The 68th Hunger Games

Days 4 and 5

Day four came around and the group woke up and had a slow start to their day they ate the last pieces of bread and drank some water prepping to enter the forest.
"This is gonna be fun." Jordan said getting his axe ready and putting knives in his pockets. Just as they tried to head into the forest they heard a scream from within the forest and a cannon sounded Jordan felt discouraged to enter the forest but the group proceeded. They questioned who had died. The two girls said they thought it was the girl from 11 Angie. Jordan knew it was not because he knew what island she was on. He thought it could be one from 5, 9, or 10. They were making their way to the heart of the forest. They saw many parrots and toucans and some macaws but they seemed to be watching them closely almost as if they were thinking. They continued on in the green forest which wasn't that hot surprisingly.
"There's a different thing on each island." Jordan realized out loud.
"Yeah there all different." Sarah said sarcastically.
"No I mean the first island had the snakes the second island had the sandstorm I'm waiting to see what's in store for this island."
"What if this is the chill island." Laurel stated "what if nothing happens on this island." She continued.
"The capital wouldn't let us have a chill island there are 13 left they need to narrow down the number." Jordan said. The birds that were once stationary and watching started crowing howling and screeching as the started to swarm the group. Jordan sat as he saw the array of colorful birds from purple to black and from blue to red the whole color wheel was shown in this swarm.
"Jordan what's happening." Sarah asked terrified.
"I don't know." Jordan said as the birds started closing the swarm closer and closer to the group. Birds were starting to grab at their suits and Jordan realized this was the islands challenge. Jordan turned to Laurel.
"I'm sorry." He said as he pulled out a knife and threw it at Laurels leg as he grabbed Sarah's arm. Laurel screamed.
"SON OF A BITCH!!!." She yelled as they watched her collapse to the ground.
"We have to run she'll distract the birds." Jordan said as Sarah stood in shock. Jordan took Sarah's arm and yanked her into motion. Sarah seemed to shock back to life and ran. They turned back a hundred yards from Laurel who now had the birds swarming at her as she screamed.
"HELP ME JORDAN SARAH SAVE ME." She screamed with her hands in the air trying to grasp for help before she went silent and not long after a cannon sounded. Jordan grabbed Sarah and ran. It was significantly harder to get out of the forest. The birds chased them nipping at their bodies puncturing flesh and creating cuts on the tributes. They saw the light outside the forest.
"Almost there keep running." They exited the forest and the birds didn't follow as they both looked at each other.
"What the hell was that." Sarah yelled as she pushed Jordon to the ground "you murdered my alliance member."
"I saved your life at the cost of hers." Jordan said standing back up. "She was the bait and unlike you I want to get out of HERE TO SEE MY DAMN FAMILY AGAIN!!" He yelled at her halfway through the sentence and Sarah went silent.
After a long awkward pause Jordan calmed down and said "I'm sorry I did that I know you cared for her but I care about you more than her."
"I know you just tried to save you and me. I'm sorry I freaked out at you." Sarah said still not looking up.
"We have a 1 in 12 chance one of us could go home." Jordan said and leaned in for a hug. Sarah reluctantly hugged him back. "Also let's get off this bloody island." They took the long walk through the ocean back to the sandstorm island where they felt the wind before they entered the beach. They continued walking through the tough wind and when they reached the beach they ran to the ruin where Angie would be. There were cuts all over the pair and all they needed was some medicine. They had cuts from the sand and the birds. Sarah's face was cut really bad on her cheek and she bled profusely. Jordan as soon as they entered looked up to see if Angie was inside. And with his luck she wasn't. A cannon went in the distance indicating another tribute had fallen most likely at the hand of the careers. A second cannon sound not 5 minutes later revealing that another tribute had passed leaving on 10 tributes left.
"I guess we're staying the night here." Jordan said as he rested his eyes and dozed off as the arena darkened. The sky that night shows a beautiful picture of the boy from 5 the girl from 8 and the boy from 9 along with a lovely picture of Laurel. The lights shut off and so did his brain as he trailed off once more into a deep slumber.
He awoke on day 5 to Sarah shaking him viciously.
"The careers are on the island." She whispered and Jordan shot up.
"We've got to go." Jordan said as he got up to leave. He knew that they were barely able to walk let alone fight the careers. As they exited the ruin he saw the boy and girl from 2 who look worse than he had ever seen them. The had cuts in their wetsuit and were covered in dirt. They clearly hadn't got much sleep and walked more drowsily than before the games. Whether they got sleep or not they could easily kill the other pair so Jordan got up and headed the opposite direction of the careers. Jordan and Sarah headed back the way they came and slowly made their way through the jungle they were in.
"To the cornucopia." Jordan said as he headed the direction of the center island.  As they made it to the beach they prepared to swim to the cornucopia. Jordan tightened his bag and as he went to jump he felt arms wrap around his sides. Jordan flew through the air knowing this was probably the end of his life. He slammed into the ground and felt immense pain in his head. The boy from 2 Rowland was now picking Jordan back up by the neck and Jordan felt every inch of his neck being crushed while. He felt all his cuts from the birds and sand come back as he was held in the air by his neck.
"S- s - s Sarah run!" He barely could get the words out of his mouth because his airway was blocked by Rowland's hand.
"Aww the puny girl from 7." Juniper said as he seized Sarah and made her get down on her knees.
"Please I just wanna go home." Sarah said. Juniper cackled and looked her in the eyes. She pulled Sarah's hair and grabbed her neck.
"Your time ends now little girl." Juniper said despite being younger than Sarah.
"Ssssttop." Jordan spoke out regardless of choking.
"You get a front row seat." Rowland said as Juniper held a knife to Sarah's throat.
But to Jordan's surprise Rowland released his grip and fell to his knees. He seemed to be in pain but he couldn't see from where it came from. At that moment the little girl Angie from 11 dug a knife deep into Rowland's back and it had hit his heart and had killed him.
"Your not getting out." Juniper said slicing Sarah's throat. She turned and dove into the water and swam at a pace Jordan had never seen anyone swim. Rowland's cannon went off as she swam into the distance nearing the cornucopia and Jordan ran to Sarah.
"I tried really hard." She said running out of air.
"Shhh." Jordan said and he smiled as tears flowed down his face. "Your freed from the games."
"You have to win for us." She begged him and had a look of joy instead of fear in her eyes.
"I will win for you." He said this and gripped he tightly as he hugged her her body became unable to support itself and she crippled to the ground. A second cannon sounded indicating that she had indeed passed away. Jordan looked at Sarah now lifeless and closed her eyes. He felt so much rage inside of him.
"IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT." he said this staring into the sky. "YOU WANT TO SEE INNOCENT CHILDREN DIE." Jordan began to feel dizzy and nauseous and he fell over and passed out. His body hit the ground hard because he had nothing to catch his fall. Angie from 11 came up to him and grabbed his body. He was clearly dehydrated and starving. Angie happened to have received an apple from a sponsor and a bottle of water which she refilled at the spring on the island.
As Jordan regained consciousness he was blinded by the light and sat there staring at the sky wishing he knew what he would do next in the arena. Angie grabbed his shoulder and he turned quickly with a knife in his hand.
"Oh it's just you sorry." He said immediately dropping his knife on the hot beach sand.
"I'm sorry about the girl from your district she seemed to mean a lot to you." Angie said nervously. "I have some food to share if you need." Jordan smiled as she offered.
"She was something from home, something I could look back on and see family and friends and the lumber mills the markets. Everything I knew I saw in her and now she's gone." Jordan said hopelessly. "I'm not a murderer I just wanna go home." He said as he sat on the sand staring at the sunset. "And I have water just totally forgot to drink it. You keep your food you need it."
"That's what we all want we want to see our families and our life back to normal. But only one gets that luxury and I know damn well it's not me." Angie said as she went to sit next to him holding an apple. "Everyone had to be banking on you to win the games. Even my own family knows that I could never beat you."
"Your family is proud of you no matter if you make it or not. Your in the final 8 of a hunger games that takes guts and wit." Jordan said "who knows you might just make it out of here alive." The darkness fell as they sat on the beach until the fallen tributes were shown. It showed the boy from 2 and Sarah from 7. 
"The only pair left is 11 but the two aren't working together. There's  also the girl from 5 the girl from 2 the boy from 3 the girl from 6, and the boy from 10." Jordan told her as the watched the sunset claimed the land. "Well you need sleep I'll take the first watch." Jordan said as they walked near a tree on the beach. Angie climbed the tree and grabbed multiple pawn leaves and set them down to make a nice little bed that they both sat on.
"You saved my life I owe you one." Jordan said as she dozed off.
"I owe you one for not telling anyone where I was." She said back as she dozed off to sleep. He watched as she slept peacefully he knew that after the games if he were to win he would never get a good night sleep again. He had killed 5 people since he entered and there were 7 left for him to murder. But for now Angie slept peacefully as Jordan watched. Her breaths were even as her curly black hair was filled with dirt. He wanted her to live a happy life and be away from all this madness that was the games. He knew that killing her would be impossible so he decided he had to leave. He quickly collected his items and shoved them in his pack. From his remaining 6 knives to his only water bottle. He was starving and half thought that he should take Angie's remaining food, but he decided to head into the water to the island closest without taking her food. This swim felt exhaustingly long because Jordan hadn't eaten a full meal in 5 days. He dragged his body out of the water and onto the damp sand and he collapsed fully unconscious.