Chapter 14

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That explains why only the Capitol team ran to the cornucopia. The district team had all they needed. On the bright side, the building exploding created rubble for me to hide in. I made a little hut of burnt metal and camped under there. Pathetic, but useful. I look through my backpack at my items. Sleeping bag and two knives. I couldn't care less about the knives, but the sleeping bag was as beautiful as gifts on Christmas morning. I lay down on the ground in my sleeping bag, looking outside the little door I made in my hut, a knife poised, even though if an intruder comes, I'm most likely dead. But it doesn't hurt to try. I am looking at a nice-condition building across from me when I hear walking on the pavement.

"He's dead. We're gonna kill him." Yongshi and Karthik. Big surprise.

"If we find him," Karthik says, "he's so dead."

Didn't Yongshi JUST say that Something strange is going on here and I don't like it.

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