Pop Goes The Weasel

Aluma Blue-District 9

I crunched on the dandelions that I found in the meadow along with the others. This was Day 2 and we had to keep up our strengths if one of us was going to survive and win this thing. I had Rowan and Akiko waiting for their big sister to come back home; they were my responsibility to take care of. I couldn't let them down. Both were too young to survive and innocent but I was their big sister so I had to survive.

I remembered mom and their smiles shone through the darkness and it made my smile falter as it brought back painful memories but at least it was a reminder of mom though. Something that was long gone but I would come back.

"Are you sure this food is safe?" Saya inquired, staring at the dandelions she had in her hands. Luckily, I knew a few foods that were edible and poisonous but I doubt it would be helpful. Nowhere really was safe to be anywhere.

We were only two days in and 23 was already dead, if I counted correctly but I had a tendency of skipping over numbers so I could have counted wrong but there was at least 47 more deaths until one of us could go back home and live with nightmares.

"I'm positive," I said, munching on the dandelions. If it was going to kill us it would be done already but the fact that we weren't dead yet scared me. Maybe my hard work payed off or something? Or the gamemakers was tired of the deaths that has been happening.

"Okay," Saya said, warily, taking a small bite of the dandelions in hestinance.

"Is it raining?" TJ suggested.

I looked up and saw no rain clouds above us but this was crazy. "Flash flood!"

TJ Vitras-District 6

I thought I was going crazy feeling a bit of water on me every few minutes but I didn't paid no mind to it. It was only when it started getting worse, feeling more sprinkles of water but it was odd of how the others didn't pay no mind to it though. I was probably going crazy.

The Hunger Games often played a part where tributes gone insane whether inside or once the tribute won, but it was such a common factor that I didn't know what to believe. Maybe it was due to Carlos and I killing someone before the reaping happened; but it was for a good reason though. Nothing good ever happened in the arena; everyone knew that for a fact. It was all for a play that the Capitol forced us to do.

"Run!" Carlos shouted, grabbing the bag we managed to grab before the full bloodbath happened. I was getting soaked, I could feel it from the tribute's jacket they gave us. It made my skin cold which probably wasn't a good thing.

The water was faster than us, I heard the scream that sounded like a girl's scream, possibly Aluma's or Saya's but there really wasn't any hiding spots left as the gamemakers were making us run away or go closer to each other. I didn't know but I knew I had to keep on running.

"Do you know the girl's scream was?" I asked Carlos once the water receded away, modifying itself into what it was previously. Just a river that probably was dangerous knowing the amount of deaths though.

"It could be anyone's," Carlos said. He was right, we wouldn't know until once they broadcasted the fallen but there was 23 maybe more now gone. It was getting closer and this was probably a record though. "Any sign of Aluma or Saya?"

I declined. Too bad, they were good company though; even though I tried to flirt with Saya a bit but it wasn't like it helped. Was an alliance that consisted of four now dwindled to two. I expected that they would have lasted a bit longer but I supposed the gamemakers really wouldn't allow it this year. It was every man for himself but Carlos and I would stick together. We were thick as thieves.

"We should go before the flood comes back," Carlos said.

We agreed and abandoned our spot, hoping to find somewhere else. Nowhere was safe.

"Where should we go?" Carlos asked.

"The beach or the forest?"

"Haven't you realized that the most deaths happened in the forest though, it would explain how often the hovercraft visits there, picking up the deceased," Carlos murmured. He did had a point though, the hovercraft did visit the forest quite often.

"You're probably right."

The sky darkened, to reveal the faces of the girl from 1, a boy from 2, Aluma, Saya, the 2nd girl from 11, 2 boys from 11, and a girl from 12. That was 8 deaths in the second day. At least deaths should be slowing down, hopefully.

Eulogies:

48 Place: Aluma Blue drowned by the flood

Aluma was a good tribute, she had a lot of struggles though with her mother dying to getting taken away from her father after her father failed to take care of them, taking care of her siblings to now dying in the Hunger Games. I really liked her but I'm sorry that she couldn't survive. Thank you sky for her.

47 Place: Saya Beckett drowned by the flood

Saya was a character that was complex which I really liked. I really wish that I could bring her out more but I guess 47th place isn't bad for her. She had a lot going for her and I'm sad to see her go so soon and I know people liked her which I know I did. Thank you Misfit-Right-in for her.

You would not believe what I had to go through to get this chapter uploaded. 36 more deaths. And now we are in day 3 next chapter