I wake to Alex shaking me. She is looking over me and I see it is still dark "What?" I groan.
"Your turn to watch" she says with a yawn.
"OK" I say as I sit up. She smiles before yawning and falling asleep next to me. I stand and stretch my stiff bones. I am beginning to ache from the running yesterday. I take a bottle of water and stake a seat on the rock formation which I have dubbed 'The Hanger' and take a sip of the water.
I wonder what the day will bring. Who will die? There are 15 of us left and a lot die of in the first couple days because they haven't found water or food. The ones who make it a week are the survivors and that's when the real games begin.
Though this isn't always the situation. I remember being forced to watch a recap of the 76th games. The games were over within 4 days. I think that was to teach the districts discipline after the second failed rebellion.
I take another sip and then I set the bottle down. I look up and see the stars still shining through the leaves. I wonder what time it is. It can't be much longer until sunrise. Even at night it is warm. I wonder if the Gamemakers will get us all used to the warm weather and drop the temperature drastically to see if we can cope with it. No, it take that back. I don't want to jinx anything.
How long will it be until we put our plan in action and take out the careers? Or at least try. We should see what happens tomorrow, because if we want to make sure us outer district tributes, minus 12 and 8, stand a chance. We need to do it fast.
Snap!
I spin my head and I hear footsteps. There seems to only be one pair, so I grab my knife and get up. I creep towards the steps and find a small figure strolling alone. I get a closer looks and notice that it is Micro from 3. Her eyes look tired and she looks like she would faint any second now.
She doesn't seem to have a weapon, but she does have a bag. I keep my knife out for precaution before stepping out of hiding. "Hey" I whisper. She freezes and then spins around, her face looking horrified.
"No, don't kill me" she shouts.
"Be quiet, I am not going to kill you" I tell her. She nervously looks at my knife so I slip it into my belt. "Are you thirsty?" I ask her.
"Yes, I haven't had a drink since before the launch" she replies, seeming a little more comfortable now.
"Do you have a bottle?" I ask.
"Yes, but I haven't found any water" she replies as she takes a bottle out of her bag.
"Let me go and get you some" I say. She hesitantly passes me the bottle so I go back to camp and fill it up before adding a drop of iodine. Her bottle is bigger than ours so it should last a while. I head back and see her chewing on a piece of dried meat. "Here you go" I say as I hand her the bottle. "You will have to wait half an hour for the iodine to rid it of any toxins, but it should be fine after that."
"Thank you so much" she says as she puts the bottle in her bag. She turns and walks off. I want to invite her to stay, but if we are going to attack the careers, she is too defenceless to escape. She would die and I can't have that on my conscience as well as the boy I killed yesterday.
I head back to camp and take a seat on the rock again. I look down at the faces of my allies. Each one seems to be a peace in their sleep. I wonder if these people will haunt me when they die. Because they will die for me to get home. What about home? Will everyone still support me if I win? Will Venia see me as a sister or a monster? This alone brings on tears. I wipe them away and look to the sky once more.
BOOM!
It startles me at first because it is still dark. I wonder who it was. Was it Micro? Did she walk into another tributes path? I won't know until tonight now. I take another sip of water before looking to the sky again. I wonder what the day will bring!
A/N: I know this chapter is short, but I just ran out of things to write while she is taking watch. The chapters will return to normal next time. until then~