Chapter Thirty: The Hunger Games ( Part Two)
This will be the girls' point of view. I'll do the boys later.
Moon's View:
Moon looked around the arena. The Cornucopia was in the huge meadow surrounded by the trees, which led to the forest. Each tribute was on a platform that surrounded the Cornucopia. Moon took a quick survey of the weapons from a distance.
There were lots of different knives with different types of blades hanging on one of the walls. Next to them were a variety of swords and katanas. On another wall, there were different sized axes. There were also tridents and some other weapons Moon had never heard or seen of. Right in the middle, was a bow with two sheaths of arrows.
Moon locked eyes on the bow, knowing that would be her choice of weapon. Nobody knew that she was good with bows and arrows. Since her mother had left her alone most of the time, she had to learn how to hunt for food.
Moon also saw a backpack that she wanted. She wondered what was in there already.
The timer sounded and Moon dashed to the bow. She grabbed it and the sheaths along with the backpack. Moon ran to the woods, she was lucky not to get caught by anyone.
It was now almost afternoon and Moon found a cave to rest in. She opened the backpack and poured the contents. There was a Swiss army knife, a ziploc bag, an empty water bottle, some iodine, a sleeping bag, and a pair of night vision glasses.
Satisfied with the supplies, Moon decided to go hunt for water. There had to be water somewhere or else nobody would be able to survive. Moon trekked north but still, no luck. After a few hours or so, Moon decided to rest under a tree. As she leaned against the tree trunk, she heard the sound of dripping liquid. Moon cocked her head to the left and confirmed the sound as dripping water.
Moon followed the sound until her legs could no longer support her. She had been walking all day, with no water and barely any rest. Fortunately, she had arrived at the small pool and she scooped up some of the water. She added a little drop of iodine and drank the water. Now that she was hydrated, she was ready to hunt. She didn't want to kill anyone on an empty stomach, not like she wanted to kill any of her friends. Suddenly, a cannon sounded. Who had died already? Moon looked around and saw a hovercraft carrying Turtle to the sky and back to Jade Academy. There was nothing Moon could do for him.
Moon stealthily walked through the woods, but not too far from her pool, and came back with a squirrel to eat. Along her way, she had also found some strawberries.
Moon didn't want to risk starting a fire but she didn't want to eat raw squirrel meat either. Then, she remembered Peeta had managed to cook the tree rat by roasting him in the force field.
Moon sat up and started to look for the force field. She didn't want to end up burning herself so she threw stuff that she could find in front of her as she walked. About 25 steps or so, the pebble she threw in front of her disappeared, then came back. She had found it!
Moon skewered the squirrel onto a stick and put it in the force field. The animal was burnt on the outside but well cooked on the inside. She headed back to her pool and ate her meal.
It was now nighttime and Moon climbed up onto the nearest tree and went to sleep.
Kinkajou's View:
Kinkajou appeared at a meadow with a forest around it. She surveyed the Cornucopia supplies and saw a poison dart gun. Yes, that was what she was going to use. Kinkajou had also decided to grab one of the backpacks.
The timer dinged and Kinkajou rushed to the gun. She bumped into Turtle, who scrambled in fear, far away from the Cornucopia.
Kinkajou grabbed the gun and the backpack and headed to the woods. The last thing she heard from the Cornucopia was Qibli and Winter becoming allies. Huh. She thought she remembered Winter saying that this was finally his chance to kill Qibli.
Kinkajou turned to look at the so-called Bloodbath, which did not have any deaths yet. Kinkajou opened her backpack and saw that it included a water bottle, some iodine, a small pack of dried fruit, and night vision glasses.
Kinkajou knew she had to find water. She set off eastward and searched for water. It was until the sun started to set when she had found a stream.
After she purified the water and drank some of it, she was about to go food collecting but a sound distracted her. She followed the sound as quietly as she could and saw Peril trying to make a fire. She was struggling probably because before, she could just touch it and she would have a fire.
Kinkajou was about to kill Peril when a cannon sounded and made her jump. She watched as a hovercraft lifted Turtle back to Jade Academy.
" Who's there?!?" Peril shouted. Kinkajou froze, Peril had probably heard the crunching leaves when Kinkajou jumped.
Peril started to walk forward to Kinkajou and so Kinkajou got her poison dart gun ready. Peril was only a few feet away now so once Peril reached the juniper berry bush, Kinkajou could shoot.
There! Peril was at the juniper bush! Kinkajou pressed the button but it seemed like Peril had already seen Kinkajou.
" So it was you!" Peril exclaimed.
" You're weaponless, I can defeat you easily," Kinkajou said.
" Ha! You're half my size-" Peril began.
" -And twice your speed!" Kinkajou finished. Kinkajou swiftly climbed up a tree as Peril pulled out her weapon, a throwing knife.
Kinkajou was already about 10 feet above the ground, she wondered how far and tall the knife could go. Well, I'm about to find out, Kinkajou thought as Peril threw the knife at Kinkajou. The knife had barely missed her, well, actually, it didn't miss her. The knife got stuck in her boot luckily so Kinkajou took off her boot and started to climb higher. She had gotten about 4 more feet when Peril threw the next knife. This time, the knife was headed straight at Kinkajou. Kinkajou grabbed a piece of bark and threw it at the knife, which made the knife go off course.
High enough now, Kinkajou sat on a branch and shot her gun at Peril. Peril had turned around just in time to see her killing blow.
The cannon fired and so Kinkajou left and Peril's body was removed.
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