Chapter 10
We walk through the woods for a few hours. "I'm tired!" wines Glimmer.
Marvel yawns. "Yeah. We should call it a night."
Cato nods. "Fine, but you all wake up when I say so."
Clove throws herself into the dirt.
No one takes watch, and that seems dangerous. So I stay up, prepared to run at any moment. I'd leave the carriers if I were in danger. I'm not afraid of any of the non carriers, except Thresh, and maybe Katniss.
Thresh is the male tribute from District Eleven. Even if he was weaponless, I think he could kill all of us, just with his hands. And Katniss, I'm pretty sure she went to the Cornucopia, and I know she could do damage with any weapon, even if she didn't get the bow and arrows.
Hours go by. Cato sits up, and notices me. "What are you doing awake?" he asks.
"I was taking guard." I tell him.
"Why?" he asks.
"Thresh," I say.
Cato nods. "We should be more careful, your right."
I yawn. Cato gives me a bandage for my cut, and shakes everyone awake.
Marvel looks around and grins. "Check it out, smoke." he says pointing.
It's dawn, it's still dark outside, but I can still see the smoke clearly. Then, we're running toward the smoke. I trip over a log. Everyone stops, I stand up quickly and everyone starts running again.
We see the girl, curled up by the fire. She looks peaceful. Clove laughs. The girl jumps up looking panicked. They step closer to her, weapons drawn. I step forward too, and notice pain in my leg. I must have hurt myself when I tripped.
The girl starts pleading, almost like I did. But she doesn't have anything to offer the carriers. Cato stabs the girl with his sword, she screams in pain. She falls down once Cato pulls the sword out.
"Nicely done, Cato." says Clove. Marvel and Glimmer congratulate him as well. The girl from District Four stays silent. We walk off to a clearing. We stand in silence, waiting for the girls cannon.
"Shouldn't we have heard a cannon by now?" Glimmer asks.
"I'd say yes. Nothing to prevent them from going in immediately." says Clove.
"Unless she isn't dead." says Marvel.
"She's dead. I stuck her myself." says Cato.
"Then where's the cannon?" asks Marvel.
"Someone should go back. Make sure the jobs done." says Clove.
"Yeah, we don't want to track her down twice." says Glimmer.
"I said she's dead!" Yells Cato. Everyone starts arguing.
"We're wasting time! I'll go finish her and let's move on!" I say.
Something rustles in a tree near us.
"Go on, then, Lover Boy, see for yourself." says Cato.
I walk back in the direction of the girl. When I get to the spot, the girl still lays there. She must have been knocked unconscious from blood loss, or too much pain. Pain, Peeta, she's in pain, and you'd be helping her if you killed her. She wont survive this wound.
I take a deep breath and stab the girl with my knife. I stab as deep as I can, to make sure I didn't just cause her more pain. I check her heartbeat. It's slowing. I walk back to the clearing.
"Was she dead?" asks Cato.
I shake my head. "No. But she is now." A cannon sounds. I swallow my spit. I just killed someone. "Ready to move on?"
We walk away and find a place to camp for the night. Everyone lays down and falls asleep. I thought Cato said we'd be more careful. I sigh and sit down. I didn't get any sleep before. I don't care if we're attacked anymore. When I die, Katniss is closer to her victory. Closer to District Twelve.
I smile and fall asleep.