracker-Jackers. She didn't finish. You are just here in time for their plans to go in action!"
I quickly sit down.
"Rue!" Catnip whispered. "Rue!" Rue's eye shoot open. They make signs with their hands. Rue nods and jumps from tree to tree. My God that girl is like a squirrel! Catnip starts sawing the branch, working quickly. She gets stung. CRACK! The branch broke. She sticks out the branch, and, let go.
The first to wake up screams and goes crazy. The second goes crazy as well. Then someone has the sense to scream, "TO THE LAKE!" and drops everything and runs. Poor things. The Tracker-Jackers follow in close pursuit. Two stay. One stays behind and starts shooing them away with her bow. She collapses. The other one is in a coma. Catnip hops down from the tree. She has several stings, but nothing compared to the girls' stings. She wobbles and runs over to the girl with the bow. She breaks several bones to get that thing. Then, the girl dies. Catnip works faster. The hovercraft appears just after she freed the bow. All of a sudden, Peanut crashes through the trees screaming at her to run. She does. 5 minutes later, she collapses into a deep sleep.
I turn my attention to Peanut. Capo(I think that's his name.) just appeared, visibly mad at Peanut for letting her off the hook.
"Strike 2. On more time and i'll maul you." He screeches.
"Oh, what a show! that'll last the Capitol for a while!" I say, leaning back in by chair. "Status of Vixen."
"Spying on the Career's hoard of materials. The boy from 10, the one with the lame leg, is retrieving the medicine for the Tracker-Jacker stings. Vixen got stung once. But, had those leaves to heal them quickly."
I cringe and nod. She had the sense to remove the stingers. It could have been worse. Much, Much worse.
A couple of days later, I watched Vixen die of Tracker-Jackers, blood loss, and starvation. At least it was in my dreams.
"Status of Katniss." She was still alive, but in a coma-like sleep for days now.
"Waking up."
"Status of both from 11."
"Rue is near Katniss, and Thresh is better than before the games."
"Status of Male 12."
"Getting in trouble with Cato."
I raise an eyebrow. I zoom in on the current Career Camp, not the one at the Cornucopia. They are staying the night in the forest.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH MY SWORD!"
"I was washing it for you!"
"OH, SURE! I BET YOU PUT POISON SPIKES ON IT!" Cato raged.
"I did not!"
"THAT'S STRIKE THREE!" Cato chased Peeta down the riverbed. Peeta almost was out of sight from Cato, but then Cato sped up and delivered a devastating blow to Peeta's leg. Peeta fell down and was knocked out. Cato marched back to camp.
"Status of Vixen."
"She's good. Right now she's stealing from the Career's stash."
"What?!" My heart pounding, I zoom over to her. She's jumping around the Cornucopia with her backpack bulging. What is she doing? Then I remember the mines. She darts away into the forest. I sigh with relief. thank goodness she wasn't blown to smithereens. But I think the Capitol would of liked that.
