Chapter 10
Bale
"A monkey... That's what I get... A god damn monkey." Bale cursed furiously. His monkey was brown, little, and cant fight at all. That was his pet, the one they promised to all the tributes in the second day, they dropped in cages, only Bale hoped he'd get something better, like a tamed wolf, a bear, anything that would help him win. Bale was hiding under a tree, with bushes all over him. He ran away immedietly when the games began, didn't even bother going ahead,he was in the outer circle which made it even easier for him to run away. Bale haven't ate a thing since the game began, he was very hungry. But luckily he found a water source half a mile away from his tree, he was in the east, where the forest had been. He made a pointy stick from a small tree trunk. It was the only thing he had, he would drink water with his hands, untill he made a bucket of wood earlier this day before the monkey came.
Bale heard rustling in the leaves. 'Someone walking there' Bale held his breath, grew silent, in his bush under the trees, dark, no one could see him. Or so he hoped. As the noises came closer and closer, Bale started sweating more and more. "Lets make camp here. That's safer then the cave there." Bale heard someone say. "Sure, although, there isn't food in those trees and bushes, might be someone was here?" He heard another voice say. "Well we can just make camp for the night and move out tomorrow" the first voice said, the other one agreed. They started appearing on Bale's sight, he saw them now. Bale's monkey came out of the bush, making lots of noise and getting the two people to look at the monkey, towards him. 'This stupid monkey I swear I'm going to have a fine meal out of him tomorrow if I'm still alive.' He thought, hungry.
The monkey ran away before the two could kill it and eat it, good for Bale that is. When it was dark, they were sleeping, he made sure they were snoring before he took a step out, he approached them, dark eyes. He suddenly noticed who the first one is,'Wooli!' He thought. He saw their goodies. A dagger, a bow, and a huge axe. They had piles of food around them, that's probably the reason they didn't chase the monkey for too long. He found a squirrel beside the other guy-girl? It was a girl! Astonished, he looked more closely, it was Leena! Bale almost didn't realize her because of how she cut her hair. Her clothes were dirty, and she was snoring asleep.
Bale took a dagger and some food in his pocket, he went away, then he thought he might be able to kill them before he go away, he turned back, warily, slowly, moved closer and closer to Wooli, he was snoring loud as ever. Bale got his dagger high up, with all his force he struck him in the chest to the left, where his heart is, he closed his mouth so he couldn't make any noise. It was so bloody the blood reached Leena but she didn't seem to move, she was fast asleep. Bale was thinking of killing her as well, when he was close enough a cannon shot, furiously, it woke Leena up and a wolf came running behind Bale, furious, barking.
Bale ran as fast as he can, he was so afraid he thought he stumbled a hundred times, but he never actully did. He ran a mile or two, past the river, where the wolf couldn't chase him, through the trees, and finally he reached the mountains, he climbed up, up until he thought he was safe, then he took camp between two stones lined up against each other. The light shimmered in the middle of the night, names started coming up: Henna of the capitol, Steman of the capitol, Skarnet of the capitol, Norlas of the capitol, Maggy of the capitol. Stalla district 2, Sara district 11, Florren district 7, Borris district 5, Karma district 5, Wooli district 12. All those people's names shone up in the sky, all those dead people, he put one of them up there...Scared, sad, crying until he slept.