Chapter 18
The day ended earlier than I expected, the gamemakers probably wanted to speed things up.
After a few miles of walking, I sat down and opened the bags that I had.
In my bag I found a water bottle, I took a sip before doing anything else. I haven't drink anything for the whole day.
Next bag belonged to Thresh. It also had a bottle of water, looks like we weren't the only ones with that problem.
The bag with number 5 on it, had some cheese inside. I was happy to see it, I have been eating hunted animals for over a week.
All of these landed in my backpack.
I took a glance at my knife that I got from Clove. That's all that I have left of her. I take a deep breath, thought about Clove's death makes me want to cry.
The sky goes dark, I am exhausted. Sleeping alone feels weird, for the first time I will sleep through the whole night.
Before, I do that however, the anthem of the Panem starts playing. Two faces are shown on the sky, Clove's and girl's from 5.
I can't even think of the games anymore, I have to regenerate my strength.
I quickly fall asleep.
I didn't feel like getting up but I was still in the middle of the games. There was no break from that.
I open my eyes and open my bag. I eat a piece of the cheese.
I had to get my thoughts together.
I was alone. Cato, Marvel, Marina or Clove weren't there to help me anymore.
I think of Marvel, Marina and Clove. They're watching me but not like Luster, they're watching me from above. Maybe it's selfish of me to think that but I think that they would want me to win over Cato.
None of them fully trusted Cato, Clove even wanted to kill him.
Marvel, Clove, Marina, Luster, Amy, Cashmere, Ruby those people are counting on me.
There are four people who are still in the games.
Cato, Thresh, me and Katniss.
Katniss.
What is she doing?
How did she survive so far?
Doesn't matter, whoever she meets with, she won't survive.
I wonder why Cato didn't kill Thresh yet. I don't remember any of their faces on the sky.
Did Thresh managed to hide?
I then hear something, it's a package from sponsors.
I ran up to it, the box seems to be bigger than usual.
I open it and first read the small note.
"From District 2"
I look inside and find pieces of some sort of armour.
It's done so well, the skin on it feels as if it was from a real animal.
I put it on, there are three parts, the on your legs, stomach and hands.
The armour is hard but it doesn't make it difficult to move around.
District 2 makes weapons after all, they know how to make armour too.
I smile knowing that it's my relationship with Clove made them send that.
I pack my things and get ready to walk around the arena.
There aren't many animals but it isn't as hot as it was before.
I have to be ready for the final shutdown. It can happen anytime, since there aren't many tributes left.
I want the games to end as soon as possible. I am tired of it but I don't really miss my old life. I miss Luster and Amy.
I need to win to go back and finally achieve what I was wanting for so long. I came too far to lose now.
I decided to not waste this day even though, I might not find anyone.
I took out a knife and drew figures of people on them.
With that done, I began to shoot arrows at them. This was a good way to train my skills, especially that the finale is coming.
I remember when I was performing to the Gamemakers. I think that if I did it now, I would get a higher score. Now I have anger and adrenaline that makes me stronger.
What could possibly Katniss do to earn that stupid 11?
Did she used all the weapons that were there? Not like I couldn't do that.
I keep shooting my arrows until it gets dark. Ofcourse, I don't forget to take them back, I wouldn't want to lose any of them.
No faces were shown on the sky that night, Cato still didn't kill Thresh.
Did Thresh drank the sleeping syrup?
That would only kill him faster, right?
The next day, I eat my breakfast which includes cheese and some water. The cheese isn't a lot but it's enough for only me at least for three days. The games will end soon anyway.
I don't cut the cheese, I rip it with my hands. I don't want to use the same knife that I will use to kill someone that I cut cheese with. I'm not that crazy, although, it sounds like something that Clove would do.
I have seen her eating with her knives in the past.
After a short walk, the sky gets darker pretty soon. However, something feels off when wind starts heavily blowing. It soon began to rain and I knew that I had to find a shelter.
But where?
I'm in the middle of woods, the Cornucopia is too far away.
I walk through the arena, the cold win blows in my face. I hear thunders in the distance. The last thing that I need right now is a thunderstorm. What's comforting is that despite being in the middle of the woods, the thunder won't hit me unless the gamemakers want it to.
Why did they decide to do it?
For the show ofcourse but I doubt if it is supposed to kill anyone of us. The wind isn't heavy enough to pull down a tree and the thunders seem to be at the very end of the arena.
Trying to get anywhere in that weather feels exhausting. Then I see something in the distance.
It looks like a small shelter made from sticks and leaves.
I ran up to it and don't find anyone inside. Who left that there? There seem to be small place there but enough to sit down.
The shelter doesn't look strong but all the sticks are tied to the ground with rocks. Someone was prepared for a situation like this.
I try to rest but can't help to worry about the whole thing falling apart.
Sooner or later, I fall asleep and wake up to the sound of Panem anthem.
I open my eyes and see one person.
The bring light says:
"District 11 Male"
With Thresh's face in the background
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