PoV: Scar

Etho and Joel leave us alone for the entire day. Cub's asleep for most of it, exhausted. I don't blame or wake him; he's been staying awake for me for too long. He deserves rest.

His shoulder isn't too bad, thankfully, and a few layers of the bandages we stole help. I use a bit of water too to clean out the wounds. I know we don't have much, but this is a good use of it. I fight the urge to drink some too. I'm not too thirsty yet.

I try making a trap in the direction of Etho and Joel. As fun as it was at the time, they're a threat. I've put Cub and myself in danger by taking their stuff.

But the medicine really helped us.

As time continues on, I resolve to just wait for what will happen, heaving myself up into a tree and looking out, bow aimed, for danger.

'Scar?' Cub's voice cuts through my thoughts a while later. I give a small scream, barely staying in the tree.

'Uh- hey.' I slip down, a flash of pain from my broken leg as I hit the ground. Cub's frowning, sitting up.

'We have bandages?'

'Yeah, we stole them from Etho and Joel. Does your arm hurt?'

'No, not really.'

'Oh, that's great!'

'Leg?'

'A bit. It's getting better though.' I add at Cub's expression. 'I can walk on it just...' I wince as I put pressure on the leg. 'It hurts.'

'Sit down... you're going to hurt it more.' After a moment thinking of defence, I do, taking a seat on the grass next to Cub. 'And I'm taking the next shift awake.'

'No you're not.'

'Your leg is still hurt. And you took this one.'

'Yeah, but you saved my life? You literally carried me to safety.'

'I wasn't going to let you die. It's the only thing I could've done.' He blinks at me like it was nothing. I give a laugh.

'You care too much about me for your own good. I've been getting us into trouble too much.'

'You're not dead. And we came here to cause chaos. We can't stop now.'

'No, we can't.' I admit. 'We're the Convex. We don't stop being chaotic until this is over.' My hand rests on the vex pin and I smile.

'The audience will either love us or hate us.' Cub adds. 'Depending on how much they actually show... maybe we've barely been onscreen and they've been focussed on...' A shrug. 'Focused on Grian single-handedly taking over the career base and kicking them all out to fend for themselves.'

'He would do that... he seems smart enough to do that.'

'And he's chaotic enough when he stops acting how the Capitol wants. I know he hates them as much as we do. He's just too scared to admit it.'

'Yeah...'

I feel like there's something else he's going to say, but doesn't. I don't speak either, trying to find the words.

'Cub?'

'Yeah?'

'Thanks for saving me so many times.'

'Why wouldn't I save you?' He replies. 'You're my friend.'

'And I'm getting you into trouble.'

'Chaos. We just agreed it was chaos, not trouble.' I sigh, knowing he's right, even though he's only hurt because of me. I got him hurt. I can't get over how I got him hurt by acting recklessly.'

'Fine... but I owe you. Whenever you're next in trouble I save your life.'

'Nah, it's fine.'

'I'm in your debt.' I insist. 'You're the only reason I'm alive. If you died, I don't know what I'd do.'

He doesn't reply, though I can tell he wants to tell me something.

'You'd be fine. It's not like I'm going to win.'

'Cub...'

'The Capitol won't let me win. I'm here to show anyone considering resistance that it's bad. Not win. I'm only here to make you win.'

'I'm not going to win...'

'You're smart, fast, good with a bow...'

'I broke my leg! I can't go fast.' I don't know why I'm arguing but sigh, staring at the grass beneath me instead.

'You're tired.'

'I'm fine.' I lie. 'I'm just... stressed.'

'Sleep. I'll take the next shift.'

'Cub, you're-'

'We're both hurt. And I'm happy to stay awake and be on look out if it means you're happier.'

'You're too nice.'

'So are you. Sleep.'

'Fine!' I laugh as I close by eyes. 'We need to stop insisting that the other person goes to sleep though.'

'True... I'll wake you if anything happens.'

'Thanks.'

And I slowly drift asleep.

OH MY GOODNESS THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST CHAPTER I'VE WRITTEN IN AGES-

I need a break from this book-