The 73rd annual Hunger Games

Chapter 22

Oakley POV:

My mind shifts from being asleep to being awake. I toss and turn, not able to get a good enough sleep. I finally close my eyes and slowly I feel myself fall asleep.

The field I'm in is filled with yellow flowers, there's a large willow tree which sways in the wind. I smile as I see Willow sitting high up on one of the branches. I watch her as she waves at me and as she climbs across the branches. She climbs farther and farther up. It looks like she sees me but I'm not sure.

"Willow!!" I try to yell but my voice doesn't carry. There's no sound. I will try again.

"Willow!!" Again no sound. Then soundly she slips. She falls from the high branch. I scream and try to run towards her. I can't. I look down frantically as I see that I'm tied in place. In fact, I'm tied to a post. I can't move at all. I watch as she falls and falls until she hits the ground, her body limp and fragile. I scream...

I sit bolt upright, my face covered in sweat and tears forming in my eyes. Though, I can't sit that far up, there's something blocking me. The force pushes me back down. I squirm as my eyes regain focus. Harrison leaned over me. His smirk is vile.

"What are you doing?" I ask frantically.

"Oh, you don't need to worry about that." He smiles. I attempt to shove him off of me but he places his hand firm on my shoulder. "Oh, don't do that." I give him a scowl.

"Get the FUCK off of me!" I yell. He puts his hand over my mouth covering my sound.

"SHUT UP!" He hisses. I squirm and try to get his hand off me. I try to grab his hand with mine but he pins them down. I look around frantically but find no one is awake. I open my mouth as wide as I can and bite down onto his palm. I bite down until I taste blood. Harrison groans.

"Ow! You stupid bitch!!" He reaches into his pocket and grabs something out. I then notice it's a knife. He holds it up to my head and cocks his head slightly.

"I've dreamed of this moment." He smirks. "Ever since I met you."

"Is that so?" I grunt.

"Yes. You're in my way."

"Of what?" I ask.

"Agh, you're so naive!" He groans. "I thought it was obvious!"

"What's obvious," I grunt.

"That your little boyfriend, ya, well I love him."

"Oh that's nice! You idol him! Ya you could really be more like him!" I answer only slightly sarcastically.

"No! God, your so stupid! I love him." He rolls his eyes.

"Really? You? Huh, you don't seem like the type, I guess." I say, he scoffs in response.

"So I have to kill you so I can get to him."

"Umh, sorry to burst your bubble but he's not gay." I chuckle slightly. He gives me an angry look and quickly slices the blade across my eyebrow. I cry out in pain. The blood is dripping down my face and it makes me feel sticky. It starts to drip in my eye so I close it.

"Aw. Did that hurt?" He smirks. "How about this?" He grabs my wrist and quickly slices the knife across it. I cry out again. My eyes tear up, it hurts like hell.

"Someone's feeling cocky," I force a smile through the pain.

"Cocky! I'm just enjoying killing you!!" He laughs a wicked laugh. I hear a rustling noise. Someone's up.

"Now, where to cut next??" He Scans my body, settling on my ear. He raises the knife and slowly cuts it. My ear is now warm with sticky blood. Tears roll down my cheeks.

"Why don't you just kill me now?" I ask him, stalling as much as I can.

"Because I'm savouring the moment."

"I see." I can barely see, my eyes are fogged up. I'm just hoping someone will help me. He grabs my other hand and slices the top of my palm, I scream. The pain is unbearable. My vision is completely fogged. I can't see anything anymore except for white lights in the corner of my eyes. I'm extremely light headed and the world feels like it's spinning around me. I hear a voice through the ringing in my ears.

"Oakley!!" It calls. Then suddenly Harrison's weight is lifted off of me. I can't see who but someone has woken up and is fighting Harrison. Then I feel someone's presence beside me. I tense up, preparing for the worst. But instead of being stabbed I hear Athena's voice, soft and nervous. I must look terrible. She coos to me, I can tell she's scared. She slowly helps me to a sitting position and I have to lean on her just to stay up. She gently cleans my eyebrow with a soft material. It stings even though she barely touches it. I wince when she brings it across my eyebrow. The tears formed in my eyes slowly start moving down my face as she wraps a bandage around it. She cleans my wrists with some sort of cream and I find myself in more pain than I already was. I'm sobbing now. She cleans my ear and wraps it as well. My head throbs. I must have lost a lot of blood. Athena scrambles to grab my water, she opens it and brings it to my lips.

"Please drink, Oakley." She asks only slightly strictly. I open my mouth and she pours the water into my mouth. I swallow, it tastes like blood.

"Ok. I'm gonna take you to my sleeping bag, ok Oakley?" Athena asks, I nod. She slowly helps me stand up, I'm still very light headed, as I stand up the world spins. I hold onto Athena for dear life. She takes a slow step forward and I do the same. We very slowly make our way towards her sleeping bag. I can hear the boys yelling. Harrison must not be dead yet. When we reach the sleeping bag Athena slowly helps me to sit down.

"I'm gonna go help them. Will you be ok?" I nod and she scurries off. I'm still shook to the bone. My entire body is shivering. I've finally realise how the tributes I've killed must have felt. This makes me sob even more. My vision is returning and I watch the boys attack a blood splattered Harrison. His arm looks to be broken, though he's still keeping up with the boys. Wade looks to have a gash in his stomach and Felix seems to have a gash across his face, though it's difficult to tell through my tears. Then, I see him collapse to the ground, my mind shifts. My heart pounds.

"Felix!!" I cry, my voice stranging. Tears are coming out of my eyes faster than ever. "Felix!" I cry again, and again. Athena steps in. She throws her knives into Harrisons head and back, he collapses on top of Wade. Athena pulls him off checks on Wade then runs over to Felix. She shakes him awake and he sits up. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. Athena helps the boys to the fire and relights it. I can hear her telling them something before making her way back over towards me. I put my head in-between my knees as I cry. I've never felt more terrified in my life. My shivers come in waves and when they come there so aggressive it hurts. Athena cleans wades cuts. I then hear the song of sponsor parachutes. The parachute slowly flies towards me, and lands at my feet. I stare at it, unable to move. I know that there's probably something in there to help me but I can't bring myself to open it. I grab it and hold it out in my hands. Athena must have finished cleaning Wade and Felix's cuts because now she walks over to me, a slight smile on her face.