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are you sure he's here ?
how i would be sure ? i have no fucking access to his gps tracker, you moron.
hidden in the highest branches of a thick tree, the highest i could climb with my weight and my height as a seventeen-years old boy, i can't get my eyes off ares, mason and jewel. i don't know where are syd and finnick, the last careers, but i know they are not dead. other than the fact that it's because they're out to kill me, i eyes them because i also don't want to miss any of their fake understanding and obvious rivalry at every turn.
ares grabs mason by the collar and says, with a dull voice.
what did you just say ?
i said : are you a moron ? now what, do you think you can find him alone, in all these forests ? try it then, if you're so clever.
boys, just shut up, jewel intervenes before they start killing each other. if he was here then he must be long gone, with you two fighting and yelling like that.
i smile widely. if they knew, if only they knew i'm just here, right under their nose ; but they are stupid enough to not even look above their head, as if i was running in front of them. but the best hideouts are always the most obvious.
i woke up early because of them ; they were so loud i could hear them at the moment they put foot on the island. after spending so much days alone, it was like they were screaming right into my ear.
and now, i'm hiding. running would have been a terrible idea ; hiding is better. hiding means i can spy on them. hiding means i can startles them at any moment. hiding means i can take a shot to kill one.
i spent six days almost completely alone ; it feels like i'm being thrown right back into the arena and into the games, with no further notice. in a way, it's better than staying alone and slowly starting to get mad.
i feel like i'm alive again.
jewel's right, mason says, and they let each other go.
maybe he's just dying somewhere. we didn't see him once since the beginning.
i bet he's hiding, ares smiles. he was all looks and threats but he's a coward, just hiding somewhere.
i clench my fists. what i would give to beat him up, just once. i even hesitate to jump from my branch and start a fight, right here and now, with the three of them. but it would be careless and stupid, and i'm not giving up on finding willow, not yet.
so i just grin and bear while they are doing their little tea time under the tree where i'm hiding, letting them badmouth me all they want.
finally, they seem to continue their way through the island and they disappear, even if i still hear them for a little while after they left. i wait a little bit longer to be sure they're no longer here before getting back to the ground, a preventive knife in my hand, then leave at the opposite side where they went.
i planned to change island today, but their little visit delayed me.
making as little noise as possible, i make my way through the forest until i reach the beach, without running into them. i bet they left for another islet. a weird part of me is disappointed to be left alone once again, and even more to let them go without a fight. but i try to not think about it. i don't like what this arena is turning me into.
i was about to go into the water when i heard them back, right behind me. i thought it was the three of them, but i only can hear mason's voice complaining about ares ; and at the moment i turn heels to the forest, he appears. we're so shocked to run into each other almost randomly, we stay there for few seconds to stare at each other.
however, i don't let him time to think and jump first to make him fall into the sand. then, i punch his face, hard, twice.
what about me dying somewhere, huh ? i groan while maintaining him under me and trying to get my knife.
ares ! mason starts yelling with his mouth full of blood. ares, he's here ! here ! ares, jew-
i punch him once more to shut his mouth but can't seem to put my hand on my fucking knife. i must have drop it while jumping on mason. but too late to kill him. i start hearing jewel and ares running here and screaming mason's name, so i punch him one last time to knock him off and jump right into the water.
i'm not gonna wait for them to be here to set off. i must put the further distance between them and me.
i start swimming without looking back, hoping there will not be jellyfish this time ; and i swim, harder than before. i break my own record and when i finally get to the new island, unharmed, i look back to where i came from. on the beach, ares is staring at me, yelling things i can't hear while jewel is near mason, trying to wake him up.
fuck you ! i scream to ares, hoping he can hear me, before running into the forest to leave them behind.
i pass the night, hiding again because i except them to chase me down here, to get revenge and to kill me ; but when dawn comes, they are still not here. i didn't slept much, a cannon shot managed to wake me up the only time i fell asleep.
on the morning, i pick up a random branch, long and heavy, to make a spear. i should have done that long ago, but being alone all this time, i almost forgot where i was.
but now, i'm back into the games.
once armed, fed and quenched, i'm ready to go on for a new exploration. i have a feeling that today, i'll find willow. today is the day. i'll find her, safe and sound, and we-
