Chapter 5; The Careers

I was wearing a sliver and black overall. I was waiting to go into the tube when someone entered the room.
It was Mona, Penelope and Tara. I was really glad to see them.
"Are you nervous?" Penelope asked sarcastically.
Ofcourse I was nervous. I was scared as fuck.
"How do you think?" I answered.
"Listen when you get there, take the spear, backpack and run away as fast as possible." Tara said.
"Many people die in the first minute which is Bloodbath, you are strong enough to survive going there." She added.
"Alright thanks."
"Good luck, Harvey. We're betting on you." Mona said with tears in her eyes.
The tube opened, the time came.
"Thank you guys, I couldn't ask for a better team." I said.
"Stay alive, Hav." Penelope said as she also had tears in her eyes.

I went inside the tube and it started going up.

I appeared on a big beach.
I knew that it was a beach because of the smell and sound of waves. The sea wasn't visible from here.
We had 10 seconds.

...8...
I spotted a spear and a backpack near to me.

...6...
The careers' were far from my pod.

...5...
Brutus wasn't close ethier.

...2...
Focus Harvey.

...0.

Everyone rushed into the Cornucopia. I grabbed the spear and the backpack.
People around me were fighting and killing.
A boy from 11 tried to attack me with a knife but I pinned him to the ground and  stabbed his stomach.
While I was sprinting away from the Cornucopia, Felice tried to throw a knife at me but I managed to not get hit.

I've been running for I don't how long. I've been hearing a lot of cannons each second.
Then I stopped and looked around. There were many cliffs there with small caves. The biggest clif had a lighthouse on it. I got inside one of them, it was very small but that's even better because no will see me this way. It was kind of hot there so I didn't need to worry about lighting a fire. I looked inside my backpack. There was a sleeping bag, a knife, rope and a bottle where you could put water in. All of these things are quite useful.
The cannons were firing one by one. I knew that the sea is near. I'm a great swimmer so it would be an advantage.
I looked at my spear.
It was covered in blood.
Blood of that 18 year old boy from District 11.
I don't even know his name.
I started crying, I have never felt so guilty before my entire life. I killed a child, I took his life away. I knew thay sooner or later that had to happen but I still couldn't forgive myself for it.

When I was sleeping I was getting flashbacks of dead face of that kid from 11. I woke up and saw the fallen tributes on the sky;

Tiana from District 2
Boy from District 11
Boy from District 3
Boy from District 3
Boy from District 5
Boy from District 6
Girl from District 5
Girl from District 8
Boy from District 6
Girl from District 8
Girl from District 10
Girl from District 10
Girl from District 12

I cried after seeing that kid's face on sky but I knew that I had to get myself together in order to survive.
Tiana from the careers didn't survive the Bloodbath. It was obvious that she wouldn't make it far.
I went back to sleep.

...

I woke up and started searching for water and food. I figured out that going into the lighthouse isn't a smart idea because many people probably are there. Brutus and the careers are still alive so I had watch my back.
I heard a cannon in distance.
"Hey guys look who's here!" I heard Earl's voice coming near me.
Fuck.
He and other careers  (without Tiana) came.
"A boy that dared rejected us."
Earl was holding a sword, Felice throwing knives and Ginger had a knife.
I didn't stand a chance.
"End him, Earl!" Felice yelled.
He pinned me to the ground. I tried to escape or block him with my spear but nothing worked.
"Where do we start?" He smiled like psychopath.
Earl started cutting my arm with his sword. I wanted to scream from pain but I didn't say a thing.
While desperately trying to escape I stabbed his leg with my spear.
He screamed from pain and I got up.
"Motherfuce-" Earl tried to say something through pain.
I knew that I would be able to take all three of them even if I managed to kill Earl.
Then I noticed a Tracker Jakcer hive near us.
That's my only chance to get out of here.
I threw my spear into the hive.

That's when the hell started.

Everyone started screaming and running around.
I took my spear and just when I started running away I felt a sting in my neck.

I kept running.
I was disoriented, I didn't know what was happening.
A cannon fired.
My only thought was to get to the sea.
The sea was near but my legs were weak and I fell down.
I was crawling desperately trying to reach the water.
I saw Rose standing in the distance, suddenly I was back in District 4.
"Rose...." I whispered.
I wanted to close my eyes and I was ready to die when I felt something cold on my neck.

With each second I started to stop hallucinating and began to understand what was happening.
Someone was carrying me and splashing water over my sting.
When I was finally able to see and think clearly, I saw Philip above me.
"Are okay bro?" He asked.
"Philip?"
"Yeah, it's me."
I realized that I was lying on the shore of the sea in his arms.
"You saved me, thank you." I said, I was very grateful and glad that there's at least one person who doesn't want to kill me.
"Who died?" I asked while getting up.
"Earl, I don't think the careers will come to you again soon." He said.
"Ginger and Felice live?"
"Yes."
"Looks like they left their friend to die, main reason why I didn't want to join them." I replied.
"Can't blame you."
"I have some supplies I can share with you but I don't have any medicine for your arm." He added.
"Why are you helping me?" I asked.
"Let's say I want this to be won by someone like you. You don't fight for fun, you're not a bad person." Philip answered.

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