Games

by mockinjay14

When the time comes, I'm sure I'll kill just like everybody else. I can't go down without a fight. Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to show the Capitol they don't own me. That I'm more than just a piece in their Games. This is Peeta's story during The Hunger Games. I don't own The Hunger Games or any of it's characters.

12. Chapter 12

Chapter 12

I'm woken when I feel sharp pain spreading through my body. My eyes open, expecting the carriers have turned on me, since they practically have Katniss. But instead, I find insects everywhere. Tracker Jackers.

A Tracker Jacker is like a wasp except the Capitol genetically altered them to make them more deadly. When stung, the venom will cause you to hallucinate and if your stung too many times, you will die.

I pull myself to my feet, and run to the lake, with Cato, Clove, and Marvel at my side. I notice Glimmer and the girl from Four aren't with us. They're probably dead, or hallucinating through a long, painful death.

Marvel stops running. "Where are the girls?"

The rest of us stop running. "This is Katniss's fault." Cato yells and runs back to the sight. The rest of us follow. I get a head of the others. I position my spear. The Tracker Jackers are gone. I find Katniss with Glimmer's bow and arrows. I put the spear down to my side. The other carriers are far behind me.

"What are you still doing here?" I hiss. "Are you mad? Get up! Get up!" I yell and push Katniss away from me. She needs to go before they catch up with me and kill both of us. "Run!" I scream. "Run!"

Cato makes his way over. I try to keep my balance. I watch as Katniss starts to run. Cato runs past me, he's after Katniss. I take the spear and stab Cato's arm.

"I knew it!" Cato screams. "Your a traitor!" Cato slashes me with his sword, just as the other carriers see us.

"Cato, what happened?" Clove asks.

"He's a traitor, he was protecting her!" says Cato. "That's why we haven't killed her yet. Peeta was leading us away from her the whole time!"

Clove screams and runs towards me. Cato grabs Clove's wrist, pulling her to a stop. "No, I stabbed him with my sword. He will die. He betrayed us, he deserves to die slow and painfully."

Clove crosses her arms.

"I agree." says Marvel.

Clove sighs. "I guess."

I watch as they stagger towards the lake, the opposite direction Katniss went. I wince. The cut hurts, more than my mother ever hurt me, and I think that says a lot. At least Katniss is safe.